Director Trivia
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Most Nominations for Best Director
Most Directing Oscars
Most Nominations Without A Single Win
Back-to-Back Directing Oscars
Only
People to Direct Themselves to Acting Oscars
Person to Direct the Most Acting Award Winning
Performances
The
Only Women Nominated for Best Director
Oldest/Youngest Best Directors
Most Nominations for Best Director
William Wyler - 12
Dodsworth (1936)
Wuthering Heights (1939)
The Letter (1940)
The Little Foxes
(1941)
Mrs. Miniver (1942) [w]
The Best Years of Our Lives
(1946) [w]
The Heiress (1949)
Detective Story (1951)
Roman Holiday (1953)
Friendly Persuasion (1956)
Ben-Hur
(1959) [w]
The Collector (1965)
John Ford was only nominated for 5 Academy Awards for directing, 19 other men can claim that or better, but he holds the record for the most wins for Best Director with 4. John won for The Informer (1935), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941) and The Quiet Man (1952).
Most Nominations Without A Single Win
Clarence Brown - Romance (1929/30), Anna Christie (1929/30), A Free Soul (1930/31), The Human Comedy (1943), National Velvet (1944), The Yearling (1946)
Joseph L Mankiewicz - A Letter to Three Wives (1949), All About Eve (1950)
John Ford - Grapes of Wrath (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Only
People to Direct Themselves to Acting Oscars
Person to Direct the Most Acting Award Winning
Performances
William Wyler directed has directed 34 Oscar nominated and 13 Oscar winning performances, they winners are:
The Only Women Nominated As Best Director:
Oldest/Youngest Best Directors
Youngest Nominee: John Singleton, Age 23, Boyz In The Hood (1991)
Youngest Winner: Norman Taurog, Age 31, Skippy (1930/31)
Oldest Nominee: John Huston, Age 79, Prizzi's Honor (1985)
Oldest Winner: Roman Polanski, Age 69, The Pianist (2002)
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