He is best known for writing and directing the films Eraserhead (1977), The Elephant Man (1980), Blue Velvet (1986), and Mulholland Drive (2001), regarded by critics as among the best films of their times, and for his TV series Twin Peaks (1990–91, 2017).
Oscar Directors: Lumet, Sidney–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography
September 29, 2020 by
Lumet was nominated five times for the Oscar Award: four for Best Director for 12 Angry Men (1957), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Network (1976), and The Verdict (1982) and one for Best Adapted Screenplay for Prince of the City (1981).
Oscar Directors: Minnelli, Vincente–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography (Oscar Winning Films, “American in Paris,” “Gigi”)
September 29, 2020 by
An American in Paris and Gigi both won the Academy Award for Best Picture, with Minnelli winning Best Director for Gigi
Oscar Directors: Lucas, George–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography (Jewish)
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September 28, 2020 George Lucas Career Summation Occupational Inheritance: No Nationality: US Social Class: middle, father owner of stationery store Race/Ethnicity: Jewish Family: Formal Education: Modesto Junior College, sociology; USC, 1967; aged 23 Training: First Film: American Graffiti, 1973; 29 Breakthrough: American Graffiti, 1973; 29 First Oscar Nomination: American Graffiti, 1973; 29 Gap between First […]
Oscar Directors: Lubitsch, Ernst–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography, Auteur (Strangers in Paradise, Foreigners in Hollywood, Jewish)
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In 1946, he received an Honorary Oscar Award for his distinguished contributions to the art of the motion picture.
