1880s
1887
* Louis Le Prince – ''1890s
1896
* Alice Guy-Blaché – '' La Fée aux Choux'' * Georges Méliès – ''1898
* Edwin S. Porter – '' The Cavalier's Dream''1900s
1901
* Segundo de Chomón – '' Bajada de Montserrat''1907
* Sidney Olcott – '' The Wooing of Miles Standish''1908
* Louis Feuillade – '' L'Homme aimanté'' *1909
*1910s
1911
* Oscar Apfel – '' The Wedding Bell'' * Thomas H. Ince – '' Artful Kate''1912
*1913
*1914
* Charlie Chaplin – ''1915
* Roscoe Arbuckle – '' Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco'' * Richard Boleslavsky – '' Ty yeshcho ne umesh lyubit'' *1916
*1917
*1918
* James Cruze – '' Too Many Millions'' * Douglas Fairbanks – ''1919
* Carl Theodor Dreyer – '' The President'' * Victor Fleming – '' When the Clouds Roll By'' * Max Fleischer – '' The Tantalizing Fly'' *1920s
1920
* Clarence Brown – '' The Great Redeemer'' * Erle C. Kenton – '' Down on the Farm'' * Reinhold Schünzel – '' Der Graf von Cagliostro'' *1921
*1922
* Frank Capra – '' Fultah Fisher's Boarding House'' *1923
* Adrian Brunel – '' The Man Without Desire'' *1924
*1925
* Clyde Bruckman – '' Cowboys Cry for It'' *1926
*1927
* Anthony Asquith – '' Shooting Stars'' *1928
*1929
* Lionel Barrymore – '' Madame X'' * John Cromwell – '' Close Harmony'' * Martin Frič – '' Father Vojtech'' * Ivar Johansson – '' The Realm of the Rye'' *1930s
1930
* Luis Buñuel† – ''1931
*1932
* Thorold Dickinson – '' The First Mrs. Fraser'' * Karl Freund – '' The Mummy'' * Henry Hathaway – '' Heritage of the Desert'' * William Keighley – '' The Match King'' * Henry Koster – '' Thea Roland'' * Edwin L. Marin – '' The Death Kiss'' *1933
* Busby Berkeley – '' She Had to Say Yes'' * Fei Mu – ''1934
* Charles Barton – '' Wagon Wheels'' * Cedric Gibbons – '' Tarzan and His Mate'' * Brian Desmond Hurst – ''1935
* W. C. Fields# – '' Man on the Flying Trapeze'' * Edward Dmytryk – '' The Hawk'' *1936
* Lew Ayres – ''1937
*1938
* Leslie Howard – '' Pygmalion'' * Erich Pommer – ''1939
* Ricardo Cortez – '' Inside Story'' * Harold Huth – '' Hell's Cargo'' * Joseph Losey – ''1940s
1940
* Joseph Barbera and William Hanna# – ''1941
*1942
*1943
*1944
*1945
* K. Asif – ''1946
*1947
* Robert Alton – '' Merton of the Movies'' * Ken Annakin† – '' Holiday Camp'' * Roy Ward Baker – '' The October Man'' * Martin Gabel – '' The Lost Moment'' *1948
* László Benedek# – '' The Kissing Bandit'' *1949
* Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly – '' On the Town'' * Sam Fuller – '' I Shot Jesse James'' * John Guillermin – '' High Jinks in Society''Co-directed with Robert Jordan Hill * Ida Lupino – '' Never Fear'' *1950s
1950
* Michelangelo Antonioni† – '' Cronaca di un amore'' * Richard Brooks – ''1951
* Guru Dutt – '' Baazi'' * Harold F. Kress† – '' The Painted Hills'' * Peter Lorre – ''1952
*1953
*1954
* Abner Biberman – '' The Golden Mistress'' *1955
* Hall Bartlett – '' Unchained'' * Earl Bellamy♦ – '' Seminole Uprising'' *1956
* Joseph Anthony – ''The Rainmaker (1956 film), The Rainmaker'' * Valentine Davies – ''The Benny Goodman Story'' * Leonid Gaidai – ''A Weary Road'' * Charles F. Haas♦ – ''Star in the Dust'' * Andrew V. McLaglen – ''Man in the Vault'' * Claude Sautet – ''Bonjour Sourire!'' * Alex Segal♦ – ''Ransom!'' * Seijun Suzuki – ''Minato no kanpai: Shôri o waga te ni'' * Daniel Taradash – ''Storm Center'' * Samuel A. Taylor – ''The Monte Carlo Story''1957
* Robert Altman†♦ – ''The Delinquents (1957 film), The Delinquents'' * James B. Clark (director), James B. Clark♦ – ''Under Fire (1957 film), Under Fire'' * Clive Donner – ''The Secret Place (film), The Secret Place'' * Anselmo Duarte – ''Absolutamente Certo'' * Arthur Hiller♦ – ''The Careless Years'' * Sidney Lumet♦ – ''12 Angry Men (1957 film), 12 Angry Men'' * Robert Mulligan♦ – ''Fear Strikes Out'' * Art Napoleon (film director), Art Napoleon – ''Man on the Prowl (film), Man on the Prowl'' * Martin Ritt – ''Edge of the City'' * Franco Zeffirelli – ''Camping (1957 film), Camping''1958
* Gabriel Axel♦ – ''The Girls Are Willing'' * Jack Cardiff† – ''Intent to Kill (1958 film), Intent to Kill'' * Claude Chabrol – ''Le Beau Serge'' * Robert Clarke – ''The Hideous Sun Demon'' * Michel Deville – ''Une balle dans le canon'' * Herschel Daugherty♦ – ''The Light in the Forest (film), The Light in the Forest'' * Henry Ephron – ''Sing Boy Sing (film), Sing Boy Sing'' * Shōhei Imamura – ''Stolen Desire'' * Wojciech Has† – ''Petla'' * Irvin Kershner – ''Stakeout on Dope Street'' * Louis Malle – ''Elevator to the Gallows'' * José Mojica Marins – ''Adventurer's Fate'' * George Pal – ''Tom Thumb (film), Tom Thumb'' * Arthur Penn♦ – ''The Left Handed Gun'' * Anthony Quinn – ''The Buccaneer (1958 film), The Buccaneer'' * Karel Reisz† – ''We Are the Lambeth Boys'' * Bernhard Wicki – ''Warum Sind Sie Gegen Uns?''1959
* John Cassavetes – ''Shadows (1959 film), Shadows'' * Jack Clayton† – ''Room at the Top (1959 film), Room at the Top'' * Georges Franju† – ''Head Against the Wall'' * Sidney J. Furie – ''A Dangerous Age'' * Monte Hellman – ''Beast from Haunted Cave'' * Ray Kellogg – ''The Killer Shrews'' * Elen Klimov – ''Ostorzhno: poshlost'' * Nagisa Oshima – ''A Town of Love and Hope'' * Joel Rapp – ''High School Big Shot'' * Alain Resnais – ''Hiroshima, Mon Amour'' * Tony Richardson♦ – ''Look Back in Anger (1959 film), Look Back in Anger'' * Éric Rohmer† – ''Le Signe du lion'' * François Truffaut – ''The 400 Blows''1960s
1960
* Mario Bava – ''Black Sunday (1960 film), Black Sunday'' * Herbert J. Leder – ''Pretty Boy Floyd (film), Pretty Boy Floyd'' * Jerry Lewis – ''The Bellboy'' * Walter Matthau – ''Gangster Story'' * Jacques Rivette – ''Paris Belongs to Us'' * Stuart Rosenberg♦ – ''Murder, Inc. (1960 film), Murder, Inc.'' * Masahiro Shinoda – ''One-Way Ticket for Love'' * Jean-Luc Godard† – ''À bout de souffle'' * John Wayne – ''The Alamo (1960 film), The Alamo'' * Mel Welles – ''Code of Silence (1960 film), Code of Silence'' * Michael Winner – ''Shoot to Kill (1960 film), Shoot to Kill'' * Yoji Yamada – ''Zero no shôten'' * Yoshishige Yoshida – ''Rokudenashi''1961
* Luis Alcoriza – ''Young People (1961 film), Los jóvenes'' * William Alland – ''Look in Any Window'' * Marlon Brando – ''One-Eyed Jacks'' * Jack Couffer - ''Nikki, Wild Dog of the North'' * Jacques Demy† – ''Lola (1961 film), Lola'' * Richard Donner♦ – ''X-15 (film), X-15'' * Bryan Forbes – ''Whistle Down the Wind (film), Whistle Down the Wind'' * Kinji Fukasaku – ''Hakuchu no buraikan'' * Greg Garrison♦ – ''Hey, Let's Twist!'' * Susumu Hani† – ''Bad Boys (1961 film), Bad Boys'' * Andrei Konchalovsky – ''The Boy and the Pigeon'' * Buzz Kulik♦ – ''The Explosive Generation'' * Claude Lelouch – ''Le propre de l'homme'' * Sergio Leone# – ''The Colossus of Rhodes (film), The Colossus of Rhodes'' * Pier Paolo Pasolini – ''Accattone'' * Halit Refiğ† – ''Yasak Aşk'' * Don Taylor (American filmmaker), Don Taylor – ''Everything's Ducky''1962
* Bernardo Bertolucci – ''La commare secca'' * Alain Cavalier – ''Le combat dans l'île'' * George Roy Hill – ''Period of Adjustment (film), Period of Adjustment'' *1963
* Lindsay Anderson – ''This Sporting Life'' * Gower Champion♦ – ''My Six Loves'' * Francis Ford Coppola†# – ''Dementia 13'' * George Englund♦ – ''The Ugly American (film), The Ugly American'' * Forugh Farrokhzad – ''The House Is Black'' * James Ivory – ''The Householder'' * Jack O'Connell (filmmaker), Jack O'Connell – ''Greenwich Village Story'' * Ken Russell†♦ – ''French Dressing (1964 film), French Dressing'' * Franklin J. Schaffner♦ – ''The Stripper (film), The Stripper'' * Peter Tewksbury♦ – ''Sunday in New York'' * Peter Yates – ''Summer Holiday (1963 film), Summer Holiday'' * Bud Yorkin♦ – ''Come Blow Your Horn (film), Come Blow Your Horn''1964
* Jack Curtis (voice actor), Jack Curtis – ''The Flesh Eaters (film), The Flesh Eaters'' * Miloš Forman† – ''Black Peter (film), Black Peter'' * Samuel Goldwyn Jr. – ''The Young Lovers (1964 film), The Young Lovers'' * Philip Kaufman – ''Goldstein (film), Goldstein'' * Elem Klimov – ''Welcome, or No Trespassing'' * Larry Peerce – ''One Potato, Two Potato'' * Glauber Rocha† – ''Black God, White Devil'' * Ettore Scola† – ''Se permettete parliamo di donne'' * Mel Stuart♦ – ''Four Days in November''1965
* Stephen C. Apostolof – ''Orgy of the Dead'' * Bruno Bozzetto – ''West and Soda'' * John Boorman♦ – ''Catch Us If You Can (film), Catch Us If You Can'' * Steve Cochran – ''Tell Me in the Sunlight'' * Fred Coe♦ – ''A Thousand Clowns'' * John Derek – ''Nightmare in the Sun'' * Costa-Gavras – ''The Sleeping Car Murders'' * Ebrahim Golestan† – ''Brick and Mirror'' * Daniel Haller – ''Die, Monster, Die!'' * Dušan Makavejev† – ''Covek nije tica'' * Ernest Pintoff† – ''Harvey Middleman, Fireman'' * Sydney Pollack♦ – ''The Slender Thread'' * Arthur Rankin Jr. – ''Willy McBean and His Magic Machine'' * David Secter – ''Winter Kept Us Warm'' * Elliot Silverstein – ''Cat Ballou'' * Frank Sinatra – ''None but the Brave'' * Jerzy Skolimowski♦ – ''Walkover (film), Walkover'' * Robert Sparr♦ – ''A Swingin' Summer'' * K. Viswanath – ''Aatma Gowravam''1966
* Woody Allen – ''What's Up, Tiger Lily?'' * Hy Averback♦ – ''Chamber of Horrors (1966 film), Chamber of Horrors'' * Jules Bass – ''The Daydreamer (film), The Daydreamer'' * Paul Bogart♦ – ''The Three Sisters (1966 film), The Three Sisters'' * Ian Curteis♦ – ''The Projected Man'' * Marguerite Duras – ''La musica'' * Rainer Werner Fassbinder – ''Der Stadtstreicher'' * Yasuharu Hasebe – ''Black Tight Killers'' * William Klein (photographer), William Klein – ''Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?'' * Alexander Kluge – ''Yesterday Girl'' * David Lane (director), David Lane♦ – ''Thunderbirds Are Go'' * Mariano Laurenti – ''Il vostro super agente Flit'' * Darius Mehrjui – ''Diamond 33'' * Mickey Moore – ''Paradise, Hawaiian Style'' * Mike Nichols – ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' * Lucian Pintilie – ''Sunday at Six'' * Ousmane Sembene – ''Borom Sarret'' * Volker Schlöndorff† – ''Der Junge Törless''1967
* Bob Clark† – ''She-Man (film), She-Man'' * Albert Finney – ''Charlie Bubbles'' * William Friedkin♦ – ''Good Times (film), Good Times'' * Philippe Garrel† – ''Marie for Memory'' * David Greene (director), David Greene♦ – ''The Shuttered Room'' * Anthony Harvey♦ – ''Dutchman (film), Dutchman'' * Toshiya Fujita (director), Toshiya Fujita – ''Hikō shōnen: Hinode no sakebi'' * Med Hondo – ''Soleil O'' * Manoj Kumar – ''Upkar'' * Ken Loach♦ – ''Poor Cow'' * Howard Morris – ''Who's Minding the Mint?'' * Carl Reiner – ''Enter Laughing (film), Enter Laughing'' * Mark Rydell – ''The Fox (1967 film), The Fox'' * Melvin Van Peebles† – ''The Story of a Three-Day Pass'' * Michael Verhoeven – ''The Dance of Death (1967 film), The Dance of Death''1968
* Kevin Billington♦ – ''Interlude (1968 film), Interlude'' * Noel Black†♦ – ''Pretty Poison (film), Pretty Poison'' * Peter Bogdanovich♦Credited as Derek Thomas – ''Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women'' * Mel Brooks – ''The Producers (1968 film), The Producers'' * Jacques Charon – ''A Flea in Her Ear (film), A Flea in Her Ear'' * Brian De Palma† – ''Murder a la Mod'' * Werner Herzog† – ''Signs of Life (1968 film), Signs of Life'' * Alejandro Jodorowsky† – ''Fando y Lis'' * Peter Medak – ''Negatives (1968 film), Negatives'' * Paul Newman – ''Rachel, Rachel'' * Melvin Van Peebles† – ''The Story of a Three-Day Pass'' * George A. Romero† – ''Night of the Living Dead'' * Raúl Ruiz (director), Raúl Ruiz† – ''Three Sad Tigers'' * Martin Scorsese† – ''Who's That Knocking at My Door'' * Fernando Solanas† – ''The Hour of the Furnaces'' * Isao Takahata – ''Hols: Prince of the Sun'' * Eric Till♦ – ''A Great Big Thing'' * Bob Rafelson – ''Head (film), Head''1969
* Roy Andersson† – ''Lördagen den 5.10'' * Richard Attenborough – ''Oh! What a Lovely War'' * Robert Alan Aurthur – ''The Lost Man'' * John G. Avildsen† – ''Turn on to Love'' * David Cronenberg† – ''Stereo (1969 film), Stereo'' * Bob Fosse – ''Sweet Charity (film), Sweet Charity'' * Piers Haggard♦ – ''I Can't... I Can't'' * Tobe Hooper† – ''Eggshells (film), Eggshells'' * Dennis Hopper – ''Easy Rider'' * Peter R. Hunt'' – On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film), On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' * Charles Jarrott♦ – ''Anne of the Thousand Days'' * Paul Mazursky – ''Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice'' * Bill Melendez† – ''A Boy Named Charlie Brown'' * Anthony Newley – ''Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?'' * Alan J. Pakula – ''The Sterile Cuckoo'' * Gordon Parks† – ''The Learning Tree'' * Barney Platts-Mills† – ''Bronco Bullfrog'' * Michael Ritchie (film director), Michael Ritchie – ''Downhill Racer'' * Herbert Ross – ''Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969 film), Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' * Paul Williams (director), Paul Williams† – ''Out of It (film), Out of It''1970s
1970
* Theodoros Angelopoulos – ''Reconstitution (1970 film), Reconstitution'' * Dario Argento – ''The Bird with the Crystal Plumage'' * Hal Ashby – ''The Landlord'' * Rajinder Singh Bedi – ''Dastak (1970 film), Dastak'' * James Bridges – ''The Baby Maker'' * Gilbert Cates♦ – ''I Never Sang for My Father'' * Ossie Davis – ''Cotton Comes to Harlem'' * Richard A. Colla† – ''Zigzag (1970 film), Zigzag'' * Sean S. Cunningham – ''The Art of Marriage'' * William A. Fraker – ''Monte Walsh (1970), Monte Walsh'' * Alan Gibson (director), Alan Gibson♦ – ''Crescendo (1970 film), Crescendo'' * Chuck Jones - ''The Phantom Tollbooth (film), The Phantom Tollbooth''Co-directed with Abe Levitow * Lionel Jeffries – ''The Railway Children (1970 film), The Railway Children'' * Leonard Kastle – ''The Honeymoon Killers'' * Barbara Loden – ''Wanda (film), Wanda'' *1971
