Tim Robbins received Best Director Oscar nomination for Dead Man Walking in 1995.
Oscar Directors: Robbins, Jerome–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography (Cum Advantage, Tony)
September 26, 2020 by
September 12, 2020 Jerome Robbins Career Summation Occupational Inheritance: Nationality: US Social Class: Middle; father and uncle opened the Comfort Corset Company Race/Ethnicity/Religion: Jewish Family: Formal Education: Training: First Film: Breakthrough: First Oscar Nomination: West Side Story, 1961; aged 43 Gap between First Film and First Nom: Other Oscars: Other Oscar Nominations: Oscar Awards: Nominations […]
Oscar Directors: Ritt, Martin–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography
September 25, 2020 by
Martin Ritt and Paul Newman had a big hit with the Oscar winning Hud (1963).
Oscar Directors: Renoir, Jean–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography (Strangers in Paradise; Foreigners in Hollywood)
September 25, 2020 by
September 25, 2020 Jean Renoir Career Summation Occupational Inheritance: Yes; father painter Nationality: French 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): Popular Masterpieces/Great Films Collaborators: Last Film: Contract: Career Length: Career […]
Gloria Steinem: Trailblazer for the Ages
September 25, 2020 by
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was amazing, kind of a miracle, because she was a movement before there was a movement. She was always at least a decade in advance of everybody else at Harvard Law School, then at Columbia, then ACLU where she was inventing the Women’s Rights Project. She was always, always, in advance every step of the way. That’s a miracle–Gloria Steinem
