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4 days ago · The novel drew the attention of Hollywood and was adapted into the 1956 academy-award-winning movie Friendly Persuasion, starring Gary Cooper and directed by William Wyler. West got to write the screenplay and wrote about her experience in her memoir To See the Dream (1959).
2 days ago · In 1957, the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects (John P. Fulton, A.S.C.). DeMille won the Foreign Language Press Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director.
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Cecil B. DeMille
2 days ago · He won two Golden Globes, eight Laurel Awards, and five lifetime achievement awards, including the first BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award in 1971, and, in 1979, an AFI Life Achievement Award. He was nominated five times for an Academy Award for Best Director.
- 29 April 1980 (aged 80), Los Angeles, California, US
- Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, 13 August 1899, Leytonstone, Essex, England
3 days ago · Released in 1955, “Oklahoma!” is a beloved musical film that has captivated audiences for generations. Directed by Fred Zinnemann and based on the Broadway musical of the same name, this iconic movie tells the story of cowboys and farmers in the Oklahoma Territory during the early 1900s.
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5 days ago · Matt Damon. In full: Matthew Paige Damon. Born: October 8, 1970, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. (age 53) Awards And Honors: Academy Award (1998): Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) Golden Globe Award (2016): Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy. Golden Globe Award (1998): Best Screenplay - Motion Picture. (Show more)
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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2 days ago · Six directors won the award for their feature film debut: Delbert Mann for Marty (1955), Jerome Robbins for West Side Story (1961), Robert Redford for Ordinary People (1980), James L. Brooks for Terms of Endearment (1983), Kevin Costner for Dances with Wolves (1990), and Sam Mendes for American Beauty (1999).
4 days ago · LMU’s inaugural MFA Screenwriting Competition highlights the best feature and pilot scripts written by second and third year graduate students from Writing for the Screen and Writing and Producing for TV. Scripts were blindly judged by over 40 industry professionals from Anonymous Content, Riot Games, Entertainment 360, Gotham Group, and many ...
