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Directors with the Most Oscar Nominations for Best Director

Name the directors with 4 or more nominations for the Best Director award at the Academy Awards.
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Last updated: July 13, 2025
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Number of Nominations (Wins)
Director
12 (3)
William Wyler
10 (1)
Martin Scorsese
9 (2)
Steven Spielberg
8 (2)
Billy Wilder
7 (2)
Fred Zinnemann
7 (2)
David Lean
7 (1)
Woody Allen
6 (3)
Frank Capra
5 (4)
John Ford
5 (2)
George Stevens
5 (2)
Elia Kazan
5 (1)
John Huston
5 (1)
George Cukor
Number of Nominations (Wins)
Director
5 (0)
Robert Altman
5 (0)
Clarence Brown
5 (0)
Alfred Hitchcock
5 (0)
King Vidor
4 (2)
Clint Eastwood
4 (2)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
4 (1)
Francis Ford Coppola
4 (1)
Michael Curtiz
4 (1)
Mike Nichols
4 (0)
Federico Fellini
4 (0)
Stanley Kubrick
4 (0)
Sidney Lumet
4 (0)
Peter Weir
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2 Comments
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Level 62
Jul 11, 2025
Zinnemann is incorectly spelled.
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Level 52
Jul 12, 2025
yeah, the reason 0% of people have gotten a famous director like Fred Zinnemann right is because his name is not Fred Zinnerman

great quiz otherwise!