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 Clute went back to ministry. In 1864 Oscar married Mary Merrylees, who was the sister of Mrs. T.C. Abbot. Together the two had six children: William Merrylees, Oscar Clark, Lucy Merrylees, Katherine Spencer, Edward Hale and Marie Morrill. He died near Los Angeles, California, on January 27, 1902. Oscar Clute Oscar Clute (1837-1902) was president of the U.S. state of Michigan's State Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) from 1889 to 1893. Oscar Clute was born in Albany, New York. From 1855-1859 Clute taught high school. In 1862, Clute graduated from State Agricultural College where he eventually taught math for four