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The 1st Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and hosted by AMPAS president Douglas Fairbanks, honored the best films from 1 August 1927 to 31 July 1928 and took place on May 16, 1929, at a private dinner held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, California.
Lopez is the first person to win each EGOT award twice. [21] [22] He is currently the only winner to have two of each EGOT award in competitive categories, as Mel Brooks' second Oscar in 2023 was a special award. His first two Emmys were Daytime Emmys, followed by a Primetime Emmy in 2021 for WandaVision. He is the only EGOT recipient to follow ...
Isaac Hayes, the first Black person to win an Oscar for a non-acting category in 1972 for best original song featured in "Shaft." He was only the third African American person to win an Oscar.
First person to win both an Olympic medal and an Academy Award. 2019: Matthew A. Cherry Karen Rupert Toliver: Hair Love: Won Cherry is the second former professional athlete to be nominated for and to win an Academy Award in any category. Toliver is the first Black woman to win Short Film (Animated).
When Brody won his first Oscar for 2002's "The Pianist" at age 29, he became the youngest person to win the award. ... who could have become the first person to ever win best actor for playing the ...
Marion Cotillard became the first French actor to win an Oscar for a French-language role with her performance as legendary singer Édith Piaf in 2007's La Vie en Rose.She was the rare actress to ...
“Anora” director Sean Baker has become the first person to win four Oscars in the same year for the same film. During Sunday’s ceremony, Baker and “Anora” won Oscars for original ...
First person to be nominated for acting and songwriting in the same year. Mary J. Blige, nominated for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song ("Mighty River") for Mudbound (2017) First person to direct themselves to an Oscar win. Laurence Olivier won Best Actor for Hamlet (1948) – which he also directed, produced, and adapted