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3 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Production Design recognizes achievement for art direction in film. The category's original name was Best Art Direction, but was changed to its current name in 2012 for the 85th Academy Awards. [ 1 ] This change resulted from the Art Directors' branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) being ...
2 days ago · Ben-Hur was nominated for 12 Academy Awards and won an unprecedented 11. As of 2023, only Titanic in 1998 and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2004 have matched the film's wins.
4 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Director (officially known as the Academy Award of Merit for Directing) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in the film industry.
Sep 23, 2024 · North by Northwest is widely regarded as the classic Hitchcock film. It features taut suspense and black humour—the script was by Ernest Lehman, who received an Academy Award nomination—and has all the hallmarks of a Hitchcock movie, including the theme of mistaken identity.
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Sep 21, 2024 · Quick Facts. Original name: Lester Anthony Minnelli. Born: February 28, 1903, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Died: July 25, 1986, Los Angeles, California (aged 83) Awards And Honors: Academy Award (1959) Notable Works: “A Matter of Time” “An American in Paris” “At Home Abroad” “Brigadoon” “Father of the Bride” “Gigi” “Goodbye Charlie” “Lust for Life”
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Sep 25, 2024 · Its breathtaking photography and its many memorable songs, among them “My Favorite Things” and the title song, helped it to become an enduring classic. The nearly three-hour-long movie was nominated for 10 Academy Awards and won five, including those for best picture and best director.
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Oct 1, 2024 · From performers playing towering real-life figures to those depicting the struggles of the heroic everyman, the Oscars have honored some of the best actors of all time for films both big and...
