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Why wasn't Kathryn Bigelow nominated for a 2012 Best Director Oscar?
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When there are nine films nominated for Best Picture, it shouldn't be surprising that several deserving filmmakers are overlooked for the five Best Director nods. In addition to Kathryn Bigelow, whose 2012 drama "Zero Dark Thirty" received five Oscar nominations, directors Tom Hooper ("Les Misérables," eight nominations) and Ben Affleck ("Argo," seven nominations) were not honored for their work.
The nominees for Best Director of 2012 were Michael Haneke ("Amour"), Ang Lee ("Life of Pi"), Steven Spielberg ("Lincoln"), David O. Russell ("Silver Linings Playbook") and Benh Zeitlin ("Beasts of the Southern Wild"). The award went to Lee.
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Who is the fist woman to win Oscar award for the best director?
Kathryn Bigelow won the 2009 Best Director Academy Award for her work on "The Hurt Locker." She also won an Oscar as a producer of the film, which was named Best Picture. Bigelow was the fourth woman nominated for Best Director, after Lina Wertmuller for "Seven Beauties" (1975), Jane Campion for "The Piano" (1993) and Sofia Coppola for "Lost in Translation" (2003).
What women were nominated for Best Director?
Four women were nominated in the Best Director category. Jane Campion and Sofia Coppola won an Oscar for the screenplay of the movie they directed. Kathryn Bigelow was the first woman in the history of the Oscars to win in this category. 1976 Lina Wertmuller, Seven Beauties 1993 Jane Campion, The Piano 2003 Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation 2009 Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Who was the first woman film director to win an Oscar in the United States?
Kathryn Bigelow has so far become the only woman to win the Best Director Oscar for her work on the 2009 film "The Hurt Locker." Sofia Coppola was nominated for Best Director for the 2003 movie, "Lost in Translation." Italian director Lina Wertmüller was nominated for Best Director in 1976 for "Seven Beauties." New Zealand's Jane Campion was nominated for Best Director for "The Piano" in 1993 (she won an Oscar that same year for Best Original Screenplay).
Which Oscar Award did Kathryn Bigelow win at the 82nd annual Academy Awards?
Best Director for: The Hurt Locker
Why is Kathryn Bigelow famous?
Kathryn Bigelow is the first woman to win the Oscar for Best Director, for her film The Hurt Locker, in 2010. The Hurt Locker is the story of a bomb disposal team in the Iraq war. Kathryn Bigelow swept the Oscars this year, with The Hurt Locker being nominated in 9 categories and winning 6 awards. The film also swept the BAFTA awards this year. The Hurt Locker's success at the Oscars and BAFTA were all the more startling as the film defeated Avatar, the biggest blockbuster of all time. Curiously the director of Avatar, James Cameron, is Kathryn Bigelow's ex-husband.
Who was the first American woman to be nominated for best director Academy Award?
Kathryn Bigelow, for her film The Hurt Locker (2009), is the only woman to have won an Oscar for Best Director. Only four have been nominated including Bigelow, the others are: Lina Wertmuller, Jane Campion, Sofia Coppola, for [the Italian] Seven Beauties (1976), The Piano (1993), Lost in Translation (2003), respectively. The second and third won an Oscar for the film's screenplay.The Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film goes to the director. And two women have won: Marleen Gorris for Antonia's Line(The Netherlands, 1995) and Caroline Link for Nowhere in Africa (Germany, 2002).
Who was nominated for best director Oscar in 2009?
The nominees were Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker, who won, as well as James Cameron for Avatar, Lee Daniels for Precious, Jason Reitman for Up in the Air and Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds.
Who win the best director in Oscars 2010?
Kathryn Bigelow won the award and also made Oscar history because she was the first lady to win in this category
Who was the first black director nominated for an Oscar?
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.
Was Barbra Streisand nominated for Oscar as director?
No.
Who was the first Canadian director to win an Oscar?
Kathryn Bigelow was the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director. She won for The Hurt Locker(2009). She beat her ex-husband, James Cameron, who was nominated for Avatar.
What film did director John Huston get nominated for an Oscar?
The Cardinal!
