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Oscars
The Oscars, also known as the Academy Awards, are an annual awards ceremony. Awards are given out for cinematic excellence. The awards ceremony is held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
3,339 Questions
What is the name of an Oscar-winning foreign director?
Yojiro Takita is the most recent director to win the Oscar for Best Freign Language Film. He won the Oscar for his film Departures. He is from Japan and his film was in Japanese.
Here is a list of foreigners who have won the Oscar for Best Director.
- Ang Lee (Taiwan)
- Anthony Minghella (United Kingdon)
- Bernardo Bertolucci (Italy)
- Billy Wilder (Austria)
- Carol Reed (United Kingdon)
- Danny Boyle (United Kingdon)
- David Lean (United Kingdon)
- Fred Zinnemann (Austria)
- James Cameron (Canada)
- John Schlesinger (United Kingdon)
- Mel Gibson (Austrailia)
- Mike Nichols (Germany)
- Miloš Forman (Czech Republic)
- Peter Jackson (New Zealand)
- Richard Attenborough (United Kingdon)
- Roman Polanski (Poland)
- Sam Mendes (United Kingdon)
- Tony Richardson (United Kingdon)
- William Wyler (Germany)
Peter Finch
Peter Finch actually was nominated and won after his death, so that's not it.
Has ridley Scott ever won a best directror award?
Ridley Scott has never won a Best Directing Oscar. He has been nominated for the award three times for Thelma & Louise (1991), Gladiator (2000) and Black Hawk Down (2001). He lost to Jonathan Demme (Silence on the Lambs), Steven Soderbergh (Traffic) and Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind), respectively.
Who hosted the Oscars second most?
Behind Bob Hope with a record 18 times as the Oscars' host (by the way, he was a solo host 10 times), is Billy Crystal who hosted the awards show 8 times.
Which film directed by Jason Reitman won an Oscar in 1997?
Jason Reitman directed his first film in 1998.
Which wallece and grommit movie set at Christmas won Oscar best annimated short film?
'The Wrong Trousers'
What was the top selling movie in the year 2001?
The highest box office gross (US) for 2001 ws Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ($317,557,891).
Who is the Best Supporting Actress winner for LA Confidential?
LA Confidential was not nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Supporting Actress category; however, it was nominated in the Best Actress category, and Kim Bassinger won the award.
How many Oscars was Double Indemnity nominated for?
Seven: Best Picture, Director, Actress, Screnplay, Cinematography, Sound and Score. It didn't win any of them.
Who did Katharine Hepburn share an Oscar with?
In 1968 there was a tie in the Best Actress category.
Katharine Hepburn won for The Lion in Winter, and Barbra Streisand won for Funny Girl.
Goldie Hawn
Did Aamir Khan win an Oscar in 2002?
No, he has not won an Oscar yet. It is his dream to win one. He has been making Oscar level movies however.
For which movie did James Stewart win the Academy Award for Best Actor?
He won the 1952 Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the 1951 movie The African Queen.
Linda hunt was the first woman nominated for a best actress Oscar for playing a man in what movie?
The Year of Living Dangerously
Robert Redford
Jane Campion
What African American woman did Lithographs of Sharecroppers and Two Generations?
why did farmers become sharecroppers sharecropping offered a measure of independance
Who won the Oscar for Best Director for Out Of Africa?
Sydney Pollack won the Oscar for Best Director for the film Out of Africa.
