How many Indians have been nominated for Oscars?

Answer 1

1) Bhanu Athaiya won Best Costume Design (with John Mollo) for Gandhi (1982) 2) Satyajit Ray received an honorary Academy Award in 1991. 3) Russell Pookutty won Best Sound Mixing (with Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke) for Slumdog Millionaire (2008). 4) AR Rahman won Best Score and Best Original Song (music) for Slumdog Millionaire (2008) 5) Gulzar won Best Song (lyrics) for Slumdog Millionaire(2008). [He was not present at the ceremony to collect his Oscar.]

Answer 2

As of 03/07/2010, eleven (11) African Americans have won Academy Awards (Oscars) in acting categories.

1. Hattie McDaniel won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in Gone with the Wind (1939).
2. Sidney Poitier won the Oscar for Best Actor in Lilies of the Field (1963).
3. Louis Gossett, Jr. won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982).
4. Denzel Washington won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in Glory (1989) and the Oscar for Best Actor in Training Day (2001). He had previously been nominated in the Best Actor category for The Hurricane in 1999 and Malcolm X in 1992.
5. Whoopi Goldberg won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in Ghost (1990). She had previously been nominated for Best Actress in 1985 for her role as Celie in The Color Purple.
6. Cuba Gooding, Jr. won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in Jerry McGuire (1996)
7. Halle Berry won the Oscar for Best Actress in Monster's Ball (2001).
8. Morgan Freeman won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in Million Dollar Baby (2004). He had previously been nominated for Best Actor for his roles in Driving Miss Daisy (1989) and The Shawshank Redemption (1994).
9. Jamie Foxx won the Oscar for Best Actor in Ray (2004). He was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role of the cab driver in Collateral (2004).
10. Forest Whitaker won the Oscar for Best Actor in The Last King of Scotland (2006).
11. Jennifer Hudson won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in Dreamgirls (2006).

African Americans have also been nominated in the directing category and in the music categories.

Answer 3

As of March 2010, eight (8) Mexican filmmakers have won Academy Awards (Oscars).

1. 1949 Emile Kuri won the Oscar for Best Art Direction for The Heiress, and in 1954 she won the Oscar for Best Art Direction again for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
2. 1952 Anthony Quinn won Best Supporting Actor for Viva Zapata! and in 1956 he won Best Supporting Actor again for Lust for Life.
3. 1971 Robert Amram won the Oscar for Best Short Documentary for Sentinels of Silence. He also won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short for the same film. This is the first time that the same short film won in two categories.
4. 2001 Brigitte Broch won the Oscar for Best Art Direction for Moulin Rouge! Brigitte Broch is a German-born Mexican art director.
5. 2002 Beatrice De Alba won the Oscar for Best Makeup for Frida.
6. 2006 Eugenio Caballero won the Oscar for Best Art Direction for Pan's Labyrinth.
7. 2006 Pilar Revuelta won the Oscar for Best Art Direction for Pan's Labyrinth.
8. 2006 Guillermo Navarro won the Oscar for Best Cinematography for Pan's Labyrinth.

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Answer 5

I don't think a Native American person -male or female- has ever won an Oscar.

Answer 6

One that I know about, Buffy Sainte-Marie for "Up Where We Belong," best music, from the film "An Officer and a Gentleman."

Answer 7

The first Native American to win an Oscar was Dan George. This was in the 1970s. Native Americans weren't normally handed awards.

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