Editing Academy Award for Best Director (section)

=== 1930s ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!scope="col" style="width:8%;"| Year
!scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Director(s)
!scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Film
!scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
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!scope="row" rowspan=6 "style="text-align:center;" | [[1929 in film|1929]]/[[1930 in film|30]]<br />{{small|[[3rd Academy Awards|(3rd)]]}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Milestone|[[Lewis Milestone]]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film)|All Quiet on the Western Front]]'''''
|rowspan="6"|<ref name="Oscars3">{{cite news |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1931 |title=The 3rd Academy Awards (1930) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 27, 2013 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802115930/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1931 |archive-date=August 2, 2016}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2| {{sort|Brown|[[Clarence Brown]]}}{{efn|name=clarence|According to the Oscars.org database, Brown's directing nomination counts as one singular, joint, cumulative nomination for two films. This same recognition was applicable to all nominees, such as to [[Greta Garbo]]'s acting nominations from the same respective films; as well as acting winners, [[Norma Shearer]] and [[George Arliss]]. No explanation was given for why the latter two were nominated with two films, yet only awarded for one each.}}
|''[[Anna Christie (1930 English-language film)|Anna Christie]]''
|-
|''[[Romance (1930 film)|Romance]]''
|-
|{{sort|Leonard|[[Robert Z. Leonard]]}}
|''{{sort|Divorcee|[[The Divorcee]]}}''
|-
|{{sort|Lubitsch|[[Ernst Lubitsch]]}}
|''{{sort|Love|[[The Love Parade]]}}''
|-
|{{sort|Vidor|[[King Vidor]]}}
|''[[Hallelujah (film)|Hallelujah!]]''
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[1930 in film|1930]]/[[1931 in film|31]]<br />{{small|[[4th Academy Awards|(4th)]]}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Taurog|[[Norman Taurog]]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Skippy (film)|Skippy]]'''''
|rowspan="5"|<ref name="Oscars4">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1932|title=The 4th Academy Awards (1931) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161102114813/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1932|archive-date=November 2, 2016}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|Brown|[[Clarence Brown]]}}
|''{{sort|Free|[[A Free Soul]]}}''
|-
|{{sort|Milestone|[[Lewis Milestone]]}}
|''{{sort|Front|[[The Front Page (1931 film)|The Front Page]]}}''
|-
|{{sort|Ruggles|[[Wesley Ruggles]]}}
|''[[Cimarron (1931 film)|Cimarron]]''
|-
|{{sort|Sternberg|[[Josef von Sternberg]]}}
|''[[Morocco (film)|Morocco]]''
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;" | [[1931 in film|1931]]/[[1932 in film|32]]<br />{{small|[[5th Academy Awards|(5th)]]}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Borzage|[[Frank Borzage]]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Bad Girl (1931 film)|Bad Girl]]'''''
|rowspan="3"|<ref name="Oscars5">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1933|title=The 5th Academy Awards (1932) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003113/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1933|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|Vidor|[[King Vidor]]}}
|''{{sort|Champ|[[The Champ (1931 film)|The Champ]]}}''
|-
|{{sort|Sternberg|[[Josef von Sternberg]]}}
|''[[Shanghai Express (film)|Shanghai Express]]''
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;" | [[1932 in film|1932]]/[[1933 in film|33]]<br />{{small|[[6th Academy Awards|(6th)]]}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Lloyd|[[Frank Lloyd]]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Cavalcade (1933 film)|Cavalcade]]'''''
|rowspan="3"|<ref name="Oscars6">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1934|title=The 6th Academy Awards (1933) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201231924/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1934|archive-date=February 1, 2017}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|Capra|[[Frank Capra]]}}
|''[[Lady for a Day]]''
|-
|{{sort|Cukor|[[George Cukor]]}}
|''[[Little Women (1933 film)|Little Women]]''
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;" | [[1934 in film|1934]]<br />{{small|[[7th Academy Awards|(7th)]]}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Capra|[[Frank Capra]]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[It Happened One Night]]'''''
|rowspan="3"|<ref name="Oscars7">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1935|title=The 7th Academy Awards (1935) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702160154/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1935|archive-date=July 2, 2016}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|Schertzinger|[[Victor Schertzinger]]}}
|''[[One Night of Love]]''
|-
|{{sort|Van Dyke|[[W. S. Van Dyke]]}}
|''{{sort|Thin|[[The Thin Man (film)|The Thin Man]]}}''
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align:center;" | [[1935 in film|1935]]<br />{{small|[[8th Academy Awards|(8th)]]}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Ford|[[John Ford]]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''{{sort|Informer|[[The Informer (1935 film)|The Informer]]}}'''''
