El Premio Oscar al Mejor Director es uno de los premios otorgados por la Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas (Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences – AMPAS) para honrar la excelencia en la dirección de un largometraje. Desde su creación, el premio ha sido entregado a 73 directores o equipos de dirección.

Listado de Directores con Más Premios Oscar Ganados en la Historia

Director Premios Oscar Ganados
John Ford 4: The Informer (1935), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941), The Quiet Man (1952)
Frank Capra 3: It Happened One Night (1934), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), You Can’t Take It with You (1938)
William Wyler 3: Mrs. Miniver (1942), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Ben Hur (1959)
Ang Lee 2: Brokeback Mountain (2005), Life of Pi (2012)
Frank Borzage 2: 7th Heaven (1927), Bad Girl (1931)
Alfonso Cuarón 2: Gravity (2014), Roma (2019)
Clint Eastwood 2: Unforgiven (1992), Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Milos Forman 2: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), Amadeus (1984)
Elia Kazan 2: Gentlemen’s Agreement (1947), On the Waterfront (1954)
David Lean 2: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Frank Lloyd 2: The Divine Lady (1929), Cavaclade (1932)
Joseph Mankiewics 2: A Letter of Three Wives (1949), All About Eve (1950)
Leo McCarey 2: The Awful Truth (1937), Going My Way (1944)
Lewis Milestone 2: Two Arabian Knights (1927), All Quiet in the Western Front (1929)
Steven Spielberg 2: Schindler’s List (1993), Saving Private Ryan (1998)
George Stevens 2: A Place in the Sun (1951), Giant (1956)
Oliver Stone 2: Platoon (1986), Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Billy Wilder 2: The Lost Weekend (1945), The Apartment (1960)
Robert Wise 2: West Side Story (1961), The Sound of Music (1956)
Fred Zinnemann 2: From Here to Eternity (1953), A Man for All Seasons (1966)