10 Best Directors Who Haven't Won An Oscar

7. Sergio Leone

Edgar Wright Baby Driver
Constantin Film

The director who practically invented the Spaghettie Western subgenre that so many modern filmmakers steal from somehow was never bestowed with the trophy himself.

Look, if you need any further proof as to why this guy deserved to win, just watch this:

https://youtu.be/aJCSNIl2Pls

The music, the staging, the energy, the visceral brutality of it all. It is action filmmaking at its absolute finest and his entire filmography is composed of moments just as great. He was an innovative and trailblazing filmmaker who inspired so many artists that it truly a disgrace that he was never commemorated by the Academy for his work.

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