Academy Award for Best Director 2001
73rd Academy Awards · held March 25, 2001 · 5 nominees
- Winner Steven Soderbergh · Traffic
- Nominee Stephen Daldry · Billy Elliot
- Nominee Ang Lee · Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Nominee Steven Soderbergh · Erin Brockovich
- Nominee Ridley Scott · Gladiator