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He won for best directing for the Pianist.
a type of director was woody Allen
John Schlesinger won for directing "Midnight Cowboy," which was named Best Picture of 1969.
The 2015 Best Directing Oscar went to Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. He received the award for his direction of Birdman (or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance).
James Stewart
Martin Scorsese
Approximately 300 actors and actresses have won the Academy Award for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress. Please follow the related links below to see a complete list of nominees and winners.
There is no New Actor category at the Academy Awards.
There is no prize money attached to an Academy Award. If you win, you get the statuette and perhaps enhanced stature in Hollywood for a while.
Actually, there have been five black winners of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress:
Two. He won for producing and directing "Braveheart," which won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1995.