Editing Academy Award for Best Director (section)

===1940s===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!scope="col" style="width:8%;"| Year
!scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Director(s)
!scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Film
!scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[1940 in film|1940]]<br />{{small|[[13th Academy Awards|(13th)]]}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Ford|[[John Ford]]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''{{sort|Grapes|[[The Grapes of Wrath (film)|The Grapes of Wrath]]}}'''''
|rowspan="5"|<ref name="Oscars13">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1941|title=The 13th Academy Awards (1941) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321220635/http://oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1941|archive-date=March 21, 2016}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|Cukor|[[George Cukor]]}}
|''{{sort|Philadelphia|[[The Philadelphia Story (film)|The Philadelphia Story]]}}''
|-
|{{sort|Hitchcock|[[Alfred Hitchcock]]}}
|''[[Rebecca (1940 film)|Rebecca]]''
|-
|{{sort|Wood|[[Sam Wood]]}}
|''[[Kitty Foyle (film)|Kitty Foyle]]''
|-
|{{sort|Wyler|[[William Wyler]]}}
|''{{sort|Letter|[[The Letter (1940 film)|The Letter]]}}''
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[1941 in film|1941]]<br />{{small|[[14th Academy Awards|(14th)]]}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Ford|[[John Ford]]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[How Green Was My Valley (film)|How Green Was My Valley]]'''''
|rowspan="5"|<ref name="Oscars14">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1942|title=The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003256/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1942|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|Hall|[[Alexander Hall]]}}
|''[[Here Comes Mr. Jordan]]''
|-
|{{sort|Hawks|[[Howard Hawks]]}}
|''[[Sergeant York (film)|Sergeant York]]''
|-
|{{sort|Welles|[[Orson Welles]]}}
|''[[Citizen Kane]]''
|-
|{{sort|Wyler|[[William Wyler]]}}
|''{{sort|Little|[[The Little Foxes (film)|The Little Foxes]]}}''
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[1942 in film|1942]]<br />{{small|[[15th Academy Awards|(15th)]]}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Wyler|[[William Wyler]]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Mrs. Miniver]]'''''
|rowspan="5"|<ref name="Oscars15">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1943|title=The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093739/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/15th-winners.html|archive-date=July 6, 2011}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|Curtiz|[[Michael Curtiz]]}}
|''[[Yankee Doodle Dandy]]''
|-
|{{sort|Farrow|[[John Farrow]]}}
|''[[Wake Island (film)|Wake Island]]''
|-
|{{sort|LeRoy|[[Mervyn LeRoy]]}}
|''[[Random Harvest (film)|Random Harvest]]''
|-
|{{sort|Wood|[[Sam Wood]]}}
|''[[Kings Row]]''
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[1943 in film|1943]]<br />{{small|[[16th Academy Awards|(16th)]]}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Curtiz|[[Michael Curtiz]]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'''''
|rowspan="5"|<ref name="Oscars16">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1944|title=The 16th Academy Awards (1944) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321095215/http://oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1944|archive-date=March 21, 2016}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|Brown|[[Clarence Brown]]}}
|''{{sort|Human|[[The Human Comedy (film)|The Human Comedy]]}}''
|-
|{{sort|King|[[Henry King (director)|Henry King]]}}
|''{{sort|Song|[[The Song of Bernadette (film)|The Song of Bernadette]]}}''
|-
|{{sort|Lubitsch|[[Ernst Lubitsch]]}}
|''[[Heaven Can Wait (1943 film)|Heaven Can Wait]]''
|-
|{{sort|Stevens|[[George Stevens]]}}
|''{{sort|More|[[The More the Merrier]]}}''
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[1944 in film|1944]]<br />{{small|[[17th Academy Awards|(17th)]]}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|McCarey|[[Leo McCarey]]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Going My Way]]'''''
|rowspan="5"|<ref name="Oscars17">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1945|title=The 17th Academy Awards (1945) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702160225/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1945|archive-date=July 2, 2016}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|Hitchcock|[[Alfred Hitchcock]]}}
|''[[Lifeboat (1944 film)|Lifeboat]]''
|-
|{{sort|King|[[Henry King (director)|Henry King]]}}
|''[[Wilson (1944 film)|Wilson]]''
|-
|{{sort|Preminger|[[Otto Preminger]]}}
|''[[Laura (1944 film)|Laura]]''
|-
