Academy Award for Best Director

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Academy Award film award

The Academy Award for Best Director is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor outstanding achievement in film directing.

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Academy Award for Best Director canonical 588
Academy Award for Best Director nomination 9
Academy Award nomination for Best Director 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Academy Award ⓘ
film award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
surface form: Oscar for Best Director
associatedWith Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
awardedFor outstanding achievement in film directing ⓘ
awardType competitive award ⓘ
belongsToIndustry film industry ⓘ
broadcastNetworkExamples American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
surface form: ABC (United States)
broadcastOn television ⓘ
ceremonyLocation Hollywood ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
eligibleWorks feature films ⓘ
field film directing ⓘ
firstAwarded 1929 ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
governingBody Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
surface form: Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
hasCategoryType individual achievement award ⓘ
hasGenderRestriction no ⓘ
hasHistoricalNote originally had separate categories for drama and comedy in the first years ⓘ
hasNomineeLimit typically five nominees ⓘ
hasNotableFirstAsianWinner Ang Lee ⓘ
hasNotableFirstBlackWinner no Black director has yet won as of 2024 ⓘ
hasNotableFirstFemaleWinner Kathryn Bigelow ⓘ
hasNotableFirstFemaleWinnerYear 2010 ceremony (for 2009 films) ⓘ
hasNotableMultipleWinners Frank Capra ⓘ
John Ford ⓘ
Steven Spielberg ⓘ
William Wyler ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.oscars.org ⓘ
hasSignificance often seen as recognition of overall creative control of a film ⓘ
inception 1927–1928 film season ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName English ⓘ
notableAs one of the major Academy Award categories ⓘ
one of the most prestigious awards in film directing ⓘ
organizer Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
partOf Academy Award ⓘ
surface form: Academy Awards
presentedBy Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
relatedAward BAFTA Award for Best Direction ⓘ
Directors Guild of America Award ⓘ
surface form: Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures

Golden Globe Award for Best Director ⓘ
selectionProcess voted on by members of the Directors Branch of the Academy for nominations ⓘ
winners chosen by all voting members of the Academy ⓘ
trophyName Oscar ⓘ
surface form: Oscar statuette
typicalAnnouncementTime announced during the annual Academy Awards ceremony ⓘ

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Oppenheimer (2023 film) → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
The King’s Speech → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Gentleman's Agreement → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences → awardsPresented → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Ron Howard → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
A Beautiful Mind (2001 film) → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Victor Fleming → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Victor Fleming → awardReceivedForWork → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Director for "Gone with the Wind"
Robert Zemeckis → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Guillermo del Toro → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Christopher Nolan → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Kenneth Branagh → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Director nomination
Gone with the Wind → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
The English Patient → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Norman Jewison → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Director nomination
Academy Award for Best Director → alsoKnownAs → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oscar for Best Director
Citizen Kane → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
The Insider (film) → awardNominated → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
subject surface form: The Insider
Rocky → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Elia Kazan → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Tom Hooper → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Tom Hooper → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Frost/Nixon → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Steven Spielberg → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Steven Spielberg → notableAwardFor → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Director for Schindler's List
Steven Spielberg → notableAwardFor → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Director for Saving Private Ryan
American Graffiti → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
John Ford → academyAwards → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Director for The Informer
John Ford → academyAwards → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Director for The Grapes of Wrath
John Ford → academyAwards → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Director for How Green Was My Valley
John Ford → academyAwards → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Director for The Quiet Man
Frank Capra → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Billy Wilder → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Kevin Costner → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
The Irishman → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Howards End → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
The Remains of the Day → notableAwardNomination → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Richard Attenborough → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
BAFTA Award for Best Direction → relatedAward → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Lawrence of Arabia → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Warren Beatty → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
The Silence of the Lambs → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Ang Lee → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Ang Lee → wonForWork → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Director for Life of Pi
Life of Pi → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Silver Linings Playbook → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Dunkirk → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Greta Gerwig → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Vincente Minnelli → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