2007 Paris Barclay, Taylor Hackford
2004 Jeremy Kagan
2003 Jud Taylor
2002 Edwin Sherin
2001 Robert Butler, Tom Donovan
1999 Arthur Hiller
1998 Martha Coolidge
1997 Delbert Mann
1996 Daniel Petrie
1995 Max A. Schindler
1994 Burt Bluestein
1993 Gene Reynolds, John Rich
1992 Jack Shea
1991 Larry Auerbach, Milt Felsen
1990 George L. Schaefer
1989 Gilbert Cates
1988 Sheldon Leonard
1986 George Sidney
1985 Elliot Silverstein
1984 Robert E. Wise
