Paul Czinner(1890-1972)

As of 2007, he is one of six directors who has directed his wife to a Best Actress Oscar nomination (Elisabeth Bergner in Escape Me Never (1935)). The other five are Joel Coen directing Frances McDormand in Fargo. Secuestro voluntario (1996), John Cassavetes directing Gena Rowlands in Neurosis de mujer (1974) & Gloria (1980), Blake Edwards directing Julie Andrews in Victor/Victoria (1982), Richard Brooks directing Jean Simmons in El amargo fin (1969) and Paul Newman directing Joanne Woodward in Raquel, Raquel (1968). Jules Dassin also directed his future wife Melina Mercouri in an Oscar-nominated performance (Nunca en domingo (1960)), but they weren't married yet at the time of the nomination.