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First former professional athlete to be nominated for and to win an Academy Award in any category. 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.
Ava DuVernay, became the first black woman to win the US Dramatic Directing Award at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. [15] She received an Oscar nomination for her documentary 13th (2016) , and has also made history as the first black woman director to be nominated for a Golden Globe . [ 16 ]
Academy Award for Best Director: Year Name Film Status Notes 1976: Lina Wertmüller: Seven Beauties: Nominated First woman to be nominated for Best Director. 1993: Jane Campion: The Piano: Nominated 2003: Sofia Coppola: Lost in Translation: Nominated 2009: Kathryn Bigelow: The Hurt Locker: Won First woman to win for Best Director. 2017: Greta ...
This London-born director is also the only person to win both an Oscar and the Turner Prize, Britain’s highest honor for visual artists. 6. Jordan Peele (born 1979)
Hattie McDaniel (1893–1952), pictured in 1939, was the first Black individual and the first woman to win the Oscar for her role in Gone with the Wind. Oscar Micheaux (1884–1951) was both writer, director and the first major Black filmmaker who made more than 40 films, including adaptations from his own novels.
Every Black actor and actress, director and comedian stands on the shoulders of those who paved the way for future generations. In honor of Black History Month, ET is celebrating some of the ...
She was the first African-American to win and be nominated for Best Costume Design and the first Black woman to win multiple Academy Awards in any category. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Her other film credits include Do the Right Thing (1989), What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), Love & Basketball (2000), Serenity (2005), The Butler (2013), Selma (2014 ...
The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, is Hollywood’s most prestigious artistic award in the film industry. Since 1927, nominees and winners have been selected by members of the Academy ...