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1927/28 (1st)
DIRECTING (Comedy Picture)
Lewis Milestone
--
Two Arabian Knights
Ted Wilde
--
Speedy
DIRECTING (Dramatic Picture)
Frank Borzage
--
7th Heaven
Herbert Brenon
--
Sorrell and Son
King Vidor
--
The Crowd
SPECIAL AWARD
To Charles Chaplin, for acting, writing, directing and producing The Circus.
[NOTE: "The Academy Board of Judges on merit awards for individual achievements in motion picture arts during the year ending August 1, 1928, unanimously decided that your name should be removed from the competitive classes, and that a special first award be conferred upon you for writing, acting, directing and producing The Circus. The collective accomplishments thus displayed place you in a class by yourself." (Letter from the Academy to Mr. Chaplin, dated February 19, 1929.)]
1928/29 (2nd)
DIRECTING
Lionel Barrymore
--
Madame X
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. There were no announcements of nominations, no certificates of nomination or honorable mention, and only the winners (*) were revealed during the awards banquet on April 3, 1930. Though not official nominations, the additional names in each category, according to in-house records, were under consideration by the various boards of judges.]
Harry Beaumont
--
The Broadway Melody
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. There were no announcements of nominations, no certificates of nomination or honorable mention, and only the winners (*) were revealed during the awards banquet on April 3, 1930. Though not official nominations, the additional names in each category, according to in-house records, were under consideration by the various boards of judges.]
Irving Cummings
--
In Old Arizona
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. There were no announcements of nominations, no certificates of nomination or honorable mention, and only the winners (*) were revealed during the awards banquet on April 3, 1930. Though not official nominations, the additional names in each category, according to in-house records, were under consideration by the various boards of judges.]
Frank Lloyd
--
The Divine Lady
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. There were no announcements of nominations, no certificates of nomination or honorable mention, and only the winners (*) were revealed during the awards banquet on April 3, 1930.]
Frank Lloyd
--
Drag;
and
Weary River
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. There were no announcements of nominations, no certificates of nomination or honorable mention, and only the winners (*) were revealed during the awards banquet on April 3, 1930. Though not official nominations, the additional names in each category, according to in-house records, were under consideration by the various boards of judges.]
Ernst Lubitsch
--
The Patriot
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. There were no announcements of nominations, no certificates of nomination or honorable mention, and only the winners (*) were revealed during the awards banquet on April 3, 1930. Though not official nominations, the additional names in each category, according to in-house records, were under consideration by the various boards of judges.]
1929/30 (3rd)
DIRECTING
Clarence Brown
--
Anna Christie;
and
Romance
Robert Leonard
--
The Divorcee
Ernst Lubitsch
--
The Love Parade
Lewis Milestone
--
All Quiet on the Western Front
King Vidor
--
Hallelujah
1930/31 (4th)
DIRECTING
Cimarron
--
Wesley Ruggles
A Free Soul
--
Clarence Brown
The Front Page
--
Lewis Milestone
Morocco
--
Josef Von Sternberg
Skippy
--
Norman Taurog
1931/32 (5th)
DIRECTING
Bad Girl
--
Frank Borzage
The Champ
--
King Vidor
Shanghai Express
--
Josef Von Sternberg
1932/33 (6th)
DIRECTING
Cavalcade
--
Frank Lloyd
Lady for a Day
--
Frank Capra
[came in 2nd]
Little Women
--
George Cukor
[came in 3rd]
1934 (7th)
DIRECTING
It Happened One Night
--
Frank Capra
One Night of Love
--
Victor Schertzinger
[came in 3rd]
The Thin Man
--
W. S. Van Dyke
[came in 2nd]
1935 (8th)
DIRECTING
Captain Blood
--
Michael Curtiz
[came in 2nd]
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Write-in candidate.]
