September 12, 2020 Claude Lelouch Career Summation Occupational Inheritance: Nationality: Social Class: Race/Ethnicity: Family: Formal Education: Training: First Film: Le Propre de l’homme Breakthrough: A Man and A Woman, 1966; aged 33 First Oscar Nomination: A Man and A Woman, 1966; aged 33 Gap between First Film and First Nom: Other Oscars: Other Oscar Nominations: […]

Leigh’s most notable works are the black comedy-drama Naked (1993), for which he won the Best Director Award at Cannes, the Oscar-nominated, BAFTA- and Palme d’Or-winning drama Secrets & Lies (1996), the Golden Lion-winning working-class drama Vera Drake (2004), and the Palme d’Or-nominated biopic Mr. Turner (2014).

Lee has been nominated for nine Oscar Awards, of which he has won three: Best Foreign Language Film for Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Best Director for Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi, becoming the first non-white director to win the latter.

Nominated seven times for the Best Director Oscar, David Lean won twice for The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia.

September 21, 2020 Yorgos Lanthimos Career Summation Occupational Inheritance: NA Nationality: Greek Social Class: middle; father professional basketball player Race/Ethnicity: Family: Raised by mother Formal Education: Training: study directing for film and TV, Hellenic Cinema and Television School Stavrakos (HCTSS) in Athens; TV commercials First Film: My Best Friend (co-directed), commercial film; 2001; aged 28 […]