Best Director Oscar Winners
7th Heaven
Released: 1927-1928 (drama)
Released: 1927-1928 (drama)
Frank Borzage
Two Arabian Knights
Released: 1927-1928 (comedy)
Released: 1927-1928 (comedy)
Lewis Milestone
The Divine Lady
Released: 1928-1929
Released: 1928-1929
Frank Lloyd
All Quiet on the Western Front
Released: 1929-1930
Released: 1929-1930
Lewis Milestone
Skippy
Released: 1930-1931
Released: 1930-1931
Norman Taurog
Bad Girl
Released: 1931-1932
Released: 1931-1932
Frank Borzage
Cavalcade
Released: 1932-1933
Released: 1932-1933
Frank Lloyd
It Happened One Night
Released: 1934
Released: 1934
Frank Capra
The Informer
Released: 1935
Released: 1935
John Ford
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Released: 1936
Released: 1936
Frank Capra
The Awful Truth
Released: 1937
Released: 1937
Leo McCarey
You Can't Take It With You
Released: 1938
Released: 1938
Frank Capra
Gone with the Wind
Released: 1939
Released: 1939
Victor Fleming*George Cukor*Sam Wood
The Grapes of Wrath
Released: 1940
Released: 1940
John Ford
How Green Was My Valley
Released: 1941
Released: 1941
John Ford
Mrs. Miniver
Released: 1942
Released: 1942
William Wyler
Casablanca
Released: 1943
Released: 1943
Michael Curtiz
Going My Way
Released: 1944
Released: 1944
Leo McCarey
The Lost Weekend
Released: 1945
Released: 1945
Billy Wilder
The Best Years of Our Lives
Released: 1946
Released: 1946
William Wyler
Gentleman's Agreement
Released: 1947
Released: 1947
Elia Kazan
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Released: 1948
Released: 1948
John Huston
A Letter to Three Wives
Released: 1949
Released: 1949
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
All About Eve
Released: 1950
Released: 1950
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
A Place in the Sun
Released: 1951
Released: 1951
George Stevens
The Quiet Man
Released: 1952
Released: 1952
John Ford
From Here to Eternity
Released: 1953
Released: 1953
Fred Zinnemann
On the Waterfront
Released: 1954
Released: 1954
Elia Kazan
Marty
Released: 1955
Released: 1955
Delbert Mann
Giant
Released: 1956
Released: 1956
George Stevens
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Released: 1957
Released: 1957
David Lean
Gigi
Released: 1958
Released: 1958
Vincente Minnelli
Ben-Hur
Released: 1959
Released: 1959
William Wyler
The Apartment
Released: 1960
Released: 1960
Billy Wilder
West Side Story
Released: 1961
Released: 1961