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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 .
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
George Stevens was nominated five times for an Academy Award as Best Director, winning twice, and six of the movies he produced and directed were nominated for Best Picture Oscars. In 1953 he was the recipient of the Irving Thalberg Memorial Award for maintaining a consistent level of high-quality production.
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).
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.
Mar 28, 2022 · Jane Campion has won the best director Oscar for “The Power of the Dog.” The 67-year-old filmmaker won the Academy Award on Sunday night for the unconventional Western starring Benedict Cumberbatch that was shot in her native New Zealand.
