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
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (play) film version of "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney" was released in 1929, and starred Norma Shearer and Basil Rathbone. It was nominated for an Oscar in 1930 for "Best Writing, Achievement" for Hanns Kräly. "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney", released in 1937, was the second film adaptation. It starred Joan Crawford, William Powell, Robert Montgomery, Benita Hume and Frank Morgan. The final American film version of the Lonsdale play starred Greer Garson and was titled "The Law and the Lady" (1951). A German film version was "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney" (1961) with Lilli Palmer. The Last of Mrs. Cheyney