List of British and Commonwealth Academy Award Winners and Nominees - Best Director

Best Director

Director
Year Name Country Film Status Notes
1940 Alfred Hitchcock Rebecca Nominee
1944 Alfred Hitchcock Lifeboat Nominee
1945 David Lean Brief Encounter Nominee
Alfred Hitchcock Spellbound Nominee
1947 David Lean Great Expectations Nominee
1955 David Lean Summertime Nominee
1956 Michael Anderson Around the World in Eighty Days Nominee
1957 David Lean The Bridge on the River Kwai Winner
1960 Alfred Hitchcock Psycho Nominee
1961 J. Lee Thompson The Guns of Navarone Nominee
1962 David Lean Lawrence of Arabia Winner
1963 Tony Richardson Tom Jones Winner
1964 Robert Stevenson Mary Poppins Nominee
1965 John Schlesinger Darling Nominee
David Lean Doctor Zhivago Nominee
1967 Norman Jewison In the Heat of the Night Nominee
1968 Carol Reed Oliver! Winner
Anthony Harvey The Lion in Winter Nominee
1969 John Schlesinger Midnight Cowboy Winner
1970 Ken Russell Women In Love Nominee
1971 John Schlesinger Sunday Bloody Sunday Nominee
Norman Jewison Fiddler on the Roof Nominee
1972 John Boorman Deliverance Nominee
1978 Alan Parker Midnight Express Nominee
1979 Peter Yates Breaking Away Nominee
1981 Hugh Hudson Chariots of Fire Nominee
1982 Richard Attenborough Gandhi Winner
1983 Peter Yates The Dresser Nominee
1984 David Lean A Passage to India Nominee
Roland Joffé The Killing Fields Nominee
1986 Roland Joffé The Mission Nominee
1987 John Boorman Hope and Glory Nominee
Norman Jewison Moonstruck Nominee
Adrian Lyne Fatal Attraction Nominee
1988 Charles Crichton A Fish Called Wanda Nominee
Alan Parker Mississippi Burning Nominee
1989 Kenneth Branagh N. Ireland Henry V Nominee
Peter Weir Dead Poets Society Nominee
1990 Stephen Frears The Grifters Nominee
1991 Ridley Scott Thelma & Louise Nominee
1993 Jane Campion The Piano Nominee Second woman ever to be nominated in this category.
1995 Mel Gibson Braveheart Winner Gibson is a US-born Australian director
Mike Figgis Leaving Las Vegas Nominee
Michael Radford The Postman (original title: Il postino) Nominee Radford is an English director born in India
1996 Scott Hicks Shine Nominee
Mike Leigh Secrets & Lies Nominee
Anthony Minghella The English Patient Winner
1997 James Cameron Titanic Winner
Peter Cattaneo The Full Monty Nominee
Atom Egoyan The Sweet Hereafter Nominee
1998 John Madden Shakespeare in Love Nominee
Peter Weir The Truman Show Nominee
1999 Sam Mendes American Beauty Winner
2000 Stephen Daldry Billy Elliot Nominee
Ridley Scott Gladiator Nominee
2001 Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Nominee
Ridley Scott Black Hawk Down Nominee
2002 Stephen Daldry The Hours Nominee
2003 Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Winner
Peter Weir Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Nominee
2004 Mike Leigh Vera Drake Nominee
2005 Paul Haggis Crash Nominee
2006 Stephen Frears The Queen Nominee
Paul Greengrass United 93 Nominee
2007 Jason Reitman Juno Nominee
2008 Danny Boyle Slumdog Millionaire Winner
Stephen Daldry The Reader Nominee
2009 James Cameron Avatar Nominee
Jason Reitman Up in the Air Nominee
2010 Tom Hooper The King's Speech Winner

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