Cika wannan jumla: Dokokin da ke kula da rukunin fina-finai na Duniya a halin yanzu sun bayyana cewa "za a ba da kyautar Academy (Oscar) ga hoton kuma'mai gudanarwa ya karɓa a madadin baiwar fim ɗin.' Saboda haka, darektan ba ya lashe kyautar da kansa, amma kawai ya karɓa a lokacin bikin. A zahiri, ba a taɓa haɗa lambar yabo da takamaiman mutum ba, sai dai ga
1956 (29th) Academy Awards lokacin da aka haɗa sunayen masu shirya fim a cikin takaddama don rukunin Fim ɗin Harshe na Ƙasashen waje. A hukumance, an yi la'akari da wani darakta kamar Federico Fellini wanda bai taɓa samun lambar yabo ta Academy Award ba a lokacin rayuwarsa, duk da cewa fina-finai huɗu daga cikin fina-finai sun karɓi kyautar Fim ɗin Harshe na Harshe (kawai Academy Award da Fellini da kansa ya lashe shi ne lambar yabo ta 1992). Koyaya, ana ɗaukar masu shirya Dino De Laurentiis da Carlo Ponti sun ci kyautar Fellini ta 1956 da aka ba Fellini "La Strada" (1954) saboda an haɗa sunayensu a bayyane a cikin gabatarwa.