Although he had no previous acting experience, Dr. Haing S. Ngor was cast in the film "The Killing Fields ," playing a Cambodian journalist living under the brutal regime of the Khmer Rouge. To date, Ngor is the only actor of Asian descent to earn the award.
Little Anna Paquin was only 10 years old when she auditioned for the main role in "The Piano " and actually only attended the tryout to accompany her sister. However, Paquin caught the eye of director Jane Campion, beat out 5, other young actresses to earn the role and won a Best Supporting Actress award in at the age of only Jennifer Hudson first came into our lives via the season of "American Idol.
Of course that matters little now, as Hudson expanded her skill set to include acting and won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her very first film, the musical drama "Dreamgirls. Like all aspiring modern-day writers, Diablo Cody penned the script for the comedy " Juno" in a Starbucks. To date, Taylor Hackford is the only director to have directed two black actors to Oscar-winning performances: Louis Gossett Jr.
Eight individuals have been nominated for both Best Actor and Best Director for the same film. Two were nominees twice. No one yet has won both awards. Four won Best Director but not Best Actor. Two won Best Actor but not Best Director. Three lost both nominations. Eight directors have accomplished the 'hat trick' of triple Oscar wins for Producing, Directing, and Writing in a single year :.
Warren Beatty and George Clooney are the only two people to have competitive nominations in the Picture, Director, Screenplay and Acting Actor or Supporting categories:. Warren Beatty received four nominations for Producing, Acting, Directing, and Writing for the same film in one year :. For Roma , Mex. In addition to Beatty Welles, and Cuaron , one individual has been nominated for Acting, Producing, and Writing for the same film :. In addition to Beatty Welles, and Cuaron , two individuals have been nominated simultaneously for Acting, Directing, and Writing for the same film :.
Most of the following actors won their first Oscars as directors rather than as performers except for Redford and Gibson, all were actors also nominated for their self-directed work :.
Further connections could be made for the Coppolas, combining for a family total of 24 nominations number of nominations for each are in parentheses :. Other wives nominated for films made by their director husbands:. To date, no female directors have had their starring husbands receive an Oscar nod.
With two nominations for Best Director, for Juno and Up in the Air , 32 year-old Jason Reitman became the youngest filmmaker to have received two Oscar nominations for Best Director. All rights reserved.
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