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| Academy Award for Best Director | |
|---|---|
 The 2021 recipient: Chloé Zhao | |
| Awarded for | Excellence in Cinematic Direction Achievement |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) |
| First awarded | 1929 (for direction in films released during the 1927/1928 film season) |
| Most recent winner | Chloé Zhao Nomadland (2020) |
| Website | oscars |
The Academy Award for Best Directing (Best Director), usually known as the Best Director Oscar, is one of the Awards of Merit presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to directors for a movie.
Nominations for Best Director are made by members in the academy's Directing branch. The award winners are selected by the academy membership as a whole.