The Academy Award for Best Director (officially known as the Academy Award of Merit for Directing) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in the film industry. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Director winner.
For the first eleven years of the Academy Awards, directors were allowed to be nominated for multiple films in the same year. However, after the nomination of Michael Curtiz for two films, Angels with Dirty Faces and Four Daughters, at the 11th Academy Awards, the rules were revised so that an individual could only be nominated for one film at each ceremony.[6] That rule has since been amended, although the only director who has received multiple nominations in the same year was Steven Soderbergh for Erin Brockovich and Traffic in 2000, winning the award for the latter. The Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture have been very closely linked throughout their history. Of the 88 films that won Best Picture and were also nominated for Best Director, 67 won the award.[7][8]
In the following table, the years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of film release in Los Angeles County, California; the ceremonies are always held the following year.[9] For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned twelve months from August 1 to July 31.[10] For the 6th ceremony held in 1934, the eligibility period lasted from August 1, 1932, to December 31, 1933.[10] Since the 7th ceremony held in 1935, the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31.[10]
Alfonso Cuarón became the first Mexican director to win this award for Gravity (2013). He won again for Roma (2018).
Alejandro G. Iñárritu won in consecutive years for directing Birdman (2014) and The Revenant (2015), the third director to accomplish this and the first since 1950.
Ang Lee is the first Asian director to have won the award. In 2012 he became the first Asian director to win twice.
Alfonso Cuarón became the first Mexican director (and Latin American) to have won the award for Gravity. He won again for Roma.
Chloé Zhao became the first woman of color to have won the award for Nomadland.
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^The Circus originally received a nomination for Best Director (Comedy Picture), as well as nominations for Best Actor and Best Writing (Original Story), all for Charles Chaplin. However, the Academy subsequently decided to remove Chaplin's name from the competitive award categories and instead to confer upon him a Special Award "for acting, writing, directing and producing The Circus". Chilton, Martin (May 16, 2016). "The first Oscars: what happened in 1929". The Daily Telegraph. from the original on May 16, 2016. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
^The 2nd Academy Awards is unique in being the only occasion where there were no official nominees. Subsequent research by AMPAS has resulted in a list of unofficial or de facto nominees, based on records of which films were evaluated by the judges.
^The eligibility period for the 93rd ceremony was extended through to February 28, 2021, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Academy Award for Best Director officially known as the Academy Award of Merit for Directing is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences AMPAS It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in the film industry The award is traditionally presented by the previous year s Best Director winner Academy Award for Best DirectorThe 2022 recipients Daniel Kwan and Daniel ScheinertAwarded forExcellence in Cinematic Direction AchievementCountryUnited StatesPresented byAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences AMPAS First awarded1929 for direction in films released during the 1927 1928 film season Most recent winnerDaniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022 Most awardsJohn Ford 4 Most nominationsWilliam Wyler 12 Websiteoscars wbr orgThe 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1929 with the award being split into Dramatic and Comedy categories Frank Borzage and Lewis Milestone won for 7th Heaven and Two Arabian Knights respectively 1 However these categories were merged for all subsequent ceremonies 2 Nominees are determined by single transferable vote within the directors branch of AMPAS winners are selected by a plurality vote from the entire eligible voting members of the academy 3 4 5 For the first eleven years of the Academy Awards directors were allowed to be nominated for multiple films in the same year However after the nomination of Michael Curtiz for two films Angels with Dirty Faces and Four Daughters at the 11th Academy Awards the rules were revised so that an individual could only be nominated for one film at each ceremony 6 That rule has since been amended although the only director who has received multiple nominations in the same year was Steven Soderbergh for Erin Brockovich and Traffic in 2000 winning the award for the latter The Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture have been very closely linked throughout their history Of the 88 films that won Best Picture and were also nominated for Best Director 67 won the award 7 8 Since its inception the award has been given to 74 directors or directing teams As of the 2023 ceremony American filmmaking duo Daniels are the most recent winner in this category for their work on Everything Everywhere All at Once and the third duo to win after Robert Wise amp Jerome Robbins West Side Story and the Coen Brothers No Country for Old Men Contents 1 Winners and nominees 1 1 1920s 1 2 1930s 1 3 1940s 1 4 1950s 1 5 1960s 1 6 1970s 1 7 1980s 1 8 1990s 1 9 2000s 1 10 2010s 1 11 2020s 2 Multiple wins and nominations 2 1 Multiple wins 2 2 Four or more nominations 3 Age superlatives 4 Diversity of nominees winners 5 Records 6 Notes 7 See also 8 References 9 Bibliography 10 External linksWinners and nominees EditIn the following table the years are listed as per Academy convention and generally correspond to the year of film release in Los Angeles County California the ceremonies are always held the following year 9 For the first five ceremonies the eligibility period spanned twelve months from August 1 to July 31 10 For the 6th ceremony held in 1934 the eligibility period lasted from August 1 1932 to December 31 1933 10 Since the 7th ceremony held in 1935 the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31 10 Table key indicates the winner1920s Edit Frank Borzage won in the Dramatic category at the first ceremony and later received a second award for Bad Girl Year Director s Film Ref 1927 28 1st note 1 Frank Borzage Dramatic Picture 7th Heaven 11 Herbert Brenon Dramatic Picture Sorrell and SonKing Vidor Dramatic Picture The CrowdLewis Milestone Comedy Picture Two Arabian KnightsTed Wilde Comedy Picture Speedy1928 29 2nd note 2 Frank Lloyd The Divine Lady 12 Lionel Barrymore Madame XHarry Beaumont The Broadway MelodyIrving Cummings In Old ArizonaFrank Lloyd DragWeary RiverErnst Lubitsch The Patriot1930s Edit Lewis Milestone won in the Comedy category at the first ceremony and later received a second award for All Quiet on the Western Front Frank Lloyd won two awards in this category for The Divine Lady and Cavalcade Frank Capra won three awards in this category for It Happened One Night Mr Deeds Goes to Town and You Can t Take It with You John Ford has the most Best Director wins with four winning in 1935 1940 1941 and 1952 Year Director s Film Ref 1929 30 3rd Lewis Milestone All Quiet on the Western Front 13 Clarence Brown Anna ChristieRomanceRobert Z Leonard The DivorceeErnst