* Alan Arkin† – ''Little Murders'' * George P. Cosmatos – ''Sin (1971 film), Sin'' * Clint Eastwood – ''Play Misty for Me'' * John Erman♦ – ''Making It (film), Making It'' * Peter Fonda – ''The Hired Hand'' * James Frawley♦ – ''The Christian Licorice Store'' * Stephen Frears – ''Gumshoe (film), Gumshoe'' * John D. Hancock – ''Let's Scare Jessica to Death'' * Mike Hodges♦ – ''Get Carter'' * Mike Leigh – ''Bleak Moments'' * Jack Lemmon – ''Kotch'' * George Lucas† – ''THX 1138'' * Elaine May – ''A New Leaf (film), A New Leaf'' * Russ Mayberry♦ – ''The Jesus Trip'' * Jack Nicholson – ''Drive, He Said'' * Stewart Raffill – ''The Tender Warrior'' * Ivan Reitman† – ''Foxy Lady (film), Foxy Lady'' * Steven Hilliard Stern – ''B.S. I Love You'' * Dalton Trumbo – ''Johnny Got His Gun (film), Johnny Got His Gun'' * Lawrence Turman – ''The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker'' * Paul Verhoeven – ''Business Is Business (film), Business Is Business'' * Peter Weir†♦ – ''Homesdale'' * Chatrichalerm Yugala – ''Out of the Darkness (1971 film), Out of the Darkness'' * Claude Zidi – ''Les Bidasses en folie''1972
* Chantal Akerman† – ''Hôtel Monterey'' * Michael Apted♦ – ''The Triple Echo'' * Ralph Bakshi†♦ – ''Fritz the Cat (film), Fritz the Cat'' * Paul Bartel† – ''Private Parts (1972 film), Private Parts'' * Bruce Beresford – ''The Adventures of Barry McKenzie'' * Robert Benton – ''Bad Company (1972 film), Bad Company'' * Larry Cohen – ''Bone (1972 film), Bone'' * Jackie Cooper♦ – ''Stand Up and Be Counted'' * Wes Craven – ''The Last House on the Left (1972 film), The Last House on the Left'' * Bill Douglas† – ''My Childhood (film), My Childhood'' * Daryl Duke♦ – ''Payday (1972 film), Payday'' * Adoor Gopalakrishnan – ''Swayamvaram (1972 film), Swayamvaram'' * Larry Hagman♦ – ''Beware! The Blob'' * David Hemmings – ''Running Scared (1972 film), Running Scared'' * Perry Henzel – ''The Harder They Come'' * Charlton Heston – ''Antony and Cleopatra (1972 film), Antony and Cleopatra'' * Bruce Lee – ''The Way of the Dragon'' * Djibril Diop Mambéty – ''Touki Bouki'' * Gary Nelson (director), Gary Nelson♦ – ''Molly and Lawless John'' * Gordon Parks Jr. – ''Super Fly (1972 film), Super Fly'' * Arnold Perl – ''Malcolm X (1972 film), Malcolm X'' * Lee Philips – ''Getting Away from It All'' * Sidney Poitier – ''Buck and the Preacher'' * Michael Schultz♦ – ''Together for Days'' * George C. Scott – ''Rage (1972 film), Rage'' * Kumar Shahani – ''Maya Darpan'' * John Waters (filmmaker), John Waters† – ''Pink Flamingos'' * Clyde Ware – ''No Drums, No Bugles''1973
* Hector Babenco – ''O Fabuloso Fittipaldi'' * Shyam Benegal♦ – ''Ankur (film), Ankur'' * Ricou Browning♦ – ''Salty (film), Salty'' * Martin Campbell – ''The Sex Thief'' * Joe D'Amato# – ''Death Smiles on a Murderer'' * Philip D'Antoni – ''The Seven-Ups'' * William Dear† – ''Nymph (1973 film), Nymph'' * Kirk Douglas – ''Scalawag (film), Scalawag'' * Charles K. Eastman – ''The All-American Boy (film), The All-American Boy'' * Haile Gerima† – ''Child of Resistance'' * Curtis Hanson – ''Sweet Kill'' * Robin Hardy (film director), Robin Hardy –''The Wicker Man'' * Anna Karina – ''Vivre ensemble'' * Abbas Kiarostami† – ''The Experience (film), The Experience'' * John Landis – ''Schlock (film), Schlock'' * Mark L. Lester† – ''Steel Arena (film), Steel Arena'' * Terrence Malick† – ''Badlands (film), Badlands'' * John Milius† – ''Dillinger (1973 film), Dillinger'' * Sohrab Shahid-Saless♦ – ''A Simple Event'' * Jeannot Szwarc♦ – ''Extreme Close-Up (film), Extreme Close-Up'' * John Woo – ''Fist to Fist'' * Howard Zieff – ''Slither (1973 film), Slither''1974
* Paul Annett♦ – ''The Beast Must Die (1974 film), The Beast Must Die'' * G. Aravindan – ''Uttarayanam'' * Arizal (director), Arizal♦ – ''Senyum dan Tangis'' * John Byrum – ''Inserts (film), Inserts'' * Joe Camp – ''Benji (1974 film), Benji'' * John Carpenter† – ''Dark Star (film), Dark Star'' * Michael Cimino – ''Thunderbolt and Lightfoot'' * Jonathan Demme – ''Caged Heat'' * Peter Hyams♦ – ''Busting'' * Richard Loncraine♦† – ''Slade in Flame'' * Jerry London♦ – ''Goodnight Jackie'' * Nikita Mikhalkov† – ''At Home Among Strangers'' * Ariane Mnouchkine – ''1789 (film), 1789'' * Alan Ormsby – ''Deranged (1974 film), Deranged'' * Wolfgang Petersen†♦ – ''One or the Other of Us'' * Steven Spielberg†♦ – ''The Sugarland Express'' * Oliver Stone† – ''Seizure (film), Seizure'' * Charles Swenson – ''Down and Dirty Duck'' * Bertrand Tavernier – ''The Clockmaker'' * Lewis Teague♦ – ''Dirty O'Neil'' * Thierry Zéno† – ''Vase de Noces''1975
* Jean-Claude Brisseau – ''La croisee des chemins'' * Patrice Chéreau – ''La Chair de l'orchidée, The Flesh of the Orchid'' * Souleymane Cissé (film director), Souleymane Cissé† – ''The Young Girl'' * John Duigan – ''The Firm Man'' * Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones – ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail'' * Lasse Hallström♦† – ''A Guy and a Gal'' * Scott Hicks (director), Scott Hicks† – ''Down the Wind'' * Walter Hill (director), Walter Hill – ''Hard Times (1975 film), Hard Times'' * Shirley MacLaine – ''The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir'' * Nikos Nikolaidis† – ''Evrydiki BA 2O37'' * Joan Micklin Silver† – ''Hester Street (film), Hester Street'' * Helma Sanders-Brahms – ''Unter dem Pflaster ist der Strand'' * Margarethe von Trotta♦† – ''The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum'' * Gene Wilder – ''The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother'' * Joseph Zito – ''Abduction (1975 film), Abduction''1976
* Allan Arkush† and Joe Dante† – ''Hollywood Boulevard (1976 film), Hollywood Boulevard'' * Jean-Jacques Annaud – ''Black and White in Color'' * John Badham♦ – ''The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings'' * Catherine Breillat – ''A Real Young Girl'' * Martha Coolidge† – ''Not a Pretty Picture'' * Neal Israel – ''Tunnel Vision (1976 film), Tunnel Vision''Co-directed with Bradley R. Swirnoff * Derek Jarman – ''Sebastiane'' * Krzysztof Kieślowski†♦ – ''Personnel (film), Personnel'' * Patrice Leconte† – ''Les vécés étaient fermés de l'interieur'' * Jeff Lieberman† – ''Squirm'' * Robert Moore (director), Robert Moore♦ – ''Murder by Death'' *1977
* Joseph Brooks (songwriter), Joseph Brooks# – ''You Light Up My Life (film), You Light Up My Life'' * Valie Export – ''Invisible Adversaries, Unsichtbare Gegner'' * Marty Feldman♦ – ''The Last Remake of Beau Geste'' * Ron Howard† – ''Grand Theft Auto (film), Grand Theft Auto'' * Girish Kasaravalli – ''Ghatashraddha'' * Diane Kurys – ''Peppermint Soda'' * David Lynch† – ''Eraserhead'' * Phil Roman† – ''Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown''Co-directed with Bill Melendez * Gregory Nava† – ''The Confessions of Amans (film), The Confessions of Amans'' * Hal Needham – ''Smokey and the Bandit'' * Chris Noonan – ''Bulls (film), Bulls'' * Phillip Noyce† – ''Backroads (1977 film), Backroads'' * Nobuhiko Obayashi† – ''House (1977 film), House'' *1978
* Muzaffar Ali – ''Gaman'' * Bille August – ''Honning måne'' * Warren Beatty and Buck Henry – ''Heaven Can Wait (1978 film), Heaven Can Wait'' * Charles Burnett (director), Charles Burnett† – ''Killer of Sheep'' * Buddhadeb Dasgupta† – ''Dooratwa'' * Robert Klane – ''Thank God It's Friday (film), Thank God It's Friday'' * Randal Kleiser♦ – ''Grease (film), Grease'' * Richard Marquand – ''The Legacy (1978 film), The Legacy'' * Leiji Matsumoto♦ – ''Captain Harlock: Mystery of the Arcadia''Co-directed with Rintaro * Anthony Minghella – ''A Little Like Drowning'' * Errol Morris – ''Gates of Heaven'' * Steve Rash – ''The Buddy Holly Story'' * Fred Olen Ray# – ''The Brain Leeches'' * Joan Rivers – ''Rabbit Test (film), Rabbit Test'' * Paul Schrader – ''Blue Collar (film), Blue Collar'' * Alexander Sokurov† – ''The Lonely Voice of Man'' * Sylvester Stallone – ''Paradise Alley'' * James Toback – ''Fingers (1978 film), Fingers'' * Jane Wagner – ''Moment by Moment'' * Meir Zarchi – ''I Spit on Your Grave'' * Robert Zemeckis† – ''I Wanna Hold Your Hand (film), I Wanna Hold Your Hand''1979
* Carroll Ballard – ''The Black Stallion (film), The Black Stallion'' * Martin Brest† – ''Going in Style'' * Albert Brooks♦ – ''Real Life (1979 film), Real Life'' * Jackie Chan – ''The Fearless Hyena''Co-directed with Kenneth Tsang * Alan Clarke – ''Scum (film), Scum'' * Abel Ferrara† – ''The Driller Killer'' * Goutam Ghose† – ''Maabhoomi'' * Tsui Hark – ''The Butterfly Murders'' * Agnieszka Holland†♦ – ''Provincial Actors'' * Ann Hui♦ – ''The Secret (1979 film), The Secret'' * Leon Ichaso – ''El Super'' * George Miller (filmmaker), George Miller – ''Mad Max (film), Mad Max'' * Hayao Miyazaki♦ – ''The Castle of Cagliostro'' * Russell Mulcahy – ''Derek and Clive Get the Horn'' * George Peppard – ''Five Days from Home'' * Chris Petit – ''Radio On'' * Julien Temple – ''The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle'' * Joan Tewkesbury – ''Old Boyfriends'' * Simon Wincer♦ – ''Snapshot (film), Snapshot''1980s
1980
* Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker – ''Airplane!'' * Pedro Almodóvar† – ''Pepi, Luci, Bom'' * Chuck Barris – ''The Gong Show Movie'' * Walter Bernstein – ''Little Miss Marker (1980 film), Little Miss Marker'' * Tony Bill – ''My Bodyguard'' * William Peter Blatty – ''The Ninth Configuration'' * James Caan – ''Hide in Plain Sight'' * Rob Cohen – ''A Small Circle of Friends'' * Bill Forsyth – ''That Sinking Feeling (1980 film), That Sinking Feeling'' * Peter Greenaway† – ''The Falls (1980 film), The Falls'' * Robert Greenwald – ''Xanadu (film), Xanadu'' * Taylor Hackford♦† – ''The Idolmaker'' * Jim Jarmusch – ''Permanent Vacation (1980 film), Permanent Vacation'' * Art Linson – ''Where the Buffalo Roam'' * Adrian Lyne† – ''Foxes (film), Foxes'' * Mike Newell (director), Mike Newell♦ – ''The Awakening (1980 film), The Awakening'' * Harold Ramis – ''Caddyshack'' * Robert Redford – ''Ordinary People'' * Jay Sandrich♦ – ''Seems Like Old Times (film), Seems Like Old Times'' * John Sayles – ''Return of the Secaucus 7'' * Roger Spottiswoode – ''Terror Train'' * Fernando Trueba† – ''Opera Prima'' * Nancy Walker♦ – ''Can't Stop the Music'' * Gordon Willis – ''Windows (film), Windows''1981
* Alan Alda♦ – ''The Four Seasons (1981 film), The Four Seasons'' * Andrew Bergman – ''So Fine (film), So Fine'' * Kathryn Bigelow† and Monty Montgomery (producer), Monty Montgomery – ''The Loveless'' * Peter Bonerz♦ – ''Nobody's Perfekt'' * John Glen (director), John Glen† – ''For Your Eyes Only (film), For Your Eyes Only'' * Steve Gordon (director), Steve Gordon♦ – ''Arthur (1981 film), Arthur'' * Jim Henson†♦ – ''The Great Muppet Caper'' * Hugh Hudson† – ''Chariots of Fire'' * Glenn Jordan♦ – ''Only When I Laugh (film), Only When I Laugh'' * Lawrence Kasdan – ''Body Heat'' * Mika Kaurismäki – ''The Liar (1981 film), The Liar'' * Uli Edel – ''Christiane F. (film), Christiane F.'' * Vadim Glowna – ''Desperado City'' * Howard R. Cohen – ''Saturday the 14th'' * Jean-Jacques Beineix – ''Diva (1981 film), Diva'' * Ed Bianchi, Edward Bianchi – ''The Fan (1981 film), The Fan'' * Nettie Peña – ''Home Sweet Home (1981 film), Home Sweet Home'' * Juan Miñón and Miguel Ángel Trujillo – ''Kargus'' * Jandhyala – ''Mudda Mandaram'' * Graham Baker (director), Graham Baker – ''Omen III: The Final Conflict'' * Zoran Tadić – ''Rhythm of a Crime'' * Michael Herz (producer), Michael Herz – ''Waitress!'' * Emir Kusturica†♦ – ''Do You Remember Dolly Bell?'' * Michael Mann (director), Michael Mann†♦ – ''Thief (film), Thief'' * Ron Mann† – ''Imagine the Sound'' * Steve Miner – ''Friday the 13th Part 2'' * Sam Raimi† – ''The Evil Dead'' * Rick Rosenthal – ''Halloween II (1981 film), Halloween II'' * Oz Scott – ''Bustin' Loose (film), Bustin' Loose'' * Joel Schumacher♦ – ''The Incredible Shrinking Woman'' * Penelope Spheeris† – ''The Decline of Western Civilization'' * David Steinberg – ''Paternity (film), Paternity''1982
* Jahnu Barua† – ''Aparoopa'' * Richard Benjamin♦ – ''My Favorite Year'' * Khairy Beshara♦ – ''Bloody Destinies'' * Patricia Birch♦ – ''Grease 2'' * Don Bluth† –''The Secret of NIMH'' * Patrick Bokanowski† – ''The Angel (1982 film), The Angel'' * James Cameron† – ''Piranha II: The Spawning'' * Nick Castle – ''Tag: The Assassination Game'' * Roger Christian (filmmaker), Roger Christian – ''The Sender'' * Graeme Clifford†♦ – ''Frances (film), Frances'' * Caleb Deschanel† – ''The Escape Artist'' * Richard Elfman – ''Forbidden Zone'' * Stuart Gillard – ''Paradise (1982 film), Paradise'' * Amy Heckerling† – ''Fast Times at Ridgemont High'' * Tim Hunter (director), Tim Hunter – ''Tex (film), Tex'' * Amy Holden Jones – ''The Slumber Party Massacre'' * Neil Jordan – ''Angel (1982 Irish film), Angel'' * John Laing (director), John Laing – ''Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1982 film), Beyond Reasonable Doubt'' * Barry Levinson♦ – ''Diner (1982 film), Diner'' * Aaron Lipstadt – ''Android (film), Android'' * Garry Marshall♦ – ''Young Doctors in Love'' * Frank Oz – ''The Dark Crystal'' * Albert Pyun – ''The Sword and the Sorcerer'' * Susan Seidelman† – ''Smithereens (film), Smithereens'' * Robert Towne – ''Personal Best (film), Personal Best'' * David S. Ward – ''Cannery Row (film), Cannery Row'' * Edward Yang – ''Guang yin de gu shi'' * Ronny Yu – ''The Postman Strikes Back'' * Corey Yuen – ''Ninja in the Dragon's Den''1983
* Joe Alves – ''Jaws 3-D'' * Roberto Benigni – ''Tu mi turbi'' * Luc Besson† – ''Le Dernier Combat'' * Paul Brickman – ''Risky Business'' * James L. Brooks – ''Terms of Endearment'' * Claudio Caligari – ''Toxic Love'' * Michael Chapman (cinematographer), Michael Chapman – ''All the Right Moves (film), All the Right Moves'' * Robert Dalva – ''The Black Stallion Returns'' * Mel Damski – ''Yellowbeard'' * Pál Erdöss – ''The Princess (1983 film), The Princess'' * Sam Firstenberg – ''One More Chance (1983 film), One More Chance'' * John Herzfeld – ''Two of a Kind (1983 film), Two of a Kind'' * Robert Hiltzik – ''Sleepaway Camp'' * Robert Jiras – ''I Am the Cheese (film), I Am the Cheese'' * Shekhar Kapur – ''Masoom (1983 film), Masoom'' * Aki Kaurismäki – ''Crime and Punishment (1983 film), Crime and Punishment'' * David Kendall (director), David Kendall – ''Luggage of the Gods!'' * Jackie Kong – ''The Being'' * Kiyoshi Kurosawa – ''Kandagawa Pervert Wars'' * Mohsen Makhmalbaf – ''Tobeh Nosuh'' * Robert Mandel – ''Independence Day (1983 film), Independence Day'' * Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas (actor), Dave Thomas – ''Strange Brew'' * Mamoru Oshii♦ – ''Urusei Yatsura: Only You'' * Euzhan Palcy – ''Sugar Cane Alley'' * Michael Radford† – ''Another Time, Another Place (1983 film), Another Time, Another Place'' * Mani Ratnam – ''Pallavi Anu Pallavi'' * Sandip Ray – ''Phatik Chand (film), Phatik Chand'' * Mark Rosman – ''The House on Sorority Row'' * Tony Scott† – ''The Hunger (1983 film), The Hunger'' * James Signorelli – ''Easy Money (1983 film), Easy Money'' * Ching Siu-tung – ''Duel to the Death'' * Barbra Streisand – ''Yentl (film), Yentl'' * David Worth (cinematographer), David Worth – ''Warrior of the Lost World'' * Yevgeny Yevtushenko – ''Kindergarten (1983 film), Kindergarten''1984
