Who won Best Director for Ordinary People in 1981?
Test your 1980s Academy Awards trivia! Can you name the director who won the 1981 Oscar for Ordinary People, beating Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull?
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Who won the Best Director Oscar for Ordinary People in 1981, beating Martin Scorsese for Raging Bull?
Which 1989 movie's controversial snub for Best Picture led to a public outcry, despite receiving a screenplay nomination?