Oscar Actors: Lancaster, Burt–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography

Lancaster was four-time nominee for the Best Actor Oscar (winning once), and won two BAFTA Awards.

Oscar Directors: Minnelli, Vincente–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography (Oscar Winning Films, “American in Paris,” “Gigi”)

An American in Paris and Gigi both won the Academy Award for Best Picture, with Minnelli winning Best Director for Gigi

Oscar Directors: Abrahamson, Lenny, “Room”–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography (Cum Advantage; Emmy Nom)

Abrahamson adapted to the screen Emma Donoghue’s novel, Room, for which he received his first Best Director Oscar nomination.

Directors: Keighley, William–Career; Filmography (Many Films with Cagney)

Under contract at Warner, he helmed films in a wide variety of genres,

Directors: Tourneur, Jacques–Social Background, Career, Awards, Filmography (Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie, Out of the Past)

Best known for some low-budget horror films made for RKO, including Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie, and The Leopard Man, Jacques Tourneur was one of Hollywood’s most underestimated directors.