...Malkovich,'' Samantha Morton in ''Sweet and Lowdown'' and Chloe Sevigny in ''Boys Don't Cry.'' The other director nominee was Spike Jonze for ''Being John Malkovich.'' Other notable omissions: Oscar favorite Tom Hanks for ''The...

...and "Four Daughters." (Curtiz lost to Frank Capra, who directed "You Can't Take It With You.") The other director nominees were Stephen Daldry for "Billy Elliot," Ang Lee for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and Ridley Scott for...

...Award for 1972's "The Godfather" and 1974's "The Godfather Part II." The Directors Guild's other feature director nominees are: * Peter Jackson, 42, for "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," the conclusion of his trilogy...

...quipped Altman, 76, who won a Golden Globe for best director for the movie last month and is seen as a likely best director nominee in Tuesday's Oscar nominations. Altman shot to international fame in 1969 with the military satire "MASH...

...with a younger man in "In the Bedroom"; and Kate Winslet as Murdoch in her younger years in "Iris." The best director nominees: Robert Altman, "Gosford Park"; Ron Howard, "A Beautiful Mind"; Peter Jackson, "Lord of the Rings...