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Best Director

List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees

Oldest winners

Rank	Age	Name	Film	Annual Ceremony	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Award
1	74 years, 272 days	Clint Eastwood	Million Dollar Baby	77th Academy Awards	2004	May 31, 1930	February 27, 2005
2	69 years, 217 days	Roman Polanski	The Pianist		2002	August 18, 1933	March 23, 2003
3	65 years, 272 days	George Cukor	My Fair Lady		1964	July 7, 1899	April 5, 1965
4	64 years, 100 days	Martin Scorsese	The Departed		2006	November 17, 1942	February 25, 2007
5	62 years, 302 days	Clint Eastwood	Unforgiven		1992	May 31, 1930	March 29, 1993
6	62 years, 105 days	Carol Reed	Oliver!		1968	December 30, 1906	April 14, 1969
7	59 years, 346 days	Fred Zinnemann	A Man for All Seasons		1966	April 29, 1907	April 10, 1967
8	59 years, 225 days	Richard Attenborough	Gandhi		1982	August 29, 1923	April 11, 1983
9	59 years, 46 days	John Ford	The Quiet Man		1952	February 1, 1894	March 19, 1953
10	58 years, 124 days	Ang Lee	Life of Pi		2012	October 23, 1954	February 24, 2013

Historical record holders

Oldest winners

Number	Age	Name	Film	Annual Ceremony	Year in Film	Date of Birth	Date of Award	Record Held
1	74 years, 272 days	Clint Eastwood	Million Dollar Baby	77th Academy Awards	2004	May 31, 1930	February 27, 2005	10 years
2	74 years, 272 days	Clint Eastwood	Million Dollar Baby	77th Academy Awards	2004	May 31, 1930	February 27, 2005	10 years
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List of winners: OLDEST

#	Director	Film	Date of birth	Date of award	Age upon receiving award	Date of death	Lifespan	Notes
1	Borzage, FrankFrank Borzage	Seventh HeavenSeventh Heaven	1894-04-23(1894-04-23)April 23, 1894	May 16, 1929 (1929-05-16)	35-02335 years, 23 days	1962-06-19(1962-06-19)June 19, 1962	24,893 days (68 years, 57 days)	Dramatic;^[1] 1st of 2 Held record as oldest winner for 1 award ceremony (from the 1st to the 2nd, May 1929–April 1930 [11 months])
3	Lloyd, FrankFrank Lloyd	Divine LadyThe Divine Lady	1886-02-02(1886-02-02)February 2, 1886	April 3, 1930 (1930-04-03)	44-06044 years, 60 days	1960-08-10(1960-08-10)August 10, 1960	27,217 days (74 years, 190 days)	1st of 2 Held record as oldest winner for 10 award ceremonies (from the 2nd to the 12th, April 1930–February 1940)
7	Lloyd, FrankFrank Lloyd	CavalcadeCavalcade	1886-02-02(1886-02-02)February 2, 1886	March 16, 1934 (1934-03-16)	48-04248 years, 42 days	1960-08-10(1960-08-10)August 10, 1960	27,217 days (74 years, 190 days)	2nd of 2
13	Fleming, VictorVictor Fleming	Gone With The WindGone with the Wind	1889-02-23(1889-02-23)February 23, 1889	February 29, 1940 (1940-02-29)	51-00651 years, 6 days	1949-01-06(1949-01-06)January 6, 1949	21,866 days (59 years, 318 days)^[2]	Held record as oldest winner for 4 award ceremonies (from the 12th to the 16th, February 1940–March 1944)
17	Curtiz, MichaelMichael Curtiz	CasablancaCasablanca	1886-12-24(1886-12-24)December 24, 1886	March 2, 1944 (1944-03-02)	57-06957 years, 69 days	1962-04-10(1962-04-10)April 10, 1962	27,500 days (75 years, 107 days)	Held record as oldest winner for 9 award ceremonies (from the 16th to the 25th, March 1944–March 1953)
26	Ford, JohnJohn Ford	Quiet ManThe Quiet Man	1894-02-01(1894-02-01)February 1, 1894	March 19, 1953 (1953-03-19)	59-04659 years, 46 days	1973-08-31(1973-08-31)August 31, 1973	29,065 days (79 years, 211 days)	4th of 4 Held record as oldest winner for 12 award ceremonies (from the 25th to the 37th, March 1953–April 1965)
39	Cukor, GeorgeGeorge Cukor	My Fair LadyMy Fair Lady	1899-07-07(1899-07-07)July 7, 1899	April 5, 1965 (1965-04-05)	65-27265 years, 272 days	1983-01-24(1983-01-24)January 24, 1983	30,516 days (83 years, 201 days)	Held record as oldest winner for 38 award ceremonies (from the 37th to the 75th, April 1965–March 2003)
77	Polanski, RomanRoman Polanski	PianistThe Pianist	1933-08-18(1933-08-18)August 18, 1933	March 23, 2003 (2003-03-23)	69-21769 years, 217 days	2024-11-7	33,319 days (91 years, 81 days)	Held record as oldest winner for 2 award ceremonies (from the 75th to the 77th, March 2003–February 2005)
79	Eastwood, ClintClint Eastwood	Million Dollar BabyMillion Dollar Baby	1930-05-31(1930-05-31)May 31, 1930	February 27, 2005 (2005-02-27)	74-27274 years, 272 days	2024-11-7	34,494 days (94 years, 160 days)	2nd of 2 Has held record as oldest winner for 10 award ceremonies (from the 77th through the 87th, February 2005–February 2015)

List of winners: YOUNGEST

#	Director	Film	Date of birth	Date of award	Age upon receiving award	Date of death	Lifespan	Notes
2	Milestone, LewisLewis Milestone	Two Arabian KnightsTwo Arabian Knights	1895-09-30(1895-09-30)September 30, 1895	May 16, 1929 (1929-05-16)	33-22833 years, 228 days	1980-09-25(1980-09-25)September 25, 1980	31,041 days (84 years, 361 days)	Comedy;^[1] 1st of 2 Held record as youngest winner for 3 award ceremonies (from the 1st to the 4th, May 1929–November 1931 [2 years, 6 months])
5	Taurog, NormanNorman Taurog	SkippySkippy	1899-02-23(1899-02-23)February 23, 1899	November 10, 1931 (1931-11-10)	32-26032 years, 260 days	1981-04-07(1981-04-07)April 7, 1981	29,993 days (82 years, 43 days)	Has held record as youngest winner for 83 award ceremonies (from the 4th through the 87th, November 1931–February 2015 [83 years, 3 months])

^ ^a ^b The first Best Directing Oscar was divided between Comedy and Dramatic films.
^ Victor Fleming (lifespan 59 years, 318 days) is one of two directors (alongside Carol Reed) to have lived less than 10 years (8 years, 312 days) after receiving the award.

[year1-1] The first Best Directing Oscar was divided between Comedy and Dramatic films.

[2] Victor Fleming (lifespan 59 years, 318 days) is one of two directors (alongside Carol Reed) to have lived less than 10 years (8 years, 312 days) after receiving the award.

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