Whose only 'Oscar' for Best Director was for 'Annie Hall' in 1978?
"Annie Hall Annie Hall is a 1977 American romantic comedy film directed by Woody Allen from a screenplay he co-wrote with Marshall Brickman. Produced by Allen's manager, Charles H. Joffe, the film stars the director as Alvy Singer, who tries to figure out the reasons for the failure of his relationship with the film's eponymous female lead, played by Diane Keaton in a role written specifically for her. Principal photography for the film began on May 19, 1976 on the South Fork of Long Island, and filming continued periodically for the next ten months. Allen has described the result, which"
"Charles H. Joffe Charles H. Joffe (July 16, 1929 – July 9, 2008) was an American film producer and comedy talent manager. He is most well known as being, in partnership with Jack Rollins, the producer or executive producer of the majority of the films directed by Woody Allen. Joffe won the 1977 Academy Award for Best Picture as producer of Allen's ""Annie Hall"". ""Annie Hall"" was listed as ""A Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production"", though only Joffe took producer credit and received the Academy Award for Best Picture. Both were Allen's long standing managers and had that"
"50th Academy Awards The 50th Academy Awards were held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California on April 3, 1978. The ceremonies were presided over by Bob Hope, who hosted the awards for the nineteenth and last time. Two of the year's biggest winners were ""Star Wars"", which swept the technical categories by winning 6 out of its 10 nominations and a Special Achievement for Sound Effects Editing, and ""Annie Hall"", winning 4 out of 5 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actress and Best Director. The awards show was also notable for a very politically charged acceptance speech"
"(1977), ""Manhattan"" (1979), ""Hannah and Her Sisters"" (1986), and ""Crimes and Misdemeanors"" (1989). In 2007 he said ""Stardust Memories"" (1980), ""The Purple Rose of Cairo"" (1985), and ""Match Point"" (2005) were his best films. Critic Roger Ebert described Allen as ""a treasure of the cinema"". Allen has received many accolades and honors throughout his career. He has won four Academy Awards: three for Best Original Screenplay and one for Best Director. He also garnered nine British Academy Film Awards. His screenplay for ""Annie Hall"" was named the funniest screenplay by the Writers Guild of America in its list of the"
"Bourgeoisie)"", ""La nuit américaine (Day for Night)"", ""Préparez vos mouchoirs (Get Out Your Handkerchiefs)"", and ""Amour"". National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Picture is an annual award given by National Society of Film Critics to honor the best film of the year. In the past 40 years, the Society only agreed with the Academy Award for Best Picture seven times: ""Annie Hall"" (1977), ""Unforgiven"" (1992), ""Schindler's List"" (1993), ""Million Dollar Baby"" (2004), ""The Hurt Locker"" (2009), ""Spotlight"" (2015), and ""Moonlight"" (2016). Five others have received the Oscar for"
"he found widespread critical acclaim for his romantic comedies ""Annie Hall"" (1977) and ""Manhattan"" (1979); he won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for the former. Allen is influenced by European art cinema and ventured into more dramatic territory, with ""Interiors"" (1978) and ""Another Woman"" (1988) being prime examples of this transition. Despite this, he continued to direct several comedies. In addition to works of fiction, Allen appeared as himself in many documentaries and other works of non-fiction, including """", ""Wild Man Blues"" and ""The Concert for New York City"". He has also been the subject of"
"""Playbill"" cast list, was published in the July 26, 1976, issue of ""The New Yorker"", and drew so much attention that it was republished in the special theatre issue of May 31, 1993. Other pieces for ""The New Yorker"" include ""The New York Review of Gossip"" (May 19, 1975) and ""The Recipes of Chairman Mao"" (August 27, 1973). Marshall Brickman Marshall Brickman (born August 25, 1939) is an American screenwriter and director, best known for his collaborations with Woody Allen. He is the co-recipient of the 1977 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for ""Annie Hall"". He is also known"
