September 28, 2020 Lasse Hallstrom Career Summation Occupational Inheritance: No Nationality: Swedish Social Class: upper-middle; father dentist Race/Ethnicity: Family: Formal Education: Training: First Film: A Guy and a Gal, 1975; aged 29 Breakthrough: First Oscar Nomination: My Life as a Dog, 1987; aged 41 Gap between First Film and First Nom: 12 years Other Oscars: […]

Hall was nominated for the Best Director Oscar for Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941).

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.