Youngest winners Rank Age Name Film Year in Film Date of Birth Date of Award Notes 1 32 years, 38 days Damien Chazelle La La Land 2016 January 19, 1985 February 26, 2017 Has held record for 3 years (2017–present) 2 32 years, 260 days Norman Taurog Skippy 1930/31 February 23, 1899 November 10, 1931 […]
Oscar Directors: Bong Joon-ho–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography
October 4, 2020 by
Parasite became the first South Korean film to receive Academy Award nominations, with Bong winning Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay, making Parasite the first film not in English to win Best Picture.
Oscar Actors: Peck, Gregory–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography (Cum Advantage)
October 4, 2020 by
Peck’s rapid success was further validated by being nominated for the Best Actor Oscar four times in the first six years of film career, The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), The Yearling (1946), Gentleman’s Agreement (1947), and Twelve O’Clock High (1949).
Oscar Directors: Almodovar, Pedro–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography (Cum Advantage)
October 2, 2020 by
Research in Progress: October 2, 2020 Almodovar Career Summation Occupational Inheritance: No Nationality: Spain Social Class: Middle; father winemaker; mother interpreter Race/Ethnicity: Family: Formal Education: family wanted him to become preist Training: auto-didact Inspiration: Luis Bunuel First Film: Pepi, 1980; aged 31; shorts before Breakthrough: Women on the Verge, 1987; aged 38 First Oscar Nomination: […]
Oscar Directors: Jackson, Peter–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography
September 30, 2020 by
September 30, 2020 Peter Jackson Career Summation Occupational Inheritance: Nationality: Social Class: Race/Ethnicity: Family: Formal Education: Training: First Film: Breakthrough: First Oscar Nomination: Gap between First Film and First Nom: Other Oscars: Other Oscar Nominations: Oscar Awards: Nominations Span: Genre (specialties): Collaborators: Last Film: Contract: Career Length: Career Output: Marriage: Politics: Death: Sir Peter Robert […]
