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  1. 2 days ago · David Lean holds the record for the director with the most films that won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography at the Oscars with five wins out of six nominations for Great Expectations, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, and Ryan's Daughter.

  2. 4 days ago · The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film is awarded to countries rather than filmmakers. This list contains female directors of nominated films who typically accept the award on behalf of their country.

  3. Jun 21, 2024 · Films with the most nominations: All About Eve ( 1950 ), Titanic ( 1997 ), and La La Land ( 2016) each earned 14 Academy Award nominations. Film with the highest clean sweep: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ( 2003) won all 11 Academy Awards from its 11 nominations.

  4. Jun 27, 2024 · The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is awarded each year to a cinematographer for work on one particular motion picture. From 1939 to 1967, there were separate awards for color and for black-and-white cinematography. Since then, the only black-and-white film to win is Schindler's List (1993).

    • Meghann Matwichuk
    • 2013
  5. Jun 18, 2024 · Parasite, South Korean thriller and black-comedy film, released in 2019, that was the first Korean film to win the prestigious Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival and the first foreign-language film to win the Academy Award for best picture.

    • Stephen Eldridge
  6. 3 days ago · Academy Award, any of a number of awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize achievement in the film industry. The awards were first presented in 1929, and winners receive a gold-plated statuette commonly called Oscar. Learn more about the award, its categories, and history.

  7. Jun 13, 2024 · The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Last Updated: Jun 13, 2024 • Article History. David Lynch. In full: David Keith Lynch. Born: January 20, 1946, Missoula, Montana, U.S. (age 78) Awards And Honors: Academy Award (2019) Notable Works: “Blue Velvet” “Eraserhead” “Inland Empire” “Mulholland Drive” “The Elephant Man” “The Straight Story”