June 5, 2020
Oscar Directors: Cinematic Elite is part of a bigger research project dealing with age, productivity, and creativity in Hollywood.
Note:
In 92 years, 20 (about 29 percent) of the 70 Oscar-winning directors have received only one nomination.
Gap between First and Last Nomination
Borzage, Frank, 2 noms (3 years)
Milestone, Lewis, 3 noms (3 years)
Lloyd, Frank, 3 noms (3 years)
Taurog, Norman, 2 noms (7 years)
Capra, Frank, 6 noms (13 years)
Ford, John, 5 noms (17 years)
McCarey, Leo, 3 noms (8 years)
Fleming, Victor, 1 nom
Wyler, William, 12 noms (29 years)
Curtiz, Michael, 4 noms (5 years)
Wilder, Billy, 8 noms (16 years)
Kazan, Elia, 5 noms (16 years)
Huston, John, 5 noms (37 years)
Mankiewicz, Joseph, 4 noms (23 years)
Stevens, George, 5 noms (17 years)
Zinnemann, Fred, 7 noms (29 years)
Mann, Delbert, 1 nom
Anderson, Michael, 1 nom
Lean, David, 7 noms (39 years)
Minnelli, Vincente, 2 noms (7 years)
Wise, Robert, 4 noms (7 years)
Robbins, Jerome, 1 nom
Richardson, Tony, 1 nom
Cukor, George, 5 noms (31 years)
Nichols, Mike, 4 noms (22 years)
Reed, Carol, 3 noms (19 years)
Schlesinger, John, 3 noms (6 years)
Schaffner, Franklin, 1
Friedkin, William, 2 noms (2 years)
Fosse, Bob, 3, (7 years)
Hill, George Roy, 2 noms (7 years)
Coppola, Francis Ford, 4 noms (18 years)
Forman, Milos, 3 noms (21 years)
Avildsen, John G., 1 nom
Allen Woody, 7 noms (34 years)
Cimino, Michael, 1 nom
Benton, Robert, 2 noms (5 years)
Redford, Robert, 2 noms (14 years)
Beatty, Warren, 2 noms (3 years)
Attenborough, Richard, 1 nom
Brooks, James L., 1 nom
Pollack, Sydney, 3 noms (16 years)
Stone, Oliver, 3 noms (5 years)
Bertolucci, Bernardo, 2 noms (14 years)
Levinson, Barry, 2 noms (3 years)
Costner, Kevin, 1 nom
Demme, Jonathan, 1 nom
Spielberg, Steven, 7 noms (35 years)
Eastwood, Clint, 4 noms (14 years)
Campion, Jane, 1 nom
Zemeckis, Robert, 1 nom
Gibson, Mel, 2 nom (21 years)
Minghella, Anthony, 1 nom
Cameron, James, 2 noms (12 years)
Mendes, Sam, 2 noms (20 years)
Soderbergh, Steven, 2 noms(same year)
Howard, Ron, 2 noms (7 years)
Polanski, Roman, 3 noms (28 years)
Jackson, Peter, 2 noms (2 years)
Lee, Ang, 3 noms (12 years)
Scorsese, Martin, 9 noms (39 years)
Coen, Joel, 3 noms (14 years)
Coen, Ethan, 2 noms (3 years)
Boyle, Danny, 1 nom
Bigelow, Kathryn, 1 nom
Hooper, Tom, 1 nom
Hazanovicius, Michel, 1 nom
Cuaron, Alfonso, 2 noms (5 years)
Innaritu, Alejandro G., 3 noms (9 years)
Chazelle, Damien, 1 nom
Del Toro, Guillermo, 1 nom
Bong Joon Ho, 1 nom