Great directors never to win an Oscar

[Beyond Bleach]

I'm not sure if this thread has been around before, but I thought that it would be quite interesting

Martin Scorsese up to this year, fell into this category, but what other directors haven't won one yet or never won one in their lifetime. The most obvious one is Alfred Hitchcock although Rebecca won an Oscar for best film

 

[Powder Snow]

Sam Peckinpah?

RegarRAB

Mark

 

[Melkiha]

Joel Coen

 

[Applecheekies]

Stanley Kubrick

 

[C. L. Richardson]

Alan Smithee??? LOL

 

[kuletboi]

Richard Donner - well, at least for The Omen, Superman and the first Lethal Weapon. All classics of their respective genres.

Tony Scott - for sterling work on Top Gun, Crimson Tide and True Romance. Sincerely, great movies! Has done movies just as good as his brother Ridley.

 

[Think 1st]

David Lynch?

edit: actually didn't he win one or two for 'A Straight Story'?

 

[red pepper]

naaah he's had a few http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000040/awarRAB

edit: no, you're right. I think it's time for bed my brain keeps crashing

 

[Smokinbiker]

You were right first time, he's been nominated three times (Elephant Man, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive) for an Academy but has always come up short.

Incidentally Kubrick was nominated four times (Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange and Barry Lyndon) without success.

 

[schoolgirl09]

Do honarary oscars count?

If not then Mr Orson Welles.

I don't even want to talk about it

 

[Chase H]

David Fincher

 

[Poe for President]

Sergio Leone for Once Upon a Time in America.