List of ... Academy Award for Best Director
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- ^ This column reflects the total number of Best Director awards received by the individual.
- ^ This column reflects the total number of Best Director nominations received by the individual.
- ^ At the 1st Academy Awards (1927–1928), the Best Director award was split into two categories, Comedy Picture and Dramatic Picture. Lewis Milestone received the Academy Award for Best Director (Comedy Picture) for Two Arabian Knights, while Frank Borzage received the Academy Award for Best Director (Dramatic Picture) for 7th Heaven. For all subsequent Academy Awards ceremonies, however, these two categories were merged into a single Best Director award.
- ^ At the 1st Academy Awards (1927–1928), the Best Picture Oscar was awarded to Wings, directed by William A. Wellman, who was not nominated for Best Director.
- ^ At the 2nd Academy Awards (1928–1929), the Best Picture Oscar was awarded to The Broadway Melody, directed by Harry Beaumont, who was also nominated for Best Director.
- ^ At the 4th Academy Awards (1930–1931), the Best Picture Oscar was awarded to Cimarron, directed by Wesley Ruggles, who was also nominated for Best Director.
- ^ At the 5th Academy Awards (1931–1932), the Best Picture Oscar was awarded to Grand Hotel, directed by Edmund Goulding, who was not nominated for Best Director.
- ^ At the 8th Academy Awards (1935), the Best Picture Oscar was awarded to Mutiny on the Bounty, directed by Frank Lloyd, who was also nominated for Best Director.
- ^ At the 9th Academy Awards (1936), the Best Picture Oscar was awarded to The Great Ziegfeld, directed by Robert Z. Leonard, who was also nominated for Best Director.
- ^ At the 10th Academy Awards (1937), the Best Picture Oscar was awarded to The Life of Emile Zola, directed by William Dieterle, who was also nominated for Best Director.
- ^ At the 13th Academy Awards (1940), the Best Picture Oscar was awarded to Rebecca, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, who was also nominated for Best Director.
- ^ At the 21st Academy Awards (1948), the Best Picture Oscar was awarded to Hamlet, directed by Laurence Olivier, who was also nominated for Best Director.
- ^ At the 22nd Academy Awards (1949), the Best Picture Oscar was awarded to All the King's Men, directed by Robert Rossen, who was also nominated for Best Director.
- ^ At the 24th Academy Awards (1951), the Best Picture Oscar was awarded to An American in Paris, directed by Vincente Minnelli, who was also nominated for Best Director.
- ^ At the 25th Academy Awards (1952), the Best Picture Oscar was awarded to The Greatest Show on Earth, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, who was also nominated for Best Director.
- ^ At the 29th Academy Awards (1956), the Best Picture Oscar was awarded to Around the World in 80 Days, directed by Michael Anderson, who was also nominated for Best Director.
- ^ Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins co-directed West Side Story.
- ^ At the 40th Academy Awards (1967), the Best Picture Oscar was awarded to In the Heat of the Night, directed by Norman Jewison, who was also nominated for Best Director.
- ^ At the 45th Academy Awards (1972), the Best Picture Oscar was awarded to The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who was also nominated for Best Director.
- ^ At the 54th Academy Awards (1981), the Best Picture Oscar was awarded to Chariots of Fire, directed by Hugh Hudson, who was also nominated for Best Director.
- ^ At the 62nd Academy Awards (1989), the Best Picture Oscar was awarded to Driving Miss Daisy, directed by Bruce Beresford, who was not nominated for Best Director.
- ^ At the 71st Academy Awards (1998), the Best Picture Oscar was awarded to Shakespeare in Love, directed by John Madden, who was also nominated for Best Director.
- ^ At the 73rd Academy Awards (2000), the Best Picture Oscar was awarded to Gladiator, directed by Ridley Scott, who was also nominated for Best Director.
- ^ At the 75th Academy Awards (2002), the Best Picture Oscar was awarded to Chicago, directed by Rob Marshall, who was also nominated for Best Director.
- ^ At the 78th Academy Awards (2005), the Best Picture Oscar was awarded to Crash, directed by Paul Haggis, who was also nominated for Best Director.
- ^ Joel Coen and Ethan Coen co-directed No Country for Old Men.
- ^ At the 85th Academy Awards (2012), the Best Picture Oscar was awarded to Argo, directed by Ben Affleck, who was not nominated for Best Director.
- ^ At the 86th Academy Awards (2013), the Best Picture Oscar was awarded to 12 Years a Slave, directed by Steve McQueen, who was also nominated for Best Director.
- ^ At the 88th Academy Awards (2015), the Best Picture Oscar was awarded to Spotlight, directed by Tom McCarthy, who was also nominated for Best Director.
- ^ At the 89th Academy Awards (2016), the Best Picture Oscar was awarded to Moonlight, directed by Barry Jenkins, who was also nominated for Best Director.
- ^ At the 91st Academy Awards (2018), the Best Picture Oscar was awarded to Green Book, directed by Peter Farrelly, who was not nominated for Best Director.
Best Director article
edit2 years ........... 1938 and 2000 ..... same director nominated twice .... Soderbergh won once .... Curtiz no win
consistency of "notes" EFN .... is there a space or not ..... between the ITEM and the FOOTNOTE ???
CO director ----------- only TWO wins --- West Side and No Country ......... ALSO ONE Nom ... Henry Uck & Beatty Heaven Can Wait
Chaplin - Director Special Award
total .............................. 92
BD and BP win and nom ........... 65
BD and BP nom but no BP win ........ 25
BD and no BP win AND no BP nom ...... 2
Total .............................. 92
so....
BD and NOM ........................ 90
not even NOM ......................... 2
consistency of row span / col span ........ ?? year 1 year 34 year 80
consistence of column Film or Film Title ??
Footnote A B .......... it does NOT include any other award category competitive . nom / etc
the Director also received other awards / noms / Honorary
{{efn-ua|''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]'' received 7 competitive [[Academy Awards|Academy Awards of Merit]]. In addition, the film received a [[Academy Honorary Award|Special Award]].}}
{{efn-ua|''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]'' received 7 competitive [[Academy Awards|Academy Awards of Merit]]. In addition, the film received a [[Academy Honorary Award|Special Award]].}}
The Best Years of Our Lives received 7 competitive Academy Awards of Merit. In addition, the film received a Special Award.
{{efn-ua|[[Clint Eastwood]] received 8 awards and 12 nominations for Best Director. He also received 25 awards and 32 nominations in other competitive award categories. In addition, Eastwood received an [[Academy Honorary Award]].}}
Clint Eastwood received 8 awards and 12 nominations for Best Director. He also received 25 awards and 32 nominations in other competitive award categories. In addition, Eastwood received an Academy Honorary Award.
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