* Alejandro Agresti† – ''La Neutrónica explotó en Burzaco'' * Steve Barron† – ''Electric Dreams (film), Electric Dreams'' * John Carl Buechler† – ''The Dungeonmaster'' * Coen brothers, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen – ''Blood Simple'' * Alex Cox† – ''Repo Man (film), Repo Man'' * Léos Carax – ''Boy Meets Girl (1984 film), Boy Meets Girl'' * Gérard Depardieu – ''Le tartuffe'' * Roland Emmerich† – ''The Noah's Ark Principle'' * Atom Egoyan† – ''Next of Kin (1984 film), Next of Kin'' * James Foley (director), James Foley – ''Reckless (1984 film), Reckless'' * Herb Gardner – ''The Goodbye People (film), The Goodbye People'' * John Hughes (filmmaker), John Hughes – ''Sixteen Candles'' * Juzo Itami – ''The Funeral (1984 film), The Funeral'' * Roland Joffé♦ – ''The Killing Fields (film), The Killing Fields'' * Charles Shyer – ''Irreconcilable Differences'' * Chen Kaige – ''Yellow Earth'' * Gene Taft – ''Blame It on the Night'' * Yoshiaki Kawajiri – ''Lensman (anime), Lensman'' * Fritz Kiersch – ''Children of the Corn (1984 film), Children of the Corn'' * Ken Kwapis♦ – ''The Beniker Gang'' * Albert Magnoli† – ''Purple Rain (film), Purple Rain'' * Marek Kanievska - ''Another Country (1984 film), Another Country'' * Luis Mandoki† – ''Motel (1984 film), Motel'' * Leonard Nimoy♦ – ''Star Trek III: The Search for Spock'' * Rob Reiner♦ – ''This Is Spinal Tap'' * W. D. Richter – ''The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension'' * Valeria Sarmiento – ''Notfdhhfdre mariage'' * Ruud van Hemert – ''Army Brats'' * Brian Gilbert (director), Brian Gilbert – ''The Frog Prince (1984 film), The Frog Prince'' * Roger Young (director), Roger Young – ''Lassiter (film), Lassiter'' * Lars von Trier† – ''The Element of Crime'' * Hugh Wilson (director), Hugh Wilson†♦ – ''Police Academy (film), Police Academy''1985
* Dodo Abashidze – ''The Legend of Suram Fortress'' * Dan Attias – ''Silver Bullet (film), Silver Bullet'' * Hal Barwood† – ''Warning Sign (film), Warning Sign'' * George Bowers (filmmaker), George Bowers – ''Private Resort'' * Tim Burton†♦ – ''Pee-wee's Big Adventure'' * John R. Cherry III – ''Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam'' * Joyce Chopra† – ''Smooth Talk'' * Rod Daniel♦ – ''Teen Wolf'' * Stuart Gordon♦ – ''Re-Animator'' * Lisa Gottlieb – ''Just One of the Guys'' * Stephen Gyllenhaal – ''Certain Fury'' * Savage Steve Holland – ''Better Off Dead (film), Better Off Dead'' * Tom Holland (filmmaker), Tom Holland – ''Fright Night'' * Huang Jianxin – ''The Black Cannon Incident'' * Amos Kollek – ''Goodbye, New York'' * Stanley Kwan – ''Women (1985 film), Women'' * Dwight H. Little – ''KGB: The Secret War'' * Jonathan Lynn – ''Clue (film), Clue'' * Alan Metter – ''Girls Just Want to Have Fun (film), Girls Just Want to Have Fun'' * Walter Murch – ''Return to Oz'' * Francesco Nuti – ''Casablanca, Casablanca'' * David Nutter – ''Cease Fire (1985 film), Cease Fire'' * James Orr (filmmaker), James Orr – ''Breaking All the Rules (film), Breaking All the Rules'' * Mark Romanek – ''Static (1985 film), Static'' * Arna Selznick – ''The Care Bears Movie'' * Alan Sharp – ''Little Treasure'' * Howard Storm (director), Howard Storm♦ – ''Once Bitten (1985 film), Once Bitten'' * Fina Torres – ''Oriana (film), Oriana'' * Gus Van Sant†♦ – ''Mala Noche'' * Will Vinton – ''The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985 film), The Adventures of Mark Twain'' * Terry Zwigoff – ''Louie Bluie''1986
* David Anspaugh – ''Hoosiers (film), Hoosiers'' * Olivier Assayas† – ''Disorder (1986 film), Disorder'' * David Byrne† – ''True Stories (film), True Stories'' * Howard Deutch† – ''Pretty in Pink'' * Peter Faiman♦ – ''Crocodile Dundee'' * Paul Michael Glaser♦ – ''Band of the Hand'' * Vítor Gonçalves – ''A Girl In Summer'' * Renny Harlin†♦ – ''Born American'' * Stephen Herek – ''Critters (film), Critters'' * Stephen King – ''Maximum Overdrive'' * Spike Lee† – ''She's Gotta Have It'' * Sondra Locke – ''Ratboy'' * Jim Mallon – ''Blood Hook'' * Penny Marshall♦ – ''Jumpin' Jack Flash (film), Jumpin' Jack Flash'' * John McNaughton† – ''Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer'' * John McTiernan – ''Nomads (1986 film), Nomads'' * Michael Parks – ''The Return of Josey Wales'' * Anthony Perkins – ''Psycho III'' * Prince (musician), Prince† – ''Under the Cherry Moon'' * Bruce Robinson – ''Withnail and I'' * Joe Roth – ''Streets of Gold (film), Streets of Gold'' * Dale Schott – ''The Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation'' * David Seltzer♦ – ''Lucas (film), Lucas'' * Charles Martin Smith – ''Trick or Treat (1986 film), Trick or Treat'' * Shion Sono† – ''Man's Flower Road'' * Giuseppe Tornatore – ''Il camorrista'' * Ziggy Steinberg – ''The Boss' Wife'' * Agustí Villaronga† – ''Tras el cristal'' * Edward Zwick♦† – ''About Last Night (1986 film), About Last Night...''1987
* Allison Anders – ''Border Radio'' * Emile Ardolino♦ – ''Dirty Dancing'' * Jeff Bleckner♦ – ''White Water Summer'' * Deborah Brock (director), Deborah Brock – ''Slumber Party Massacre II'' * Chris Columbus (filmmaker), Chris Columbus – ''Adventures in Babysitting'' * Bill Condon – ''Sister, Sister (1987 film), Sister, Sister'' * Danny DeVito†♦ – ''Throw Momma from the Train'' * Nigel Dick† – ''P.I. Private Investigations'' * Emilio Estevez – ''Wisdom (film), Wisdom'' * Bob Giraldi† – ''Hiding Out'' * Steve Gomer† – ''Sweet Lorraine (film), Sweet Lorraine'' * Flora Gomes – ''Mortu Nega'' * Michael Gornick†♦ – ''Creepshow 2'' * Michael Gottlieb (director), Michael Gottlieb†♦ – ''Mannequin (1987 film), Mannequin'' * Tamar Simon Hoffs† – ''The Allnighter (film), The Allnighter'' * Stephen Hopkins (director), Stephen Hopkins†♦ – ''Dangerous Game (1987 film), Dangerous Game'' * Phil Joanou† – ''Three O'Clock High'' * Diane Keaton† – ''Heaven (1987 film), Heaven'' * Peter Jackson† – ''Bad Taste'' * Mary Lambert (director), Mary Lambert† – ''Siesta (film), Siesta'' * Luis Llosa, Luis Llosa Urquidi – ''Hour of the Assassin (1987 film), Hour of the Assassin'' * David Mamet – ''House of Games'' * Cheech Marin – ''Born in East L.A. (film), Born in East L.A.'' * Jerry Rees – ''The Brave Little Toaster'' * Max Reid† – ''Wild Thing (film), Wild Thing'' * Phil Alden Robinson – ''In the Mood (film), In the Mood'' * Jay Russell – ''End of the Line (1987 film), The End of the Line'' * John Stockwell (actor), John Stockwell – ''Under Cover (1987 film), Under Cover'' * Robert Townsend (actor), Robert Townsend – ''Hollywood Shuffle'' * Paul Weiland† – ''Leonard Part 6'' * Charles Winkler – ''You Talkin' to Me? (film), You Talkin' to Me?'' * Zhang Yimou – ''Red Sorghum (film), Red Sorghum''1988
* Greg Beeman♦ – ''License to Drive'' * Donald P. Bellisario♦ – ''Last Rites (1988 film), Last Rites'' * Glenn Gordon Caron – ''Clean and Sober'' * Christopher Coppola – ''Dracula's Widow'' * John Cornell – ''Crocodile Dundee II'' * Gregory Dark† – ''Dead Man Walking (1988 film), Dead Man Walking'' * Claire Denis – ''Chocolat (1988 film), Chocolat'' * Reha Erdem – ''Oh, Moon!'' * Robert Englund – ''976-EVIL'' * Bran Ferren – ''Funny'' * Mike Figgis♦ – ''Stormy Monday (film), Stormy Monday'' * Andrew Fleming – ''Bad Dreams (film), Bad Dreams'' * Mick Garris♦ – ''Critters 2: The Main Course'' * Terence H. Winkless – ''The Nest (1988 film), The Nest'' * George Scribner – ''Oliver & Company'' * Keith Gordon – ''The Chocolate War (film), The Chocolate War'' * Bob Hoskins – ''The Raggedy Rawney'' * Annabel Jankel†♦ and Rocky Morton†♦ – ''D.O.A. (1988 film), D.O.A.'' * Shaji N. Karun – ''Piravi'' * Ben Lewin†♦ – ''Georgia (1988 film), Georgia'' * John Lafia – ''The Blue Iguana'' * Michael Lehmann† – ''Heathers'' * Richard Linklater† – ''It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books'' * Guy Maddin† – ''Tales from the Gimli Hospital'' * Ramón Menéndez – ''Stand and Deliver'' * Chris Menges – ''A World Apart (film), A World Apart'' * Mira Nair†♦ – ''Salaam Bombay!'' * Yousry Nasrallah – ''Summer Thefts'' * Donald Petrie♦ – ''Mystic Pizza'' * Tina Rathborne♦ – ''Zelly and Me'' * Bernard Rose (director), Bernard Rose – ''Paperhouse (film), Paperhouse'' * Gary Sinise – ''Miles from Home'' * Kenneth Johnson (filmmaker), Kenneth Johnson – ''Short Circuit 2'' * Jan Švankmajer† – ''Alice (1988 film), Alice'' * Skip Schoolnik – ''Hide and Go Shriek'' * Ernest Thompson – ''1969 (film), 1969'' * Michael Toshiyuki Uno†♦ – ''The Wash (1988 film), The Wash'' * Aisling Walsh† – ''Joyriders (film), Joyriders'' * Keenen Ivory Wayans – ''I'm Gonna Git You Sucka'' * Henry Winkler♦ – ''Memories of Me'' * Wong Kar-wai – ''As Tears Go By (film), Wong Gok Ka Moon''1989
* Meiert Avis† – ''Far from Home (1989 film), Far from Home'' * Bob Balaban♦ – ''Parents (1989 film), Parents'' * Sooraj R. Barjatya – ''Maine Pyar Kiya'' * Kenneth Branagh – ''Henry V (1989 film), Henry V'' * Jane Campion†♦ – ''Sweetie (1989 film), Sweetie'' * Michael Caton-Jones†♦ – ''Scandal (1989 film), Scandal'' * Jeremiah S. Chechik – ''National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation'' * Isabel Coixet† – ''Demasiado viejo para morir joven'' * Pedro Costa – ''O Sangue'' * Cameron Crowe – ''Say Anything...'' * John Dahl – ''Kill Me Again'' * Carl Franklin† – ''Nowhere to Run (1989 film), Nowhere to Run'' * Paul Greengrass♦ – ''Resurrected (film), Resurrected'' * Robert Sigl – ''Laurin'' * Gary David Goldberg – ''Dad (1989 film), Dad'' * Wendell B. Harris Jr. – ''Chameleon Street'' * Michael Haneke♦ – ''The Seventh Continent (1989 film), The Seventh Continent'' * Rob Hedden – ''Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan'' * James Issac – ''The Horror Show'' * Joe Johnston – ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'' * Charles T. Kanganis – ''Deadly Breed'' * Takeshi Kitano – ''Violent Cop (1989 film), Violent Cop'' * Brett Leonard – ''The Dead Pit'' * Chris Walas – ''The Fly II'' * Sean McNamara (director), Sean McNamara – ''Hollywood Chaos'' * Tahmineh Milani – ''Children of Divorce (1989 film), Children of Divorce'' * Michael Moore – ''Roger & Me'' * Jonathan Mostow† – ''Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers'' * John Murlowski – ''Return of the Family Man'' * Eddie Murphy – ''Harlem Nights'' * David Peoples† – ''The Blood of Heroes'' * Alex Proyas† – ''Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds'' * Joe Pytka† – ''Let It Ride (film), Let It Ride'' * Eric Red† – ''Cohen and Tate'' * Junji Sakamoto – ''Dotsuitarunen'' * Victor Salva – ''Clownhouse'' * Nancy Savoca – ''True Love (1989 film), True Love'' * Thomas Schlamme♦† – ''Miss Firecracker'' * William Shatner – ''Star Trek V: The Final Frontier'' * Jim Sheridan – ''My Left Foot (film), My Left Foot'' * Mel Smith – ''The Tall Guy'' * Steven Soderbergh† – ''Sex, Lies, and Videotape'' * Todd Solondz† – ''Fear, Anxiety & Depression'' * Stephen Sommers† – ''Catch Me If You Can (1989 film), Catch Me If You Can'' * Ann Turner (director), Ann Turner – ''Celia (1989 film), Celia'' * Joseph Vilsmaier – ''Autumn Milk'' * Gary Winick – ''Curfew (1989 film), Curfew'' * Joel Zwick♦ – ''Second Sight (film), Second Sight''1990s
1990
* Dyan Cannon† – ''The End of Innocence (film), The End of Innocence'' * Kevin Costner – ''Dances with Wolves'' * Manny Coto – ''Playroom (film), Playroom'' * Dennis Dugan♦ – ''Problem Child (film), Problem Child'' * David Elfick – ''Harbour Beat'' * Howard Franklin and Bill Murray – ''Quick Change'' * John Harrison (director), John Harrison†♦ – ''Tales from the Darkside: The Movie'' * Bob Hathcock♦† – ''DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp'' * Reginald Hudlin† – ''House Party (film), House Party'' * Caroline Link†♦ – ''Sommertage'' * Sheldon Lettich – ''Lionheart (1990 film), Lionheart'' * James Keach – ''False Identity'' * Nicole Garcia – ''Every Other Weekend (film), Every Other Weekend'' * Michael Fields – ''Bright Angel'' * Benny Chan (filmmaker), Benny Chan – ''A Moment of Romance'' * V. Sekhar – ''Neengalum Herothan'' * Sangeeth Sivan – ''Vyooham'' * Rich Correll, Richard Correll♦ – ''Ski Patrol (1990 film), Ski Patrol'' * Shankar–Ganesh – ''Jagathalaprathapan (1990 film), Jagathalaprathapan'' * Indra Kumar – ''Dil (1990 film), Dil'' * Rajkumar Santoshi – ''Ghayal (1990 film), Ghayal'' * Frank Marshall (filmmaker), Frank Marshall – ''Arachnophobia (film), Arachnophobia'' * Joji Matsuoka† – ''Batāshi Kingyo'' * Michele Placido – ''Pummarò'' * Sally Mattison – ''Slumber Party Massacre III'' * James D. Parriott – ''Heart Condition (film), Heart Condition'' * Jay Roach – ''Zoo Radio''Co-directed with Jesse Wells * Tom Ropelewski – ''Madhouse (1990 film), Madhouse'' * Sergio Rubini – ''The Station (1990 film), The Station'' * Lone Scherfig♦ – ''Kaj's fødselsdag'' * John Patrick Shanley – ''Joe Versus the Volcano'' * Martin Sheen – ''Cadence (film), Cadence'' * Whit Stillman – ''Metropolitan (1990 film), Metropolitan'' * Jon Turteltaub – ''Think Big (film), Think Big'' * Zdeněk Tyc – ''Vojtech, Called the Orphan'' * Ron Underwood†♦ – ''Tremors (1990 film), Tremors'' * Vasanth – ''Keladi Kannmanii'' * Thomas Vinterberg – ''Sneblind'' * Michael Winterbottom♦ – ''Forget About Me'' * Zhang Yuan (director), Zhang Yuan† – ''Mama (1990 film), Mama''1991
