Mack Sennett.
Before 1960 no Canadian director won an Academy Award for Best Director.
Norman Jewison
Michael Curtiz.
hes an academy award winning director
a type of director was woody Allen
Bob Fosse
Eddie Murphy is an actor and comedian. He is from the United States. He is also a singer and director. He has won a Golden Globe award and was nominated for an Academy Award in 2007.
In 1992 Satyait Ray received an Honorary Academy Award.
Buffy Sainte-Marie won a 1982 Academy Award for co-writing the year's Best Original Song -- "Up Where We Belong" from "An Officer and a Gentleman."
Robert Zemeckis. Zemeckis received an Oscar for Best Director for his work on Forrest Gump. Forrest Gump garnered a total of 6 Academy Awards
The Academy Award for Best Director of 1999 went to Sam Mendes for "American Beauty." It was debut film for the British stage director.
At the age of 32, Norman Taurog was the youngest director to win the Academy Award in 1931 for Best Director for his film Skippy. Lewis Milestone was next at age 32 for Two Arabian Knights in 1928. And in 1999, 34-year-old Sam Mendes won for American Beauty.