The Oscar for Best Director is an award given by the Hollywood Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for excellence in directing a feature film from the previous year.
In the last edition, the award went to director Jane Campion for her film the power of the dog. The ninety-fourth Oscar gala was held on March 27, 2022.
We find out who are the film directors with the most Oscars.
Con 4 Oscar: John Ford
John Ford (1894-1973) is the most awarded filmmaker by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood.
With a professional career of more than 50 years, in which he participated in almost all facets of the cinematographic art, Ford directed more than 140 films, many of them in the silent era.
He is considered one of the most important and influential film directors of his generation.
His 4 Oscars were won thanks to The informer (1935), the grapes of wrath (1940), How green was my valley! (1941) y The Quiet Man (1952).
What film directors have 3 Oscars?
Frank Capra
Frank Capra (1897-1991), Italian-American director, lived his golden age in the cinema of the 1930s.
The filmmaker won the Oscar for best director with the films it happened one night (1934), the secret of living (1936) y live as you want (1938).
One of his most famous films, but for which he did not win an Oscar, was Living is beautiful! (1946). In many countries it has become a Christmas classic.
William Wyler
William Wyler (1902-1981) became one of Universal Studios’ greatest assets in the early 1930s.
He directed movies of all kinds. His way of shooting was recognizable and included innovations such as depth of field. Today he is included among the most valuable film directors.
He got the Oscar up to 3 times for: Mrs Miniver (1942), The best years of our life (1946) and the mythical Ben-How (1959).
With 2 Oscars for best director: Spielberg, Eastwood, González Iñárritu…
Two awards are enjoyed by many of the most famous directors of all time. Here are some of them.
Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg is perhaps the best known, winner of the Oscar for Best Director for schindler’s list (1993) y Saving Private Ryan (1998).
Spielberg will be nominated for the Oscar for best director for the ninth time after being nominated for his latest film, “The Fabelmans,” at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood.
Alejandro González Iñárritu
The Mexican Alejandro González Iñárritu also has two statuettes thanks to Birdman (2014) y the revenant (2015). The latter received a total of 12 Oscar nominations.
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood, as well as a great interpreter, made a very important place for himself in the world of directing.
The Oscars came with the movies Unforgiven (1992) y Million Dollar Baby (2004).
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Joseph L. Mankiewicz won two other Oscars: the first with his feature film Letter to Three Wives (1949)a film where her interest in female psychology is revealed and with which she also won another statuette for best adapted screenplay.
In 1950 he achieved his second award with the film All About Eve.
Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone won his first award with Platoon (1984), a film that was also distinguished for best photography. Platoon It was the first of a trilogy based on the Vietnam War, in which Stone participated as a Marine.
His second Oscar comes with Born on July 4 (1989).
Billy Wilder
From an earlier time it would be Billy Wilder, great master of American comedy in the 50s and 60s and who won two statuettes with the films days without trace (1945) y Apartment (1960).
The Lee
Taiwanese film director Ang Lee is also among the winners of two Oscars. His first great success came from the hand of Brokeback Mountain (2005), a gay cowboy story that became a worldwide phenomenon.
His consecration as director was confirmed with The life of Pi (2012), an adventure story with a photograph that invites the imagination.
Oscar-winning female directors
There are only three women distinguished with an Oscar for Best Director: the American Kathryn Bigelow, the Chinese Chloé Zhao and the New Zealand Jane Camion, thanks to their films The Hurt Locker, Nomadland y The power of the dog respectively.