August 25, 2020 Kevin Costner Career Summary: Occupational Inheritance: Social Class: middle class; mother, welfare worker, father, electrician and utilities executive Nationality: Education: Training: First Film: First Oscar Nomination: Other Nominations: Genre (specialties): Collaborators: Last Film: Contract: Career Output: Career Span: Marriage: Politics: Retirement: Death:   Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an […]

Lee Daniels (born December 24, 1959) is an American film and television writer, director, and producer, who produced Monster’s Ball and directed Precious, which received six Oscar nominations, including Best Director; it won two of the awards.

August 25, 2020 Jack Clayton Career Summary: Occupational Inheritance: Social Class: Nationality: Education: Training: child actor First Film: First Oscar Nomination: Other Nominations: Genre (specialties): Collaborators: Last Film: Contract: Career Output: Career Span: Marriage: Politics: Retirement: Death: 1995; age 73   Starting out as a teenage studio “tea boy” in 1935, Clayton worked his way […]

August 25, 2020 Charles Crichton Career Summary: Occupational Inheritance: Social Class: Nationality: Education: Oxford University Training: First Film: 1944; age 34 First Oscar Nomination: Fish Called Wanda, 1988; age 78 Other Nominations: Genre (specialties): comedy Collaborators: Last Film: Fish Called Wanda, 1988; age 78 Contract: Career Output: Career Span: 1944-1988 Marriage: Politics: Retirement: 1988; age […]

Sons and Lovers received 7 Oscar nominations (including a Best Director nomination for Cardiff) and Freddie Francis won for Best Black-and-White Cinematography.