* Jon Avnet♦ – ''Fried Green Tomatoes'' * Dan Aykroyd – ''Nothing but Trouble (1991 film), Nothing but Trouble'' * Marco Bechis† – ''Alambrado'' * Jack Bender♦ – ''Child's Play 3'' * Susanne Bier† – ''Freud flyttar hemifrån...'' * Juan Jose Campanella – ''The Boy Who Cried Bitch'' * Marc Caro♦† and Jean-Pierre Jeunet† – ''Delicatessen (1991 film), Delicatessen'' * Carlos Carrera† – ''La mujer de Benjamín'' * Topper Carew – ''Talkin' Dirty After Dark'' * Peter Chelsom† – ''Hear My Song'' * Rich Christiano – ''The Appointment (film), The Appointment'' * Bud Cort – ''Ted & Venus'' * Alfonso Cuarón†♦ – ''Sólo Con Tu Pareja'' * Frank De Felitta♦ – ''Scissors (film), Scissors'' * Arnaud Desplechin – ''La Vie Des Morts'' * Tom DiCillo – ''Johnny Suede'' * Jaco Van Dormael♦ – ''Toto the Hero'' * Bill Duke†♦ – ''A Rage in Harlem (film), A Rage in Harlem'' * Jodie Foster – ''Little Man Tate'' * George Gallo – ''29th Street (film), 29th Street'' * Bobcat Goldthwait – ''Shakes the Clown'' * Bryan Gordon† – ''Career Opportunities (film), Career Opportunities'' * Todd Haynes† – ''Poison (film), Poison'' * Peter Hewitt (film director), Peter Hewitt† – ''Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey'' * Kevin Hooks♦ – ''Strictly Business (1991 film), Strictly Business'' * Jeffrey Hornaday♦† – ''Shout (film), Shout'' * David Kellogg† – ''Cool as Ice'' * Brian Levant♦ – ''Problem Child 2'' * Doug McHenry and George Jackson (producer), George Jackson – ''House Party 2'' * Deepa Mehta♦ – ''Sam & Me'' * Takashi Miike – ''Eyecatch Junction'' * Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells – ''An American Tail: Fievel Goes West'' * Garin Nugroho – ''Cinta dalam Sepotong Roti'' * Mario Van Peebles♦ – ''New Jack City'' * Sean Penn – ''The Indian Runner'' * Joseph Vásquez – ''The Bronx War'' * Frank Price#Personal, David Price – ''Son of Darkness: To Die For II'' * Matty Rich – ''Straight Out of Brooklyn'' * Walter Salles – ''A Grande Arte'' * John Singleton – ''Boyz n the Hood'' * Barry Sonnenfeld – ''The Addams Family (1991 film), The Addams Family'' * Rachel Talalay – ''Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare'' * Prasanna Vithanage – ''Sisila Giniganee'' * Irwin Winkler – ''Guilty by Suspicion''1992
* Rémy Belvaux†, André Bonzel† and Benoît Poelvoorde† – ''Man Bites Dog (film), Man Bites Dog'' * Mike Binder – ''Crossing the Bridge'' * Uwe Boll – ''German Fried Movie''Co-directed with Frank Lustig * Craig Bolotin† – ''That Night'' * Park Chan-wook – ''The Moon Is... the Sun's Dream'' * Billy Crystal – ''Mr. Saturday Night'' * Tamra Davis† – ''Guncrazy'' * Ernest Dickerson – ''Juice (1992 film), Juice'' * Bill Kroyer† – ''FernGully: The Last Rainforest'' * Nora Ephron – ''This Is My Life (1992 film), This Is My Life'' * David Fincher† – ''Alien 3'' * Dale Launer - ''Love Potion No. 9 (film), Love Potion No. 9'' * Rituparno Ghosh – ''Hirer Angti'' * Arne Glimcher – ''The Mambo Kings'' * Beeban Kidron† – ''Used People'' * Leslie Harris (director), Leslie Harris – ''Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.'' * Brian Henson – ''The Muppet Christmas Carol'' * Mark Herman† – ''Blame It on the Bellboy'' * Ang Lee – ''Pushing Hands (film), Pushing Hands'' * Baz Luhrmann – ''Strictly Ballroom'' * Alison Maclean♦† – ''Crush (1992 film), Crush'' * Les Mayfield♦† – ''Encino Man'' * Randall Miller♦† – ''Class Act'' * Tsai Ming-liang♦ – ''Rebels of the Neon God'' * Edward James Olmos♦ – ''American Me'' * Kenny Ortega†♦ – ''Newsies'' * Jafar Panahi† – ''The Friend (1992 film), The Friend'' * Tim Robbins – ''Bob Roberts'' * Robert Rodriguez† – ''El Mariachi'' * Damon Santostefano† – ''Severed Ties (film), Severed Ties'' * M. Night Shyamalan – ''Praying with Anger'' * Bruce W. Smith – ''Bébé's Kids'' * Quentin Tarantino† – ''Reservoir Dogs'' * Betty Thomas♦ – ''Only You (1992 film), Only You'' * John Turturro – ''Mac (film), Mac''1993
* Daniel Alfredson†♦ – ''The Man on the Balcony (film), The Man on the Balcony'' * Marco Brambilla – ''Demolition Man (film), Demolition Man'' * Thomas Carter (director), Thomas Carter♦ – ''Swing Kids (1993 film), Swing Kids'' * Gurinder Chadha♦† – ''Bhaji on the Beach'' * Rusty Cundieff – ''Fear of a Black Hat'' * Robert De Niro – ''A Bronx Tale'' * Guillermo del Toro† – ''Cronos (film), Cronos'' * Ted Demme♦† – ''Who's the Man?'' * Duwayne Dunham – ''Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey'' * David Mickey Evans – ''The Sandlot'' * Morgan Freeman – ''Bopha!'' * E. Max Frye – ''Amos & Andrew'' * Bruce Joel Rubin – ''My Life (film), My Life'' * Mel Gibson – ''The Man Without a Face'' * Richard Williams (animator), Richard Williams† – ''The Thief and the Cobbler'' * Paul Haggis♦† – ''Red Hot (film), Red Hot'' * Fraser Clarke Heston♦† – ''Needful Things (film), Needful Things'' * Hughes brothers, Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes† – ''Menace II Society'' * Nicholas Kazan♦ – ''Dream Lover (1993 film), Dream Lover'' * John Madden (director), John Madden♦ – ''Ethan Frome (film), Ethan Frome'' * Radu Mihăileanu† – ''Trahir'' * Gary O. Bennett – ''Rain Without Thunder'' * Trey Parker† – ''Cannibal! The Musical'' * Mikael Salomon – ''A Far Off Place'' * Don Scardino♦ – ''Me and Veronica'' * Henry Selick† – ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' * Dominic Sena† – ''Kalifornia'' * Alan Shapiro (director), Alan Shapiro♦ – ''The Crush (1993 film), The Crush'' * Bryan Singer† – ''Public Access (film), Public Access'' * Daniel Stern (actor), Daniel Stern♦ – ''Rookie of the Year (film), Rookie of the Year'' * Stephen Surjik†♦ – ''Wayne's World 2'' * Tran Anh Hung† – ''The Scent of Green Papaya'' * Tom Tykwer† – ''Deadly Maria'' * John Whitesell♦ – ''Calendar Girl (1993 film), Calendar Girl'' * Alex Winter and Tom Stern (director), Tom Stern – ''Freaked'' * Wang Xiaoshuai – ''The Days (1993 film), The Days'' * Steven Zaillian – ''Searching for Bobby Fischer''1994
* Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff† – ''The Lion King'' * Paul W. S. Anderson – ''Shopping (1994 film), Shopping'' * Jacques Audiard – ''See How They Fall, Regarde les hommes tomber'' * Roger Avary – ''Killing Zoe'' * Timur Bekmambetov♦ – ''Peshavar Waltz'' * Adam Bernstein† – ''It's Pat'' * Danny Boyle♦ – ''Shallow Grave (1994 film), Shallow Grave'' * Stephen Chow – ''King of Destruction'' * Julie Cypher† – ''Teresa's Tattoo'' * Frank Darabont♦ – ''The Shawshank Redemption'' * Jan de Bont – ''Speed (1994 film), Speed'' * Peter Farrelly – ''Dumb and Dumber'' * James Gray (film director), James Gray – ''Little Odessa (film), Little Odessa'' * Anthony Michael Hall – ''Hail Caesar (1994 film), Hail Caesar'' * P. J. Hogan† – ''Muriel's Wedding'' * George Huang (director), George Huang – ''Swimming with Sharks'' * Nicholas Hytner – ''The Madness of King George'' * Patrick Keiller† – ''London (1992 film), London'' * Doug Liman – ''Getting In'' * Hart Bochner – ''PCU (film), PCU'' * Darnell Martin† – ''I Like It Like That (film), I Like It Like That'' * Takashi Miike† – ''Daisan no gokudō'' * Jessie Nelson (filmmaker), Jessie Nelson† – ''Corrina, Corrina (film), Corrina, Corrina'' * John Pasquin♦ – ''The Santa Clause'' * Jeff Pollack – ''Above the Rim'' * Jonathan Prince♦ – ''Camp Nowhere'' * Kelly Reichardt – ''River of Grass'' * Adam Resnick – ''Cabin Boy'' * David O. Russell† – ''Spanking the Monkey'' * Steven Seagal – ''On Deadly Ground'' * Peter Segal♦ – ''Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult, Naked Gun : The Final Insult'' * Tom Shadyac♦ – ''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'' * Kevin Smith† – ''Clerks (1994 film), Clerks'' * Ben Stiller♦† – ''Reality Bites'' * Lee Tamahori†♦ – ''Once Were Warriors (film), Once Were Warriors'' * Caroline Thompson – ''Black Beauty (1994 film), Black Beauty'' * Rupert Wainwright†♦ – ''Blank Check (film), Blank Check'' * Sam Weisman♦ – ''D2: The Mighty Ducks''1995
* Tomas Alfredson♦ – ''Bert: The Last Virgin'' * Debbie Allen♦ – ''Out-of-Sync'' * Jason Alexander♦ – ''For Better or Worse (film), For Better or Worse'' * Brad Anderson (director), Brad Anderson – ''Frankenstein's Planet of Monsters!'' * Noah Baumbach – ''Kicking and Screaming (1995 film), Kicking and Screaming'' * Michael Bay† – ''Bad Boys (1995 film), Bad Boys'' * Larry Bishop – ''Mad Dog Time'' * Icíar Bollaín†♦ – ''Hola, ¿estás sola?'' * Steven Brill (filmmaker), Steven Brill – ''Heavyweights'' * Stephen Chbosky – ''The Four Corners of Nowhere'' * John Fortenberry♦ – ''Jury Duty (film), Jury Duty'' * Larry Clark – ''Kids (film), Kids'' * Frank Coraci – ''Murdered Innocence'' * Joel Cohen (writer), Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow – ''Monster Mash (1995 film), Monster Mash'' * Rick Stevenson – ''Magic in the Water'' * Gary Fleder♦ – ''Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead'' * Marc Forster – ''Loungers'' * Lesli Linka Glatter†♦ – ''Now and Then (film), Now and Then'' * F. Gary Gray† – ''Friday (1995 film), Friday'' * Charles Herman-Wurmfeld – ''Fanci's Persuasion'' * Scott Kalvert† – ''The Basketball Diaries (film), The Basketball Diaries'' * Hirokazu Koreeda♦ – ''Maborosi'' * John Lasseter† – ''Toy Story'' * Kevin Lima – ''A Goofy Movie'' * Robert Longo† – ''Johnny Mnemonic (film), Johnny Mnemonic'' * James Mangold – ''Heavy (film), Heavy'' * Daisy von Scherler Mayer – ''Party Girl (1995 film), Party Girl'' * Melanie Mayron♦ – ''The Baby-Sitters Club (film), The Baby-Sitters Club'' * Rebecca Miller – ''Angela (1995 film), Angela'' * Gavin O'Connor (director), Gavin O'Connor† – ''Comfortably Numb (film), Comfortably Numb'' * Steve Oedekerk† – ''Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls'' * Oliver Parker – ''Othello (1995 film), Othello'' * Jean-François Richet – ''État des lieux'' * Brian Robbins – ''The Show (1995 film), The Show'' * Joaquim Sapinho – ''Haircut (film), Haircut'' * Hans-Christian Schmid†♦ – ''After Five in the Forest Primeval, Nach Fünf im Urwald'' * Holly Goldberg Sloan – ''The Big Green'' * Bryan Spicer♦ – ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie'' * Brad Silberling†♦ – ''Casper (film), Casper'' * Wesley Strick – ''The Tie That Binds (1995 film), The Tie That Binds'' * Andy Tennant♦ – ''It Takes Two (1995 film), It Takes Two'' * Forest Whitaker♦ – ''Waiting to Exhale'' * Gregory Widen♦ – ''The Prophecy'' * Edgar Wright† – ''A Fistful of Fingers'' * Lou Ye – ''Weekend Lover''1996
* Alejandro Amenábar – ''Tesis'' * Paul Thomas Anderson† – ''Hard Eight (film), Hard Eight'' * Wes Anderson† – ''Bottle Rocket'' * Imanol Arias – ''Un asunto privado'' * Kevin Bacon – ''Losing Chase'' * Paris Barclay† – ''Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood'' * Steve Buscemi – ''Trees Lounge'' * Stuart Baird – ''Executive Decision'' * Jason Bloom (director), Jason Bloom† – ''Bio-Dome'' * Matthew Bright – ''Freeway (1996 film), Freeway'' * Matthew Broderick – ''Infinity (film), Infinity'' * Nick Cassavetes – ''Unhook the Stars'' * Jay Chandrasekhar – ''Puddle Cruiser'' * R. J. Cutler – ''A Perfect Candidate''Co-directed with David Van Taylor * Seth Michael Donsky – ''Twisted (1996 film), Twisted'' * Cheryl Dunye† – ''The Watermelon Woman'' * David R. Ellis – ''Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco'' * Bobby Farrelly – ''Kingpin (1996 film), Kingpin''Co-directed with Peter Farrelly * Jonathan Frakes♦ – ''Star Trek: First Contact'' * Terry George – ''Some Mother's Son'' * Michael Goldenberg – ''Bed of Roses (1996 film), Bed of Roses'' * Zeka Laplaine, Jose Zeka Laplaine† – ''Macadam Tribu'' * Tom Hanks♦ – ''That Thing You Do!'' * Mary Harron♦ – ''I Shot Andy Warhol'' * Gregory Hoblit♦ – ''Primal Fear (film), Primal Fear'' * Nicole Holofcener† – ''Walking and Talking'' * Anthony Hopkins – ''August (1996 film), August'' * Adam Coleman Howard – ''Dead Girl (film), Dead Girl'' * Bronwen Hughes† – ''Harriet the Spy (film), Harriet the Spy'' * Anjelica Huston – ''Bastard Out of Carolina (film), Bastard Out of Carolina'' * Mike Judge†♦ – ''Beavis and Butt-Head Do America'' * David Koepp† – ''The Trigger Effect'' * Ki-duk Kim†♦ – ''Crocodile (1996 film), Crocodile'' * Martin Lawrence – ''A Thin Line Between Love and Hate'' * Quentin Lee† – ''Flow (1996 film), Flow'' * Danny Leiner† – ''Layin' Low'' * Kevin Macdonald (director), Kevin Macdonald♦ – ''Chaplin's Goliath'' * Nelson McCormick (director), Nelson McCormick♦ – ''For Which He Stands'' * Douglas McGrath – ''Emma (1996 theatrical film), Emma'' * Shane Meadows† – ''Small Time'' * Greg Mottola – ''The Daytrippers'' * Niels Arden Oplev† – ''Portland (film), Portland'' * Al Pacino – ''Looking for Richard'' * Alexander Payne† – ''Citizen Ruth'' * John Putch† – ''Alone in the Woods'' * Krishna Rao (director), Krishna Rao – ''Crossworlds'' * Matt Reeves† – ''The Pallbearer'' * Sabu (director), Sabu – ''Dangan Runner'' * Arlene Sanford♦ – ''A Very Brady Sequel'' * John Schultz (director), John Schultz – ''Bandwagon (film), Bandwagon'' * Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci – ''Big Night'' * Adrienne Shelly† – ''Sudden Manhattan'' * Daryush Shokof – ''Seven Servants'' * Kevin Spacey† – ''Albino Alligator'' * Nicolas Winding Refn – ''Pusher (1996 film), Pusher'' * Billy Bob Thornton – ''Sling Blade (film), Sling Blade'' * The Wachowskis – ''Bound (1996 film), Bound''1997
* Miguel Arteta – ''Star Maps (film), Star Maps'' * William Brent Bell – ''Sparkle and Charm'' * Andy Cadiff♦ – ''Leave It to Beaver (film), Leave It to Beaver'' * Peter Cattaneo – ''The Full Monty'' * Dean Cundey – ''Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves'' * Vondie Curtis-Hall – ''Gridlock'd'' * Johnny Depp♦ – ''The Brave (film), The Brave'' * Mark Dindal – ''Cats Don't Dance'' * Vin Diesel† – ''Strays (1997 film), Strays'' * Mark A.Z. Dippé – ''Spawn (1997 film), Spawn'' * Bruno Dumont – ''La vie de Jésus'' * Bart Freundlich† – ''The Myth of Fingerprints'' * Vincent Gallo – ''Buffalo '66'' * Raja Gosnell – ''Home Alone 3'' * Peter Howitt – ''Sliding Doors'' * Nick Hurran♦ – ''Remember Me? (film), Remember Me?'' * Bob Koherr – ''Plump Fiction'' * Satoshi Kon – ''Perfect Blue'' * Paul Miller (TV director), Paul Miller♦ – ''The Pest (1997 film), The Pest'' * Harmony Korine – ''Gummo'' * Andrew Kötting† – ''Gallivant'' * Neil LaBute – ''In the Company of Men'' * Mimi Leder♦ – ''The Peacemaker (1997 film), The Peacemaker'' * Kasi Lemmons – ''Eve's Bayou'' * John R. Leonetti – ''Mortal Kombat: Annihilation'' * Shawn Levy† – ''Address Unknown (1997 film), Address Unknown'' * Justin Lin – ''Shopping for Fangs''Co-directed with Quentin Lee * David Mirkin♦ – ''Romy and Michele's High School Reunion'' * Vincenzo Natali – ''Cube (1997 film), Cube'' * Andrew Niccol – ''Gattaca'' * William Nicholson (writer), William Nicholson♦ – ''Firelight'' * Cherie Nowlan† – ''Thank God He Met Lizzie'' * Peter O'Fallon♦ – ''Suicide Kings'' * Stephen Kessler (director), Stephen Kessler – ''Vegas Vacation'' * Gary Oldman – ''Nil by Mouth (film), Nil by Mouth'' * François Ozon† – ''Regarde la Mer'' * Mark Pellington†♦ – ''Going All the Way'' * Rafi Pitts† – ''The Fifth Season (1997 film), The Fifth Season'' * John Ridley – ''Cold Around the Heart'' * Brett Ratner† – ''Money Talks (1997 film), Money Talks'' * Tom Schulman – ''8 Heads in a Duffel Bag'' * Nick Searcy – ''Carolina Low'' * Jill Sprecher – ''Clockwatchers'' * Darren Stein† – ''Sparkler (film), Sparkler'' * Tim Story – ''One of Us Tripped'' * Kiefer Sutherland♦ – ''Truth or Consequences, N.M. (film), Truth or Consequences, N.M.'' * George Tillman Jr.† – ''Soul Food (film), Soul Food'' * Gore Verbinski† – ''MouseHunt (film), MouseHunt'' * Mark Waters (director), Mark Waters – ''The House of Yes'' * Simon West – ''Con Air'' * Scott Winant♦ – '''Til There Was You'' * Alex Zamm†♦ – ''Chairman of the Board (film), Chairman of the Board'' * Jia Zhangke† – ''Xiao Wu''1998
