Damien Chazelle is heavily favored to win Oscars for Best Directing and Best Original Screenplay for “La La Land.” Should he prevail in both categories, he would join a select group of 12 filmmakers who won Oscars for writing and directing the same film. Click through our photo gallery above to see the other esteemed writers/directors that have achieved this feat.
–By Tony Ruiz
“Birdman” (2014)
Oscar Wins:
Best Director
Best Orginal Screenplay — shared with Armando Bo, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Nicolas Giacobone
“No Country for Old Men” (2007)
Oscar Wins:
Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay
“The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2003)
Oscar Wins:
Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay
“The Last Emperor” (1987)
Oscar Wins:
Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay — shared with Mark Peploe
“Terms of Endearment” (1983)
Oscar Wins:
Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay
“Kramer vs. Kramer” (1979)
Oscar Wins:
Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay
“Annie Hall” (1977)
Oscar Wins:
Best Director
Best Original Screenplay — shared with Marshall Brickman
“The Godfather Part II” (1974)
Oscar Wins:
Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay — shared with Mario Puzo
“The Apartment” (1960)
Oscar Wins:
Best Director
Best Original Screenplay — shared with I.A.L. Diamond
“The Lost Weekend” (1945)
Oscar Wins:
Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay — shared with Charles Brackett
“All About Eve” (1950)
Oscar Wins:
Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay
“A Letter to Three Wives” (1949)
Oscar Wins:
Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay
“The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” (1948)
Oscar Wins:
Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay
“Going My Way” (1944)
Oscar Wins:
Best Director
Best Story
