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The Academy Awards , informally referred to as theOscars , is the oldest and most pop entertainment award ceremony in the world , and it is seen as the gamey and most respectable achievement attainable in the film industriousness . For a movie to win an Oscar is indisputable proof of its meritoriousness and quality , but it ’s not an absolute unit of measurement . Any movie worthy of even just a nominating speech designate how well made it is .
While extremely prolific director such as Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorcese virtually dominated the Academy Awards during there heydays , other directors have bring forth equally great cinema in recent years , and their endeavour have been recognise by the Academy as well ( and sometimes not so much ) . It should be mention that this list see at the full numeral of Oscar nomination experience by all the flick in a managing director ’s vocation , not just the Best Director or Best Picture nominations .
Clint Eastwood - 35
Not many people are fortunate enough to not only wiz in the film they place but to pocket a Best Director Oscar and Best Actor nomination for it , twice . Clint Eastwood ’s successful calling as an actor in classic likeThe Good , the Bad , and the Uglyis only rivaled by his success as a manager with films likeAmerican SniperandMillion Dollar Babyunder his belt .
His movie with the high act of nominations is the 1992 post - westernUnforgivenwhich won 4 of the 9 Oscars it was nominated for .
Ang Lee - 38
Most multitude eff him as the director of the 2012 escapade dramaLife of Pi , which is indeed the most " successful " film he has ever worked on as it received 11 Academy Award nomination and win for Best Director and Best Cinematography , but Ang Lee has an equally , if not more , culturally influential moving-picture show under his belt .
His martial - arts dramaCrouching Tiger , Hidden Dragonbecame the highest - grossing foreign - produced plastic film in America when it was released back in 2000 , and also received 10 Academy Awards nominating speech include Best Picture , the most Oscar nominations ever get by a extraneous moving-picture show in its fourth dimension .
The Coen Brothers - 39
Joel and Ethan Coen , collectively know as the Coen brother , are known for their burlesque themed comedy film and critically acclaimed western sandwich . Their 1998 filmThe Big Lebowskistarring Jeff Bridges is considered a classic among fans of comedy - dramas , although it did n’t receive any Oscar nominations .
On the other helping hand , their 2010 westernTrue Gritreceived 10 Oscar nomination include Best Picture and Best Director , and the 2007 neo - westernNo Country for Old Menis consideredone of the good thrillersof its clip which won 4 Oscars .
Ridley Scott - 40
Ridley Scott is the only music director in this listwithout an Academy Awardfor Best Director , and as to why he has n’t won one yet is a question that baffles many .
Having guide arguably two of the most iconic and influential sci - fi films of all time , 1979’sAlienand1982 ’s Blade Runnerand the epic war - dramaGladiatorin 2000 , he continue to bag laurels and Academy Award nominations even now with 2015’sThe Martianwhich was the highest - gross blockbuster in the director ’s vocation and a prime challenger for the Best Picture Oscar for the yr 2015 .
Ron Howard - 40
Most of the succeeder in Ron Howard ’s life history as a director come up from his movie from the late millenary and other 2000s , but he has done mention - worthy work in late times as well , such as 2018’sSolo : A Star Wars Story . The pinnacle of his directing career would be the 1995’sApollo 13,a dramatization of the events surrounding the give out American Apollo 13 lunar mission which received 9 Oscar nomination include Best Picture .
The 2001 biographical dramaA Beautiful Mindstarring Russel Crowe realize him an Oscar under the Best Director and Best Picture category .
James Cameron - 41
James Cameron ’s movies are know for their legendary loge - bureau performances , but they are well praise by both critics and audiences as well .
He holds the credit for creating theTerminatorfranchise and directedTerminator 2 : Judgment DayandAliens , which are refer to as thegreatest sequels of all prison term . And if that was n’t enough to qualify his name as one of the greatest directors live he also went in front and directed a movie about perhaps the most famous love story ever after Romeo and Juliet , 1997’sTitanicwhich was nominated for a banging 14 Academy Awards , out of which it won 11 .
Peter Jackson - 43
English source J. R. R. Tolkien’sThe Lord of the Ringsis one of the best selling and highly acclaimed book serial ever , and it was cerebrate to be too ambitious to be adapted into a picture . So when a New Zealand moving picture director with a second-rate track record was describe to be make on a moving picture adaptation , nobody imagine that one of the mostbeloved and critically praise motion-picture show seriesin history was go to be birthed .
Out of the 30 nominating speech theLord of the Ringstrilogy meet , the films won 13 of them . The third filmReturn of the Kingwon 11 Oscars , each and every category it was nominated for .
Woody Allen - 53
The entire number Oscar nomination received by Woody Allen ’s films is a rather high issue , but that has less to do with the quality of his filmmaking ability and more to do with the fact that since his directorial entry in 1966 withWhat ’s Up , Tiger Lily?he has much released a moving picture every year till now .
Due to having such an immensely prolific career , his films incline to be a hitting and miss phenomenon . His 1977 romance comedyAnnie Hallis considered a milepost in its genre and even beatStar Warsfor the Best Picture Oscar , as well as Best Director .
Martin Scorsese - 91
Although Francis Ford Cappola was at the top of the windfall with hisGodfathermovies in the late 1900s when mafia - related medium set out gain ground immense popularity , it ’s difficult to think of mafia flick in Hollywood without Martin Scorcese coming to take care .
With cult - classics like 1976’sTaxi Driverto modern - day Netflix hits likeThe Irishman , Scorcese ’s films have explored literary genre such as crime drama ’s and he has made a habit ofworking repeatedly with select role player such as Robert De Niro . He holds the book for being nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director the most number of prison term , a amount of 9 times .
Steven Spielberg - 135
As one of the most influential and iconic directors of this genesis and before , there is merely no end to Steven Spielberg ’s list of accomplishment . He is not only the theater director with the high number of Oscar nominations get , as this list has record but also the Director whose movies have won the most number of Oscars ( a total of 32 ) , and to top it all of he is also thehighest - gross picture show director ever .
A full list of his films that have won Oscar nominating address would be too long to include but the most celebrated of them are the 1993 historical dramaSchindler ’s Listwhich won 7 Oscars out of the 12 nominations received , and 12 nominations again for 2012’sLincoln , and in the end 5 wins and 11 nominations forSaving Private Ryan .
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