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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 ...
First Black actor to direct himself to an Oscar nomination (for acting only). First Black actor to be nominated for both acting and producing (Best Picture) in the same year. 2017: Roman J. Israel, Esq. Roman J. Israel Nominated First Black actor to be nominated two years in a row (nominated the same years as first Black actress). Daniel Kaluuya
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.
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 ...
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 ...
To date, only 10 Black actresses have won an Oscar, and Halle Berry remains the only one to have triumphed in the lead category, for her role in 2001's "Monster's Ball."
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 ...
In 1981, Basquiat’s first major exhibition in the P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center’s “New Work/New Wave” show transitioned him from street artist to gallery artist and, eventually, to ...