Which director has won the most Oscars?

With four Oscars, John Ford is the most acclaimed director in the history of the awards. The films that won him these awards were The Informer (1935), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941) and The Quiet Man (1952).
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Which director has won the most Oscars How many?

Poll: Directors Whose Films Won Most Oscars
  • Steven Spielberg. 32 Oscars: ...
  • David Lean. 27 Oscars: ...
  • Fred Zinnemann. 24 Oscars: ...
  • Vincente Minnelli. 23 Oscars: ...
  • James Cameron. 21 Oscars: ...
  • Elia Kazan. 21 Oscars: ...
  • Peter Jackson. 20 Oscars: ...
  • Martin Scorsese. 20 Oscars:
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How many directors have won multiple Oscars?

Nineteen directors have two or more Best Director Oscar wins, and include the following (with no. of nominations in parentheses): John Ford (5) - with four wins (The Informer (1935), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941), and The Quiet Man (1952))
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Who is the most award winning director?

Most Award Winning Directors by IMDB
  • Steven Spielberg. Won 3 Oscars. Another 170 wins & 134 nominations. ...
  • Clint Eastwood. Won 4 Oscars. ...
  • Woody Allen. Won 4 Oscars. ...
  • Martin Scorsese. Won 1 Oscar. ...
  • Joel Coen. Won 4 Oscars. ...
  • Pedro Almodóvar. Won 1 Oscar. ...
  • Peter Jackson. Won 3 Oscars. ...
  • Christopher Nolan. Nominated for 3 Oscars.
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How many Oscars did Steven Spielberg win for Best Director?

The celebrated director has been nominated 19 times and has won three Academy Awards, plus the coveted Irving G.
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What director has the most Oscar nominations?

William Wyler holds the record for the most nominations in history with 12 in total. Other directors with multiple nominations include Billy Wilder (8) and David Lean (7).
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Who is the Best Director of all time?

10 Best Directors Of All Time – Films, Fame and Legacy
  • Alfred Hitchcock. ...
  • Akira Kurosawa. ...
  • Federico Fellini. ...
  • Francois Truffaut. ...
  • Stanley Kubrick. ...
  • Martin Scorsese. Martin Scorsese – Best Directors Of All Time. ...
  • Steven Spielberg. Steven Spielberg – Best Directors Of All Time. ...
  • Wes Anderson. Wes Anderson – Best Directors Of All Time.
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Who won 2 Oscars for Best Director?

Frank Lloyd won two awards in this category for The Divine Lady and Cavalcade. Frank Capra won three awards in this category, for It Happened One Night, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, and You Can't Take It with You.
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Who is the youngest director to win an Oscar?

As of April 2022, the youngest directing Academy Award winner ever was Damien Chazelle. He won the Oscar in the Directing category for "La La Land" (2016) at the age of 32 years and 39 days. Norman Taurog ranked second – he was 32 years and 260 days when he won the award for "Skippy" (1931).
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Which director has directed the most movies?

Sasikumar holds record for directing most films (141) after Telugu film director Dasari Narayana Rao (151), most films having the same actor as hero Prem Nazir in 84 films and the most films directed in a year, 15 films in 1977. He died in 2014 at the age of 86.
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Which male actor has won the most Oscars?

Daniel Day-Lewis has won the most, three. Spencer Tracy and Laurence Olivier were nominated a record nine times.
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Who has won 3 Oscars for Best Actor?

Daniel Day-Lewis

Hepburn starred in dozens of movies, while Day-Lewis is more selective. He's been nominated only six times, but he's won three Oscars for Best Actor.
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Has any film won all four acting Oscars?

To date, no film has won four (or more) Academy Awards in acting categories. However, there have been fifteen films containing at least one nominated performance in each of the four Academy Award acting categories.
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Who is the best actor in the world?

25 Greatest Actors Of All Time
  • Gian Maria Volonte.
  • Dustin Hoffman.
  • Al Pacino.
  • Tom Hanks.
  • Gary Oldman.
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman.
  • Leonardo DiCaprio.
  • Joaquin Phoenix.
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Which director has the best filmography?

Here's our list of the greatest directors and their highest rated films.
  • Joel and Ethan Coen | True Grit. (96%) ...
  • Quentin Tarantino | Pulp Fiction. ...
  • John Michael McDonagh | The Guard. ...
  • Steven Spielberg | E.T. ...
  • Wes Anderson | Moonrise Kingdom. ...
  • Alfonso Cuarón | Gravity. ...
  • Edgar Wright | Shaun of the Dead. ...
  • Joon-ho Bong | Snowpiercer.
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Who is the greatest American film director?

1. Steven Spielberg (1946 - ) With an HPI of 87.57, Steven Spielberg is the most famous American Film Director. His biography has been translated into 130 different languages on wikipedia.
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Who nominated Oscar 52?

Legendary composer John Williams has the most Oscar nominations of any living person, with 52 nods. Williams has won five times, for his work on "Fiddler on the Roof," "Jaws," "Star Wars," "E.T. the Extra Terrestrial," and "Schindler's List."
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Who has won an Oscar for acting and directing?

We already know the answer to one of those questions. Only two in all of history have won Best Actor directing themselves. That would be Lawrence Olivier for Hamlet and Roberto Benigni for Life is Beautiful.
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Who was nominated for 2 Oscars for Best Director in the same year?

Only three directors have received two Best Director nominations in the same year: Clarence Brown for Romance (1929/30) and Anna Christie (1929/30) Michael Curtiz, for Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) and Four Daughters (1938)
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Who has the most Oscars of all time?

Animator and producer Walt Disney holds the all-time record with 22 Oscars.
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Can Will Smith lose Oscar?

Both Davis and Noisette say, even though Smith is no longer a member of the academy, he will likely still be eligible to win future Oscars. "He could still go out there and make a great movie, and be nominated, and win. He just would not be part of the voting body of the membership," Noisette said.
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Has Johnny Depp won an Oscar?

Despite being nominated 3 times over his lengthy career, Johnny has never won an Oscar for his work on-screen. His nominations though, highlight the diversity of his work through the years.
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