Academy Awards Best Director Nominees

309 Nominees

All Nominees

Brady Corbet

Brady Corbet

The Brutalist (2024)

James Mangold

James Mangold

A Complete Unknown (2024)

Jacques Audiard

Jacques Audiard

Emilia Pérez

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

Yorgos Lanthimos

Yorgos Lanthimos

Poor Things (2023)

Jonathan Glazer

Jonathan Glazer

The Zone of Interest (2023)

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

The Fabelmans

Todd Field

Todd Field

Tár

Martin McDonagh

Martin McDonagh

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)

Ruben Östlund

Ruben Östlund

Triangle of Sadness (2022)

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

West Side Story (2021)

Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh

Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson

Licorice Pizza (2021)

David Fincher

David Fincher

Promising Young Woman

Promising Young Woman

Promising Young Woman (2020)

Thomas Vinterberg

Thomas Vinterberg

Another Round (2020)

Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

The Irishman (2019)

Sam Mendes

Sam Mendes

Todd Phillips

Todd Phillips

Adam McKay

Adam McKay

Spike Lee

Spike Lee

BlacKkKlansman (2018)

Yorgos Lanthimos

Yorgos Lanthimos

The Favourite (2018)

Paweł Pawlikowski

Paweł Pawlikowski

Cold War (2018)

Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan

Greta Gerwig

Greta Gerwig

Lady Bird (2017)

Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson

Phantom Thread (2017)

Barry Jenkins

Barry Jenkins

Moonlight (2016)

Denis Villeneuve

Denis Villeneuve

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson

Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

Tom McCarthy

Tom McCarthy

Spotlight (2015)

Adam McKay

Adam McKay

The Big Short (2015)

George Miller

George Miller

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Bennett Miller

Bennett Miller

Foxcatcher (2014)

Wes Anderson

Wes Anderson

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

Richard Linklater

Richard Linklater

Morten Tyldum

Morten Tyldum

The Imitation Game (2014)

Alexander Payne

Alexander Payne

Nebraska (2013)

David O. Russell

David O. Russell

American Hustle (2013)

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen

12 Years a Slave (2013)

David O. Russell

David O. Russell

Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke

Alexander Payne

Alexander Payne

The Descendants (2011)

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

Woody Allen

Woody Allen

Midnight in Paris (2011)

Terrence Malick

Terrence Malick

The Tree of Life (2011)

Darren Aronofsky

Darren Aronofsky

Black Swan (2010)

David Fincher

David Fincher

The Social Network (2010)

David O. Russell

David O. Russell

The Fighter (2010)

Joel Coen

Joel Coen

True Grit (2010)

Ethan Coen

Ethan Coen

True Grit (2010)

Jason Reitman

Jason Reitman

Up in the Air (2009)

James Cameron

James Cameron

Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Lee Daniels

Lee Daniels

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (2009)

David Fincher

David Fincher

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Gus Van Sant

Gus Van Sant

Ron Howard

Ron Howard

Frost/Nixon (2008)

Stephen Daldry

Stephen Daldry

The Reader (2008)

Jason Reitman

Jason Reitman

Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson

There Will Be Blood (2007)

Andrzej Wajda

Andrzej Wajda

Julian Schnabel

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

Alejandro González Iñárritu

Alejandro González Iñárritu

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood

Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

Stephen Frears

Stephen Frears

The Queen (2006)

Paul Greengrass

Paul Greengrass

United 93 (2006)

George Clooney

George Clooney

Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

Bennett Miller

Bennett Miller

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

Paul Haggis

Paul Haggis

Alexander Payne

Alexander Payne

Sideways (2004)

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

The Aviator (2004)

Taylor Hackford

Taylor Hackford

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood

Mystic River (2003)

Sofia Coppola

Sofia Coppola

Lost in Translation (2003)

Peter Weir

Peter Weir

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

Gangs of New York (2002)

Stephen Daldry

Stephen Daldry

The Hours (2002)

