Who has won Both best actor and best director Oscars?

Answer 1

Two* males actors have been nominated for acting twice in the same year: 1992 Al Pacino- Best Supporting Actor for Glengarry Glen Ross, and won Best Actor for Scent of a Woman. 2004 Jamie Foxx: Best Supporting Actor for Collateral, and won Best Actor for Ray. * Barry Fitzgerald was nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor for the same movie, 1944's Going My Way (winning for Best Supporting Actor).

Answer 2

None. Two have directed themselves in Oscar winning roles: Laurence Olivier won Best Actor for Hamlet (1948), which he directed; Roberto Benigni won Best Actor for Life Is Beautiful (1998), which he directed. Others have been nominated for Best Actor and Best Director for the same movie and won for direction: Warren Beatty for Reds (1981), Kevin Costner for Dances with Wolves (1990), Clint Eastwood for Unforgiven (1992) and Million Dollar Baby (2004).

Answer 3

With ten nominated movies for Best Picture: 1933 Frank Borzage- Smilin' Through, A Farewell to Arms

1936 Jack Conway- Libeled Lady, A Tale of Two Cities

1938 Michael Curtiz- Test Pilot, The Adventures of Robin Hood

1939 Victor Fleming- Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz

1940 (1) Alfred Hitchcock- Rebecca, Foreiign Correspondent; (2) John Ford- The Grapes of Wrath, The Long Voyage Home; (3) Sam Wood- Kitty Foyle, Our Town

Down to five nominated movies, which makes the achievement even more impressive:

1974 Francis Ford Coppola- The Godfather: Part II, The Conversation

1977 Herbert Ross- The Goodbye Girl, The Turning Point

2000 Steven Soderbergh- Traffic, Erin Brockovich

Answer 4

No one has ever won both awards, although film heavyweights such as Orson Welles, Sir Laurence Olivier, Warren Beatty, Woody Allen, Robert Redford, Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood and George Clooney have been nominated in both categories.

Answer 5

The versatile filmmaker Warren Beatty has accomplished the feat twice. His 1978 comedy "Heaven Can Wait" earned him nominations for Best Picture (as a producer), Best Actor, Best Director (shared with Buck Henry) and Best Adapted Screenplay (shared with Elaine May). His 1981 historical drama "Reds" won him nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay (shared with Trevor Griffiths). Beatty won in the Best Director category, his only Oscar win.

Orson Welles shared the 1941 Best Original Screenplay award for "Citizen Kane" with Herman J. Mankiewicz. Welles also was nominated for Best Picture (as a producer), Best Actor and Best Director. But if "Citizen Kane" had been named Best Picture, the Oscar would have gone to RKO Radio Pictures since it was the custom to reward the studios in those days.

Answer 6

Warren Beatty who was nominated for Heaven Can Wait (1978) and Reds (1981).

Answer 7

It happened once: Steven Soderbergh was nominated for Erin Brockovich (2000) and won for Traffic (2000).

Answer 8

It has happened many times.