ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR - OSCARS

7th Heaven

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:49:30 GMT

1927/1928 (Dramatic) - Frank Borzage Nominees: Herbert Brenon – Sorrell and Son King Vidor – The Crowd

Two Arabian Knights

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:50:41 GMT

1927/1928 (Comedy) - Lewis Milestone Nominees: Charles Chaplin – The Circus Ted Wilde – Speedy

The Divine Lady

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:04:07 GMT

1928/1929 - Frank Lloyd Nominees: Lionel Barrymore – Madame X Harry Beaumont – The Broadway Melody Irving Cummings – In Old Arizona Ernst Lubitsch – The Patriot

All Quiet on the Western Front

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:22:19 GMT

1929/1930 - Lewis Milestone Nominees: Clarence Brown – Anna Christie and Romance Robert Z. Leonard – The Divorcée Ernst Lubitsch – The Love Parade King Vidor – Hallelujah

Skippy

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:29:06 GMT

1930/1931 - Norman Taurog Nominees: Clarence Brown – A Free Soul Lewis Milestone – The Front Page Wesley Ruggles – Cimarron Josef von Sternberg – Morocco

Bad Girl

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:36:36 GMT

1931/1932 - Frank Borzage Nominees: King Vidor – The Champ Josef von Sternberg – Shanghai Express

Cavalcade

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:38:21 GMT

1932/1933 - Frank Lloyd Nominees: Frank Capra – Lady for a Day George Cukor – Little Women

It Happened One Night

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:39:19 GMT

1934 - Frank Capra Nominees: Victor Schertzinger – One Night of Love W. S. Van Dyke – The Thin Man

The Informer

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:42:48 GMT

1935 - John Ford Nominees: Henry Hathaway – The Lives of a Bengal Lancer Frank Lloyd – Mutiny on the Bounty

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:43:56 GMT

1936 - Frank Capra Nominees: Gregory La Cava – My Man Godfrey Robert Z. Leonard – The Great Ziegfeld W. S. Van Dyke – San Francisco William Wyler – Dodsworth

The Awful Truth

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:45:04 GMT

1937 - Leo McCarey Nominees: William Dieterle – The Life of Emile Zola Sidney Franklin – The Good Earth Gregory La Cava – Stage Door William A. Wellman – A Star Is Born

You Can't Take It with You

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:47:18 GMT

1938 - Frank Capra Nominees: Michael Curtiz – Angels with Dirty Faces Michael Curtiz – Four Daughters Norman Taurog – Boys Town King Vidor – The Citadel

Gone with the Wind

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:48:55 GMT

1939 - Victor Fleming Nominees: Frank Capra – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington John Ford – Stagecoach Sam Wood – Goodbye, Mr. Chips William Wyler – Wuthering Heights

The Grapes of Wrath

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:50:28 GMT

1940 - John Ford Nominees: George Cukor – The Philadelphia Story Alfred Hitchcock – Rebecca Sam Wood – Kitty Foyle William Wyler – The Letter

How Green Was My Valley

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:52:20 GMT

1941 - John Ford Nominees: Alexander Hall – Here Comes Mr. Jordan Howard Hawks – Sergeant York Orson Welles – Citizen Kane William Wyler – The Little Foxes

Mrs. Miniver

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:53:32 GMT

1942 - William Wyler Nominees: Michael Curtiz – Yankee Doodle Dandy John Farrow – Wake Island Mervyn LeRoy – Random Harvest Sam Wood – Kings Row

Casablanca

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:54:33 GMT

1943 - Michael Curtiz Nominees: Clarence Brown – The Human Comedy Henry King – The Song of Bernadette Ernst Lubitsch – Heaven Can Wait George Stevens – The More the Merrier

Going My Way

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:55:45 GMT

1944 - Leo McCarey Nominees: Alfred Hitchcock – Lifeboat Henry King – Wilson Otto Preminger – Laura Billy Wilder – Double Indemnity

