Best Director Oscar Winners
About
Presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the annual Academy Award for Best Directing is given in honor of a film director who exhibited outstanding directing in the film industry for the year prior.
Trivia
The very first Academy Awards split the award between "Dramatic" and "Comedy" categories. Damien Chazelle was the youngest to ever win the award and Kathryn Bigelow is the only woman to have won.
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Best Director Oscar Winners Cast
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Woody Allen, 86
2
Oliver Stone, 75
3
Steven Spielberg, 74
4
Peter Jackson, 60
5
Ron Howard, 67
6
Ang Lee, 67
7
James Cameron, 67
8
Robert Redford, 85
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Richard Attenborough, Aug 24,2014,age 90
10
Martin Scorsese, 79
11
Clint Eastwood, 91
12
Michael Cimino, Jul 2,2016,age 77
13
Robert Zemeckis, 69
14
Mel Gibson, 65
15
Tom Hooper, 49
16
Frank Capra, Sep 3,1991,age 94
17
Danny Boyle, 65
18
Kevin Costner, 66
19
Alfonso Cuarón, 60
20
Kathryn Bigelow, 70
21
George Roy Hill, Dec 27,2002,age 81
22
Joel Coen, 67
23
Damien Chazelle, 36
24
Francis Ford Coppola, 82
25
Steven Soderbergh, 58
26
Ethan Coen, 64
27
Bob Fosse, Sep 23,1987,age 60
28
Roman Polanski, 88
29
Sydney Pollack, May 26,2008,age 73
30
Sam Mendes, 56
31
Elia Kazan, Sep 28,2003,age 94
32
James L. Brooks, 81
33
Warren Beatty, 84
34
Mike Nichols, Nov 20,2014,age 83
35
Alejandro González Iñárritu, 58
36
Guillermo del Toro, 57
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Jonathan Demme, Apr 26,2017,age 73
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John Huston, Aug 28,1987,age 81
39
Bernardo Bertolucci, Nov 26,2018,age 77
40
William Friedkin, 86
41
Bong Joon-ho, 52
42
Jerome Robbins, Jul 29,1998,age 79
43
John Ford, Aug 31,1973,age 79
44
Milos Forman, Apr 13,2018,age 86
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Billy Wilder, Mar 27,2002,age 95
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Victor Fleming, Jan 6,1949,age 59
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Vincente Minnelli, Jul 25,1986,age 83
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Robert Wise, Sep 14,2005,age 91
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Woody Allen, 86
Oliver Stone, 75
Steven Spielberg, 74
Peter Jackson, 60
Ron Howard, 67
Ang Lee, 67
James Cameron, 67
Robert Redford, 85
Richard Attenborough, Aug 24,2014,age 90
Martin Scorsese, 79
Clint Eastwood, 91
Michael Cimino, Jul 2,2016,age 77
Robert Zemeckis, 69
Mel Gibson, 65
Tom Hooper, 49
Frank Capra, Sep 3,1991,age 94
Danny Boyle, 65
Kevin Costner, 66
Alfonso Cuarón, 60
Kathryn Bigelow, 70
George Roy Hill, Dec 27,2002,age 81
Joel Coen, 67
Damien Chazelle, 36
Francis Ford Coppola, 82
Steven Soderbergh, 58
Ethan Coen, 64
Bob Fosse, Sep 23,1987,age 60
Roman Polanski, 88
Sydney Pollack, May 26,2008,age 73
Sam Mendes, 56
Elia Kazan, Sep 28,2003,age 94
James L. Brooks, 81
Warren Beatty, 84
Mike Nichols, Nov 20,2014,age 83
Alejandro González Iñárritu, 58
Guillermo del Toro, 57
Jonathan Demme, Apr 26,2017,age 73
John Huston, Aug 28,1987,age 81
Bernardo Bertolucci, Nov 26,2018,age 77
William Friedkin, 86
Bong Joon-ho, 52
Jerome Robbins, Jul 29,1998,age 79
John Ford, Aug 31,1973,age 79
Milos Forman, Apr 13,2018,age 86
Billy Wilder, Mar 27,2002,age 95
Victor Fleming, Jan 6,1949,age 59
Vincente Minnelli, Jul 25,1986,age 83
Robert Wise, Sep 14,2005,age 91