Which director won the 'Oscar' for Best Director for the picture 'Traffic' in 2000?
"directing ""Apollo 13""); 2000 (Steven Soderbergh won the Oscar for directing ""Traffic""); 2002 (Roman Polanski won the Oscar for directing ""The Pianist""); and 2012 (Ang Lee won the Oscar for directing ""Life of Pi"" as Ben Affleck was not nominated for directing ""Argo""). This does not count 1948–49, when the DGA used a non-calendar award year (unlike the Academy Awards); both 1948 and 1949 DGA winners competed for the 1949 Academy Award for Best Director, which went to the 1948 DGA winner (Joseph L. Mankiewicz for ""A Letter to Three Wives""). Conversely, sixteen times has the representing film directed by"
"Traffic (2000 film) Traffic is a 2000 American crime drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Stephen Gaghan. It explores the illegal drug trade from a number of perspectives: users, enforcers, politicians, and traffickers. Their stories are edited together throughout the film, although some of the characters do not meet each other. The film is an adaptation of the 1989 British Channel 4 television series ""Traffik"". 20th Century Fox, the original financiers of the film, demanded that Harrison Ford play a leading role and that significant changes to the screenplay be made. Soderbergh refused and proposed the script"
"""Traffic"" Julie Walters – ""Billy Elliot"" The Perfect Storm 54th British Academy Film Awards The 54th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, took place on 25 February 2001 and honoured the best films of 2000. Ridley Scott's Gladiator won Best Film, while Ang Lee won Best Director for ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)"". ""Billy Elliot"" was voted Best British Film of 2000, and the film's lead actor, Jamie Bell, won Best Actor in a Leading Role. In addition, Julia Roberts won Best Actress in a Leading Role for her"
"2000 National Society of Film Critics Awards The 35th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 6 January 2001, honored the best in film for 2000. 1. Yi Yi<br> 2. ""Traffic""<br> 3. ""The House of Mirth"" 1. Steven Soderbergh – ""Traffic"" and ""Erin Brockovich""<br> 2. Edward Yang – ""Yi Yi""<br> 3. Ang Lee – ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" (""Wo hu cang long"") 1. Javier Bardem – ""Before Night Falls""<br> 2. Mark Ruffalo – ""You Can Count On Me""<br> 3. Tom Hanks – ""Cast Away"" 1. Laura Linney – ""You Can Count On Me""<br> 2. Gillian Anderson – ""The House"
"also won Outstanding Writing in a Drama series for an episode that Herskovitz co-wrote with Paul Haggis. The show also received the Best Drama Series award at the Golden Globes that year. Herskovitz himself was honored by both the Writers Guild and Directors Guild for his work on the series. ""Traffic"" was nominated for Best Picture at the 73rd Academy Awards in 2001. ""Once and Again"" was nominated for Best Drama Series of 1999 at the Golden Globes. Marshall Herskovitz Marshall Schreiber Herskovitz (born February 23, 1952) is an American film director, writer and producer, and currently the President Emeritus"
"to other major Hollywood studios, but it was rejected because of the three-hour running time and the subject matter—""Traffic"" is more of a political film than most Hollywood productions. USA Films, however, liked the project from the start and offered the filmmakers more money than Fox. Soderbergh operated the camera himself and adopted a distinctive color grade for each story so that audiences could tell them apart. ""Traffic"" was critically acclaimed and earned numerous awards, including four Oscars: Best Director for Steven Soderbergh, Best Supporting Actor for Benicio del Toro, Best Adapted Screenplay for Stephen Gaghan and Best Film Editing"
"was also nominated for an Academy Award. He has been nominated four times for BAFTA Awards for editing ""Traffic"", ""21 grams"" (also directed by Inarritu - 2003), ""Good Night, and Good Luck"" (directed by George Clooney-2006), and for ""Babel"". Mirrione has been selected for membership in the American Cinema Editors. ""see: Academy Award for Best Film Editing"" Stephen Mirrione Stephen Mirrione (born February 17, 1969) is an American film editor. He won an Academy Award for his editing of the film ""Traffic"" (2000). Mirrione was born in Santa Clara County, California. He attended Bellarmine College Preparatory and then the University"
