Steven Soderbergh for Traffic.
Steven Soderbergh, who was nominated twice in the Best Director category, won for his work in "Traffic." His other nomination was for "Erin Brockovich." Both films were nominated for Best Picture of 2000, but the Oscar went to "Gladiator."
"Juno" (A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production), Jason Reitman
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.), Tony Gilroy
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Paul Thomas Anderson
Nominated for best director Academy Awards 2001 :
* Robert Altman - Gosford Park * Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring * David Lynch - Mulholland Drive * Ron Howard - A Beautiful Mind * Ridley Scott - Black Hawk Down
Winner :
In 2005, the best director Oscars went to Ang Lee for "Brokeback Mountain," George Clooney for "Good Night, and Good Luck," Paul Haggis for "Crash," Bennett Millerfor "Capote," Steven Spielberg for "Munich"
The Best Director award went to Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain.
Danny Boyle ("Slumdog Millionaire") won the Academy Award for Best Director in 2008.
Peter Jackson for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Robert Zemeckis for Forrest Gump.
Sydney Pollack won the Oscar for Best Director for the film Out of Africa.
Alfred Hitchcock
Viva Villa! won the Oscar for Assistant Director in 1934.
Michael Cimino.
Bernardo Bertolucci for The Last Emperor.
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)
Robert Redford won the 1980 Oscar for "Ordinary People," which marked his debut as a director.
Martin Scorsese won the Best Director Oscar for "The Departed".
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Kathryn Bigelow won the 2009 Best Director Academy Award for her work on "The Hurt Locker." She also won an Oscar as a producer of the film, which was named Best Picture. Bigelow was the fourth woman nominated for Best Director, after Lina Wertmuller for "Seven Beauties" (1975), Jane Campion for "The Piano" (1993) and Sofia Coppola for "Lost in Translation" (2003).
He won an Oscar for Best Director for Ordinary People (1980).
Sean Penn won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 2003.
Alfred Hitchcock
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In Old Chicago won the Oscar for Assistant Director in 1937.