The Lost Weekend

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:56:48 GMT

1945 - Billy Wilder Nominees: Clarence Brown – National Velvet Alfred Hitchcock – Spellbound Leo McCarey – The Bells of St. Mary's Jean Renoir – The Southerner

The Best Years of Our Lives

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:57:47 GMT

1946 - William Wyler Nominees: Clarence Brown – The Yearling Frank Capra – It's a Wonderful Life David Lean – Brief Encounter Robert Siodmak – The Killers

Gentleman's Agreement

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:58:49 GMT

1947 - Elia Kazan Nominees: George Cukor – A Double Life Edward Dmytryk – Crossfire Henry Koster – The Bishop's Wife David Lean – Great Expectations

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:59:55 GMT

1948 - John Huston Nominees: Anatole Litvak – The Snake Pit Jean Negulesco – Johnny Belinda Laurence Olivier – Hamlet Fred Zinnemann – The Search

A Letter to Three Wives

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:00:56 GMT

1949 - Joseph L. Mankiewicz Nominees: Carol Reed – The Fallen Idol Robert Rossen – All the King's Men William A. Wellman – Battleground William Wyler – The Heiress

All About Eve

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:01:56 GMT

1950 - Joseph L. Mankiewicz Nominees: George Cukor – Born Yesterday John Huston – The Asphalt Jungle Carol Reed – The Third Man Billy Wilder – Sunset Boulevard

A Place in the Sun

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:02:57 GMT

1951 - George Stevens Nominees: John Huston – The African Queen Elia Kazan – A Streetcar Named Desire Vincente Minnelli – An American in Paris William Wyler – Detective Story

The Quiet Man

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:03:55 GMT

1952 - John Ford Nominees: Cecil B. DeMille – The Greatest Show on Earth John Huston – Moulin Rouge Joseph L. Mankiewicz – 5 Fingers Fred Zinnemann – High Noon

From Here to Eternity

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:04:56 GMT

1953 - Fred Zinnemann Nominees: George Stevens – Shane Charles Walters – Lili Billy Wilder – Stalag 17 William Wyler – Roman Holiday

On the Waterfront

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:06:09 GMT

1954 - Elia Kazan Nominees: Alfred Hitchcock – Rear Window George Seaton – The Country Girl William A. Wellman – The High and the Mighty Billy Wilder – Sabrina

Marty

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:07:23 GMT

1955 - Delbert Mann Nominees: Elia Kazan – East of Eden David Lean – Summertime Joshua Logan – Picnic John Sturges – Bad Day at Black Rock

Giant

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:08:36 GMT

1956 - George Stevens Nominees: Michael Anderson – Around the World in Eighty Days Walter Lang – The King and I King Vidor – War and Peace William Wyler – Friendly Persuasion

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:09:50 GMT

1957 - David Lean Nominees: Joshua Logan – Sayonara Sidney Lumet – 12 Angry Men Mark Robson – Peyton Place Billy Wilder – Witness for the Prosecution

Gigi

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:10:55 GMT

1958 - Vincente Minnelli Nominees: Richard Brooks – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Stanley Kramer – The Defiant Ones Mark Robson – The Inn of the Sixth Happiness Robert Wise – I Want to Live!

Ben-Hur

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:12:07 GMT

1959 - William Wyler Nominees: Jack Clayton – Room at the Top George Stevens – The Diary of Anne Frank Billy Wilder – Some Like It Hot Fred Zinnemann – The Nun's Story

The Apartment

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:13:31 GMT

1960 - Billy Wilder Nominees: Jack Cardiff – Sons and Lovers Jules Dassin – Never on Sunday Alfred Hitchcock – Psycho Fred Zinnemann – The Sundowners

West Side Story

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:14:38 GMT

1961 - Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins Nominees: Federico Fellini – La dolce vita aka The Sweet Life Stanley Kramer – Judgment at Nuremberg Robert Rossen – The Hustler J. Lee Thompson – The Guns of Navarone

