Alfred Hitchcock was nominated for a Best Director Oscar five times, but never won.
1941
Hitchcock was nominated for Rebecca.
John Ford won for The Grapes of Wrath.
1945
Hitchcock was nominated for Lifeboat.
Leo McCarey won for Going My Way.
1946
Hitchcock was nominated for Spellbound.
Billy Wilder won for The Lost Weekend.
1955
Hitchcock was nominated for Rear Window.
Elia Kazan won for On The Waterfront.
1961
Hitchcock was nominated for Psycho.
Billy Wilder won for The Apartment.
Billy Wilder won Best Director that year for the movie The Apartment.
In 1960, Billy Wilder - The Apartment beat Alfred Hitchcock - Psycho for Best Director. The other nominees were:Jack Cardiff - Sons and LoversJules Dassin - Never on SundayFred Zinnemann - The Sundowners
Director Billy Wilder for The Apartment.
Billy Wilder for his movie The Apartment.
The Academy Award for Best Picture of 1960 went to "The Apartment," which was was co-written, produced and directed by Billy Wilder.
Alfred Hitchcock was nominated as best director for Psycho in 1961.
Alfred Hitchcock
Hitchcock is the surname of famous film director Alfred Hitchcock.
Alfred Hitchcock never won an Osacr. Rebecca (1940) is the only movie he directed that won Best Picture. However, he was not a producer, so he didn't receive an Oscar, and he lost the Best Director that year to John Ford.
Billy Wilder won the Best Director Oscar in 1960 for The Apartment, beating out Hitchcock who was nominated for Psycho.
The great movie director, Alfred Hitchcock, was nominated 4 times as "Best Director." Sorry to report, he never won an Oscar. He did eventually receive a special Oscar for his contributions to motion pictures.
Alfred Hitchcock