1927/28 (1st)
DIRECTING (Comedy Picture)
* Lewis Milestone -- Two Arabian Knights

DIRECTING (Dramatic Picture)
* Frank Borzage -- 7th Heaven

SPECIAL AWARD
* To Charles Chaplin, for acting, writing, directing and producing 'The Circus.'
[NOTE: 'The Academy Board of Judges on merit awards for individual achievements in motion picture arts during the year ending August 1, 1928, unanimously decided that your name should be removed from the competitive classes, and that a special first award be conferred upon you for writing, acting, directing and producing 'The Circus.' The collective accomplishments thus displayed place you in a class by yourself.' (Letter from the Academy to Mr. Chaplin, dated February 19, 1929.)]

1928/29 (2nd)
DIRECTING
* Frank Lloyd -- The Divine Lady
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. There were no announcements of nominations, no certificates of nomination or honorable mention, and only the winners (*) were revealed during the awards banquet on April 3, 1930.]

1929/30 (3rd)
DIRECTING
* Lewis Milestone -- All Quiet on the Western Front

1930/31 (4th)
DIRECTING
* Skippy -- Norman Taurog

1931/32 (5th)
DIRECTING
* Bad Girl -- Frank Borzage

1932/33 (6th)
DIRECTING
* Cavalcade -- Frank Lloyd

1934 (7th)
DIRECTING
* It Happened One Night -- Frank Capra

1935 (8th)
DIRECTING
* The Informer -- John Ford

1936 (9th)
DIRECTING
* Mr. Deeds Goes to Town -- Frank Capra

1937 (10th)
DIRECTING
* The Awful Truth -- Leo McCarey

1938 (11th)
DIRECTING
* You Can't Take It with You -- Frank Capra

1939 (12th)
DIRECTING
* Gone with the Wind -- Victor Fleming

1940 (13th)
DIRECTING
* The Grapes of Wrath -- John Ford

1941 (14th)
DIRECTING
* How Green Was My Valley -- John Ford

1942 (15th)
DIRECTING
* Mrs. Miniver -- William Wyler

1943 (16th)
DIRECTING
* Casablanca -- Michael Curtiz

1944 (17th)
DIRECTING
* Going My Way -- Leo McCarey

1945 (18th)
DIRECTING
* The Lost Weekend -- Billy Wilder

1946 (19th)
DIRECTING
* The Best Years of Our Lives -- William Wyler

1947 (20th)
DIRECTING
* Gentleman's Agreement -- Elia Kazan

1948 (21st)
DIRECTING
* The Treasure of the Sierra Madre -- John Huston

1949 (22nd)
DIRECTING
* A Letter to Three Wives -- Joseph L. Mankiewicz

1950 (23rd)
DIRECTING
* All about Eve -- Joseph L. Mankiewicz

1951 (24th)
DIRECTING
* A Place in the Sun -- George Stevens

1952 (25th)
DIRECTING
* The Quiet Man -- John Ford

1953 (26th)
DIRECTING
* From Here to Eternity -- Fred Zinnemann

1954 (27th)
DIRECTING
* On the Waterfront -- Elia Kazan

1955 (28th)
DIRECTING
* Marty -- Delbert Mann

1956 (29th)
DIRECTING
* Giant -- George Stevens

1957 (30th)
DIRECTING
* The Bridge on the River Kwai -- David Lean

1958 (31st)
DIRECTING
* Gigi -- Vincente Minnelli

1959 (32nd)
DIRECTING
* Ben-Hur -- William Wyler

1960 (33rd)
DIRECTING
* The Apartment -- Billy Wilder

1961 (34th)
DIRECTING
* West Side Story -- Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins

1962 (35th)
DIRECTING
* Lawrence of Arabia -- David Lean

1963 (36th)
DIRECTING
* Tom Jones -- Tony Richardson

1964 (37th)
DIRECTING
* My Fair Lady -- George Cukor

1965 (38th)
DIRECTING
* The Sound of Music -- Robert Wise

1966 (39th)
DIRECTING
* A Man for All Seasons -- Fred Zinnemann

1967 (40th)
DIRECTING
* The Graduate -- Mike Nichols

1968 (41st)
DIRECTING
* Oliver! -- Carol Reed

1969 (42nd)
DIRECTING
* Midnight Cowboy -- John Schlesinger

1970 (43rd)
DIRECTING
* Patton -- Franklin J. Schaffner

1971 (44th)
DIRECTING
* The French Connection -- William Friedkin

1972 (45th)
DIRECTING
* Cabaret -- Bob Fosse

1973 (46th)
DIRECTING
* The Sting -- George Roy Hill

1974 (47th)
DIRECTING
* The Godfather Part II -- Francis Ford Coppola

1975 (48th)
DIRECTING
* One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest -- Milos Forman

1976 (49th)
DIRECTING
* Rocky -- John G. Avildsen

1977 (50th)
DIRECTING
* Annie Hall -- Woody Allen

1978 (51st)
DIRECTING
* The Deer Hunter -- Michael Cimino

1979 (52nd)
DIRECTING
* Kramer vs. Kramer -- Robert Benton

1980 (53rd)
DIRECTING
* Ordinary People -- Robert Redford

1981 (54th)
DIRECTING
* Reds -- Warren Beatty

1982 (55th)
DIRECTING
* Gandhi -- Richard Attenborough

1983 (56th)
DIRECTING
* Terms of Endearment -- James L. Brooks

1984 (57th)
DIRECTING
* Amadeus -- Milos Forman

1985 (58th)
DIRECTING
* Out of Africa -- Sydney Pollack

1986 (59th)
DIRECTING
* Platoon -- Oliver Stone

1987 (60th)
DIRECTING
* The Last Emperor -- Bernardo Bertolucci

1988 (61st)
DIRECTING
* Rain Man -- Barry Levinson

1989 (62nd)
DIRECTING
* Born on the Fourth of July -- Oliver Stone

1990 (63rd)
DIRECTING
* Dances With Wolves -- Kevin Costner

1991 (64th)
DIRECTING
* The Silence of the Lambs -- Jonathan Demme

1992 (65th)
DIRECTING
* Unforgiven -- Clint Eastwood

1993 (66th)
DIRECTING
* Schindler's List -- Steven Spielberg

1994 (67th)
DIRECTING
* Forrest Gump -- Robert Zemeckis

1995 (68th)
DIRECTING
* Braveheart -- Mel Gibson

1996 (69th)
DIRECTING
* The English Patient -- Anthony Minghella

1997 (70th)
DIRECTING
* Titanic -- James Cameron

1998 (71st)
DIRECTING
* Saving Private Ryan -- Steven Spielberg

1999 (72nd)
DIRECTING
* American Beauty -- Sam Mendes

2000 (73rd)
DIRECTING
* Traffic -- Steven Soderbergh

2001 (74th)
DIRECTING
* A Beautiful Mind -- Ron Howard

2002 (75th)
DIRECTING
* The Pianist -- Roman Polanski

2003 (76th)
DIRECTING
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- Peter Jackson

2004 (77th)
DIRECTING
* Million Dollar Baby -- Clint Eastwood

2005 (78th)
DIRECTING
* Brokeback Mountain -- Ang Lee