billy wilder won the most oscars for best director.
who won the most oscars for best director?
billy wilder
ford won a total of six academy awards. four of these were for best director for "the informer" (1935), "the grapes of wrath" (1940), "how green was my valley" (1941), and "the quiet man" (1952)—none of them westerns (also starring in the last two was maureen o'hara, "his favorite actress"). he was also nominated as best director for "stagecoach" (1939). he won two oscars for best documentary for "the battle of midway" and "". to this day ford holds the record for winning the most best director oscars, having won the award on four occasions. william wyler and frank capra come in second having won the award three times. ford was the first director to win consecutive best director awards, in 1940 and 1941. this feat was later matched by joseph l. mankiewicz exactly ten years later, when he won consecutive awards for best director in 1950 and 1951. as a producer he received nominations for best picture for "the quiet man" and "the long voyage home". in 1955 and 1957, ford was awarded the george eastman award, given by george eastman house for distinguished contribution to the art of film. he was the first recipient of the american film institute life achievement award in 1973. also in that year, ford was awarded the presidential medal of freedom by president richard nixon.
john ford
the following year, iñárritu directed "the revenant", which he and mark l. smith adapted from michael punke's novel of the same name. the film starred leonardo dicaprio, tom hardy, domhnall gleeson, and will poulter. it is a "gritty" 19th-century period drama-thriller about fur trapper hugh glass, a real person who joined the rocky mountain fur company on a "journey into the wild" and was robbed and abandoned after being mauled by a grizzly bear. the film considers the nature and stresses on relationships under the duress of the wilderness, and issues of revenge and pardon via glass's pursuit of the man who was responsible for his hardship. "the revenant" took nine months to shoot. with the revenant, iñárritu won a second consecutive oscar for best director and was nominated for 12 academy awards, including best picture and best director, winning best director, best cinematography and best actor. iñárritu is one of only three directors to ever win consecutive oscars, and the first to do it in 65 years. he was also nominated for four golden globe awards, winning three, including best motion picture – drama and best director; received nine critics' choice movie awards nominations, including best picture and best director; five baftas including best picture and best director; and a dga award, making history as the first person to ever win two in a row.
alejandro gonzález iñárritu