Statistics are valid through the 2007 (80th) Academy Awards, presented on February 24, 2008. [document last updated 3/08]
DIRECTORS WITH 4 OR MORE DIRECTING NOMINATIONS
([#] indicates number of awards)
| 12 | William Wyler [3] |
| 8 | Billy Wilder [2] |
| 7 | David Lean [2] |
| 7 | Fred Zinnemann [2] |
| 6 | Woody Allen [1] |
| 6 | Frank Capra [3] |
| 6 | Martin Scorsese [1] |
| 6 | Steven Spielberg [2] |
| 5 | Robert Altman [0] |
| 5 | Clarence Brown [0] |
| 5 | George Cukor [1] |
| 5 | John Ford [4] |
| 5 | Alfred Hitchcock [0] |
| 5 | John Huston [1] |
| 5 | Elia Kazan [2] |
| 5 | George Stevens [2] |
| 5 | King Vidor [0] |
| 4 | Francis Ford Coppola [1] |
| 4 | Michael Curtiz [1] |
| 4 | Clint Eastwood [2] |
| 4 | Federico Fellini [0] |
| 4 | Stanley Kubrick [0] |
| 4 | Sidney Lumet [0] |
| 4 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz [2] |
| 4 | Mike Nichols [1] |
| 4 | Peter Weir [0] |