Saturn Award For Best Director - Winners and Nominees - 1980s

1980s

Year Director Film
1980
Irvin Kershner Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Stanley Kubrick The Shining
Brian De Palma Dressed to Kill
Ken Russell Altered States
Vernon Zimmerman Fade to Black
1981
Steven Spielberg Raiders of the Lost Ark
John Boorman Excalibur
John Carpenter Escape from New York
Terry Gilliam Time Bandits
Michael Wadleigh Wolfen
1982
Nicholas Meyer Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Tobe Hooper Poltergeist
George Miller Mad Max 2
Ridley Scott Blade Runner
Steven Spielberg E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1983
John Badham WarGames
Woody Allen Zelig
David Cronenberg The Dead Zone
Richard Marquand Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Douglas Trumbull Brainstorm
1984
Joe Dante Gremlins
James Cameron The Terminator
Ron Howard Splash
Leonard Nimoy Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Steven Spielberg Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1985
Ron Howard Cocoon
Woody Allen The Purple Rose of Cairo
Tom Holland Fright Night
George Miller Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Dan O'Bannon The Return of the Living Dead
Robert Zemeckis Back to the Future
1986
James Cameron Aliens
John Badham Short Circuit
David Cronenberg The Fly
Randal Kleiser Flight of the Navigator
Leonard Nimoy Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1987
Paul Verhoeven RoboCop
Kathryn Bigelow Near Dark
Joe Dante Innerspace
William Dear Harry and the Hendersons
Jack Sholder The Hidden
Stan Winston Pumpkinhead
1988
Robert Zemeckis Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Tim Burton Beetlejuice
Renny Harlin A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
Anthony Hickox Waxwork
Charles Matthau Doin' Time on Planet Earth
Penny Marshall Big
1989/90
James Cameron The Abyss
Clive Barker Nightbreed
Joe Dante Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Alejandro Jodorowsky Santa Sangre
Frank Marshall Arachnophobia
Sam Raimi Darkman
Paul Verhoeven Total Recall
Robert Zemeckis Back to the Future Part III
Jerry Zucker Ghost

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