HOLLYWOOD, United States (AFP) - Mexico's Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu won the best director Oscar on Sunday for dark comedy "Birdman," as the climax of the 87th Academy Awards neared.
Inarritu beat Richard Linklater ("Boyhood"), Bennett Miller ("Foxcatcher"), Wes Anderson ("The Grand Budapest Hotel") and Morten Tyldum ("The Imitation Game").