Lubitsch The Love ParadeKing Vidor Hallelujah 1930 31 4th Norman Taurog Skippy 14 Clarence Brown A Free SoulLewis Milestone The Front PageWesley Ruggles CimarronJosef von Sternberg Morocco1931 32 5th Frank Borzage Bad Girl 15 King Vidor The ChampJosef von Sternberg Shanghai Express1932 33 6th Frank Lloyd Cavalcade 16 Frank Capra Lady for a DayGeorge Cukor Little Women1934 7th Frank Capra It Happened One Night 17 Victor Schertzinger One Night of LoveW S Van Dyke The Thin Man1935 8th John Ford The Informer 18 Henry Hathaway The Lives of a Bengal LancerFrank Lloyd Mutiny on the Bounty1936 9th Frank Capra Mr Deeds Goes to Town 19 Gregory La Cava My Man GodfreyRobert Z Leonard The Great ZiegfeldW S Van Dyke San FranciscoWilliam Wyler Dodsworth1937 10th Leo McCarey The Awful Truth 20 William Dieterle The Life of Emile ZolaSidney Franklin The Good EarthGregory La Cava Stage DoorWilliam A Wellman A Star Is Born1938 11th Frank Capra You Can t Take It with You 21 Michael Curtiz Angels with Dirty FacesFour DaughtersNorman Taurog Boys TownKing Vidor The Citadel1939 12th Victor Fleming Gone with the Wind 22 Frank Capra Mr Smith Goes to WashingtonJohn Ford StagecoachSam Wood Goodbye Mr ChipsWilliam Wyler Wuthering Heights1940s Edit William Wyler has the most nominations with twelve winning in 1942 1946 and 1959 Michael Curtiz won for directing Casablanca Billy Wilder right was nominated eight times winning for The Lost Weekend 1945 and The Apartment 1960 Elia Kazan won in 1947 for Gentleman s Agreement and again in 1954 for On the Waterfront John Huston received the award in 1948 for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Year Director s Film Ref 1940 13th John Ford The Grapes of Wrath 23 George Cukor The Philadelphia StoryAlfred Hitchcock RebeccaSam Wood Kitty FoyleWilliam Wyler The Letter1941 14th John Ford How Green Was My Valley 24 Alexander Hall Here Comes Mr JordanHoward Hawks Sergeant YorkOrson Welles Citizen KaneWilliam Wyler The Little Foxes1942 15th William Wyler Mrs Miniver 25 Michael Curtiz Yankee Doodle DandyJohn Farrow Wake IslandMervyn LeRoy Random HarvestSam Wood Kings Row1943 16th Michael Curtiz Casablanca 26 Clarence Brown The Human ComedyHenry King The Song of BernadetteErnst Lubitsch Heaven Can WaitGeorge Stevens The More the Merrier1944 17th Leo McCarey Going My Way 27 Alfred Hitchcock LifeboatHenry King WilsonOtto Preminger LauraBilly Wilder Double Indemnity1945 18th Billy Wilder The Lost Weekend 28 Clarence Brown National VelvetAlfred Hitchcock SpellboundLeo McCarey The Bells of St Mary sJean Renoir The Southerner1946 19th William Wyler The Best Years of Our Lives 29 Clarence Brown The YearlingFrank Capra It s a Wonderful LifeDavid Lean Brief EncounterRobert Siodmak The Killers1947 20th Elia Kazan Gentleman s Agreement 30 George Cukor A Double LifeEdward Dmytryk CrossfireHenry Koster The Bishop s WifeDavid Lean Great Expectations1948 21st John Huston The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 31 Anatole Litvak The Snake PitJean Negulesco Johnny BelindaLaurence Olivier HamletFred Zinnemann The Search1949 22nd Joseph L Mankiewicz A Letter to Three Wives 32 Carol Reed The Fallen IdolRobert Rossen All the King s MenWilliam A Wellman BattlegroundWilliam Wyler The Heiress1950s Edit Joseph L Mankiewicz won back to back Oscars for A Letter to Three Wives 1949 and All About Eve 1950 George Stevens won for A Place in the Sun and Giant Fred Zinnemann won for From Here to Eternity and A Man for All Seasons David Lean won for The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia Vincent Minnelli won for Gigi in 1958 Year Director s Film Ref 1950 23rd Joseph L Mankiewicz All About Eve 33 George Cukor Born YesterdayJohn Huston The Asphalt JungleCarol Reed The Third ManBilly Wilder Sunset Boulevard1951 24th George Stevens A Place in the