"humorous and poignant account of Hollywood blacklisting during the 1950s; Ritt, screenwriter Walter Bernstein, and three of Allen's cast-mates, Samuel ""Zero"" Mostel, Herschel Bernardi, and Lloyd Gough, had themselves been blacklisted. Then came two of Allen's most popular films. ""Annie Hall"" won four Academy Awards in 1977, including Best Picture, Best Actress in a Leading Role for Diane Keaton, Best Original Screenplay and Best Director for Woody Allen. ""Annie Hall"" set the standard for modern romantic comedy and ignited a fashion trend with the clothes worn by Diane Keaton in the film. In an interview with journalist Katie Couric, Keaton"
"critical reviews, indicating ""universal acclaim"". Annie Hall won four Oscars at the 50th Academy Awards on April 3, 1978, and was nominated for five in total. Producer Charles H. Joffe received the statue for Best Picture, Allen for Best Director and, with Brickman, for Best Original Screenplay, and Keaton for Best Actress. Allen was also nominated for Best Actor. Many had expected ""Star Wars"" to win the major awards, including Brickman and Executive Producer Robert Greenhut. The film was also honored four times at the BAFTA awards. Along with the top award for Best Film, Keaton won for Best Actress,"
"National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Picture is an annual award given by National Society of Film Critics to honor the best film of the year. In the past 40 years, the Society only agreed with the Academy Award for Best Picture seven times: ""Annie Hall"" (1977), ""Unforgiven"" (1992), ""Schindler's List"" (1993), ""Million Dollar Baby"" (2004), ""The Hurt Locker"" (2009), ""Spotlight"" (2015), and ""Moonlight"" (2016). Five others have received the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film: ""Z"", ""Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (The Discreet Charm of the"
"(in a therapist's office with his mother) as an example of basic problems (poverty, discordant parents) being masked by a supposed existential crisis. ""Annie Hall"" was shown at the Los Angeles Film Festival in March 1977, before its official release on April 20, 1977. The film ultimately earned $38,251,425 ($143,228,400 in 2013 dollars) in the United States against a $4-million budget, making it the 11th highest-grossing picture of 1977. On raw figures, it currently ranks as Allen's fourth-highest-grossing film, after ""Manhattan"", ""Hannah and Her Sisters"" and ""Midnight in Paris""; when adjusted for inflation, the gross figure makes it Allen's biggest"
"marked his first collaboration with cinematographer Gordon Willis, as ""a major turning point"", in that unlike the farces and comedies that were his work to that point, it introduced a new level of seriousness. Academics have noted the contrast in the settings of New York City and Los Angeles, the stereotype of gender differences in sexuality, the presentation of Jewish identity, and the elements of psychoanalysis and modernism. ""Annie Hall"" was screened at the Los Angeles Film Festival in March 1977, before its official release on April 20, 1977. The film received widespread critical acclaim, and along with winning the"
"Coppola among others and headed to International Famous Agency in 1970. In 1974, United Artists brought Medavoy in as senior vice president of production. There, he was part of the team responsible for ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"", ""Rocky"", and ""Annie Hall"", which won best Pictures Oscars® in 1975, 1976 and 1977 respectively. United Artists made a number of other notable films at the time, including ""Apocalypse Now"", ""Raging Bull"", ""Network"" and ""Coming Home"". In 1978, Medavoy co-founded Orion Pictures, joint venture with Warner Brothers, along with fellow United Artists executives Arthur Krim, Robert Benjamin, Eric Pleskow, and William"
"Diane Keaton Diane Keaton (née Hall; born January 5, 1946) is an American film actress, director, and producer. She began her career on stage and made her screen debut in 1970. Her first major film role was as Kay Adams-Corleone in ""The Godfather"" (1972), but the films that shaped her early career were those with director and co-star Woody Allen, beginning with ""Play It Again, Sam"" in 1972. Her next two films with Allen, ""Sleeper"" (1973) and ""Love and Death"" (1975), established her as a comic actor. Her fourth, ""Annie Hall"" (1977), won her the Academy Award for Best Actress."
