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Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire, won the Best Director Oscar at the Academy Awards on February 22, 2009.
The other nominees were David Fincher, Ron Howard, Gus Van Sant, and Stephen Daldry. It was the first nomination for Fincher and Boyle, the second for Van Sant and Howard and the third for Daldry.
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Fast Facts
- Winner: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
- Event date: February 22, 2009
- Network: ABC
- Nominations date: January 22, 2009
- Host: Hugh Jackman
- Oldest winner: Clint Eastwood (74 at time of win)
- Youngest nominee: John Singleton (24 at time of win)
- Youngest winners: Norman Taurog and William Friedkin (32 at time of win)
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The Nominees
- David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
- Gus Van Sant, Milk
- Stephen Daldry, The Reader
- Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
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Past Winners
- Year indicates year of ceremony
- 2008: Joel and Ethan Coen for No Country for Old Men
- 2007: Martin Scorsese for The Departed
- 2006: Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain
- 2005: Clint Eastwood for Million Dollar Baby
- 2004: Peter Jackson for Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- 2003: Roman Polanski for The Pianist
- 2002: Ron Howard for A Beautiful Mind
- 2001: Steven Soderbergh for Traffic
- 2000: Sam Mendes for American Beauty
- 1999: Steven Spielberg for Saving Private Ryan
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