Your choices for Best Director each year

[zeppelin]

I could have sworn this topic has been done before, but I searched for it and found nothing.

2003 (so far)- Clint Eastwood, Mystic River
2002- Roman Polanski, The Pianist
2001- David Lynch, Mulholland Dr.
2000- Darren Aronofsky, Requiem for a Dream
1999- P.T. Anderson, Magnolia
1998- Terrence Malick, The Thin Red Line
1997- Atom Egoyan, The Sweet Hereafter
1996- Lars von Trier, Breaking the Waves
1995- Mike Figgis, Leaving Las Vegas
1994- Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction
1993- Steven Spielberg, Schindler's List
1992- Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven
1991- Jonathan Demme, The Silence of the Lambs
1990- Martin Scorsese, Goodfellas
1989- Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing
1988- Barry Levinson, Rain Man
1987- Stanley Kubrick, Full Metal Jacket
1986- David Lynch, Blue Velvet
1985- Akira Kurosawa, Ran
1984- Milos Forman, Amadeus
1983- Philip Kaufman, The Right Stuff
1982- Steven Spielberg, E.T.
1981- Wolfgang Petersen, Das Boot
1980- Martin Scorsese, Raging Bull
1979- Francis Ford Coppola, Apocalypse Now
1978- Michael Cimino, The Deer Hunter
1977- Steven Spielberg, Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1976- Martin Scorsese, Taxi Driver
1975- Stanley Kubrick, Barry Lyndon
1974- Roman Polanski, Chinatown
1973- Terrence Malick, Badlands
1972- Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather
1971- Stanley Kubrick, A Clockwork Orange
1970- Franklin J. Schaffner, Patton
1969- John Schlesinger, Midnight Cowboy
1968- Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey
1967- Arthur Penn, Bonnie and Clyde
1966- Sergio Leone, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
1965- John Schlesinger, Darling
1964- Stanley Kubrick, Dr. Strangelove
1963- Federico Fellini, 8 1/2
1962- David Lean, Lawrence of Arabia
1961- Akira Kurosawa, Yojimbo
1960- Alfred Hitchcock, Psycho
1959- Alfred Hitchcock, North by Northwest
1958- Alfred Hitchcock, Vertigo
1957- Ingmar Bergman, The Seventh Seal
1956- John Ford, The Searchers
1955- Charles Laughton, The Night of the Hunter
1954- Akira Kurosawa, Seven Samurai
1953- Billy Wilder, Stalag 17
1952- John Ford, The Quiet Man
1951- Elia Kazan, A Streetcar Named Desire
1950- Akira Kurosawa, Rashomon
1949- Carol Reed, The Third Man
1948- John Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1947- Elia Kazan, Gentleman's Agreement
1946- Alfred Hitchcock, Notorious
1945- Alfred Hitchcock, Spellbound
1944- Billy Wilder, Double Indemnity
1943- Alfred Hitchcock, Shadow of a Doubt
1942- Michael Curtiz, Casablanca
1941- Orson Welles, Citizen Kane
1940- John Ford, The Grapes of Wrath
1939- Victor Fleming, Gone with the Wind

[Antonio]

