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- No. statues awarded: 81
- No. recipients: 61
- First winner: Frank Borzage, 1929
- Most nominations: William Wyler (12)
- Most wins: John Ford (4)
- Consecutive winners: John Ford and Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Oldest winner: Clint Eastwood (age 74)
- Youngest winner: Norman Taurog (age 32)
- 2009 winner: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
- 2008 winners: The Coen Brothers
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The "Best Director" Academy Award is presented to who members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences believe is the year's best director of a single film.
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2008 Academy Awards
The "Best Director" Oscar for 2008 was awarded to The Coen Brothers for their work on No Country for Old Men, which also won "Best Picture" the same evening.Other nominees included Julian Schnabel (for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), Jason Reitman (for Juno), Tony Gilroy (for Michael Clayton), and Paul Thomas Anderson (for There Will Be Blood).
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Selected Previous Winners
- 1934 - Frank Capra
- 1935 - John Ford
- 1942 - William Wyler
- 1945 - Billy Wilder
- 1957 - David Lean
- 1974 - Francis Ford Coppola
- 1977 - Woody Allen
- 1985 - Sydney Pollack
- 1992 - Clint Eastwood
- 1993 - Steven Spielberg
- 2006 - Martin Scorsese
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Best Director Winner Questions
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Who *will* win the best director Oscar for 2009? Who *should* win the Best director Oscar for 2009? - Featured 4 AnswersWho Will Win – Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire). I think Slumdog is going to sweep the Oscars, with no exception in this category. Who Should Win – Gus Van Sa... read more -
Oscar winners between 1990 and 2000? 3 Answers1990 Best Picture: Dances with Wolves Lead Actor: Jeremy Irons in Reversal of Fortune Lead Acress: Kathy Bates in Misery Best Director: Kevin Costner in Dan... read more -
Oscar winners between 1970 and 1979 3 Answers1970 Best Picture: Patton Lead Actor: George C. Scott in Patton Lead Actress: Glenda Jackson in Women in Love Best Director: Woodstock Best Documentary: Fr... read more
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Oscar winners between 1980 and 1989 3 Answers1980 Best Picture: Ordinary People Lead Actor: Robert De Niro in Raging Bull Lead Actress: Sissy Spacek in Coal Miner's Daughter Best Director: Robert Redf... read more
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Coen Brothers Best Directing Oscar Award Speech
- Coen Brothers Best Directing Oscar Award Speech from Oscars.org:
- Ethan Coen:
- I don't have a lot to add to what I said earlier. Thank you.
- Joel Coen:
- Ethan and I have been making stories with movie cameras since we were kids. In the late '60s when Ethan was 11 or 12, he got a suit and a briefcase and we went to the Minneapolis International Airport with a Super 8 camera and made a movie about shuttle diplomacy called "Henry Kissinger, Man on the Go." And honestly, what we do now doesn't feel that much different from what we were doing then. There are too many people to thank for this. We're really thrilled to have received it, and we're very thankful to all of you out there for letting us continue to play in our corner of the sandbox, so thank you very much.
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