Lewis Milestone
won the only Oscar ever given for Comedy Direction in 1927/28,
for Two Arabian Knights which was not included among the Best Picture nominations.
Milestone won a second Best Director Oscar two years later for the
first true masterpiece of the sound era, All Quiet on the Western Front,
which did win the Best Picture Oscar.

Frank Lloyd
won the Best Director Oscar in 1928/29 for his work on
The Divine Lady, which was not nominated for Best Picture.
Things evened out in 1935 when his film Mutiny On the Bounty won Best Picture,
and he lost the Best Director award to John Ford for The Informer.
He was also named Best Director for Cavalcade in 1933.

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