| MEJOR DIRECTOR | |
| 1928 | FRANK
BORZAGE (ex-equo)
(7th heaven) |
| 1928 | LEWIS
MILESTONE (ex-equo)
(Two arabian knights) |
| 1929 | FRANK
LLOYD
(The divine lady) |
| 1930 | LEWIS
MILESTONE
(All quiet western front) |
| 1931 | NORMAN
TAUROG
(Skippy) |
| 1932 | FRANK
BORZAGE
(Bad girl) |
| 1933 | FRANK
LLOYD
(Cavalcade) |
| 1934 | FRANK
CAPRA
(It happened one night) |
| 1935 | JOHN
FORD
(The informer) |
| 1936 | FRANK
CAPRA
(Mr.Deeds goes to town) |
| 1937 | LEO
MAC CAREY
(The awful truth) |
| 1938 | FRANK
CAPRA
(You can't take it with you) |
| 1939 | VICTOR
FLEMING
(Gone with the wind) |
| 1940 | JOHN
FORD
(The grapes of wrath) |
| 1941 | JOHN
FORD
(How green was my valley) |
| 1942 | WILLIAM
WYLER
(Mrs.Miniver) |
| 1943 | MICHAEL
CURTIZ
(Casablanca) |
| 1944 | LEO
MAC CAREY
(Going my way) |
| 1945 | BILLY
WILDER
(The lost weekend) |
| 1946 | WILLIAM
WYLER
(The best years of our lives) |
| 1947 | ELIA
KAZAN
(Gentleman's agreement) |
| 1948 | JOHN
HUSTON
(The treasure of Sierra Madre) |
| 1949 | JOSEPH
L.MANKIEWICZ
(A letter to three wives) |
| 1950 | JOSEPH
L.MANKIEWICZ
(All about Eve) |
| 1951 | GEORGE
STEVENS
(A place in the sun) |
| 1952 | JOHN
FORD
(The quiet man) |
| 1953 | FRED
ZINNEMANN
(From here to eternity) |
| 1954 | ELIA
KAZAN
(On the waterfront) |
| 1955 | DELBERT
MANN
(Marty) |
| 1956 | GEORGE
STEVENS
(Giant) |
| 1957 | DAVID
LEAN
(The bridge on the river Kwai) |
| 1958 | VINCENTE
MINNELLI
(Gigi) |
| 1959 | WILLIAM
WYLER
(Ben-Hur) |
| 1960 | BILLY
WILDER
(The apartment) |
| 1961 | JEROME
ROBBINS (ex-equo)
(West side story) |
| 1961 | ROBERT
WISE (ex-equo)
(West side story) |
| 1962 | DAVID
LEAN
(Lawrence of Arabia) |
| 1963 | TONY
RICHARDSON
(Tom Jones) |
| 1964 | GEORGE
CUKOR
(My fair lady) |
| 1965 | ROBERT
WISE
(The sound of music) |
| 1966 | FRED
ZINNEMANN
(A man for all seasons) |
| 1967 | MIKE
NICHOLS
(The graduate) |
| 1968 | CAROL
REED
(Oliver) |
| 1969 | JOHN
SCHLESINGER
(Midnight cowboy) |
| 1970 | FRANKLIN
J.SCHAFFNER
(Patton) |
| 1971 | WILLIAM
FRIEDKIN
(The french connection) |
| 1972 | BOB
FOSSE
(Cabaret) |
| 1973 | GEORGE
ROY HILL
(The sting) |
| 1974 | FRANCIS
FORD COPPOLA
(The Godfaher part II) |
| 1975 | MILOS
FORMAN
(One flew over the coockoo's nest) |
| 1976 | JOHN
G.AVILDSEN
(Rocky) |
| 1977 | WOODY
ALLEN
(Annie Hall) |
| 1978 | MICHAEL
CIMINO
(The deer hunter) |
| 1979 | ROBERT
BENTON
(Kramer vs.Kramer) |
| 1980 | ROBERT
REDFORD
(Ordinary people) |
| 1981 | WARREN
BEATTY
(Reds) |
| 1982 | RICHARD
ATTENBOROUGH
(Gandhi) |
| 1983 | JAMES
L.BROOKS
(Terms of endearment) |
| 1984 | MILOS
FORMAN
(Amadeus) |
| 1985 | SIDNEY
POLLACK
(Out of Africa) |
| 1986 | OLIVER
STONE
(Platoon) |
| 1987 | BERNARDO
BERTOLUCCI
(The last emperor) |
| 1988 | BARRY
LEVINSON
(Rain man) |
| 1989 | OLIVER
STONE
(Born of the fourth of july) |
| 1990 | KEVIN
COSTNER
(Dances with wolves) |
| 1991 | JONATHAN
DEMME
(The silence of the lambs) |
| 1992 | CLINT
EASTWOOD
(Unforgiven) |
| 1993 | STEVEN
SPIELBERG
(Schindler's list) |
| 1994 | ROBERT
ZEMECKIS
(Forrest Gump) |
| 1995 | MEL
GIBSON
(Braveheart) |
| 1996 | ANTHONY
MINGHELLA
(The english patient) |
| 1997 | JAMES
CAMERON
(Titanic) |
| 1998 | STEVEN
SPIELBERG
(Saving private Ryan) |
| 1999 | SAM
MENDES
(American beauty) |
| 2000 | STEVEN
SODERBERGH
(Traffic) |
| 2001 | RON
HOWARD
(A beautiful mind) |
| 2002 | ROMAN
POLANSKI
(The pianist) |
| 2003 | PETER
JACKSON
The Lord of the Rings-The return of the King (El Seņor de los Anillos-El retorno del Rey) |
| 2004 | CLINT
EASTWOOD
(Million Dollar Baby) |
| 2005 | ANG
LEE
(Brokeback Mountain) |