Oscar Directors: Jewison, Norman–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography

Jewison has been nominated for the Best Director Oscar three times in three separate decades for In the Heat of the Night (1967), Fiddler on the Roof (1971) and Moonstruck (1987).

Oscar Directors: Joffe, Roland–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography

September 30, 2020 Roland Joffe Career Summation Occupational Inheritance: Nationality: Social Class: Race/Ethnicity: Family: Formal Education: Training: First Film: Breakthrough: First Oscar Nomination: Killing Fields, 1984; aged 39 Gap between First Film and First Nom: Other Oscars: Other Oscar Nominations: Oscar Awards: Nominations Span: Genre (specialties): Scandal: The Mission Collaborators: Last Film: Contract: Career Length: […]

Oscar Directors: Huston, John–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography

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 […]

Oscar Directors: Hooper, Tom–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography

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: […]

Oscar Directors: Haneke, Michael–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography

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.