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Academy Award for Best Director
Most recent winner
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer (2024)
Most awards
John Ford (4)
Most nominations
William Wyler (12)
Website
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Academy Award for Best Directing

The Academy Award for Best Director is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in the film industry. Wikipedia
Category of: Academy Awards
First awarded: 1929
Most awards: John Ford (4)
Winners & Nominees
May 7, 2024 · John Ford has won the most Academy Awards for best director (four), and Frank Capra and William Wyler each have received three. Other notable ...
2015. Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant # ; 2016. Damien Chazelle, La La Land # ; 2017. Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water ; 2018. Alfonso Cuarón, Roma ...
Of the 96 films that have won Best Picture, 69 have also been awarded Best Director.
Mar 10, 2024 · An updated visual history of every Academy Award-winning Best Director, from the very first Oscar winner to the most recent.