# The Best Director Oscar winners of the 1990s

The directors who won the Academy Award for Best Director for films from 1990 to 1999, with two wins for Steven Spielberg.

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## Top 10

1. **Jonathan Demme — The Silence of the Lambs** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1991 film. It swept the five main awards.
2. **Clint Eastwood — Unforgiven** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1992 film. A twilight western.
3. **Anthony Minghella — The English Patient** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1996 film. A burned pilot and his memories of the desert.
4. **Robert Zemeckis — Forrest Gump** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1994 film. Tom Hanks through three decades of American history.
5. **Steven Spielberg — Saving Private Ryan** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1998 film. The Normandy landings.
6. **Kevin Costner — Dances with Wolves** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 1990 film. His directing debut.
7. **Mel Gibson — Braveheart** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1995 film. William Wallace and Scottish independence.
8. **James Cameron — Titanic** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1997 film. Eleven Oscars, tying the record.
9. **Sam Mendes — American Beauty** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1999 film. His film debut.
10. **Steven Spielberg — Schindler's List** (-2 · ▲0 ▼2) — 1993 film. The industrialist who saved over a thousand Jews.

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