2003: Quentin Tarantino for KILL BILL: VOLUME ONE
2002: M. Night Shyamalan for SIGNS
2001: Tom Tykwer for THE PRINCESS & THE WARRIOR
2000: Darren Aronofsky for REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
1999: Paul Thomas Anderson for MAGNOLIA
1998: Steven Spielberg for SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
1997: Paul Thomas Anderson for BOOGIE NIGHTS
1996: Joel Coen for FARGO
1995: Mike Figgis for LEAVING LAS VEGAS
1994: Quentin Tarantino for PULP FICTION
1993: Peter Weir for FEARLESS
1992: Quentin Tarantino for RESERVOIR DOGS
1991: Jonathan Demme for THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
1990: Martin Scorsese for GOODFELLAS
1989: Spike Lee for DO THE RIGHT THING
1988: Stephen Frears for DANGEROUS LIAISONS
1987: Louis Malle for AU REVOIR, LES ENFANTS
1986: Oliver Stone for PLATOON
1985: John Huston for PRIZZI'S HONOR
1984: Sergio Leone for ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
1983: Lawrence Kasdan for THE BIG CHILL
1982: Sydney Pollack for TOOTSIE
1981: Steven Spielberg for RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
1980: Martin Scorsese for RAGING BULL
1979: Francis Ford Coppola for APOCALYPSE NOW
1978: John Carpenter for HALLOWEEN
1977: Woody Allen for ANNIE HALL
1976: Martin Scorsese for TAXI DRIVER
1975: Steven Spielberg for JAWS
1974: Roman Polanski for CHINATOWN
1973: William Friedkin for THE EXORCIST
1972: Francis Ford Coppola for THE GODFATHER
1971: Peter Bogdanovich for THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
1970: Bob Rafelson for FIVE EASY PIECES
1969: Sam Peckinpah for THE WILD BUNCH
1968: Stanley Kubrick for 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
1967: Arthur Penn for BONNIE & CLYDE
1966: Mike Nichols for WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
1965: David Lean for DR. ZHIVAGO
1964: Stanley Kubrick for DR. STRANGELOVE
1963: Alfred Hitchcock for THE BIRDS
1962: Robert Mulligan for TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
1961: Robert Rossen for THE HUSTLER
1960: Alfred Hitchcock for PSYCHO
1959: Billy Wilder for SOME LIKE IT HOT!
1958: Alfred Hitchcock for VERTIGO
1957: Sidney Lumet for 12 ANGRY MEN
1956: George Stevens for GIANT
1955: Charles Laughton for THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
1954: Elia Kazan for ON THE WATERFRONT
1953: Billy Wilder for STALAG 17
1952: Fred Zinnemann for HIGH NOON
1951: Elia Kazan for A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
1950: Billy Wilder for SUNSET BOULEVARD
1949: Carol Reed for THE THIRD MAN
1948: John Huston for KEY LARGO
1947: Jacques Tourneur for OUT OF THE PAST
1946: Howard Hawks for THE BIG SLEEP
1945: Elia Kazan for A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN
1944: Billy Wilder for DOUBLE INDEMNITY
1943: Michael Curtiz for CASABLANCA
1942: Jacques Tourneur for CAT PEOPLE
1941: Orson Welles for CITIZEN KANE
1940: John Ford for THE GRAPES OF WRATH
1939: Victor Fleming for GONE WITH THE WIND and THE WIZARD OF OZ
1938: William Wyler for JEZEBEL
1937: William Wyler for DEAD END
1936: Frank Capra for MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN
1935: James Whale for THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
1934: Frank Capra for IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT

[ilovemovies]

2003: Clint Eastwood, Mystic River
2002: Martin Scorsese, Gangs of New York
2001: Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2000: Cameron Crowe, Almost Famous
1999: Sam Mendes, American Beauty
1998: Steven Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan
1997: James Cameron, Titanic
1996: Edward Zwick, Courage Under Fire
1995: David Fincher, Se7en
1994: Robert Zemeckis, Forrest Gump
1993: Steve Spielberg, Schindler's List
1992: Spike Lee, Malcolm X
1991: Oliver Stone, JFK
1990: Martin Scorsese, Goodfellas
1989: Ed Zwick, Glory
1988: Robert Zemeckis, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
1987: Brian DePalma, The Untouchables
1986: Oliver Stone, Platoon
1985: Peter Weir, Witness
1984: Ivan Reitman, Ghostbusters
1983: John Badham, War Games
1982: Steven Spielberg, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
1981: Steven Spielberg, Raiders of the Lost Ark
1980: David Zucker, Airplane!
1977: George Lucas, Star Wars
1976:John G. Avildsen, Rocky
1975: Steven Spielberg, Jaws
1974: Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II
1972: Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather

[Hannibal21]

