51.  Other than King Vidor, Brown was unquestionably the best director that the most prestigious Hollywood studio ever had.

52.  Peckinpah was the best director he ever worked with, Coburn believes.

53.  Satyajit Ray was probably the best director in the world with the smallest American audience.

54.  Robert Zemeckis won the Oscar for best director, and Tom Hanks was named best actor for his performance in the title role.

55.  Soderbergh, who won the Oscar for best director, gives his actors freedom to improvise and a lot of room for experimentation, Irving says.

56.  Since Oscar has split the best picture and best director awards only four times in history, neither would seem to have much chance of winning.

57.  Take the word of the members of the Cannes Film Festival jury, who voted Yang best director.

58.  Sure, it won best picture and best director from the National Society of Film Critics and the New York Film Critics Circle.

59.  Tarantino accepted two awards, one for screenplay with collaborator Roger Avary and another for best director.

60.  The best director Oscar usually goes to the winner of the Directors Guild award, in this case Cameron.