Oscar Winning Directors
Gravity
2013
Alfonso Cuaron
Movie:
Gravity
Box Office:$ 716 Million
Other Movies Directed by Alfonso Cuaron:
"A Little Princess", "Great Expectation", "Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban", "Children of Men",
Life of Pi
2012
Ang Lee
Movie: Life of Pi
Box Office:$ 609 Million
Other Movies Directed by Ang Lee: "Pushing Hands", "Eat Drink Man Woman", "Sense and Sensibility", "The Ice Storm", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "The Hire", "Hulk", and "Brokeback Mountain"
The Artist
2011
Michel Hazanavicius
Movie: The Artist
Box Office:$133 Million
Other Movies Directed by Michel Hazanavicius: " Echec au capital","Mes amis"
The King's Speech
2010
Tom Hooper
Movie: The King's Speech
Box Office:$414 Million
Other Movies Directed by Tom Hooper: " Cold Feet", "Byker Grove", "Red Dust", "Longford", "Les Miserables", and "The Danish Girl"
The Hurt Locker
2009
Kathryn Bigelow
Movie: The Hurt Locker
Box Office:$49 Million
Other Movies Directed by Kathryn Bigelow: "The Loveless", "Near Dark", "Point Break", "Strange Days", "Blue Steel", "Zero Dark Thirty", and "The Weight of Water"
Slumdog Millionaire
2008
Danny Boyle
Movie: Slumdog Millionaire
Box Office:$377 Million
Other Movies Directed by Danny Boyle: "Scout", "Monkeys", "The Nightwatch", "For the Greater Good", "Shallow Grave", "Trainspotting", "The Beach", "127 Hours", and "Trance"
No Country For Old Men
2007
Joel and Ethan Coen
Movie: No Country for Old Men
Box Office:$171 Million
Other Movies Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen: "Burn After Reading", "A Serious Man", "True Grit", "Gambit", and "Unbroken"
The Departed
2006
Martin Scorsese
Movie: The Departed
Box Office:$289 Million
Other Movies Directed by Martin Scorsese: "Who's That Knocking at My Door", "Taxi Driver", "Raging Bull", "The Color of Money", "Goodfellas", "Cape Fear", "The Age of Innocence", "Casino", "Gangs of New York", "The Aviator", "Shutter Island", "Hugo", "The Wolf of Wallstreet", and "Silence"
Brokeback Mountain
2005
Ang Lee
Movie: Brokeback Mountain
Box Office:$178 Million
Other Movies Directed by Ang Lee: "The Wedding Banquet", "Lust, Caution", "Taking Woodstock",
Million Dollar Baby
2004
Clint Eastwood
Movie: Million Dollar Baby
Box Office:$216 Million
Other Movies Directed by Clint Eastwood: "Play Misty for Me", "High Plains Drifter", "The Gauntlet", "Honkey Tonk Man", "Sudden Impact", "The Rookie", and "True Crime"
The Lord of the Rings
2003
Peter Jackson
Movie: The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Box Office:$1.1 Billion
Other Movies Directed by Peter Jackson: "Forgotten Silver", "Bad Taste", "King Kong", "The Lovely Bones", "The Hobbit movies"
The Pianist
2002
Roman Polanski
Movie: The Pianist
Box Office:$120 Million
Other Movies Directed by Roman Polanski: "Macbeth", "Chinatown", "Bitter Moon", "Oliver Twist", "Carnage", "The Ghost Writer", and "Venus in Fur"
A Beautiful Mind
2001
Ron Howard
Movie: A Beautiful Mind
Box Office:$313 Million
Other Movies Directed by Ron Howard: "Willow", "Cocoon", "Back Draft", "Parenthood", "Far and Away", "Apollo 13", "Ransom", "EdTV", "Cinderella Man", "The Missing", "Rush", and "Made in America"
Traffic
2000
Steven Soderbergh
Movie: Traffic
Box Office:$207 Million
Other Movies Directed by Steven Soderbergh: "Out of Sight", "Full Frontal", "Erin Brockovich", "Solaris", "Ocean's Twelve", "Contagion", "Haywire", "Magic Mike", and "Side Effects"
American Beauty
1999
