Two Best Picture Oscars
On February 27, 2005, Clint Eastwood became one of only 3 living directors (along with Milos Forman and Francis Ford Coppola) to have directed two Best Picture winners.
Forman died, so there are only two now.
Oldest Winning Director
At the age of 74, Eastwood became the oldest recipient of the Best Director Oscar to date.
How many actors won the Oscar for a role in a Clint Eastwood film: 5
Eastwood has directed five actors in Oscar-winning performances:
Gene Hackman in Unforgiven;
Tim Robbins and Sean Penn in Mystic River;
Morgan Freeman and Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby
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