Gervasi previously directed the documentary "Anvil! The Story of Anvil." This is his first fiction film. He has no previous Oscar nominations.
Madden has one Oscar nomination for helming 1998 Best Picture champ "Shakespeare in Love."
Bayona previously directed "The Orphanage." He has no previous Oscar nominations.
Van Sant has been nominated twice before for Best Director -- "Good Will Hunting" (1997) and "Milk" (2008).
Haneke's previous films include "Cache" and "Funny Games" and "The White Ribbon" which was an Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film in 2009.
Tykwer has previously directed "Run Lola Run," "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer," "Heaven," and "The International." The Wachowskis have made the "Matrix" films as well as "Speed Racer." None of them have previous Oscar nominations.
Speilberg has won three Oscars out of thirteen career nominations, including Best Director victories for "Schindler's List" (1993) and "Saving Private Ryan" (1998).
Soderbergh won an Oscar for directing "Traffic"; the same year, he was also nominated for directing "Erin Brockovich." Earlier, he was nominated for his screenplay for "Sex, Lies, and Videotape." His films also include "Ocean's 11," "Out of Sight," "The Limey," "Che," "The Informant," and "Contagion."
Mendes won Best Director for his directorial debut, "American Beauty," which also won Best Picture in 1999. He has also directed "Road to Perdition," "Jarhead," "Away We Go," and "Revolutionary Road."
Zemeckis won Best Director for "Forrest Gump." He was also nominated for his screenplay for "Back to the Future." His films also include "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," "Contact," and "Cast Away."
Tarantino has been nominated twice before for Best Director ("Pulp Fiction" and "Inglourious Basterds"). He won an Oscar for co-writing "Pulp Fiction."
Wright has directed the films "Pride & Prejudice," "Atonement," "The Soloist," and "Hanna." He has never been nominated for an Oscar.
His directing credits include "Flirting with Disaster," "Three Kings," and "I Heart Huckabees." He has one previous Oscar nomination, for directing "The Fighter."
Nolan's previous films include "Memento," "The Prestige," "The Dark Knight," and "Inception." He has three career Oscar nominations: for writing and producing "Inception," and for writing "Memento." He has yet to be nominated for Best Director.
"Beasts of the Southern Wild" is the feature directing debut of Benh Zeitlin. He has no previous Oscar nominations.
Anderson has directed films including "Bottle Rocket," "Rushmore," "The Royal Tenenbaums," and "Fantastic Mr. Fox." He has two career Oscar nominations: Best Original Screenplay for "Tenebaums" and Best Animated Feature for "Fox." He has yet to be nominated for Best Director.
Hooper has previously directed "The Damned United," "Longford," and "The King's Speech." He won his only Oscar bid for directing Best Picture champ "The King's Speech" (2010).
Jackson is a nine-time Oscar nominee and a three-time winner: for writing, directing, and producing "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King."
Anderson has five Oscar nominations for writing, producing, and directing. His only previous nomination for Best Director was for "There Will Be Blood" (2007).
Bigelow won her only previous Oscar nomination for Best Director for helming 2009 Best Picture champ "The Hurt Locker."
Apatow's previous films include "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," "Knocked Up," and "Funny People." He has no previous Oscar nominations.
Lewin also directed "Georgia" and "Paperback Romance." He has no previous Oscar nominations.
As a director, Affleck has made "Gone Baby Gone" and "The Town." He won an Oscar for co-writing "Good Will Hunting" (1997).
Lee won Oscars for Best Director ("Brokeback Mountain," 2005) and Best Foreign Language Film ("Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," 2000) and was also nominated for helming the latter.
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