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His Oscar for directing 2002 film The Pianist was collected by Harrison Ford, who had previously starred in his 1988 thriller, Frantic.
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Ang Lee won his second Oscar for directing Life of Pi, the adaptation of Yann Martel's fantasy novel about a boy stranded in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger.
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Bigelow - who became the first woman to win the Oscar for directing with 2008's The Hurt Locker - said she was "immensely grateful" for her latest accolade.
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Spielberg, who was nominated but didn't win the directing Oscar for his biopic "Lincoln" this week, takes the reins from Italian Nanni Moretti.
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Organizers had said they expected a billion people worldwide to watch the opening ceremony -- which was created by Danny Boyle, best known for directing the Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" -- on television.
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While Argo was nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture, Affleck was passed over in the directing category, something many see as a huge snub.
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When Affleck was snubbed for a directing slot, awards analysts initially were counting "Argo" out for the best-picture Oscar, along with Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty" and Tom Hooper's "Les Miserables, " which also missed out on directing nominations.
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It was the first Emmy for Scorsese, who already has an Oscar from his career directing movies.
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And Oscar favorite Clint Eastwood, who many believed would pick up an acting or directing nomination for his "Gran Torino, " received neither.
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