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The Best Man is a 1964 American political drama film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner with a screenplay by Gore Vidal based on his 1960 play of the same title.Starring Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson and Lee Tracy, the film details the seamy political maneuverings behind the nomination of a presidential candidate at their party's national convention.
Chloé Zhao was the first woman of color to win multiple Oscars in a single year; she won Best Director and Best Picture at the 93rd Academy Awards, honoring the films of 2020 and 2021. Frances McDormand co-produced with Zhao and won Best Actress for Nomadland, which makes them the first women to simultaneously win multiple Oscars.
Brennan became the first to receive three or more Academy Awards (winning the third in 1940), followed by Hepburn , Bergman , Nicholson , Streep , Day-Lewis , and, most recently, McDormand . Of the seven, only Nicholson, Streep, Day-Lewis, and McDormand are still living.
The first rule was enforced after the 3rd Academy Awards ceremony in 1930, where George Arliss, Maurice Chevalier, and Ronald Colman, received two nominations for separate roles, all for Best Actor, and Norma Shearer and Greta Garbo also received two nominations, in the Best Actress category.
Shrek was the first feature film to win an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Spirited Away was the first anime to win an Academy Award (Academy Award for Best Animated Feature). [121] It is also the first hand drawn and foreign film to win in the category. Vidocq: first film shot in digital progressive HDTV at standard 24 fps cinematic ...
Jeanne Eagels became the first and, to date, only actress to be posthumously nominated for Best Actress, for The Letter. The Divine Lady became the last film to win Best Director without receiving a Best Picture nomination. This is the only year in which no film won more than one Oscar.
McQueen is the first black British director and producer, as well as the first black director and producer overall, to win Best Picture. [5] [6] [7] Shared with Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, and Anthony Katagas. David Heyman: Gravity: Nominated Shared with Alfonso Cuarón. Gabrielle Tana Steve Coogan Tracey Seaward Philomena ...
The Best Man is a 1999 American comedy drama film written and directed by Malcolm D. Lee in his directorial debut. It was produced by 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks , with Lee's cousin, Spike Lee , serving as producer.