The 10 Best Directors Who've Never Won An Oscar

With Darren Aronofsky and David Fincher up for Oscars this weekend, it's time to take a look back at the leading lights of the cinema who've never won the award for Best Director. Some of these names will probably surprise you, which is why we made this list.

• 1. Spike Lee

  

  2 nominations, none for directing. (Image credit: David Shankbone)

• 2. Tim Burton

  

  1 nomination, but not for directing. (Image credit: Pina90)

• 3. Alfred Hitchcock

  

  5 nominations, won a posthumous honorary award. (Image credit: Fred Palumbo)

• 4. Robert Altman

  

  7 nominations, won a posthumous honorary award. (Image credit: Georges Biard)

• 5. Sidney Lumet

  

  5 nominations, won an honorary award. (Image credit: gdcgraphics)

• 6. Federico Fellini

  

  12 nominations, won an honorary award. (Image credit: Walter Albertin)

• 7. Akira Kurosawa

  

  1 nomination, won an honorary award. (Image credit: Unknown)

• 8. Sergio Leone

  

  0 nominations. (Image credit: Taormina Film Fest)

• 9. Mike Leigh

  

  7 nominations, 2 in directing. (Image credit: Stuart Crawford)

• 10. Ridley Scott

  

  3 nominations, all for directing. (Image credit: Alex Guerrero)