Since its inception, the award has been given to 72 directors or directing teams. John Ford has received the most awards in this category with four. William Wyler was nominated on twelve occasions, more than any other individual. Damien Chazelle became the youngest director in history to receive this award, at the age of 32 for his work on "La La Land". John Singleton became the youngest director to be nominated for this award, at age 24 for his work on "Boyz n the Hood". Two directing teams have shared the award; Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins for "West Side Story" in 1961 and Joel and Ethan Coen for "No Country for Old Men" in 2007. The Coen brothers are the only siblings to have won the award. Kathryn Bigelow is the first woman to have won the award, for 2009's "The Hurt Locker". As of the 2020-21 ceremony, Chloé Zhao is the most recent winner in this category for her work on "Nomadland".