Academy Award for Best Director

Premiul Oscar pentru cel mai bun regizor
Laureatul din 2023: Christopher Nolan
Prezentat de	Academia Americană de Film
Țara	Statele Unite ale Americii
Site oficial	https://oscar.go.com/nominees/directing
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Premiul Oscar pentru cel mai bun regizor (în engleză Academy Award for Directing) este unul dintre premiile Oscar, acordate de „Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences”. Este dat în onoarea unui regizor de film care a expus regizări remarcabile în timp ce lucrează în industria cinematografică.

Prima ceremonie a premiilor Academiei a avut loc în 1929, premiul fiind împărțit în categorii "Dramatic" și "Comedie"; Frank Borzage și Lewis Milestone au câștigat pentru Al șaptelea cer și Two Arabian Nights, respectiv.^[1] Cu toate acestea, aceste categorii au fost fuzionate pentru toate ceremoniile ulterioare.^[2] Reprezentanții sunt stabiliți prin vot unic transferabil în cadrul filialei AMPAS; câștigătorii sunt selectați printr-un vot de pluralitate din partea tuturor membrilor eligibili ai Academiei.^[3][4][5]

Pentru a[6]nul	Portret regizor	Câștigător	Nominalizați
1927/1928 (Dramă)		Frank Borzage  – Seventh Heaven	Herbert Brenon – Sorrell and Son King Vidor – The Crowd
1927/1928 (Comedie)		Lewis Milestone  – Two Arabian Knights	Ted Wilde – Speedy
1928/1929		Frank Lloyd  – The Divine Lady	Lionel Barrymore – Madame X Harry Beaumont – The Broadway Melody Irving Cummings – In Old Arizona Frank Lloyd - Drag și Weary River Ernst Lubitsch – The Patriot
1929/1930		Lewis Milestone  – All Quiet on the Western Front	Clarence Brown – Anna Christie și Romance Robert Z. Leonard – The Divorcée Ernst Lubitsch – The Love Parade King Vidor – Hallelujah

Pentru anul	Portret regizor	Câștigător	Nominalizați
1930/1931		Norman Taurog  – Skippy	Clarence Brown – A Free Soul Lewis Milestone – The Front Page Wesley Ruggles – Cimarron Josef von Sternberg – Morocco
1931/1932		Frank Borzage  – Bad Girl	King Vidor – The Champ Josef von Sternberg – Shanghai Express
1932/1933		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 – Mutiny on the Bounty
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

Pentru anul	Portret regizor	Câștigător	Nominalizați
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 – Sergeant 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's 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 the 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

Pentru anul	Portret regizor	Câștigător	Nominalizați
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		Vincente 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  – Ben-Hur	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

Pentru anul	Portret regizor	Câștigător	Nominalizați
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 și 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 – Divorce, Italian Style 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 – Femeia nisipurilor William Wyler – The Collector
1966		Fred Zinnemann  – Un om pentru eternitate	Michelangelo Antonioni – Blowup Richard Brooks – The Professionals Claude Lelouch – A Man and a Woman 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 – The Battle of Algiers Franco Zeffirelli – Romeo and Juliet
1969		John Schlesinger  – Midnight Cowboy	Costa Gavras – Z George Roy Hill – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Arthur Penn – Alice's Restaurant Sydney Pollack – They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Pentru anul	Portret regizor	Câștigător	Nominalizați
1970		Franklin J. Schaffner  – Patton	Robert Altman – MASH 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 – The Emigrants
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 – Day for Night
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 – Seven Beauties
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 & 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

Pentru anul	Portret regizor	Câștigător	Nominalizați
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 Extra-Terrestrial
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 – Kiss of the Spider Woman 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 – My Life as a Dog 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

Pentru anul	Portret regizor	Câștigător	Nominalizați
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 – Three Colors: Red 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 – Life Is Beautiful 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

Pentru anul	Portret regizor	Câștigător	Nominalizați
2000		Steven Soderbergh  – Traffic	Stephen Daldry – Billy Elliot Ang Lee – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 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 – Talk to Her 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 – City of God 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		Ethan & Joel Coen  – No Country for Old Men	Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood Tony Gilroy – Michael Clayton Jason Reitman – Juno Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
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

Pentru anul	Portret regizor	Câștigător	Nominalizați
2010		Tom Hooper  – The King's Speech	Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan Ethan & Joel 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
2012		Ang Lee  – Life of Pi	Michael Haneke – Amour David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook Steven Spielberg – Lincoln Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild
2013		Alfonso Cuarón  – Gravity	Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave Alexander Payne – Nebraska David O. Russell – American Hustle Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street
2014		Alejandro González Iñárritu  – Birdman	Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel Richard Linklater – Boyhood Bennett Miller – Foxcatcher Morten Tyldum – The Imitation Game
2015		Alejandro González Iñárritu  – The Revenant	Lenny Abrahamson – Room Tom McCarthy – Spotlight Adam McKay – The Big Short George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
2016		Damien Chazelle  – La La Land	Mel Gibson – Hacksaw Ridge Barry Jenkins – Moonlight Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea Denis Villeneuve – Arrival
2017		Guillermo del Toro  – The Shape of Water	Paul Thomas Anderson – Phantom Thread Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk Jordan Peele – Get Out
2018		Alfonso Cuarón  – Roma	Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman Adam McKay – Vice Paweł Pawlikowski – Cold War
2019		Bong Joon-ho  – Parasite	Sam Mendes – 1917 Todd Phillips – Joker Martin Scorsese – The Irishman Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Pentru anul	Portret regizor	Câștigător	Nominalizați
2020/21		Chloé Zhao  – Nomadland	Lee Isaac Chung – Minari Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman David Fincher – Mank Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round
2021		Jane Campion  – The Power of the Dog	Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza Kenneth Branagh – Belfast Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
2022		Daniel Kwan și Daniel Scheinert  – Orice, oriunde, oricând	Todd Field – Tár Martin McDonagh – Spiritele din Inisherin Ruben Östlund – Triunghiul tristeții Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans
2023		Christopher Nolan  – Oppenheimer	Jonathan Glazer – Zona de interes Yorgos Lanthimos – Sărmane creaturi Martin Scorsese – Crimele din Osage County. Bani însângerați Justine Triet – Anatomia unei prăbușiri

Următorii 94 de regizori au primit nominalizări multiple la categoria "Cel mai bun regizor". Lista este sortată după numărul total de premii (cu numărul total de nominalizări scris în paranteză).