* Fatih Akın†♦ – ''Short Sharp Shock (film), Short Sharp Shock'' * Darren Aronofsky† – ''Pi (film), Pi'' * Matt Earl Beesley – ''Point Blank (1998 film), Point Blank'' * Peter Berg♦ – ''Very Bad Things'' * Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook† – ''Mulan (1998 film), Mulan'' * Troy Beyer – ''Let's Talk About Sex (film), Let's Talk About Sex'' * Steve Boyum – ''Meet the Deedles'' * Joe Carnahan – ''Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane'' * Niki Caro♦† – ''Memory & Desire'' * Frederik Du Chau – ''Quest for Camelot'' * Lisa Cholodenko† – ''High Art'' * Nuri Bilge Ceylan – ''Kasaba (1997 film), Kasaba'' * Joan Chen – ''Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl'' * Derek Cianfrance – ''Brother Tied'' * David Dobkin (director), David Dobkin† – ''Clay Pigeons'' * Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan – ''Can't Hardly Wait'' * Antoine Fuqua† – ''The Replacement Killers'' * Ice Cube† – ''The Players Club'' * Wayne Isham† – ''12 Bucks'' * Karan Johar – ''Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'' * Mark Steven Johnson – ''Simon Birch'' * Tony Kaye (director), Tony Kaye†♦ – ''American History X'' * Jake Kasdan† – ''Zero Effect'' * Igor Kovalyov♦† and Norton Virgien♦ – ''The Rugrats Movie'' * Nagesh Kukunoor – ''Hyderabad Blues'' * Larry David – ''Sour Grapes (1998 film), Sour Grapes'' * Paul McGuigan (filmmaker), Paul McGuigan – ''The Acid House (film), The Acid House'' * Samira Makhmalbaf – ''The Apple (1998 film), The Apple'' * Sean Mathias – ''Bent (1997 film), Bent'' * Des McAnuff – ''Cousin Bette (1998 film), Cousin Bette'' * Don McKellar† – ''Last Night (1998 film), Last Night'' * Olivier Megaton†♦ – ''Tout Morose'' * Michael Martin (director), Michael Martin† – ''I Got the Hook-Up'' * Fernando Meirelles†♦ – ''O Menino Maluquinho 2'' * Nancy Meyers – ''The Parent Trap (1998 film), The Parent Trap'' * Lukas Moodysson – ''Show Me Love (film), Show Me Love'' * Gaspar Noé† – ''I Stand Alone (film), Seul contre tous'' * Christopher Nolan† – ''Following'' * Dean Parisot†♦ – ''Home Fries (film), Home Fries'' * Pat Proft – ''Wrongfully Accused'' * Guy Ritchie† – ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'' * Craig Ross Jr. – ''Cappuccino (1998 film), Cappuccino'' * Gary Ross – ''Pleasantville (film), Pleasantville'' * Bob Saget†♦ – ''Dirty Work (1998 film), Dirty Work'' * Millicent Shelton†♦ – ''Ride (1998 film), Ride'' * Tony Singletary♦ – ''High Freakquency'' * Abderrahmane Sissako† – ''Life on Earth (film), Life on Earth'' * Kevin Rodney Sullivan♦ – ''How Stella Got Her Groove Back'' * John Terlesky – ''The Pandora Project''Co-directed with Jim Wynorski * Toshiaki Toyoda – ''Pornostar (film), Pornostar'' * Denis Villeneuve† – ''August 32nd on Earth'' * Randall Wallace – ''The Man in the Iron Mask (1998 film), The Man in the Iron Mask'' * Hype Williams† – ''Belly (film), Belly'' * David Yates†♦ – ''The Tichborne Claimant (film), The Tichborne Claimant''1999
* Jamie Babbit†♦ – ''But I'm a Cheerleader'' * Jaume Balagueró†♦ – ''The Nameless (film), The Nameless'' * Antonio Banderas – ''Crazy in Alabama'' * Brad Bird♦ – ''The Iron Giant'' * John Bruno (special effects), John Bruno† – ''Virus (1999 film), Virus'' * Tony Bui† – ''Three Seasons'' * Sofia Coppola† – ''The Virgin Suicides (film), The Virgin Suicides'' * Troy Duffy – ''The Boondock Saints'' * Jim Fall – ''Trick (1999 film), Trick'' * Hampton Fancher – ''The Minus Man'' * Rick Famuyiwa† – ''The Wood'' * Jeff Franklin♦ – ''Love Stinks (film), Love Stinks'' * Chris Buck – ''Tarzan (1999 film), Tarzan''Co-directed with Kevin Lima * Tony Goldwyn – ''A Walk on the Moon'' * Luca Guadagnino – ''The Protagonists (1999 film), The Protagonists'' * Gary Halvorson♦ – ''The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland'' * Brian Helgeland – ''Payback (1999 film), Payback'' * Tim Hill (director), Tim Hill†♦ – ''Muppets from Space'' * Gavin Hood† – ''A Reasonable Man'' * Hugh Johnson (cinematographer), Hugh Johnson† – ''Chill Factor (film), Chill Factor'' * Spike Jonze† – ''Being John Malkovich'' * Maurice Joyce - ''Doug's 1st Movie'' * Gil Junger♦ – ''10 Things I Hate About You'' * Clare Kilner† – ''Janice Beard'' * Roger Kumble – ''Cruel Intentions'' * Paul Lazarus♦ – ''Seven Girlfriends'' * Michael Patrick Jann – ''Drop Dead Gorgeous (film), Drop Dead Gorgeous'' * Malcolm D. Lee – ''The Best Man (1999 film), The Best Man'' * Rod Lurie† – ''Deterrence (film), Deterrence'' * Theodore Melfi – ''Winding Roads (film), Winding Roads'' * Sam Mendes♦ – ''American Beauty (1999 film), American Beauty'' * Dave Meyers (director), Dave Meyers† – ''Foolish (film), Foolish'' * Mike Mitchell (director), Mike Mitchell†♦ – ''Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo'' * Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez (director), Eduardo Sánchez – ''The Blair Witch Project'' * Stanley Nelson Jr.† – ''The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords'' * Babak Payami – ''One More Day (1999 film), One More Day'' * Kimberly Peirce† – ''Boys Don't Cry (1999 film), Boys Don't Cry'' * Lynne Ramsay – ''Ratcatcher (film), Ratcatcher'' * Tim Roth – ''The War Zone'' * Shi Runjiu – ''A Beautiful New World'' * Sara Sugarman† – ''Mad Cows'' * S. J. Surya – ''Vaalee (1999 film), Vaali'' * Julie Taymor♦ – ''Titus (film), Titus'' * Pablo Trapero† – ''Crane World'' * Manuela Viegas – ''Gloria (1999 Portuguese film), Gloria'' * Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz (filmmaker), Paul Weitz – ''American Pie (film), American Pie''2000s
2000
* Asia Argento♦ – ''Scarlet Diva'' * Britt Allcroft - ''Thomas and the Magic Railroad'' * Andrzej Bartkowiak† – ''Romeo Must Die'' * Greg Berlanti – ''The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy'' * Thomas Bezucha – ''Big Eden'' * Bong Joon-ho – ''Barking Dogs Never Bite'' * Craig Brewer – ''The Poor & Hungry'' * Steve Carr† – ''Next Friday'' * Stephen Daldry† – ''Billy Elliot'' * Scott Derrickson† – ''Hellraiser: Inferno'' * Tom Dey – ''Shanghai Noon'' * DJ Pooh – ''3 Strikes (film), 3 Strikes'' * Andrew Dominik – ''Chopper (film), Chopper'' * Bill Eagles♦ – ''Beautiful Creatures (2000 film), Beautiful Creatures'' * Jun Falkenstein – ''The Tigger Movie'' * Sally Field♦ – ''Beautiful (2000 film), Beautiful'' * Jonathan Glazer† – ''Sexy Beast'' * Courtney Solomon – ''Dungeons & Dragons (2000 film), Dungeons & Dragons'' * David Gordon Green – ''George Washington (film), George Washington'' * Jon Gunn – ''Mercy Streets'' * Alejandro González Iñárritu†♦ – ''Amores perros'' * Davis Guggenheim†♦ – ''Gossip (2000 American film), Gossip'' * Bonnie Hunt – ''Return to Me'' * Jack Johnson (musician), Jack Johnson – ''Thicker than Water (2000 film), Thicker than Water''Co-directed with The Malloys, Chris Malloy and Emmett Malloy * Abdellatif Kechiche – ''La Faute à Voltaire'' * Janusz Kamiński – ''Lost Souls (2000 film), Lost Souls'' * Chris Koch♦ – ''Snow Day (film), Snow Day'' * Karyn Kusama – ''Girlfight'' * Baltasar Kormákur† – ''101 Reykjavík'' * Kenneth Lonergan – ''You Can Count on Me'' * Peter Lord† and Nick Park† – ''Chicken Run'' * Joe Mantegna – ''Lakeboat'' * McG† – ''Charlie's Angels (2000 film), Charlie's Angels'' * David McNally (director), David McNally – ''Coyote Ugly (film), Coyote Ugly'' * Christopher McQuarrie – ''The Way of the Gun'' * Nigel Cole – ''Saving Grace (2000 film), Saving Grace'' * Marzieh Meshkini – ''The Day I Became a Woman'' * Edward Norton – ''Keeping the Faith'' * Todd Phillips† – ''Road Trip (film), Road Trip'' * Shane O'Sullivan (filmmaker), Shane O'Sullivan – ''Second Generation (2000 film), Second Generation'' * Gina Prince-Bythewood† – ''Love & Basketball'' * Peyton Reed†♦ – ''Bring It On (film), Bring It On'' * Tarsem Singh† – ''The Cell (film), The Cell'' * Robert Vince – ''MVP: Most Valuable Primate'' * Apichatpong Weerasethakul† – ''Mysterious Object at Noon'' * Alexander Witt'' – Resident Evil: Apocalypse'' * James Wong (producer), James Wong – ''Final Destination'' * Kate Woods♦ – ''Looking for Alibrandi (film), Looking for Alibrandi'' * Ben Younger – ''Boiler Room (film), Boiler Room''2001
* Andrew Adamson† and Vicky Jenson†♦ – ''Shrek'' * Lisandro Alonso – ''La Libertad (film), La Libertad'' * Adrian Caetano† – ''Bolivia (film), Bolivia'' * Wang Chao (director), Wang Chao – ''The Orphan of Anyang'' * Michael Cuesta – ''L.I.E. (film), L.I.E.'' * Jeff Daniels – ''Escanaba in da Moonlight'' * John A. Davis†♦ – ''Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'' * Pete Docter† – ''Monsters, Inc.'' * Jesse Dylan† – ''How High'' * Jon Favreau♦ – ''Made (2001 film), Made'' * Todd Field† – ''In the Bedroom'' * Joel Gallen♦ – ''Not Another Teen Movie'' * Lawrence Guterman† – ''Cats & Dogs'' * Michel Gondry† – ''Human Nature (2001 film), Human Nature'' * Dennie Gordon†♦ – ''Joe Dirt'' * Tom Green† – ''Freddy Got Fingered'' * Luke Greenfield† – ''The Animal (2001 film), The Animal'' * Oliver Hirschbiegel♦ – ''Das Experiment'' * Jeeva (director), Jeeva – ''12B'' * Asif Kapadia† – ''The Warrior (2001 British film), The Warrior'' * Semih Kaplanoğlu♦ – ''Herkes Kendi Evinde'' * Richard Kelly (director), Richard Kelly† – ''Donnie Darko'' * Yorgos Lanthimos†♦ – ''My Best Friend (2001 film), My Best Friend'' * Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming♦ – ''The Anniversary Party'' * Gonzalo López-Gallego†♦ – ''Nómadas'' * Gary Hardwick – ''The Brothers (2001 film), The Brothers'' * Christine Lahti† – ''My First Mister'' * Nick Love – ''Goodbye Charlie Bright'' * Robert Luketic† – ''Legally Blonde'' * The Malloys† – ''Out Cold (2001 film), Out Cold'' * Francine McDougall† – ''Sugar & Spice'' * Vanessa Middleton – ''30 Years to Life (2001 film), 30 Years to Life'' * John Cameron Mitchell – ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch (film), Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' * John Moore (director), John Moore† – ''Behind Enemy Lines (2001 film), Behind Enemy Lines'' * Bill Paxton† – ''Frailty (2001 film), Frailty'' * Pitof – ''Vidocq (2001 film), Vidocq'' * Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll – ''25 Watts'' * J. B. Rogers – ''Say It Isn't So (film), Say It Isn't So'' * Daniel Sackheim♦ – ''The Glass House (2001 film), The Glass House'' * Adam Shankman† – ''The Wedding Planner'' * Paolo Sorrentino – ''One Man Up'' * Chris Stokes (director), Chris Stokes† – ''House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute'' * Michael Tollin♦† – ''Summer Catch'' * David Wain†♦ – ''Wet Hot American Summer'' * Daniel Waters (screenwriter), Daniel Waters – ''Happy Campers (film), Happy Campers''2002
* Jonas Åkerlund†♦ – ''Spun'' * Walt Becker – ''Van Wilder'' * Jeffrey Blitz – ''Spellbound (2002 film), Spellbound'' * Kevin Bray (director), Kevin Bray† – ''All About the Benjamins'' * Andrew Bujalski – ''Funny Ha Ha'' * Neil Burger – ''Interview with the Assassin'' * Nicolas Cage – ''Sonny (film), Sonny'' * Mort Nathan – ''Boat Trip (film), Boat Trip'' * Juan Carlos Fresnadillo† – ''Intacto'' * Stephen Fry – ''Bright Young Things (film), Bright Young Things'' * Paul Goldman (director), Paul Goldman† – ''Australian Rules (film), Australian Rules'' * Peter Care† – ''The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys'' * D. J. Caruso†♦ – ''The Salton Sea (2002 film), The Salton Sea'' * Chuan Lu – ''The Missing Gun'' * George Clooney – ''Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (film), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'' * Mark Brown (screenwriter), Mark Brown – ''Two Can Play That Game (film), Two Can Play That Game'' * James Cox (director), James Cox† – ''Highway (2002 film), Highway'' * Damon Dash – ''Paper Soldiers''Co-directed with David Daniel * Julie Delpy† – ''Looking for Jimmy'' * Bob Dolman – ''The Banger Sisters'' * Abbas Fahdel† – ''Back to Babylon (film), Back to Babylon'' * Juan Carlos Fresnadillo† – ''Intacto'' * Stephen Fry – ''Bright Young Things'' * Paul Goldman (director), Paul Goldman† – ''Australian Rules (film), Australian Rules'' * David S. Goyer – ''Zig Zag (2002 film), Zig Zag'' * Christophe Honoré† – ''Seventeen Times Cecile Cassard'' * Callie Khouri – ''Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (film), Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood'' * Janez Lapajne – ''Rustling Landscapes'' * Michael Lembeck♦ – ''The Santa Clause 2'' * Louis Leterrier – ''The Transporter''Co-directed with Corey Yuen * Julien Magnat† – ''Bloody Mallory'' * Sophie Marceau – ''Speak to Me of Love'' * Neil Marshall – ''Dog Soldiers (film), Dog Soldiers'' * Rob Marshall♦ – ''Chicago (2002 film), Chicago'' * Craig McCracken†♦ – ''The Powerpuff Girls Movie'' * Lucky McKee† – ''May (film), May'' * David Mackenzie (director), David Mackenzie†♦ – ''The Last Great Wilderness'' * Cristian Mungiu† – ''Occident (film), Occident'' * Dewey Nicks – ''Slackers (film), Slackers'' * José Padilha – ''Bus 174'' * Marcus Raboy† – ''Friday After Next'' * Carlos Reygadas† – ''Japón (film), Japan'' * Eli Roth – ''Cabin Fever (2002 film), Cabin Fever'' * Carlos Saldanha and Chris Wedge – ''Ice Age (2002 film), Ice Age'' * Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois – ''Lilo & Stitch'' * Robert Schwentke† – ''Tattoo (2002 film), Tattoo'' * Charles Stone III† – ''Drumline (film), Drumline'' * John Stainton♦ – ''The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course'' * Yen Tan – ''Happy Birthday (2002 film), Happy Birthday'' * Colin Trevorrow† – ''Reality Show (film), Reality Show'' * Jesse Vaughan♦† – ''Juwanna Mann'' * Denzel Washington – ''Antwone Fisher (film), Antwone Fisher'' * Lydia Zimmermann† and Isaac Pierre Racine† – ''Aro Tolbukhin. En la mente del asesino''2003
