<page_title> List of Academy Award for Best Director winners by age </page_title> <section_title> List of winners </section_title> <table> <cell> Frank Capra <col_header> Director </col_header> </cell> <cell> 37 years, 285 days <col_header> Age upon receiving award </col_header> </cell> <cell> 34,440 days (94 years, 108 days) <col_header> Lifespan </col_header> </cell> <cell> Billy Wilder <col_header> Director </col_header> </cell> <cell> 39 years, 258 days <col_header> Age upon receiving award </col_header> </cell> <cell> 34,977 days (95 years, 278 days) <col_header> Lifespan </col_header> </cell> <cell> Elia Kazan <col_header> Director </col_header> </cell> <cell> 38 years, 195 days <col_header> Age upon receiving award </col_header> </cell> <cell> 34,354 days (94 years, 21 days) <col_header> Lifespan </col_header> </cell> </table>
Elia Kazan (lifespan 94 years, 21 days) is one of three directors (alongside Billy Wilder and Frank Capra) to have lived over 55 years after receiving the Academy Award for Best Director.