Born 1907; died 1997
Oscar Nominations: 8
Shorts
1938: “They're Always Caught” (MGM's Crime Doesn't Pay, two-Reel Short Oscar)
Oscar-Nominated Features: 7
1948: The Search 1952: High Noon (Picture Nomination) 1953: From Here to Eternity 1959: The Nun's Story 1960: The Sundowners 1966: A Man for All Seasons 1977: Julia
Directing Oscars: 2
1953: From Here to Eternity (Best Director and Picture) 1966: A Man for All Seasons (Best Director and Picture)
Acting Oscars: 6
Six players won an acting Oscar for a Zinnemann film:
Gary Cooper (High Noon) Frank Sinatra and Donna Reed (From Here to Eternity) Paul Scofield (A Man for All Seasons) Vanessa Redgrave and Jason Robards (Julia)
Acting Nominations: 18
Considering the duration of his career, over half a century, his film oeuvre has been rather small: twenty-two features and a number of documentaries. Nonetheless, the number of Oscar-winning performances in Zinnemann's films has been disproportionately large.
Eighteen actors were nominated for their work a Zinnemann film. Some more than once, like Montgomery Clift in The Search, as a sensitive American soldier befriending an orphan in Europe right after the War, and in From Here to Eternity, as yet another sensitive soldier.
Oscar Records
Zinnemann's seven Oscar-nominated features have amassed 55 nominations and 22 Oscars!
Complete List:
The Search: 4 nominations, 1 Oscar, 1 Special Award
High Noon: 7 nominations, 4 Oscars
From Here to Eternity: 13 nominations, 8 Oscars
The Nun's Story: 7 nominations, no Oscars
The Sundowners: 5 nominations, no Oscars
A Man for All Season: 8 nominations, 6 Oscars
Julia: 11 nominations, 3 Oscars
See review and list of Oscars for each picture under the picture's title
