Academy Award for Best Director multiple Best Director awards: The following directors have received four or more Best Director nominations (* indicates no wins): As of the 90th Academy Awards, four Asian directors have been nominated a total of six times in this category, and one director has won the award twice. As of the 90th Academy Awards, five black directors have been nominated in this category one time each, and none have won the award. As of the 90th Academy Awards, five female directors have been nominated in this category one time each, and one has won the award. As of the 90th Academy
Chris Williams (director) Chris Williams (director) Chris Williams (born c. 1968/1969) is a Canadian American animator, film director and screenwriter at Walt Disney Animation Studios. He directed the short film "Glago's Guest" and co-directed "Bolt", which was nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2009; "Big Hero 6", which won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2015 and "Moana," which was nominated for two Oscars for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song in 2016. Williams was born in Missouri and spent the first 25 years of his life in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, where his father was the Director of