This marks the first Oscar win for three
time nominee Peele.
Not exact matches
And Guillermo del Toro was one of four directors in the Best Director category to be nominated for the first
time (the other three were
Peele, Greta Gerwig, and Christopher Nolan, with Paul Thomas Anderson the only returning
nominee).
As for the Best First -
Time Feature, Get Out's Jordan
Peele beat out fellow
nominees: Geremy Jasper for Patti Cake $, William Oldroyd for Lady Macbeth, Taylor Sheridan for Wind River, and also Aaron Sorkin for Molly's Game.
They were just two of the notables I got to say hello to at this mind - boggling event where scores of this year's best and brightest gather, from 21 -
time nominee Meryl Streep to newcomer Jordan
Peele.
As for the fellow
nominees in the category, Daniel Kaluuya doesn't have quite the same momentum as Jordan
Peele and «Get Out» do, and while I'm glad Denzel Washington is nominated for «Roman J. Israel, Esq.», a win for him would be one of the most stunning Oscars upsets in a long
time.
A number of the night's winners were first -
time nominees including Jordan
Peele, who won the Oscar for original screenplay for his horror satire «Get Out.»