21 Directors Who Won Multiple Best Director Oscars
A second directing Oscar places a filmmaker in a remarkably small group. These twenty-one directors won the category more than once, across silent films, studio comedies, musicals, intimate dramas and large-scale epics. The countdown follows their directing records, with the winning films listed for every name.
How the countdown works: This list counts directing awards only, including the comedy and dramatic directing categories at the first ceremony. Producing, writing and honorary Oscars are excluded. Wins determine the order, followed by directing nominations; names tied on both measures are arranged alphabetically. All directors with at least two wins are included.
21. Alfonso Cuarón
2 directing Oscars · 2 directing nominations
Cuarón’s directing Oscars span the controlled spectacle of Gravity and the black-and-white domestic memories of Roma. Editing and cinematography also brought him Oscars, but his position here is based on the two awards for direction.
Directing Oscar wins
- Gravity (2013) — Directing
- Roma (2018) — Directing
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