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3 days ago · Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) First awarded. 1927. Most recent winner. James Price. Shona Heath. Zsuzsa Mihalek. Poor Things ( 2023) The Academy Award for Best Production Design recognizes achievement for art direction in film.
1 day ago · His next film, Hannibal (2001), was a box-office hit despite poor reviews, and his military drama Black Hawk Down (2001) was nominated for four Academy Awards, including best director. Scott’s subsequent films—which were generally well received and often contained examples of his trademark visual flair—included Matchstick Men (2003 ...
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- Ridley Scott is a British film director and producer whose movies are acclaimed for their visual style and rich details. His best-known films inclu...
- The Duellists (1977), set in Napoleonic France, was Ridley Scott’s first film as a director. The movie won the best first-feature award at the Cann...
- Ridley Scott was nominated as best director for his film Thelma & Louise (1991), but he did not win that Oscar. (Jonathan Demme did instead.) Scott...
- Alien (1979), a science-fiction–horror story, and Blade Runner (1982), a dystopian neo-noir fable based on a Philip K. Dick novel and notable for S...
1 day ago · It won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor for the film's star Russell Crowe, and saw Scott nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. Scott worked with British visual effects company The Mill for the film's computer-generated imagery, and the film was dedicated to Oliver Reed who died during filming – The Mill ...
1 day ago · The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards in 1987; Best Actress, Best Art Direction, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score and Best Sound. It won awards for Best Sound Editing and Best Visual Effects. In addition, Weaver and the film made the cover of Time in July 1986. Cameron with Gale Anne Hurd, 1986
4 days ago · Maggie Smith. In full: Dame Margaret Natalie Smith. Born: December 28, 1934, Ilford, Essex, England (age 89) Awards And Honors: Emmy Award (2016) Emmy Award (2011) Emmy Award (2003) Academy Award (1979) Academy Award (1970) Academy Award (1979): Actress in a Supporting Role. Academy Award (1970): Actress in a Leading Role.
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4 days ago · Hopper also earned an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor for his role in Hoosiers (1986). Dennis Hopper (born May 17, 1936, Dodge City , Kansas, U.S.—died May 29, 2010, Los Angeles, California) was an American film actor, director, and writer who rose to fame as a countercultural icon in the 1960s and later developed into a ...
22 hours ago · 23-year Academy vet Randy Haberkamp, the organization’s EVP library, archive and sci-tech and a friend to many film academics and historians, will retire on Aug. 2 (though he will remain as an ...