1930 - Lewis Milestone, All Quiet on the Western Front
1931 - Charlie Chaplin, City Lights
1932 - Josef von Sternberg, Shanghai Express
1933 - George Cukor, Little Women
1934 - Frank Capra, It Happened One Night
1935 - John Ford, The Informer
1936 - Charlie Chaplin, Modern Times
1937 - Leo McCarey, The Awful Truth
1938 - Michael Curtiz, Angels with Dirty Faces
1939 - Victor Fleming, Gone with the Wind
1940 - Alfred Hitchcock, Rebecca
1941 - Orson Welles, Citizen Kane
1942 - Michael Curtiz, Casablanca
1943 - Alfred Hitchcock, Shadow of a Doubt
1944 - Billy Wilder, Double Indemnity
1945 - Billy Wilder, The Lost Weekend
1946 - Alfred Hitchcock, Notorious
1947 - Elia Kazan, Gentleman's Agreement
1948 - John Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1949 - Carol Reed, The Third Man
1950 - Billy Wilder, Sunset Boulevard
1951 - Elia Kazan, A Streetcar Named Desire
1952 - John Ford, The Quiet Man
1953 - Billy Wilder, Stalag17
1954 - Akira Kurosawa, Seven Samurai
1955 - David Lean, Summertime
1956 - Cecil B. DeMille - The Ten Commandments
1957 - David Lean, The Bridge on the River Kwai
1958 - Alfred Hitchcock, Vertigo
1959 - Francois Truffaut, The 400 Blows
1960 - Alfred Hitchcock, Psycho
1961 - Akira Kurosawa - Yojimbo
1962 - David Lean, Lawrence of Arabia
1963 - Federico Fellini, La Dolce Vita
1964 - Stanley Kubrick, Dr. Strangelove
1965 - Robert Wise, The Sound of Music
1966 - Ingmar Bergman, Persona
1967 - Mike Nichols, The Graduate
1968 - Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey
1969 - John Schlesinger, Midnight Cowboy
1970 - Franklin J. Schaffner, Patton
1971 - Stanley Kubrick, A Clockwork Orange
1972 - Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather
1973 - William Friedkin - The Exorcist
1974 - Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfathe Part II
1975 - Milos Forman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1976 - Martin Scorsese, Taxi Driver
1977 - Woody Allen, Annie Hall
1978 - John Carpenter, Halloween
1979 - Francis Ford Coppola, Apocalypse Now
1980 - Martin Scorsese, Raging Bull
1981 - Steven Spielberg, Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982 - Steven Spielberg, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
1983 - Ingmar Bergman, Fanny and Alexander
1984 - Milos Forman, Amadeus
1985 - Akira Kurosawa, Ran
1986 - David Lynch, Blue Velvet
1987 - Lasse Hallstrom, My Life as a Dog
1988 - Martin Scorsese, The Last Temptation of Christ
1989 - Kenneth Branagh, Henry V
1990 - Martin Scorsese, Goodfellas
1991 - Zhang Yimou, Raise the Red Lantern
1992 - Robert Altman, The Player
1993 - Steven Spielberg, Schindler's List
1994 - Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction
1995 - Mike Figgis, Leaving Las Vegas
1996 - Milos Forman, The People vs. Larry Flynt
1997 - Ang Lee, The Ice Storm
1998 - Steven Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan
1999 - Paul Thomas Anderson, Magnolia
2000 - Darren Aronofsky, Requiem for a Dream
2001 - Peter Jackson, LOTR: FOTR
2002 - Martin Scorsese, Gangs of New York

[Squid Vicious]