The Informer
--
John Ford
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
--
Henry Hathaway
[came in 3rd]
Mutiny on the Bounty
--
Frank Lloyd
1936 (9th)
DIRECTING
Dodsworth
--
William Wyler
The Great Ziegfeld
--
Robert Z. Leonard
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
--
Frank Capra
My Man Godfrey
--
Gregory La Cava
San Francisco
--
W. S. Van Dyke
1937 (10th)
DIRECTING
The Awful Truth
--
Leo McCarey
The Good Earth
--
Sidney Franklin
The Life of Emile Zola
--
William Dieterle
Stage Door
--
Gregory La Cava
A Star Is Born
--
William Wellman
1938 (11th)
DIRECTING
Angels with Dirty Faces
--
Michael Curtiz
Boys Town
--
Norman Taurog
The Citadel
--
King Vidor
Four Daughters
--
Michael Curtiz
You Can't Take It with You
--
Frank Capra
1939 (12th)
DIRECTING
Gone with the Wind
--
Victor Fleming
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
--
Sam Wood
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
--
Frank Capra
Stagecoach
--
John Ford
Wuthering Heights
--
William Wyler
1940 (13th)
DIRECTING
The Grapes of Wrath
--
John Ford
Kitty Foyle
--
Sam Wood
The Letter
--
William Wyler
The Philadelphia Story
--
George Cukor
Rebecca
--
Alfred Hitchcock
1941 (14th)
DIRECTING
Citizen Kane
--
Orson Welles
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
--
Alexander Hall
How Green Was My Valley
--
John Ford
The Little Foxes
--
William Wyler
Sergeant York
--
Howard Hawks
1942 (15th)
DIRECTING
Kings Row
--
Sam Wood
Mrs. Miniver
--
William Wyler
Random Harvest
--
Mervyn LeRoy
Wake Island
--
John Farrow
Yankee Doodle Dandy
--
Michael Curtiz
1943 (16th)
DIRECTING
Casablanca
--
Michael Curtiz
Heaven Can Wait
--
Ernst Lubitsch
The Human Comedy
--
Clarence Brown
The More the Merrier
--
George Stevens
The Song of Bernadette
--
Henry King
1944 (17th)
DIRECTING
Double Indemnity
--
Billy Wilder
Going My Way
--
Leo McCarey
Laura
--
Otto Preminger
Lifeboat
--
Alfred Hitchcock
Wilson
--
Henry King
1945 (18th)
DIRECTING
The Bells of St. Mary's
--
Leo McCarey
The Lost Weekend
--
Billy Wilder
National Velvet
--
Clarence Brown
The Southerner
--
Jean Renoir
Spellbound
--
Alfred Hitchcock
1946 (19th)
DIRECTING
The Best Years of Our Lives
--
William Wyler
Brief Encounter
--
David Lean
It's a Wonderful Life
--
Frank Capra
The Killers
--
Robert Siodmak
The Yearling
--
Clarence Brown
1947 (20th)
DIRECTING
The Bishop's Wife
--
Henry Koster
Crossfire
--
Edward Dmytryk
A Double Life
--
George Cukor
Gentleman's Agreement
--
Elia Kazan
Great Expectations
--
David Lean
1948 (21st)
DIRECTING
Hamlet
--
Laurence Olivier
Johnny Belinda
--
Jean Negulesco
The Search
--
Fred Zinnemann
The Snake Pit
--
Anatole Litvak
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
--
John Huston
1949 (22nd)
DIRECTING
All the King's Men
--
Robert Rossen
Battleground
--
William A. Wellman
The Fallen Idol
--
Carol Reed
The Heiress
--
William Wyler
A Letter to Three Wives
--
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1950 (23rd)
DIRECTING
All about Eve
--
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
The Asphalt Jungle
--
John Huston
Born Yesterday
--
George Cukor
Sunset Blvd.
--
Billy Wilder
The Third Man
--
Carol Reed
1951 (24th)
DIRECTING
The African Queen
--
John Huston
An American in Paris
--
Vincente Minnelli
Detective Story
--
William Wyler
A Place in the Sun
--
George Stevens
A Streetcar Named Desire
--
Elia Kazan
1952 (25th)
DIRECTING
Five Fingers
--
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
The Greatest Show on Earth
--
Cecil B. DeMille
High Noon
--
Fred Zinnemann
Moulin Rouge
--
John Huston
The Quiet Man
--
John Ford
1953 (26th)
DIRECTING
From Here to Eternity
--
Fred Zinnemann
Lili
--
Charles Walters
Roman Holiday
--
William Wyler
Shane
--
George Stevens
Stalag 17
--
Billy Wilder
1954 (27th)
DIRECTING
The Country Girl
--
George Seaton
The High and the Mighty
--
William Wellman
On the Waterfront
--
Elia Kazan
Rear Window
--
Alfred Hitchcock
Sabrina
--
Billy Wilder
1955 (28th)
DIRECTING
Bad Day at Black Rock
--
John Sturges
East of Eden
--
Elia Kazan
Marty
--
Delbert Mann
Picnic
--
Joshua Logan
Summertime
--
David Lean
1956 (29th)
DIRECTING
Around the World in 80 Days
--
Michael Anderson
Friendly Persuasion
--
William Wyler
Giant
--
George Stevens
The King and I
--
Walter Lang
War and Peace
--
King Vidor
1957 (30th)
DIRECTING
The Bridge on the River Kwai
--
David Lean
Peyton Place
--
Mark Robson
Sayonara
--
Joshua Logan
12 Angry Men
--
Sidney Lumet
Witness for the Prosecution
--
Billy Wilder
1958 (31st)
DIRECTING
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
--
Richard Brooks
The Defiant Ones
--
Stanley Kramer
Gigi
--
Vincente Minnelli
I Want to Live!