Sun 34 John Huston The African QueenElia Kazan A Streetcar Named DesireVincente Minnelli An American in ParisWilliam Wyler Detective Story1952 25th John Ford The Quiet Man 35 Cecil B DeMille The Greatest Show on EarthJohn Huston Moulin RougeJoseph L Mankiewicz 5 FingersFred Zinnemann High Noon1953 26th Fred Zinnemann From Here to Eternity 36 George Stevens ShaneCharles Walters LiliBilly Wilder Stalag 17William Wyler Roman Holiday1954 27th Elia Kazan On the Waterfront 37 Alfred Hitchcock Rear WindowGeorge Seaton The Country GirlWilliam A Wellman The High and the MightyBilly Wilder Sabrina1955 28th Delbert Mann Marty 38 Elia Kazan East of EdenDavid Lean SummertimeJoshua Logan PicnicJohn Sturges Bad Day at Black Rock1956 29th George Stevens Giant 39 Michael Anderson Around the World in 80 DaysWalter Lang The King and IKing Vidor War and PeaceWilliam Wyler Friendly Persuasion1957 30th David Lean The Bridge on the River Kwai 40 Joshua Logan SayonaraSidney Lumet 12 Angry MenMark Robson Peyton PlaceBilly Wilder Witness for the Prosecution1958 31st Vincente Minnelli Gigi 41 Richard Brooks Cat on a Hot Tin RoofStanley Kramer The Defiant OnesMark Robson The Inn of the Sixth HappinessRobert Wise I Want to Live 1959 32nd William Wyler Ben Hur 42 Jack Clayton Room at the TopGeorge Stevens The Diary of Anne FrankBilly Wilder Some Like It HotFred Zinnemann The Nun s Story1960s Edit Robert Wise co won with Jerome Robbins for West Side Story 1961 and solo for The Sound of Music 1965 George Cukor won in 1964 for My Fair Lady Mike Nichols won for 1967 s The Graduate Year Director s Film Ref 1960 33rd Billy Wilder The Apartment 43 Jack Cardiff Sons and LoversJules Dassin Never on SundayAlfred Hitchcock PsychoFred Zinnemann The Sundowners1961 34th Jerome Robbins amp Robert Wise West Side Story 44 Federico Fellini La Dolce VitaStanley Kramer Judgment at NurembergRobert Rossen The HustlerJ Lee Thompson The Guns of Navarone1962 35th David Lean Lawrence of Arabia 45 Pietro Germi Divorce Italian StyleRobert Mulligan To Kill a MockingbirdArthur Penn The Miracle WorkerFrank Perry David and Lisa1963 36th Tony Richardson Tom Jones 46 Federico Fellini 8 Elia Kazan America AmericaOtto Preminger The CardinalMartin Ritt Hud1964 37th George Cukor My Fair Lady 47 Michael Cacoyannis Zorba the GreekPeter Glenville BecketStanley Kubrick Dr StrangeloveRobert Stevenson Mary Poppins1965 38th Robert Wise The Sound of Music 48 David Lean Doctor ZhivagoJohn Schlesinger DarlingHiroshi Teshigahara Woman in the DunesWilliam Wyler The Collector1966 39th Fred Zinnemann A Man for All Seasons 49 Michelangelo Antonioni BlowupRichard Brooks The ProfessionalsClaude Lelouch A Man and a WomanMike Nichols Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf 1967 40th Mike Nichols The Graduate 50 Richard Brooks In Cold BloodNorman Jewison In the Heat of the NightStanley Kramer Guess Who s Coming to DinnerArthur Penn Bonnie and Clyde1968 41st Carol Reed Oliver 51 Anthony Harvey The Lion in WinterStanley Kubrick 2001 A Space OdysseyGillo Pontecorvo The Battle of AlgiersFranco Zeffirelli Romeo and Juliet1969 42nd John Schlesinger Midnight Cowboy 52 Costa Gavras ZGeorge Roy Hill Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidArthur Penn Alice s RestaurantSydney Pollack They Shoot Horses Don t They 1970s Edit William Friedkin won in 1971 for The French Connection Bob Fosse won for Cabaret in 1972 Francis Ford Coppola earned the award for The Godfather Part II Milos Forman won for both 1975 s One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest and 1984 s Amadeus Woody Allen received seven nominations in the category winning for Annie Hall in 1977 Year Director s Film Ref 1970 43rd Franklin J Schaffner Patton 53 Robert Altman M A S HFederico Fellini Fellini SatyriconArthur Hiller Love StoryKen Russell Women in