Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Dokokin da ke kula da rukunin Fina-Finan Kasa da Kasa a halin yanzu sun bayyana cewa "za a ba da kyautar Academy (Oscar) ga hoton kuma 'wanda darektan ya karɓa a madadin baiwar fim din". Saboda haka, darektan ba ya lashe kyautar da kansa, amma kawai ya karɓa a lokacin bikin. A zahiri, ba a taɓa haɗa kyautar da takamaiman mutum ba, sai dai don 1956 (29th) Academy Awards
lokacin da aka sanya sunayen masu shirya fim a cikin takaddama don rukunin Fim ɗin Harshe na 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.