--
Robert Wise
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
--
Mark Robson
1959 (32nd)
DIRECTING
Ben-Hur
--
William Wyler
The Diary of Anne Frank
--
George Stevens
The Nun's Story
--
Fred Zinnemann
Room at the Top
--
Jack Clayton
Some Like It Hot
--
Billy Wilder
1960 (33rd)
DIRECTING
The Apartment
--
Billy Wilder
Never on Sunday
--
Jules Dassin
Psycho
--
Alfred Hitchcock
Sons and Lovers
--
Jack Cardiff
The Sundowners
--
Fred Zinnemann
1961 (34th)
DIRECTING
The Guns of Navarone
--
J. Lee Thompson
The Hustler
--
Robert Rossen
Judgment at Nuremberg
--
Stanley Kramer
La Dolce Vita
--
Federico Fellini
West Side Story
--
Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins
1962 (35th)
DIRECTING
David and Lisa
--
Frank Perry
Divorce--Italian Style
--
Pietro Germi
Lawrence of Arabia
--
David Lean
The Miracle Worker
--
Arthur Penn
To Kill a Mockingbird
--
Robert Mulligan
1963 (36th)
DIRECTING
America America
--
Elia Kazan
The Cardinal
--
Otto Preminger
Federico Fellini's 8-1/2
--
Federico Fellini
Hud
--
Martin Ritt
Tom Jones
--
Tony Richardson
1964 (37th)
DIRECTING
Becket
--
Peter Glenville
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
--
Stanley Kubrick
Mary Poppins
--
Robert Stevenson
My Fair Lady
--
George Cukor
Zorba the Greek
--
Michael Cacoyannis
1965 (38th)
DIRECTING
The Collector
--
William Wyler
Darling
--
John Schlesinger
Doctor Zhivago
--
David Lean
The Sound of Music
--
Robert Wise
Woman in the Dunes
--
Hiroshi Teshigahara
1966 (39th)
DIRECTING
Blow-Up
--
Michelangelo Antonioni
A Man and a Woman
--
Claude Lelouch
A Man for All Seasons
--
Fred Zinnemann
The Professionals
--
Richard Brooks
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
--
Mike Nichols
1967 (40th)
DIRECTING
Bonnie and Clyde
--
Arthur Penn
The Graduate
--
Mike Nichols
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
--
Stanley Kramer
In Cold Blood
--
Richard Brooks
In the Heat of the Night
--
Norman Jewison
1968 (41st)
DIRECTING
The Battle of Algiers
--
Gillo Pontecorvo
The Lion in Winter
--
Anthony Harvey
Oliver!
