Tony Baldwin
Before 1960 no Canadian director won an Academy Award for Best Director.
Orson Welles for "Citizen Kane."
This is not a question, this is an opinion, my opinion is James Cameron, he made the best movie
Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation (2003).
John Singleton was the first black director nominated for an Oscar for Best Director. He was nominated for the movie Boyz n the Hood in 1991. He was also the youngest director ever nominated, at age 23.
He is an American actor and producer, but not a director.
Gibson received two Academy Awards, Best Director and Best Picture, for his 1995 direction of Braveheart
Alfred hitchcock
Aaron Sommerfrucht
Malcolm D. Lee was the director of the movie The Best Man.
No African American has yet won Best Director. Only two have ever been nominated.John Singleton was nominated for Boyz n the Hood(1991). He was the first black person to be nominated for Best Director. He is also the youngest person ever nominated in this category (age 23)Lee Daniels was nominated for Precious (2009). He is the second black person to earned a best director nomination. Daniels is also the first black director to earn a best picture nomination.
The director of the play was tired. He received the award for best director at the film festival.