Academy Award for Best Picture
One of the Academy Awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since the awards debuted in 1929.
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Sydney Pollack
American film director, producer and actor.
American film director, producer and actor.
For his film Out of Africa (1985), Pollack won the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture.
Academy Awards
The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry.
The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry.
From 1973 to 2020, all Academy Awards ceremonies have ended with the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Anthony Minghella
British film director, playwright and screenwriter.
British film director, playwright and screenwriter.
In addition, he received three more Academy Award nominations; he was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for both The English Patient (1996) and The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), and was posthumously nominated for Best Picture for The Reader (2008), as a co-producer.
William A. Wellman
American film director known for his work in crime, adventure, and action genre films, often focusing on aviation themes, a particular passion.
American film director known for his work in crime, adventure, and action genre films, often focusing on aviation themes, a particular passion.
In 1927, Wellman directed Wings, which became the first film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture at the 1st Academy Awards ceremony.
Dolby Theatre
Live-performance auditorium in the Ovation Hollywood shopping mall and entertainment complex, on Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles.
Live-performance auditorium in the Ovation Hollywood shopping mall and entertainment complex, on Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles.
The hall from the front entrance to the grand stairway (leading up to the theater at the rear of the shopping complex) is flanked by storefronts, as well as Art Deco columns displaying the names of past recipients of the Academy Award for Best Picture (with blank spaces left for future Best Picture winners, currently set up to 2071).
Wings (1927 film)
1927 and 1929 American silent war film set during World War I, produced by Lucien Hubbard, directed by William A. Wellman, released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Clara Bow, Charles Rogers and Richard Arlen.
1927 and 1929 American silent war film set during World War I, produced by Lucien Hubbard, directed by William A. Wellman, released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Clara Bow, Charles Rogers and Richard Arlen.
It went on to win the first Academy Award for Best Picture at the first Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award ceremony in 1929, the only fully silent film to do so.
Shakespeare in Love
1998 romantic period comedy-drama film directed by John Madden, written by Marc Norman and playwright Tom Stoppard, and produced by Harvey Weinstein.
1998 romantic period comedy-drama film directed by John Madden, written by Marc Norman and playwright Tom Stoppard, and produced by Harvey Weinstein.
The film received numerous accolades, including seven Oscars at the 71st Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actress (Gwyneth Paltrow), Best Supporting Actress (Judi Dench), and Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.
Academy Award for Best Director
Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
The Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture have been very closely linked throughout their history.
Driving Miss Daisy
1989 American comedy-drama film directed by Bruce Beresford and written by Alfred Uhry, based on Uhry's 1987 play of the same name.
1989 American comedy-drama film directed by Bruce Beresford and written by Alfred Uhry, based on Uhry's 1987 play of the same name.
Driving Miss Daisy was a critical and commercial success upon its release and at the 62nd Academy Awards received nine nominations, and won four: Best Picture, Best Actress (for Tandy), Best Makeup, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Professional honorary organization with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motion pictures.
Professional honorary organization with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motion pictures.
In 2020, Parasite became the first non-English language film to win Best Picture.