Runners up --
8 nominations: George Cukor, John Ford
7 nominations: George Stevens, Henry King, Mervyn LeRoy, Michael Curtiz, Steven Spielberg
6 nominations: David Lean, Ernst Lubitsch, Frank Capra, Fred Zinnemann, Sam Wood
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| William Wyler -- Directed 12 films that were nominated for Best Picture
Runners up -- | ||