Oscars Face-Off: Director - Ford vs. Mankiewicz vs. Iñárritu
by urbanemovies | created - 29 Feb 2016 | updated - 26 Apr 2018 | PublicWhich consecutive Best Oscar winning Director is your favorite: Ford or Mankiewicz or Iñárritu?
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1. John Ford
Director | The Quiet Man
John Ford came to Hollywood following one of his brothers, an actor. Asked what brought him to Hollywood, he replied "the train". He became one of the most respected directors in the business, in spite of being known for his westerns, which were not considered "serious" film. He won six Oscars, ...
Best Director Oscars
1936 The Informer
1941 The Grapes of Wrath
1942 How Green Was My Valley
1953 The Quiet Man
* back to back Director Oscars in red
Directorial Movie Resume
2. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Writer | All About Eve
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on February 11, 1909, Joseph Leo Mankiewicz first worked for the movies as a translator of intertitles, employed by Paramount in Berlin, the UFA's American distributor at the time (1928). He became a dialoguist, then a screenwriter on numerous Paramount ...
Best Screenplay Oscar
1950 A Letter to Three Wives
1951 All About Eve
Best Director Oscar
1950 A Letter to Three Wives
1951 All About Eve
* back to back Director Oscars in red
Directorial Movie Resume
3. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Director | Biutiful
Alejandro González Iñárritu (ih-nyar-ee-too), born August 15th, 1963, is a Mexican film director.
González Iñárritu is the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and by the Directors Guild of America for Best Director. He is also the first Mexican-born ...
Best Director Oscar
2015 Birdman
2016 The Revenant
2018 Special Oscar Carne y Arena
* back to back Director Oscars in red
Directorial Movie Resume
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