A cada ano a Academia seleciona o melhor diretor de uma lista de cinco indicados. O prêmio, que vem sendo entregue desde 1929, dá direito ao vencedor de receber a cobiçada estatueta e de fazer um breve discurso.
De todos os 80 homenageados com o prêmio até 2008, apenas 21 não ganharam também o Oscar de melhor filme.
Existem diretores muito importantes que não o receberam, entre eles Charles Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock e Stanley Kubrick.
Em 1933 não houve entrega dos prêmios Oscar, que foram entregues duas vezes em 1930 (em abril, referente aos filmes produzidos entre 2 de agosto de 1928 e 31 de julho de 1929, e em novembro, referente aos filmes produzidos entre 1º de agosto de 1929 e 31 de julho de 1930); em 1931 (em novembro, referente aos filmes produzidos entre 1º de agosto de 1930 e 31 de julho de 1931); em 1932 (em novembro, referente aos filmes produzidos entre 1º de agosto de 1931 e 31 de julho de 1932); e em 1934 (em março, referente aos filmes produzidos entre 1º de agosto de 1932 e 31 de dezembro de 1933).
Vencedores e Indicados 1928: (Drama) Frank Borzage
Seventh Heaven
Herbert Brenon – Sorrell and Son
King Vidor – The Crowd
1928: (Comédia) Lewis Milestone
Two Arabian Knights
Ted Wilde – Speedy
1929: Frank Lloyd
The Divine Lady
Lionel Barrymore – Madame X
Harry Beaumont – The Broadway Melody
Irving Cummings – In Old Arizona
Frank Lloyd – Drag
Ernst Lubitsch – The Patriot
1930: Lewis Milestone
All Quiet on the Western Front
Clarence Brown – Anna Christie e Romance
Robert Z. Leonard – The Divorcee
Ernst Lubitsch – The Love Parade
King Vidor – Hallelujah!
[editar]Década de 1930
1931: Norman Taurog
Skippy
Clarence Brown A Free Soul
Lewis Milestone The Front Page
Wesley Ruggles Cimarron
Josef von Sternberg Marocco
1932: Frank Borzage
Bad Girl
King Vidor The Champ
Josef von Sternberg Shanghai Express
1933: Frank Lloyd
Cavalcade
Frank Capra Lady for a Day
George Cukor Little Women
1934: Frank Capra
It Happened One Night
Victor Schertzinger One Night of Love
W. S. Van Dyke The Thin Man
1935: John Ford
The Informer
Henry Hathaway The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Frank Lloyd Munity on the Bounty
Michael Curtiz Captain Blood
1936: Frank Capra
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Gregory La Cava My Man Godfrey
Robert Z. Leonard The Great Ziegfeld
W. S. Van Dyke San Francisco
William Wyler Dodsworth
1937: Leo McCarey
The Awful Truth
William Dieterle The Life of Emile Zola
Sidney Franklin The Good Earth
Gregory La Cava Stage Door
William A. Wellman A Star Is Born
1938: Frank Capra
You Can't Take It with You
Michael Curtiz Angels with Dirty Faces
Michael Curtiz Four Daughters
Norman Taurog Boys Town
King Vidor The Citadel
1939: Victor Fleming
Gone with the Wind
Frank Capra Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
John Ford Stagecoach
Sam Wood Goodbye, Mr. Chips
William Wyler Wuthering Heights
1940: John Ford
The Grapes of Wrath
George Cukor The Philadelphia Story
Alfred Hitchcock Rebecca
Sam Wood Kitty Foyle
William Wyler The Letter
1941: John Ford
How Green Was My Valley
Alexander Hall Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Howard Hawks Sargeant York
Orson Welles Citizen Kane
William Wyler The Little Foxes
1942: William Wyler
Mrs. Miniver
Michael Curtiz Yankee Doodle Dandy
John Farrow Wake Island
Mervyn LeRoy Random Harvest
Sam Wood Kings Row
1943: Michael Curtiz
Casablanca
Clarence Brown The Human Comedy
Henry King The Song of Bernadette
Ernst Lubitsch Heaven Can Wait
George Stevens The More the Merrier
1944: Leo McCarey
Going My Way
Alfred Hitchcock Lifeboat
Henry King Wilson
Otto Preminger Laura
Billy Wilder Double Indemnity
1945: Billy Wilder
The Lost Weekend
Clarence Brown National Velvet
