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Which Academy Award nomination did Howard Hawks receive for Sergeant York?

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Howard Hawks stands at right, speaking with actors John Wayne, Dean Martin, and Ricky Nelson in cowboy costumes on the set of the western film Rio Bravo. — Howard Hawks Howard Hawks (right) directing (from left to right) John Wayne, Dean Martin, and Ricky Nelson in *Rio Bravo* (1959).

For his work on the 1941 film Sergeant York, Howard Hawks received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director. This was the only Academy Award nomination of his career.12