Academy Award for Best Director
Awarded for	"Achievement in cinematic direction"
Presented by	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Country	United States
First awarded	1929 (for direction in films released in 1927/1928)
First winner	Frank Borzage, Seventh Heaven (1927)
Currently held by	Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
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The Academy Award for Achievement in Directing (Best Director) is one of the Awards of Merit presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to directors working in the motion picture industry. While nominations for Best Director are made by members in the Academy's Directing branch, the award winners are selected by the Academy membership as a whole.