|rowspan="4"|<ref name="Oscars8">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1936|title=The 8th Academy Awards (1936) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111071955/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1936|archive-date=November 11, 2014}}</ref><ref name="capblood">{{Cite magazine |title=A Surprise 1936 Oscar Win Banned Write-in Campaigns Forever |date=2019-02-22 |magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/02/a-surprise-1936-oscar-win-banned-write-in-campaigns-forever.html |last=Hunt |first=Kristin |access-date=2023-10-19 |editor-last=Moss |editor-first=Adam |editor-link=Adam Moss |issn=0028-7369 |quote=The effort nearly pushed Paul Muni and Michael Curtiz to respective wins in Best Actor and Best Director, despite their absences from the ballot. |via=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] |archive-date=November 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129233512/https://www.vulture.com/2019/02/a-surprise-1936-oscar-win-banned-write-in-campaigns-forever.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|Hathaway|[[Henry Hathaway]]}}
|''{{sort|Lives|[[The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (film)|The Lives of a Bengal Lancer]]}}''
|-
|{{sort|Lloyd|[[Frank Lloyd]]}}
|''[[Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film)|Mutiny on the Bounty]]''
|-
|{{sort|Curtiz|[[Michael Curtiz]]}} <small>(Write-in)</small>{{efn|name=write-in|Michael Curtiz was not on the original ballot of nominees. However, after the year prior with [[Bette Davis]]'s omission for ''[[Of Human Bondage (1934 film)|Of Human Bondage]]'', the resulting furor led to a write-in campaign determined to secure her a nomination. Thus, the Academy relaxed their rules and allowed her performance to be amongst the competition. They permitted this once more, prompting further submissions: Curtiz; [[Paul Muni]] for ''[[Black Fury (film)|Black Fury]]''; and several other categories, including [[Hal Mohr]] for ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''. Ultimately, Mohr became the only person to win an Oscar as a result of this process. The Academy discontinued this option from the next ceremony forward to prevent any recurrence.}}
|''[[Captain Blood (1935 film)|Captain Blood]]''
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[1936 in film|1936]]<br />{{small|[[9th Academy Awards|(9th)]]}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Capra|[[Frank Capra]]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Mr. Deeds Goes to Town]]'''''
|rowspan="5"|<ref name="Oscars9">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1937|title=The 9th Academy Awards (1937) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702160200/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1937|archive-date=July 2, 2016}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|La Cava|[[Gregory La Cava]]}}
|''[[My Man Godfrey]]''
|-
|{{sort|Leonard|[[Robert Z. Leonard]]}}
|''{{sort|Great|[[The Great Ziegfeld]]}}''
|-
|{{sort|Van Dyke|[[W. S. Van Dyke]]}}
|''[[San Francisco (1936 film)|San Francisco]]''
|-
|{{sort|Wyler|[[William Wyler]]}}
|''[[Dodsworth (film)|Dodsworth]]''
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[1937 in film|1937]]<br />{{small|[[10th Academy Awards|(10th)]]}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|McCarey|[[Leo McCarey]]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''{{sort|Awful|[[The Awful Truth]]}}'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars10">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1938|title=The 10th Academy Awards (1938) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321113206/http://oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1938|archive-date=March 21, 2016}}</ref>
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|{{sort|Dieterle|[[William Dieterle]]}}
|''{{sort|Life|[[The Life of Emile Zola]]}}''
|-
|{{sort|Franklin|[[Sidney Franklin (director)|Sidney Franklin]]}}
|''{{sort|Good|[[The Good Earth (film)|The Good Earth]]}}''
|-
|{{sort|La Cava|[[Gregory La Cava]]}}
|''[[Stage Door]]''
|-
|{{sort|Wellman|[[William A. Wellman]]}}
|''{{sort|Star|[[A Star Is Born (1937 film)|A Star Is Born]]}}''
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[1938 in film|1938]]<br />{{small|[[11th Academy Awards|(11th)]]}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Capra|[[Frank Capra]]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[You Can't Take It with You (film)|You Can't Take It with You]]'''''
|rowspan=5|<ref name="Oscars11">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1939|title=The 11th Academy Awards (1939) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702160206/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1939|archive-date=July 2, 2016}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{sort|Curtiz|[[Michael Curtiz]]}}
|''[[Angels with Dirty Faces]]''
|-
|''[[Four Daughters (1938 film)|Four Daughters]]''
|-
|{{sort|Taurog|[[Norman Taurog]]}}
|''[[Boys Town (film)|Boys Town]]''
|-
|{{sort|Vidor|[[King Vidor]]}}
|''{{sort|Citadel|[[The Citadel (1938 film)|The Citadel]]}}''
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[1939 in film|1939]]<br />{{small|[[12th Academy Awards|(12th)]]}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''{{sort|Fleming|[[Victor Fleming]]}}'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'''''
|rowspan="5"|<ref name="Oscars12">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1940|title=The 12th Academy Awards (1940) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128185131/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1940|archive-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref>
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|{{sort|Capra|[[Frank Capra]]}}
|''[[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington]]''
|-
|{{sort|Ford|[[John Ford]]}}
|''[[Stagecoach (1939 film)|Stagecoach]]''
|-
|{{sort|Wood|[[Sam Wood]]}}
|''[[Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939 film)|Goodbye, Mr. Chips]]''
|-
|{{sort|Wyler|[[William Wyler]]}}
|''[[Wuthering Heights (1939 film)|Wuthering Heights]]''
|}