| 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) |