* Yasmin Ahmad – ''Rabun'' * LeVar Burton♦ – ''Blizzard (2003 film), Blizzard'' * Reggie Rock Bythewood♦ – ''Biker Boyz'' * Larry Charles – ''Masked and Anonymous'' * Sylvain Chomet† – ''The Triplets of Belleville'' * Richard Curtis – ''Love Actually'' * Gareth Evans (director), Gareth Evans – ''Samurai Monogatari'' * Asghar Farhadi†♦ – ''Dancing in the Dust (2003 film), Dancing in the Dust'' * Paul Feig†♦ – ''I Am David (film), I Am David'' * Todd Graff – ''Camp (2003 film), Camp'' * Catherine Hardwicke – ''Thirteen (2003 film), Thirteen'' * John Robert Hoffman – ''Good Boy!'' * Paul Hunter (director), Paul Hunter† – ''Bulletproof Monk'' * Andrew Jarecki – ''Capturing the Friedmans'' * Guy Jenkin♦ – ''The Sleeping Dictionary'' * Patty Jenkins† – ''Monster (2003 film), Monster'' * Clark Johnson♦ – ''S.W.A.T. (film), S.W.A.T.'' * Alex Kendrick – ''Flywheel (film), Flywheel'' * Jonathan Liebesman† – ''Darkness Falls (2003 film), Darkness Falls'' * Li Yang (director), Li Yang – ''Blind Shaft'' * Greg Marcks† – ''11:14'' * Tom McCarthy (director), Tom McCarthy – ''The Station Agent'' * Linda Mendoza♦ – ''Chasing Papi'' * Glen Morgan – ''Willard (2003 film), Willard'' * Marcus Nispel† – ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 film), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' * Vadim Perelman – ''House of Sand and Fog (film), House of Sand and Fog'' * Billy Ray (screenwriter), Billy Ray – ''Shattered Glass (film), Shattered Glass'' * Chris Rock – ''Head of State (2003 film), Head of State'' * The Spierig Brothers† – ''Undead (film), Undead'' * Wang Bing (director), Wang Bing – ''Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks'' * Bo Welch – ''The Cat in the Hat (film), The Cat in the Hat'' * Tommy Wiseau – ''The Room (2003 film), The Room'' * Len Wiseman – ''Underworld (2003 film), Underworld'' * Bille Woodruff† – ''Honey (2003 film), Honey'' * Rob Zombie† – ''House of 1000 Corpses''2004
* Sean Baker (film director), Sean Baker† and Shih-Ching Tsou – ''Take Out (2004 film), Take Out'' * Zach Braff† – ''Garden State (film), Garden State'' * Tricia Brock (director), Tricia Brock† – ''Killer Diller (2004 film), Killer Diller'' * Shane Carruth – ''Primer (film), Primer'' * Henry Chan♦ – ''Gas (2004 film), Gas'' * Heitor Dhalia – ''Nina (2004 film), Nina'' * Saul Dibb♦ – ''Bullet Boy'' * Charles S. Dutton♦ – ''Against the Ropes'' * Christopher Erskin† – ''Johnson Family Vacation'' * Daniel Espinosa† – ''Babylon Disease'' * Jacob Aaron Estes† – ''Mean Creek'' * Ismaël Ferroukhi♦ – ''Le Grand Voyage'' * Andy Fickman – ''Who's Your Daddy? (film), Who's Your Daddy?'' * Jenna Fischer – ''LolliLove'' * Debra Granik† – ''Down to the Bone (film), Down to the Bone'' * Jonathan Hensleigh – ''The Punisher (2004 film), The Punisher'' * Jared and Jerusha Hess, Jared Hess† – ''Napoleon Dynamite'' * Stephen Hillenburg♦† and Mark Osborne (filmmaker), Mark Osborne – ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'' * Tom Hooper (director), Tom Hooper♦ – ''Red Dust (2004 film), Red Dust'' * Liu Jiayin – ''Oxhide'' * Joseph Kahn (director), Joseph Kahn† – ''Torque (film), Torque'' * Dolph Lundgren – ''The Defender (2004 film), The Defender'' * Don Mancini – ''Seed of Chucky'' * Joshua Marston – ''Maria Full of Grace'' * Adam McKay♦ – ''Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy'' * Pierre Morel – ''District B13'' * Tan Chui Mui – ''A Tree in Tanjung Malim'' * Joe Nussbaum† – ''Sleepover (film), Sleepover'' * Chazz Palminteri – ''Noel (film), Noel'' * Vincent Paronnaud – ''Raging Blues'' * Angela Robinson (director), Angela Robinson† – ''D.E.B.S. (2004 film), D.E.B.S.'' * Ricky Schroder, Rick Schroder – ''Black Cloud'' * Makoto Shinkai – ''The Place Promised in Our Early Days, Beyond the Clouds, the Promised Place'' * Cate Shortland♦ – ''Somersault (film), Somersault'' * Zack Snyder† – ''Dawn of the Dead (2004 film), Dawn of the Dead'' * Morgan Spurlock – ''Super Size Me'' * Jessy Terrero† – ''Soul Plane'' * Matthew Vaughn – ''Layer Cake (film), Layer Cake'' * Conrad Vernon – ''Shrek 2'' * James Wan† – ''Saw (2004 film), Saw'' * Edgar Wright† – ''Shaun of the Dead'' * Masaaki Yuasa† – ''Mind Game (film), Mind Game'' * Yaron Zilberman – ''Watermarks (film), Watermarks''2005
* Lexi Alexander† – ''Green Street (film), Green Street'' * Judd Apatow♦ – ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin'' * Josh Appignanesi†♦ – ''Song of Songs (2006 film), Song of Songs'' * Géla Babluani – ''13 Tzameti'' * Ramin Bahrani – ''Man Push Cart'' * Corbin Bernsen – ''Carpool Guy'' * Rémi Bezançon† – ''Ma vie en l'air'' * Steve Bendelack – ''The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse'' * Shane Black – ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' * Bruce Campbell – ''Man with the Screaming Brain'' * Jaume Collet-Serra – ''House of Wax (2005 film), House of Wax'' * Lee Daniels – ''Shadowboxer'' * Polly Draper – ''The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie'' * Cory Edwards – ''Hoodwinked'' * Bang Eun-jin – ''Princess Aurora (film), Princess Aurora'' *James Franco – ''The Ape (2005 film), The Ape'' * John Gatins – ''Dreamer (2005 film), Dreamer'' * Richard E. Grant – ''Wah-Wah (film), Wah-Wah'' * Crispin Glover – ''What Is It?'' * Jeffrey W. Byrd†♦ – ''King's Ransom (film), King's Ransom'' * Darren Grant† – ''Diary of a Mad Black Woman'' * Vimukthi Jayasundara† – ''Sulanga Enu Pinisa'' * Garth Jennings† – ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' * Rian Johnson† – ''Brick (film), Brick'' * Tommy Lee Jones – ''The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada'' * Miranda July – ''Me and You and Everyone We Know'' * Marc Klasfeld† – ''The L.A. Riot Spectacular'' * Lajos Koltai – ''Fateless (film), Fateless'' * Francis Lawrence† – ''Constantine (film), Constantine'' * Mark Levin (director), Mark Levin – ''Little Manhattan'' * Claudia Llosa – ''Madeinusa'' * Vibeke Muasya†♦ – ''The Take-Away Bride'' * Frank Miller – ''Sin City (film), Sin City''Co-directed with Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino * Ellen Perry♦ – ''The Fall of Fujimori'' * Oday Rasheed† – ''Underexposure (2005 film), Underexposure'' * John de Rantau♦ – ''Mencari Madonna'' * Jason Reitman† – ''Thank You for Smoking'' * Liev Schreiber – ''Everything Is Illuminated (film), Everything is Illuminated'' * Lee Shallat Chemel♦ – ''Greener Mountains'' * Michael Showalter – ''The Baxter'' * Marcos Siega† – ''Pretty Persuasion'' * Susan Stroman – ''The Producers (2005 film), The Producers'' * Tim Sullivan (director), Tim Sullivan – ''2001 Maniacs'' * Jeff Wadlow† – ''Cry Wolf (2005 film), Cry Wolf'' * Joss Whedon♦ – ''Serenity (2005 film), Serenity'' * Andrew Wilson (actor), Andrew Wilson and Luke Wilson – ''The Wendell Baker Story'' * Joe Wright†♦ – ''Pride & Prejudice (2005 film), Pride & Prejudice''2006
* J. J. Abrams♦ – ''Mission: Impossible III'' * Joey Lauren Adams – ''Come Early Morning'' * Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum, Elizabeth Allen† – ''Aquamarine (film), Aquamarine'' * Andrea Arnold† – ''Red Road (film), Red Road'' * Bryan Barber† – ''Idlewild (film), Idlewild'' * Jessica Bendinger – ''Stick It'' * David Bowers (director), David Bowers and Sam Fell – ''Flushed Away'' * Matthew O'Callaghan† – ''Curious George (film), Curious George'' * Ericson Core – ''Invincible (2006 film), Invincible'' * Allen Coulter♦ – ''Hollywoodland'' * Michael Damian†♦ – ''Hot Tamale'' * Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris† – ''Little Miss Sunshine'' * Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Ryan Fleck† – ''Half Nelson (film), Half Nelson'' * Anne Fletcher – ''Step Up (film), Step Up'' * Dominique Monféry† – ''Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure'' * Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer – ''Date Movie'' * Liz Friedlander† – ''Take the Lead'' * Jeff Garlin♦ – ''I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With'' * Susannah Grant♦ – ''Catch and Release (2006 film), Catch and Release'' * James Gunn♦† – ''Slither (2006 film), Slither'' * Sanaa Hamri†♦ – ''Something New (film), Something New'' * Michel Hazanavicius†♦ – ''OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies'' * Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck – ''The Lives of Others'' * Jody Hill – ''The Foot Fist Way'' * Gil Kenan† – ''Monster House (film), Monster House'' * So Yong Kim – ''In Between Days'' * Karey Kirkpatrick – ''Over the Hedge (film), Over the Hedge''Co-directed with Tim Johnson (film director), Tim Johnson * Pablo Larraín – ''Fuga (film), Fuga'' * Jonathan Levine† – ''All the Boys Love Mandy Lane'' * Gorō Miyazaki – ''Tales from Earthsea (film), Tales from Earthsea'' * Ryan Murphy (writer), Ryan Murphy – ''Running with Scissors (film), Running with Scissors'' * Morgan O'Neill – ''Solo (2006 film), Solo'' * Neveldine/Taylor – ''Crank (film), Crank'' * Mark Palansky† – ''Penelope (2006 film), Penelope'' * Tyler Perry† – ''Madea's Family Reunion'' * Sarah Polley† – ''Away from Her'' * James Ponsoldt† – ''Off the Black'' * Jason Reitman† – ''Thank You for Smoking (film), Thank You for Smoking'' * Stevan Riley♦ – ''Blue Blood (2006 film), Blue Blood'' * Chris Robinson (director), Chris Robinson† – ''ATL (film), ATL'' * Joachim Rønning† and Espen Sandberg† – ''Bandidas'' * Ari Sandel† – ''Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days and 30 Nights – Hollywood to the Heartland'' * Lynn Shelton† – ''We Go Way Back'' * David Slade† – ''Hard Candy (film), Hard Candy'' * T. R. Silambarasan† – ''Vallavan'' * Tom Vaughan (director), Tom Vaughan†♦ – ''Starter for 10 (film), Starter for 10'' * Steve Williams (animator), Steve "Spaz" Williams – ''The Wild''2007
* Ben Affleck† – ''Gone Baby Gone'' * Stephen J. Anderson† – ''Meet the Robinsons'' * Juan Antonio Bayona – ''The Orphanage (2007 film), El Orfanato'' * Kevin Connolly (actor), Kevin Connolly – ''Gardener of Eden'' * Anton Corbijn† – ''Control (2007 film), Control'' * Gábor Csupó – ''Bridge to Terabithia (2007 film), Bridge to Terabithia'' * Michael Dougherty† – ''Trick 'r Treat'' * Fred Durst† – ''The Education of Charlie Banks'' * Quentin Dupieux†♦ – ''Steak (film), Steak'' * Alison Eastwood – ''Rails & Ties'' * Charles H. Ferguson – ''No End in Sight'' * Scott Frank – ''The Lookout (2007 film), The Lookout'' * Stephane Gauger – ''Owl and the Sparrow'' * Sarah Gavron†♦ – ''Brick Lane (2007 film), Brick Lane'' * Tony Gilroy – ''Michael Clayton (film), Michael Clayton'' * Seth Gordon†♦ – ''The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters'' * Mark Helfrich (film editor), Mark Helfrich – ''Good Luck Chuck'' * Helen Hunt♦ – ''Then She Found Me'' * Angelina Jolie – ''A Place in Time'' * Michael Katleman♦ – ''Primeval (film), Primeval'' * Nadine Labaki – ''Caramel (film), Caramel'' * Matt Maiellaro and Dave Willis – ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters'' * Mary Stuart Masterson♦ – ''The Cake Eaters'' * Chris Miller (animator), Chris Miller and Raman Hui – ''Shrek the Third'' * Patricia Riggen† – ''Under the Same Moon'' * Marjane Satrapi – ''Persepolis (film), Persepolis''Co-directed with Vincent Paronnaud * Jeremy Saulnier† – ''Murder Party'' * Fred Savage♦ – ''Daddy Day Camp'' * Akiva Schaffer†♦ – ''Hot Rod (2007 film), Hot Rod'' * Rob Schneider – ''Big Stan'' * David Schwimmer♦ – ''Run Fatboy Run'' * Cai Shangjun – ''The Red Awn'' * David Silverman (animator), David Silverman†♦ — ''The Simpsons Movie'' * Simon J. Smith – ''Bee Movie'' * Brothers Strause, Colin Strause and Greg Strause† – ''Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem'' * Justin Theroux – ''Dedication (film), Dedication'' * Jim Threapleton – ''Extraordinary Rendition (film), Extraordinary Rendition'' * Stuart Townsend – ''Battle in Seattle'' * David Wall (actor), David Wall – ''Noëlle (film), Noëlle'' * Taika Waititi† – ''Eagle vs Shark'' * Adam Wingard† – ''Home Sick''2008
* Marc Abraham – ''Flash of Genius (film), Flash of Genius'' * Guillermo Arriaga† – ''The Burning Plain'' * Daniel Barnz† – ''Phoebe in Wonderland'' * Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden† – ''Sugar (2008 film), Sugar''Co-directed with Ryan Fleck * Eric Brevig – ''Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008 Hollywood film), Journey to the Center of the Earth'' * Fred Cavayé† – ''Anything for Her'' * Jon M. Chu† – ''Step Up 2: The Streets'' * Noel Clarke – ''Adulthood (film), Adulthood'' * Kirk DeMicco – ''Space Chimps'' * Elissa Down† – ''The Black Balloon (film), The Black Balloon'' * Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino – ''Horton Hears a Who! (film), Horton Hears a Who!'' * Diane English – ''The Women (2008 film), The Women'' * Sacha Gervasi – ''Anvil! The Story of Anvil'' * David Hackl – ''Saw V'' * Na Hong-jin – ''The Chaser (2008 film), The Chaser'' * Joanna Hogg♦ – ''Unrelated'' * Byron Howard and Chris Williams (director), Chris Williams† – ''Bolt (2008 film), Bolt'' * Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg – ''Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay'' * Barry Jenkins† – ''Medicine for Melancholy'' * Charlie Kaufman – ''Synecdoche, New York'' * Michael Patrick King♦ – ''Sex and the City (film), Sex and the City'' * Madonna – ''Filth and Wisdom'' * Michael McCullers† – ''Baby Mama (film), Baby Mama'' * Martin McDonagh† – ''In Bruges'' * Steve McQueen (director), Steve McQueen† – ''Hunger (2008 film), Hunger'' * David Oliveras – ''Watercolors (film), Watercolors'' * Nina Paley – ''Sita Sings the Blues'' * Marianna Palka – ''Good Dick'' * Lori Petty† – ''The Poker House'' * Johan Renck† – ''Downloading Nancy'' * Alex Rivera† – ''Sleep Dealer'' * Safdie brothers, Josh Safdie† – ''The Pleasure of Being Robbed'' * Steven Sebring – ''Patti Smith: Dream of Life'' * John Stevenson (director), John Stevenson – ''Kung Fu Panda'' * Tate Taylor† – ''Pretty Ugly People'' * James Watkins (director), James Watkins – ''Eden Lake'' * Sean Weathers – ''House of the Damned (1996 film), House of the Damned'' * George C. Wolfe♦ – ''Nights in Rodanthe'' * Rupert Wyatt† – ''The Escapist (2008 film), The Escapist''2009
