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
Oscar Hallam of Wisconsin. In 1892, Hallam married Edith Lamb Lott (1870 – 17 July 1942) in St. Paul; their daughter, Mrs. Corneila Hallam Miller (16 April 1893 – 20 February 1975) served as President of the St. Paul Women City Club and writer for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. In 1933, Hallam sent his grandson, Stanley F. Miller, Jr. (3 October 1916 – 21 September 1991) to represent Minnesota in the Boy Scouts of America contingent to the World Jamboree in Gödöllő, Hungary. Image: Oscar Hallam Minnesota Historical Society Photograph Collection ca. 1932 | Image: Edith Lott Hallam (Mrs. Oscar Hallam)