Academy Award for Best Director director in history to receive this award, at the age of 32 for his work on "La La Land". Two directing teams have shared the award; Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins for "West Side Story" in 1961 and Joel and Ethan Coen for "No Country for Old Men" in 2007. The Coen brothers are the only siblings to have won the award. Kathryn Bigelow is the only woman to have won the award, for 2009's "The Hurt Locker". As of the 2018 ceremony, Guillermo del Toro is the most recent winner in this category for his work on "The Shape
Joel Gordon Joel Gordon Joel Gordon (born November 15, 1975) is a Canadian actor, producer and director. As a teenager growing up in Scarborough, Joel Gordon received the Harry Jerome Award for the Arts for his work as a young actor. After studying acting at York University, Gordon made his professional stage debut as an actor in George F. Walker's play "Heaven", and appeared on the front cover of "Eye Weekly" on June 4, 2002 for his role as Romeo in "Romeo/Juliet Remixed". Gordon's first movie appearance as an actor was in "Rude", which was screened at Cannes. In 2008, Gordon appeared