"1977 National Society of Film Critics Awards The 12th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 19 December 1977, honored the best filmmaking of 1977. 1. Annie Hall<br> 2. ""That Obscure Object of Desire"" (""Cet obscur objet du désir"")<br> 3. ""Close Encounters of the Third Kind"" 1. Luis Buñuel – ""That Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du désir"")<br> 2. Steven Spielberg – ""Close Encounters of the Third Kind""<br> 3. Woody Allen – ""Annie Hall"" 1. Art Carney – ""The Late Show""<br> 2. John Gielgud – ""Providence""<br> 3. Fernando Rey – ""That Obscure Object of Desire"" (""Cet obscur"
"Marshall Brickman Marshall Brickman (born August 25, 1939) is an American screenwriter and director, best known for his collaborations with Woody Allen. He is the co-recipient of the 1977 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for ""Annie Hall"". He is also known for playing the banjo with Eric Weissberg in the 1960s, and for a series of comical parodies published in ""The New Yorker"". Brickman was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to American parents Pauline (née Wolin) and Abram Brickman. His family was Jewish. After attending the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he became a member of Folk act The Tarriers"
"Shelley Duvall Shelley Alexis Duvall (born July 7, 1949) is an American former actress, producer, writer and singer. Over the duration of her career, Duvall garnered critical acclaim for her portrayals of various eccentric characters. Duvall began her career appearing in various Robert Altman films in the 1970s, including ""Brewster McCloud"" (1970), ""McCabe & Mrs. Miller"" (1971), ""Thieves Like Us"" (1974), ""Nashville"" (1975), and ""3 Women"" (1977), which won her the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress. She had a supporting role in ""Annie Hall"" (1977) before starring in lead roles in"
"Gordon Willis Gordon Hugh Willis, Jr., ASC (May 28, 1931 – May 18, 2014) was an American cinematographer. He is best known for his work on Francis Ford Coppola's ""The Godfather"" series as well as Woody Allen's ""Annie Hall"" and ""Manhattan"". Fellow cinematographer William A. Fraker called Willis's work a ""milestone in visual storytelling"", while one critic suggested that Willis ""defined the cinematic look of the 1970s: sophisticated compositions in which bolts of light and black put the decade's moral ambiguities into stark relief"". When the International Cinematographers Guild conducted a survey in 2003, they placed Willis among the ten"
"The One and Only (1978 film) The One and Only is a 1978 comedy film starring Henry Winkler, directed by Carl Reiner and written by Steve Gordon. At a midwestern college in 1951, student Mary Crawford has the combined good and bad fortune to meet Andy Schmidt, a remarkably conceited young man who is convinced that he is tremendously talented and has every intention of becoming a star. Andy is so obnoxious, he wants Mary to marry him fast before he becomes too famous to give her a second look. She can't resist him, try as she might. Mary takes"
"Ralph Rosenblum Ralph Rosenblum (October 13, 1925 – September 6, 1995) was an American film editor who worked extensively with the directors Sidney Lumet and Woody Allen. He won the 1977 BAFTA Award for Best Editing for his work on ""Annie Hall"", and published an influential memoir ""When the Shooting Stops, the Cutting Begins: A Film Editor's Story"". Towards the end of the World War II in 1945, Rosenblum worked as a filmmaking apprentice in the U. S. Office of War Information; among his mentors there were Sidney Meyers and Helen van Dongen. Following the war he became van Dongen's"
"objet du désir"")<br> 3. John Travolta – ""Saturday Night Fever"" 1. Diane Keaton – ""Annie Hall""<br> 2. Shelley Duvall – ""3 Women""<br> 3. Jane Fonda – ""Julia"" 1. Edward Fox – ""A Bridge Too Far""<br> 2. Bill Macy – ""The Late Show""<br> 3. David Hemmings – ""Islands in the Stream""<br> 3. Maximilian Schell – ""Julia"" 1. Ann Wedgeworth – ""Handle with Care""<br> 2. Marcia Rodd – ""Handle with Care""<br> 3. Sissy Spacek – ""3 Women"" 1977 National Society of Film Critics Awards The 12th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 19 December 1977, honored the best filmmaking of"
"death. Hall died in 2003 owing to complications from bladder cancer at the Santa Monica Hospital. His Oscar for ""Road to Perdition"" (2002), which is dedicated to Hall, was posthumously accepted by his son Conrad W. Hall, also a cinematographer. Hall was and still is affectionately referred to as ""Connie"" by his peers and associates. Academy Award – British Academy Award – ""Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"" (1969) American Society of Cinematographers - Outstanding Achievement Award - ""Tequila Sunrise"" (1988), ""Searching for Bobby Fischer"" (1993), ""American Beauty"" (1999) Lifetime Achievement Award (1994) Conrad Hall Conrad ""Connie"" Lafcadio Hall, ASC"
