Sentences with phrase «director nominations over»

And though David O. Russell has been on a nomination hot streak of late, with American Hustle capping a trio of Best Director nominations over the last four years for the filmmaker, his chances, which seemed much higher back when his crime caper stormed onto the scene last December, have since fizzled along with the film.

Not exact matches

Some of his more notable work came from his collaboration with director Spike Lee; over the course of the 1990s, Washington starred in three of his films, playing a jazz trumpeter in Mo» Better Blues (1990), the title role in Lee's epic 1992 biopic Malcolm X (for which he received a Best Actor Oscar nomination), and the convict father of a high - school basketball star in He Got Game (1998).

Malkovich met with near - universal critical praise and garnered an Academy Award nomination for the neophyte feature director — as well as supporting actress Catherine Keener and writer Charlie Kaufman — though Stipe and the film itself were passed over for a Best Picture nod.Despite Single Cell's increasing prominence in the industry, Stipe continued to support C - Hundred for smaller - budgeted niche features such as writer - director Tom Gilroy's Spring Forward and McKay's coming - of - age drama Our Song, both of which were featured at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.

Ford became best known for his Westerns, of which he made dozens through the 1920s, but he didn't achieve status as a major director until the mid -»30s, when his films for RKO (The Lost Patrol [1934], The Informer [1935]-RRB-, 20th Century Fox (Young Mr. Lincoln [1939], The Grapes of Wrath [1940]-RRB-, and Walter Wanger (Stagecoach [1939]-RRB-, won over the public, the critics, and earned various Oscars and Academy nominations.

Since his film was only screened for the Hollywood Foreign Press he wasn't able to earn SAG or Critics» Choice nominations but now that the film has been seen and Plummer is all over it (with just nine days of shooting and as many days of post-production) this may be the easiest and best way for the Academy to recognize the efforts and ability of director Ridley Scott (if they don't give him a Best Director nomination, tdirector Ridley Scott (if they don't give him a Best Director nomination, tDirector nomination, that is).

«Boyhood,» director Richard Linklater's experimental coming - of - age film that was shot over 12 years on a shoestring budget, followed with three nominations for its ensemble cast and for Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette.

The announcement comes less than two weeks after she was passed over for an Oscar nomination for best director, an exclusion that fueled a debate over the lack of diversity in this year's Academy Awards nominations.

But the film couldn't get over a larger hump — it failed to land a best picture nomination and didn't score a director nod for Haynes.

It's no secret that Lee labored over this one for many years, and the Academy is likely to recognize his magnificent accomplishment with at least a Best Director nomination.

The nominations are a recognition of the work and commitment that so many people put into this film over a dozen years of filming, and a true testament to the brilliance of our visionary writer - director and fellow producer Richard Linklater.»

I still think McCarthy will receive a nomination at the Oscars since the BAFTA lineup of directors has been so wishy washy over the years in terms of matching the academy, but I definitely don't think he is winning either award (Picture or Director).

Over the years Spielberg's films have secured a not - to - be-balked-at nine Best Picture nominations, and his sterling stewardship has been rewarded with seven Best Director nods.

With the distinct possibility that one or both of those things will happen, we take a look back over the 10 Spielberg films which have received nominations for Best Picture and / or Best Director.

Entertainment Weekly writer Nicole Sperling noted that «the epic true story of Louis Zamperini has Oscar bait written all over it» and that «Angelina Jolie... will surely give the boys a run for their money» for a Best Director nod, while Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times predicted that «Unbroken» will get a Best Picture nomination but that Jolie will be skipped over when the Best Director contenders are named.

The Searchlight team watched the nominations over «a big breakfast and a lot of yelling and screaming,» Utley said, and shared a phone a call with Shape of Water writer - director Guillermo del Toro, who was hopping on a plane to Tokyo for the rollout of his film in Japan, and e-mail with Three Billboards writer - director Martin McDonagh.

For his efforts, and for stepping up to the plate to adapt Yann Martel's worldwide bestseller (a supposedly insurmountable task previously passed over by M. Night Shyamalan and Alfonso Cuarón), Lee is likely to land on Oscar's Best Director shortlist, following prior nominations from the Broadcast Critics and the Hollywood Foreign Press.

Penelope Curtis, Director of Tate Britain and Chair of the Jury said: «This year's nominations illustrate the mobility of the contemporary art world, in which works are seen at global biennales and festivals over the course of the year.

~ On Friday the ongoing posturing and showboating from senatorial humbugs over the nomination of a new CIA director prompted Mark to re-air a timely episode of The Mark Steyn Show in which he interviewed the man who waterboarded Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Dr James Mitchell.