RANK

DIRECTORS

NOMINATIONS

WINS

FILMS

1

John Ford

5

4

The Informer (1935)

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

How Green Was My Valley (1941)

The Quiet Man (1952)

2

Frank Capra

6

3

It Happened One Night (1934)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

You Can’t Take It with You (1938)

3

William Wyler

12

3

Mrs. Miniver (1942)

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Ben-Hur (1959)

4

Steven Spielberg

9

2

Schindler’s List (1993)

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

5

Billy Wilder

8

2

The Lost Weekend (1945)

The Apartment (1960)

6

David Lean

7

2

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

7

Fred Zinnemann

7

2

From Here to Eternity (1953)

A Man for All Seasons (1966)

8

Elia Kazan

5

2

Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)

On the Waterfront (1954)

9

George Stevens

5

2

A Place in the Sun (1951)

Giant (1956)

10

Frank Lloyd

4

2

The Divine Lady (1929)

Cavalcade (1933)

11

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

4

2

A Letter to Three Wives (1949)

All About Eve (1950)

12

Clint Eastwood

4

2

Unforgiven (1992)

Million Dollar Baby (2004)

13

Lewis Milestone

3

2

Two Arabian Knights (1928)

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

14

Leo McCarey

3

2

The Awful Truth (1937)

Going My Way (1944)

15

Robert Wise

3

2

West Side Story (1961)

The Sound of Music (1965)

16

Milos Forman

3

2

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

Amadeus (1984)

17

Oliver Stone

3

2

Platoon (1986)

Born on the Fourth of July (1989)

18

Ang Lee

3

2

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Life of Pi (2012)

19

Alejandro G. Iñárritu

3

2

Birdman (2014)

The Revenant (2015)

20

Frank Borzage

2

2

7th Heaven (1928)

Bad Girl (1932)

21

Alfonso Cuaron

2

2

Gravity (2013)

Roma (2018)