Though he was Garbo’s favorite director and was nominated for six Academy Awards, Clarence Brown never won an Oscar and remains known as a contract filmmaker without a distinctive style.
Oscar Directors: Brown, Clarence: Background, Career, Awards, Filmography, Garbo’s Favorite Director
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Oscar Movies: Hell and High Water (1954)
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Oscar Nominations: 1 Special Effects Oscar Context: The winner of the Special Effects Oscar was 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Share this:
Oscar Movies: Lion King (1994)
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Oscar Nominations: 4 Original Score: Hans Zimmer Song: Can You Feel the Love Tonight, music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice Song: Circle of Life Song: Hakuna Matata Oscar Awards: 2 Orginal Score Song Oscar Context: Hans Zimmer had scored two Best Picture Oscar winners: Rain Man in 1988 and Driving Miss Daisy […]
Oscar Movies: Nunnally Johnson’s Night People (1954), Cold War Thriller Starring Gregory Peck, Broderick Crawford, Anita Björk
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Nunnally Johnson directed Night People, Cold War spy thriller, with an all-star cast, headed by Gregory Peck and Broderick Crawford.
Oscar Movies: Magnificent Seven, The (1960)
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Elmer Bernstein’s unforgettable theme music, which was deservedly nominated for an Oscar, was later immortalized as the “Marlboro Man” motif in the popular cigarette commercial.
