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Academy Award For Best Picture
The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929. This award goes to the producers of the film and is the only category in which every member of the Academy is eligible to submit a nomination and vote on the final ballot. The Best Picture category is traditionally the final award of the night and is widely considered the most prestigious honor of the ceremony. The Grand Staircase columns at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, where the Academy Awards ceremonies have been held since 2002, showcase every film that has won the Best Picture title since the award's inception. There have been 611 films nominated for Best Picture and 97 winners. History Category name changes At the 1st Academy Awards ceremony held in 1929 (for films made in 1927 and 1928), there were two categories of awards that were each considered the top award of the ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Baker
Sean Baker (born February 26, 1971) is an American filmmaker. He is a director, writer, editor, and producer of Independent film, independent narrative feature films which are most often about the lives of marginalized people, especially immigrants and Sex worker, sex workers. He made his directorial film debut with ''Four Letter Words'' (2000) and co-created the television character ''Greg the Bunny''. Baker has since directed seven feature films: ''Take Out (2004 film), Take Out'' (2004), ''Prince of Broadway (film), Prince of Broadway'' (2008), ''Starlet (film), Starlet'' (2012), ''Tangerine (film), Tangerine'' (2015), ''The Florida Project'' (2017), ''Red Rocket (film), Red Rocket'' (2021), and ''Anora'' (2024). Baker has received Sean Baker#Awards and nominations, several accolades. For ''Anora'', he received the Palme d'Or and, alongside his wife Samantha Quan, the BAFTA Award for Best Casting, British Academy Film Award for Best Casting. At the 97th Academy Awards, Bak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sui Generis
( , ) is a Latin phrase that means "of its/their own kind" or "in a class by itself", therefore "unique". It denotes an exclusion to the larger system an object is in relation to. Several disciplines use the term to refer to unique entities. These include: * Biology, for species that do not fit into a genus that includes other species (its own genus) * Creative arts, for artistic works that go beyond conventional genre boundaries (its own genre) * Law, when a special and unique interpretation of a case or authority is necessary (its own special case) ** Intellectual property rights, for types of works not falling under general copyright law but protected through separate statutes and laws of war, for types of actions that are argued to be legal due to exceptional circumstances in conflict * Philosophy, to indicate an idea, an entity, or a reality that cannot be reduced to a lower concept or included in a higher concept (its own category) Biology In the taxonomical structu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Pollack
Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer, and actor. Pollack is known for directing commercially and critically acclaimed studio films. Over his forty year career he received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and six BAFTA Awards. Pollack won the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture for '' Out of Africa'' (1985). He was also nominated for Best Director Oscars for '' They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'' (1969), and ''Tootsie'' (1982). Pollack's other notable films include '' Jeremiah Johnson'' (1972), '' The Way We Were'' (1973), '' The Yakuza'' (1974), '' Three Days of the Condor'' (1975), '' Absence of Malice'' (1981), '' The Firm'' (1993), and '' Sabrina'' (1995). Pollack produced and acted in '' Michael Clayton'' (2007), and produced numerous films such as ''The Fabulous Baker Boys'' (1989), ''Sense and Sensibility'' (1995) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Minghella
Anthony Minghella (6 January 195418 March 2008) was a British film director, playwright, and screenwriter. He was chairman of the board of Governors at the British Film Institute between 2003 and 2007. He directed ''Truly, Madly, Deeply (film), Truly, Madly, Deeply'' (1990), ''The English Patient (film), The English Patient'' (1996), ''The Talented Mr. Ripley (film), The Talented Mr. Ripley'' (1999), and ''Cold Mountain (film), Cold Mountain'' (2003), and produced ''Iris (2001 film), Iris'' (2001). He received the Academy Award for Best Director for ''The English Patient''. In addition, he received three more Academy Awards, Academy Award nominations; he was nominated for Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay for both ''The English Patient'' and ''The Talented Mr. Ripley'', and was posthumously nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture for ''The Reader (2008 film), The Reader'' (2008), as a producer. Early life and education Minghel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Producers Guild Of America
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) is a 501(c)(6) trade association representing the interests Television producer, television producers, Film producer, film producers and emerging media producers in the United States. The PGA's membership includes over 8,400 members of the producing establishment worldwide. The Producers Guild of America offers several benefits to its members, including seminars and mentoring programs, and entrance to special screenings of movies during Oscar season. The PGA traces its roots back to the merger of the Screen Producers Guild and the Television Producers Guild in 1962, under Walter Mirisch's leadership. The organization's Golden Laurel Awards, later renamed the Producers Guild of America Awards, began in 1990 and became significant predictors of Oscar success. Over time, the PGA expanded its influence, establishing councils for various production branches, regional chapters like PGA East in New York, and addressing emerging media with the New Med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motion Picture Credits
Two types of credits are traditionally used in films, television programs, and video games, all of which provide attribution to the staff involved in their productions. While opening credits will usually display only the major positions in a production's cast and crew (such as creators, producers, and lead actors), closing credits will typically acknowledge all staff members that were involved in the production. Opening credits Opening credits, in a television program, motion picture, or video game, are shown at the beginning of a show or movie after the production logos and list the most important members of the production. They are usually shown as text. Some opening credits are built around animation or production numbers of some sort (such as the ''James Bond'' films). Opening credits mention the major actors; the lead actor is prominent, and the supporting actors follow. Others that are listed are guest stars, producers and director, as opposed to closing credits, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakespeare In Love
