Golden Globe Award for Best Director Golden Globe Award for Best Director The Golden Globe Award for Best Director has been presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, an organization composed of journalists who cover the United States film industry for publications based outside North America, since 1943. Having won all four of his nominations, Elia Kazan has been honored most often in this category. Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, David Lean, Miloš Forman, and Oliver Stone tie for second place with three wins each. Steven Spielberg has had the most nominations (twelve) and has received the award twice. Barbra Streisand is the only woman to
Charles Barton (director) Charles Barton (director) Charles Barton (May 25, 1902December 5, 1981) was a film and vaudeville actor and film director. He won an Oscar for best assistant director in 1933. His first film as a director was the Zane Grey feature "Wagon Wheels", starring Randolph Scott, in 1934. Barton worked in various Hollywood B-movie units. From 1946 on, he was a principal director of the Abbott and Costello comedies, such as "The Time of Their Lives", "Buck Privates Come Home," "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein," and "Africa Screams". He later directed Walt Disney films such as "The Shaggy Dog" and "Toby