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Oscars for Best Director 1990-2021
Can you name Academy Award winners for Best Director from 1990 to 2021?
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Last updated: March 28, 2022
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1.
Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 1990?
Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather Part III)
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Barbet Schroeder (Reversal of Fortune)
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Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves)
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Stephen Frears (The Grifters)
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Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 1991?
Ridley Scott (Thelma & Louise)
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Barry Levinson (Bugsy)
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Oliver Stone (JFK)
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Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs)
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John Singleton (Boyz n the Hood)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 1992?
James Ivory (Howards End)
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Clint Eastwood (Unforgiven)
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Neil Jordan (The Crying Game)
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Martin Brest (Scent of a Woman)
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Robert Altman (The Player)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 1993?
Jim Sheridan (In the Name of the Father)
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Steven Spielberg (Schindler's List)
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Jane Campion (The Piano)
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James Ivory (The Remains of the Day)
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Robert Altman (Short Cuts)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 1994?
Robert Redford (Quiz Show)
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Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump)
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Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction)
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Krzysztof Kieślowski (Three Colours: Red)
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Woody Allen (Bullets over Broadway)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 1995?
Chris Noonan (Babe)
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Mel Gibson (Braveheart)
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Michael Radford (Il Postino: The Postman)
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Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas)
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Tim Robbins (Dead Man Walking)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 1996?
Joel Coen (Fargo)
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Miloš Forman (The People vs. Larry Flynt)
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Mike Leigh (Secrets & Lies)
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Anthony Minghella (The English Patient)
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Scott Hicks (Shine)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 1997?
Curtis Hanson (L.A. Confidential)
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Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting)
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Atom Egoyan (The Sweet Hereafter)
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James Cameron (Titanic)
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Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 1998?
Steven Spielberg (Saving Private Ryan)
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Roberto Benigni (Life Is Beautiful)
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Peter Weir (The Truman Show)
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Terrence Malick (The Thin Red Line)
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John Madden (Shakespeare in Love Award winner)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 1999?
M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense)
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Lasse Hallström (The Cider House Rules)
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Michael Mann (The Insider)
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Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich)
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Sam Mendes (American Beauty)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 2000?
Steven Soderbergh (Erin Brockovich)
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Ridley Scott (Gladiator)
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Steven Soderbergh (Traffic)
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Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot)
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Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 2001?
Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind)
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Robert Altman (Gosford Park)
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Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
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Ridley Scott (Black Hawk Down)
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David Lynch (Mulholland Drive)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 2002?
Martin Scorsese (Gangs of New York)
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Roman Polanski (The Pianist)
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Stephen Daldry (The Hours)
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Pedro Almodóvar (Talk to Her)
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Rob Marshall (Chicago)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 2003?
Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
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Clint Eastwood (Mystic River)
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Peter Weir (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World)
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Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation)
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Fernando Meirelles (City of God)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 2004?
Martin Scorsese (The Aviator)
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Taylor Hackford (Ray)
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Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby)
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Alexander Payne (Sideways)
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Mike Leigh (Vera Drake)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 2005?
Steven Spielberg (Munich)
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George Clooney (Good Night, and Good Luck)
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Paul Haggis (Crash)
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Bennett Miller (Capote)
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Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 2006?
Paul Greengrass (United 93)
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Martin Scorsese (The Departed)
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Clint Eastwood (Letters from Iwo Jima)
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Stephen Frears (The Queen)
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Alejandro González Iñárritu (Babel)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 2007?
Coen Brothers (No Country for Old Men)
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Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton)
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Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)
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Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
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Jason Reitman (Juno)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 2008?
David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
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Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon)
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Gus Van Sant (Milk)
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Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
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Stephen Daldry (The Reader)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 2009?
Jason Reitman (Up in the Air)
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James Cameron (Avatar)
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Lee Daniels (Precious)
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Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
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Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 2010?
Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
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Tom Hooper (The King's Speech)
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Coen Brothers (True Grit)
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David Fincher (The Social Network)
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David O. Russell (The Fighter)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 2011?
Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)
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Martin Scorsese (Hugo)
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Alexander Payne (The Descendants)
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Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
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Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 2012?
David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)
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Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)
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Ang Lee (Life of Pi)
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Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
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Michael Haneke (Amour)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 2013?
Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)
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Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave Award winner)
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Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)
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Alexander Payne (Nebraska)
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David O. Russell (American Hustle)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 2014?
Bennett Miller (Foxcatcher)
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Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game)
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Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
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Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
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Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 2015?
Adam McKay (The Big Short)
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Tom McCarthy (Spotlight Award winner)
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Lenny Abrahamson (Room)
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Alejandro González Iñárritu (The Revenant)
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George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 2016?
Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)
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Damien Chazelle (La La Land)
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Mel Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge)
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Barry Jenkins (Moonlight Award winner)
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Denis Villeneuve (Arrival)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 2017?
Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk)
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Jordan Peele (Get Out)
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Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird)
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Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water)
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Paul Thomas Anderson (Phantom Thread)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 2018?
Paweł Pawlikowski (Cold War)
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Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
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Alfonso Cuarón (Roma)
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Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite)
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Adam McKay (Vice)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 2019?
Martin Scorsese (The Irishman)
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Bong Joon-ho (Parasite)
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Sam Mendes (1917)
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Todd Phillips (Joker)
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Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 2020?
David Fincher (Mank)
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Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)
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Chloe Zhao (Nomadland)
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Lee Isaac Chung (Minari)
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Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round)
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Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 2021?
Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)
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Steven Spielberg (West Side Story)
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Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza)
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Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)
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Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car)
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