Woody Allen directed Midnight in Paris, which received a Best Picture nomination at the 2012 Academy Awards. The film was a 2011 fantasy comedy written and directed by Allen, with Owen Wilson playing a screenwriter who mysteriously travels into 1920s Paris at night.
At the 84th Academy Awards, Midnight in Paris was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Art Direction. Allen won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, adding another major award to a career that had already included wins for Annie Hall and Hannah and Her Sisters.
The Best Picture nomination belongs to the film, while the producers Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum were the individuals officially nominated in that category. Allen himself was nominated for directing and writing, which explains why the question identifies him as the prolific director.
The film’s story blends fictional characters with historical figures including Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, and Salvador Dalí. The movie ultimately lost Best Picture to The Artist, but its screenplay won Allen his third competitive Academy Award for writing.