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Did Frank Capra win a Best Director Oscar for It happened One Night?
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Yes, he did. It was his first of three Best Director Academy Awards.
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Who directed It Happened One Night ?
Frank Capra.
What was the first movie in Oscar history to sweep Best Picture Actor Actress and Director?
Frank Capra's "It Happened One Night" (1934),
Director Frank Capra won Academy Awards?
Frank Capra won three Academy Awards in five years for his direction of "It Happened One Night" (1934), "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" (1936) and "You Can't Take It With You" (1938). The 1934 and 1938 films won Oscars for Best Picture.
What was the 1930 movie that won the Oscar award for best director best actor best actress best cinematography and best screen play?
"It Happened One Night" (1934). Directed by Frank Capra. Stars Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert.
A title of a Clark Clark Gable-Claudette Colbert Movie?
"It Happened One Night" (1934). The film won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor (Gable), Best Actress (Colbert), Best Director (Frank Capra) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Robert Riskin).
What was the first film to win Oscars for Best Picture Best Director Best Actor Best Actress and Best Screenplay?
American Beauty (1999). It won Best Picture, Director (Sam Mendes), Actor (Kevin Spacey) and Original Screenplay (Alan Ball). It also won for Cinematography (Conrad L. Hall).
What is a good Frank Capra movie?
"It Happened One Night" (1934) "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" (1936) "Lost Horizon" (1937) "You Can't Take It With You" (1938) "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939) "Meet John Doe" (1941) "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1944) "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946)
What film directors have most Oscars and nominations?
John Ford holds the record for most Academy Awards given to a director, with four for: The Informer, The Grapes Of Wrath, How Green Was My Valley, and The Quiet Man. He was nominated only 5 times as director. William Wyler won 3 times for Best Director, for: Mrs. Miniver, The Best Years of Our Lives and Ben-Hur. He was nominated 12 times for direction, more than any other director. Frank Capra won 3 times for Best Direction, for: It Happened One Night, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town and They Can't Take It with You. He was nominated 6 times.
How many Oscars did it happened one night win?
Five: Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay.
What movies won academy awards for actor actress director and picture?
Only three movies have achieved this milestone to date (2014). They have also each received Academy Awards for their screenplays, making them winners of Oscar's "Big Five." "It Happened One Night" (1934) Best Director: Frank Capra Best Actor: Clark Gable Best Actress: Claudette Colbert Writing, Adapted: Robert Riskin "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) Best Director: Milos Forman Best Actor: Jack Nicholson Best Actress: Louise Fletcher Best Writing, Adapted: Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991) Best Director: Jonathan Demme Best Actor: Anthony Hopkins Best Actress: Jodie Foster Writing: Thomas Harris, novel; Ted Tally, screenplay.
Who were famous directors in the 1930s?
Perhaps Frank Capra. He directed 15 films in the 1930's including: "Dirigible" (1931) "The Bitter Tea of General Yen" (1933) "It Happened One Night" (1934). Best Picture OSCAR winner. "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" (1936) "Lost Horizon" (1937) "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939)
Who was the director of Saturday Night Fever?
john badham is the director
