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 Non mi sfuggirai (1935)). The other five are Joel Coen directing Frances McDormand in Fargo (1996), John Cassavetes directing Gena Rowlands in Una moglie (1974) & Gloria - Una notte d'estate (1980), Blake Edwards directing Julie Andrews in Victor/Victoria (1982), Richard Brooks directing Jean Simmons in Lieto fine (1969) and Paul Newman directing Joanne Woodward in La prima volta di Jennifer (1968). Jules Dassin also directed his future wife Melina Mercouri in an Oscar-nominated performance (Mai di domenica (1960)), but they weren't married yet at the time of the nomination.