Oscar / Best Dance Director

The choreographers of a musical film are honored with the Oscar for the best dance director . The prize was awarded in this category from 1936 up to and including 1938.

In the table below, the films are listed according to the year in which they were awarded.

1936-1938

year	Award winners	for the movie	Nominations
1936	Dave Gould	Broadway Melody 1936 and Folies Bergère de Paris	Busby Berkeley for Die Goldgräber von 1935 Bobby Connolly for Broadway Hostess and Go Into Your Dance Sammy Lee for King of Burlesque Hermes Pan for Ich tanz 'mich zu dich bei dein Heart LeRoy Prinz for All the King's Horses and The Big Broadcast of 1936 Benjamin Zemach for She - ruler of a sunken world
1937	Seymour Felix	The great Ziegfeld	Busby Berkeley for Gold Diggers of 1937 Bobby Connolly for Cain and Mabel Dave Gould for Born To Dance Jack Haskell for One in a Million Russell Lewis for Dancing Pirate Hermes Pan for Swing Time
1938	Hermes Pan	A young lady in need	Busby Berkeley for Varsity Show Bobby Connolly for Ready, Willing and Able Dave Gould for The Marx Brothers: A Day at the Race Sammy Lee for Ali Baba Goes to Town Harry Losee for Thin Ice LeRoy Prinz for Waikiki Wedding