It's Oscar time again which means it's time for we at The Large Association of Movie Bloggers to devour them. Why not check out what else is going on with The LAMB Devours the Oscars . This year I'm looking at The Academy Award for Best Directing, which "is given in honour of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in the film industry." Francis Ford Coppola won in 1974 Previous winners include: 1929/30 - Lewis Milestone (All Quiet on the Western Front) 1939 - Victor Fleming (Gone with the Wind) 1943 - Michael Curtiz (Casablanca) 1959 - William Wyler (Ben-Hur) 1967 - Mike Nichols (The Graduate) 1971 - William Friedkin (The French Connection) 1982 - Richard Attenborough (Gandhi) 1992 - Clint Eastwood (Unforgiven) 2006 - Martin Scorsese (The Departed) 2013 - Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity) Originally the award was divided into two categories: Dramatic - awarded to Frank Borzage for 7th Heaven Comedy - awarded to Le