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Does anyone know the following fact / statistic? Which individual film director has directed the most Academy Award-winning acting performances? Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 06:37, 24 February 2009 (UTC))

Interesting question! After a bit of heavy munging of IMDB data, I find that the answer is William Wyler, with Elia Kazan second. Altogether there are 8 people who have directed 5 or more Oscar-winning acting performances:

  • William Wyler (13 over 31 years)
    • Jezebel (1938) — Bette Davis, Fay Bainter
    • The Westerner (1940) — Walter Brennan
    • Mrs. Miniver (1942) — Greer Garson, Teresa Wright
    • The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) — Fredric March, Harold Russell
    • The Heiress (1949) — Olivia de Havilland
    • Roman Holiday (1953) — Audrey Hepburn
    • The Big Country (1958) — Burl Ives
    • Ben-Hur (1959) — Charlton Heston, Hugh Griffith
    • Funny Girl (1968) — Barbra Streisand
  • Elia Kazan (9 over 11 years)
    • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) — James Dunn
    • Gentleman's Agreement (1947) — Celeste Holm
    • A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) — Karl Malden, Kim Hunter, Vivien Leigh
    • Viva Zapata! (1952) — Anthony Quinn
    • On the Waterfront (1954) — Eva Marie Saint, Marlon Brando
    • East of Eden (1955) — Jo Van Fleet
  • Woody Allen (6 over 32 years)
    • Annie Hall (1977) — Diane Keaton
    • Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) — Dianne Wiest, Michael Caine
    • Bullets Over Broadway (1994) — Dianne Wiest
    • Mighty Aphrodite (1995) — Mira Sorvino
    • Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) — Penélope Cruz
  • Fred Zinnemann (6 over 26 years)
    • High Noon (1952) — Gary Cooper
    • From Here to Eternity (1953) — Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra
    • A Man for All Seasons (1966) — Paul Scofield
    • Julia (1977) — Jason Robards, Vanessa Redgrave
  • Clint Eastwood (5 over 13 years)
    • Unforgiven (1992) — Gene Hackman
    • Mystic River (2003) — Sean Penn, Tim Robbins
    • Million Dollar Baby (2004) — Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman
  • John Ford (5 over 21 years)
    • The Informer (1935) — Victor McLaglen
    • Stagecoach (1939) — Thomas Mitchell
    • The Grapes of Wrath (1940) — Jane Darwell
    • How Green Was My Valley (1941) — Donald Crisp
    • Mister Roberts (1955) — Jack Lemmon
  • George Cukor (5 over 25 years)
    • The Philadelphia Story (1940) — James Stewart
    • Gaslight (1944) — Ingrid Bergman
    • A Double Life (1947) — Ronald Colman
    • Born Yesterday (1950) — Judy Holliday
    • My Fair Lady (1964) — Rex Harrison
  • Martin Scorsese (5 over 31 years)
    • Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) — Ellen Burstyn
    • Raging Bull (1980) — Robert De Niro
    • The Color of Money (1986) — Paul Newman
    • Goodfellas (1990) — Joe Pesci
    • The Aviator (2004) — Cate Blanchett

--Anonymous, 09:50 UTC, February 24, 2009.

Nice work, Anon. Who then was a gentleman? (talk) 18:11, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
Wow! You did a ton of work on this! Thanks, I really do appreciate the information ... and the research / work. Thank you! (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 05:53, 2 March 2009 (UTC))
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