"Times of Hank Greenberg<br> 2. ""Dark Days""<br> 3. ""The Original Kings of Comedy"" 2000 National Society of Film Critics Awards The 35th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 6 January 2001, honored the best in film for 2000. 1. Yi Yi<br> 2. ""Traffic""<br> 3. ""The House of Mirth"" 1. Steven Soderbergh – ""Traffic"" and ""Erin Brockovich""<br> 2. Edward Yang – ""Yi Yi""<br> 3. Ang Lee – ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" (""Wo hu cang long"") 1. Javier Bardem – ""Before Night Falls""<br> 2. Mark Ruffalo – ""You Can Count On Me""<br> 3. Tom Hanks – ""Cast Away"" 1. Laura"
"with ""Erin Brockovich"" and ""Traffic"". Both films would be nominated at the 2001 Academy Awards, making him the only director to have been nominated in the same year for Best Director for two different films. He was awarded the Academy Award for Best Director for ""Traffic"" and received best director nominations at the year's Golden Globe and the Directors Guild of America Awards.In early 2001, he was approached to direct a reboot of the 1960s Rat Pack-movie, ""Ocean's 11"" by Ted Griffin. After Griffin wrote the screenplay, Soderbergh signed on to direct ""Ocean's Eleven"". The film opened to critical acclaim"
"an homage to Akira Kurosawa's 1950 film ""Rashomon"". Mirrione has had a notable collaboration with director Steven Soderbergh. The two met when Soderbergh attended the opening of ""Go"". About one year later he asked Mirrione to edit ""Traffic"" (2000), which earned Mirrione an Oscar. Todd McCarthy characterized the effects of the camerawork and editing, ""Soderbergh has given the film tremendous texture as well as a vibrant immediacy through constant handheld operating, mostly using available light, and manipulating the look both in shooting and in the lab. Stephen Mirrione's editing, which gives ""Traffic"" a beautifully modulated overall shape, is characterized on"
"Dream"" – Clint Mansell Fight Club Fight Club Fight Club Björk – ""Dancer in the Dark"" Online Film Critics Society Awards 2000 The 4th Online Film Critics Society Awards, honoring the best in film for 2000, were given on 2 January 2001. Almost Famous Darren Aronofsky – ""Requiem for a Dream"" Tom Hanks – ""Cast Away"" Ellen Burstyn – ""Requiem for a Dream"" Benicio del Toro – ""Traffic"" <br> Philip Seymour Hoffman – ""Almost Famous"" Kate Hudson – ""Almost Famous"" ""Almost Famous"" – Cameron Crowe Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon The Filth and the Fury ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" – Peter"
"Stephen Mirrione Stephen Mirrione (born February 17, 1969) is an American film editor. He won an Academy Award for his editing of the film ""Traffic"" (2000). Mirrione was born in Santa Clara County, California. He attended Bellarmine College Preparatory and then the University of California, Santa Cruz, from which he received his bachelor's degree in 1991. He moved to Los Angeles, and began a collaboration with Doug Liman, who was then a graduate student at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. Mirrione edited Liman's first feature films ""Getting In"" (1994), ""Swingers"" (1996), and ""Go"" (1999), which was"
"of the Academy, and Academy Award-winning actress Kathy Bates. ""Gladiator"" received the most nominations with twelve. ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" came in second with ten. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 25, 2001. ""Gladiator"" became the first film to win Best Picture without a directing or screenwriting win since 1949's ""All the King's Men"". Best Director winner Steven Soderbergh, who received nominations for both ""Erin Brockovich"" and ""Traffic"" (for which he won the award), was the third person to receive double directing nominations in the same year. ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" became the third film nominated"
"of Mirth""<br> 3. Ellen Burstyn – ""Requiem for a Dream"" 1. Benicio del Toro – ""Traffic""<br> 2. Fred Willard – ""Best in Show""<br> 3. Willem Dafoe – ""Shadow of the Vampire"" 1. Elaine May – ""Small Time Crooks""<br> 2. Frances McDormand – ""Almost Famous"" and ""Wonder Boys""<br> 3. Marcia Gay Harden – ""Pollock"" 1. Kenneth Lonergan – ""You Can Count On Me""<br> 2. Steve Kloves – ""Wonder Boys""<br> 3. Stephen Gaghan – ""Traffic"" 1. Agnès Godard – ""Beau Travail""<br> 2. Peter Pau – ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" (""Wo hu cang long"")<br> 2. Steven Soderbergh – ""Traffic"" 1. The Life and"