|{{sort|Wilder|[[Billy Wilder]]}}
|''[[Double Indemnity]]''
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[1945 in film|1945]]<br />{{small|[[18th Academy Awards|(18th)]]}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Wilder|[[Billy Wilder]]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''{{sort|Lost|[[The Lost Weekend]]}}'''''
|rowspan="5"|<ref name="Oscars18">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1946|title=The 18th Academy Awards (1946) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003401/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1946|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|Brown|[[Clarence Brown]]}}
|''[[National Velvet (film)|National Velvet]]''
|-
|{{sort|Hitchcock|[[Alfred Hitchcock]]}}
|''[[Spellbound (1945 film)|Spellbound]]''
|-
|{{sort|McCarey|[[Leo McCarey]]}}
|''{{sort|Bells|[[The Bells of St. Mary's]]}}''
|-
|{{sort|Renoir|[[Jean Renoir]]}}
|''{{sort|Southerner|[[The Southerner (film)|The Southerner]]}}''
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[1946 in film|1946]]<br />{{small|[[19th Academy Awards|(19th)]]}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Wyler|[[William Wyler]]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''{{sort|Best|[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]}}'''''
|rowspan="5"|<ref name="Oscars19">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1947|title=The 19th Academy Awards (1947) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003414/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1947|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|Brown|[[Clarence Brown]]}}
|''{{sort|Yearling|[[The Yearling (1946 film)|The Yearling]]}}''
|-
|{{sort|Capra|[[Frank Capra]]}}
|''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]''
|-
|{{sort|Lean|[[David Lean]]}}
|''[[Brief Encounter]]''
|-
|{{sort|Siodmak|[[Robert Siodmak]]}}
|''{{sort|Killers|[[The Killers (1946 film)|The Killers]]}}''
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[1947 in film|1947]]<br />{{small|[[20th Academy Awards|(20th)]]}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Kazan|[[Elia Kazan]]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Gentleman's Agreement]]'''''
|rowspan="5"|<ref name="Oscars20">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1948|title=The 20th Academy Awards (1948) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702160236/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1948|archive-date=July 2, 2016}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|Cukor|[[George Cukor]]}}
|{{sort|Double|''[[A Double Life (1947 film)|A Double Life]]''}}
|-
|{{sort|Dmytryk|[[Edward Dmytryk]]}}
|''[[Crossfire (film)|Crossfire]]''
|-
|{{sort|Koster|[[Henry Koster]]}}
|{{sort|Bishop|''[[The Bishop's Wife]]''}}
|-
|{{sort|Lean|[[David Lean]]}}
|''[[Great Expectations (1946 film)|Great Expectations]]''
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[1948 in film|1948]]<br />{{small|[[21st Academy Awards|(21st)]]}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Huston|[[John Huston]]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Treasure|''[[The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film)|The Treasure of the Sierra Madre]]''}}'''
|rowspan="5"|<ref name="Oscars21">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1949|title=The 21st Academy Awards (1949) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111072021/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1949|archive-date=November 11, 2014}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|Litvak|[[Anatole Litvak]]}}
|{{sort|Snake|''[[The Snake Pit]]''}}
|-
|{{sort|Negulesco|[[Jean Negulesco]]}}
|''[[Johnny Belinda (1948 film)|Johnny Belinda]]''
|-
|{{sort|Olivier|[[Laurence Olivier]]}}
|''[[Hamlet (1948 film)|Hamlet]]''
|-
|{{sort|Zinnemann|[[Fred Zinnemann]]}}
|{{sort|Search|''[[The Search]]''}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[1949 in film|1949]]<br />{{small|[[22nd Academy Awards|(22nd)]]}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Mankiewicz|[[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Letter|''[[A Letter to Three Wives]]''}}'''
|rowspan="5"|<ref name="Oscars22">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1950|title=The 22nd Academy Awards (1950) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402002854/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1950|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|Reed|[[Carol Reed]]}}
|{{sort|Fallen|''[[The Fallen Idol (film)|The Fallen Idol]]''}}
|-
|{{sort|Rossen|[[Robert Rossen]]}}
|''[[All the King's Men (1949 film)|All the King's Men]]''
|-
|{{sort|Wellman|[[William A. Wellman]]}}
|''[[Battleground (film)|Battleground]]''
|-
|{{sort|Wyler|[[William Wyler]]}}
|{{sort|Heiress|''[[The Heiress]]''}}
|-
|}