* Shane Acker† – ''9 (2009 animated film), 9'' * Drew Barrymore♦ – ''Whip It (film), Whip It'' * Peter Billingsley† – ''Couples Retreat'' * Neill Blomkamp† – ''District 9'' * Benny Boom† – ''Next Day Air'' * Damien Chazelle – ''Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench'' * Scott Cooper (director), Scott Cooper – ''Crazy Heart'' * Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore (comedian), Trevor Moore – ''Miss March'' * Matthew Crouch – ''The Cross (2009 film), The Cross'' * Juan Delancer – ''Trópico de Sangre'' * James DeMonaco – ''Staten Island'' * Xavier Dolan – ''I Killed My Mother'' * Adam Elliot† – ''Mary and Max'' * Shana Feste† – ''The Greatest (2009 film), The Greatest'' * Glenn Ficarra and John Requa – ''I Love You Phillip Morris'' * David Field (actor), David Field – ''The Combination (film), The Combination'' * Ruben Fleischer†♦ – ''Zombieland'' * Tom Ford – ''A Single Man'' * Thor Freudenthal† – ''Hotel for Dogs (film), Hotel for Dogs'' * Cary Joji Fukunaga† – ''Sin Nombre (2009 film), Sin Nombre'' * Ricky Gervais♦ – ''The Invention of Lying''Co-directed with Matthew Robinson (director), Matthew Robinson * Will Gluck – ''Fired Up!'' * Kevin Greutert – ''Saw VI'' * Manish Gupta (director), Manish Gupta – ''The Stoneman Murders'' * Andrew Haigh♦ – ''Greek Pete'' * Melora Hardin – ''You (2009 film), You'' * Cheryl Hines – ''Serious Moonlight (2009 film), Serious Moonlight'' * Nathan Hope† – ''Elsewhere (2009 film), Elsewhere'' * Armando Iannucci♦ – ''In the Loop (film), In the Loop'' * Michael Imperioli† – ''The Hungry Ghosts'' * Craig Johnson (director), Craig Johnson – ''True Adolescents'' * Duncan Jones† – ''Moon (2009 film), Moon'' * Adam Kane†♦ – ''Formosa Betrayed (film), Formosa Betrayed'' * James Kerwin† – ''Yesterday Was a Lie'' * Paul King (director), Paul King♦ – ''Bunny and the Bull'' * Takeshi Koike♦ – ''Redline (2009 film), Redline'' * Kishore Kumar – ''Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam'' * Phil Lord and Chris Miller♦ – ''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (film), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'' * David Lowery (director), David Lowery† – ''St. Nick (film), St. Nick'' * Samuel Maoz – ''Lebanon (2009 film), Lebanon'' * Jodie Markell – ''The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond'' * Oren Moverman – ''The Messenger (2009 film), The Messenger'' * Shirin Neshat† – ''Women Without Men (2009 film), Women Without Men'' * Bob Peterson (filmmaker), Bob Peterson – ''Up (2009 film), Up'' * James Ricardo – ''Opie Gets Laid'' * Aaron Schneider – ''Get Low (film), Get Low'' * Steve Shill♦ – ''Obsessed (2009 film), Obsessed'' * Peter Strickland (director), Peter Strickland – ''Katalin Varga (film), Katalin Varga'' * Suseenthiran – ''Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu'' * Sooni Taraporevala – ''Little Zizou'' * Sam Taylor-Johnson, Sam Taylor-Wood† – ''Nowhere Boy'' * Mike Thurmeier† – ''Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs'' * Mark Tonderai – ''Hush (2009 film), Hush'' * Phil Traill†♦ – ''All About Steve'' * Nia Vardalos – ''I Hate Valentine's Day'' * Malcolm Venville†♦ – ''44 Inch Chest'' * Damien Dante Wayans♦ – ''Dance Flick'' * Marc Webb† – ''500 Days of Summer'' * Jiang Wenli – ''Lan (film), Lan'' * Suzi Yoonessi – ''Dear Lemon Lima'' * Hoyt Yeatman – ''G-Force (film), G-Force''2010s
2010
* Casey Affleck† – ''I'm Still Here (2010 film), I'm Still Here'' * Mo Ali – ''Shank (2010 film), Shank'' * Tim Allen♦ – ''Crazy on the Outside'' * Richard Ayoade† – ''Submarine (2010 film), Submarine'' * Banksy – ''Exit Through the Gift Shop'' * Samuel Bayer† – ''A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film), A Nightmare on Elm Street'' * Jim Cummings (filmmaker), Jim Cummings† – ''No Floodwall Here'' * Pierre Coffin♦† and Chris Renaud (animator), Chris Renaud† – ''Despicable Me (film), Despicable Me'' * Brendon Culliton – ''If I Should Fall'' * Vincent D'Onofrio† – ''Don't Go in the Woods (2010 film), Don't Go in the Woods'' * Gareth Edwards (director), Gareth Edwards♦† – ''Monsters (2010 film), Monsters'' * Nathan Greno – ''Tangled'' * Tom Harper (director), Tom Harper♦† – ''The Scouting Book for Boys'' * Tanya Hamilton† – ''Night Catches Us'' * Philip Seymour Hoffman – ''Jack Goes Boating (film), Jack Goes Boating'' * Rowan Joffé♦ – ''Brighton Rock (2010 film), Brighton Rock'' * Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman† – ''Catfish (film), Catfish'' * Larysa Kondracki – ''The Whistleblower'' * Joseph Kosinski – ''Tron: Legacy'' * Jason Croot – ''Le Fear'' * William Monahan – ''London Boulevard'' * David Michôd† – ''Animal Kingdom (film), Animal Kingdom'' * Ben Miller – ''Huge (film), Huge'' * Chris Morris (satirist), Chris Morris – ''Four Lions'' * Daisuke Namikawa – ''Wonderful World (2010 film), Wonderful World'' * Troy Nixey† – ''Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2011 film), Don't Be Afraid of the Dark'' * Leland Orser – ''Morning (film), Morning'' * Brad Peyton† – ''Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore'' * Josh Radnor – ''happythankyoumoreplease'' * Julie Anne Robinson♦ – ''The Last Song (2010 film), The Last Song'' * Jim Field Smith† – ''She's Out of My League'' * Joann Sfar – ''Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life'' * Floria Sigismondi† – ''The Runaways (2010 film), The Runaways'' * Scott Stewart (director), Scott Stewart† – ''Legion (2010 film), Legion'' * Massy Tadjedin – ''Last Night (2010 film), Last Night'' * Leehom Wang – ''Love in Disguise'' * Hiromasa Yonebayashi – ''Arrietty, The Secret World of Arrietty'' * Tom Six – ''The Human Centipede (First Sequence)'' * Erik White† – ''Lottery Ticket (2010 film), Lottery Ticket'' * Max Winkler (director), Max Winkler† – ''Ceremony (film), Ceremony''2011
* Salim Akil♦ – ''Jumping the Broom'' * Katie Aselton – ''The Freebie (film), The Freebie'' * James Bobin♦† – ''The Muppets (film), The Muppets'' * Mike Cahill (director), Mike Cahill – ''Another Earth'' * Cedric the Entertainer – ''Dance Fu'' * J. C. Chandor – ''Margin Call (film), Margin Call'' * Paddy Considine† – ''Tyrannosaur (film), Tyrannosaur'' * Joe Cornish (filmmaker), Joe Cornish♦† – ''Attack the Block'' * Alexandre Courtes – ''The Incident (2011 film), The Incident'' * Simon Curtis (filmmaker), Simon Curtis♦ – ''My Week with Marilyn'' * Sean Durkin† – ''Martha Marcy May Marlene'' * Vera Farmiga – ''Higher Ground (film), Higher Ground'' * Mike Flanagan (director), Mike Flanagan – ''Absentia (film), Absentia'' * Dexter Fletcher – ''Wild Bill (2011 film), Wild Bill'' * Evan Glodell – ''Bellflower (film), Bellflower'' * Famke Janssen – ''Bringing Up Bobby (2011 film), Bringing Up Bobby'' * Giddens Ko – ''You Are the Apple of My Eye'' * Justin Kurzel – ''The Snowtown Murders'' * Julia Leigh – ''Sleeping Beauty (2011 film), Sleeping Beauty'' * Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas (director), Calvin Thomas – ''Amy George'' * Niall MacCormick♦ – ''Albatross (2011 film), Albatross'' * Victoria Mahoney† – ''Yelling to the Sky'' * Artie Mandelberg♦ – ''Inside Out (2011 film), Inside Out'' * John Michael McDonagh – ''The Guard (2011 film), The Guard'' * Dermot Mulroney – ''Love, Wedding, Marriage'' * Nick Murphy (director), Nick Murphy♦ – ''The Awakening (2011 film), The Awakening'' * George Nolfi – ''The Adjustment Bureau'' * Ben Palmer♦† – ''The Inbetweeners Movie'' * Alex Ross Perry† – ''The Color Wheel'' * Michael Rapaport♦ – ''Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest'' * Dee Rees† – ''Pariah (2011 film), Pariah'' * Keith Scholey – ''African Cats''Co-directed with Alastair Fothergill * Sarah Smith (producer), Sarah Smith - ''Arthur Christmas''Co-directed with Barry Cook * Taylor Sheridan† –''Vile (film), Vile'' * Jason Winer♦† – ''Arthur (2011 film), Arthur'' * Jennifer Yuh Nelson – ''Kung Fu Panda 2''2012
* Rodney Ascher♦† – ''Room 237'' * Paolo Benetazzo† – ''Study (film), Study'' * Ciaran Foy – ''Citadel (film), Citadel'' * Drew Goddard – ''The Cabin in the Woods'' * Anthony Hemingway♦ – ''Red Tails'' * Don Hertzfeldt – ''It's Such a Beautiful Day (film), It's Such a Beautiful Day'' * Dustin Hoffman – ''Quartet (2012 film), Quartet'' * Peggy Holmes – ''Secret of the Wings'' * Nicholas Jarecki – ''Arbitrage (film), Arbitrage'' * Brian Klugman – ''The Words (film), The Words'' * Robert Lorenz – ''Trouble with the Curve'' * Seth MacFarlane♦† – ''Ted (film), Ted'' * Daigo Matsui – ''Afro Tanaka'' * Jason Moore (director), Jason Moore♦ – ''Pitch Perfect'' * Usher Morgan† – ''The Thought Exchange (film), The Thought Exchange'' * Jared Moshe – ''Dead Man's Burden'' * Alonso Mayo† – ''The Story of Luke'' * Rich Moore♦ – ''Wreck-It Ralph'' * Mamoru Nagano – ''Gothicmade'' * Nima Nourizadeh† – ''Project X (2012 film), Project X'' * Gabe Polsky – ''The Motel Life'' * Kazik Radwanski – ''Tower (2012 Canadian film), Tower'' * Peter Ramsey – ''Rise of the Guardians'' * Benjamin Renner – ''Ernest & Celestine'' * RZA† – ''The Man with the Iron Fists'' * Rupert Sanders† – ''Snow White and the Huntsman'' * Lorene Scafaria – ''Seeking a Friend for the End of the World'' * Josh Schwartz – ''Fun Size'' * Scott Speer† – ''Step Up Revolution'' * Genndy Tartakovsky♦ – ''Hotel Transylvania (film), Hotel Transylvania'' * Josh Trank♦ – ''Chronicle (film), Chronicle'' * Michael Whitton – ''Exit Strategy (film), Exit Strategy'' * Xu Zheng (actor), Xu Zheng – ''Lost in Thailand'' * Benh Zeitlin† – ''Beasts of the Southern Wild''2013
* Fede Álvarez† – ''Evil Dead (2013 film), Evil Dead'' * Lake Bell† – ''In a World...'' * Stuart Blumberg – ''Thanks for Sharing'' * Lawrie Brewster† – ''Lord of Tears'' * Cal Brunker - ''Escape from Planet Earth'' * Cody Cameron and Kris Pearn - ''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2'' * Maggie Carey† – ''The To Do List'' * Nat Faxon and Jim Rash – ''The Way, Way Back'' * Naomi Foner – ''Very Good Girls'' * Liz W. Garcia – ''The Lifeguard'' * Simple Gogoi – ''Tumi Jodi Kuwa'' * Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen – ''This Is the End'' * Joseph Gordon-Levitt† – ''Don Jon'' * Dave Grohl† – ''Sound City (film), Sound City'' * Ryan Coogler† – ''Fruitvale Station'' * Ha Jung-woo – ''Fasten Your Seatbelt (film), Fasten Your Seatbelt'' * Jared and Jerusha Hess, Jerusha Hess – ''Austenland (film), Austenland'' * Eliza Hittman† – ''It Felt Like Love'' * Bilal Lashari – ''Waar'' * Michelle Latimer† – Alias (2013 film), ''Alias'' * Jennifer Lee (filmmaker), Jennifer Lee – ''Frozen (2013 film), Frozen'' * Sergio Monsalve – ''Jacinto Convit (film), Jacinto Convit'' * Andy Muschietti† – ''Mama (2013 film), Mama'' * Keanu Reeves – ''Man of Tai Chi'' * Dan Scanlon – ''Monsters University'' * Jill Soloway – ''Afternoon Delight (film), Afternoon Delight'' * David Soren (animator), David Soren♦† – ''Turbo (film), Turbo'' * Michael Tiddes† – ''A Haunted House'' * Jocelyn Towne – ''I Am I (film), I Am I'' * Zhao Wei† – ''So Young (film), So Young''2014
* Ana Lily Amirpour – ''A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night'' * Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah†♦ – ''Image (2014 film), Image'' * Wes Ball† – ''The Maze Runner (film), The Maze Runner'' * Jason Bateman♦ – ''Bad Words (film), Bad Words'' * Paul Bettany – ''Shelter (2014 film), Shelter'' * James Ward Byrkit – ''Coherence (film), Coherence'' * Chen Sicheng – ''Beijing Love Story (film), Beijing Love Story'' * Nick Cheung – ''Ghost Rituals'' * Shawn Christensen – ''Before I Disappear'' * David Cross♦ – ''Hits (film), Hits'' * Chris Evans (actor), Chris Evans – ''Before We Go'' * Susanna Fogel♦ – ''Life Partners (film), Life Partners'' * Hitori Gekidan – ''A Bolt from the Blue (film), A Bolt from the Blue'' * Dan Gilroy – ''Nightcrawler (film), Nightcrawler'' * Akiva Goldsman♦ – ''Winter's Tale (film), Winter's Tale'' * Ryan Gosling – ''Lost River (film), Lost River'' * Russell Crowe – ''The Water Diviner'' * Dave Green (director), Dave Green†♦ – ''Earth to Echo'' * Jorge Gutierrez (animator), Jorge R. Gutierrez† – ''The Book of Life (2014 film), The Book of Life'' * Andy Hamilton♦ – ''What We Did on Our Holiday''Co-directed with Guy Jenkin * Han Han – ''Duckweed (film), Duckweed'' * Simon Helberg – ''We'll Never Have Paris''Co-directed with Jocelyn Towne * July Jung – ''A Girl at My Door'' * Chad Stahelski – ''John Wick (film), John Wick'' * Riley Stearns† – ''Faults (film), Faults'' * Jennifer Kent† – ''The Babadook'' * Peter Lepeniotis - ''The Nut Job'' * William H. Macy♦ – ''Rudderless'' * Adam MacDonald –''Backcountry'' * Charlie McDowell – ''The One I Love (film), The One I Love'' * Chris Messina – ''Alex of Venice'' * Wally Pfister – ''Transcendence (2014 film), Transcendence'' * Nabeel Qureshi (director), Nabeel Qureshi♦ – ''Na Maloom Afraad'' * Mark Raso† – ''Copenhagen (2014 film), Copenhagen'' * Tristram Shapeero♦† – ''Merry Friggin' Christmas'' * Gary Shore† – ''Dracula Untold'' * Justin Simien† – ''Dear White People'' * Jon Stewart – ''Rosewater (film), Rosewater'' * Robert Stromberg – ''Maleficent (film), Maleficent'' * Rob Thomas (writer), Rob Thomas♦ – ''Veronica Mars (film), Veronica Mars'' * Kazuo Umezu – ''Mother (2014 film), Mother'' * Jon Watts† – ''Clown (film), Clown'' * Gren Wells – ''The Road Within'' * Michael Williams (film director), Michael Williams – ''Ozland''2015
