Best Director
| Director | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Hiroshi Teshigahara | Woman in the Dunes | Nominated | First Asian nominated for Director Film was nominated in previous year for Foreign Language Film |
| 1985 | Akira Kurosawa | Ran | Nominated | Four previous Kurosawa films recognized in Foreign Language Film category |
| 1999 | M. Night Shyamalan | The Sixth Sense | Nominated | First Asian American nominated for Director |
| 2000 | Ang Lee | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Nominated | |
| 2005 | Ang Lee | Brokeback Mountain | Won | First Asian to win for Director Third nomination for Lee (not including nominations in Foreign Language Film category) |
| 2012 | Ang Lee | Life of Pi | Pending | |
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