Love1971 44th William Friedkin The French Connection 54 Peter Bogdanovich The Last Picture ShowNorman Jewison Fiddler on the RoofStanley Kubrick A Clockwork OrangeJohn Schlesinger Sunday Bloody Sunday1972 45th Bob Fosse Cabaret 55 John Boorman DeliveranceFrancis Ford Coppola The GodfatherJoseph L Mankiewicz SleuthJan Troell The Emigrants1973 46th George Roy Hill The Sting 56 Ingmar Bergman Cries and WhispersBernardo Bertolucci Last Tango in ParisWilliam Friedkin The ExorcistGeorge Lucas American Graffiti1974 47th Francis Ford Coppola The Godfather Part II 57 John Cassavetes A Woman Under the InfluenceBob Fosse LennyRoman Polanski ChinatownFrancois Truffaut Day for Night1975 48th Milos Forman One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest 58 Robert Altman NashvilleFederico Fellini AmarcordStanley Kubrick Barry LyndonSidney Lumet Dog Day Afternoon1976 49th John G Avildsen Rocky 59 Ingmar Bergman Face to FaceSidney Lumet NetworkAlan J Pakula All the President s MenLina Wertmuller Seven Beauties1977 50th Woody Allen Annie Hall 60 George Lucas Star WarsHerbert Ross The Turning PointSteven Spielberg Close Encounters of the Third KindFred Zinnemann Julia1978 51st Michael Cimino The Deer Hunter 61 Woody Allen InteriorsHal Ashby Coming HomeWarren Beatty amp Buck Henry Heaven Can WaitAlan Parker Midnight Express1979 52nd Robert Benton Kramer vs Kramer 62 Francis Ford Coppola Apocalypse NowBob Fosse All That JazzEdouard Molinaro La Cage aux FollesPeter Yates Breaking Away1980s Edit Robert Redford won for Ordinary People Warren Beatty won in 1981 for directing Reds Richard Attenborough won in 1982 for his epic biopic Gandhi Oliver Stone earned two awards in this category in the 1980s one for Platoon 1986 and the other for Born on the Fourth of July 1989 Bernardo Bertolucci won for The Last Emperor 1987 Year Director s Film Ref 1980 53rd Robert Redford Ordinary People 63 David Lynch The Elephant ManRoman Polanski TessRichard Rush The Stunt ManMartin Scorsese Raging Bull1981 54th Warren Beatty Reds 64 Hugh Hudson Chariots of FireLouis Malle Atlantic CityMark Rydell On Golden PondSteven Spielberg Raiders of the Lost Ark1982 55th Richard Attenborough Gandhi 65 Sidney Lumet The VerdictWolfgang Petersen Das BootSydney Pollack TootsieSteven Spielberg E T the Extra Terrestrial1983 56th James L Brooks Terms of Endearment 66 Bruce Beresford Tender MerciesIngmar Bergman Fanny and AlexanderMike Nichols SilkwoodPeter Yates The Dresser1984 57th Milos Forman Amadeus 67 Woody Allen Broadway Danny RoseRobert Benton Places in the HeartRoland Joffe The Killing FieldsDavid Lean A Passage to India1985 58th Sydney Pollack Out of Africa 68 Hector Babenco Kiss of the Spider WomanJohn Huston Prizzi s HonorAkira Kurosawa RanPeter Weir Witness1986 59th Oliver Stone Platoon 69 Woody Allen Hannah and Her SistersJames Ivory A Room with a ViewRoland Joffe The MissionDavid Lynch Blue Velvet1987 60th Bernardo Bertolucci The Last Emperor 70 John Boorman Hope and GloryLasse Hallstrom My Life as a DogNorman Jewison MoonstruckAdrian Lyne Fatal Attraction1988 61st Barry Levinson Rain Man 71 Charles Crichton A Fish Called WandaMike Nichols Working GirlAlan Parker Mississippi BurningMartin Scorsese The Last Temptation of Christ1989 62nd Oliver Stone Born on the Fourth of July 72 Woody Allen Crimes and MisdemeanorsKenneth Branagh Henry VJim Sheridan My Left FootPeter Weir Dead Poets Society1990s Edit Jonathan Demme won for The Silence of the Lambs 1991 Clint Eastwood won for Unforgiven 1992 and Million Dollar Baby 2004 Steven Spielberg won for Schindler s List 1993 and Saving Private Ryan 1998 James Cameron won for Titanic 1997 Sam Mendes won for his directorial debut American Beauty 1999 Year Director s Film Ref 1990 63rd Kevin Costner Dances with Wolves 73 Francis Ford Coppola The Godfather Part