Alfred Hitchcock Spellbound
Leo McCarey The Bells of St. Mary
Jean Renoir The Southerner
1946: William Wyler
The Best Years of Our Lives
Clarence Brown The Yearling
Frank Capra It's a Wonderful Life
David Lean Brief Encounter
Robert Siodmak The Killers
1947: Elia Kazan
Gentleman's Agreement
George Cukor A Double Life
Edward Dmytryk Crossfire
Henry Koster The Bishop's Wife
David Lean Great Expectations
1948: John Huston
The Treasure of Sierra Madre
Anatole Litvak The Snake Pit
Jean Negulesco Johnny Belinda
Laurence Olivier Hamlet
Fred Zinnemann The Search
1949: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
A Letter to Three Wives
Carol Reed The Fallen Idol
Robert Rossen All the King's Men
William A. Wellman Battleground
William Wyler The Heiress
1950: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
All About Eve
George Cukor Born Yesterday
John Huston The Asphalt Jungle
Carol Reed The Third Man
Billy Wilder Sunset Boulevard
1951: George Stevens
A Place in the Sun
John Huston The African Queen
Elia Kazan A Streetcar Named Desire
Vincente Minnelli An American in Paris
William Wyler Detective Story
1952: John Ford
The Quiet Man
Cecil B. DeMille The Greatest Show on Earth
John Huston Moulin Rouge
Joseph L. Mankiewicz 5 Fingers
Fred Zinnemann High Noon
1953: Fred Zinnemann
From Here to Eternity
George Stevens Shane
Charles Walters Lili
Billy Wilder Stalag 17
William Wyler Roman Holiday
1954: Elia Kazan
On the Waterfront
Alfred Hitchcock Rear Window
George Seaton The Country Girl
William A. Wellman The High and the Mighty
Billy Wilder Sabrina
1955: Delbert Mann
Marty
Elia Kazan East of Eden
David Lean Summertime
Joshua Logan Picnic
John Sturges Bad Day at Black Rock
1956: George Stevens
Giant
Michael Anderson Around the World in 80 Days
Walter Lang The King and I
King Vidor War and Peace
William Wyler Friendly Persuasion
1957: David Lean
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Joshua Logan Sayonara
Sidney Lumet 12 Angry Men
Mark Robson Peyton Place
Billy Wilder Witness for the Prosecution
1958: Vicente Minnelli
Gigi
Richard Brooks Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Stanley Kramer The Defiant Ones
Mark Robson The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Robert Wise I Want to Live!
1959: William Wyler
BenHur
Jack Clayton Room at the Top
George Stevens The Diary of Anne Frank
Billy Wilder Some Like It Hot
Fred Zinnemann The Nun's Story
1960: Billy Wilder
The Apartment
Jack Cardiff Sons and Lovers
Jules Dassin Never on Sunday
Alfred Hitchcock Psycho
Fred Zinnemann The Sundowners
1961: Robert Wise e Jerome Robbins
West Side Story
Federico Fellini La Dolce Vita
Stanley Kramer Judgment at Nuremberg
Robert Rossen The Hustler
J. Lee Thompson The Guns of Navarone
1962: David Lean
Lawrence of Arabia
Pietro Germi Divorzio all'Italiana
Robert Mulligan To Kill a Mockingbird
Arthur Penn The Miracle Worker
Frank Perry David and Lisa
1963: Tony Richardson
Tom Jones
Federico Fellini 8½
Elia Kazan America, America
Otto Preminger The Cardinal
Martin Ritt Hud
1964: George Cukor
My Fair Lady
Michael Cacoyannis Zorba the Greek
Peter Glenville Becket
Stanley Kubrick Dr. Strangelove
Robert Stevenson Mary Poppins
1965: Robert Wise
The Sound of Music
David Lean Doctor Zhivago
John Schlesinger Darling
Hiroshi Teshigahara Suna no Onna
William Wyler The Collector
1966: Fred Zinnemann
A Man for All Seasons
Michelangelo Antonioni BlowUp
Richard Brooks The Professionals
Claude Lelouch Un Homme et une Femme
Mike Nichols Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1967: Mike Nichols
The Graduate
Richard Brooks In Cold Blood
Norman Jewison In the Heat of the Night
Stanley Kramer Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Arthur Penn Bonnie and Clyde
1968: Carol Reed
Oliver!
