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[4] [5] At the 55th Academy Awards, Bhanu Athaiya became the first Indian to win an Academy Award for designing the costumes. [6] Ravi Shankar was nominated for Best Original Score for the same film. [7] As of 2023, three Indian films have been nominated for Best International Feature Film — Mother India, Salaam Bombay! (1988) and Lagaan (2001).
First Māori of Ngāi Tahu and Te Āti Awa descent to win an Academy Award. First Indigenous person to win Best Sound. Shared with Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick and Michael Hedges. [25] [10] 2005 King Kong: Won First Indigenous person to win multiple Academy Awards. Most nominated Indigenous person, with four nominations.
Pages in category "Indian Academy Award winners" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
George, 66, of Del City, made history with his Oscar nomination: He is the first Indigenous nominee in the Oscars best original song category, as well as the first member of the Osage Nation to be ...
Mehboob Khan, Mira Nair, and Ashutosh Gowariker: the directors of the three Indian film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. India has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (formerly Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film) [ a ] since 1957, a year after the ...
Bhanu Athaiya (née Rajopadhye; 28 April 1929 – 15 October 2020) was an Indian costume designer and painter. [1] She was the first Indian to win an Academy Award. [2] [3] Alongside being Bollywood's most iconic costume designer, she had a historically important early career as an artist with contemporaries like M. F. Husain, F. N. Souza and Vasudeo S. Gaitonde. [4]
First Indian to win an academy award in costume design 1986 Emi Wada: Ran: Won Japanese descent. [60] 1993 Eiko Ishioka: Bram Stoker's Dracula: Won Japanese descent. [61] 2001 Tim Yip: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Nominated Chinese descent from Hong Kong. [62] 2007 Yee Chung-man: Curse of the Golden Flower: Nominated Chinese descent from ...
Louis Gossett Jr. became the first African-American actor to win Best Supporting Actor for his performance as the tough and principled drill instructor Emil Foley in An Officer and a Gentleman. Bhanu Athaiya also became the first Indian to win an Academy Award for Best Costume Design for Gandhi .