Academy Award Winning Directors

The Artist (2011)

The King's Speech (2010)

The Hurt Locker (2009)

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

No Country for Old Men

The Departed

Million Dollar Baby

Unforgiven (1992)

The Lord of the Rings:The Return of the King

The Pianist











Roman Polanski was not present at the awards ceremony, being a fugitive from U.S. justice since fleeing the country in 1978. Presenter Harrison Ford accepted the award on his behalf.

A Beautiful Mind (2001)

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American Beauty

Saving Private Ryan

Schindler's List

Titanic

The English Patient

Braveheart

Forrest Gump

The Silence of the Lambs