Sam Mendes
Movie: American Beauty
Box Office:$356 Million
Other Movies Directed by Sam Mendes: "Road Perdition", "Jarhead", "Revolutionary Road", "Away We Go", and "Skyfall"
Saving Private Ryan
1998
Steven Spielberg
Movie: Saving Private Ryan
Box Office:$481 Million
Other Movies Directed by Steven Spielberg: "The Last Gun", "Escape to Nowhere", "Jaws", "Duel", "Close Encounters of The Third Kind", "1941", "ET", and "Indiana Jones movies"
Titanic
1997
James Cameron
Movie: Titanic
Box Office:$2.1 Billion
Other Movies Directed by James Cameron: "Aliens", "Rambo", "The Terminator", "The Abyss", "True Lies", and "Avatar"
The English Patient
1996
Anthony Minghella
Movie: The English Patient
Box Office:$231 Million
Other Movies Directed by Anthony Minghella: "Truly, Madly, Deeply", "A Little Like Drowning", "Mr. Wonderful", "The Talented Mr. Ripley", "Cold Mountain", and "Breaking and Entering"
Braveheart
1995
Mel Gibson
Movie: Braveheart
Box Office:$210 Million
Other Movies Directed by Mel Gibson: "The Man Without A Face", "The Passion of the Christ", and "Apocalypto"
Forrest Gump
1994
Robert Zemeckis
Movie: Forrest Gump
Box Office:$677 Million
Other Movies Directed by Robert Zemeckis: "I Wanna Hold Your Hand", "Back to the Future", "Romancing the Stone", "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", "Contact", "A Christmas Carol", and "The Walk"
Schindler's List
1993
Steven Spielberg
Movie: Schindler's List
Box Office:$321.2 Million
Other Movies Directed by Steven Spielberg: "The Color Purple", "Empire of the Sun", "Always", "Hook", "Jurassic Park", "Amistad", and "Minority Report"
Unforgiven
1992
Clint Eastwood
Movie: Unforgiven
Box Office:$159 Million
Other Movies Directed by Clint Eastwood: "Pale Rider", "A Perfect World", "Space Cowboys", "Flags of Our Fathers", "Invictus", and "Jersey Boys"
The Silence of the Lambs
1991
Jonathan Demme
Movie: The Silence of the Lambs
Box Office:$272 Million
Other Movies Directed by Jonathan Demme: "Philadelphia", "Beloved", "Rachel Getting Married", and "Fighting Mad"
Dances with Wolves
1990
Kevin Costner
Movie: Dances With Wolves
Box Office:$424 Million
Other Movies Directed by Kevin Costner: "The Postman" and "Open Range"
Born on the Fourth of July
1989
Oliver Stone
Movie: Born on the Fourth of July
Box Office:$161 Million
Other Movies Directed by Oliver Stone: "Talk Radio", "Platoon", "The Doors", "JFK", "Heaven and Earth", "Nixon", "Alexander", "World Trade Center", and "Savages"
Rain Man
1988
Barry Levinson
Movie: Rain Man
Box Office:$412 Million
Other Movies Directed by Barry Levinson: "Disclosure", "Tin Men", "Avalon", "Wag the Dog", "Sphere", and "What Just Happened"
The Last Emperor
1987
Bernardo Bertolucci
Movie: The Last Emperor
Box Office:$43 Million
Other Movies Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci: "Little Buddha", "Stealing Beauty", "The Dreamers", and "Me and You"
Platoon
1986
Oliver Stone
Movie: Platoon
Box Office:$138 Million
Other Movies Directed by Oliver Stone: "South of the Border", "W.", "Salvador", and "Seizure"
Out of Africa
1985
Sydney Pollack
Movie: Out of Africa
Box Office:$128 Million
Other Movies Directed by Sydney Pollack: "The Slender Thread", "Castle Keep", "Tootsie", "The Firm", "Sabrina", "Iris", "Michael Clayton", "Leatherheads", and "The Reader"
Amadeus
1984
Milos Forman
Movie: Amadeus
Box Office:$51 Million
Other Movies Directed by Milos Forman: "Audition", "Taking Off", "Visions of Eight", "Hair", "Ragtime", and "Man on the Moon"
