FRANK CAPRA: ITALY “It Happened One Night” (1934), “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town” (1936), “You Can’t Take It With You” (1938)
WILLIAM WYLER: GERMANY “Mrs. Miniver” (1942), “The Best Years of Our Lives” (1946), “Ben-Hur” (1959)
MICHAEL CURTIZ: HUNGARY “Casablanca” (1943)
BILLY WILDER: AUSTRIA “The Lost Weekend” (1945), “The Apartment” (1960)
FRED ZINNEMANN: AUSTRIA “From Here to Eternity” (1953), “A Man for AllSeasons” (1966)
JOHN SCHLESINGER: ENGLAND “Midnight Cowboy” (1969)
MILOS FORMAN: CZECHOSLOVAKIA “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975), “Amadeus” (1984)
ELIA KAZAN: TURKEY “Gentleman’s Agreement” (1947), “On the Waterfront” (1954)
ANG LEE: TAIWAN “Brokeback Mountain” (2005)