MARTIN SCORSESE

If the director scores an Academy Award nomination for “The Irishman,” he will become the second-most-nominated director ever, leapfrogging over Billy Wilder to land below all-time leader William Wyler. If he wins, Scorsese will be the oldest directing winner.

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Wyler’s record number of directing nominations. He won three times.

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Directing nominations for Wilder, and for Scorsese, so far. Wilder won twice; Scorsese once, for “The Departed.”

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Popular movie stars who took a shot behind the camera have beaten out Scorsese for this Oscar: Robert Redford won for 1980’s “Ordinary People” (over Scorsese’s “Raging Bull”); 10 years later, Kevin Costner’s “Dances With Wolves” took the directing award (over “Goodfellas”) and Clint Eastwood’s “Million Dollar Baby” from 2004 triumphed over “The Aviator.”

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Eastwood’s age when he won for “Baby,” making him the oldest directing winner in history.

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Age Scorsese will be when the 2020 Oscars take place.