Statistics are valid through the 2007 (80th) Academy Awards, presented on February 24, 2008. [document last updated 3/08]


ACTING NOMINATIONS DIRECTOR FACTS

[Note: All the following statistics refer to directors whose films received acting nominations and/or awards; whether or not the director received a directing nomination and/or award is not taken into account.]

DIRECTORS WITH THE MOST ACTING NOMINATIONS
36     William Wyler
24      Elia Kazan
21      George Cukor
20      Martin Scorsese
20      Fred Zinnemann
18      Sidney Lumet
18      Mike Nichols
18      George Stevens
17      Billy Wilder
16      Stanley Kramer
15      Woody Allen
15      John Huston

DIRECTORS WITH THE MOST ACTING AWARDS
15   William Wyler (14 + 1 honorary acting Oscar)
9      Elia Kazan
7      Fred Zinnemann (6 + 1 honorary acting Oscar)
5      Woody Allen
5      George Cukor
5      Clint Eastwood
5      John Ford
5      Martin Scorsese
4      Hal Ashby
4      James L. Brooks
4      Jonathan Demme
4      Victor Fleming
4      John Huston
4      Sidney Lumet

DIRECTORS WITH THE MOST ACTING NOMINATIONS IN A SINGLE YEAR
7      Herbert Ross (1977)
5      William Wyler (1942)
5      Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1950)
5      Fred Zinnemann (1953)
5      Elia Kazan (1954)
5      Mark Robson (1957)
5      Tony Richardson (1963)
5      Arthur Penn (1967)
5      Francis Ford Coppola (1974)
5      Sidney Lumet (1976)

DIRECTORS WHO DIRECTED THEMSELVES TO AN ACTING AWARD
1927/28 (1st)     Charles Chaplin (Special Award)
1946 (19th)        Laurence Olivier (Special Award)
1948 (21st)        Laurence Olivier (Actor)
1998 (71st)        Roberto Benigni (Actor)

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