Premiul Oscar pentru cel mai bun regizor (în este unul dintre premiile Oscar, acordate de „Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences”. Este dat în onoarea unui regizor de film care a expus regizări remarcabile în timp ce lucrează în industria cinematografică.
Prima ceremonie a premiilor Academiei a avut loc în 1929, premiul fiind împărțit în categorii "Dramatic" și "Comedie"; Frank Borzage și Lewis Milestone au câștigat pentru Al șaptelea cer și Two Arabian Nights, respectiv. Cu toate acestea, aceste categorii au fost fuzionate pentru toate ceremoniile ulterioare. Reprezentanții sunt stabiliți prin vot unic transferabil în cadrul filialei AMPAS; câștigătorii sunt selectați printr-un vot de pluralitate din partea tuturor membrilor eligibili ai Academiei.
Câștigători și nominalizați
Anii 1920
PentruanulPortretregizorCâștigătorNominalizați 1927/1928(Dramă) Frank Borzage – Seventh Heaven Herbert Brenon – Sorrell and SonKing Vidor – The Crowd 1927/1928(Comedie) Lewis Milestone – Two Arabian Knights Ted Wilde – Speedy 1928/1929 120px Frank Lloyd – The Divine Lady Lionel Barrymore – Madame X Harry Beaumont – The Broadway Melody Irving Cummings – In Old Arizona Frank Lloyd - Drag și Weary River Ernst Lubitsch – The Patriot 1929/1930 Lewis Milestone – All Quiet on the Western Front Clarence Brown – Anna Christie și Romance Robert Z. Leonard – The Divorcée Ernst Lubitsch – The Love Parade King Vidor – Hallelujah
Anii 1930
PentruanulPortretregizorCâștigătorNominalizați 1930/1931 Norman Taurog – Skippy Clarence Brown – A Free Soul Lewis Milestone – The Front Page Wesley Ruggles – Cimarron Josef von Sternberg – Morocco 1931/1932 Frank Borzage – Bad Girl King Vidor – The Champ Josef von Sternberg – Shanghai Express 1932/1933 120px Frank Lloyd – Cavalcade Frank Capra – Lady for a Day George Cukor – Little Women 1934 Frank Capra – It Happened One Night Victor Schertzinger – One Night of Love W. S. Van Dyke – The Thin Man 1935 John Ford – The Informer Henry Hathaway – The Lives of a Bengal LancerFrank Lloyd – Mutiny on the Bounty 1936 Frank Capra – Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Gregory La Cava – My Man Godfrey Robert Z. Leonard – The Great Ziegfeld W. S. Van Dyke – San Francisco William Wyler – Dodsworth 1937 Leo McCarey – The Awful TruthWilliam Dieterle – The Life of Emile ZolaSidney Franklin – The Good Earth Gregory La Cava – Stage DoorWilliam A. Wellman – A Star Is Born 1938 Frank Capra – You Can't Take It with You Michael Curtiz – Angels with Dirty FacesMichael Curtiz – Four DaughtersNorman Taurog – Boys TownKing Vidor – The Citadel 1939 Victor Fleming – Gone with the Wind Frank Capra – Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonJohn Ford – StagecoachSam Wood – Goodbye, Mr. Chips William Wyler – Wuthering Heights
Anii 1940
PentruanulPortretregizorCâștigătorNominalizați 1940 John Ford – The Grapes of Wrath George Cukor – The Philadelphia StoryAlfred Hitchcock – Rebecca Sam Wood – Kitty Foyle William Wyler – The Letter 1941 John Ford – How Green Was My Valley Alexander Hall – Here Comes Mr. Jordan Howard Hawks – Sergeant York Orson Welles – Citizen Kane William Wyler – The Little Foxes 1942 William Wyler – Mrs. Miniver Michael Curtiz – Yankee Doodle Dandy John Farrow – Wake Island Mervyn LeRoy – Random Harvest Sam Wood – Kings Row 1943 Michael Curtiz – Casablanca Clarence Brown – The Human Comedy Henry King – The Song of Bernadette Ernst Lubitsch – Heaven Can Wait George Stevens – The More the Merrier 1944 Leo McCarey – Going My Way Alfred Hitchcock – Lifeboat Henry King – Wilson Otto Preminger – Laura Billy Wilder – Double Indemnity 1945 Billy Wilder – The Lost Weekend Clarence Brown – National Velvet Alfred Hitchcock – Spellbound Leo McCarey – The Bells of St. Mary's Jean Renoir – The Southerner 1946 William Wyler – The Best Years of