"Online Film Critics Society Awards 2000 The 4th Online Film Critics Society Awards, honoring the best in film for 2000, were given on 2 January 2001. Almost Famous Darren Aronofsky – ""Requiem for a Dream"" Tom Hanks – ""Cast Away"" Ellen Burstyn – ""Requiem for a Dream"" Benicio del Toro – ""Traffic"" <br> Philip Seymour Hoffman – ""Almost Famous"" Kate Hudson – ""Almost Famous"" ""Almost Famous"" – Cameron Crowe Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon The Filth and the Fury ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" – Peter Pau ""Requiem for a Dream"" – Jay Rabinowitz Almost Famous<br> State and Main ""Requiem for a"
"del Toro also won an Academy Award for his work in ""Traffic"", later starred in ""Guerrilla"" and ""The Argentine"". Catherine Zeta-Jones received a Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal of Helena in ""Traffic"" and reteamed with him for ""Ocean's Twelve"" and ""Side Effects"". Actor Joe Chrest worked with Soderbergh prolifically during his early career (1993–2009) starring in a total of eight of his films. He has frequently relied on Jerry Weintraub to produce many of his films. Composer Cliff Martinez has scored ten Soderbergh films starting with ""Sex, Lies, and Videotape"" (1989) and ending with ""Contagion"" (2011). Northern Irish composer"
"""Minnie"" Mortimer. Together they have a daughter, Tuesday (b. February 2, 2009), and a son, Johnny (b. May 20, 2014). Gaghan has won an Emmy Award, Writers Guild of America Awards, Golden Globe Award, and an Academy Award. Stephen Gaghan Stephen Gaghan (born May 6, 1965) is an American screenwriter and director. He is noted for writing the screenplay for Steven Soderbergh's film ""Traffic"", based on a Channel 4 series, for which he won the Academy Award, as well as ""Syriana"" which he wrote and directed. Gaghan was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of the former Elizabeth Jane Whorton"
"Association, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and National Board of Review voted Julia Roberts Best Actress of the year. The National Society of Film Critics voted Steven Soderbergh Best Director for his work on both ""Traffic"" and ""Erin Brockovich"". ""Erin Brockovich"" received four Golden Globe Award nominations, including Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director (Soderbergh), Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama (Roberts), and Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture (Albert Finney). Julia Roberts went on to win the only award for the film for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. The film received five Academy"
"Online Film Critics Society Awards 2001 The 5th Online Film Critics Society Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2001, were given on 2 January 2002. Memento <br> Mulholland Drive David Lynch – ""Mulholland Drive"" Billy Bob Thornton – ""The Man Who Wasn't There"" Naomi Watts – ""Mulholland Drive"" ""'Steve Buscemi – ""Ghost World"" ""'Jennifer Connelly – ""A Beautiful Mind"" ""Mulholland Drive"" – David Lynch <br> ""The Others"" – Alejandro Amenábar ""Memento"" – Christopher Nolan Amélie Startup.com Shrek ""The Man Who Wasn't There"" – Roger Deakins Gosford Park ""Mulholland Drive"" – Angelo Badalamenti Moulin Rouge! Christopher Nolan – ""Memento"" Naomi"
"to the Army. In 2007 he was sentenced by a federal court to a further forty years imprisonment and a fine of 24,716,829 pesos. Gutiérrez died of brain cancer at the Central Military Hospital in Mexico City on 19 December 2013, while he was serving his 40-year sentence. He was 79. Traffic is a 2000 American crime drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Stephen Gaghan. It explores the intricacies of the illegal drug trade from a number of perspectives: a user, an enforcer, a politician and a trafficker, whose lives affect each other although they do not"
"He won that year, but for directing the film ""Traffic"". Early in the film the real Erin Brockovich has a cameo appearance as a waitress named Julia. In 1993, Erin Brockovich is an unemployed single mother of three children who has recently been injured in a traffic accident with a doctor and is suing him. Her lawyer, Ed Masry, expects to win, but Erin's explosive courtroom behavior under cross-examination loses her the case, and Ed will not return her phone calls afterwards. One day, he arrives at work to find her in the office, apparently working. She says that he"
