Academy Award Best Director Flashcards
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1927/28 (Dramatic)?
Frank Borzage for 7th Heaven
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1927/28 (Comedy)?
Lewis Milestone for Two Arabian Knights
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1928/29?
Frank Lloyd for The Divine Lady
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1929/30?
Lewis Milestone for All Quiet on the Western Front
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1930/31?
Norman Taurog for Skippy
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1931/32?
Frank Borzagefor Bad Girl
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1932/33?
Frank Lloyd for Cavalcade
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1934?
Frank Capra for It Happened One Night
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1935?
John Ford for The Informer
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1936?
Frank Capra for Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1937?
Leo McCarey for The Awful Truth
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1938?
Frank Capra for You Can’t Take It With You
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1939?
Victor Fleming for Gone with the Wind
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1940?
John Ford for The Grapes of Wrath
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1941?
John Ford for How Green Was My Valley
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1942?
William Wyler for Mrs. Miniver
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1943?
Michael Curtiz for Casablanca
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1944?
Leo McCarey for Going My Way
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1945?
Billy Wilder for The Lost Weekend
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1946?
William Wyler for The Best Years of Our Lives
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1947?
Elia Kazan for Gentleman’s Agreement
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1948?
John Huston for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1949?
Joseph L. Mankiewicz for A Letter to Three Wives
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1950?
Joseph L. Mankiewicz for All About Eve
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1951?
George Stevens for A Place in the Sun
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1952?
John Ford for The Quiet Man
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1953?
Fred Zinnemann for From Here to Eternity
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1954?
Elia Kazan for On the Waterfront
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1955?
Delbert Mann for Marty
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1956?
George Stevens for Giant
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1957?
David Lean for The Bridge on the River Kwai
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1958?
Vincente Minnelli for Gigi
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1959?
William Wyler for Ben-Hur
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1960?
Billy Wilder for The Apartment
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1961?
Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins for West Side Story
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1962?
David Lean for Lawrence of Arabia
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1963?
Tony Richardson for Tom Jones
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1964?
George Cukor for My Fair Lady
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1965?
Robert Wise for The Sound of Music
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1966?
Fred Zinnemann for A Man for All Seasons
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1967?
Mike Nichols for The Graduate
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1968?
Carol Reed for Oliver!
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1969?
John Schlesinger for Midnight Cowboy
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1970?
Franklin J. Schaffner for Patton
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1971?
William Friedkin for The French Connection
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1972?
Bob Fosse for Cabaret
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1973?
George Roy Hill for The Sting
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1974?
Francis Ford Coppola for The Godfather Part II
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1975?
Miloš Forman for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1976?
John G. Avildsen for Rocky
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1977?
Woody Allen for Annie Hall
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1978?
Michael Cimino for The Deer Hunter
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1979?
Robert Benton for Kramer vs. Kramer
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1980?
Robert Redford for Ordinary People
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1981?
Warren Beatty for Reds
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1982?
Richard Attenborough for Gandhi
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1983?
James L. Brooks for Terms of Endearment
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1984?
Miloš Forman for Amadeus
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1985?
Sydney Pollack for Out of Africa
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1986?
Oliver Stone for Platoon
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1987?
Bernardo Bertolucci for The Last Emperor
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1988?
Barry Levinson for Rain Man
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1989?
Oliver Stone for Born on the Fourth of July
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1990?
Kevin Costner for Dances with Wolves
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1991?
Jonathan Demme for The Silence of the Lambs
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1992?
Clint Eastwood for Unforgiven
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1993?
Steven Spielberg for Schindler’s List
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1994?
Robert Zemeckis for Forrest Gump
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1995?
Mel Gibson for Braveheart
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1996?
Anthony Minghella for The English Patient
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1997?
James Cameron for Titanic
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1998?
Steven Spielberg for Saving Private Ryan
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1999?
Sam Mendes for American Beauty
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 2000?
Steven Soderbergh for Traffic
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 2001?
Ron Howard for A Beautiful Mind
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 2002?
Roman Polanski for The Pianist
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 2003?
