2000's

Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker- 82nd Academy Awards- 2009
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire- 81st Academy Awards- 2008
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, No Country For Old Men- 80th Academy Awards- 2007
Martin Scorsese, The Departed- 79th Academy Awards- 2006
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain- 78th Academy Awards- 2005
Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby- 77th Academy Awards - 2004
Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King- 76th Academy Awards- 2003
Roman Polanski, The Pianist- 75th Academy Awards- 2002
Ron Howard, A Beautiful Mind- 74th Academy Awards- 2001
Steven Soderbergh, Traffic- 73rd Academy Awards- 2000

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1990's

Sam Mendes, American Beauty- 72nd Academy Awards- 1999
Steven Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan- 71st Academy Awards- 1998
James Cameron, Titanic- 70th Academy Awards- 1997
Anthony Minghella, The English Patient- 69th Academy Awards- 1996
Mel Gibson, Braveheart- 68th Academy Awards- 1995
Robert Zemeckis, Forrest Gump- 67th Academy Awards- 1994
Steven Spielberg, Schindler's List- 66th Academy Awards- 1993
Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven- 65th Academy Awards- 1992
Jonathan Demme, The Silence of the Lambs- 64th Academy Awards- 1991
Kevin Costner, Dances With Wolves- 63rd Academy Awards- 1990

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1980's

Oliver Stone, Born on the Fourth of July - 62nd Academy Awards- 1989
Barry Levinson, Rain Man- 61st Academy Awards- 1988
Bernardo Bertolucci , The Last Emperor- 60th Academy Awards- 1987
Oliver Stone, Platoon- 59th Academy Awards- 1986
Sydney Pollack, Out of Africa- 58th Academy Awards- 1985
Milos Forman, Amadeus- 57th Academy Awards- 1984
James L. Brooks, Terms of Endearment- 56th Academy Awards- 1983
Richard Attenborough, Gandhi- 55th Academy Awards- 1982
Warren Beatty, Reds- 54th Academy Awards- 1981
Robert Redford, Ordinary People- 53rd Academy Awards- 1980

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1970's

Robert Benton, Kramer vs. Kramer- 52nd Academy Awards- 1979
Michael Cimino, The Deer Hunter- 51st Academy Awards- 1978
Woody Allen, Annie Hall- 50th Academy Awards- 1977
John G. Avildsen, Rocky- 49th Academy Awards- 1976
Milos Forman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest- 48th Academy Awards- 1975
Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather: Part II- 47th Academy Awards-1974
George Roy Hill, The Sting- 46th Academy Awards- 1973
Bob Fosse, Cabaret- 45th Academy Awards- 1972
William Friedkin, The French Connection- 44th Academy Awards- 1971
Franklin J. Schaffner, Patton- 43rd Academy Awards- 1970

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1960's

John Schlesinger, Midnight Cowboy- 42nd Academy Awards- 1969
Carol Reed, Oliver!- 41st Academy Awards- 1968
Mike Nichols, The Graduate- 40th Academy Awards- 1967
Fred Zinnemann, A Man for All Seasons- 39th Academy Awards- 1966
Robert Wise, The Sound of Music- 38th Academy Awards- 1965
George Cukor, My Fair Lady- 37th Academy Awards- 1964
Tony Richardson, Tom Jones- 36th Academy Awards- 1963
David Lean, Lawrence of Arabia- 35th Academy Awards- 1962
Jerome Robbins & Robert Wise, West Side Story- 34th Academy Awards- 1961
Billy Wilder, The Apartment- 33rd Academy Awards- 1960

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1950's

William Wyler, Ben-Hur- 32nd Academy Awards- 1959
Vincente Minnelli, Gigi- 31st Academy Awards- 1958
David Lean, The Bridge on the River Kwai- 30th Academy Awards- 1957
George Stevens, Giant- 29th Academy Awards- 1956
Delbert Mann, Marty- 28th Academy Awards- 1955
Elia Kazan, On the Waterfront- 27th Academy Awards- 1954
Fred Zinnemann, From Here to Eternity- 26th Academy Awards- 1953
John Ford, The Quiet Man- 25th Academy Awards- 1952
George Stevens, A Place in the Sun- 24th Academy Awards- 1951
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, All About Eve- 23rd Academy Awards- 1950

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1940's

Joseph L. Mankiewicz, A Letter to Three Wives- 22nd Academy Awards- 1949
John Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre- 21st Academy Awards- 1948
Elia Kazan, Gentleman's Agreement- 20th Academy Awards- 1947
William Wyler, The Best Years of Our Lives- 19th Academy Awards- 1946
Billy Wilder, The Lost Weekend- 18th Academy Awards- 1945
Leo McCarey, Going My Way- 17th Academy Awards- 1944
Michael Curtiz, Casablanca- 16th Academy Awards- 1943
William Wyler, Mrs. Miniver- 15th Academy Awards- 1942
John Ford, How Green Was My Valley- 14th Academy Awards- 1941
John Ford, The Grapes of Wrath- 13th Academy Awards- 1940

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1930's & 1920's

Victor Fleming, Gone with the Wind- 12th Academy Awards- 1939
Frank Capra, You Can't Take It with You- 11th Academy Awards- 1938
Leo McCarey, The Awful Truth- 10th Academy Awards- 1937
Frank Capra, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town- 9th Academy Awards- 1936
John Ford, The Informer- 8th Academy Awards- 1935
Frank Capra, It Happened One Night- 7th Academy Awards- 1934
Frank Lloyd, Cavalcade- 6th Academy Awards- 1932-1933
Frank Borzage, Bad Girl- 5th Academy Awards- 1931-1932
Norman Taurog, Skippy- 4th Academy Awards- 1930-1931
Lewis Milestone, All Quiet on the Western Front- 3rd Academy Awards- 1929-1930
Frank Lloyd, The Divine Lady- 2nd Academy Awards- 1928-1929
Frank Borzage, 7th Heaven (drama)- 1st Academy Awards- 1927-1928
Lewis Milestone, Two Arabian Knights (comedy)- 1st Academy Awards- 1927-1928