Our Lives Clarence Brown – The Yearling Frank Capra – It's a Wonderful Life David Lean – Brief Encounter Robert Siodmak – The Killers 1947 Elia Kazan – Gentleman's Agreement George Cukor – A Double Life Edward Dmytryk – Crossfire Henry Koster – The Bishop's Wife David Lean – Great Expectations 1948 John Huston – The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Anatole Litvak – The Snake Pit Jean Negulesco – Johnny Belinda Laurence Olivier – Hamlet Fred Zinnemann – The Search 1949 Joseph L. Mankiewicz – A Letter to Three Wives Carol Reed – The Fallen Idol Robert Rossen – All the King's Men William A. Wellman – Battleground William Wyler – The Heiress
Anii 1950
PentruanulPortretregizorCâștigătorNominalizați 1950 Joseph L. Mankiewicz – All About Eve George Cukor – Born Yesterday John Huston – The Asphalt Jungle Carol Reed – The Third Man Billy Wilder – Sunset Boulevard 1951 George Stevens – A Place in the Sun John Huston – The African Queen Elia Kazan – A Streetcar Named Desire Vincente Minnelli – An American in Paris William Wyler – Detective Story 1952 John Ford – The Quiet Man Cecil B. DeMille – The Greatest Show on Earth John Huston – Moulin RougeJoseph L. Mankiewicz – 5 Fingers Fred Zinnemann – High Noon 1953 120px Fred Zinnemann – From Here to Eternity George Stevens – Shane Charles Walters – Lili Billy Wilder – Stalag 17 William Wyler – Roman Holiday 1954 Elia Kazan – On the Waterfront Alfred Hitchcock – Rear Window George Seaton – The Country Girl William A. Wellman – The High and the Mighty Billy Wilder – Sabrina 1955 Delbert Mann – Marty Elia Kazan – East of Eden David Lean – Summertime Joshua Logan – Picnic John Sturges – Bad Day at Black Rock 1956 George Stevens – Giant Michael Anderson – Around the World in 80 Days Walter Lang – The King and I King Vidor – War and Peace William Wyler – Friendly Persuasion 1957 David Lean – The Bridge on the River Kwai Joshua Logan – Sayonara Sidney Lumet – 12 Angry Men Mark Robson – Peyton Place Billy Wilder – Witness for the Prosecution 1958 Vincente Minnelli – Gigi Richard Brooks – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Stanley Kramer – The Defiant Ones Mark Robson – The Inn of the Sixth Happiness Robert Wise – I Want to Live! 1959 William Wyler – Ben-Hur Jack Clayton – Room at the Top George Stevens – The Diary of Anne Frank Billy Wilder – Some Like It Hot Fred Zinnemann – The Nun's Story
Anii 1960
PentruanulPortretregizorCâștigătorNominalizați 1960 Billy Wilder – The ApartmentJack Cardiff – Sons and Lovers Jules Dassin – Never on Sunday Alfred Hitchcock – Psycho Fred Zinnemann – The Sundowners 1961 Robert Wise și Jerome Robbins – West Side Story Federico Fellini – La Dolce Vita Stanley Kramer – Judgment at Nuremberg Robert Rossen – The Hustler J. Lee Thompson – The Guns of Navarone 1962 David Lean – Lawrence of Arabia Pietro Germi – Divorce, Italian Style Robert Mulligan – To Kill a Mockingbird Arthur Penn – The Miracle Worker Frank Perry – David and Lisa 1963 Tony Richardson – Tom Jones Federico Fellini – 8½ Elia Kazan – America, America Otto Preminger – The Cardinal Martin Ritt – Hud 1964 George Cukor – My Fair Lady Michael Cacoyannis – Zorba the Greek Peter Glenville – Becket Stanley Kubrick – Dr. Strangelove Robert Stevenson – Mary Poppins 1965 Robert Wise – The Sound of Music David Lean – Doctor Zhivago John Schlesinger – Darling Hiroshi Teshigahara – Femeia nisipurilor William Wyler – The Collector 1966 Fred Zinnemann – Un om pentru eternitate Michelangelo Antonioni – Blowup Richard Brooks – The Professionals Claude Lelouch – A Man and a Woman Mike Nichols – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1967 Mike Nichols – The Graduate Richard Brooks – In Cold BloodNorman Jewison – In the Heat of the NightStanley Kramer – Guess Who's Coming to DinnerArthur Penn – Bonnie and Clyde 1968 Carol Reed – Oliver! Anthony Harvey – The Lion in Winter Stanley Kubrick – 2001: A Space Odyssey Gillo Pontecorvo – The Battle of Algiers Franco Zeffirelli – Romeo and Juliet 1969 John Schlesinger – Midnight Cowboy Costa Gavras – Z George Roy Hill – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Arthur Penn – Alice's Restaurant Sydney Pollack – They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Anii 1970
