The first German film to win the Best Foreign Language category was The Tin Drum (1979).
"All About Eve" is the first film with 14 Oscar nominations.
Oscar Micheaux was the first Independent Afro-American Director. He was also a novelist and owned his own company called Micheaux Film and Book Company.
Germany's The Lives of Others (2006) won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Wings (1927)
No, "Tsotsi" is not the first African movie to win an Oscar. It won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2006, but the first African film to receive an Oscar was "Yesterday," a South African film that was nominated in 2005. Additionally, the film "The Gods Must Be Crazy" was nominated in 1981, although it did not win.
Technically, it was Flowers and Trees (1932). It was the first film to win the Oscar for Best Animated Short. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs did not win and Oscar but it did receive a special honorary Oscar for its achievement as the first full-length animated film in history. The first feature length animated Disney film to win a competitive Oscar was Pinnochio. It won Best Score and Best Song (When You Wish Upon A Star). Ironically, as of 03/07/2010, Disney has yet to win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature (unless you count Pixar as part of Disney).
"Shrek" (2001).
Lord of the rings
The Usual Suspects
Ersatz (The Substitute) by Dusan Vukotic won in 1961 making it the first foreign animation to win an Oscar.
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