''Shakespeare in Love'' is a 1998 period romantic comedy film directed by John Madden, written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, and produced by Harvey Weinstein. It stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth, Ben Affleck and Judi Dench. The film depicts a fictional love affair involving playwright William Shakespeare (Fiennes) and Viola de Lesseps (Paltrow) during the writing of ''Romeo and Juliet''. Several characters are based on historical figures, and many of the characters, lines, and plot devices allude to Shakespeare's plays. ''Shakespeare in Love'' received acclaim from critics and was a box-office success, grossing $289 million worldwide and becoming the ninth-highest-grossing film of 1998. The film was noted for its highly skilled plotting and balancing of comedy and drama and for the high quality of its dialogue, performances, and production design. It received numerous accolades; it won three Golden Globe Awards (including Best Mot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
35th Academy Awards
The 35th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1962, were held on April 8, 1963, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California, hosted by Frank Sinatra. The year's most successful film was David Lean's '' Lawrence of Arabia'', with 10 nominations and 7 wins, including Best Picture and Lean's second win for Best Director. For his role as T. E. Lawrence, Peter O'Toole received his first of eight career nominations for Best Actor, all unsuccessful; as of the 94th Academy Awards, O'Toole and Glenn Close share the record for the most acting nominations with no wins. To date, ''Lawrence of Arabia'' is the only Best Picture winner with no female speaking roles. Although there were bets made on Omar Sharif, and Angela Lansbury receiving awards in the supporting categories, their wins failed to materialize. Arthur Penn's '' The Miracle Worker'' earned the rare distinction of winning two acting Oscars ( Best Actress for Anne Bancroft and Best Suppor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
34th Academy Awards
The 34th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1961, were held on April 9, 1962, hosted by Bob Hope at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins became the first Best Director co-winners for ''West Side Story''. The film won 10 of its 11 nominations, including Best Picture and both supporting acting Oscars, becoming the most successful musical in Oscars history. Legendary filmmaker Federico Fellini received his first Best Director nomination for ''La Dolce Vita'', while fellow Italian Sophia Loren became the second performer to win an Oscar for a non-English-language role, after Jane Wyman's American Sign Language performance in '' Johnny Belinda'' (1948), and the first to win a regular Oscar for a film made entirely in a language other than English. Directors Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins became the first pair to share an Oscar for the same film. George C. Scott became the first actor to refuse an award in adv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th Academy Awards
The 17th Academy Awards were held on March 15, 1945, at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, honoring the films of 1944. This was the first time the complete awards ceremony was broadcast nationally, on the Blue Network (later ABC Radio). Bob Hope hosted the 70-minute broadcast, which included film clips that required explanation for the radio audience. Darryl F. Zanuck and 20th Century-Fox spent a fortune promoting '' Wilson'' out of determination to have it win the Best Picture Oscar, but it lost to ''Going My Way'', which made Zanuck bitter. This year was notable for being the only time an individual was nominated for two acting awards for the ''same role'' in the ''same film'': Barry Fitzgerald received nominations for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Father Fitzgibbon in the Best Picture winner ''Going My Way''. Fitzgerald won for Best Supporting Actor, while his co-star Bing Crosby won Best Actor. Winners and nominees Awards Nominees we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Academy Awards
The 16th Academy Awards were held on March 2, 1944, to honor the films of 1943. This was the first Oscar ceremony held at a large public venue, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, and the first ceremony without a banquet as part of the festivities. The ceremony was broadcast locally on KFWB, and internationally by CBS Radio via shortwave. Jack Benny hosted the event, which lasted one hour and 42 minutes. This was the first ceremony to welcome admissions from the general public. For the first time, winners for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress were awarded full-size statuettes, instead of smaller-sized awards mounted on a plaque. This was the last year until 2009 to have 10 nominations for Best Picture; '' The Ox-Bow Incident'' is, , the last film to be nominated solely in that category. '' For Whom the Bell Tolls'' was the third film to receive nominations in all four acting categories. This was the first year in which each acting category had at least one nomi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th Academy Awards
The 14th Academy Awards honored film achievements in 1941 and were held at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was briefly cancelled due to the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941. The ceremony is now considered notable as the year in which ''Citizen Kane'' failed to win Best Picture, losing to John Ford's '' How Green Was My Valley''. Later regarded as the greatest film ever made, ''Citizen Kane'' was nominated for nine awards but won only one, for Best Original Screenplay. John Ford won his third Best Director award for ''How Green Was My Valley'', becoming the second to do so (after Frank Capra), and the first to win the award in consecutive years (following '' The Grapes of Wrath'' in 1940). Much public attention was focused on the Best Actress race between sibling rivals Joan Fontaine, for Alfred Hitchcock’s '' Suspicion'', and Olivia de Havilland, for '' Hold Back the Dawn''. Fontaine won, becoming the only acting winner from a film di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
