Anderson wins for film starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a former revolutionary, to take the Oscar in this category for the first time Paul Thomas Anderson has won the Oscar for best director for One Battle After Another at the 98th Academy awards, currently under way in Los Angeles. This marks the much-admired director’s second ever Oscar, following his win earlier in the evening for best adapted screenplay . He has been nominated three times previously for best director, for There Will Be Blood, Phantom Thread and Licorice Pizza. Continue reading...