Who has won the Oscar for best director?

Answer 1

John Ford holds the record for most Academy Awards given to a director, with four for The Informer, The Grapes Of Wrath, How Green Was My Valley, and The Quiet Man. William Wyler won 3 times for Best Director, for Mrs. Miniver, The Best Years of Our Lives and Ben-Hur. Frank Capra won 3 times for Best Direction, for It Happened One Night, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town and They Can't Take It with You.

Francis Ford Coppola has 5 Academy Awards on his name. Director Billy Wilder has 6 Oscars for directing, producing and writing.
John Ford won four Academy Awards as a director. He won the Oscars for "The Informer" (1935), "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940), "How Green Was My Valley" (1941) and "The Quiet Man" (1952).

Answer 2

Here are the winners of the Academy Award for Best Director since the Oscars were first issued:

• 2016 -- Damien Chazelle, "La La Land"
• 2015 -- Alejandro G. Iñárritu, "The Revenant"
• 2014 -- Alejandro G. Iñárritu, "Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)"
• 2013 -- Alfonso Cuarón, "Gravity"
• 2012 -- Ang Lee, "Life of Pi."
• 2011 -- Michael Hazanavicius, "The Artist."
• 2010 -- Tom Hooper, "The King's Speech."
• 2009 -- Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker."
• 2008 -- Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire."
• 2007 -- Joel and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men."
• 2006 -- Martin Scorsese, "The Departed."
• 2005 -- Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain."
• 2004 -- Clint Eastwood, "Million Dollar Baby."
• 2003 -- Peter Jackson, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King."
• 2002 -- Roman Polanski, "The Pianist."
• 2001 -- Ron Howard, "A Beautiful Mind."
• 2000 -- Steven Soderbergh, "Traffic."
• 1999 -- Sam Mendes, "American Beauty."
• 1998 -- Steven Spielberg, "Saving Private Ryan."
• 1997 -- James Cameron, "Titanic."
• 1996 -- Anthony Minghella, "The English Patient."
• 1995 -- Mel Gibson, "Braveheart."
• 1994 -- Robert Zemeckis, "Forrest Gump."
• 1993 -- Steven Spielberg, "Schindler's List."
• 1992 -- Clint Eastwood, "Unforgiven."
• 1991 -- Jonathan Demme, "The Silence of the Lambs."
• 1990 -- Kevin Costner, "Dances With Wolves."
• 1989 -- Oliver Stone, "Born On the Fourth of July."
• 1988 -- Barry Levinson, "Rain Man."
• 1987 -- Bernardo Bertolucci, "The Last Emperor."
• 1986 -- Oliver Stone, "Platoon."
• 1985 -- Sydney Pollack, "Out of Africa."
• 1984 -- Milos Forman, "Amadeus."
• 1983 -- James L. Brooks, "Terms of Endearment."
• 1982 -- Sir Richard Attenborough, "Gandhi."
• 1981 -- Warren Beatty, "Reds."
• 1980 -- Robert Redford, "Ordinary People."
• 1979 -- Robert Benton, "Kramer vs. Kramer."
• 1978 -- Michael Cimino, "The Deer Hunter."
• 1977 -- Woody Allen, "Annie Hall."
• 1976 -- John G. Avildsen, "Rocky."
• 1975 -- Milos Forman, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."
• 1974 -- Francis Ford Coppola, "The Godfather Part II."
• 1973 -- George Roy Hill, "The Sting."
• 1972 -- Bob Fosse, "Cabaret."
• 1971 -- William Friedkin, "The French Connection."
• 1970 -- Franklin J. Schaffner, "Patton."
• 1969 -- John Schlesinger, "Midnight Cowboy."
• 1968 -- Sir Carol Reed, "Oliver!"
• 1967 -- Mike Nichols, "The Graduate."
• 1966 -- Fred Zinnemann, "A Man for All Seasons."
• 1965 -- Robert Wise, "The Sound of Music."
• 1964 -- George Cukor, "My Fair Lady."
• 1963 -- Tony Richardson, "Tom Jones."
• 1962 -- Sir David Lean, "Lawrence of Arabia."
• 1961 -- Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, "West Side Story."
• 1960 -- Billy Wilder, "The Apartment."
• 1959 -- William Wyler, "Ben-Hur."
• 1958 -- Vincente Minnelli, "Gigi."
• 1957 -- Sir David Lean, "Bridge on the River Kwai."
• 1956 -- George Stevens, "Giant."
• 1955 -- Delbert Mann, "Marty."
• 1954 -- Elia Kazan, "On the Waterfront."
• 1953 -- Fred Zinnemann, "From Here to Eternity."
• 1952 -- John Ford, "The Quiet Man."
• 1951 -- George Stevens, "An American Tragedy."
• 1950 -- Joseph L. Mankiewicz, "All About Eve."
• 1949 -- Joseph L. Mankiewicz, "A Letter to Three Wives."
• 1948 -- John Huston, "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."
• 1947 -- Elia Kazan, "Gentlemen's Agreement."
• 1946 -- William Wyler, "The Best Years of Our Lives."
• 1945 -- Billy Wilder, "The Lost Weekend."
• 1944 -- Leo McCarey, "Going My Way."
• 1943 -- Michael Curtiz, "Casablanca."
• 1942 -- William Wyler, "Mrs. Miniver."
• 1941 -- John Ford, "How Green Was My Valley."
• 1940 -- John Ford, "The Grapes of Wrath."
• 1939 -- Victor Fleming, "Gone with the Wind."
• 1938 -- Frank Capra. "You Can't Take It With You."
• 1937 -- Leo McCarey, "The Awful Truth."
• 1936 -- Frank Capra, "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town."
• 1935 -- John Ford, "The Informer."
• 1934 -- Frank Capra, "It Happened One Night."
• 1933 -- Frank Lloyd, "Cavalacade."
• 1931-32 -- Frank Borzage, "Bad Girl."
• 1930-31 -- Norman Taurog, "Skippy."
• 1929-30 -- Lewis Milestone, "All Quiet On the Western Front."
• 1928-29 -- Frank Lloyd, "The Divine Lady."
• 1927-28 -- Lewis Milestone, "Two Arabian Knights" (for comedy).
• 1927-28 -- Frank Borzage, "Seventh Heaven" (for drama).

Answer 3

John Ford, who was well known for his Westerns, won a record four Academy Awards for directing non-Westerns: "The Informer" (1935), "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940), "How Green Was My Valley" (1941) and "The Quiet Man" (1952).

Answer 4

John Ford, who was well known for his Westerns, won a record four Academy Awards for directing non-Westerns: "The Informer" (1935), "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940), "How Green Was My Valley" (1941) and "The Quiet Man" (1952).

Answer 5

In the 1929 Academy Awards, the very first ceremony, "Best Director" was actually two different awards. Lewis Milestone won Best Director, Comedy Picture for Two Arabian Knights, while Frank Borzage won Best Director, Dramatic Picture for 7th Heaven.

Answer 6

The legendary filmmaker John Ford won four Academy Awards for Best Director during his 50-year career. He received Oscars for "The Informer" (1935), "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940), "How Green Was My Valley" (1941) and "The Quiet Man" (1952). Only "How Green Was My Valley" was named Best Picture.

Answer 7

John Ford won four Academy Awards during his distinguished career.

Answer 8

John Ford earned the most Oscars: 4 wins. He won for directing The Informer, The Grapes of Wrath, How Green Was My Valley, and The Quiet Man.

Answer 9

John Ford.