Between 1930 and 1972, George Cukor directed 21 different actors and actresses to Academy Award nominations, with five of them winning.
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Five Acting Nominations:
Three of the acting wins were men, including Jimmy Stewart in The Philadelphia Story (1940). He was especially proud when Judy Holiday won the Best Actress in 1950 for the comedy, Born Yesterday.
All five winners were in the lead category (Best Actor and Best Actress); none in the supporting leagues.
Only three other directors – William Wyler, Elia Kazan and Martin Scorsese – have more acting nominations.
My Oscar Book:
Cukor directed 7 films that were nominated for Best Picture, tying with three directors for that honor.
Five directors have 8 or more nominations.
On his fifth Best Director nomination, Cukor finally won, for “My Fair Lady” in 1964, becoming at the time the oldest director to ever win, a record he held until 2002, when Roman Polanski won the directing Oscar for “The Piano.”
