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Of the 89 films that won Best Picture and were also nominated for Best Director, 68 won the award. [7] [8] The award has been critised in recent years for failing to recognise female directors. [9] Of the 252 individual directors nominated in the history of the award, only 8 have been women; and only 3 of the 75 winners have been women. [10]
Highest-grossing directors worldwide [1]; Rank Name Worldwide box office Highest-grossing film 1 Steven Spielberg: $10,753,945,763 $1,114,456,337 (Jurassic Park) 2 James Cameron
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This does not always mean the director(s) themselves won the Academy award for Best Director or even won for producing the Best Picture. They simply directed the winning film. Pages in category "Directors of Best Picture Academy Award winners"
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Steven Allan Spielberg (/ ˈ s p iː l b ɜːr ɡ /; born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker.A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, Spielberg is widely regarded as one of the greatest film directors of all time and is the most commercially successful director in film history. [1]
In a separate poll by the same magazine Coppla was listed at No. 8 on the list of the top ten film directors of modern time. [40] Coppola was ranked at No. 15 on Empire magazine's "Top 40 Greatest Directors of All-Time" list in 2005. [41] [42] In 2007, Total Film magazine ranked Coppola at No. 5 on its "100 Greatest Film Directors Ever" list. [43]