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Poll: Directors Whose Films Won Most Oscars

A poll by ur22567331
There are nine directors whose works have won 20 or more Oscars (not counting shorts, documentaries, animated films and Special Achievement Awards). Who has the best set of Oscar-winning films?

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Results of 2,200 votes:

  1. 1.

    Steven Spielberg

     
    32 Oscars: 3 for Jaws (1975) 1 for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 4 for Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 4 for E.T. (1982) 1 for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) 1 for Indiana Jone…
  2. 2.

    Martin Scorsese

     
    20 Oscars: 1 for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) 2 for Raging Bull (1980) 1 for The Color of Money (1986) 1 for Goodfellas (1990) 1 for The Age of Innocence (1993) 5 for The Aviator (2004) 4 f…
  3. 3.

    Peter Jackson

     
    20 Oscars: 4 for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 2 for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 11 for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 3 for King Kong…
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