Home›Figures›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. 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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 DirectorJames L. BrooksAcademy Award for Best DirectorJane CampionAcademy Award for Best DirectorJerome RobbinsAcademy Award for Best DirectorJoel CoenAcademy Award for Best DirectorJohn FordAcademy Award for Best DirectorJohn G. AvildsenAcademy Award for Best DirectorJonathan DemmeAcademy 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 DirectorMike NicholsAcademy 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 DirectorSean BakerAcademy Award for Best DirectorSteven SoderberghAcademy Award for Best DirectorSteven SpielbergAcademy Award for Best DirectorSydney PollackAcademy Award for Best DirectorTom HooperAcademy Award for Best DirectorTony RichardsonAcademy Award for Best DirectorVictor FlemingAcademy Award for Best DirectorVincente MinnelliAcademy Award for Best DirectorWarren BeattyAcademy Award for Best DirectorWilliam FriedkinAcademy Award for Best DirectorWilliam WylerAcademy Award for Best DirectorWoody AllenAcademy Award for Best DirectorConnectionsShowing the first 400 of 1,418 connections.SourcesEncyclopedia BritannicaEncyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.View the SourceWikipediaWikimedia FoundationContains: Ralph BaerContains: Jerry SiegelContains: Joe ShusterContains: Will EisnerContains: Henry LuceContains: Adam CurryContains: Andrew WeinreichContains: Reed HastingsView the SourceNolan Bushnell (Wikipedia)Contains: Nolan BushnellView the SourceDave Winer (Wikipedia)Contains: Dave WinerView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. 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