2002 - Martin Scorsese, Gangs of New York
2001 - Christopher Nolan, Memento
2000 - Darren Aronofsky, Requiem for a Dream
1999 - David Fincher, Fight Club
1998 - Steven Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan
1997 - Robert Zemeckis, Contact
1996 - Joel Coen, Fargo
1995 - Mike Figgis, Leaving Las Vegas
1994 - Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction
1993 - Steven Spielberg, Schindler's List
1992 - Robert Altman, The Player
1991 - Oliver Stone, JFK
1990 - Martin Scorsese, Goodfellas
1989 - Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing
1988 - Martin Scorsese, The Last Temptation of Christ
1987 - Stanley Kubrick, Full Metal Jacket
1986 - Oliver Stone, Platoon
1985 - Terry Gilliam, Brazil
1984 - Milos Forman, Amadeus
1983 - Philip Kaufman, The Right Stuff
1982 - Richard Attenborough, Ghandi
1981 - Steven Spielberg, Raiders of the Lost Ark
1980 - Martin Scorsese, Raging Bull
1979 - Francis Ford Coppola, Apocalypse Now
1978 - Michael Cimino, The Deer Hunter
1977 - Steven Spielberg, Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1976 - Martin Scorsese, Taxi Driver
1975 - Milos Forman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1974 - Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II
1973 - William Friedkin, The Exorcist
1972 - Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather
1971 - Stanley Kubrick, A Clockwork Orange
1970 - Franklin J. Schaffner, Patton
1969 - Dennis Hopper, Easy Rider
1968 - Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey
1967 - Arthur Penn, Bonnie and Clyde

[Guy Strong]

2003: Quentin Tarantino - KILL BILL, VOLUME 1
2002: Steven Spielberg - MINORITY REPORT
2001: Peter Jackson - THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
2000: Darren Aronofsky - REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
1999: Paul Thomas Anderson - MAGNOLIA
1998: Steven Spielberg - SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
1997: Paul Thomas Anderson - BOOGIE NIGHTS
1996: Joel Coen - FARGO
1995: Michael Mann - HEAT
1994: Quentin Tarantino - PULP FICTION
1993: Steven Spielberg - SCHINDLER'S LIST
1992: Quentin Tarantino - RESERVOIR DOGS
1991: Oliver Stone - JFK
1990: Martin Scorsese - GOODFELLAS
1989: Spike Lee - DO THE RIGHT THING
1988: Martin Scorsese - THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST
1987: Stanley Kubrick - FULL METAL JACKET
1986: Oliver Stone - PLATOON
1985: Peter Weir - WITNESS
1984: Sergio Leonie - ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
1983: Brain De Palma - SCARFACE
1982: Steven Spielberg - E.T.
1981: Steven Spielberg - RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
1980: Martin Scorsese - RAGING BULL
1979: Francis Ford Coppola - APOCALYPSE NOW
1978: Michael Cimino - THE DEER HUNTER
1977: George Lucas - STAR WARS
1976: Martin Scorsese -TAXI DRIVER
1975: Steven Spielberg - JAWS
1974: Francis Ford Coppola - THE GODFATHER PART II
1973: George Lucas - AMERICAN GRAFFITI
1972: Francis Ford Coppola - THE GODFATHER
1971: Stanley Kubrick - A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
1970: Franklin J. Schaffner - PATTON

[QUENTIN]