--
Carol Reed
Romeo and Juliet
--
Franco Zeffirelli
2001: A Space Odyssey
--
Stanley Kubrick
1969 (42nd)
DIRECTING
Alice's Restaurant
--
Arthur Penn
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
--
George Roy Hill
Midnight Cowboy
--
John Schlesinger
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
--
Sydney Pollack
Z
--
Costa-Gavras
1970 (43rd)
DIRECTING
Fellini Satyricon
--
Federico Fellini
Love Story
--
Arthur Hiller
M*A*S*H
--
Robert Altman
Patton
--
Franklin J. Schaffner
Women in Love
--
Ken Russell
1971 (44th)
DIRECTING
A Clockwork Orange
--
Stanley Kubrick
Fiddler on the Roof
--
Norman Jewison
The French Connection
--
William Friedkin
The Last Picture Show
--
Peter Bogdanovich
Sunday Bloody Sunday
--
John Schlesinger
1972 (45th)
DIRECTING
Cabaret
--
Bob Fosse
Deliverance
--
John Boorman
The Emigrants
--
Jan Troell
The Godfather
--
Francis Ford Coppola
Sleuth
--
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1973 (46th)
DIRECTING
American Graffiti
--
George Lucas
Cries and Whispers
--
Ingmar Bergman
The Exorcist
--
William Friedkin
Last Tango in Paris
--
Bernardo Bertolucci
The Sting
--
George Roy Hill
1974 (47th)
DIRECTING
Chinatown
--
Roman Polanski
Day for Night
--
Francois Truffaut
The Godfather Part II
--
Francis Ford Coppola
Lenny
--
Bob Fosse
A Woman under the Influence
--
John Cassavetes
1975 (48th)
DIRECTING
Amarcord
--
Federico Fellini
Barry Lyndon
--
Stanley Kubrick
Dog Day Afternoon
--
Sidney Lumet
Nashville
--
Robert Altman
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
--
Milos Forman
1976 (49th)
DIRECTING
All the President's Men
--
Alan J. Pakula
Face to Face
--
Ingmar Bergman
Network
--
Sidney Lumet
Rocky
--
John G. Avildsen
Seven Beauties
--
Lina Wertmüller
1977 (50th)
DIRECTING
Annie Hall
--
Woody Allen
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
--
Steven Spielberg
Julia
--
Fred Zinnemann
Star Wars
--
George Lucas
The Turning Point
--
Herbert Ross
1978 (51st)
DIRECTING
Coming Home
--
Hal Ashby
The Deer Hunter
--
Michael Cimino
Heaven Can Wait
--
Warren Beatty, Buck Henry
Interiors
--
Woody Allen
Midnight Express
--
Alan Parker
1979 (52nd)
DIRECTING
All That Jazz
--
Bob Fosse
Apocalypse Now
--
Francis Coppola
Breaking Away
--
Peter Yates
Kramer vs. Kramer
--
Robert Benton
La Cage aux Folles
--
Edouard Molinaro
1980 (53rd)
DIRECTING
The Elephant Man
--
David Lynch
Ordinary People
--
Robert Redford
Raging Bull
--
Martin Scorsese
The Stunt Man
--
Richard Rush
Tess
--
Roman Polanski
1981 (54th)
DIRECTING
Atlantic City
--
Louis Malle
Chariots of Fire
--
Hugh Hudson
On Golden Pond
--
Mark Rydell
Raiders of the Lost Ark
--
Steven Spielberg
Reds
--
Warren Beatty
1982 (55th)
DIRECTING
Das Boot
--
Wolfgang Petersen
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
--
Steven Spielberg
Gandhi
--
Richard Attenborough
Tootsie
--
Sydney Pollack
The Verdict
--
Sidney Lumet
1983 (56th)
DIRECTING
The Dresser
--
Peter Yates
Fanny & Alexander
--
Ingmar Bergman
Silkwood
--
Mike Nichols
Tender Mercies
--
Bruce Beresford
Terms of Endearment
--
James L. Brooks
1984 (57th)
DIRECTING
Amadeus
--
Milos Forman
Broadway Danny Rose
--
Woody Allen
The Killing Fields
--
Roland Joffé
A Passage to India
--
David Lean
Places in the Heart
--
Robert Benton
1985 (58th)
DIRECTING
Kiss of the Spider Woman
--
Hector Babenco
Out of Africa
--
Sydney Pollack
Prizzi's Honor
--
John Huston
Ran
--
Akira Kurosawa
Witness
--
Peter Weir
1986 (59th)
DIRECTING
Blue Velvet
--
David Lynch
Hannah and Her Sisters
--
Woody Allen
The Mission
--
Roland Joffé
Platoon
--
Oliver Stone
A Room with a View
--
James Ivory
1987 (60th)