Anthony Harvey The Lion in Winter
Stanley Kubrick 2001: A Space Odyssey
Gillo Pontecorvo La Battaglia di Algeri
Franco Zeffirelli Romeo and Juliet
1969: John Schlesinger
Midnight Cowboy
Costa Gravas Z
George Roy Hill Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Arthur Penn Alice's Restaurant
Sydney Pollack They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1970: Franklin J. Schaffner
Patton
Robert Altman M*A*S*H
Federico Fellini Satyricon
Arthur Hiller Love Story
Ken Russell Women in Love
1971: William Friedkin
The French Connection
Peter Bogdanovich The Last Picture Show
Norman Jewison Fiddler on the Roof
Stanley Kubrick A Clockwork Orange
John Schlesinger Sunday Bloody Sunday
1972: Bob Fosse
Cabaret
John Boorman Deliverance
Francis Ford Coppola The Godfather
Joseph L. Mankiewicz Sleuth
Jan Troell Utvandrarna
1973: George Roy Hill
The Sting
Ingmar Bergman Cries and Whispers
Bernardo Bertolucci Last Tango in Paris
William Friedkin The Exorcist
George Lucas American Graffiti
1974: Francis Ford Coppola
The Godfather: Part II
John Cassavetes A Woman Under the Influence
Bob Fosse Lenny
Roman Polanski Chinatown
François Truffaut La Nuit Américaine
1975: Miloš Forman
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Robert Altman Nashville
Federico Fellini Amarcord
Stanley Kubrick Barry Lyndon
Sidney Lumet Dog Day Afternoon
1976: John G. Avildsen
Rocky
Ingmar Bergman Face to Face
Sidney Lumet Network
Alan J. Pakula All the President's Men
Lina Wertmüller Pasqualino Sette bellezze
1977: Woody Allen
Annie Hall
George Lucas Star Wars
Herbert Ross The Turning Point
Steven Spielberg Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Fred Zinnemann Julia
1978: Michael Cimino
The Deer Hunter
Woody Allen Interiors
Hal Ashby Coming Home
Warren Beatty e Buck Henry Heaven Can Wait
Alan Parker Midnight Express
1979: Robert Benton
Kramer vs. Kramer
Francis Ford Coppola Apocalypse Now
Bob Fosse All That Jazz
Édouard Molinaro La Cage aux Folles
Peter Yates Breaking Away
1980: Robert Redford
Ordinary People
David Lynch The Elephant Man
Roman Polanski Tess
Richard Rush The Stunt Man
Martin Scorsese Raging Bull
1981: Warren Beatty
Reds
Hugh Hudson Chariots of Fire
Louis Malle Atlantic City
Mark Rydell On Golden Pond
Steven Spielberg Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982: Richard Attenborough
Gandhi
Sidney Lumet The Verdict
Wolfgang Petersen Das Boot
Sydney Pollack Tootsie
Steven Spielberg E.T. the ExtraTerrestrial
1983: James L. Brooks
Terms of Endearment
Bruce Beresford Tender Mercies
Ingmar Bergman Fanny and Alexander
Mike Nichols Silkwood
Peter Yates The Dresser
1984: Miloš Forman
Amadeus
Woody Allen Broadway Danny Rose
Robert Benton Places in the Heart
Roland Joffé The Killing Fields
David Lean A Passage to India
1985: Sydney Pollack
Out of Africa
Héctor Babenco O Beijo da Mulher Aranha
John Huston Prizzi's Honor
Akira Kurosawa Ran
Peter Weir Witness
1986: Oliver Stone
Platoon
Woody Allen Hannah and Her Sisters
James Ivory A Room with a View
Roland Joffé The Mission
David Lynch Blue Velvet
1987: Bernardo Bertolucci
The Last Emperor
John Boorman Hope and Glory
Lasse Hallström Mitt Liv som Hund
Norman Jewison Moonstruck
Adrian Lyne Fatal Attraction
1988: Barry Levinson
Rain Man
Charles Crichton A Fish Called Wanda
Mike Nichols Working Girl
Alan Parker Mississippi Burning
Martin Scorsese The Last Temptation of Christ
1989: Oliver Stone
Born on the Fourth of July
Woody Allen Crimes and Misdemeanors
Kenneth Branagh Henry V
Jim Sheridan My Left Foot
Peter Weir Dead Poets Society
1990: Kevin Costner
Dances with Wolves
Francis Ford Coppola – The Godfather: Part III
