Day for Night, probably his most reflective work, won Francois Truffaut the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 1973.

Michael Radford is most widely known as the writer and director of the 1994 film Il Postino: The Postman, which he adapted from the novel Ardiente Paciencia by Antonio Skármeta.

September 24, 2020 Jordan Peele Career Summation Occupational Inheritance: Nationality: Social Class: Race/Ethnicity: black Family: mother white; father black Formal Education: Sarah Lawrence College. dropped out after 2 years Training: Five seasons on Mad TV First Film: Breakthrough: First Oscar Nomination: Gap between First Film and First Nom: Other Oscars: Other Oscar Nominations: Oscar Awards: […]

Research in Progress: September 12, 2020 Gillo Pontecorvo Career Summation Occupational Inheritance: No Nationality: Italian (Pisa) Social Class: Upper-middle; wealthy secular Italian Jewish family, father  businessman Race/Ethnicity: Family: Formal Education: chemistry, University of Pisa, Training: Influencers: Rossellini’s Paisà, 1946; aged 27 First Film: 1959.first feature Breakthrough: The Battle of Algiers, 1966; aged 47 First Oscar […]

Pollack’s 1985 film Out of Africa, starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford, won him Oscar Awards for directing and producing.