Oscar Directors: Mankiewicz, Joseph L.–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography

Oct 24, 2022 Joseph L. Mankiewicz Career Summation Occupational Inheritance: No; brother writer, Herman Nationality: US; Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; when he was 4, family moved to NYC Social Class: Race/Ethnicity: Family: Formal Education: Stuyvesant High School, NY Training: First Film: Dragonwyck (1946), which he also wrote; age 37; but was already accomplished writer and producer (Philadelphia […]

Oscar Directors: Malick, Terrence–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography

Malick has received three Oscar nominations; two for Best Director, for The Thin Red Line and The Tree of Life, and a nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for the former film.

Oscar Directors: Madden, John–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography

He is known for directing Shakespeare in Love (1998), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Oscar Directors: Lee, Spike–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography (Black)

September 12, 2020 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: Shelton Jackson “Spike” Lee (born […]

Oscar Directors: Lonergan, Kenneth–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography (Cum Advantage)

Lonergan earned an Oscar nomination as Best Director for Manchester by the Sea, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for You Can Count On Me, Gangs of New York, and Manchester by the Sea, winning for the latter at the 89th Academy Awards.