Academy Award for Best Assistant Director explained

The Academy Award for Best Assistant Director was awarded from 1933 through 1937. In the first year of this award, it referred to no specific film.

• 1933^[1] :
  • Charles Barton (Paramount) - winner
  • Scott Beal (Universal) - winner
  • Charles Dorian (M-G-M) - winner
  • Fred Fox (United Artists) - winner
  • Gordon Hollingshead (Warner Bros.) - winner
  • Dewey Starkey (RKO Radio) - winner
  • William Tummel (Fox) - winner
  • Al Alleborn (Warner Bros.) - nominee
  • Sid Brod (Paramount) - nominee
  • Orville O. Dull (M-G-M) - nominee
  • Percy Ikerd (Fox) - nominee
  • Arthur Jacobson (Paramount) - nominee
  • Edward Killy (RKO Radio) - nominee
  • Joseph A. McDonough (Universal) - nominee
  • William J. Reiter (Universal) - nominee
  • Frank X. Shaw (Warner Bros.) - nominee
  • Ben Silvey (UA) - nominee
  • John Waters (M-G-M) - nominee
• 1934: John Waters – Viva Villa! ^[2]
  • Scott Beal – Imitation of Life
  • Cullen Tate – Cleopatra
• 1935: Clem Beauchamp and Paul Wing – The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
  • Joseph Newman – David Copperfield
  • Eric Stacey – Les Misérables
  • Sherry Shourds – A Midsummer Night's Dream (write in)
• 1936: Jack Sullivan – The Charge of the Light Brigade
  • Clem Beauchamp – The Last of the Mohicans
  • William Cannon – Anthony Adverse
  • Joseph Newman – San Francisco
  • Eric G. Stacey – The Garden of Allah
• 1937: Robert Webb – In Old Chicago
  • C. C. Coleman, Jr. – Lost Horizon
  • Russ Saunders – The Life of Emile Zola
  • Eric Stacey – A Star Is Born
  • Hal Walker – Souls at Sea

See also

• List of Academy Award–nominated films

Notes and References

1. Web site: The 6th Academy Awards 1934. Oscars.org Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. en. 2019-05-21.
2. Web site: The 7th Academy Awards (1935) Nominees and Winners . 2013-04-11. oscars.org.