2012 Ben Affleck, Argo
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Tom Hooper, Les Misérables
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
2011 Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
David Fincher, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
2010 Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
David Fincher, The Social Network
Christopher Nolan, Inception
David O. Russell, The Fighter