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First African American to win multiple Academy Awards in any category. First and only African American to win consecutive awards in any category. 1994: Willie D. Burton The Shawshank Redemption: Nominated 1999: The Green Mile: Nominated 2006: Dreamgirls: Won The third African American to win two competitive Academy Awards. 2023: Oppenheimer ...
Hattie McDaniel, the first Black actor or actress to win an Academy Award in 1940 for "Gone with the Wind.". Sidney Poitier, the first Black man to win an Oscar in 1964 for "Lilies of the Field ...
Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (US: / m ɪ ˈ ʃ oʊ / ⓘ; (January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films.. Although the short-lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company was the first movie company owned and controlled by black filmmakers, [1] Micheaux is regarded as the first major African-American feature filmmaker, a prominent ...
The major award categories, known as the Academy Awards of Merit, [5] are presented during a live-televised Hollywood ceremony in February or March. It is the oldest worldwide entertainment awards ceremony. [1] The 1st Academy Awards were held in 1929. [6] The second ceremony, in 1930, was the first one broadcast by radio.
The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards were announced on January 23, with the ceremony itself on March 2. This year's crop of nominated films, which were largely well-liked by critics , came ...
The Oscars are awarded in 23 categories (soon to be 24, as achievement in casting will be introduced for 2026's 98th Oscars). Members of the corresponding branches determine most of their own ...
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. Tickets cost $5 ...
As the countdown to the 96th Academy Awards winds to an end, little suspense hovers over who will win the Oscar for supporting actress. And that all-but-certain outcome is both good news and bad.