Directors: Clouzot, Henri-Georges
Henri-Georges Clouzot (November 20, 1907–January 12, 1977) was a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best remembered for his thrillers, The Wages of Fear and Les Diaboliques, which are critically recognized as among the greatest films of the 1950s. Clouzot also directed documentary films, including The Mystery of Picasso. Clouzot was an early […]
Oscar History via Oscar Directors: Wyler, William, Winner 9–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography
Notable works include Mrs. Miniver (1942), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and Ben-Hur (1959), all of which won him the Best Director and Best Picture, making him the only director of three Best Picture winners.
Oscar History via Oscar Directors: Fleming, Victor, Winner 8 (Gone With the Wind)–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography
Fleming’s two most famous films came in 1939, when The Wizard of Oz was closely followed by Gone with the Wind.
Directors: Leone, Sergio–Master of Spaghetti Westerns, Starring Clint Eastwood
Once Upon a Time in the West emerged as a long, violent, dreamlike meditation upon the mythology of the American Old West, with stylistic references to iconic western films
Directors: Gay–Hermanus, Oliver (South Africa)
Oliver Hermanus (born May 26, 1983) is a South African filmmaker and writer, who has helmed Shirley Adams (2009), Beauty (Skoonheid) (2011), and The Endless River (2015), and Moffie (2019).
Oscar Directors: Capra, Frank–Filmography
Between 1922 and 1961, Frank Capra directed 36 feature-length films (34 of which survive) and 16 documentaries. It’s a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and It Happened One Night are often cited among the greatest films ever made. Filmography Silent films 1922 Fultah Fisher’s Boarding House Fireside Productions Mildred Owens/Ethan Allen/Olaf Skavlan short […]
Oscar History via Oscar Directors: Frank Capra, 5th Winner–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography
Capra became one of America’s most influential directors during the 1930s, winning three Best Director Oscars from six nominations, along with three other Oscar wins from nine nominations in other categories.
Oscar History via Oscar Directors: Frank Capra–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography
Research in Progress (March 31, 2021) New Conceptual Framework to Study Directors’ Careers (see below) Frank Capra Career Summary: Occupational Inheritance: No Social Class: working class; father fruit picker Race/Religion: Catholic Nationality: born in Italy; in the U.S. from age 5; US citizen in 1920 Family: one of 7 children; sold newspapers after school for […]
Directors: Gay–Patrice Chereau (France) (The Wounded Man)
Research in Progress (March 31, 2021) Patrice Chéreau (French: November 2, 1944–October 7, 2013) was a French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer. In France he is best known for his theatre work, internationally for his films La Reine Margot and Intimacy, and for staging of the Jahrhundertring, the centenary Ring Cycle at […]
Tarkovsky, Andrei: Background, Career, Awards, Filmography
Three of his films—Andrei Rublev, Mirror, and Stalker—featured in Sight & Sound’s 2012 poll of the 100 greatest films of all time.
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