<Tr> <Td> <P> The following individuals have won multiple Best Director awards: </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Wins </Th> <Th> Director </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Ford </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Frank Capra </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William Wyler </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Frank Borzage </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Clint Eastwood </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Miloš Forman </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alejandro G. Iñárritu </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Elia Kazan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> David Lean </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ang Lee </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Frank Lloyd </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Joseph L. Mankiewicz </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Leo McCarey </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lewis Milestone </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Steven Spielberg </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> George Stevens </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Oliver Stone </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Billy Wilder </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robert Wise </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fred Zinnemann </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> <Td> John Ford has the most Best Director wins with four, winning in 1935, 1940, 1941, and 1952 . William Wyler has the most nominations with twelve, winning in 1942, 1946, and 1959 . Clarence Brown was nominated six times between 1929 and 1946, but never won the award--the most nominations without a success . <P> The following directors have received four or more Best Director nominations (* indicates no wins): </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Nominations </Th> <Th> Director </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> William Wyler </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Martin Scorsese </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Billy Wilder </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Woody Allen </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> David Lean </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Steven Spielberg </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fred Zinnemann </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Clarence Brown * </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Frank Capra </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Robert Altman * </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> George Cukor </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Michael Curtiz </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Ford </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alfred Hitchcock * </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Huston </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Elia Kazan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Frank Lloyd </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> George Stevens </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> King Vidor * </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Francis Ford Coppola </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Clint Eastwood </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Federico Fellini * </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stanley Kubrick * </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sidney Lumet * </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Joseph L. Mankiewicz </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mike Nichols </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Peter Weir * </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <P> The following individuals have won multiple Best Director awards: </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Wins </Th> <Th> Director </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Ford </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Frank Capra </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William Wyler </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Frank Borzage </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Clint Eastwood </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Miloš Forman </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alejandro G. Iñárritu </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Elia Kazan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> David Lean </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ang Lee </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Frank Lloyd </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Joseph L. Mankiewicz </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Leo McCarey </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lewis Milestone </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Steven Spielberg </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> George Stevens </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Oliver Stone </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Billy Wilder </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robert Wise </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fred Zinnemann </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Wins </Th> <Th> Director </Th> </Tr>

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