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The Academy Award for Best Director (officially known as the Academy Award of Merit for Directing) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in the film industry.

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2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), Peter Jackson

2003
The Pianist (2002), Roman Polanski

2002
A Beautiful Mind (2001), Ron Howard

2001
Traffic (2000), Steven Soderbergh

2000
American Beauty (1999), Sam Mendes

1999
Saving Private Ryan (1998), Steven Spielberg

1998
Titanic (1997), James Cameron

1997
The English Patient (1996), Anthony Minghella

1996
Braveheart (1995), Mel Gibson

1995
Forrest Gump (1994), Robert Zemeckis

1994
Schindler's List (1993), Steven Spielberg

1993
Unforgiven (1992), Clint Eastwood

1992
The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Jonathan Demme

1991
Dances with Wolves (1990), Kevin Costner

1990
Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Oliver Stone

1989
Rain Man (1988), Barry Levinson

1988
The Last Emperor (1987), Bernardo Bertolucci

1987
Platoon (1986), Oliver Stone

1986
Out of Africa (1985), Sydney Pollack

1985
Amadeus (1984), Milos Forman

1984
Terms of Endearment (1983), James L. Brooks

1983
Gandhi (1982), Richard Attenborough

1982
Reds (1981), Warren Beatty

1981
Ordinary People (1980), Robert Redford

1980
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Robert Benton

1979
The Deer Hunter (1978), Michael Cimino

1978
Annie Hall (1977), Woody Allen

1977
Rocky (1976), John G. Avildsen

1976
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Milos Forman

1975
The Godfather Part II (1974), Francis Ford Coppola

1974
The Sting (1973), George Roy Hill

1973
Cabaret (1972), Bob Fosse

1972
The French Connection (1971), William Friedkin

1971
Patton (1970), Franklin J. Schaffner

1970
Midnight Cowboy (1969), John Schlesinger

1969
Oliver! (1968), Carol Reed

1968
The Graduate (1967), Mike Nichols

1967
A Man for All Seasons (1966), Fred Zinnemann

1966
The Sound of Music (1965), Robert Wise

1965
My Fair Lady (1964), George Cukor

1964
Tom Jones (1963), Tony Richardson

1963
Lawrence of Arabia (1962), David Lean

1962
West Side Story (1961), Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins

1961
The Apartment (1960), Billy Wilder

1960
Ben-Hur (1959), William Wyler

1959
Gigi (1958), Vincente Minnelli

1958
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), David Lean

1957
Giant (1956), George Stevens

1956
Marty (1955), Delbert Mann

1955
On the Waterfront (1954), Elia Kazan

1954
From Here to Eternity (1953), Fred Zinnemann

1953
The Quiet Man (1952), John Ford

1952
A Place in the Sun (1951), George Stevens

1951
All About Eve (1950), Joseph L. Mankiewicz

1950
A Letter to Three Wives (1949), Joseph L. Mankiewicz

1949
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), John Huston

1948
Gentleman's Agreement (1947), Elia Kazan

1947
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), William Wyler

1946
The Lost Weekend (1945), Billy Wilder

1945
Going My Way (1944), Leo McCarey

1944
Casablanca (1942), Michael Curtiz

1943
Mrs. Miniver (1942), William Wyler

1942
How Green Was My Valley (1941), John Ford

1941
The Grapes of Wrath (1940), John Ford

1940
Gone with the Wind (1939), Victor Fleming

1939
You Can't Take It with You (1938), Frank Capra

1938
The Awful Truth (1937), Leo McCarey

1937
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), Frank Capra

1936
The Informer (1935), John Ford

1935
It Happened One Night (1934), Frank Capra

1934
Cavalcade (1933), Frank Lloyd

1932
Bad Girl (1931), Frank Borzage

1931
Skippy (1931), Norman Taurog

1930
The Divine Lady (1928), Frank Lloyd

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), Lewis Milestone

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