"Benicio del Toro Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez (born February 19, 1967) is a Puerto Rican actor. He won an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for his portrayal of the jaded but morally upright police officer Javier Rodriguez in the film ""Traffic"" (2000). Del Toro's performance as ex-con turned religious fanatic in despair, Jack Jordan, in Alejandro González Iñárritu's ""21 Grams"" (2003) earned him a second Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, as well as a second Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination and a BAFTA Awards nomination for Best Actor in"
"he directed crime comedy ""Out of Sight"" (1998); biopic ""Erin Brockovich"" (2000) and crime drama film ""Traffic"" (2000), the latter winning him the Academy Award for Best Director. He found further popular and critical success with the ""Ocean's"" trilogy and film franchise (2001–18); ""Contagion"" (2011); ""Magic Mike"" (2012); ""Side Effects"" (2013); ""Logan Lucky"" (2017); and ""Unsane"" (2018). Despite his film career spanning a multitude of genres, his cinematic niche centers on psychological, crime, and heist thrillers. His films have grossed over US$2.2 billion worldwide and garnered nine Oscar nominations, winning seven. Soderbergh's films often center on the metaphysical themes of"
"the Magic Railroad"". The most acclaimed films of the year are ""Gladiator"", ""Traffic"", ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"", ""American Psycho"", ""Almost Famous"" and ""Erin Brockovich"". The top films released in 2000 by worldwide gross are as follows: A B C D E–F G H J–K L M N–O P–Q R S T U–V W X–Z 2000 in film The year 2000 in film involved some significant events. The top grosser worldwide was """". Domestically in North America, ""Gladiator"" won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor (Russell Crowe). ""Dinosaur"" was the most expensive film of 2000 and a box-office"
"Stephen Gaghan Stephen Gaghan (born May 6, 1965) is an American screenwriter and director. He is noted for writing the screenplay for Steven Soderbergh's film ""Traffic"", based on a Channel 4 series, for which he won the Academy Award, as well as ""Syriana"" which he wrote and directed. Gaghan was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of the former Elizabeth Jane Whorton and her first husband, Stephen Gaghan (d. 1980), and a stepson of Tom Haag. Gaghan attended Kentucky Country Day School, a college preparatory school in Louisville. He was an All-State soccer player where he held the assist record"
"stood out among a first-rate ensemble cast in Steven Soderbergh's ""Traffic"", a complex dissection of the North American drug wars. As Javier Rodriguez — a Mexican border policeman struggling to remain honest amid the corruption and deception of illegal drug trafficking — del Toro, who spoke most of his lines in Spanish, gave a performance that dominated the film. His performance swept all of the major critics' awards in 2001. Del Toro won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, becoming the fourth living Oscar winner whose winning role was a character who speaks predominantly in a foreign language. Del"
"to win the Academy Award for Best Director. Spielberg was also the first to win Best Director from both the Saturn Awards and the Academy Awards at the same year, but for different movies (Saturn Award for ""Jurassic Park"", and Academy Award for ""Schindler's List"", both in 1993); Peter Jackson was the first to win both for the same film ("""", in 2003) while Alfonso Cuarón was the second (for ""Gravity"" in 2013). Notes: ""†"" indicates an Academy Award-winning movie on the same category. ""‡"" indicates an Academy Award-nominated movie on the same category. Saturn Award for Best Director The"
"director for ""The Cider House Rules"" (1999). The film earned six additional Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, with Michael Caine winning the Best Supporting Actor award and John Irving winning Best Adapted Screenplay. He followed that success the following year by directing ""Chocolat"" (2000), starring Johnny Depp, Juliette Binoche and Judi Dench. The film was a critical and box-office success, earning Golden Globe, BAFTA and Academy Award nominations, including for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Binoche and Dench won Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress respectively at both the European Film Awards and the Screen Actors' Guild awards."