Stephen Frears – The Grifters
Barbet Schroeder – Reversal of Fortune
Martin Scorsese – Goodfellas
1991: Jonathan Demme
The Silence of the Lambs
Barry Levinson – Bugsy
Ridley Scott – Thelma & Louise
John Singleton – Boyz n the Hood
Oliver Stone – JFK
1992: Clint Eastwood
Unforgiven
Robert Altman – The Player
Martin Brest – Scent of a Woman
James Ivory – Howards End
Neil Jordan – The Crying Game
1993: Steven Spielberg
Schindler's List
Robert Altman – Short Cuts
Jane Campion – The Piano
James Ivory – The Remains of the Day
Jim Sheridan – In the Name of the Father
1994: Robert Zemeckis
Forrest Gump
Woody Allen – Bullets Over Broadway
Krzysztof Kieślowski – Trois Couleurs: Rouge
Robert Redford – Quiz Show
Quentin Tarantino – Pulp Fiction
1995: Mel Gibson
Braveheart
Mike Figgis – Leaving Las Vegas
Chris Noonan – Babe
Michael Radford – Il Postino
Tim Robbins – Dead Man Walking
1996: Anthony Minghella
The English Patient
Joel Coen – Fargo
Miloš Forman – The People vs. Larry Flynt
Scott Hicks – Shine
Mike Leigh – Secrets & Lies
1997: James Cameron
Titanic
Peter Cattaneo – The Full Monty
Atom Egoyan – The Sweet Hereafter
Curtis Hanson – L.A. Confidential
Gus Van Sant – Good Will Hunting
1998: Steven Spielberg
Saving Private Ryan
Roberto Benigni – La Vita È Bella
John Madden – Shakespeare in Love
Terrence Malick – The Thin Red Line
Peter Weir – The Truman Show
1999: Sam Mendes
American Beauty
Lasse Hallström – The Cider House Rules
Spike Jonze – Being John Malkovich
Michael Mann – The Insider
M. Night Shyamalan – The Sixth Sense
2000: Steven Soderbergh
Traffic
Stephen Daldry – Billy Elliot
Ang Lee – Wòhǔ Cánglóng
Ridley Scott – Gladiator
Steven Soderbergh – Erin Brockovich
2001: Ron Howard
A Beautiful Mind
Robert Altman – Gosford Park
Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
David Lynch – Mulholland Drive
Ridley Scott – Black Hawk Down
2002: Roman Polanski
The Pianist
Pedro Almodóvar – Hable con Ella
Stephen Daldry – The Hours
Rob Marshall – Chicago
Martin Scorsese – Gangs of New York
2003: Peter Jackson
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Sofia Coppola – Lost in Translation
Clint Eastwood – Mystic River
Fernando Meirelles – Cidade de Deus
Peter Weir – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2004: Clint Eastwood
Million Dollar Baby
Taylor Hackford – Ray
Mike Leigh – Vera Drake
Alexander Payne – Sideways
Martin Scorsese – The Aviator
2005: Ang Lee
Brokeback Mountain
George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck
Paul Haggis – Crash
Bennett Miller – Capote
Steven Spielberg – Munich
2006: Martin Scorsese
The Departed
Clint Eastwood – Letters from Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears – The Queen
Alejandro González Iñárritu – Babel
Paul Greengrass – United 93
2007: Joel e Ethan Coen
No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood
Tony Gilroy – Michael Clayton
Jason Reitman – Juno
Julian Schnabel – Le Scaphandre et le Papillon
2008: Danny Boyle
Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry – The Reader
David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant – Milk
2009: Kathryn Bigelow
The Hurt Locker
James Cameron – Avatar
Lee Daniels – Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
2010: Tom Hooper
The King's Speech
Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
Joel e Ethan Coen – True Grit
David Fincher – The Social Network
David O. Russell – The Fighter
2011: Michel Hazanavicius
The Artist
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life
Alexander Payne – The Descendants
Martin Scorsese – Hugo
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