The Resume

(April 23, 1893-June 19, 1962)
Won the Best Director Oscar for 'Seventh Heaven (1928)' and 'Bad Girl (1931)'
Directed 'Street Angel,' 'A Farewell to Arms,' 'Flirtation Walk' and 'Smilin' Through' Stage Door Canteen'

Why he might be annoying:

His name was hard to pronounce ('Bor-ZAY-gee').
Almost fifty of the silent films he directed are lost.
'Bad Girl,' the second film he won the Oscar for, had no bad girl in it.
It is rumored that he won his Oscars because of his social connections rather than his talent.

Why he might not be annoying:

He pioneered the use of soft-focus photography.
He won Oscars for directing both a silent film and a talkie.
He starred in most of the early silent films he directed.

Credit: Professor Moriarty

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Best Director Oscar Winners (Ranked: 1931)
• Best Director Oscar Winners (Ranked: 1927)
• I Died in 1962 (Ranked: 69)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[A-B]
• Professor Moriarty's Profiles [Series 1]
• Profiles 7751-8000 (Ranked: 7804)
• Stage Door Canteen [1943]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 38 Votes: 34.21% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 30 Votes: 63.33% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 39 Votes: 38.46% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 59 Votes: 55.93% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 104 Votes: 52.88% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 162 Votes: 59.26% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 225 Votes: 53.78% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 315 Votes: 43.49% Annoying