Statistics are valid through the 2007 (80th) Academy Awards, presented on February 24, 2008. [document last updated 3/08]
BEST PICTURE NOMINATIONS DIRECTOR FACTS
DIRECTORS WITH THE MOST BEST PICTURE NOMINATIONS ([#] indicates number of awards)
| 13 | William Wyler [3] |
| 9 | John Ford [1] |
| 8 | Mervyn LeRoy [0] |
| 7 | Frank Capra [2] |
| 7 | George Cukor [1] |
| 7 | Henry King [0] |
| 7 | Steven Spielberg [1] |
| 7 | George Stevens [0] |
| 6 | Michael Curtiz [1] |
| 6 | David Lean [2] |
| 6 | Martin Scorsese [1] |
| 6 | Sam Wood [0] |
| 6 | Fred Zinnemann [2] |
| 5 | Francis Ford Coppola [2] |
| 5 | Norman Jewison [1] |
| 5 | Ernst Lubitsch [0] |
| 5 | Leo McCarey [1] |
| 5 | Lewis Milestone [1] |
| 5 | Billy Wilder [2] |
| 4 | Frank Borzage [0] |
| 4 | Clint Eastwood [2] |
| 4 | Victor Fleming [1] |
| 4 | Alfred Hitchcock [1] |
| 4 | John Huston [0] |
| 4 | Elia Kazan [2] |
| 4 | Henry Koster [0] |
| 4 | Stanley Kramer [0] |
| 4 | Sidney Lumet [0] |
| 4 | Joseph L. Mankeiwicz [1] |
| 4 | W. S. Van Dyke [0] |
| 4 | William Wellman [1] |
DIRECTORS WITH THE MOST BEST PICTURE AWARDS ([#] indicates number of nominations)
| 3 | William Wyler [13] |
| 2 | Frank Capra [7] |
| 2 | Francis Ford Coppola [5] |
| 2 | Clint Eastwood [4] |
| 2 | Milos Forman [2] |
| 2 | Elia Kazan [4] |
| 2 | David Lean [6] |
| 2 | Frank Lloyd [3] |
| 2 | Vincente Minnelli [3] |
| 2 | Billy Wilder [5] |
| 2 | Robert Wise [3] |
| 2 | Fred Zinnemann [6] |
DIRECTORS WITH THE MOST CONSECUTIVE BEST PICTURE NOMINATIONS (* indicates Best Picture winner)
7 Consecutive Years
William Wyler
1936 (9th) Dodsworth
1937 (10th) Dead End
1938 (11th) Jezebel
1939 (12th) Wuthering Heights
1940 (13th) The Letter
1941 (14th) The Little Foxes
1942 (15th) Mrs. Miniver *
4 Consecutive Years
Frank Capra
1936 (9th) Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1937 (10th) Lost Horizon
1938 (11th) You Can't Take It with You *
1939 (12th) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington