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Academy Awards
Oldest Best Director Nominees
This list features the oldest best director nominees at the Academy Awards.
RANK | DIRECTOR | AGE | FILM | YEAR |
1 | Martin Scorsese | 81 years, 67 days | Killers of the Flower Moon | 2023 |
2 | John Huston | 79 years, 184 days | Prizzi's Honor | 1985 |
3 | Charles Crichton | 78 years, 193 days | A Fish Called Wanda | 1988 |
4 | Martin Scorsese | 77 years, 57 days | The Irishman | 2019 |
5 | Robert Altman | 76 years, 357 days | Gosford Park | 2001 |
6 | David Lean | 76 years, 318 days | A Passage to India | 1984 |
7 | Clint Eastwood | 76 years, 237 days | Letters from Iwo Jima | 2006 |
8 | Woody Allen | 76 years, 55 days | Midnight in Paris | 2011 |
9 | Steven Spielberg | 76 years, 37 days | The Fabelmans | 2022 |
10 | Akira Kurosawa | 75 years, 319 days | Ran | 1985 |
References
Wikipedia (n.d.) List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees – Oldest nominees, Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_and_youngest_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees#Oldest_nominees (Accessed: 1 December 2025).
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