Andrzej Wajda

Andrzej Wajda

The Revenge

Pedro Almodóvar

Pedro Almodóvar

Talk to Her (2002)

Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott

Black Hawk Down (2001)

Robert Altman

Robert Altman

Gosford Park (2001)

David Lynch

David Lynch

Mulholland Drive (2001)

Ang Lee

Ang Lee

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

Stephen Daldry

Stephen Daldry

Billy Elliot (2000)

Lasse Hallström

Lasse Hallström

The Cider House Rules (1999)

M. Night Shyamalan

M. Night Shyamalan

The Sixth Sense (1999)

Spike Jonze

Spike Jonze

Being John Malkovich (1999)

Michael Mann

Michael Mann

The Insider (1999)

Andrzej Wajda

Andrzej Wajda

Pan Tadeusz

Terrence Malick

Terrence Malick

The Thin Red Line (1998)

Peter Weir

Peter Weir

The Truman Show (1998)

Roberto Benigni

Roberto Benigni

Life Is Beautiful (1997)

John Madden

John Madden

Shakespeare in Love (1998)

Curtis Hanson

Curtis Hanson

L.A. Confidential (1997)

Gus Van Sant

Gus Van Sant

Good Will Hunting (1997)

Joel Coen

Joel Coen

Miloš Forman

Miloš Forman

The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)

Scott Hicks

Michael Radford

Michael Radford

Il Postino: The Postman

Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Robert Redford

Robert Redford

Quiz Show (1994)

Woody Allen

Woody Allen

Bullets Over Broadway (1994)

Krzysztof Kieślowski

Krzysztof Kieślowski

Three Colours: Red

Robert Altman

Robert Altman

Short Cuts (1993)

Jane Campion

Jane Campion

The Piano (1993)

James Ivory

James Ivory

The Remains of the Day (1993)

Neil Jordan

Neil Jordan

The Crying Game (1992)

Martin Brest

Martin Brest

Scent of a Woman (1992)

Robert Altman

Robert Altman

The Player (1992)

James Ivory

James Ivory

Howards End (1992)

Barry Levinson

Barry Levinson

Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott

Thelma & Louise (1991)

Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone

Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola

The Godfather Part III (1990)

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

GoodFellas (1990)

Stephen Frears

Stephen Frears

The Grifters

Woody Allen

Woody Allen

Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)

Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh

Peter Weir

Peter Weir

Dead Poets Society (1989)

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols

Working Girl (1988)

Alan Parker

Alan Parker

Mississippi Burning (1988)

Adrian Lyne

Adrian Lyne

Fatal Attraction (1987)

Lasse Hallström

Lasse Hallström

My Life as a Dog

Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison

Moonstruck (1987)

John Boorman

John Boorman

Hope and Glory (1987)

Woody Allen

Woody Allen

Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)

David Lynch

David Lynch

Blue Velvet (1986)

James Ivory

James Ivory

A Room with a View (1986)

Roland Joffé

Roland Joffé

The Mission (1986)

Peter Weir

Peter Weir

Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

John Huston

John Huston

Prizzi's Honor (1985)

Woody Allen

Woody Allen

Broadway Danny Rose

Robert Benton

Robert Benton

Places in the Heart (1984)

David Lean

David Lean

A Passage to India (1984)

Roland Joffé

Roland Joffé

The Killing Fields (1984)

Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols

Silkwood (1983)

Peter Yates

Peter Yates

The Dresser (1983)

Ingmar Bergman

Ingmar Bergman

Fanny and Alexander (1982)

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Wolfgang Petersen

Wolfgang Petersen

Das Boot (1981)

Sydney Pollack

Sydney Pollack

Sidney Lumet

Sidney Lumet

The Verdict (1982)

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Louis Malle

Louis Malle

Atlantic City (1980)

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

Raging Bull (1980)

Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski

Tess

David Lynch

David Lynch

The Elephant Man (1980)

Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola

Apocalypse Now (1979)