IIIStephen Frears The GriftersBarbet Schroeder Reversal of FortuneMartin Scorsese Goodfellas1991 64th Jonathan Demme The Silence of the Lambs 74 Barry Levinson BugsyRidley Scott Thelma amp LouiseJohn Singleton Boyz n the HoodOliver Stone JFK1992 65th Clint Eastwood Unforgiven 75 Robert Altman The PlayerMartin Brest Scent of a WomanJames Ivory Howards EndNeil Jordan The Crying Game1993 66th Steven Spielberg Schindler s List 76 Robert Altman Short CutsJane Campion The PianoJames Ivory The Remains of the DayJim Sheridan In the Name of the Father1994 67th Robert Zemeckis Forrest Gump 77 Woody Allen Bullets over BroadwayKrzysztof Kieslowski Three Colours RedRobert Redford Quiz ShowQuentin Tarantino Pulp Fiction1995 68th Mel Gibson Braveheart 78 Mike Figgis Leaving Las VegasChris Noonan BabeMichael Radford Il Postino The PostmanTim Robbins Dead Man Walking1996 69th Anthony Minghella The English Patient 79 Joel Coen FargoMilos Forman The People vs Larry FlyntScott Hicks ShineMike Leigh Secrets amp Lies1997 70th James Cameron Titanic 80 Peter Cattaneo The Full MontyAtom Egoyan The Sweet HereafterCurtis Hanson L A ConfidentialGus Van Sant Good Will Hunting1998 71st Steven Spielberg Saving Private Ryan 81 Roberto Benigni Life Is BeautifulJohn Madden Shakespeare in LoveTerrence Malick The Thin Red LinePeter Weir The Truman Show1999 72nd Sam Mendes American Beauty 82 Lasse Hallstrom The Cider House RulesSpike Jonze Being John MalkovichMichael Mann The InsiderM Night Shyamalan The Sixth Sense2000s Edit Peter Jackson won for The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King 2003 Ang Lee became the first Asian director to win for Brokeback Mountain 2005 He won again for Life of Pi 2012 Martin Scorsese won once from nine nominations for The Departed in 2006 Joel and Ethan Coen won for No Country for Old Men 2007 Kathryn Bigelow was the first woman to win Best Director She won for The Hurt Locker in 2009 Year Director s Film Ref 2000 73rd Steven Soderbergh Traffic 83 Stephen Daldry Billy ElliotAng Lee Crouching Tiger Hidden DragonRidley Scott GladiatorSteven Soderbergh Erin Brockovich2001 74th Ron Howard A Beautiful Mind 84 Robert Altman Gosford ParkPeter Jackson The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the RingDavid Lynch Mulholland DriveRidley Scott Black Hawk Down2002 75th Roman Polanski The Pianist 85 Pedro Almodovar Talk to HerStephen Daldry The HoursRob Marshall ChicagoMartin Scorsese Gangs of New York2003 76th Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King 86 Sofia Coppola Lost in TranslationClint Eastwood Mystic RiverFernando Meirelles City of GodPeter Weir Master and Commander The Far Side of the World2004 77th Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby 87 Taylor Hackford RayMike Leigh Vera DrakeAlexander Payne SidewaysMartin Scorsese The Aviator2005 78th Ang Lee Brokeback Mountain 88 George Clooney Good Night and Good LuckPaul Haggis CrashBennett Miller CapoteSteven Spielberg Munich2006 79th Martin Scorsese The Departed 89 Clint Eastwood Letters from Iwo JimaStephen Frears The QueenPaul Greengrass United 93Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Babel2007 80th Joel Coen and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men 90 Paul Thomas Anderson There Will Be BloodTony Gilroy Michael ClaytonJason Reitman JunoJulian Schnabel The Diving Bell and the Butterfly2008 81st Danny Boyle Slumdog Millionaire 91 Stephen Daldry The ReaderDavid Fincher The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonRon Howard Frost NixonGus Van Sant Milk2009 82nd Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker 92 James Cameron AvatarLee Daniels PreciousJason Reitman Up in the AirQuentin Tarantino Inglourious Basterds2010s Edit Alfonso Cuaron became the first Mexican director to win this award for Gravity 2013 He won