5 Favorites #60: 5 Favorite Best Director Winners

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I'm not looking for which director is best, but which Best Director win is best. So you may love James Cameron as a director, but hate that he won for Titanic. You would not list James Cameron.

What are your 5 Favorite Best Director winners?

Written by: Wesley Lovell - Jan 10, 2012 (2:00 pm) | Filed under: 5 Favorites ( Leave a comment )

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Tarek
January 13th, 2012 - 20:14

Steven Spielberg (Schindler´s List, Saving Private Ryan)
Martin Scorcese (The Departed)
Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain)
James Cameron (Titanic)
Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather Part II)

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Hector Garza
January 11th, 2012 - 11:51

Frank Darabont, The Shawshank Redemption.
William Wyler, Ben Hur.
Mel Gibson, The Passion of The Christ.
James Cameron, Titanic.
Joel & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men.

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- Almasy
  January 11th, 2012 - 17:05
  
  Excuse me Hector, but I think this post is about the best director winners in the academy awards.
  
  Frank Darabont and Mel Gibson were not even nominated to the oscars.
  
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Tripp Burton
January 10th, 2012 - 22:07

Shocked at how many of these don’t really excite me!

Woody Allen, Annie Hall
Joel & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Bob Fosse, Cabaret
John Ford, The Informer
Lewis Milestone, All Quiet on the Western Front

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Almasy
January 10th, 2012 - 19:06

Joseph L. Mankiewicz – All About Eve; A Letter to Three Wives
Mike Nichols – The Graduate
Miloš Forman – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest; Amadeus
Jonathan Demme – The Silence of the Lambs
Anthony Minghella – The English Patient

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Tom Swanner
January 10th, 2012 - 17:58

Ang Lee Brokeback Mountain
John Ford The Quiet Man
Joseph L Mankiewicz All About Eve
James L. Brooks Terms Of Endearment
Elia Kazan On The Waterfront

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Peter J Patrick
January 10th, 2012 - 16:55

John Ford – The Grapes of Wrath; How Green Was My Valley; The Quiet Man
William Wyler – Mrs. Miniver; The Best Years of Our Lives
Fred Zinnemann – From Here to Eternity; A Man for All Seasons
David Lean – The Bridge on the River Kwai; Lawrence of Arabia
Joseph L. Mankiewicz – A Letter to Three Wives; All About Eve

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Zachary Hardy
January 10th, 2012 - 14:47

Bob Fosse-Cabaret
Roman Polanski-The Pianist
Peter Jackson-The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Mike Nichols-The Graduate
Oliver Stone-Platoon

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Mike Kelly
January 10th, 2012 - 14:30

John Ford, How Green was My Valley
William Wyler, The Best Years of Our Lives
Billy Wilder, The Apartment
David Lean, Lawrence of Arabia
Francis Coppola, The Godfather, Part II

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