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Which directors did Norman Taurog beat for the best director Oscar for Skippy?

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Director Norman Taurog, wearing a hat and glasses, sits beside actor Mickey Rooney, who is smiling, on the set of the film Boys Town, with camera equipment visible behind them. — Norman Taurog Norman Taurog (right) with Mickey Rooney on the set of *Boys Town* (1938).

For his work on the 1931 film Skippy, Norman Taurog won the Academy Award for Best Director. He secured this win over the following fellow nominees:

Josef von Sternberg
Lewis Milestone
Wesley Ruggles
Clarence Brown

This victory is widely considered one of the great Oscar upsets of the century.1