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While the award is considered a good way to sum up the most successful and talented American film directors, several revered directors such as Stanley Kubrick , Orson Welles , and Alfred Hitchcock never won the award. Martin Scorsese and Robert Altman , who have each been nominated for best director five times, are considered to be among the greatest living American directors without Oscars. John Ford is the only director with 4 Best Director Oscars, followed by Frank Capra and William Wyler with 3 Best Director Academy Awards.


List of Awards and Nominees

Each Academy Award ceremony is listed chronologically below along with the winner of the Academy Award for Directing and the film associated with the award. Indented and following the winner of each award are the other nominees for best director.


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In the first year only a separate award was given for Comedy Direction




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