Oscar Directors: A to Z (Winner and Nominees), Jewish Origins
My Oscar Book:
Research in Progress: March 19, 2026
(including Glazer, Class of 2025: Audiard, Sean Baker, Brady Corbet, Coralie Farget, James Mangold (all 5 first-timers); Class of 2026: Anderson, Coogler, Del Toro, Safdie, Trier
Winners= 74
Nominees= 180
Jewish Directors: 64 out of 254=
A=
Abrahamson, Lenny, Jewish
Allen, Woody, Jewish–winner
Aronofsky, Darren, Jewish
Audiard, Jacques
B
Baker, Sean, Winner
Babenco, Hector, Jewish
Bogdanovich, Peter, Jewish (one side)
Brooks, James L. Jewish–winner
Brooks, Richard, Jewish
C
Coen, Ethan–winner
Coen, Joel–winner
Corbet, Brady
Cukor, George–winner
Curtiz, Michael–winner
D
Dassin, Jules, Jewish
E
Eastwood, Clint
F
Farget, Coralie
Field, Todd, Jewish
Fincher, David, Jewish
Friedkin, William, Jewish–winner
G
Glazer, Jonathan
Hazanovicius, Michel–winner
H
Henry, Buck, Jewish
J
Jaffe, Roland, Jewish
Jewison, Norman, Jewish
K
Koster, Henry, Jewish
Kramer, Stanley, Jewish
Kubrick, Stanley, Jewish
L
Leonard, Robert Z. Jewish
LeRoy, Mervyn, Jewish
Levinson, Barry, Jewish–winner
Lubitsch, Ernst, Jewish
Lucas, George, Jewish
Lumet, Sidney, Jewish
M
Mangold, James, Jewish
Mankiewicz, Joseph L.–winner
Milestone, Lewis–winner
N
Nichols, Mike–winner
P
Pakula, Alan J.
Parker, Alan
Penn, Arthur
Perry, Frank
Phillips, Todd
Polanski, Roman–winner
Pollack, Sydney–winner
Preminger, Otto
Q
R
Reitman, Jason
Ritt, Martin
Robbins, Jerome–winner
Robson, Mark
Ross, Herbert
Rossen, Robert–winner
Rydell, Mark
S
Safdie, Josh (Marty Supreme)
Schlesinger, John–winner
Schnabel, Julian
Seaton, George
Siodmak, Robert
Soderbergh, Steven–winner?
Spielberg, Steven–winner
Sternberg, Josef von
T
Taurog, Norman–winner
Triet, Justine (French, woman)
W
Wellman, William A.
Wilder, Billy–winner
Wyler, William–winner
Z
Zeitlin, Benh
Zinnemann, Fred–winner
Jewish Overrepresentation
In 96 years (up and including 2021), 60 Jewish nominees; 23 winners (including Hazanovicius) out of 245 nominees and 72 winners, respectively.
Winners: 23 out of 74= 0.32 percent
Nominees: 37 out of 180= 0.20
Total: 60 out of 254= 0.24
My Oscar Book:
