Two movies directed by two men won an Oscar for Best Direction: 1961's West Side Story directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, and 2007's No Country for Old Men directed by Joel and Ethan Coen.
The only other couple nominated together for direction are Warren Beatty and Buck Henry for 1978's Heaven Can Wait.
John Ford has won the most Best Director Academy Awards (four).
Sydney Pollack won the Oscar for Best Director for the film Out of Africa.
West Side Story
To win an Oscar "The academy award" a film needs to be nominated by members of the Academy and then those that are nominated are voted for by members of the Academy it does not have to win anything to be considered.
Clint Eastwood has been nominated for ten Oscars and won four. In 1993 he won an Oscar for Best Director and another for Best Picture for his movie Unforgiven. In 2005 he won two more Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director for his movie Million Dollar Baby.
John Ford has won the most Best Director Academy Awards (four).
West Side Story (1961).
The 1993 Oscar for best director went to Steven Spielberg for Schindler's List and in 2005 it went to Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain.
James Cameron won the Oscar for Best Director for Titanic (1997).
William Wyler
Four.1953 Won Oscar Best Director for: The Quiet Man (1952)1942 Won Oscar Best Director for: How Green Was My Valley (1941)1941 Won Oscar Best Director for: The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 1940 Nominated Oscar Best Director for: Stagecoach (1939)1936 Won Oscar Best Director for: The Informer (1935)
Sydney Pollack won the Oscar for Best Director for the film Out of Africa.
The director usually picks a casting director and there are different casting directors for everything- tons of casting directors......there are hundreds of casting directors, you just have to do your research. Best to get an agent!
West Side Story
To win an Oscar "The academy award" a film needs to be nominated by members of the Academy and then those that are nominated are voted for by members of the Academy it does not have to win anything to be considered.
Zombie films
John Hutson was nominated for the following OscarsNominated Oscar Best Director for: Prizzi's Honor(1985)Nominated Oscar Best Adapted Screenplay for: The Man Who Would Be King (1975) Shared with: Gladys HillNominated Oscar Best Actor in a Supporting Role for: The Cardinal (1963)Nominated Oscar Best Adapted Screenplay for: Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) Shared with: John Lee MahinNominated Oscar Best Director for: Moulin Rouge(1952)Nominated Oscar Best Picture for: Moulin Rouge(1952)Nominated Oscar Best Director for: The African Queen(1951)Nominated Oscar Best Screenplay for: The African Queen (1951) Shared with: James AgeeNominated Oscar Best Director for: The Asphalt Jungle(1950)Nominated Oscar Best Screenplay for: The Asphalt Jungle(1950) Shared with: Ben MaddowWon Oscar Best Director for: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)Won Oscar Best Screenplay for: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)Nominated Oscar Best Original Screenplay for: Sergeant York (1941) Shared with: Harry Chandlee, Abem Finkel and Howard KochNominated Oscar Best Screenplay for: The Maltese Falcon(1941)Nominated Oscar Best Original Screenplay for: Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940) Shared with: Norman Burnstine and Heinz Herald