22 Days til Oscar. Scorsese Trivia, Anyone?
22 is today's magic number. Two working directors, Woody Allen and Martin Scorsese, are ever inching up the statistics of "Directors who've guided the most Oscar-nominated performances"with 18 and 22 performances, respectively, thus far. William Wyler and Elia Kazan are still the champs but Martin Scorsese could eventually topple Kazan's record. This year's Scorsese picture Silence didn't manage an acting nomination (it's nominated only in cinematography) though some were rooting for Issei Ogata's sly supporting role as The Inquisitor. So Scorsese's number remains 22.
Most Performances Nominated From Their Films
- William Wyler (36... with 14 winners)
- Elia Kazan (24... with 9 winners)
- Martin Scorsese (22... with 5 winners)
- George Cukor (21 ...with 5 winners)
- Fred Zinneman (20 ...6 winners)
It seems unthinkable now that the first two nominated performances Marty directed were by women, since he never again directed a female-focused picture after Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) but it's true. The Scorsese list of 8 supporting actresses, 7 lead actors, 5 supporting actors, and 2 lead actresses follows...