Oscar Artists: North, Alex–Film Composer (14 Nominations)
In 1986, he became the first composer to receive an Honorary Oscar, perhaps a compensation for never winning a competitive Oscar, despite 14 nominations.
Directors: Jewish Filmmakers in Hollywood (Immigrants and U.S. Born)
Born on May 21, 1902 as Mikhail Anatol Litvak in Kiev (then part of the Russian Empire) Anatole Litvak grew up in a Lithuanian Jewish family. As a teenager, he worked at a theater in St. Petersburg and took acting lessons at the state drama school. Litvak worked with Leningrad’s Nordkino Studios as assistant director […]
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.
Oscar Artists: Zsigmond, Vilmos–
He won the 1977 Best Cinematography Oscar for Close Encounters of the Third Kind, as well as the BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography for The Deer Hunter.
Oscar Directors: La Cava, Gregory–Career; Filmography
Gregory La Cava is best known for two 1930s films, made back to back, My Man Godfrey and Stage Door, which earned him nominations for the Best Director Oscar.
Benedek, Laszlo: Director Career; Filmography (The Wild One); (Relevant to Starngers in Paradise)
Laslo Benedek was a Hungarian-born editor, cinematographer, and director, best known today for a single film, The Wild One (1953), starring Brando.
Allen, Woody: Director Career; Filmography; Oscar Nominations and Awards
Woody Allen Filmography Woody Allen, the most prolific living director in American cinema has helmed 51 feature over the past 54 years. This excludes the one segment he did in the 1989 anthology, New York Stories, alongside Scorsese and Coppola. 1960s: 2 What’s Up, Tiger Lily? (1966) Take the Money and Run (1969) 1970s: 8 […]
Von Trier, Lars: Career–Cannes Film Fest Director
Lars Von Trier’s Bio Lars von Trier graduated from The National Film School of Denmark in 1983. He first made a name for himself, domestically and internationally, with the “Europa Trilogy”: “The Element of Crime” (1984), “Epidemic” (1987) and “Europa” (1991). The TV-series “The Kingdom” became, with its mixture of thrill and comedy, von Trier’s […]
Sarandon, Susan: Cumulative Advantage
Oscar Awards 5 nominations, 1 win BAFTA Awards 2 nominations, one win Golden Globe Awards 9 nominations, no win Primetime Emmy Awards 6 nominations, no win Screen Actors Guild Awards 6 nominations, 1 win Share this:
Movie Stars: Belmondo, Jean-Paul–Iconic French Actor and International Movie Star
The 2011 Cannes Film Fest celebrates Jean-Paul Belmondo, French and international movie star for six decades.