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Academy Award Best Director Flashcards

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1927/28 (Dramatic)?

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Frank Borzage for 7th Heaven

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1927/28 (Comedy)?

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Lewis Milestone for Two Arabian Knights

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1928/29?

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Frank Lloyd for The Divine Lady

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1929/30?

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Lewis Milestone for All Quiet on the Western Front

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1930/31?

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Norman Taurog for Skippy

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1931/32?

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Frank Borzagefor Bad Girl

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1932/33?

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Frank Lloyd for Cavalcade

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1934?

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Frank Capra for It Happened One Night

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1935?

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John Ford for The Informer

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1936?

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Frank Capra for Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1937?

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Leo McCarey for The Awful Truth

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1938?

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Frank Capra for You Can’t Take It With You

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1939?

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Victor Fleming for Gone with the Wind

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1940?

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John Ford for The Grapes of Wrath

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1941?

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John Ford for How Green Was My Valley

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1942?

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William Wyler for Mrs. Miniver

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1943?

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Michael Curtiz for Casablanca

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1944?

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Leo McCarey for Going My Way

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1945?

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Billy Wilder for The Lost Weekend

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1946?

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William Wyler for The Best Years of Our Lives

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1947?

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Elia Kazan for Gentleman’s Agreement

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1948?

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John Huston for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1949?

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Joseph L. Mankiewicz for A Letter to Three Wives

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1950?

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Joseph L. Mankiewicz for All About Eve

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1951?

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George Stevens for A Place in the Sun

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1952?

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John Ford for The Quiet Man

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1953?

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Fred Zinnemann for From Here to Eternity

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1954?

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Elia Kazan for On the Waterfront

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1955?

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Delbert Mann for Marty

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1956?

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George Stevens for Giant

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1957?

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David Lean for The Bridge on the River Kwai

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1958?

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Vincente Minnelli for Gigi

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1959?

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William Wyler for Ben-Hur

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1960?

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Billy Wilder for The Apartment

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1961?

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Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins for West Side Story

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1962?

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David Lean for Lawrence of Arabia

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1963?

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Tony Richardson for Tom Jones

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1964?

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George Cukor for My Fair Lady

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1965?

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Robert Wise for The Sound of Music

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1966?

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Fred Zinnemann for A Man for All Seasons

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1967?

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Mike Nichols for The Graduate

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1968?

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Carol Reed for Oliver!

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1969?

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John Schlesinger for Midnight Cowboy

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1970?

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Franklin J. Schaffner for Patton

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1971?

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William Friedkin for The French Connection

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1972?

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Bob Fosse for Cabaret

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1973?

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George Roy Hill for The Sting

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1974?

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Francis Ford Coppola for The Godfather Part II

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1975?

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Miloš Forman for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1976?

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John G. Avildsen for Rocky

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1977?

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Woody Allen for Annie Hall

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1978?

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Michael Cimino for The Deer Hunter

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1979?

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Robert Benton for Kramer vs. Kramer

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1980?

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Robert Redford for Ordinary People

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1981?

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Warren Beatty for Reds

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1982?

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Richard Attenborough for Gandhi

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1983?

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James L. Brooks for Terms of Endearment

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1984?

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Miloš Forman for Amadeus

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1985?

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Sydney Pollack for Out of Africa

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1986?

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Oliver Stone for Platoon

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1987?

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Bernardo Bertolucci for The Last Emperor

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1988?

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Barry Levinson for Rain Man

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1989?

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Oliver Stone for Born on the Fourth of July

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1990?

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Kevin Costner for Dances with Wolves

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1991?

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Jonathan Demme for The Silence of the Lambs

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1992?

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Clint Eastwood for Unforgiven

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1993?

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Steven Spielberg for Schindler’s List

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1994?

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Robert Zemeckis for Forrest Gump

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1995?

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Mel Gibson for Braveheart

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1996?

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Anthony Minghella for The English Patient

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1997?

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James Cameron for Titanic

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1998?

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Steven Spielberg for Saving Private Ryan

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1999?

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Sam Mendes for American Beauty

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 2000?

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Steven Soderbergh for Traffic

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 2001?

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Ron Howard for A Beautiful Mind

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 2002?

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Roman Polanski for The Pianist

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 2003?

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Peter Jackson for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 2004?

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Clint Eastwood for Million Dollar Baby

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 2005?

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Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 2006?

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Martin Scorsese for The Departed

81
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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 2007?

