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Youngest Best Director Winners
This list features the youngest directors to have won Best Director at the Academy Awards.
RANK | DIRECTOR | AGE | FILM | YEAR |
1 | Damien Chazelle | 32 years, 38 days | La La Land | 2016 |
2 | Norman Taurog | 32 years, 260 days | Skippy | 1930/31 |
3 | Lewis Milestone | 33 years, 228 days | Two Arabian Knights | 1927/28 |
4 | Sam Mendes | 34 years, 238 days | American Beauty | 1999 |
5 | Frank Borzage | 35 years, 23 days | 7th Heaven | 1927/28 |
6 | Daniel Kwan | 35 years, 30 days | Everything Everywhere All at Once | 2022 |
7 | Lewis Milestone | 35 years, 36 days | All Quiet on the Western Front | 1929/30 |
8 | Daniel Scheinert | 35 years, 278 days | Everything Everywhere All at Once | 2022 |
9 | Tony Richardson | 35 years, 313 days | Tom Jones | 1963 |
10 | Francis Ford Coppola | 36 years, 1 day | The Godfather Part II | 1974 |
References
Wikipedia (n.d.) List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees – Youngest winners. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_and_youngest_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees#Youngest_winners (Accessed: 1 December 2025).
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