Robert Wise is the only director to win twice in th 60's. He won Best Director for West Side Story (1961; with Jerome Robbins) and for The Sound of Music (1965).
John Ford has won the most Best Director Academy Awards (four).
The Hurt Locker won six 2009 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.
Katheryn Bigelow was the big winner at the most recent Academy Awards. She won Best Director and Best Picture for The Hurt Locker (2009).
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The 2010 Oscars will not be presented until February or March of 2011. However, at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, honoring the best in films made in 2009, The Hurt Locker (2009) won six awards, more than any other film. Kathery Bigelow was the film's director and producer, so she took home the two most coveted torphies: Best Picture and Best Director.
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.
Amir khan has won Two National award at the filmfare, He has even made the best Movie and the best director.
Mike Leigh is best known for being a British Film and Theater director. He began as a theater director in the 1960s but moved towards making films for the BBC in the 70s and 80s. His style has been called gritty,"kitchen sink realism".
The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2009 and took place March 7, 2010,The Hurt Locker won six awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Kathryn Bigelow, the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director. Other winners were Avatar with three awards, Crazy Heart, Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire, and Up, with two awards.
"The Hurt Locker" was named Best Picture of 2009 at the 82nd Academy Awards, held on March 7, 2010. The film also won six other Oscars, including Best Director for Kathryn Bigelow, the first woman to win the award.
There is no best director, it is all in the opinion of the person. It is nearly impossible to know the most licked director unless you took a giant poll that everyone answerd.
William Wyler has a record 12 nominations, with three wins.