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
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