Frank Capra
4 titles, 36th in points with 18,411
1. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) #17
2. It Happened One Night (1934) #160 [AA] best picture
3. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) #209
4. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) #727
Those outside the top 1000
5. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) #1645
6. Lost Horizon (1937) #1940
7. You Can't Take It With You (1938) #2029 [AA] best picture
My favorite
© 2009-11, William L. Sinclair
All Directors in the top 1011 list that we compiled from all the internet surveys we could find, ranked by total points for all films on our spreadsheet. Alfred Hitchcock led the list [photo above with fellow director, artist Andy Warhol]. John Ford and Jean-Luc Godard had the most films listed at 16 each. Charles Laughton made the list highest with only one film
These directors have won the most Oscars® for Directing:
John Ford (4) [photo left]: The Informer (35), The Grapes of Wrath (40), How Green Was My Valley (41), The Quiet Man (52) - no westerns
Mister Roberts, my favorite Ford film
Frank Capra (3): It Happened One Night (34), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (36), You Can't Take It With You (38)
William Wyler (3): Mrs. Miniver (42), The Best Years of