Bob Fosse

Bob Fosse

All That Jazz (1979)

Peter Yates

Peter Yates

Breaking Away (1979)

Woody Allen

Woody Allen

Interiors

Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty

Heaven Can Wait (1978)

Alan Parker

Alan Parker

Midnight Express (1978)

Buck Henry

Buck Henry

Heaven Can Wait (1978)

Hal Ashby

Hal Ashby

Coming Home (1978)

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

George Lucas

George Lucas

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

Herbert Ross

Herbert Ross

The Turning Point (1977)

Fred Zinnemann

Fred Zinnemann

Sidney Lumet

Sidney Lumet

Alan J. Pakula

Alan J. Pakula

All the President's Men (1976)

Ingmar Bergman

Ingmar Bergman

Face to Face

Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick

Barry Lyndon (1975)

Sidney Lumet

Sidney Lumet

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Robert Altman

Robert Altman

Nashville

Federico Fellini

Federico Fellini

Amarcord (1973)

Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski

Chinatown (1974)

Bob Fosse

Bob Fosse

François Truffaut

François Truffaut

Day for Night (1973)

George Lucas

George Lucas

American Graffiti (1973)

Bernardo Bertolucci

Bernardo Bertolucci

Last Tango in Paris

Ingmar Bergman

Ingmar Bergman

Cries and Whispers (1972)

Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola

The Godfather (1972)

John Boorman

John Boorman

Deliverance (1972)

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Peter Bogdanovich

Peter Bogdanovich

The Last Picture Show (1971)

Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison

Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

John Schlesinger

John Schlesinger

Sunday, Bloody Sunday

Robert Altman

Robert Altman

Federico Fellini

Federico Fellini

Satyricon

Arthur Hiller

Arthur Hiller

Love Story (1970)

Sydney Pollack

Sydney Pollack

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Costa-Gavras

Costa-Gavras

George Roy Hill

George Roy Hill

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

Stanley Kramer

Stanley Kramer

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

Richard Brooks

Richard Brooks

In Cold Blood

Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

Richard Brooks

Richard Brooks

The Professionals

William Wyler

William Wyler

The Collector

John Schlesinger

John Schlesinger

David Lean

David Lean

Doctor Zhivago (1965)

Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick

Dr. Strangelove

Robert Stevenson

Mary Poppins (1964)

Mihalis Kakogiannis

Zorba the Greek (1964)

Federico Fellini

Federico Fellini

Elia Kazan

Elia Kazan

America America

Otto Preminger

Otto Preminger

The Cardinal

Robert Mulligan

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

Federico Fellini

Federico Fellini

La Dolce Vita (1960)

Robert Rossen

Robert Rossen

The Hustler (1961)

Stanley Kramer

Stanley Kramer

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

Fred Zinnemann

Fred Zinnemann

The Sundowners (1960)

Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder

Some Like It Hot (1959)

Fred Zinnemann

Fred Zinnemann

The Nun's Story (1959)

Jack Clayton

Jack Clayton

Room at the Top (1958)

George Stevens

George Stevens

The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)

Robert Wise

Robert Wise

I Want to Live!

Stanley Kramer

Stanley Kramer

The Defiant Ones (1958)

Richard Brooks

Richard Brooks

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

Sidney Lumet

Sidney Lumet

12 Angry Men (1957)

Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder

Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

Joshua Logan

Joshua Logan

Sayonara (1957)

William Wyler

William Wyler

Friendly Persuasion (1956)

Michael Anderson

Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

Walter Lang

The King and I (1956)

King Vidor

King Vidor

War and Peace (1968)

David Lean

David Lean

Summertime

Elia Kazan

Elia Kazan

East of Eden (1955)

Joshua Logan

Joshua Logan

Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

Rear Window (1954)

William A. Wellman

William A. Wellman

The High and the Mighty

Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder

William Wyler

William Wyler

Roman Holiday (1953)

Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder

Stalag 17 (1953)