PentruanulPortretregizorCâștigătorNominalizați 1970 Franklin J. Schaffner – Patton Robert Altman – MASH Federico Fellini – Satyricon Arthur Hiller – Love Story Ken Russell – Women in Love 1971 William Friedkin – The French Connection Peter Bogdanovich – The Last Picture Show Norman Jewison – Fiddler on the Roof Stanley Kubrick – A Clockwork Orange John Schlesinger – Sunday Bloody Sunday 1972 Bob Fosse – Cabaret John Boorman – Deliverance Francis Ford Coppola – The Godfather Joseph L. Mankiewicz – SleuthJan Troell – The Emigrants 1973 George Roy Hill – The Sting Ingmar Bergman – Cries and Whispers Bernardo Bertolucci - Last Tango in Paris William Friedkin - The ExorcistGeorge Lucas – American Graffiti 1974 Francis Ford Coppola – The Godfather Part II John Cassavetes – A Woman Under the Influence Bob Fosse – Lenny Roman Polanski – Chinatown François Truffaut – Day for Night 1975 Miloš Forman – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Robert Altman – Nashville Federico Fellini – AmarcordStanley Kubrick – Barry Lyndon Sidney Lumet – Dog Day Afternoon 1976 John G. Avildsen – Rocky Ingmar Bergman – Face to Face Sidney Lumet – Network Alan J. Pakula – All the President's Men Lina Wertmüller – Seven Beauties 1977 Woody Allen – Annie Hall George Lucas – Star Wars Herbert Ross – The Turning Point Steven Spielberg – Close Encounters of the Third Kind Fred Zinnemann – Julia 1978 Michael Cimino – The Deer Hunter Woody Allen – Interiors Hal Ashby – Coming Home Warren Beatty & Buck Henry – Heaven Can Wait Alan Parker – Midnight Express 1979 Robert Benton – Kramer vs. Kramer Francis Ford Coppola – Apocalypse Now Bob Fosse – All That Jazz Édouard Molinaro – La Cage aux Folles Peter Yates – Breaking Away
Anii 1980
PentruanulPortretregizorCâștigătorNominalizați 1980 Robert Redford – Ordinary People David Lynch – The Elephant Man Roman Polanski – TessRichard Rush – The Stunt Man Martin Scorsese – Raging Bull 1981 Warren Beatty – Reds Hugh Hudson – Chariots of Fire Louis Malle – Atlantic City Mark Rydell – On Golden Pond Steven Spielberg – Raiders of the Lost Ark 1982 Richard Attenborough – Gandhi Sidney Lumet – The Verdict Wolfgang Petersen – Das Boot Sydney Pollack – Tootsie Steven Spielberg – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1983 James L. Brooks – Terms of Endearment Bruce Beresford – Tender Mercies Ingmar Bergman – Fanny and Alexander Mike Nichols – Silkwood Peter Yates – The Dresser 1984 Miloš Forman – Amadeus Woody Allen – Broadway Danny Rose Robert Benton – Places in the Heart Roland Joffé – The Killing Fields David Lean – A Passage to India 1985 Sydney Pollack – Out of Africa Héctor Babenco – Kiss of the Spider Woman John Huston – Prizzi's Honor Akira Kurosawa – Ran Peter Weir – Witness 1986 Oliver Stone – Platoon Woody Allen – Hannah and Her Sisters James Ivory – A Room with a View Roland Joffé – The Mission David Lynch – Blue Velvet 1987 Bernardo Bertolucci – The Last Emperor John Boorman – Hope and Glory Lasse Hallström – My Life as a Dog Norman Jewison – Moonstruck Adrian Lyne – Fatal Attraction 1988 Barry Levinson – Rain Man Charles Crichton – A Fish Called WandaMike Nichols – Working Girl Alan Parker – Mississippi Burning Martin Scorsese – The Last Temptation of Christ 1989 Oliver Stone – Born on the Fourth of July Woody Allen – Crimes and Misdemeanors Kenneth Branagh – Henry V Jim Sheridan – My Left Foot Peter Weir – Dead Poets Society
Anii 1990