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"2001 National Society of Film Critics Awards The 36th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 4 January 2002, honored the best in film for 2001. 1. Mulholland Drive<br> 2. ""Gosford Park""<br> 3. """" 1. Robert Altman – ""Gosford Park""<br> 2. David Lynch – ""Mulholland Drive""<br> 3. Peter Jackson – """" 1. Gene Hackman – ""The Royal Tenenbaums""<br> 2. Denzel Washington – ""Training Day""<br> 3. Tom Wilkinson – ""In the Bedroom"" 1. Naomi Watts – ""Mulholland Drive""<br> 2. Sissy Spacek – ""In the Bedroom""<br> 3. Charlotte Rampling – ""Under the Sand"" (""Sous le sable"") 1. Steve Buscemi – ""Ghost"
"Picture, Best Supporting Actress (Shailene Woodley), and Best Screenplay (Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash) categories. ""Drive"" was the only other film to garner multiple awards, winning both Best Director (Nicolas Winding Refn) and Supporting Actor (Albert Brooks) prizes. The other acting honors went to Tilda Swinton as Best Actress for ""We Need to Talk About Kevin"" and Michael Fassbender as Best Actor for ""Shame"". The other individual awards included Best Original Score to Ludovic Bource for ""The Artist"" and Best Cinematography to Emmanuel Lubezki for ""The Tree of Life"". The remaining category honors went to ""Rango"" as Best Animated"
"television, theater and music. ★ Bold indicates the winner in each category. ★ Tyler Hoechlin - ""Road to Perdition"" - DreamWorks/20th Century Fox ★ Alexa Vega - """" - Buena Vista ★ Marc Donato - ""White Oleander"" - Warner Brothers ★ ""'Eva Amurri - ""The Banger Sisters"" - Fox Searchlight Pictures ★ Tyler Patrick Jones - ""Red Dragon"" - Universal Pictures ★ Caitlin EJ Meyer - ""Little Secrets"" - Columbia Tristar/Samuel Goldwyn ★ Jeremy Sumpter - ""Just A Dream"" - Showtime ★ Clara Bryant - ""Tru Confessions"" - Disney Channel ★ Ryan Merriman - ""Taken"" - Sci-Fi Channel ★ Hallee"
"Actor in a Supporting Role for ""Traffic"", and Julie Walters won Best Actress in a Supporting Role for ""Billy Elliot"". Jamie Bell – ""Billy Elliot"" Julia Roberts – ""Erin Brockovich"" Gladiator Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) Ang Lee – ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)"" Gladiator Gladiator Billy Elliot Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) ""How the Grinch Stole Christmas"" – Rick Baker and Gail Rowell-Ryan ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)"" – Tan Dun Gladiator ""Traffic"" – Stephen Gaghan ""Almost Famous"" – Cameron Crowe Almost Famous Benicio del Toro –"