The Resume

(July 1, 1902-July 27, 1981)
Won the 1942 Best Director Oscar ('Mrs. Miniver')
Won the 1946 Best Director Oscar (The Best Years of Our Lives')
Won the 1959 Best Director Oscar ('Ben Hur')
Directed 'Dodsworth,' 'Wuthering Heights,' 'The Letter,' 'The Little Foxes,' 'Carrie' and 'Funny Girl'
Married to actresses Margaret Sullavan and Margaret Tallichet

Why he might be annoying:

He was divorced.
He was famous for shooting an enormous amount of takes.
He had an affair with Bette Davis.
He is frequently confused with Billy Wilder.
Laurence Olivier asked him to direct a film of Shakespeare's 'Henry V' for Olivier to star in, but he turned down the offer.

Why he might not be annoying:

He told Olivier to make the film of 'Henry V' himself, and the result is considered to be one of the greatest film adaptations of a Shakespeare play ever made.
He received most Oscar nominations than anyone else for Best Director.
He won the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award.

Credit: Professor Moriarty

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Academy Awards: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (Ranked: 1966)
• AFI’s 100 Years … 100 Thrills [Directors] (Ranked: 49)
• AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies [Directors] (Ranked: 37)
• AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies [Directors] (Ranked: 72)
• AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies [Directors] (Ranked: 73)
• AFI's Lifetime Achievement Award (Ranked: 1976)
• Appeared on PBS' American Masters
• Best Director Oscar Winners (Ranked: 1959)
• Best Director Oscar Winners (Ranked: 1946)
• Best Director Oscar Winners (Ranked: 1942)
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Golden Globe: Best Director (Ranked: 1959)
• I Accepted an Oscar as a Surrogate (Ranked: 1959)
• I Died in 1981 (Ranked: 79)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[U-Z]
• I'm Buried at Forest Lawn Glendale Cemetery [Calif]
• National Board of Review Award for Best Director (Ranked: 1946)
• National Board of Review Award for Best Director (Ranked: 1955)
• New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director (Ranked: 1946)
• Professor Moriarty's Profiles [Series 1]
• Profiles 7751-8000 (Ranked: 7832)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 20 Votes: 15.00% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 19 Votes: 36.84% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 30 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 27 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 101 Votes: 43.56% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 96 Votes: 46.88% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 165 Votes: 49.70% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 223 Votes: 41.26% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 337 Votes: 44.51% Annoying