Every Academy Award for Best Director: A Complete History of the Winners

Frank Capra — 1939
You Can’t Take it With You (1938)

We’ve officially reached the stretch of Hollywood history where we’re going to see a lot of the same names over and over again. This was Frank Capra’s third win; he beat Norman Taurog for Boys Town, King Vidor for The Citadel, and a double shot of Michael Curtiz, who lost for both Angels With Dirty Faces and Four Daughters. You Can’t Take it…