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.
Billy Wilder won the Best Director Oscar in 1960 for The Apartment, beating out Hitchcock who was nominated for Psycho.
The Academy Award for Best Picture of 1960 went to "The Apartment," which was was co-written, produced and directed by Billy Wilder.
Director Billy Wilder for The Apartment.
Alfred Hitchcock was nominated five times for Best Director:1940 Rebecca (winner: John Ford, The Grapes of Wrath)1941 Suspicion (winner: John Ford, How Green Was My Valley)1944 Lifeboat (winner: Leo McCarey, Going My Way)1945 Rear Window (winner: Billy Wilder, The Lost Weekend)1960 Psycho (winner: Billy Wilder, The Apartment)
Alfred Hitchcock .
Psycho.
(1960) Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock
Hitchcock used newspaper ink for blood in the shower scene in Psycho.
Chocolate syrup.