First Latin American director to win Best Director Alfonso Cuarón from Mexico won for Gravity in 2014 First Latin American actress to be nominated for Best Actress Fernanda Montenegro from Brazil was nominated for Best Actress for Central Station (1998) First Latin American actor to win Best Actor José Ferrer from Puerto Rico won for […]

Black First black filmmaker to win Best Picture Steve McQueen won for producing 12 Years a Slave (2013) First black filmmaker to be nominated for Best Director John Singleton for Boyz n the Hood (1991) First black actress to win for acting Hattie McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress for Gone with the Wind (1939) First […]

Actors: Foreign Languages First actress nominated for performing in a language other than English Melina Mercouri was nominated for Best Actress for Never on Sunday (1960), performing in Greek First actor nominated for performing in a language other than English Marcello Mastroianni was nominated for Best Actor for Divorce, Italian Style (1962), performing in Italian […]

Posthumous First posthumous nomination for acting Jeanne Eagels, nominated for Best Actress for The Letter (1929) First posthumous nomination for a male actor James Dean, nominated for Best Actor for East of Eden (1955) First posthumous win for acting Peter Finch won Best Actor for Network (1976)   Share this:

Best Picture (Firsts) First foreign-language film to be nominated for Best Picture La Grand Illusion (1937), in French First science fiction film to be nominated for Best Picture A Clockwork Orange (1971) First horror film to be nominated for Best Picture The Exorcist (1973) First animation to be nominated for Best Picture Beauty and the […]