For his film United 93, Greengrass won the BAFTA award and received an Oscar nomination for Achievement in Directing.
Oscar Directors: Glenville, Peter–Background, Career, Awards (Cum Advantage; Gay)
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Jan 8, 2023 Career Summation Occupational Inheritance: Yes; father Irish-born comedian, mother pantomime performers Nationality: Irish Social Class: Sex Orientation: Gay Race/Ethnicity: Family: Formal Education: Stonyhurst College; studied Law at Christ Church, Oxford Training: began as actor First Film: The Prisoner, his directorial debut, starred his friend Alec Guinness. Breakthrough: First Oscar Nomination: Becket, 1964; […]
Oscar Directors: Ivory, James–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography
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At 89, Ivory is the oldest person to ever be nominated for or win an Oscar Award.
Oscar Directors: Preminger, Otto–Background, Career, Awards, Filmographyersion
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Otto Ludwig Preminger (December 5, 1905–April 23, 1986) an Austrian-born theatre and film director, made more than 35 feature films in a five-decade career after leaving the theatre. He first gained attention for film noir mysteries such as Laura (1944) and Fallen Angel (1945), while in the 1950s and 1960s, he directed high-profile adaptations of popular […]
Oscar Directors: Costa-Gavras–Background, Career, Awards (Cum Advantage; Strangers in Paradise; Foreign Directors in Hollywood)
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September 17, 2020 Costa-Gavras Career Summation Occupational Inheritance: Nationality: Greek Social Class: Race/Ethnicity: Family: first cousin of musician Jimmie Spheeris, filmmaker Penelope Spheeris, and musician Chris Spheeris. daughter Julie Gavras, andsons Romain Gavras and Alexandre Gavras are filmmakers. Formal Education: Sorbonne, literature; 1951; age 18 Training: study film at the French national film school, IDHEC; apprenticed […]
