best director
Oscar helming category
Best director is an award category recognizing outstanding achievement in film direction, most prominently at the Academy Awards but also at festivals and critics' ceremonies worldwide.
The phrase functions as shorthand for the award itself: She won best director for her debut feature.
Unlike most filmmaking awards, best director honors the person rather than the work—you win best director, not best direction.
- OscarAcademy's golden award
- filmmakerOne who makes movies
- auteurDirector with total control
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
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- awardsaward, awards, winner, winners, prize
- film festivalsfilm festival, film festivals, premieres, screenings, film screenings
- honorsmedal, award, trophy, certificate, prize
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