Nov 18, 2022 John Huston Career Summation Occupational Inheritance: Yes; father actor Nationality: US Social Class: Middle Race/Ethnicity: Family: only child Formal Education: Training: writer, stories and scripts First Film: Maltese Falcon, 1941; aged  35 Breakthrough: Maltese Falcon, 1941; aged  35 First Oscar Nomination: Treasure of the Sierra Madre, 1948; 42 Gap between First Film […]

September 30, 2020 Tom Hooper Career Summation Occupational Inheritance: Nationality: Social Class: Race/Ethnicity: Family: Formal Education: Training: First Film: Breakthrough: First Oscar Nomination: The King’s Speech, 2010; aged 38 Gap between First Film and First Nom: Other Oscars: Other Oscar Nominations: Oscar Awards: Nominations Span: Genre (specialties): Collaborators: Last Film: Contract: Career Length: Career Output: […]

Amour received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Actress for Emmanuelle Riva; it won the Best Foreign Language Film.

George Miller is best known for his Mad Max franchise, whose second installment, Mad Max 2, and fourth, Fury Road, have been hailed as amongst the greatest action films of all time

Miller has been nominated twice for the Best Director Oscar.