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List of the nominees/people nominated for the award, honor or distinction of Academy Award for Best Director in the year 2008; incl. the award winner. Alphabetical, sortable by column.

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    Anthony Minghella 2008 Academy Award for Best Director Nominees People picture

    Anthony Minghella

    Satellite Award for Best Director, DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Screenplay, Adapted, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Director, Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Film, BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, USC Scripter Award, BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay, Adapted, BAFTA Award for Best Direction, Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture, Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Empire Award for Best Director, London Film Critics Circle Award for British Director of the Year, National Board of Review Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Picture, National Board of Review Award for Best Director, BAFTA Award for Best Film, BAFTA Award for Best Short Film, César Award for Best Foreign Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Film, Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Director, Goya Award for Best European Film, Golden Berlin Bear, London Film Critics Circle Award for Screenwriter of the Year, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published More
    1997, 1996, 1999, 2000, 1991, 2003, 2004, 2008, 1998, 2009, 2001
    The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Truly, Madly, Deeply, Cold Mountain, The Reader, Love You More More
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    Danny Boyle 2008 Academy Award for Best Director Nominees People picture

    Danny Boyle

    Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Director, BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay, Adapted, Chlotrudis Award for Best Director, Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, BAFTA Award for Best British Film, Academy Award for Best Picture, César Award for Best Foreign Film, Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures, Empire Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Director, Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture, Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay, David di Donatello for Best European Film, BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Satellite Award for Best Director, BAFTA Award for Best Direction, Saturn Award for Best Direction, Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film, DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Film, London Film Critics Circle Award for British Director of the Year, Independent Spirit Award for Best Director, Goya Award for Best European Film, Czech Lion Award for Best Foreign Language, Golden Space Needle Award for Best Director More
    2010, 1997, 2011, 2008, 1994, 2009, 2004, 1996
    127 Hours, Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, Shallow Grave, 28 Days Later More
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    David Fincher 2008 Academy Award for Best Director Nominees People picture

    David Fincher

    Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Film, Satellite Award for Best Director, BAFTA Award for Best Direction, DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, César Award for Best Foreign Film, Academy Award for Best Director, BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Director, David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film More
    2010, 2009, 2011, 2008
    The Social Network, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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    George Clooney 2008 Academy Award for Best Director Nominees People picture

    George Clooney

    MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team, Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Academy Award for Actor in a Leading Role, BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Actor, Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture, Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Director, Special Achievement Award, Golden Berlin Bear, Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture, BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Writer, BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, Independent Spirit Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Director, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series, Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Drama Film, People's Choice Awards for Favorite On-Screen Match-Up, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Action Team (Internet Only), Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Cast in a Motion Picture, BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor, Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Satellite Award for Best Director, MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss, BAFTA Award for Best Direction, David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Film, Academy Award for Actor in a Supporting Role, BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Director, Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture, Golden Lion More
    2001, 2009, 2007, 2002, 2008, 2003, 2006, 2005, 1996, 2010, 2000, 1997, 1995, 1999, 1998, 2011 More
    O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Up in the Air, Michael Clayton, Ocean's Eleven, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Syriana, Good Night, and Good Luck., ER, Ocean's Thirteen, Three Kings, Out of Sight, The Ides of March More
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    Gus Van Sant 2008 Academy Award for Best Director Nominees People picture

    Gus Van Sant

    Independent Spirit Award for Best Director, David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film, DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Director, Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature, Satellite Award for Best Director, César Award for Best Foreign Film, Razzie Award for Worst Director, BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Director, Golden Lion More
    2004, 1992, 2009, 2008, 1990, 1997, 2003, 1998, 1991, 2010
    Elephant, My Own Private Idaho, Milk, Paranoid Park, Drugstore Cowboy, Good Will Hunting, Gerry, Psycho More
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    Julian Schnabel 2008 Academy Award for Best Director Nominees People picture

    Julian Schnabel

    César Award for Best Film, BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Director, David di Donatello for Best European Film, BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film, DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, Independent Spirit Award for Best Director, Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Film, César Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Director More
    2008, 2007, 2001
    The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Before Night Falls
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    Mike Leigh 2008 Academy Award for Best Director Nominees People picture

