August 24, 2020 Orson Welles Career Summary: Occupational Inheritance: Social Class: nationality: Education: Training: First Film: First Oscar Nomination: Other Nominations: Genre (specialties): Collaborators: Last Film: Contract: Career Output: Career Span: Marriage: Politics: Retirement: Death: George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, writer and producer who […]
Oscar Directors: Weir, Peter–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography (Oscar Greatest Losers; Honorary Oscar as Compensation)
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For his work on five films, Weir personally accrued six Oscar nominations as either a director, writer or producer.
Oscar Directors: Wertmüller, Lina–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography (Exiles in Hollywood, Strangers in Paradise)
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Lina Wertmüller, the Italian filmmaker, was the first woman nominated for the Best Director Oscar for Seven Beauties in 1976.
Oscar Directors: Cassavetes, John–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography
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Faces was nominated for 3 Oscar Awards: Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress.
Oscar Directors: Wilder, Billy–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography
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He directed 14 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity, Ray Milland in The Lost Weekend, William Holden in Sunset Boulevard and Stalag 17, Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard, Erich von Stroheim in Sunset Boulevard, Nancy Olson in Sunset Boulevard, Robert Strauss in Stalag 17, Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina, Charles Laughton in Witness for the Prosecution, Elsa Lanchester in Witness for the Prosecution, Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot and The Apartment, Jack Kruschen in The Apartment, Shirley MacLaine in The Apartment and Irma la Douce and Walter Matthau in The Fortune Cookie.
