1928

• Frank Borzage - Seventh Heaven (dramatic)
• Lewis Milestone - Two Arabian Nights (comedy)
• Herbert Brenon - Sorrell and Son (dramatic)
• King Vidor - The Crowd (dramatic)
• Ted Wilde - Speedy (comedy)

1929

• Frank Lloyd - The Divine Lady
• Lionel Barrymore - Madame X
• Harry Beaumont - The Broadway Melody
• Irving Cummings - In Old Arizona
• Frank Lloyd - Drag
• Frank Lloyd - Weary River
• Ernst Lubitsch - The Patriot

1930

• Lewis Milestone - All Quiet on the Western Front
• Clarence Brown - Anna Christie
• Clarence Brown - Romance
• Robert Z. Leonard - The Divorcée
• Ernst Lubitsch - The Love Parade
• King Vidor - Hallelujah

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