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Alfred Hitchcock never won an Oscar for Best Director — irony, expertly directed.

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Despite directing classics like Psycho and Vertigo, he never won the competitive Best Director Oscar. He did receive the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, which is an honorary Oscar for producers/creative leadership.

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