Latest winner Oscar Category File
Assistant Director
A working Assistant Director dossier with winners, craft credits, ceremony trails, and nominee history kept close to the surface.
Latest Winner
Robert Webb
Span
1932/33-1937
Ceremonies
5
Winners
11
Category Ledger
Category History
5 ceremonies, 11 winners, 24 other nominees across the full Academy Awards span. Full nominee trails are loaded for every ceremony.
1930s
4 other nominees
4 other nominees
3 other nominees
2 other nominees
11 other nominees
- Nominee Al Alborn (Warner Bros.) Al Alborn Person History
- Nominee Arthur Jacobson (Paramount) Arthur Jacobson Person History
- Nominee Benjamin Silvey (United Artists) Benjamin Silvey Person History
- Nominee Bunny Dull (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) Bunny Dull Person History
- Nominee Eddie Killey (RKO Radio) Eddie Killey Person History
- Nominee Frank X. Shaw (Warner Bros.) Frank X. Shaw Person History
- Nominee Joe McDonough (Universal) Joe McDonough Person History
- Nominee John S. Waters (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) John S. Waters Person History
- Nominee Percy Ikerd (Fox) Percy Ikerd Person History
- Nominee Sidney S. Brod (Paramount) Sidney S. Brod Person History
- Nominee W. J. Reiter (Universal) W. J. Reiter Person History
Category Highlights
Poster-first highlights from this category across the full span of the Oscar ledger.
Winner In Old Chicago
A Star Is Born
Lost Horizon
Souls at Sea
The Life of Emile Zola
Winner The Charge of the Light Brigade
Anthony Adverse
San Francisco
The Garden of Allah
The Last of the Mohicans
Winner The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
A Midsummer Night's Dream
David Copperfield
Les Miserables
Winner Viva Villa!
Cleopatra
Imitation of Life
Research Mode
Lead with posters and winners. Open the raw table only when the category work turns forensic.
This keeps category pages fast, visual, and browseable while preserving the sortable dataset as an optional research surface.