List Of Directors With Two Or More Academy Awards For Best Director
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has given the Academy Award for Best Director to directors for their work in films since the conception of the Academy Awards. The 1st Academy Awards originally featured two directing awards: one for Dramatic Direction (won by Frank Borzage for 7th Heaven) and one for Comedy Direction (won by Lewis Milestone for Two Arabian Knights). The Comedy Direction award was not used in all subsequent ceremonies.
Throughout the history of the Academy Awards, there have been directors that have received multiple Academy Awards for Best Director. As of 2013 (85th Academy Awards), 19 directors have received two or more Academy Awards for Best Director. Three of these directors have received more than two Academy Awards for Best Director: John Ford (four Best Director awards), Frank Capra (three Best Director awards), and William Wyler (three Best Director awards).
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