Robert Redford won the 1980 Oscar for "Ordinary People," which marked his debut as a director.
He won an Oscar for Best Director for Ordinary People (1980).
James Cameron won the Oscar for Best Director for Titanic (1997).
Sydney Pollack won the Oscar for Best Director for the film Out of Africa.
Four.1953 Won Oscar Best Director for: The Quiet Man (1952)1942 Won Oscar Best Director for: How Green Was My Valley (1941)1941 Won Oscar Best Director for: The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 1940 Nominated Oscar Best Director for: Stagecoach (1939)1936 Won Oscar Best Director for: The Informer (1935)
Martin Scorsese won the Best Director Oscar for "The Departed".
Mary Steenburgen won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1980.
Sissy Spacek won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 1980.
Timothy Hutton won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1980.
Best Director, Ordinary People-1980
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Alfred Hitchcock
Francis Coppola won the Golden Globe for Best Director - Motion Picture in 1980.