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Multi Oscar Nominated Directors with No Wins

Name these "Best Director" Oscar nominees who have never won that specific award.
Not an exhaustive list. Some have won Oscars other than Best Director
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Nominated as Best Director for…
Director
5
Rebecca, Lifeboat, Spellbound, Rear Window, Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock
5
M*A*S*H, Nashville, The Player, Short Cuts, Gosford Park
Robert Altman
4
Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon
Stanley Kubrick
4
12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon, Network, The Verdict
Sidney Lumet
4
Witness, Dead Poets Society, The Truman Show, Master and Commander
Peter Weir
4
La Dolce Vita, 8½, Satyricon, Amarcord
Federico Fellini
3
Pulp Fiction, Inglourious Basterds, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino
3
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Social Network, Mank
David Fincher
3
Thelma & Louise, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down
Ridley Scott
3
There Will Be Blood, Phantom Thread, Licorice Pizza
Paul Thomas Anderson
3
The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive
David Lynch
3
Cries and Whispers, Face to Face, Fanny and Alexander
Ingmar Bergman
3
The Fighter, Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle
David O. Russell
3
Sideways, The Descendants, Nebraska
Alexander Payne
3
In The Heat of the Night, Fiddler on the Roof, Moonstruck
Norman Jewison
2
The Thin Red Line, The Tree of Life
Terence Malick
2
Henry V, Belfast
Kenneth Branagh
2
Good Will Hunting, Milk
Gus van Sant
2
Juno, Up In The Air
Jason Reitman
2
The Big Short, Vice
Adam McKay
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May 27, 2022
The most Best Director nominations without winning went to Clarence Brown with 6 for directing Anna Christie, Romance, A Free Soul, The Human Comedy, National Velvet, and The Yearling.