Peter Jackson for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 2004?
Clint Eastwood for Million Dollar Baby
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 2005?
Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 2006?
Martin Scorsese for The Departed
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 2007?
Joel and Ethan Coen for No Country for Old Men
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 2008?
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 2009?
Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 2010?
Tom Hooper for The King’s Speech
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 2011?
Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 2012?
Ang Lee for Life of Pi
Who won the Best Director Oscar in 2013?
Alfonso Cuarón for Gravity
For which film did Frank Borzage win the Best Director Oscar in 1927/28 (Dramatic)?
7th Heaven
For which film did Lewis Milestone win the Best Director Oscar in 1927/28 (Comedy)?
Two Arabian Knights
For which film did Frank Lloyd win the Best Director Oscar in 1928/29?
The Divine Lady
For which film did Lewis Milestone win the Best Director Oscar in 1929/30?
All Quiet on the Western Front
For which film did Norman Taurog win the Best Director Oscar in 1930/31?
Skippy
For which film did Frank Borzage
win the Best Director Oscar in 1931/32?
Bad Girl
For which film did Frank Lloyd win the Best Director Oscar in 1932/33?
Cavalcade
For which film did Frank Capra win the Best Director Oscar in 1934?
It Happened One Night
For which film did John Ford win the Best Director Oscar in 1935?
The Informer
For which film did Frank Capra win the Best Director Oscar in 1936?
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
For which film did Leo McCarey win the Best Director Oscar in 1937?
The Awful Truth
For which film did Frank Capra win the Best Director Oscar in 1938?
You Can’t Take It With You
For which film did Victor Fleming win the Best Director Oscar in 1939?
Gone with the Wind
For which film did John Ford win the Best Director Oscar in 1940?
The Grapes of Wrath
For which film did John Ford win the Best Director Oscar in 1941?
How Green Was My Valley
For which film did William Wyler win the Best Director Oscar in 1942?
Mrs. Miniver
For which film did Michael Curtiz win the Best Director Oscar in 1943?
Casablanca
For which film did Leo McCarey win the Best Director Oscar in 1944?
Going My Way
For which film did Billy Wilder win the Best Director Oscar in 1945?
The Lost Weekend
For which film did William Wyler win the Best Director Oscar in 1946?
The Best Years of Our Lives
For which film did Elia Kazan win the Best Director Oscar in 1947?
Gentleman’s Agreement
For which film did John Huston win the Best Director Oscar in 1948?
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
For which film did Joseph L. Mankiewicz win the Best Director Oscar in 1949?
A Letter to Three Wives
For which film did Joseph L. Mankiewicz win the Best Director Oscar in 1950?
All About Eve
For which film did George Stevens win the Best Director Oscar in 1951?
A Place in the Sun
For which film did John Ford win the Best Director Oscar in 1952?
The Quiet Man
For which film did Fred Zinnemann win the Best Director Oscar in 1953?
From Here to Eternity
For which film did Elia Kazan win the Best Director Oscar in 1954?
On the Waterfront
For which film did Delbert Mann win the Best Director Oscar in 1955?
Marty
For which film did George Stevens win the Best Director Oscar in 1956?
Giant
For which film did David Lean win the Best Director Oscar in 1957?
The Bridge on the River Kwai
For which film did Vincente Minnelli win the Best Director Oscar in 1958?
Gigi
For which film did William Wyler win the Best Director Oscar in 1959?
Ben-Hur
For which film did Billy Wilder win the Best Director Oscar in 1960?
The Apartment
For which film did Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins win the Best Director Oscar in 1961?
West Side Story
For which film did David Lean win the Best Director Oscar in 1962?
Lawrence of Arabia
For which film did Tony Richardson win the Best Director Oscar in 1963?
Tom Jones
For which film did George Cukor win the Best Director Oscar in 1964?
My Fair Lady
For which film did Robert Wise win the Best Director Oscar in 1965?
The Sound of Music
For which film did Fred Zinnemann win the Best Director Oscar in 1966?
A Man for All Seasons
For which film did Mike Nichols win the Best Director Oscar in 1967?
