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The Slumdog Millionaire team at the 81st Academy Awards. The nominees for the 81st Academy Awards were announced on January 22, 2009, at 5:38 p.m. PST (13:38 UTC) at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Sid Ganis, president of the Academy, and the actor Forest Whitaker. [12]
William Wyler has the most nominations, with 12, including a record four years in a row. Martin Scorsese is currently second, with 10. Clarence Brown received the most nominations without a win (6). Alfred Hitchcock and King Vidor each received five nominations without a win. Damien Chazelle is the youngest winner, at the age of 32 for La La Land.
The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2009 and took place on March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST.
At the Academy Awards, the so-called "Big Five" awards are those for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay (either Best Original Screenplay or Best Adapted Screenplay). [1] As of the 94th Academy Awards (2021), a total of 43 films have been nominated in all five of these award categories.
Henry King was the first recipient of this award for The Song of Bernadette (1943) Billy Wilder won twice for The Lost Weekend (1945) and Sunset Boulevard (1950) Elia Kazan won four times for Gentleman's Agreement (1947), On the Waterfront (1954), Baby Doll (1956), and America America (1963) John Huston won twice for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) and Prizzi's Honor (1985) Cecil B ...
From the award show’s nearly 100-year history, only four years have included more than one film directed by women among the Best Picture nominees. In 2009, Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker ...
The following article is a List of awards and nominations received by Quentin Tarantino.. Quentin Tarantino is an American director, producer, and screenwriter. Over his career he has received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, a Cannes Film Festival Award, four Critics' Choice Movie Awards, and two Independent Spirit ...
The nominees in the feature film category were announced on January 8, 2009, [5] and the nominations for directorial achievement in television, documentaries and commercials were announced on January 9, 2009. [6]