Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (2 January 1884 - 25 March 1951) was an American author and film director. Although predated by the short lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company that put out smaller films, he is regarded as the first African-American feature filmmaker, and the most prominent producer of race films.[1]
What 1940 movie did Hattie McDaniel win an Oscar for?
In 1940 she won for a little film called Gone with the Wind (1939) as Best Supporting Actress.
Gone With the Wind
How many Oscars did on golden pond win?
Three: Best Actor (Henry Fonda), Actress (Katharine Hepburn) and Adapted Screenplay.
Did John Boorman win an Oscar?
Deliverance which was nominated for Best Picture, Director and Editing.
How many Oscars did Alice in Wonderland win and what were they?
"Alice in Wonderland" won 2010 Academy Awards in the categories of Best Achievement in Art Direction (Robert Stromberg and Karen O'Hara) and Best Achievement in Costume Design (Colleen Atwood).
What award was hattie mcdaniel the frst African American to win in the year 1940?
She received the 1939 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind."
Oscars are often hosted on TV and will be separated into several categories and the nominations for the prize will be read, then by popular vote the winner will be announced
Did lagaan won any awards at Oscars?
Lagaan was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, but didn't win the Oscar.
Which phrase best summarizes what women and African Americans experienced?
prejudice, inequalities best describes what they experienced, but it also depends on when you are talking about.
So, Yeah
Who was the male leading role in Just My Luck?
Chris Pine played the male leading role in the 2006 film, "Just My Luck". He played the character of Jake Hardin who falls for Lindsay Lohan's character, Ashley.
1st black Academy Award winner that's a male?
The first African-American male to win an Academy Award was Sidney Poitier, who won the Best Actor Oscar in 1963 for his role in Lilies in the Field.
What was the first black actress nominated for Oscar award for her role in the movie Carmen Jones?
Dorothy Dandridge, who was nominated for Best Actress of 1954.
Name the star of Erin Brockovich who is a five-time Academy Award nominee but has never won?
Albert Finney.
What makes an actor nominated for a supporting role and not a leading role?
In theory, the size of the role. Main role- lead, small role- supporting. But there have been cases of "category fraud", someone having a big role in a movie (even the biggest), and being nominated for supporting- like Ethan Hawk in Training Day(2001), and two winners Timothy Hutton for Ordinary People(1980) and Benicio Del Toro for Traffic (2001), for example.
Bradex is short for Bradford Exchange Plates. It is a system of numbering of collectible plates.
Who won an Oscar for playing the wife of John Nash?
Jennifer Connelly won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for playing Alicia Nash in A Beautiful Mind(2001)
Who has won an oscar a grammy a Emmy and a toni and for what roles?
It's called "EGOT" (Emmy, Oscar, Grammy and Toni). The honorees are: John Gielgud, Helen Hayes, Audrey Hepburn, Rita Moreno, Whoopi Goldberg; composers Marvin Hamlisch, Richard Rodgers, and Jonathan Tunick; director/screenwriter Mel Brooks; director Mike Nichols; and producer Scott Rudin. Of the eleven, two-Marvin Hamlisch and Richard Rodgers-have also won the Pulitzer Prize.
If you want the "What did they do to get it" I suggest going to imdb.com and looking that up.
Was the Graduate Dustin Hoffmans first movie?
No, according to IMDb he made a number of TV appearences before he appeared in The Graduate and an appearance in the role of Hap in movie The Tiger Makes Out, released in the same year as The Graduate (1967) but listed before it. For a full list of his movies see the link below.
Where will the 2014 Oscars be held?
The 86th Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, March 2, 2014 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Formerly known as the Kodak Theatre, the auditorium has been the permanent home of the Oscars since it opened on November 9, 2001. The host of the Academy Awards telecast on ABC will be Ellen DeGeneres, who previously presided over the ceremony in 2007.
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Who is the screenplay writer of les miserables?
The screenplay writers of Les Miserables were William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude- Michel Schonberg and Herbert Kretzmer.
Who won an Oscar playing alongside her famous father?
Tatum O'Neal won the Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Supporting Actress playing Addie, the daughter of Moses in Paper Moon (1973). The role of her on-screen father, Moses, was played by her real-life father, Ryan O'Neal.