No African American has yet won Best Director. Only two have ever been nominated.
The first African-American filmmaker to be nominated for a Best Director Oscar was John Singleton for the 1991 drama "Boyz n the Hood." Singleton was 24 when he received the nomination and a second one for Best Original Screenplay. The film, however, was not nominated for Best Picture.
The first African-American filmmaker to receive a Best Director nomination for a film that received a Best Picture nod was Lee Daniels, whose 2009 drama "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" was nominated for six Oscars. It won for Best Supporting Actress (Mo'Nique) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Geoffrey Fletcher).
Gordon Parks was the first African American Hollywood director. His very first film was called The Learning Tree, which was released in 1969.
John Singleton was the youngest Oscar-nominated director and the first black nominated director. He was nominated as director and screenwriter of Boyz n the Hood (1991).
Hattie McDaniel, who won, for Best Supporting Actress in Gone with the Wind (1939).
No black film director has ever won an Oscar.
The first African-American to be nomited for an Academy Award, (who also was the first to win one,) was Hattie McDaniel, who played as "Mammy", in the Movie "Gone with the Wind".
32-year-old Norman Taurog for Skippy (1931).
Her 2010 Best Actress win for "Black Swan" was her first Academy Award. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress of 2004 for "Closer."
John Lasseter directed Toy Story .
Dorothy Dandridge, who was nominated for Best Actress of 1954.
Actually, there have been five black winners of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress:
Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American win an Oscar. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, and she won for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939).Other firsts for African Americans at the Academy AwardsJames Baskett was the first African-American man to receive an academy award. He was given an Honorary Academy Award for his portrayal of Uncle Remus in Song of the South(1946)Dorothy Dandridgewas the first African-American woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Carmen Jones (1954)Sidney Poitier was the first African American man to win an academy award. He was nominated for the Best Actor award, and he won for his role in Lilies of the Field (1963).Louis Gossett, Jr. was the first African-American to win the Best Supporting Actor award. He won for his role in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982).John Singleton was the first African American nominated for a Best Director Academy Award for his work on Boyz N The Hood (1991)Halle Berry was the first African-American to win the Best Actress award. She won for her role in Monster's Ball(2001).
It was Dorothy Dandridge, who was nominated for Best Actress of 1954 for her performance in "Carmen Jones."
Yes. Hattie McDaniel was the first black person to be nominated for and receive an Academy Award. She won the Best Supporting Actress Award for her performance as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind" (1939).
John Singleton was the first black director nominated for an Oscar for Best Director. He was nominated for the movie Boyz n the Hood in 1991. He was also the youngest director ever nominated, at age 23.
Sidney Poitier was nominated as Best Actor for the 1958 drama "The Defiant Ones." The award went to David Niven for "Separate Tables."
Her 2010 Best Actress win for "Black Swan" was her first Academy Award. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress of 2004 for "Closer."
Roma (2018, dir. Alfonso Cuarón) was nominated for several Academy Awards, and won in three categories: Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film, and Best Cinematography.
If you are referring to Dorothy Dandridge's Carmen JonesAcademy Award nomination for best actress, the year is 1954. Dandridge lost out to Grace Kelly for Kelly's role in The Country Girl that year.
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John Lasseter directed Toy Story .
Jamie Foxx was the first black actor to receive two acting nominations in the same year. He was nominated for Best Actor for Ray (2004), and he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Collateral (2004). When he won the award for Best Actor, he became the youngest Black actor to win Best Actor (age 34).Lee Daniels was nominated for Best Director and Best Picture in 2009 for Precious.
Dorothy Dandridge, who was nominated for Best Actress of 1954.
Dorothy Dandridge, who was nominated for Best Actress of 1954.