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Academy Award: Statistical Lists
Acting/Directing Facts

 

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Statistics are valid through the 2003 (76th) Academy Awards, presented on February 29, 2004

All the following statistics refer to directors whose films received acting nominations and/or awards; whether or not the director received a directing nomination and/or award is not taken into account.

DIRECTORS WITH THE MOST ACTING NOMINATIONS
35      William Wyler
24      Elia Kazan
20      Fred Zinnemann
18      George Cukor
18      Sidney Lumet
18      George Stevens
17      Billy Wilder
16      Stanley Kramer
16      Martin Scorsese
15      Woody Allen
15      John Huston
15      Mike Nichols

DIRECTORS WITH THE MOST ACTING AWARDS
14    William Wyler (13 + 1 honorary acting Oscar)
9      Elia Kazan
7      Fred Zinnemann (6 + 1 honorary acting Oscar)
5      Woody Allen
5      John Ford
4      Hal Ashby
4      James L. Brooks
4      George Cukor
4      Jonathan Demme
4      Victor Fleming
4      John Huston
4      Sidney Lumet
4      Martin Scorsese

DIRECTORS WITH THE MOST ACTING NOMINATIONS IN A SINGLE YEAR
7      Herbert Ross (1977)
5      William Wyler (1942)
5      Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1950)
5      Fred Zinnemann (1953)
5      Elia Kazan (1954)
5      Mark Robson (1957)
5      Tony Richardson (1963)
5      Arthur Penn (1967)
5      Francis Ford Coppola (1974)
5      Sidney Lumet (1976)

DIRECTORS WHO DIRECTED THEMSELVES TO AN ACTING AWARD
1927/28 (1st)     Charles Chaplin (Special Award)
1946 (19th)        Laurence Olivier (Special Award)
1948 (21st)        Laurence Olivier (Actor)
1998 (71st)        Roberto Benigni (Actor)

 

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