| DIRECTOR | FILM | MORE INFO |
| Ang Lee | Brokeback Mountain | Ang Lee won the Oscar for Best Director for 'Brokeback Mountain' (2005) at the 78th Academy Awards. |
| Anthony Minghella | The English Patient | Anthony Minghella won the Oscar for Best Director for 'The English Patient' (1996) at the 69th Academy Awards. |
| Barry Levinson | Rain Man | Barry Levinson won the Oscar for Best Director for 'Rain Man' (1988) at the 61st Academy Awards. |
| Bernardo Bertolucci | The Last Emperor | Bernardo Bertolucci won the Oscar for Best Director for 'The Last Emperor' (1987) at the 60th Academy Awards. |
| Clint Eastwood | Million Dollar Baby |  Clint Eastwood won the Oscar for Best Director for 'Million Dollar Baby' (2004) at the 77th Academy Awards. |
| Frank Capra | It Happened One Night | Frank Capra won the Oscar for Best Director for 'It Happened One Night' (1934) at the 7th Academy Awards. |
| James Cameron | Titanic | James Cameron won the Oscar for Best Director for 'Titanic' (1997) at the 70th Academy Awards. |
| James L. Brooks | Terms of Endearment | James L. Brooks won the Oscar for Best Director for 'Terms of Endearment' (1983) at the 56th Academy Awards. |
| John Ford | The Grapes of Wrath | John Ford won the Oscar for Best Director for 'The Grapes of Wrath' (1940) at the 13th Academy Awards. |
| Jonathan Demme | The Silence of the Lambs | Jonathan Demme won the Oscar for Best Director for 'The Silence of the Lambs' (1991) at the 64th Academy Awards. |
| Kevin Costner | Dances with Wolves |  Kevin Costner won the Oscar for Best Director for 'Dances with Wolves' (1990) at the 63rd Academy Awards. |
| Mel Gibson | Braveheart |  Mel Gibson won the Oscar for Best Director for 'Braveheart' (1995) at the 68th Academy Awards. |
| Milos Forman | Amadeus | Milos Forman won the Oscar for Best Director for 'Amadeus' (1984) at the 57th Academy Awards. |
| Oliver Stone | Born on the Fourth of July | Oliver Stone won the Oscar for Best Director for 'Born on the Fourth of July' (1989) at the 62nd Academy Awards. |
| Peter Jackson | The Lord of the Rings : Return of the King | Peter Jackson won the Oscar for Best Director for 'The Lord of the Rings : Return of the King' (2003) at the 76th Academy Awards. |
| Richard Attenborough | Gandhi | Richard Attenborough won the Oscar for Best Director for 'Gandhi' (1982) at the 55th Academy Awards. |
| Robert Redford | Ordinary People |  Robert Redford won the Oscar for Best Director for 'Ordinary People' (1980) at the 53rd Academy Awards. |
| Robert Zemeckis | Forrest Gump | Robert Zemeckis won the Oscar for Best Director for 'Forrest Gump' (1994) at the 67th Academy Awards. |
| Roman Polanski | The Pianist | Roman Polanski won the Oscar for Best Director for 'The Pianist' (2002) at the 75th Academy Awards. |
| Ron Howard | A Beautiful Mind | Ron Howard won the Oscar for Best Director for 'A Beautiful Mind' (2001) at the 74th Academy Awards. |
| Sam Mendes | American Beauty | Sam Mendes won the Oscar for Best Director for 'American Beauty' (1999) at the 72nd Academy Awards. |
| Steven Soderbergh | Traffic | Steven Soderbergh won the Oscar for Best Director for 'Traffic' (2000) at the 73rd Academy Awards. |
| Steven Spielberg | Saving Private Ryan | Steven Spielberg won the Oscar for Best Director for 'Saving Private Ryan' (1998) at the 71st Academy Awards. |
| Sydney Pollack | Out of Africa | Sydney Pollack won the Oscar for Best Director for 'Out of Africa' (1985) at the 58th Academy Awards. |
| Warren Beatty | Reds | Warren Beatty won the Oscar for Best Director for 'Reds' (1981) at the 54th Academy Awards. |
