11.  Anthony Page won the Tony for best director of a play.

12.  Both groups also named Leigh best director.

13.  Adrian Lester won the award for best musical actor, Sheila Gish Won for best supporting performance in a musical and Sam Mendes won for best director.

14.  All but Darabont are nominees for best director.

15.  Bulleted bio boxes of each of the four acting winners and best director.

16.  Director Lasse Hallstrom failed to earn a best director nomination.

17.  Does anyone really care whether the best directors came out of USC, UCLA or NYU?

18.  For the latter, he won the Academy Award for best director.

19.  For all of these actors, working for the man generally considered the best director of his time was more heavenly than hellish.

20.  He had won Oscars for best picture and for best director.