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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).
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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.
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.
What movie did Elia Kazan win the Oscar for best director in 1954 27th Academy Awards?
Elia Kazan won best director for the movie On the Waterfront.
Who was the first African American to receive an Oscar?
AnswerHattie McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Mammy in 'Gone With the Wind' (1939) Sidney Poitier was first to win a Best Actor Oscar for the movie 'Lilies of the Field' (1963)
First woman to win Oscar Best picture?
Julia Phillips for The Sting (1973).
Who is the only woman to have won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director?
Up until 2012, Barbra Streisand is the only woman to have won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director.
Who traditionally presents the Best Director Award at the Oscar ceremony?
It varies from year to year. Sometimes the presenter is the Best Director winner from the previous year. Other times, the presenter is an actor or actress or esteemed director. When Martin Scorsese won the 2006 Best Director award for "The Departed," he was presented the Oscar by good friends and fellow directors Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola. When Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win the award (for "The Hurt Locker"), the presenter was Barbra Streisand.
Did thor freudental win an Oscar for best director?
No. The German director of the 2010 film "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" was a contributor to "The ChubbChubbs!" (2002), which won the award for Best Animated Short. But the Oscar went to its director, Eric Armstrong.
Who won the Oscar for best director in 1999?
The Academy Award for Best Director of 1999 went to Sam Mendes for "American Beauty." It was debut film for the British stage director.
Who won the Oscar for best director in 1997?
James Cameron won the Academy Award for Best Director in 1997 for directing "Titanic".
Who won the oscar for best director in 2011?
On February 27, 2011, the Academy Award for Best Director of 2010 went to Tom Hooper for "The King's Speech."
When did George Lucus win the Oscar for Best Filmmaker?
George Lucas has never won an Academy Award (Oscar). He has been nominated twice, and he received a special award, but special awards are not competitive, so it can not be said that he won it.1992 - Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award - The crew of the orbiting space shuttle Atlantis (STS-45) participated in the presentation of the Thalberg Award to George Lucas. An Oscar statuette was aboard the shuttle to commemorate the event.Nominated Oscar Best Director for: Star Wars (1977)Nominated Oscar Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for: Star Wars (1977)Nominated Oscar Best Director for: American Graffiti(1973)Nominated Oscar Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced for: American Graffiti (1973) Shared with: Gloria Katz and Willard HuyckThere is no Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Filmmaker. There is and Academy Award for Best Director, and the producer receives the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Who won the Oscar for Best Director in 2012?
The Academy Award for Best Director of 2012 went to Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee for "Life of Pi." It was his second Oscar (he won a 2005 Academy Award for directing "Brokeback Mountain"). He also was the director of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," which was named Best Foreign Language Film of 2000.
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).
Which Oscar Award did Kathryn Bigelow win at the 82nd annual Academy Awards?
Best Director for: 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).
Who was first british director to win Oscar?
It was David Lean, who won the 1957 Best Director award for "The Bridge on the River Kwai." He won the Oscar again for "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962). The first director from the United Kingdom to win the award was Frank Lloyd (for 1933's "Cavalcade"), a native of Scotland.
