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The Academy Award for Best Director (officially known as the Academy Award of Merit for Directing) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in the film industry .
Nominated a record 12 times for the Academy Award for Best Director, he won three and in 1966, was honored with the Irving Thalberg Award, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences' ultimate accolade for a producer.
Mar 12, 2023 · From Warren Beatty to Steven Spielberg to Jane Campion, here's every filmmaker who's won the Best Director Oscar at the Academy AWards through the years
Jul 8, 2024 · John Ford has won the most Academy Awards for best director (four), and Frank Capra and William Wyler each have received three. Other notable recipients include Kathryn Bigelow, who is the first woman to earn the award (2010), and Chloé Zhao, the first director of color to win (2021).
In 1982 he won the Academy Award for Directing and in 2000 was given the Academy's highest honor, the Irving G. Thalberg Award. He was awarded Best Director from the Directors Guild of America and Best Writer three times from the Writers Guild of America.
Mar 28, 2022 · Jane Campion took home the Academy Award for best director for “The Power of the Dog,” a searing Western drama about a hardened rancher (Benedict Cumberbatch) who torments his brother’s wife ...
Mar 10, 2024 · Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan won the Academy Award for best director, his first Oscar ever, on Sunday night. “I have so many people to thank,” Nolan said during his acceptance...