George Stevens

George Stevens

John Huston

John Huston

Moulin Rouge (1952)

Fred Zinnemann

Fred Zinnemann

High Noon (1952)

Cecil B. DeMille

Cecil B. DeMille

The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

5 Fingers

William Wyler

William Wyler

Detective Story

Vincente Minnelli

Vincente Minnelli

An American in Paris (1951)

Elia Kazan

Elia Kazan

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

John Huston

John Huston

The African Queen (1952)

Carol Reed

Carol Reed

The Third Man (1949)

George Cukor

George Cukor

Born Yesterday (1950)

Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

John Huston

John Huston

The Asphalt Jungle

William A. Wellman

William A. Wellman

Battleground (1949)

William Wyler

William Wyler

The Heiress (1949)

Carol Reed

Carol Reed

The Fallen Idol

Robert Rossen

Robert Rossen

All the King's Men (1949)

Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier

Fred Zinnemann

Fred Zinnemann

The Search

Anatole Litvak

Anatole Litvak

The Snake Pit (1948)

George Cukor

George Cukor

A Double Life (1947)

David Lean

David Lean

Great Expectations (1946)

Edward Dmytryk

Edward Dmytryk

Crossfire (1947)

Henry Koster

Henry Koster

The Bishop's Wife (1947)

David Lean

David Lean

Brief Encounter (1945)

Frank Capra

Frank Capra

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Clarence Brown

Clarence Brown

The Yearling (1946)

Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

Spellbound (1945)

Leo McCarey

Leo McCarey

The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)

Clarence Brown

Clarence Brown

National Velvet (1945)

Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

Lifeboat

Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder

Double Indemnity (1944)

Otto Preminger

Otto Preminger

Henry King

Henry King

Henry King

Henry King

The Song of Bernadette (1943)

Clarence Brown

Clarence Brown

The Human Comedy (1943)

George Stevens

George Stevens

The More the Merrier (1943)

Michael Curtiz

Michael Curtiz

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

Mervyn LeRoy

Mervyn LeRoy

Random Harvest (1942)

Sam Wood

Sam Wood

Kings Row (1942)

Orson Welles

Orson Welles

Citizen Kane (1941)

William Wyler

William Wyler

The Little Foxes (1941)

Howard Hawks

Howard Hawks

Sergeant York (1941)

Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

William Wyler

William Wyler

The Letter (1940)

George Cukor

George Cukor

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Sam Wood

Sam Wood

Kitty Foyle (1940)

William Wyler

William Wyler

Wuthering Heights (1939)

John Ford

John Ford

Stagecoach (1939)

Frank Capra

Frank Capra

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Sam Wood

Sam Wood

Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)

Michael Curtiz

Michael Curtiz

Four Daughters

King Vidor

King Vidor

The Citadel (1938)

William A. Wellman

William A. Wellman

A Star Is Born (2018)

William Dieterle

William Dieterle

The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

Sidney Franklin

Sidney Franklin

The Good Earth (1937)

William Wyler

William Wyler

Dodsworth (1936)

W.S. Van Dyke

W.S. Van Dyke

San Francisco (1936)

Michael Curtiz

Michael Curtiz

Captain Blood (1935)

Frank Lloyd

Frank Lloyd

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

Henry Hathaway

Henry Hathaway

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)

W.S. Van Dyke

W.S. Van Dyke

The Thin Man (1934)

Victor Schertzinger

One Night of Love (1934)

George Cukor

George Cukor

Little Women (1994)

Frank Capra

Frank Capra

Lady for a Day

King Vidor

King Vidor

The Champ (1931)

Lewis Milestone

Lewis Milestone

The Front Page

Clarence Brown

Clarence Brown

A Free Soul (1931)

Wesley Ruggles

Cimarron (1931)

Clarence Brown

Clarence Brown

Anna Christie

King Vidor

King Vidor

Hallelujah!

Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

Madame X

Frank Lloyd

Frank Lloyd

Weary River

King Vidor

King Vidor

The Crowd

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