Gerwig has had two solo directorial ventures, the coming-of-age films Lady Bird (2017) and Little Women (2019), both of which earned nominations for the Best Picture Oscar.

September 28, 2020 Robert Stevenson Career Summation Occupational Inheritance: No Nationality: UK Social Class: Race/Ethnicity: Family: Formal Education: St John’s College, Cambridge Training: screenwriter late 20s First Film: Happy Ever After, 1932; aged 27 Breakthrough: First Oscar Nomination: Mary Poppins, 1964; aged 59 Gap between First Film and First Nom: 32 years Other Oscars: Other […]

The Sixth Sense was nominated for six Oscar Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.

George Stevens won the Best Director Oscar twice, in 1951 for A Place in the Sun and in 1956 for Giant. He was also nominated in 1943 for The More the Merrier, in 1954 for Shane, and in 1959 for The Diary of Anne Frank.

At 26, Soderbergh became the youngest solo director to win the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Fest which garnered the film worldwide commercial success, among numerous accolades.