THE REVENANT's Alejandro G. Inarritu Wins Oscar for Best Directing

THE REVENANT's Alejandro G. Inarritu has won the 2016 Academy Award for Best Director. Including his nomination this year for Best Picture for THE REVENANT, this is the seventh Academy Award nomination for Iñárritu. He was previously nominated for:

BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) (2014)
Winner, Directing

BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) (2014)
Winner, Best Picture

BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) (2014)
Winner, Writing (Original)

BABEL (2006)
Nominee, Directing

BABEL (2006)
Nominee, Best Picture

About the film: While on a danger-laden journey through the American wilderness in the early 1800s, frontiersman Hugh Glass is badly mauled by a grizzly and abandoned by his fellow trappers. Barely surviving his wounds, Glass is driven by thoughts of his family and a desire for revenge as he endures the frigid winter and pursues the men who left him for dead.

Other directors that received nominations in the category were

Lenny Abrahamson Room
Tom McCarthy Spotlight

Adam McKay, The Big Short
George Miller, Mad Max

Oscars for outstanding film achievements of 2015 are being presented tonight, Sunday, February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscars will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide. Comedian Chris Rock returns as host of the annual awards event.