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 .

Mar 12, 2023 · From Warren Beatty to Steven Spielberg to Jane Campion, here's every filmmaker who's won the Best Director Oscar at the Academy AWards through the years

George Stevens was nominated five times for an Academy Award as Best Director, winning twice, and six of the movies he produced and directed were nominated for Best Picture Oscars. In 1953 he was the recipient of the Irving Thalberg Memorial Award for maintaining a consistent level of high-quality production.

Jan 2, 2025 · John Ford has won the most Academy Awards for best director (four), and Frank Capra and William Wyler each have received three. Other notable recipients include Kathryn Bigelow, who is the first woman to earn the award (2010), Ang Lee, the first director of color to win (2006), and Chloé Zhao, the first woman of color to win (2021). Below is a ...

Sep 16, 2023 · Here are the 21 directors who have achieved this prestigious feat. Directors like Alfonso Cuarón, Clint Eastwood, and Elia Kazan have won the Academy Award for Best Director twice, showcasing their exceptional talent and filmmaking abilities.

Dec 9, 2024 · The legendary John Ford won the Academy Award for best director four times (more than anyone else).

Mar 11, 2024 · Click through our updated visual history of every winner of the Academy Award for Best Director, from the most recent Oscar winner to the very first champion. Gallery updated March 2024.

The Academy Award for Best Directing (Best Director), usually known as the Best Director Oscar, is one of the Awards of Merit presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to directors for a movie.

Dec 9, 2024 · What director has won the most Academy Awards? Well, it kinda depends on how you look at it. John Ford won four best-director Oscars, for The Informer (1935), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941), and The Quiet Man (1952).

Mar 10, 2024 · Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan won the Academy Award for best director, his first Oscar ever, on Sunday night.