<P> The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has given the Academy Award for Best Directing 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 any subsequent ceremony . </P> <P> Throughout the history of the Academy Awards, there have been directors that have received multiple Academy Awards for Best Directing . As of 2015 (88th Academy Awards), 20 directors have received two or more Academy Awards for Best Directing . Three of these directors have received more than two Academy Awards for Best Directing: John Ford (four Best Directing awards), Frank Capra (three Best Directing awards), and William Wyler (three Best Directing awards). </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Director </Th> <Th> Winning films (Year / Ceremony) </Th> <Th> Number of awards </Th> <Th> Number of nominations </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Borzage, Frank Frank Borzage </Td> <Td> 7th Heaven (1927 / 28 / 1st Academy Awards) Bad Girl (1931 / 32 / 5th Academy Awards) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Capra, Frank Frank Capra </Td> <Td> It Happened One Night (1934 / 7th Academy Awards) Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936 / 9th Academy Awards) You Can't Take It with You (1938 / 11th Academy Awards) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Eastwood, Clint Clint Eastwood </Td> <Td> Unforgiven (1992 / 65th Academy Awards) Million Dollar Baby (2004 / 77th Academy Awards) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ford, John John Ford </Td> <Td> The Informer (1935 / 8th Academy Awards) The Grapes of Wrath (1940 / 13th Academy Awards) How Green Was My Valley (1941 / 14th Academy Awards) The Quiet Man (1952 / 25th Academy Awards) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Forman, Milos Milos Forman </Td> <Td> One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975 / 48th Academy Awards) Amadeus (1984 / 57th Academy Awards) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Iñárritu, Alejandro González Alejandro González Iñárritu </Td> <Td> Birdman (2014 / 87th Academy Awards) The Revenant (2015 / 88th Academy Awards) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kazan, Elia Elia Kazan </Td> <Td> Gentleman's Agreement (1947 / 20th Academy Awards) On the Waterfront (1954 / 27th Academy Awards) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lean, David David Lean </Td> <Td> The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957 / 30th Academy Awards) Lawrence of Arabia (1962 / 35th Academy Awards) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lee, Ang Ang Lee </Td> <Td> Brokeback Mountain (2005 / 78th Academy Awards) Life of Pi (2012 / 85th Academy Awards) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lloyd, Frank Frank Lloyd </Td> <Td> The Divine Lady (1929 / 30 / 2nd Academy Awards) Cavalcade (1932 / 33 / 6th Academy Awards) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mankiewicz, Joseph L. Joseph L. Mankiewicz </Td> <Td> A Letter to Three Wives (1949 / 22nd Academy Awards) All About Eve (1950 / 23rd Academy Awards) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> McCarey, Leo Leo McCarey </Td> <Td> The Awful Truth (1937 / 10th Academy Awards) Going My Way (1944 / 17th Academy Awards) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Milestone, Lewis Lewis Milestone </Td> <Td> Two Arabian Knights (1927 / 28 / 1st Academy Awards) All Quiet on the Western Front (1929 / 30 / 3rd Academy Awards) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Spielberg, Steven Steven Spielberg </Td> <Td> Schindler's List (1993 / 66th Academy Awards) Saving Private Ryan (1998 / 71st Academy Awards) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stevens, George George Stevens </Td> <Td> A Place in the Sun (1951 / 24th Academy Awards) Giant (1956 / 29th Academy Awards) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stone, Oliver Oliver Stone </Td> <Td> Platoon (1986 / 59th Academy Awards) Born on the Fourth of July (1989 / 62nd Academy Awards) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wilder, Billy Billy Wilder </Td> <Td> The Lost Weekend (1945 / 18th Academy Awards) The Apartment (1960 / 33rd Academy Awards) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wise, Robert Robert Wise </Td> <Td> West Side Story (1961 / 34th Academy Awards) The Sound of Music (1965 / 38th Academy Awards) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wyler, William William Wyler </Td> <Td> Mrs. Miniver (1942 / 15th Academy Awards) The Best Years of Our Lives (1946 / 19th Academy Awards) Ben - Hur (1959 / 32nd Academy Awards) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Zinnemann, Fred Fred Zinnemann </Td> <Td> From Here to Eternity (1953 / 26th Academy Awards) A Man for All Seasons (1966 / 39th Academy Awards) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> </Tr> </Table>

Who won the most oscars for best director