The Graduate
For which film did Carol Reed win the Best Director Oscar in 1968?
Oliver!
For which film did John Schlesinger win the Best Director Oscar in 1969?
Midnight Cowboy
For which film did Franklin J. Schaffner win the Best Director Oscar in 1970?
Patton
For which film did William Friedkin win the Best Director Oscar in 1971?
The French Connection
For which film did Bob Fosse win the Best Director Oscar in 1972?
Cabaret
For which film did George Roy Hill win the Best Director Oscar in 1973?
The Sting
For which film did Francis Ford Coppola win the Best Director Oscar in 1974?
The Godfather Part II
For which film did Miloš Forman win the Best Director Oscar in 1975?
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
For which film did John G. Avildsen win the Best Director Oscar in 1976?
Rocky
For which film did Woody Allen win the Best Director Oscar in 1977?
Annie Hall
For which film did Michael Cimino win the Best Director Oscar in 1978?
The Deer Hunter
For which film did Robert Benton win the Best Director Oscar in 1979?
Kramer vs. Kramer
For which film did Robert Redford win the Best Director Oscar in 1980?
Ordinary People
For which film did Warren Beatty win the Best Director Oscar in 1981?
Reds
For which film did Richard Attenborough win the Best Director Oscar in 1982?
Gandhi
For which film did James L. Brooks win the Best Director Oscar in 1983?
Terms of Endearment
For which film did Miloš Forman win the Best Director Oscar in 1984?
Amadeus
For which film did Sydney Pollack win the Best Director Oscar in 1985?
Out of Africa
For which film did Oliver Stone win the Best Director Oscar in 1986?
Platoon
For which film did Bernardo Bertolucci win the Best Director Oscar in 1987?
The Last Emperor
For which film did Barry Levinson win the Best Director Oscar in 1988?
Rain Man
For which film did Oliver Stone win the Best Director Oscar in 1989?
Born on the Fourth of July
For which film did Kevin Costner win the Best Director Oscar in 1990?
Dances with Wolves
For which film did Jonathan Demme win the Best Director Oscar in 1991?
The Silence of the Lambs
For which film did Clint Eastwood win the Best Director Oscar in 1992?
Unforgiven
For which film did Steven Spielberg win the Best Director Oscar in 1993?
Schindler’s List
For which film did Robert Zemeckis win the Best Director Oscar in 1994?
Forrest Gump
For which film did Mel Gibson win the Best Director Oscar in 1995?
Braveheart
For which film did Anthony Minghella win the Best Director Oscar in 1996?
The English Patient
For which film did James Cameron win the Best Director Oscar in 1997?
Titanic
For which film did Steven Spielberg win the Best Director Oscar in 1998?
Saving Private Ryan
For which film did Sam Mendes win the Best Director Oscar in 1999?
American Beauty
For which film did Steven Soderbergh win the Best Director Oscar in 2000?
Traffic
For which film did Ron Howard win the Best Director Oscar in 2001?
A Beautiful Mind
For which film did Roman Polanski win the Best Director Oscar in 2002?
The Pianist
For which film did Peter Jackson win the Best Director Oscar in 2003?
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
For which film did Clint Eastwood win the Best Director Oscar in 2004?
Million Dollar Baby
For which film did Ang Lee win the Best Director Oscar in 2005?
Brokeback Mountain
For which film did Martin Scorsese win the Best Director Oscar in 2006?
The Departed
For which film did Joel and Ethan Coen win the Best Director Oscar in 2007?
No Country for Old Men
For which film did Danny Boyle win the Best Director Oscar in 2008?
Slumdog Millionaire
For which film did Kathryn Bigelow win the Best Director Oscar in 2009?
The Hurt Locker
For which film did Tom Hooper win the Best Director Oscar in 2010?
The King’s Speech
For which film did Michel Hazanavicius win the Best Director Oscar in 2011?
The Artist
For which film did Ang Lee win the Best Director Oscar in 2012?
Life of Pi
For which film did Alfonso Cuarón win the Best Director Oscar in 2013?
Gravity
