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Nominations & Winners by Category:
Assistant Director

Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners in the category of Assistant Director. TheWinner marker symbol appears next to the winner for each year. Click on the name of a film or person in the list to display more information about that film or person. Or, click on a category in the column on the right to display the nominees and winners in that category.

1932-33  (6th)

Percy Ikerd (Fox)
Winner markerWilliam Tummel (Fox)
Winner markerCharles Dorian (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Bunny Dull (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
John S. Waters (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Winner markerCharles Barton (Paramount)
Sidney S. Brod (Paramount)
Arthur Jacobson (Paramount)
Eddie Killey (RKO Radio)
Winner markerDewey Starkey (RKO Radio)
Winner markerFred Fox (United Artists)
Benjamin Silvey (United Artists)
Winner markerScott Beal (Universal)
Joe McDonough (Universal)
W. J. Reiter (Universal)
Al Alborn (Warner Bros.)
Winner markerGordon Hollingshead (Warner Bros.)
Frank X. Shaw (Warner Bros.)
NOTE: Assistant Director was a new category in 1932-33. The award went to one assistant director from each studio. Multiple awards were given this year only.

1934  (7th)

Cleopatra, Paramount. Cullen Tate. [came in 2nd]
Imitation of Life, Universal. Scott Beal. [came in 3rd]
Winner markerViva Villa!, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. John Waters.

1935  (8th)

David Copperfield, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Joseph Newman. [came in 3rd]
Les Miserables, 20th Century; United Artists. Eric Stacey.
Winner markerThe Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Paramount. Clem Beauchamp and Paul Wing.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Warner Bros. Sherry Shourds. [Write-in candidate; NOT an official nomination. Came in 2nd.]

1936  (9th)

Anthony Adverse, Warner Bros. William Cannon.
Winner markerThe Charge of the Light Brigade, Warner Bros. Jack Sullivan.
The Garden of Allah, Selznick International Pictures; United Artists. Eric G. Stacey.
The Last of the Mohicans, Reliance Pictures; United Artists. Clem Beauchamp.
San Francisco, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Joseph Newman.

1937  (10th)

Winner markerIn Old Chicago, 20th Century-Fox. Robert Webb.
The Life of Emile Zola, Warner Bros. Russ Saunders.
Lost Horizon, Columbia. C. C. Coleman, Jr.
Souls at Sea, Paramount. Hal Walker.
A Star Is Born, Selznick International Pictures; United Artists. Eric Stacey.
NOTE: The Assistant Director award was not given after 1937.