One of Hollywood’s most significant (and popular) filmmakers, Spielberg has won two Best Directing Oscars, for Schindler’s List in 1993 and for Savid Private Ryan in 1998.
Oscar Directors: Howard, Ron (A Beautiful Mind)
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Nominated for two Best Director Oscars, Ron Howard earned the coveted award for his first nod, A Beautiful Mind, which also won Best Picture.
Oscar Directors: Mendes, Sam (American Beauty)
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Sam Mendes is one of the luckiest Oscar directors, having won the coveted Best Directing Oscar for his very fisrt film, American Beauty, in 1999. His work directing theatre and film spans twenty-five years. He began his career in the theatre as Assistant Director at the Studio Theatre in Chichester in 1987 and was the […]
Oscar Directors: Minghella, Anthony (The English Patient)
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March 18, 2008–Anthony Minghella, the Oscar-winning director and writer of "he English Patient," has died suddenly. He was 54.
Oscar Directors: Gibson, Mel (Braveheart)
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One of the weakest films to ever win the Best Picture Oscar, in a year that most handicappers predicted Ron Howard’s well-executed adventure, “Apollo 13,” would take the award.