2003: Quentin Tarantino -Kill Bill
2002: Martin Scorsese -Gangs of New York
2001: David Lynch -Mulholland Drive & Tom Twyker -Princess and The Warrior & Kwak Kyung-Taek -Friend (3-way-tie)
2000: Steven Soderbergh -Traffic
1999: Paul Thomas Anderson -Magnolia
1998: Alex Proyas -Dark City
1997: Paul Thomas Anderson -Boogie Nights & Quentin Tarantino -Jackie Brown (tie)
1996: Joel Coen -Fargo
1995: David Fincher -Se7en
1994: Quentin Tarantino -Pulp Fiction
1993: Brian De Palma -Carlito's Way
1992: Spike Lee -Malcolm X
1991: Oliver Stone -JFK
1990: Martin Scorsese -GoodFellas
1989: Spike Lee -Do The Right Thing
1988: Wim Wenders -Wings of Desire
1987: Bernardo Bertolucci -The Last Emperor
1986: Oliver Stone -Platoon
1985: Akira Kurosawa -Ran
1984: Sergio Leone -Once Upon A Time in Mexico
1983: Philip Kaufman -The Right Stuff
1982: Jean-Jacques Beneix -Diva
1981: Steven Spielberg -Raiders of The Lost Ark
1980: Martin Scorsese -Raging Bull
1979: Francis Ford Copolla -Apocalypse Now
1978: Terence Malick -Days of Heaven & Michael Cimino -The Deer Hunter (tie)
1977: Luis Bunuel -That Obscure Object of Desire
1976: Martin Scorsese -Taxi Driver
1975: Robert Altman -Nashville
1974: Roman Polanski -Chinatown
1973: Martin Scorsese -Mean Streets
1972: Werner Herzog -Aguirre: Der Zorn Gottes
1971: Peter Bogdanovich -The Last Picture Show
1970: Bernardo Bertolucci -The Conformist
1969: Sam Peckinpah -The Wild Bunch
1968: Stanley Kubrick -2001: A Space Odyssey
1967: Jean-Pierre Melville -Le Samourai
1966: Ingmar Bergman -Persona
1965: Jean-Luc Godard -Pierrot Le Fou
1964: Stanley Kubrick -Dr. Strangelove
1963: Luchino Visconti -The Leopard & Federico Fellini -8 1/2 (tie)
1962: David Lean -Lawrence of Arabia
1961: Robert Bresson -The Hustler
1960: Federico Fellini -La Dolce Vita
1959: Francois Truffaut -The 400 Blows
1958: Alfred Hitchcock -Vertigo
1957: Ingmar Bergman -Wild Strawberries & The Seventh Seal
1956: John Ford -The Searchers
1955: Charles Laughton -Night of The Hunter
1954: Elia Kazan -On The Waterfront
1953: Yasujiro Ozu -Tokyo Story
1952: Vittorio De Sica -Umberto D
1951: Elia Kazan -A Streetcar Named Desire
1950: Akira Kurosawa -Rashomon
1949: Carol Reed -The Third Man
1948: Powell & Pressburger -The Red Shoes
1947: Jacques Tourneur -Out of The Past
1946: Jean Cocteau -Beauty and The Beast
1945: Marcel Carne -Children of Paradise
1944: Billy Wilder -Double Indemnity
1943: Carl Theodor Dreyer -Day of Wrath
1942: Jacques Tourner -Cat People
1941: Orson Welles -Citizen Kane
1940: John Ford -The Grapes of Wrath
1939: Jean Renoir -La Regle Du Jeu
1938: Sergei Eisenstein -Alexandr Nevsky
1937: Jean Renoir -La Grande Illusion
1936: Charlie Chaplin -Modern Times
1935: James Whale -Bride of Frankenstein
1934: Jean Vigo -L'Atalante
1933: Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Shoedsack -King Kong
1932: Tod Browning -Freaks
1931: Fritz Lang -M
1930: Lewis Milestone -All Quiet on The Western Front
1929: Luis Bunuel -Un Chien Andalou & G.W. Pabst -Pandora's Box & Dziga Vertov -The Man With The Movie Camera (3-way tie)
1928: Carl Theodor Dreyer -The Passion of Joan or Arc
1927: F.W. Murnau -Sunrise
1926: F.W. Murnau -Faust
1925: Erich Von Stroheim -Greed & Sergei Eisenstein -Battleship Potemkin (tie)
1924: Buster Keaton -Sherlock Jr.
1923: Cecil B. DeMille -The Ten Commandments
1922: F.W. Murnau -Nosferatu
1921: Fritz Lang -Between Two Worlds
1920: Robert Weine -The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1919: D.W. Griffith -Broken Blossoms
1918: Victor Sjostrom -Eyvand of The Hills
1917: John Ford -Straight Shooting
1916: D.W. Griffith -Intolerance
1915: Louis Feuillade -Les Vampires
1914: Giovanni Pastrone -Cabiria
1913: Mario Caserini & Eleuterio Rodolfi -The Last Days of Pompei
1912: D.W. Griffith -The Musketeers of Pig Alley (short)