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
Frances Reid (director) increase communication between women and connect the public with forms of women-based media. Frances Reid (director) Frances Reid is an American filmmaker, producer and cinematographer known for her documentaries. She has been in filmmaking for 3 decades. In 1994, she was nominated alongside director Dee Mosbacher for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short for "Straight from the Heart" that explored relationships between straight parents and their gay children. She was again nominated for an Oscar for producing and directing "Long Night's Journey Into Day" (2000). In 1977, Reid became an associate of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the