Best Director - Peter Jackson (The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King)
Ten Years Ago: Peter Jackson won for The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King. He beat out Sofia Coppola for Lost In Translation, Clint Eastwood for Mystic River, Fernando Meirelles for City Of God, and Peter Weller for Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World. Now: I'll start by saying that Peter Jackson easily wins again. This was an award honoring his near ten year commitment to the once thought unfilmable trilogy he turned into the most honored trilogy in history. He wins again but there is a big change concerning the nominees. Peter Weir does not get nominated now. I'm sorry, Master & Commander is a fine movie but Chan-Wook Park gets nominated for Oldboy. In fact, there's a lot more that happens now with regards to Oldboy and the status Park has now achieved in the film community is because of that insanely brilliant film.