List of directors with two or more Academy Awards for Best Director
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has given the Academy Award for Best Directing to directors for their work in films since the conception of the Academy Awards. The 1st Academy Awards originally featured two directing awards: one for Dramatic Direction (won by Frank Borzage for 7th Heaven) and one for Comedy Direction (won by Lewis Milestone for Two Arabian Knights).[1][2] The Comedy Direction award was not used in any subsequent ceremony.[3]
Throughout the history of the Academy Awards, there have been directors that have received multiple Academy Awards for Best Directing. As of 2015 (88th Academy Awards), 20 directors have received two or more Academy Awards for Best Directing. Three of these directors have received more than two Academy Awards for Best Directing: John Ford (four Best Directing awards),[4] Frank Capra (three Best Directing awards),[5] and William Wyler (three Best Directing awards).[6]
Directors
See also
Notes
- A At the 1st Academy Awards, Frank Borzage won the "Dramatic Direction" award for 7th Heaven, and Lewis Milestone won the "Comedy Direction" award for Two Arabian Knights.[7] The "Comedy Direction" award was not used after the 1st Academy Awards.[3]
References
- General
- "Director 2 or more". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2008-03-08. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
- Specific
- ↑ "Frank Borzage - Awards". Moviefone. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
- ↑ "Lewis Milestone - Awards". Moviefone. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
- 1 2 O'Neil, Tom (2008-01-28). "And the Oscar goes to ... you (if only for a minute)". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
- ↑ French, Phillip (2001-03-18). "Philip French's all-time Oscar favourites". The Guardian. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
- ↑ Flint, Peter (1991-09-04). "Frank Capra, Whose Films Helped America Keep Faith in Itself, Is Dead at 94". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
- ↑ "Early Oscar favorites arrive". China Daily. 2006-10-12. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
- ↑ "Director 2 or more". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2008-03-08. Retrieved 2008-08-23.