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5 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Production Design recognizes achievement for art direction in film. The category's original name was Best Art Direction, but was changed to its current name in 2012 for the 85th Academy Awards.
Jun 29, 2024 · Arguably the crowning achievement of producer-director-screenwriter Billy Wilder’s career, the film features an unsettling, Oscar-winning score by Franz Waxman, won Best Art Direction and Best Story and Screenplay, and was nominated for a total of 11 Academy Awards.
3 days ago · James Francis Cameron CC (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker. He is a major figure in the post- New Hollywood era. He often uses novel technologies with a classical filmmaking style. He first gained recognition for writing and directing The Terminator (1984) and found further success with Aliens (1986), The Abyss (1989), Terminator 2 ...
4 days ago · Robert Bernard Altman (/ ˈ ɔː l t m ə n / AWLT-mən; February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.He was a five-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director and is considered an enduring figure from the New Hollywood era.
2 days ago · Academy Award, any of a number of awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize achievement in the film industry. The awards were first presented in 1929, and winners receive a gold-plated statuette commonly called Oscar.
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- When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded in 1927, the awards committee was only one of several that had been formed by the...
- Since 2002, the Academy Awards have been held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood (called the Kodak Theatre prior to Kodak’s filing for bankruptcy in...
- The Academy Award statuette’s nickname, “Oscar,” has three possible sources. Actress Bette Davis claimed that the name derived from her observation...
- Only members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences may nominate and vote for candidates for the Oscars. The academy is divided into va...
- The hashtag was first tweeted in 2015 by activist April Reign in response to the 20 acting nominations for the Academy Awards all being granted to...
Jul 10, 2024 · This list of Academy Award winning movies is ordered by the number of statues each of these films brought home, so you can easily glance and see which films have won the most awards. It also lists the awards each film won and highlights those awards which are most coveted, the so-called Big Five Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor ...
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