Lawrence of Arabia

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:16:48 GMT

1962 - David Lean Nominees: Pietro Germi – Divorzio all'italiana aka Divorce, Italian Style Robert Mulligan – To Kill a Mockingbird Arthur Penn – The Miracle Worker Frank Perry – David and Lisa

Tom Jones

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:17:58 GMT

1964 - George Cukor Nominees: Michael Cacoyannis – Zorba the Greek Peter Glenville – Becket Stanley Kubrick – Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Robert Stevenson – Mary Poppins

The Sound of Music

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:19:08 GMT

1965 - Robert Wise Nominees: David Lean – Doctor Zhivago John Schlesinger – Darling Hiroshi Teshigahara – Suna no onna aka Woman in the Dunes William Wyler – The Collector

A Man for All Seasons

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:20:26 GMT

1966 - Fred Zinnemann Nominees: Michelangelo Antonioni – Blow-Up Richard Brooks – The Professionals Claude Lelouch – Un homme et une femme aka A Man and a Woman Mike Nichols – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

The Graduate

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:21:40 GMT

1967 - Mike Nichols Nominees: Richard Brooks – In Cold Blood Norman Jewison – In the Heat of the Night Stanley Kramer – Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Arthur Penn – Bonnie and Clyde

Oliver!

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:24:59 GMT

1968 - Carol Reed Nominees: Anthony Harvey – The Lion in Winter Stanley Kubrick – 2001: A Space Odyssey Gillo Pontecorvo – La battaglia di Algeri aka The Battle of Algiers Franco Zeffirelli – Romeo and Juliet

Midnight Cowboy

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:26:02 GMT

1969 - John Schlesinger Nominees: Costa-Gavras – Z George Roy Hill – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Arthur Penn – Alice's Restaurant Sydney Pollack – They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Patton

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:28:10 GMT

1970 - Franklin J. Schaffner Nominees: Robert Altman – MASH Federico Fellini – Satyricon Arthur Hiller – Love Story Ken Russell – Women in Love

The French Connection

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:29:16 GMT

1971 - William Friedkin Nominees: Peter Bogdanovich – The Last Picture Show Norman Jewison – Fiddler on the Roof Stanley Kubrick – A Clockwork Orange John Schlesinger – Sunday Bloody Sunday

Cabaret

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:30:17 GMT

1972 - Bob Fosse Nominees: John Boorman – Deliverance Francis Ford Coppola – The Godfather Joseph L. Mankiewicz – Sleuth Jan Troell – Utvandrarna aka The Emigrants

The Sting

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:31:20 GMT

1973 - George Roy Hill Nominees: William Friedkin – The Exorcist Bernardo Bertolucci – Last Tango in Paris Ingmar Bergman – Viskningar och rop aka Cries and Whispers George Lucas – American Graffiti

The Godfather Part II

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:32:18 GMT

1974 - Francis Ford Coppola Nominees: John Cassavetes – A Woman Under the Influence Bob Fosse – Lenny Roman Polanski – Chinatown François Truffaut – La nuit américaine aka Day for Night

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:33:18 GMT

1975 - Miloš Forman Nominees: Robert Altman – Nashville Federico Fellini – Amarcord aka I Remember Stanley Kubrick – Barry Lyndon Sidney Lumet – Dog Day Afternoon

Rocky

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:34:17 GMT

1976 - John G. Avildsen Nominees: Ingmar Bergman – Ansikte mot ansikte aka Face to Face Sidney Lumet – Network Alan J. Pakula – All the President's Men Lina Wertmüller – Pasqualino Settebellezze aka Seven Beauties

Annie Hall

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:35:17 GMT

1977 - Woody Allen Nominees: George Lucas – Star Wars Herbert Ross – The Turning Point Steven Spielberg – Close Encounters of the Third Kind Fred Zinnemann – Julia