William Wyler "Mrs. Miniver". He is tied with Frank Capra and behind John Ford, who won four Oscars in this category. He is also only director in Academy history to direct three Best Picture-winning films (the three for which he won Best Director), and directed more Best Picture nominees than anyone else (thirteen). He has the distinction of having directed more actors to Oscar-nominated performances than any other director in history: thirty-six. Out of these nominees, fourteen went on to win Oscars, also a record. He received the fourth AFI Life Achievement Award in 1976. Among those who thanked him for directing
Mrs. Brown's Boys Darren Boyd for his role in the Sky1 comedy series, "Spy". In September 2012, the show won best comedy at the TV Choice Awards. At the 2012 British Academy Scotland Awards, "Mrs Brown's Boys" won the award for Best Comedy Entertainment Programme. For three consecutive years, in 2013, 2014 and 2015, "Mrs. Brown's Boys" won the award for Best Comedy at the National Television Awards. In Spring 2014 the series was nominated for Best Comedy at the Scottish RTS awards but lost out to Limmy's Show Christmas Special. In 2015, Mrs Brown's Boys was nominated for the "BAFTA", best male