2001 Golden Globe Awards – Best Director Winner and Nominees

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Ang Lee

A young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.

Erin Brockovich

Steven Soderbergh

Gladiator

Ridley Scott

Sunshine

István Szabó

Traffic

Steven Soderbergh