September 21, 2020 Richard Linklater Career Summation Occupational Inheritance: Nationality: US Social Class: upper-middle; mother professor Race/Ethnicity: Family: Formal Education: Austin Community College, 1984; drop out of Sam Houston State University Training: As teen, he won a Scholastic Art and Writing Award First Film: It’s Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books, 1988; aged […]
Oscar Directors: New Conceptual Approach
September 21, 2020 by
Oscar Directors: New Conceptual Format
Oscar Directors: Kazan, Elia–Background, Awards, Career, Filmography
September 20, 2020 by
Research in progress, Nov 12, 2022 Elia Kazan Career Summation Occupational Inheritance: No Nationality: born in Istanbul, Greek parent; age age 4 to US Social Class: Race/Ethnicity: Family: Greek immigrants Formal Education: Training: Yale School of Drama, 2 years circa 1932 First Film: Tree Grows in Bklyn, 1945; aged 36 Breakthrough: Gentleman’s Agreement, 1947, aged […]
Oscar Directors: Kieślowski Krzysztof–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography
September 20, 2020 by
Krzysztof Kieślowski (Polish June 27, 1941–March 13, 1996), a Polish film director and screenwriter known internationally for Dekalog (1989), The Double Life of Veronique (1991), and the Three Colors trilogy (1993–1994). Kieślowski received numerous awards during his career, including the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize (1988), FIPRESCI Prize (1988, 1991), and Prize of the Ecumenical […]
Oscar Directors: Kubrick, Stanley–Background, Career, Awards (Filmography) (Jewish)
September 20, 2020 by
October 5, 2020 Career Summation Occupational Inheritance: No Nationality: US Social Class: upper middle; father doctor Race/Ethnicity: Jewish Family: Formal Education: 1946, apprentice photographer Training: Look magazine; Inspiration: Ophuls, Kazan First Film: Breakthrough: Paths of Glory, 1957, First Success: Spartacus, 1960, First Oscar Nomination: 2001: Space Odyssey Gap between First Film and First Nom: Other […]
