Academy Awards: Best Achievement in Directing

Submitted by dashforcover on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 12:02
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  1. 1928 - Lewis Milestone - Two Arabian Knights (Comedy Picture)
  2. 1928 - Frank Borzage - 7th Heaven (Dramatic Picture)
  3. 1929 - Frank Lloyd - The Divine Lady
  4. 1930 - Lewis Milestone - All Quiet on the Western Front
  5. 1931 - Norman Taurog - Skippy
  6. 1932 - Frank Borzage - Bad Girl
  7. 1933 - Frank Lloyd - Cavalcade (Dir: Frank Lloyd)
  8. 1934 - Frank Capra - It Happened One Night
  9. 1935 - John Ford - The Informer
  10. 1936 - Frank Capra - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
  11. 1937 - Leo McCarey - The Awful Truth
  12. 1938 - Frank Capra - You Can't Take It With You
  13. 1939 - Victor Fleming - Gone With The Wind (Dirs: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood)
  14. 1940 - John Ford - The Grapes of Wrath
  15. 1941 - John Ford - How Green Was My Valley
  16. 1942 - William Wyler - Mrs. Miniver
  17. 1943 - Michael Curtiz - Casablanca
  18. 1944 - Leo McCarey - Going My Way
  19. 1945 - Billy Wilder - The Lost Weekend
  20. 1946 - William Wyler - The Best Years of Our Lives
  21. 1947 - Elia Kazan - Gentleman's Agreement
  22. 1948 - John Huston - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
  23. 1949 - Joseph Mankiewicz - A Letter to Three Wives
  24. 1950 - Joseph Mankiewicz - All About Eve
  25. 1951 - George Stevens - A Place in the Sun
  26. 1952 - John Ford - The Quiet Man
  27. 1953 - Fred Zinnemann - From Here to Eternity
  28. 1954 - Elia Kazan - On The Waterfront
  29. 1955 - Delbert Mann - Marty
  30. 1956 - George Stevens - Giant
  31. 1957 - David Lean - The Bridge On The River Kwai
  32. 1958 - Vincente Minnelli - Gigi
  33. 1959 - William Wyler - Ben-Hur
  34. 1960 - Billy Wilder - The Apartment
  35. 1961 - Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise - West Side Story
  36. 1962 - David Lean - Lawrence of Arabia
  37. 1963 - Tony Richardson - Tom Jones
  38. 1964 - George Cukor - My Fair Lady
  39. 1965 - Robert Wise - The Sound of Music
  40. 1966 - Fred Zinnemann - A Man for All Seasons
  41. 1967 - Mike Nichols - The Graduate
  42. 1968 - Carol Reed - Oliver!
  43. 1969 - John Schlesinger - Midnight Cowboy
  44. 1970 - Franklin Schaffner - Patton
  45. 1971 - William Friedkin - The French Connection
  46. 1972 - Bob Fosse - Cabaret
  47. 1973 - George Roy Hill - The Sting
  48. 1974 - Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather, Part II
  49. 1975 - Milos Forman - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
  50. 1976 - John Avildsen - Rocky
  51. 1977 - Woody Allen - Annie Hall
  52. 1978 - Michael Cimino - The Deer Hunter
  53. 1979 - Robert Benton - Kramer vs. Kramer (Dir: Robert Benton)
  54. 1980 - Robert Redford - Ordinary People (Dir: Robert Redford)
  55. 1981 - Warren Beatty - Reds (Dir: Warren Beatty)
  56. 1982 - Richard Attenborough - Gandhi (Dir: Richard Attenborough)
  57. 1983 - James L. Brooks - Terms of Endearment (Dir: James L. Brooks)
  58. 1984 - Milos Forman - Amadeus (Dir: Milos Forman)
  59. 1985 - Sydney Pollack - Out of Africa (Dir: Sydney Pollack)
  60. 1986 - Oliver Stone - Platoon (Dir: Oliver Stone)
  61. 1987 - Bernardo Bertolucci - The Last Emperor (Dir: Bernardo Bertolucci)
  62. 1988 - Barry Levinson - Rain Man (Dir: Barry Levinson)
  63. 1989 - Oliver Stone - Born on the Fourth of July (Dir: Oliver Stone)
  64. 1990 - Kevin Costner - Dances With Wolves (Dir: Kevin Costner)
  65. 1991 - Jonathan Demme - The Silence of the Lambs (Dir: Jonathan Demme)
  66. 1992 - Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven (Dir: Clint Eastwood)
  67. 1993 - Steven Spielberg - Schindler's List (Dir: Steven Spielberg)
  68. 1994 - Robert Zemeckis - Forrest Gump (Dir: Robert Zemeckis)
  69. 1995 - Mel Gibson - Braveheart (Dir: Mel Gibson)
  70. 1996 - Anthony Minghella - The English Patient (Dir: Anthony Minghella)
  71. 1997 - James Cameron - Titanic (Dir: James Cameron)
  72. 1998 - Steven Spielberg - Saving Private Ryan (Dir: Steven Spielberg)
  73. 1999 - Sam Mendes - American Beauty (Dir: Sam Mendes)
  74. 2000 - Steven Soderbergh - Traffic (Dir: Steven Soderbergh)
  75. 2001 - Ron Howard - A Beautiful Mind (Dir: Ron Howard)
  76. 2002 - Roman Polanski - The Pianist (Dir: Roman Polanski)
  77. 2003 - Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Dir: Peter Jackson)
  78. 2004 - Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby (Dir: Clint Eastwood)
  79. 2005 - Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain (Dir: Ang Lee)
  80. 2006 - Martin Scorsese - The Departed (Dir: Martin Scorsese)
  81. 2007 - Joel and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men (Dir: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen)
  82. 2008 - Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan - Slumdog Millionaire (Dir: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan)
  83. 2009 - Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker (Dir: Kathryn Bigelow)
  84. 2010 - Tom Hooper - The King's Speech (Dir: Tom Hooper)
  85. 2011 - Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist (Dir: Michel Hazanavicius)
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The symbol "#" means the film was not a best picture winner