Historical clue formulations

• Nine-time Oscar nominee for Best Director — 2021-05-20
• Eight-time Best Director nominee who has won only once — 2019-04-28
• "The Departed" director — 2017-10-15
• Frequent director of De Niro — 2017-09-17
• Oscar-winning director of "The Departed," 2006 — 2012-08-21
• "Mean Streets" director — 1995-06-11
• "The Age of Innocence" director — 1995-05-24
• "Taxi Driver" director — 1994-01-14