James Cagney received two nominations for gangster movies: Angels With Dirty Faces, which also won him the NY Film Critics Award, and Love Me or Leave Me, as the tough racketeer Martin Snyder married to singer Ruth Etting (Doris Day). But to win the Oscar, Cagney had to step outside his realm and portray patriotic showman George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Oscar Actors: Norton, Edward–Three-Time Oscar Nominee (One Lead, Two Supporting)
November 7, 2006 by
Edward Norton has been nominated for two Academy Awards, for Primal Fear and American History X, and won a Golden Globe along with numerous other awards for his performances. The film Frida, for which he wrote an uncredited screenplay, was nominated for six Academy Awards and won two.
Oscar Artists: Allen, Dede–Oscar Winner Editor
November 1, 2006 by
Nov 1, 2006–Film editor Dede Allen will be honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in New York on Nov. 7. The night will highlight her career through film clips and feature a conversation with Allen, directors Sidney Lumet and Arthur Penn and film editors Jerry Greenberg, Richard Marks and Craig McKay.
Range, Gabriel: Director Profile
October 23, 2006 by
Gabriel Range is the director, co-writer, and producer of “Death of a President.” He has directed drama-documentaries for British TV, including ?¢¬Ä¬úThe Great Dome Robbery?¢¬Ä (2002), ?¢¬Ä¬úThe Menendez Murders?¢¬Ä (2002), ?¢¬Ä¬úThe Day Britain Stopped?¢¬Ä (2003, nominated for a BAFTA) and ?¢¬Ä¬úThe Man Who Broke Britain?¢¬Ä (2004).
Directors: Mulligan, Robert (To Kill a Mockingbird)–Career Achievement Award (Los Angeles Film Critics)
October 22, 2006 by
Robert Mulligan is the recipient of the 2006 Career Achievement Award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA). In 1962, Mulligan was nominated for the Best Director Oscar for “To Kill a Mockingbird,” a seminal film about racism and justice in the South, set in the Depression era.