DIRECTING
Fatal Attraction
--
Adrian Lyne
Hope and Glory
--
John Boorman
The Last Emperor
--
Bernardo Bertolucci
Moonstruck
--
Norman Jewison
My Life as a Dog
--
Lasse Hallström
1988 (61st)
DIRECTING
A Fish Called Wanda
--
Charles Crichton
The Last Temptation of Christ
--
Martin Scorsese
Mississippi Burning
--
Alan Parker
Rain Man
--
Barry Levinson
Working Girl
--
Mike Nichols
1989 (62nd)
DIRECTING
Born on the Fourth of July
--
Oliver Stone
Crimes and Misdemeanors
--
Woody Allen
Dead Poets Society
--
Peter Weir
Henry V
--
Kenneth Branagh
My Left Foot
--
Jim Sheridan
1990 (63rd)
DIRECTING
Dances With Wolves
--
Kevin Costner
The Godfather, Part III
--
Francis Ford Coppola
Good Fellas
--
Martin Scorsese
The Grifters
--
Stephen Frears
Reversal of Fortune
--
Barbet Schroeder
1991 (64th)
DIRECTING
Boyz N the Hood
--
John Singleton
Bugsy
--
Barry Levinson
JFK
--
Oliver Stone
The Silence of the Lambs
--
Jonathan Demme
Thelma & Louise
--
Ridley Scott
1992 (65th)
DIRECTING
The Crying Game
--
Neil Jordan
Howards End
--
James Ivory
The Player
--
Robert Altman
Scent of a Woman
--
Martin Brest
Unforgiven
--
Clint Eastwood
1993 (66th)
DIRECTING
In the Name of the Father
--
Jim Sheridan
The Piano
--
Jane Campion
The Remains of the Day
--
James Ivory
Schindler's List
--
Steven Spielberg
Short Cuts
--
Robert Altman
1994 (67th)
DIRECTING
Bullets over Broadway
--
Woody Allen
Forrest Gump
--
Robert Zemeckis
Pulp Fiction
--
Quentin Tarantino
Quiz Show
--
Robert Redford
Red
--
Krzysztof Kieslowski
1995 (68th)
DIRECTING
Babe
--
Chris Noonan
Braveheart
--
Mel Gibson
Dead Man Walking
--
Tim Robbins
Leaving Las Vegas
--
Mike Figgis
The Postman (Il Postino)
--
Michael Radford
1996 (69th)
DIRECTING
The English Patient
--
Anthony Minghella
Fargo
--
Joel Coen
The People vs. Larry Flynt
--
Milos Forman
Secrets & Lies
--
Mike Leigh
Shine
--
Scott Hicks
1997 (70th)
DIRECTING
The Full Monty
--
Peter Cattaneo
Good Will Hunting
--
Gus Van Sant
L.A. Confidential
--
Curtis Hanson
The Sweet Hereafter
--
Atom Egoyan
Titanic
--
James Cameron
1998 (71st)
DIRECTING
Life Is Beautiful
--
Roberto Benigni
Saving Private Ryan
--
Steven Spielberg
Shakespeare in Love
--
John Madden
The Thin Red Line
--
Terrence Malick
The Truman Show
--
Peter Weir
1999 (72nd)
DIRECTING
American Beauty
--
Sam Mendes
Being John Malkovich
--
Spike Jonze
The Cider House Rules
--
Lasse Hallström
The Insider
--
Michael Mann
The Sixth Sense
--
M. Night Shyamalan
2000 (73rd)
DIRECTING
Billy Elliot
--
Stephen Daldry
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
--
Ang Lee
Erin Brockovich
--
Steven Soderbergh
Gladiator
--
Ridley Scott
Traffic
--
Steven Soderbergh
2001 (74th)
DIRECTING
A Beautiful Mind
--
Ron Howard
Black Hawk Down
--
Ridley Scott
Gosford Park
--
Robert Altman
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
--
Peter Jackson
Mulholland Drive
--
David Lynch
2002 (75th)
DIRECTING
Chicago
--
Rob Marshall
Gangs of New York
--
Martin Scorsese
The Hours
--
Stephen Daldry
The Pianist
--
Roman Polanski
Talk to Her
--
Pedro Almodóvar
2003 (76th)
DIRECTING
City of God
--
Fernando Meirelles
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
--
Peter Jackson
Lost in Translation
--
Sofia Coppola
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
--
Peter Weir
Mystic River
--
Clint Eastwood
2004 (77th)
DIRECTING
The Aviator
--
Martin Scorsese
Million Dollar Baby
--
Clint Eastwood
Ray
--
Taylor Hackford
Sideways
--
Alexander Payne
Vera Drake
--
Mike Leigh
2005 (78th)
DIRECTING
Brokeback Mountain
--
Ang Lee
Capote
--
Bennett Miller
Crash
--
Paul Haggis
Good Night, and Good Luck.