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Joel and Ethan Coen for No Country for Old Men

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 2008?

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Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 2009?

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Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker

84
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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 2010?

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Tom Hooper for The King’s Speech

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 2011?

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Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 2012?

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Ang Lee for Life of Pi

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Who won the Best Director Oscar in 2013?

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Alfonso Cuarón for Gravity

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For which film did Frank Borzage win the Best Director Oscar in 1927/28 (Dramatic)?

A

7th Heaven

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For which film did Lewis Milestone win the Best Director Oscar in 1927/28 (Comedy)?

A

Two Arabian Knights

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For which film did Frank Lloyd win the Best Director Oscar in 1928/29?

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The Divine Lady

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For which film did Lewis Milestone win the Best Director Oscar in 1929/30?

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All Quiet on the Western Front

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For which film did Norman Taurog win the Best Director Oscar in 1930/31?

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Skippy

93
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For which film did Frank Borzage

win the Best Director Oscar in 1931/32?

A

Bad Girl

94
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For which film did Frank Lloyd win the Best Director Oscar in 1932/33?

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Cavalcade

95
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For which film did Frank Capra win the Best Director Oscar in 1934?

A

It Happened One Night

96
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For which film did John Ford win the Best Director Oscar in 1935?

A

The Informer

97
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For which film did Frank Capra win the Best Director Oscar in 1936?

A

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

98
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For which film did Leo McCarey win the Best Director Oscar in 1937?

A

The Awful Truth

99
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For which film did Frank Capra win the Best Director Oscar in 1938?

A

You Can’t Take It With You

100
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For which film did Victor Fleming win the Best Director Oscar in 1939?

A

Gone with the Wind

101
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For which film did John Ford win the Best Director Oscar in 1940?

A

The Grapes of Wrath

102
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For which film did John Ford win the Best Director Oscar in 1941?

A

How Green Was My Valley

103
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For which film did William Wyler win the Best Director Oscar in 1942?

A

Mrs. Miniver

104
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For which film did Michael Curtiz win the Best Director Oscar in 1943?

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Casablanca

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For which film did Leo McCarey win the Best Director Oscar in 1944?

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Going My Way

106
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For which film did Billy Wilder win the Best Director Oscar in 1945?

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The Lost Weekend

107
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For which film did William Wyler win the Best Director Oscar in 1946?

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The Best Years of Our Lives

108
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For which film did Elia Kazan win the Best Director Oscar in 1947?

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Gentleman’s Agreement

109
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For which film did John Huston win the Best Director Oscar in 1948?

A

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

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For which film did Joseph L. Mankiewicz win the Best Director Oscar in 1949?

A

A Letter to Three Wives

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For which film did Joseph L. Mankiewicz win the Best Director Oscar in 1950?

A

All About Eve

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For which film did George Stevens win the Best Director Oscar in 1951?

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A Place in the Sun

113
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For which film did John Ford win the Best Director Oscar in 1952?

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The Quiet Man

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For which film did Fred Zinnemann win the Best Director Oscar in 1953?

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From Here to Eternity

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For which film did Elia Kazan win the Best Director Oscar in 1954?

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On the Waterfront

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For which film did Delbert Mann win the Best Director Oscar in 1955?

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Marty

117
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For which film did George Stevens win the Best Director Oscar in 1956?

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Giant

118
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For which film did David Lean win the Best Director Oscar in 1957?

A

The Bridge on the River Kwai

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For which film did Vincente Minnelli win the Best Director Oscar in 1958?

A

Gigi

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For which film did William Wyler win the Best Director Oscar in 1959?

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Ben-Hur

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For which film did Billy Wilder win the Best Director Oscar in 1960?

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The Apartment

122
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For which film did Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins win the Best Director Oscar in 1961?

A

West Side Story

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For which film did David Lean win the Best Director Oscar in 1962?

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Lawrence of Arabia

124
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For which film did Tony Richardson win the Best Director Oscar in 1963?

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Tom Jones

125
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For which film did George Cukor win the Best Director Oscar in 1964?

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My Fair Lady

126
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For which film did Robert Wise win the Best Director Oscar in 1965?

A

The Sound of Music

127
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For which film did Fred Zinnemann win the Best Director Oscar in 1966?

A

A Man for All Seasons

128
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For which film did Mike Nichols win the Best Director Oscar in 1967?

