Home›Directors and Filmmakers›Award›Academy Award for Best DirectorBrowse ByAcademy Award for Best DirectorAward groups media figures by the honors their peers gave them. Wikipedia notes that as a film producer, Walt Disney "holds the record for most Academy Awards won (22) and nominations (59) by an individual," a record still unmatched. This dimension lets a visitor find the figures a media industry itself chose to single out.Academy Award for Best DirectorComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Academy Award for Best DirectorFilter Results60 entriesMediumAllFilm (11)Birth YearAll1886 (2)1889 (1)1894 (2)1895 (1)1897 (1)1898 (1)1899 (2)1904 (1)1906 (1)1907 (1)1909 (2)1914 (1)1918 (1)1920 (2)1921 (1)1923 (1)1927 (1)1928 (1)1930 (1)1933 (1)1935 (2)1936 (1)1937 (1)1939 (2)1941 (1)1942 (2)1946 (2)1951 (2)1954 (5)1955 (1)1956 (2)1957 (1)1961 (1)1963 (2)1964 (1)1965 (1)1967 (1)1969 (1)1970 (2)1972 (1)1982 (1)1987 (1)1988 (1)NationalityAllAustralia (1)Austria (1)Canada (1)China (1)England (4)France (2)Greece (1)Hungary (1)Italy (1)Mexico (1)New Zealand (2)Poland (1)Russia (1)South Korea (1)Taiwan (1)United Kingdom (5)United States (40)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 60Alejandro Gonzalez InarrituAcademy Award for Best DirectorAng LeeAcademy Award for Best DirectorAnthony MinghellaAcademy Award for Best DirectorBarry LevinsonAcademy Award for Best DirectorBernardo BertolucciAcademy Award for Best DirectorBob FosseAcademy Award for Best DirectorBong Joon-hoAcademy Award for Best DirectorCarol ReedAcademy Award for Best DirectorChloé ZhaoAcademy Award for Best DirectorChristopher NolanAcademy Award for Best DirectorClint EastwoodAcademy Award for Best DirectorDaniel ScheinertAcademy Award for Best DirectorDaniels (directors)Academy Award for Best DirectorDanny BoyleAcademy Award for Best DirectorDelbert MannAcademy Award for Best DirectorElia KazanAcademy Award for Best DirectorEthan CoenAcademy Award for Best DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaAcademy Award for Best DirectorFrank BorzageAcademy Award for Best DirectorFrank CapraAcademy Award for Best DirectorFrank LloydAcademy Award for Best DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerAcademy Award for Best DirectorFred ZinnemannAcademy Award for Best DirectorGeorge CukorAcademy Award for Best DirectorGeorge Roy HillAcademy Award for Best DirectorGeorge StevensAcademy Award for Best DirectorGuillermo del ToroAcademy Award for Best DirectorJames CameronAcademy Award for Best DirectorJane CampionAcademy Award for Best DirectorJerome RobbinsAcademy Award for Best DirectorJohn FordAcademy Award for Best DirectorJohn G. AvildsenAcademy Award for Best DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczAcademy Award for Best DirectorKathryn BigelowAcademy Award for Best DirectorKevin CostnerAcademy Award for Best DirectorLeo McCareyAcademy Award for Best DirectorLewis MilestoneAcademy Award for Best DirectorMartin ScorseseAcademy Award for Best DirectorMel GibsonAcademy Award for Best DirectorMichael CiminoAcademy Award for Best DirectorMichael CurtizAcademy Award for Best DirectorMichel HazanaviciusAcademy Award for Best DirectorNorman TaurogAcademy Award for Best DirectorOliver StoneAcademy Award for Best DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonAcademy Award for Best DirectorPeter JacksonAcademy Award for Best DirectorRichard AttenboroughAcademy Award for Best DirectorRobert RedfordAcademy Award for Best DirectorRobert WiseAcademy Award for Best DirectorRobert ZemeckisAcademy Award for Best DirectorRoman PolanskiAcademy Award for Best DirectorRon HowardAcademy Award for Best DirectorSam MendesAcademy Award for Best DirectorSteven SoderberghAcademy Award for Best DirectorSteven SpielbergAcademy Award for Best DirectorTom HooperAcademy Award for Best DirectorTony RichardsonAcademy Award for Best DirectorVictor FlemingAcademy Award for Best DirectorWarren BeattyAcademy Award for Best DirectorWoody AllenAcademy Award for Best DirectorComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.