Clint Eastwood — The 40-Year Directing Career

Eastwood has directed 40+ films since 1971, including Unforgiven (Best Picture, Best Director), Million Dollar Baby (Best Picture, Best Director), Mystic River, Letters from Iwo Jima, and American Sniper ($547 million — the highest-grossing war film ever at the time). He shoots fast (typically one or two takes), never goes over budget, and has earned over $3 billion in total box office as a director. He won his first directing Oscar at 62 and his second at 74. The Man with No Name became the man with all the Oscars. At 95, he's still directing. The productivity is genuinely insane.