Oscar Directors by Last Name, Year of Win
In 98 years, 77 filmmakers have won the Best Director Oscar
March 16, 2026–includes P.T. Anderson
Directors who have won more than once are in bold letters
Allen, Woody, 1977
Anderson, Paul Thomas, 2025
Attenborough, Richard, 1982
Avildsen, John G., 1976
Baker, Sean, 2024
Beatty, Warren, 1981
Benton, Robert, 1979
Bertolucci, Bernardo, 1987
Bigelow, Kathryn, 2009
Bong, Joon-ho, 2019
Borzage, Frank, 1929, 1931
Boyle, Danny, 2008
Brooks, James L., 1983
Capra, Frank, 1934, 1936, 1938
Cameron, James, 1997
Campion, Jane, 2022
Chazelle, Damien, 2016
Cimino, Michael, 1978
Coen, Ethan, 2007
Coen, Joel, 2007
Coppola, Francis Ford, 1974
Costner, Kevin, 1990
Cukor, George, 1964
Curtiz, Michael, 1943
Del Toro, Guillermo, 2017
Demme, Jonathan, 1991
Eastwood, Clint, 1992, 2004
Fleming, Victor, 1939
Ford, John, 1935, 1940, 1941, 1952
Forman, Milos, 1975, 1984
Fosse, Bob, 1972
Friedkin, William, 1971
Gibson, Mel, 1995
Hazanavicius, Michel, 2011
Hooper, Tom, 2010
Howard, Ron, 2001
Huston, John, 1948
Innarritu, Alejandro Gonzales, 2014, 2015
Jackson, Peter, 2003
Kazan, Elia, 1947, 1954
Kostner, Kevin, 1990
Lean, David, 1957, 1962
Lee, Ang, 2005, 2012
Levinson, Barry, 1988
Lloyd Frank, 1929, 1933
McCarey, Leo, 1937, 1944
Mankiewicz, Joseph L., 1949, 1950
Mann, Delbert, 1955
Mendes, Sam. 1999
Milestone, Lewis, 1929, 1930
Minghella, Anthony, 1996
Minnelli, Vincente, 1958
Nichols, Mike, 1966
Polanski, Roman, 2002
Pollack, Sydney, 1985
Redford, Robert, 1980
Reed, Carol, 1968
Richardson, Tony, 1963
Robbins Jerome, 1961
Roy Hill, George, 1973
Schaffner, Franklin, 1970
Schlesinger, John, 1969
Scorsese, Martin, 2006
Soderbergh, Steven, 2000
Spielberg, Steven, 1993, 1998
Stevens, George, 1951, 1956
Stone, Oliver, 1986, 1989
Taurog, Norman, 1930-31
Wilder, Billy, 1945, 1960
Wise, Robert, 1961, 1965
Wyler, William, 1942, 1946, 1959
Zemeckis, Bob, 1994
Zhao, Chloe, 2020
Zinnemann, Fred, 1953, 1966