A

The Graduate

129
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For which film did Carol Reed win the Best Director Oscar in 1968?

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Oliver!

130
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For which film did John Schlesinger win the Best Director Oscar in 1969?

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Midnight Cowboy

131
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For which film did Franklin J. Schaffner win the Best Director Oscar in 1970?

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Patton

132
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For which film did William Friedkin win the Best Director Oscar in 1971?

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The French Connection

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For which film did Bob Fosse win the Best Director Oscar in 1972?

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Cabaret

134
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For which film did George Roy Hill win the Best Director Oscar in 1973?

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The Sting

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For which film did Francis Ford Coppola win the Best Director Oscar in 1974?

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The Godfather Part II

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For which film did Miloš Forman win the Best Director Oscar in 1975?

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

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For which film did John G. Avildsen win the Best Director Oscar in 1976?

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Rocky

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For which film did Woody Allen win the Best Director Oscar in 1977?

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Annie Hall

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For which film did Michael Cimino win the Best Director Oscar in 1978?

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The Deer Hunter

140
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For which film did Robert Benton win the Best Director Oscar in 1979?

A

Kramer vs. Kramer

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For which film did Robert Redford win the Best Director Oscar in 1980?

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Ordinary People

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For which film did Warren Beatty win the Best Director Oscar in 1981?

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Reds

143
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For which film did Richard Attenborough win the Best Director Oscar in 1982?

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Gandhi

144
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For which film did James L. Brooks win the Best Director Oscar in 1983?

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Terms of Endearment

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For which film did Miloš Forman win the Best Director Oscar in 1984?

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Amadeus

146
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For which film did Sydney Pollack win the Best Director Oscar in 1985?

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Out of Africa

147
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For which film did Oliver Stone win the Best Director Oscar in 1986?

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Platoon

148
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For which film did Bernardo Bertolucci win the Best Director Oscar in 1987?

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The Last Emperor

149
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For which film did Barry Levinson win the Best Director Oscar in 1988?

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Rain Man

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For which film did Oliver Stone win the Best Director Oscar in 1989?

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Born on the Fourth of July

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For which film did Kevin Costner win the Best Director Oscar in 1990?

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Dances with Wolves

152
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For which film did Jonathan Demme win the Best Director Oscar in 1991?

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The Silence of the Lambs

153
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For which film did Clint Eastwood win the Best Director Oscar in 1992?

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Unforgiven

154
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For which film did Steven Spielberg win the Best Director Oscar in 1993?

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Schindler’s List

155
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For which film did Robert Zemeckis win the Best Director Oscar in 1994?

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Forrest Gump

156
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For which film did Mel Gibson win the Best Director Oscar in 1995?

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Braveheart

157
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For which film did Anthony Minghella win the Best Director Oscar in 1996?

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The English Patient

158
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For which film did James Cameron win the Best Director Oscar in 1997?

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Titanic

159
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For which film did Steven Spielberg win the Best Director Oscar in 1998?

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Saving Private Ryan

160
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For which film did Sam Mendes win the Best Director Oscar in 1999?

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American Beauty

161
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For which film did Steven Soderbergh win the Best Director Oscar in 2000?

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Traffic

162
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For which film did Ron Howard win the Best Director Oscar in 2001?

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A Beautiful Mind

163
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For which film did Roman Polanski win the Best Director Oscar in 2002?

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The Pianist

164
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For which film did Peter Jackson win the Best Director Oscar in 2003?

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

165
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For which film did Clint Eastwood win the Best Director Oscar in 2004?

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Million Dollar Baby

166
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For which film did Ang Lee win the Best Director Oscar in 2005?

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Brokeback Mountain

167
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For which film did Martin Scorsese win the Best Director Oscar in 2006?

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The Departed

168
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For which film did Joel and Ethan Coen win the Best Director Oscar in 2007?

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No Country for Old Men

169
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For which film did Danny Boyle win the Best Director Oscar in 2008?

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Slumdog Millionaire

170
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For which film did Kathryn Bigelow win the Best Director Oscar in 2009?

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The Hurt Locker

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For which film did Tom Hooper win the Best Director Oscar in 2010?

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The King’s Speech

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For which film did Michel Hazanavicius win the Best Director Oscar in 2011?

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The Artist

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For which film did Ang Lee win the Best Director Oscar in 2012?

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Life of Pi

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For which film did Alfonso Cuarón win the Best Director Oscar in 2013?

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Gravity

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