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Quiz: Can you name the Oscar-winning director among these greats?

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It’s shocking how many famous filmmakers have never won an Oscar for directing. All of the following greats were snubbed in the directors’ race (but may have won in other categories) except one: Robert Altman, Tim Burton, John Cassavetes, Charlie Chaplin, Cecil B. DeMille, Brian De Palma, D.W. Griffith, Alfred Hitchcock, Norman Jewison, Akira Kurosawa, Stanley Kubrick, Vincente Minnelli, Sam Peckinpah, Herbert Ross, George Sidney, Orson Welles. Who’s the only winner? To see the answer, click on the ‘continue reading’ link.

ANSWER: Vincente Minnelli won for directing ‘Gigi,’ best picture of 1958. -- Tom O’Neil

Illustration by Tom O’Neil

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