John Ford holds the record for most Academy Awards given to a director, with four for: The Informer, The Grapes Of Wrath, How Green Was My Valley, and The Quiet Man. He was nominated only 5 times as director. William Wyler won 3 times for Best Director, for: Mrs. Miniver, The Best Years of Our Lives and Ben-Hur. He was nominated 12 times for direction, more than any other director. Frank Capra won 3 times for Best Direction, for: It Happened One Night, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town and They Can't Take It with You. He was nominated 6 times.
William Wyler, with 12 nominations for Best Director (3 wins).
William Wyler has received the most Oscar nominations for Best Director. He was nominated 12 times and won 3 awards.
Hugo had the most nominations: 11 The Artist was a close second with 10 They both won 5 Oscars.
Cedric Gibbons won eleven Oscars{R} out of his 39 nominations.
Three movies have won 11 Oscars: Ben-Hur (1959), Titanic (1997) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). Only one movie won 10 Oscars: West Side Story (1961). It won 10 Oscars out of 11 nominations (it didn't win for Screenplay), and was the first Best Director winner to have two directors.
Katharine Hepburn currently holds the record for most Oscars for acting. She received 12 nominations and won 4 times. Her winning performances were in: On Golden Pond (1981), The Lion in Winter (1968), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) and Morning Glory (1933). Her closest female competitors are Ingrid Bergman with 7 nominations and 3 wins, Meryl Streep with 15 nominations and 2 wins and Bette Davis with 10 nominations and 2 wins.
Edith Head, who received 35 Academy Award nominations during her career, won eight times.
Hugo had the most nominations: 11 The Artist was a close second with 10 They both won 5 Oscars.
Cedric Gibbons won eleven Oscars{R} out of his 39 nominations.
The most nominated actress is Meryl Streep, who won three Oscars in 19 nominations. The most nominated woman was designer Edith Head with 35 nominations and eight wins.
According to the Academy Awards, there are 2 Best Picture movies which were nominated for the most Oscars (14 nominations each for a single film): Titanic (1997) All About Eve (1950) And 3 films are the Best Pictures which won the most Oscars (11 Oscars each for a single film): Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003) Titanic (1997) Ben Hur (1959) Titanic topped all with most nominations and wins.
Three movies have won 11 Oscars: Ben-Hur (1959), Titanic (1997) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). Only one movie won 10 Oscars: West Side Story (1961). It won 10 Oscars out of 11 nominations (it didn't win for Screenplay), and was the first Best Director winner to have two directors.
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The Kings Speech was nominated for 12 Academy Awards (Oscars) in 2011.
Penny Marshall's 1992 film about women's professional baseball did not receive any Academy Award nominations. But it did produce one of the most-remembered lines from the movies: "There's no crying in baseball!"
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Katharine Hepburn currently holds the record for most Oscars for acting. She received 12 nominations and won 4 times. Her winning performances were in: On Golden Pond (1981), The Lion in Winter (1968), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) and Morning Glory (1933). Her closest female competitors are Ingrid Bergman with 7 nominations and 3 wins, Meryl Streep with 15 nominations and 2 wins and Bette Davis with 10 nominations and 2 wins.
Edith Head, who received 35 Academy Award nominations during her career, won eight times.
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