Directors: Debuts—First Time Directors Around the World

Research in Progress (Sep 8, 2021) Directing Debuts (First-Time Directors), 1955-1970 1955 Hall Bartlett – Unchained Earl Bellamy – Seminole Uprising Roger Corman – Swamp Women Hubert Cornfield† – Sudden Danger Blake Edwards – Bring Your Smile Along José Ferrer – The Cockleshell Heroes Stanley Kramer – Not as a Stranger Charles Laughton – The […]

Directors: Debuts–First-Time Directors in 2019

First-Time Directors in 2019 (from A to Z)

Oscar Actors: Phoenix, Joaquin–Person of the Year by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Joaquin Phoenix, star of Joker and frontrunner for the Best Actor Oscar, has been named by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) as its 2019 Person of the Year.

Oscar Actors: Pollard, Michael (Bonnie and Clyde) Dies at 80

Oscar nominee Michael J. Pollard, known for his roles in Bonnie and Clyde and House of 1000 Corpses, has died. He was 80.

Schindler’s List: Producer Branko Lustig, Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 87

Holocaust survivor and Oscar winner Branko Lustig, who won the Best Picture Oscars for Schindler’s List and Gladiator, has died at his home in Croatia. He was 87.