again for Roma 2018 Alejandro G Inarritu won in consecutive years for directing Birdman 2014 and The Revenant 2015 the third director to accomplish this and the first since 1950 Damien Chazelle became the youngest Best Director winner for La La Land 2016 Guillermo del Toro won for The Shape of Water 2017 Bong Joon ho became the first South Korean winner for Parasite 2019 Year Director s Film Ref 2010 83rd Tom Hooper The King s Speech 93 Darren Aronofsky Black SwanJoel Coen and Ethan Coen True GritDavid Fincher The Social NetworkDavid O Russell The Fighter2011 84th Michel Hazanavicius The Artist 94 Woody Allen Midnight in ParisTerrence Malick The Tree of LifeAlexander Payne The DescendantsMartin Scorsese Hugo2012 85th Ang Lee Life of Pi 95 Michael Haneke AmourDavid O Russell Silver Linings PlaybookSteven Spielberg LincolnBenh Zeitlin Beasts of the Southern Wild2013 86th Alfonso Cuaron Gravity 96 Steve McQueen 12 Years a SlaveAlexander Payne NebraskaDavid O Russell American HustleMartin Scorsese The Wolf of Wall Street2014 87th Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Birdman 97 Wes Anderson The Grand Budapest HotelRichard Linklater BoyhoodBennett Miller FoxcatcherMorten Tyldum The Imitation Game2015 88th Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu The Revenant 98 Lenny Abrahamson RoomTom McCarthy SpotlightAdam McKay The Big ShortGeorge Miller Mad Max Fury Road2016 89th Damien Chazelle La La Land 99 Mel Gibson Hacksaw RidgeBarry Jenkins MoonlightKenneth Lonergan Manchester by the SeaDenis Villeneuve Arrival2017 90th Guillermo del Toro The Shape of Water 100 Paul Thomas Anderson Phantom ThreadGreta Gerwig Lady BirdChristopher Nolan DunkirkJordan Peele Get Out2018 91st Alfonso Cuaron Roma 101 Yorgos Lanthimos The FavouriteSpike Lee BlacKkKlansmanAdam McKay VicePawel Pawlikowski Cold War2019 92nd Bong Joon ho Parasite 102 Sam Mendes 1917Todd Phillips JokerMartin Scorsese The IrishmanQuentin Tarantino Once Upon a Time in Hollywood2020s Edit Chloe Zhao became the second woman and first one of color to win the Best Director honor for Nomadland 2020 Jane Campion became the third woman to win the Best Director honor for The Power of the Dog 2021 Year Director s Film Ref 2020 21 note 3 93rd Chloe Zhao Nomadland 103 Lee Isaac Chung MinariEmerald Fennell Promising Young WomanDavid Fincher MankThomas Vinterberg Another Round2021 94th Jane Campion The Power of the Dog 104 Paul Thomas Anderson Licorice PizzaKenneth Branagh BelfastRyusuke Hamaguchi Drive My CarSteven Spielberg West Side Story2022 95th Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert Everything Everywhere All at Once 105 Todd Field TarMartin McDonagh The Banshees of InisherinRuben Ostlund Triangle of SadnessSteven Spielberg The FabelmansMultiple wins and nominations EditMultiple wins Edit Wins Director4 John Ford3 Frank CapraWilliam Wyler2 Ang LeeFrank BorzageAlfonso CuaronClint EastwoodMilos FormanAlejandro G InarrituElia KazanDavid LeanFrank LloydJoseph L MankiewiczLeo McCareyLewis MilestoneSteven SpielbergGeorge StevensOliver StoneBilly WilderRobert WiseFred Zinnemann Four or more nominations Edit Nominations Director12 William Wyler9 Martin ScorseseSteven Spielberg8 Billy Wilder7 Woody AllenDavid LeanFred Zinnemann6 Clarence BrownFrank Capra5Robert AltmanGeorge CukorMichael CurtizJohn FordAlfred HitchcockJohn HustonElia KazanFrank LloydGeorge StevensKing Vidor4 Francis Ford CoppolaClint EastwoodFederico FelliniStanley KubrickSidney LumetJoseph L MankiewiczMike NicholsPeter WeirAge superlatives EditRecord Director Film Age Ref Oldest winner Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby 74 106 Oldest nominee John Huston Prizzi s Honor 79 106 Youngest winner Damien Chazelle La La Land 32 106 Youngest nominee John Singleton Boyz n the Hood 24 106 Diversity of nominees winners