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 Verlaß mich niemals wieder (1935)). The other five are Joel Coen directing Frances McDormand in Fargo: Blutiger Schnee (1996), John Cassavetes directing Gena Rowlands in Eine Frau unter Einfluß (1974) & Gloria (1980), Blake Edwards directing Julie Andrews in Victor/Victoria (1982), Richard Brooks directing Jean Simmons in Happy-End für eine Ehe (1969) and Paul Newman directing Joanne Woodward in Die Liebe eines Sommers (1968). Jules Dassin also directed his future wife Melina Mercouri in an Oscar-nominated performance (Sonntags... nie! (1960)), but they weren't married yet at the time of the nomination.