* Natalie Portman† – ''A Tale of Love and Darkness (film), A Tale of Love and Darkness'' * Aleksander Bach – ''Hitman: Agent 47'' * Elizabeth Banks† – ''Pitch Perfect 2'' * Jawad Bashir – ''Maya (2015 Pakistani film), Maya'' * Natalie Bible' – ''Windsor Drive (film), Windsor Drive'' * Stephen Campanelli – ''Momentum (2015 film), Momentum'' * Don Cheadle♦ – ''Miles Ahead (film), Miles Ahead'' * Marya Cohn† – ''The Girl in the Book'' * Director X†♦ – ''Across the Line (2015 film), Across the Line'' * Stephen Dunn (director), Stephen Dunn† – ''Closet Monster (film), Closet Monster'' * Momina Duraid♦ – ''Bin Roye'' * Joel Edgerton† – ''The Gift (2015 American film), The Gift'' * Robert Eggers♦† – ''The Witch (2015 film), The Witch'' * Ray Gallardo† – ''Callejero'' * Alex Garland – ''Ex Machina (film), Ex Machina'' * Jonathan Goldstein (filmmaker), Jonathan Goldstein† and John Francis Daley† – ''Vacation (2015 film), Vacation'' * Anna Rose Holmer† – ''The Fits (film), The Fits'' * Marielle Heller – ''The Diary of a Teenage Girl'' * Dean Israelite†♦ – ''Project Almanac'' * Vahid Jalilvand – ''Wednesday, May 9'' * Yasir Jaswal – ''Jalaibee'' * Kahlil Joseph† – ''The Reflektor Tapes'' * Ariel Kleiman† – ''Partisan (film), Partisan'' * Luo Luo – ''The Last Women Standing'' * John Maclean (musician), John Maclean† – ''Slow West'' * Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul – ''The D Train'' * Reed Morano – ''Meadowland (film), Meadowland'' * Ilya Naishuller† – ''Hardcore Henry'' * László Nemes – ''Son of Saul'' * J. G. Quintel♦† – ''Regular Show: The Movie'' * R. Ravikumar – ''Indru Netru Naalai'' * Gary Rydstrom† – ''Strange Magic (film), Strange Magic'' * Amit Sharma – ''Tevar'' * Trey Edward Shults† – ''Krisha'' * Peter Sohn – ''The Good Dinosaur'' * Austin Stark† – ''The Runner (2015 film), The Runner'' * Alec Su – ''The Left Ear'' * Paul Tibbitt♦ – ''The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water'' * James Vanderbilt – ''Truth (2015 film), Truth'' * Ally Walker† – ''Sex, Death and Bowling'' * S. Craig Zahler – ''Bone Tomahawk'' * Chloé Zhao† – ''Songs My Brothers Taught Me''2016
* Wang Baoqiang – ''Buddies in India'' * Alessandro Carloni – ''Kung Fu Panda 3'' * Robert Carlyle♦ – ''The Legend of Barney Thomson'' * Eleanor Coppola† – ''Paris Can Wait'' * Kelly Fremon Craig† – ''The Edge of Seventeen'' * Garth Davis† – ''Lion (2016 film), Lion'' * Drew Fortier† – ''Attack of Life: The Bang Tango Movie'' * Katie Holmes – ''All We Had'' * Michelle Johnston – ''A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits'' * Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly – ''The Angry Birds Movie'' * Travis Knight (animator), Travis Knight – ''Kubo and the Two Strings'' * Gee Malik Linton†Credited as Declan Dale – ''Exposed (2016 film), Exposed'' * Avid Liongoren† – ''Saving Sally'' * Alice Lowe† – ''Prevenge'' * Ashley McKenzie (director), Ashley McKenzie† – ''Werewolf (2016 film), Werewolf'' * Tim Miller (director), Tim Miller – ''Deadpool (film), Deadpool'' * Bob Nelson (screenwriter), Bob Nelson – ''The Confirmation'' * Cedric Nicolas-Troyan† – ''The Huntsman: Winter's War'' * Tony Olmos† – ''South of 8'' * Asim Raza♦ – ''Ho Mann Jahaan'' * Matthew Ross (filmmaker), Matthew Ross† – ''Frank & Lola'' * David F. Sandberg♦† – ''Lights Out (2016 film), Lights Out'' * Luke Scott (director), Luke Scott♦† – ''Morgan (2016 film), Morgan'' * Jamal Shah – ''Revenge of the Worthless'' * Veena Sud♦† – ''The Salton Sea (2016 film), The Salton Sea'' * Doug Sweetland† – ''Storks (film), Storks''Co-directed with Nicholas Stoller * Amber Tamblyn – ''Paint It Black (2016 film), Paint It Black'' * Richard Tanne – ''Southside with You'' * Greg Tiernan♦† – ''Sausage Party''Co-directed with Conrad Vernon * Dan Trachtenberg♦† – ''10 Cloverfield Lane''2017
* Ana Asensio – ''Most Beautiful Island'' * Jay Baruchel – ''Goon: Last of the Enforcers'' * Charlie Bean (animator), Charlie Bean and Paul Fisher & Bob Logan – ''The Lego Ninjago Movie'' * Antoine Bourges† – ''Fail to Appear'' * Dean Devlin♦ – ''Geostorm'' * Denise Di Novi♦ – ''Unforgettable (2017 film), Unforgettable'' * Brian Fee – ''Cars 3'' * Cory Finley – ''Thoroughbreds (2017 film), Thoroughbreds'' * Anna Foerster – ''Underworld: Blood Wars'' * Greta Gerwig† – ''Lady Bird (film), Lady Bird'' * Michael Gracey – ''The Greatest Showman'' * Jason Hall (screenwriter), Jason Hall – ''Thank You for Your Service (2017 film), Thank You for Your Service'' * Kathleen Hepburn – ''Never Steady, Never Still'' * Taran Killam – ''Killing Gunther'' * Brie Larson† – ''Unicorn Store'' * David Leitch#† – ''Atomic Blonde'' * Taron Lexton† – ''In Search of Fellini'' * Dave McCary♦† – ''Brigsby Bear'' * Chris McKay – ''The Lego Batman Movie'' * Hallie Meyers-Shyer – ''Home Again (2017 film), Home Again'' * Adrian Molina – ''Coco (2017 film), Coco'' Co-directed with Lee Unkrich * Usama Mukwaya – ''Love Faces (film), Love Faces'' * Anthony Onah – ''The Price (2017 film), The Price'' * Jordan Peele – ''Get Out'' * Timothy Reckart – ''The Star (2017 film), The Star'' * Terry Ross† – ''Carving a Life'' * Andy Serkis – ''Breathe (2017 film), Breathe'' * Quinn Shephard† – ''Blame (2017 film), Blame'' * Aaron Sorkin – ''Molly's Game'' * Eric Stoltz♦† – ''Class Rank (film), Class Rank'' * Jessica M. Thompson – ''The Light of the Moon'' * Lea Thompson♦ – ''The Year of Spectacular Men''2018
* Ari Aster† – ''Hereditary (film), Hereditary'' * Johan Bodell† – ''The Cabin'' * Bo Burnham† – ''Eighth Grade (film), Eighth Grade'' * Aneesh Chaganty† – ''Searching (film), Searching'' * Kay Cannon – ''Blockers (film), Blockers'' * Bradley Cooper – ''A Star Is Born (2018 film), A Star Is Born'' * Paul Dano – ''Wildlife (film), Wildlife'' * Steven S. DeKnight♦ – ''Pacific Rim Uprising'' * Carlos López Estrada – ''Blindspotting'' * Daniel Florenzano† – ''The Evil Rises'' * Nicolai Fuglsig – ''12 Strong'' * Karen Gillan† – ''The Party's Just Beginning'' * Heather Graham – ''Half Magic (film), Half Magic'' * Christian Gudegast – ''Den of Thieves (film), Den of Thieves'' * Jonah Hill† – ''Mid90s'' * Aaron Horvath – ''Teen Titans Go! to the Movies'' * Arunraja Kamaraj – ''Kanaa (film), Kanaa'' * Anthony Mandler† – ''Monster (2018 film), Monster'' * Scott Mosier – ''The Grinch (film), The Grinch'' * Mari Okada† – ''Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms'' * Alex Pettyfer† – ''Back Roads (2018 film), Back Roads'' * Boots Riley† – ''Sorry to Bother You (film), Sorry to Bother You'' * Christian Rivers – ''Mortal Engines (film), Mortal Engines'' * Jared Stern†♦ – ''Happy Anniversary (2018 film), Happy Anniversary'' * Jayson Thiessen♦ - ''My Little Pony: The Movie (2017 film), My Little Pony; The Movie'' * Jeff Tomsic†♦ – ''Tag (2018 film), Tag'' * Jonathan Watson (director), Jonathan Watson – '' Arizona (2018 film), Arizona''2019
* Annabelle Attanasio – ''Mickey and the Bear'' * Andrea Berloff – ''The Kitchen (2019 film), The Kitchen'' * Robin Bissell – ''The Best of Enemies (2019 film), The Best of Enemies'' * Nick Bruno (film director), Nick Bruno and Troy Quane – ''Spies in Disguise'' * Matthew Michael Carnahan - Mosul (2019 action film), Mosul * Michael Chaves♦† – ''The Curse of La Llorona'' * Monia Chokri – ''A Brother's Love'' * Josh Cooley† – ''Toy Story 4'' * Michael Angelo Covino† – ''The Climb (2019 film), The Climb'' * Gary Dauberman – ''Annabelle Comes Home'' * Roxann Dawson♦ – ''Breakthrough (2019 film), Breakthrough'' * Mati Diop – ''Atlantics'' * Lino DiSalvo – ''Playmobil: The Movie'' * Nora Fingscheidt – ''System Crasher'' * Micah Gallo† – ''Itsy Bitsy'' * Mike Gan†♦ – ''Burn (2019 film), Burn'' * Ravin Gandhi – ''100 Days to Live'' * Rachel Griffiths†♦ – ''Ride Like a Girl'' * Bryce Dallas Howard†♦ – ''Dads (film), Dads'' * Simon Kinberg – ''Dark Phoenix (film), Dark Phoenix'' * Sarah Lancaster – ''Josie & Jack'' * Van Ling – ''Cliffs of Freedom'' * Ladj Ly† – ''Les Misérables (2019 film), Les Misérables'' * Gail Mancuso♦ – ''A Dog's Journey (film), A Dog's Journey'' * Melina Matsoukas†♦ – ''Queen & Slim'' * William McGregor (director), William McGregor♦† – ''Gwen (film), Gwen'' * Carlo Mirabella Davis – ''Swallow (2019 film), Swallow'' * Adam Egypt Mortimer♦† – ''Daniel Isn't Real'' * Wagner Moura – ''Marighella (2019 film), Marighella'' * Shannon Murphy – ''Babyteeth (film), Babyteeth'' * Tyler Nilson† and Michael Schwartz (director), Michael Schwartz† – ''The Peanut Butter Falcon'' * Katharine O'Brien† – ''Lost Transmissions'' * Sergio Pablos – ''Klaus (film), Klaus'' * Andrew Patterson (film director), Andrew Patterson† – ''The Vast of Night'' * Joe Penna♦† – ''Arctic (film), Arctic'' * Annie Silverstein – ''Bull (2019 film), Bull'' * Grant Sputore† – ''I Am Mother'' * Gene Stupnitsky† – ''Good Boys (film), Good Boys'' * Joe Talbot† - ''The Last Black Man in San Francisco'' * Emma Tammi – ''The Wind (2018 film), The Wind'' * Michael Tyburski† – ''The Sound of Silence (2019 film), The Sound of Silence'' * Viktor van der Valk – ''Nocturne (2019 film), Nocturne'' * Olivia Wilde† – ''Booksmart (film), Booksmart'' * Phillip Youmans – ''Burning Cane''2020s
2020
* Max Barbakow – ''Palm Springs (2020 film), Palm Springs'' * Halle Berry – ''Bruised (film), Bruised'' * Harry Bradbeer♦ – ''Enola Holmes (film), Enola Holmes'' * Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz† – ''Antebellum (film), Antebellum'' * Brian Patrick Butler† – ''Friend of the World'' * Eric D. Cabello Diaz – ''El Camino de Xico'' * Dean Craig† – ''Love Wedding Repeat'' * Joel Crawford (film director), Joel Crawford† – ''The Croods: A New Age'' * Jack Danini† – ''Ode to Passion'' * Emerald Fennell† – ''Promising Young Woman'' * Michael Fimognari† – ''To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You'' * Will Forbes (director), Will Forbes – ''John Henry (2020 film), John Henry'' * Jeff Fowler† – ''Sonic the Hedgehog (film), Sonic the Hedgehog'' * Edward Hall (director), Edward Hall♦† – ''Blithe Spirit (2020 film), Blithe Spirit'' * Sam Hargrave† – ''Extraction (2020 film), Extraction'' * Chris Henchy† – ''Impractical Jokers: The Movie'' * David Henrie† – ''This Is the Year'' * Natalie Erika James† – ''Relic (2020 film), Relic'' * Anthony Jerjen† – ''Inherit the Viper'' * Aneil Karia♦† – ''Surge (2020 British film), Surge'' * Glen Keane and John Kahrs – ''Over the Moon (2020 film), Over the Moon'' * Regina King♦† – ''One Night in Miami...'' * Natalie Krinsky – ''The Broken Hearts Gallery'' * Patrice Laliberté♦† – ''The Decline (film), The Decline'' * Andrew Lawrence (actor), Andrew Lawrence – ''The Office Mix-Up'' * Anthony Leone (filmmaker), Anthony Leone† – ''Hacksaw (film), Hacksaw'' * Rob Lodermeier – ''The Willoughbys'' * Viggo Mortensen – ''Falling (2020 film), Falling'' * Jekaterina Oertel – ''DAU. Natasha'' * Prentice Penny♦† – ''Uncorked (2020 film), Uncorcked'' * David Prior (director), David Prior† – ''The Empty Man (film), The Empty Man'' * Emma Seligman† – ''Shiva Baby'' * Remi Weekes♦ – ''His House'' * Autumn de Wilde† – ''Emma (2020 film), Emma'' * David S. F. Wilson† – ''Bloodshot (film), Bloodshot'' * Florian Zeller♦ – ''The Father (2020 film), The Father''2021
* Justine Bateman† – ''Violet (2021 film), Violet'' * Ryan Bliss† – ''Alice Fades Away'' * Mika Boorem† – ''Hollywood.Con'' * Jonathan Butterell – ''Everybody's Talking About Jamie (film), Everybody's Talking About Jamie'' * Enrico Casarosa – ''Luca (2021 film), Luca'' * Ryan Crego♦ – ''Arlo the Alligator Boy'' * Bakhtyar Fatah♦ – ''09 (film), 09'' * Dean Fleischer-Camp† – ''Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021 film), Marcel the Shell with Shoes On'' * Hamish Grieve† – ''Rumble (2021 film), Rumble'' * Maggie Gyllenhaal♦ – ''The Lost Daughter (film), The Lost Daughter'' * Rebecca Hall – ''Passing (film), Passing'' * Lisa Joy♦ – ''Reminiscence (2021 film), Reminiscence'' * Fran Kranz – ''Mass (2021 film), Mass'' * Simon McQuoid – ''Mortal Kombat (2021 film), Mortal Kombat'' * Brian Andrew Mendoza† – ''Sweet Girl (film), Sweet Girl'' * Marcos Mereles† – ''All Is Vanity (film), All Is Vanity'' * Lin-Manuel Miranda – ''Tick, Tick... Boom! (film), tick, tick... BOOM!'' * Dasha Nekrasova – ''The Scary of Sixty-First'' * Edson Oda – ''Nine Days (film), Nine Days'' * Megan Park† – ''The Fallout (film), The Fallout'' * Questlove† – ''Summer of Soul'' * Diana Ringo – ''Quarantine (2021 film), Quarantine'' * Alessandra de Rossi – ''My Amanda'' * Rodo Sayagues – ''Don't Breathe 2'' * Evan Spiliotopoulos – ''The Unholy (2021 film), The Unholy'' * Liesl Tommy♦ – ''Respect (2020 film), Respect'' * Mattson Tomlin – ''Mother/Android'' * Jude Weng – ''Finding 'Ohana'' * Robin Wright†♦ – ''Land (2021 film), Land'' * Carlson Young† – ''The Blazing World (film), The Blazing World''2022
* Mayim Bialik† – ''As They Made Us'' * Loren Bouchard♦ and Bernard Derriman†♦ – ''The Bob's Burgers Movie'' * Reid Carolin and Channing Tatum – ''Dog (2022 film), Dog'' * Janeen Damian – ''Falling for Christmas'' * John C. Donkin – ''The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild'' * Jesse Eisenberg† – ''When You Finish Saving the World (film), When You Finish Saving the World'' * Tim Federle♦ – ''Better Nate Than Ever (film), Better Nate Than Ever'' * Tom George (director), Tom George♦ – ''See How They Run (2022 film), See How They Run'' * Michael Giacchino♦ – ''Werewolf by Night (TV special), Werewolf by Night'' * Mark Gustafson – ''Pinocchio (2022 animated film), Pinocchio'' * Alex Hardcastle♦ – ''Senior Year (2022 film), Senior Year'' * Lee Jung-jae – ''Hunt (film), Hunt'' * Charlotte Le Bon† – ''Falcon Lake (film), Falcon Lake'' * Gail Lerner†♦ – ''Cheaper by the Dozen (2022 film), Cheaper by the Dozen'' * Jennifer N. Linch† – ''Kung Fu Ghost'' * Pierre Perifel – ''The Bad Guys (film), The Bad Guys'' * J. J. Perry – ''Day Shift (film), Day Shift'' * Kyra Sedgwick♦ – ''Space Oddity (film), Space Oddity'' * Domee Shi† – ''Turning Red'' * Goran Stolevski† – ''You Won't Be Alone'' * Ian Tripp† and Ryan Schafer† – ''Everybody Dies by the End''2023
* Kenya Barris♦ – ''You People'' * Nicholas Maggio† – ''American Metal'' * Michael B. Jordan – ''Creed III'' * Chris Stuckmann† – ''Shelby Oaks'' * Patrick Wilson (American actor), Patrick Wilson – ''Insidious: Fear the Dark''2024
* S. J. Clarkson♦ – ''Madame Web (film), Madame Web''Unknown
* Anna Kendrick – ''The Dating Game (film), The Dating Game * Jonathan Krisel – Untitled ''Sesame Street'' film * Minkyu Lee† – ''The Witch Boy'' * Kelly Marcel – ''Venom 3'' * Chris Pine – ''Poolman (film), Poolman'' * Taylor Swift† – TBA * Zelda Williams† – ''Lisa Frankenstein''See also
* List of cinematic firstsNotes
References
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