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* Best Motion Picture - Paramount * Writing (Screenplay) - Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder Cinematography (Black-and-White) - John F. Seitz
Despite the optimistic postwar mood, director Billy Wilder's grim and socially significant drama The Lost Weekend won the major awards of Best Picture and Best Director, as well as two other awards. It was the first film to win both Best Picture and the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
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 ...
award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, located in Beverly Hills, California, U.S. It honors the film deemed the best of a given year—as determined by the academy’s voting members—and is typically regarded as the most prestigious of the various Academy Awards .
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mar 13, 2022 · 1946 Best Picture Winner. The world population was just adjusting to life after World War II and some film executives feared that audiences wanted escapism, not a movie reflecting their...
Feb 10, 2022 · Netflix’s “The Power of the Dog” led the list, with 12 nominations total, including best picture, best director and nods for its leading actors, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse...
Jun 20, 2023 · From 'Wings' to 'Everything Everywhere All at Once,' here's a list of all the Oscar best pictures from each year as voted on by Academy members.
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