List of ... Academy Award for Best Picture
edit- Notes
- ^ This column includes competitive awards (i.e., Academy Awards of Merit) only. It does not include the following: Honorary Awards; Special Awards; Special Achievement Awards; and Scientific or Technical Awards.
- ^ At the 1st Academy Awards (1927–1928), Wings won the Academy Award for Outstanding Picture (now known as Best Picture), while Sunrise won the Academy Award for Unique and Artistic Picture. At the time, these two categories were seen as equally the top award of the night, intended to honor different and equally important aspects of superior film-making. The following year, however, at the 2nd Academy Awards (1928–1929), the Academy discontinued the Unique and Artistic Picture award and decided retroactively that the Outstanding Picture award won by Wings was the highest honor that could be awarded.
- ^ At the 1st Academy Awards (1927–1928), the Best Director (Comedy Picture) Oscar was awarded to Lewis Milestone for Two Arabian Knights, which was not nominated for Best Picture.
- ^ At the 1st Academy Awards (1927–1928), the Best Director (Dramatic Picture) Oscar was awarded to Frank Borzage for 7th Heaven, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
- ^ At the 2nd Academy Awards (1928–1929), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Frank Lloyd for The Divine Lady, which was not nominated for Best Picture.
- ^ At the 4th Academy Awards (1930–1931), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Norman Taurog for Skippy, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
- ^ At the 5th Academy Awards (1931–1932), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Frank Borzage for Bad Girl, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
- ^ At the 8th Academy Awards (1935), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to John Ford for The Informer, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
- ^ At the 9th Academy Awards (1936), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Frank Capra for Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
- ^ At the 10th Academy Awards (1937), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Leo McCarey for The Awful Truth, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
- ^ Gone with the Wind received 8 competitive Academy Awards of Merit. In addition, the film received a Special Award and a Scientific or Technical Award (Class III).
- ^ At the 13th Academy Awards (1940), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to John Ford for The Grapes of Wrath, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
- ^ The Best Years of Our Lives received 7 competitive Academy Awards of Merit. In addition, the film received a Special Award.
- ^ At the 21st Academy Awards (1948), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to John Huston for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
- ^ At the 22nd Academy Awards (1949), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Joseph L. Mankiewicz for A Letter to Three Wives, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
- ^ At the 24th Academy Awards (1951), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to George Stevens for A Place in the Sun, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
- ^ At the 25th Academy Awards (1952), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to John Ford for The Quiet Man, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
- ^ At the 29th Academy Awards (1956), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to George Stevens for Giant, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
- ^ At the 40th Academy Awards (1967), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Mike Nichols for The Graduate, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
- ^ Oliver! received 5 competitive Academy Awards of Merit. In addition, the film received an Honorary Award.
- ^ The Godfather originally received 11 nominations. However, one nomination – Nino Rota for Best Music (Original Dramatic Score) – was subsequently rescinded by the Academy.
- ^ At the 45th Academy Awards (1972), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Bob Fosse for Cabaret, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
- ^ At the 54th Academy Awards (1981), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Warren Beatty for Reds, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
- ^ At the 62nd Academy Awards (1989), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Oliver Stone for Born on the Fourth of July, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
- ^ At the 71st Academy Awards (1998), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Steven Spielberg for Saving Private Ryan, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
- ^ At the 73rd Academy Awards (2000), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Steven Soderbergh for Traffic, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
- ^ At the 75th Academy Awards (2002), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Roman Polanski for The Pianist, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
- ^ At the 78th Academy Awards (2005), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
- ^ At the 85th Academy Awards (2012), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Ang Lee for Life of Pi, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
- ^ At the 86th Academy Awards (2013), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Alfonso Cuarón for Gravity, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
- ^ At the 88th Academy Awards (2015), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Alejandro G. Iñárritu for The Revenant, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
- ^ At the 89th Academy Awards (2016), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Damien Chazelle for La La Land, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
- ^ At the 91st Academy Awards (2018), the Best Director Oscar was awarded to Alfonso Cuarón for Roma, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
Stats
edit- best pic AND best director = 65 times
- NO Best Director Award = 26 times ... first time / most recent time
- NO Best Director Nomination = 5 times = list the 5 ... only 5 times ... Best Pic did NOT get a Best Director nomination
- Best Picture winning films without a Best Director nomination ... 5 times
total ...............................91
BP and BD ...........................65
BP but no BD Win but yes nom .......21
BP but no BD win AND no BD nom .......5
total ...............................91
Trivia
editThe individual who directed the most Best Picture winners was William Wyler, with three films: Mrs. Miniver (1942), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and Ben-Hur (1959).
Eleven other individuals each directed two Best Picture-winning films:
No Best Director nomination = 5 times
editThere have been only five times in Academy Award history that the director of the Best Picture winner was not nominated for Best Director:
- 1st Academy Awards (1927–1928) – Wings, directed by William A. Wellman
- 5th Academy Awards (1931–1932) – Grand Hotel, directed by Edmund Goulding
- 62nd Academy Awards (1989) – Driving Miss Daisy, directed by Bruce Beresford
- 85th Academy Awards (2012) – Argo, directed by Ben Affleck
- 91st Academy Awards (2018) – Green Book, directed by Peter Farrelly
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