Oscar Directors: Ritt, Martin–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography
Martin Ritt and Paul Newman had a big hit with the Oscar winning Hud (1963).
Oscar Directors: Renoir, Jean–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography (Strangers in Paradise; Foreigners in Hollywood)
September 25, 2020 Jean Renoir Career Summation Occupational Inheritance: Yes; father painter Nationality: French Social Class: Race/Ethnicity: Family: Formal Education: Training: First Film: Breakthrough: First Oscar Nomination: Gap between First Film and First Nom: Other Oscars: Other Oscar Nominations: Oscar Awards: Nominations Span: Genre (specialties): Popular Masterpieces/Great Films Collaborators: Last Film: Contract: Career Length: Career […]
Oscar Directors: Redford, Robert–Background, Career, Awards (Cum Advantage)
September 12, 2020 Robert Redford Career Summation Occupational Inheritance: Nationality: US Social Class: middle class; father accountant Race/Ethnicity: Family: Formal Education: University of Colorado Boulder for a year and a half Training: painting at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn; American Academy of Dramatic Arts (Class of 1959) in NYC. First Film: Tall Story, 1960; aged […]
Oscar Directors: Truffaut, Francois–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography
Day for Night, probably his most reflective work, won Francois Truffaut the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 1973.
Oscar Directors: Radford, Michael–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography
Michael Radford is most widely known as the writer and director of the 1994 film Il Postino: The Postman, which he adapted from the novel Ardiente Paciencia by Antonio Skármeta.
Oscar Directors: Peele, Jordan–Background, Career, Awards (Black)
September 24, 2020 Jordan Peele Career Summation Occupational Inheritance: Nationality: Social Class: Race/Ethnicity: black Family: mother white; father black Formal Education: Sarah Lawrence College. dropped out after 2 years Training: Five seasons on Mad TV First Film: Breakthrough: First Oscar Nomination: Gap between First Film and First Nom: Other Oscars: Other Oscar Nominations: Oscar Awards: […]
Oscar Directors: Pontecorvo, Gillo–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography (Strangers in Paradise; Foreigners in Hollywood)
Pontecorvo is best known for his 1966 masterpiece The Battle of Algiers (released in Italian as La battaglia di Algeri).
Oscar Directors: Pollack, Sydney–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography
Pollack’s 1985 film Out of Africa, starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford, won him Oscar Awards for directing and producing.
Oscar Directors: Polanski, Roman–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography (Cum Advantage; Strangers in Paradise; Foreigners in Hollywood)
September 24, 2020 Roman Polanski Career Summation Occupational Inheritance: Nationality: French-born Polish Social Class: upper middle Race/Ethnicity/Religion: Jewish Family: foster homes under adopted identity, survive the Holocaust. Formal Education: Training: National Film School in Łódź, Poland First Film: Knife in the Water, 1962; aged 29 Breakthrough: First Oscar Nomination: Gap between First Film and First […]
Oscar Directors: Petersen, Wolfgang–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography (Strangers in Paradise; Foreigners in Hollywood)
By 1998, Petersen was an established Hollywood director, with the power to both re-release his classic Das Boot in a new director’s cut and to helm star-studded action-thrillers.
