1937 Academy Awards – Directing Winner and Nominees

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Frank Capra

A simple, small town man inherits a massive fortune, making him the target for scammers and publicity-seekers. Overwhelmed by the turn his life has taken, and awoken to another use for his new-found fortune, he makes a momentous decision.

Dodsworth

William Wyler

My Man Godfrey

Gregory La Cava

San Francisco

W.S. Van Dyke

The Great Ziegfeld

Robert Z. Leonard