--
George Clooney
Munich
--
Steven Spielberg
2006 (79th)
DIRECTING
Babel
--
Alejandro González Iñárritu
The Departed
--
Martin Scorsese
Letters from Iwo Jima
--
Clint Eastwood
The Queen
--
Stephen Frears
United 93
--
Paul Greengrass
2007 (80th)
DIRECTING
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
--
Julian Schnabel
Juno
--
Jason Reitman
Michael Clayton
--
Tony Gilroy
No Country for Old Men
--
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
There Will Be Blood
--
Paul Thomas Anderson
2008 (81st)
DIRECTING
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
--
David Fincher
Frost/Nixon
--
Ron Howard
Milk
--
Gus Van Sant
The Reader
--
Stephen Daldry
Slumdog Millionaire
--
Danny Boyle
2009 (82nd)
DIRECTING
Avatar
--
James Cameron
The Hurt Locker
--
Kathryn Bigelow
Inglourious Basterds
--
Quentin Tarantino
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
--
Lee Daniels
Up in the Air
--
Jason Reitman
2010 (83rd)
DIRECTING
Black Swan
--
Darren Aronofsky
The Fighter
--
David O. Russell
The King's Speech
--
Tom Hooper
The Social Network
--
David Fincher
True Grit
--
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
2011 (84th)
DIRECTING
The Artist
--
Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants
--
Alexander Payne
Hugo
--
Martin Scorsese
Midnight in Paris
--
Woody Allen
The Tree of Life
--
Terrence Malick
2012 (85th)
DIRECTING
Amour
--
Michael Haneke
Beasts of the Southern Wild
--
Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi
--
Ang Lee
Lincoln
--
Steven Spielberg
Silver Linings Playbook
--
David O. Russell
2013 (86th)
DIRECTING
American Hustle
--
David O. Russell
Gravity
--
Alfonso Cuarón
Nebraska
--
Alexander Payne
12 Years a Slave
--
Steve McQueen
The Wolf of Wall Street
--
Martin Scorsese
2014 (87th)
DIRECTING
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
--
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Boyhood
--
Richard Linklater
Foxcatcher
--
Bennett Miller
The Grand Budapest Hotel
--
Wes Anderson
The Imitation Game
--
Morten Tyldum
2015 (88th)
DIRECTING
The Big Short
--
Adam McKay
Mad Max: Fury Road
--
George Miller
The Revenant
--
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Room
--
Lenny Abrahamson
Spotlight
--
Tom McCarthy
2016 (89th)
DIRECTING
Arrival
--
Denis Villeneuve
Hacksaw Ridge
--
Mel Gibson
La La Land
--
Damien Chazelle
Manchester by the Sea
--
Kenneth Lonergan
Moonlight
--
Barry Jenkins
2017 (90th)
DIRECTING
Dunkirk
--
Christopher Nolan
Get Out
--
Jordan Peele
Lady Bird
--
Greta Gerwig
Phantom Thread
--
Paul Thomas Anderson
The Shape of Water
--
Guillermo del Toro
2018 (91st)
DIRECTING
BlacKkKlansman
--
Spike Lee
Cold War
--
Pawel Pawlikowski
The Favourite
--
Yorgos Lanthimos
Roma
--
Alfonso Cuarón
Vice
--
Adam McKay
2019 (92nd)
DIRECTING
The Irishman
--
Martin Scorsese
Joker
--
Todd Phillips
1917
--
Sam Mendes
Once upon a Time...in Hollywood
--
Quentin Tarantino
Parasite
--
Bong Joon Ho
2020 (93rd)
DIRECTING
Another Round
--
Thomas Vinterberg
Mank
--
David Fincher
Minari
--
Lee Isaac Chung
Nomadland
--
Chloé Zhao
Promising Young Woman
--
Emerald Fennell
2021 (94th)
DIRECTING
Belfast
--
Kenneth Branagh
Drive My Car
--
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Licorice Pizza
--
Paul Thomas Anderson
The Power of the Dog
--
Jane Campion
West Side Story
--
Steven Spielberg
2022 (95th)
DIRECTING
The Banshees of Inisherin
--
Martin McDonagh
Everything Everywhere All at Once
--
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
The Fabelmans
--
Steven Spielberg
Tár
--
Todd Field
Triangle of Sadness
--
Ruben Östlund
2023 (96th)
DIRECTING
Anatomy of a Fall
--
Justine Triet
Killers of the Flower Moon
--
Martin Scorsese
Oppenheimer
--
Christopher Nolan
Poor Things
--
Yorgos Lanthimos
The Zone of Interest
--
Jonathan Glazer
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