He won Best Director for Traffic.
Traffic
The 2000 film drama by Steven Soderbergh was nominated for five Academy Awards and won four: Best Director (Soderbergh), Best Supporting Actor (Benicio del Toro), Best Adapted Screenplay (Stephen Gaghan) and Best Film Editing (Stephen Mirrione). The only award it did not win was Best Picture, which went to "Gladiator."
Ridley Scott has never won a Best Directing Oscar. He has been nominated for the award three times for Thelma & Louise (1991), Gladiator (2000) and Black Hawk Down (2001). He lost to Jonathan Demme (Silence on the Lambs), Steven Soderbergh (Traffic) and Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind), respectively.
Erin Brockovich (2000) won one Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role - Julia RobertsIt was also nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Albert Finney; Best Director - Steven Soderbergh; Best Picture - Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg & Stacey Sher; and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen - Susannah Grant
Gladiator won the Oscar for Sound in 2000.
Traffic
The 2000 film drama by Steven Soderbergh was nominated for five Academy Awards and won four: Best Director (Soderbergh), Best Supporting Actor (Benicio del Toro), Best Adapted Screenplay (Stephen Gaghan) and Best Film Editing (Stephen Mirrione). The only award it did not win was Best Picture, which went to "Gladiator."
Ridley Scott has never won a Best Directing Oscar. He has been nominated for the award three times for Thelma & Louise (1991), Gladiator (2000) and Black Hawk Down (2001). He lost to Jonathan Demme (Silence on the Lambs), Steven Soderbergh (Traffic) and Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind), respectively.
Erin Brockovich (2000) won one Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role - Julia RobertsIt was also nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Albert Finney; Best Director - Steven Soderbergh; Best Picture - Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg & Stacey Sher; and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen - Susannah Grant
Traffic won the Oscar for Directing in 2000.
Gladiator won the Oscar for Sound in 2000.
Gladiator won the Oscar for Costume Design in 2000.
Gladiator won the Oscar for Visual Effects in 2000.
Traffic won the Oscar for Film Editing in 2000.
Oscar Shumsky died in 2000.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon won the Oscar for Cinematography in 2000.
Wonder Boys won the Oscar for Music - Song - in 2000.