Academy Award for Best Director 1929
1st Academy Awards · held May 16, 1929 · 8 nominees
- Winner Frank Borzage · Seventh Heaven
- Winner Lewis Milestone · Two Arabian Knights
- Nominee Frank Lloyd · Drag
- Nominee Herbert Brenon · Sorrell and Son
- Nominee Ted Wilde · Speedy
- Nominee Charlie Chaplin · The Circus
- Nominee King Vidor · The Crowd
- Nominee Frank Lloyd · Weary River