Who has directed more Best Picture Oscar-winning films, Alfred Hitchcock or William Wyler?
William Wyler William Wyler (born as Willy Wyler; July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Notable works include "Ben-Hur" (1959), "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946), and "Mrs. Miniver" (1942), all of which won Academy Awards for Best Director, as well as Best Picture in their respective years, making him the only director of three Best Picture winners as of 2017. Wyler received his first Oscar nomination for directing "Dodsworth" in 1936, starring Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton and Mary Astor, "sparking a 20-year run of almost unbroken greatness."
Vilmos Zsigmond filmography Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, also formerly credited as William Zsigmond, was nominated for four Academy Awards for Best Cinematography ("Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "The Deer Hunter", "The River", and "The Black Dahlia"), winning once for his work on "Close Encounters of the Third Kind". He also won two American Society of Cinematographers Awards, one Primetime Emmy Award, and one British Academy Film Award.