Best american director
Champion
Robert Altman
Martin Scorsese
Winner
King Vidor
Eliminated
Paul Thomas Anderson
Winner
Ulu Grosbard
Eliminated
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Winner
Victor Fleming
Eliminated
Fritz Lang
Winner
Anthony Mann
Eliminated
Ti West
Winner
Jeff Nichols
Eliminated
George Roy Hill
Winner
Brad Anderson
Eliminated
Sydney Pollack
Winner
Ari Aster
Eliminated
Darren Aronofsky
Winner
James L. Brooks
Eliminated
Don Siegel
Winner
Alexander Mackendrick
Eliminated
Terrence Malick
Winner
Ron Howard
Eliminated
Todd Solondz
Winner
Robert Wise
Eliminated
Richard Linklater
Winner
Rob Zombie
Eliminated
Todd Field
Winner
Frank Henenlotter
Eliminated
Clint Eastwood
Winner
Henry Selick
Eliminated
Ida Lupino
Winner
Alexander Payne
Eliminated
Elaine May
Winner
Ralph Bakshi
Eliminated
Sofia Coppola
Winner
Josh & Benny Safdie
Eliminated
Godfrey Reggio
Winner
Peter & Bob Farrelly
Eliminated
John Cassavetes
Winner
Paul Mazursky
Eliminated
Hal Ashby
Winner
Robert Eggers
Eliminated
William Friedkin
Winner
Joseph Losey
Eliminated
Jules Dassin
Winner
Russ Meyer
Eliminated
David Lynch
Winner
Tobe Hooper
Eliminated
Nicholas Ray
Winner
George Cukor
Eliminated
Kathryn Bigelow
Winner
Lucky McKee
Eliminated
John Carpenter
Winner
John Waters
Eliminated
Tim Robbins
Winner
Philip Kaufman
Eliminated
M. Night Shyamalan
Winner
Martin Ritt
Eliminated
Joel & Ethan Coen
Winner
David Fincher
Eliminated
Arthur Penn
Winner
Richard Donner
Eliminated
Robert Zemeckis
Winner
Steven Soderbergh
Eliminated
Spike Lee
Winner
Budd Boetticher
Eliminated
Jacques Tourneur
Winner
Scott Cooper
Eliminated
Vincente Minnelli
Winner
Jordan Peele
Eliminated
Frank Capra
Winner
Dennis Hopper
Eliminated
Stanley Donen
Winner
William A. Wellman
Eliminated
Vincent Gallo
Winner
James Ivory
Eliminated
Otto Preminger
Winner
Robert Aldrich
Eliminated
Ernst Lubitsch
Winner
Richard Fleischer
Eliminated
Rob Reiner
Winner
James Gunn
Eliminated
Sidney Lumet
Winner
Jim Jarmusch
Eliminated
Mervyn LeRoy
Winner
Tom DiCillo
Eliminated
D. W. Griffith
Winner
George Clooney
Eliminated
Delmer Daves
Winner
Richard Kelly
Eliminated
Sam Peckinpah
Winner
Lana & Lilly Wachowski
Eliminated
Charles Burnett
Winner
Jerry Schatzberg
Eliminated
Quentin Tarantino
Winner
Charlie Kaufman
Eliminated
Richard Brooks
Winner
Larry Cohen
Eliminated
Robert Altman
Winner
Bryan Singer
Eliminated
Noah Baumbach
Winner
John Sayles
Eliminated
John Lasseter
Winner
Joss Whedon
Eliminated
Wes Craven
Winner
Brian Yuzna
Eliminated
Michael Mann
Winner
Don Coscarelli
Eliminated
Billy Wilder
Winner
Wayne Wang
Eliminated
George A. Romero
Winner
Larry Clark
Eliminated
Buster Keaton
Winner
Blake Edwards
Eliminated
Stanley Kramer
Winner
Oliver Stone
Eliminated
Joe Dante
Winner
Tom Ford
Eliminated
Gore Verbinski
Winner
Wes Anderson
Eliminated
Brian De Palma
Winner
Spike Jonze
Eliminated
John Hughes
Winner
Shane Black
Eliminated
Todd Haynes
Winner
Robert Mulligan
Eliminated
Jim Abrahams, Jerry & David Zucker
Winner
Scott Derrickson
Eliminated
Robert Rodriguez
Winner
Taylor Hackford
Eliminated
Michael Moore
Winner
Robert Rossen
Eliminated
Frank Darabont
Winner
Harold Ramis
Eliminated
William Wyler
Winner
Jerry Lewis
Eliminated
Gus Van Sant
Winner
David Mamet
Eliminated
Gregg Araki
Winner
Stuart Gordon
Eliminated
Paul Schrader
Winner
Cecil B. DeMille
Eliminated