Best Director that never won an Oscar

[Sandpiper]

I would say:

1) Stanley Kubrick

2) Martin Scorsese


But Marty's still alive, so he still has a shot.

[Spinzonner]

1. John Waters ?

[Kenneth ken]

2. Alfred Hitchcock n/t

[Blue Belle]

9. Right on... I'm with ya there.

Hitch was the best.

[Kat45]

Scorsese, definitely.

"Goodfellas" "Raging Bull" "Taxi Driver" the list goes on.....

[Kat45]

3. Scorsese, definitely.

"Goodfellas" "Raging Bull" "Taxi Driver" the list goes on.....

[benny05]

6. agree

followed by Kubrick

[Kat45]

4. Scorsese, definitely.

"Goodfellas" "Raging Bull" "Taxi Driver" the list goes on.....

[FastHorizon]

5. Scorsese..

hands down

[bertha katzenengel]

7. Well, Bruce Beresford is still with us, but it's a damned crying shame tha

that he didn't even get nominated for "Driving Miss Daisy."

Then there's Barbra Streisand and "The Prince of Tides." :grr:

[maveric]

8. Yes to both!

[Burma Jones]

10. Orson Welles, in addition to Kubrick

On edit - Hitchcock never got a Directing Oscar???? What cascaades of caca......

[mitchum]

11. Alfred Hitchcock, Werner Herzog, Paul Schrader, Kenneth Anger

[IrishBloodEngHeart]

12. Paul Thomas Anderson and Wes Anderson (unrelated)

honorable mention: Tim Burton

[ghostsofgiants]

17. Yeah, P.T. and Wes are both pretty deserving

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

13. Scorsese, Kubrick or Hitch

Interchangeable order for me, depends on the mood.

I'm pretty sure Scorsese has been nominated the most out of the three and was robbed this past year and for Raging Bull.

Hitchcock's achievements and contributions to filmmaking mean more than any award could.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

14. Orson Welles and Charlie Chaplin

also:
fritz lang
martin scorsese
and hitchcock

[ghostsofgiants]

15. David Lynch

Kubrick as well.

[PittPoliSci]

16. my choice too.

[6000eliot]

18. You assume that the Oscars are about talent and achievement

Look who won against Scorsese. In 1980, against "Raging Bull," Robert Redford for friggen "Ordinary People!" Then, against "Goodfellas," Kevin Costner for "Dances with Wolves!"

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

19. they're not as bad as the grammys

which screw it up every year (worst in my lifetime being steely dan over radiohead and eminem. i'm know eminem fan, but even i know that the two artists had better stuff than steely dan's worst album)-the oscars occasionally get it right

[Matilda]

20. Hitchcock. Welles. Kubrick.

n/t

[Robeson]

21. Easy....Kubrick and Hitchcock.

[Liberal In Texas]

22. Kubrick. No argument. Just brilliant.

The master.