    Mike Leigh

    DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film, New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, BAFTA Award for Best Direction, London Film Critics Circle Award for Screenwriter of the Year, British Independent Film Award for Best Director of a British Independent Film, BAFTA Award for Best Short Film, BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director, BAFTA Award for Best British Film, BAFTA Award for Best Film, Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay, César Award for Best Foreign Film, Palme d'Or, Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Film, Academy Award for Best Director, David di Donatello for Best European Film, BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Original Screenplay, Satellite Award for Best Director, Goya Award for Best European Film, London Film Critics Circle Award for British Director of the Year, Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay, Golden Lion More
    1996, 1994, 1999, 1992, 2004, 1997, 2003, 1987, 2000, 1993, 1990, 2002, 2001, 2011, 2005, 2010, 2008 More
    Secrets & Lies, Naked, Topsy Turvy, Life Is Sweet, Vera Drake, All Or Nothing, Sense of History, The Short & Curlies, Evita, High Hopes, Another Year, Happy-Go-Lucky More
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    Peter Bogdanovich 2008 Academy Award for Best Director Nominees People picture

    Peter Bogdanovich

    DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video, Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Film, Academy Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay, BAFTA Award for Best Direction, BAFTA Award for Best Film, BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay More
    1971, 2008, 1974, 1972
    The Last Picture Show, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream, Paper Moon More
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    Ridley Scott 2008 Academy Award for Best Director Nominees People picture

    Ridley Scott

    Academy Award for Best Director, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries, BAFTA Award for Best Direction, BAFTA Award for Best Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film, DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, Satellite Award for Best Director, César Award for Best Foreign Film, David L. Wolper Producer of the Year Award in Long-Form Television More
    2000, 2001, 1991, 2008, 2007, 1992, 2011
    Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, Thelma & Louise, The Andromeda Strain, American Gangster, RKO 281, The Company, The Pillars of the Earth More
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    Ron Howard 2008 Academy Award for Best Director Nominees People picture

    Ron Howard

    BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Director, DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, Saturn Award for Best Direction, BAFTA Award for Best Direction, Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy, Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film, Golden Berlin Bear, Satellite Award for Best Director, Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama, Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Film, BAFTA Award for Best Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Comedy or Musical Series, Razzie Award for Worst Director, Academy Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Film More
    2005, 2008, 1984, 2004, 1999, 1996, 1995, 2009, 1985, 1978, 2006, 1977, 2001, 2002 More
    Cinderella Man, Frost/Nixon, Splash, Arrested Development, From the Earth to the Moon, The Missing, Apollo 13, Felicity, Cocoon, Happy Days, The Da Vinci Code, The Shootist, A Beautiful Mind More
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    Stephen Daldry 2008 Academy Award for Best Director Nominees People picture

    Stephen Daldry

    BAFTA Award for Best Short Film, Goya Award for Best European Film, BAFTA Award for Best Direction, Satellite Award for Best Director, BAFTA Award for Best British Film, César Award for Best Foreign Film, David di Donatello for Best European Film, Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Director, Robert Award for Best Non-American Film, BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer, Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Film, Academy Award for Best Director, David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film, DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film More
    1998, 2002, 2008, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2003, 2004
    Eight, Billy Elliot, The Reader, The Hours
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    Sydney Pollack 2008 Academy Award for Best Director Nominees People picture

    Sydney Pollack

    BAFTA Award for Best British Film, DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, César Award for Best Foreign Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie, BAFTA Award for Best Film, PGA Producer of the Year Award for Motion Picture Producer of the Year, Academy Award for Best Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Film, David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film, Academy Award for Best Director, BAFTA Award for Best Direction, Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Film - Musical or Comedy More
    2003, 1982, 1985, 1987, 2009, 2008, 2004, 1983, 1969, 1986, 1998, 1996, 2007, 1970, 1984 More
    Cold Mountain, Tootsie, Out of Africa, Recount, The Reader, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Sliding Doors, Sabrina, Michael Clayton More

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