EditSince its inception it has been 467 nominations for the award and it has been given to 74 directors or directing teams Six black directors have been nominated John Singleton Lee Daniels Steve McQueen Barry Jenkins Jordan Peele and Spike Lee a total of six times in this category and none have won the award 107 Seven female directors have been nominated Jane Campion Chloe Zhao Emerald Fennell Greta Gerwig Kathryn Bigelow Sofia Coppola and Lina Wertmuller a total of eight times in the category and three have won the award 108 Nine Asian directors have been nominated M Night Shyamalan Chloe Zhao Lee Isaac Chung Ryusuke Hamaguchi Bong Joon ho Ang Lee Hiroshi Teshigahara Akira Kurosawa and Daniel Kwan a total of eleven times in the category with four wins total 109 Five Latin American directors have been nominated Hector Babenco Fernando Meirelles Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Alfonso Cuaron and Guillermo del Toro a total of eight times in the category with five wins total 110 Records EditJohn Ford has received the most awards in this category with four William Wyler was nominated on twelve occasions more than any other individual Clarence Brown received the most nominations without a win with six Damien Chazelle became the youngest director in history to receive this award at the age of 32 for his work on La La Land John Singleton became the youngest and first black director to be nominated for this award at age 24 for his work on Boyz n the Hood Three directing teams have shared the award Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins for West Side Story in 1961 Joel and Ethan Coen for No Country for Old Men in 2007 and Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert for Everything Everywhere All at Once in 2022 Only five times in Academy Award history have director collaborators been nominated for award Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins for West Side Story 1961 Warren Beatty and Buck Henry for Heaven Can Wait 1978 Joel and Ethan Coen for No Country for Old Men 2007 and True Grit 2010 and Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert for Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022 Only six times in Academy Award history did directors win the award for their feature film debut Delbert Mann for Marty 1955 Jerome Robbins for West Side Story 1961 Robert Redford for Ordinary People 1980 James L Brooks for Terms of Endearment 1983 Kevin Costner for Dances with Wolves and Sam Mendes for American Beauty 1999 Jerome Robbins is the only winner in this category that only directed one feature film his entire life The Coen brothers are the only siblings to have won the award 111 Kathryn Bigelow is the first woman to have won the award for 2009 s The Hurt Locker Francis Ford Coppola for The Godfather Trilogy is the only director to be nominated for each film of a trilogy winning one for the sequel John Ford 1940 1941 Joseph L Mankiewicz 1949 1950 and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu 2014 2015 are the only three directors to have won back to back for this category Ang Lee is the first Asian director to have won the award In 2012 he became the first Asian director to win twice Alfonso Cuaron became the first Mexican director and Latin American to have won the award for Gravity He won again for Roma Chloe Zhao became the first woman of color to have won the award for Nomadland Notes Edit The Circus originally received a nomination for Best Director Comedy Picture as well as nominations for Best Actor and Best Writing Original Story all for Charles Chaplin However the Academy subsequently decided to remove Chaplin s name from the competitive award categories and instead to confer upon him a Special Award for acting writing 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