John Dexter won as best director of a play, for "M. Butterfly."

Mr. Morgan also won an award as director of his play about a family united by a mother's death.

Only three times in history has the guild winner not won the Academy Award as best director.

Mr. Leigh also won as best director.

In the end Sven Nykvist won the cinematography award for his work as director of photography.

Aravind has won a number of awards as an actor, director, and writer.

Should he win as director, he would be one of only five directors who have ever won for a first feature film.

During his 30-year television news career, Johnson won nine Emmys and numerous other awards as a producer, writer and director.

McDiarmid is renowned for his work in British theatre, having won plaudits as an actor and director from a wide variety of sources.

Princeton teams have won 28 national championships in his first 18 years as director of athletics.