"Alexander Hall Alexander Hall (January 11, 1894, Boston, Massachusetts – July 30, 1968, San Francisco, California) was an American film director and theatre actor. Hall acted in the theatre from the age of four through 1914, when he began to work in silent movies. Following his military service in World War I, he returned to Hollywood and pursued a career in film production. He worked as a film editor and assistant director at Paramount Pictures until 1932, when he directed his first feature film, ""Sinners in the Sun"". From 1937 to 1947, he was a contract director at Columbia Pictures,"
"35th Golden Globe Awards The 35th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1977, were held on January 28, 1978. ""' Richard Burton – ""Equus"" ""' Richard Dreyfuss – ""The Goodbye Girl"" ""' Jane Fonda – ""Julia"" ""' Diane Keaton – ""Annie Hall"" <br> ""' Marsha Mason – ""The Goodbye Girl"" ""' Herbert Ross - ""The Turning Point"" ""' ""The Turning Point"" ""' ""The Goodbye Girl"" ""' ""A Special Day (Una giornata particolare)"", Italy ""Star Wars"" - John Williams ""' ""You Light Up My Life"" by Joseph Brooks - ""You Light Up My Life"" ""' ""The"
"the young Vito sequences of ""The Godfather Part II"". Many films since then have copied this cinematic technique when depicting pre-World War II America. Gordon Willis Gordon Hugh Willis, Jr., ASC (May 28, 1931 – May 18, 2014) was an American cinematographer. He is best known for his work on Francis Ford Coppola's ""The Godfather"" series as well as Woody Allen's ""Annie Hall"" and ""Manhattan"". Fellow cinematographer William A. Fraker called Willis's work a ""milestone in visual storytelling"", while one critic suggested that Willis ""defined the cinematic look of the 1970s: sophisticated compositions in which bolts of light and black"
"the executive producer and production manager of ""Annie Hall"" and went on to produce or executive produce every Allen-directed film through to the period musical comedy ""Everyone Says I Love You"" in 1996. Greenhut also has worked extensively with Mike Nichols on ""Heartburn"" (1986), ""Working Girl"" (1988), ""Postcards from the Edge"" (1990), ""Regarding Henry"" (1991), and ""Wolf"" (1994). His additional credits include Miloš Forman's ""Hair"" (1979), ""Arthur"" (1981), Martin Scorsese's ""The King of Comedy"" (1983), and Penny Marshall's ""Big"" (1988), ""A League of Their Own"" (1992) and ""Renaissance Man"" (1994). Greenhut received a 1989 Crystal Apple Award from the NYC"
"only its second episode a new series was recommissioned. The first series had many award nominations including a Bafta nomination for best drama series in 2017. The Durrells won an RTS award for best production design. Christopher Hall (producer) Christopher John Hall (born 30 March 1957) is a British TV drama producer, who has produced dramas primarily for the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 networks, and worked for major British production companies including Kudos, Carnival Films, Hat Trick Productions, and Tiger Aspect. Hall was born in London, the son of director Sir Peter Hall and actress Leslie Caron. He was"
"Rob Marshall Rob Marshall (born October 17, 1960) is an American film director, film producer, theater director, and choreographer. His most noted work is the 2002 Academy Award for Best Picture-winner ""Chicago"", for which he won a Directors Guild of America Award, as well as Academy Award, BAFTA, and Golden Globe nominations for Best Director. A five-time Tony Award nominee, he also won a Primetime Emmy Award for his choreography in the television film ""Annie"" (1999). Marshall was born in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of Anne and Robert D. Marshall, a professor. He was raised in Pittsburgh. His sister is"
"National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director is an annual award given by National Society of Film Critics to honor the best film director of the year. American director Martin Scorsese and Swedish director Ingmar Bergman won this award a record three times. Scorsese won for ""Taxi Driver"" (1976), ""Raging Bull"" (1980), and ""Goodfellas"" (1990); Bergman won for ""Persona"" (1967), ""Shame (Skammen)"" + ""Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen)"" (1968), and ""The Passion of Anna (En passion)"" (1970). Robert Altman, Luis Buñuel, David Cronenberg, Clint Eastwood, Mike Leigh, Terence"
"1945 and was assigned to rebuild the Bavaria Film Studios. From 1951 he was working for United Artists and was responsible for the movie rental in Europe and South Africa. He also started to produce movies himself. In 1973 he became president of United Artists. Under his presidency United Artists won the Academy Award (""Oscar"") for the best picture three years in a row (1975: ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"", 1976: ""Rocky"", 1977: ""Annie Hall""). In 1978, Pleskow left United Artists and built up Orion Pictures, which he directed until 1992. Their greatest successes under his management were ""Amadeus"","
"Directly for the Screen. The same year, Bernstein also made a cameo appearance in Allen's film ""Annie Hall"". The following year he was nominated for the WGA for Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium for ""Semi-Tough"" and again in 1979 he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay for ""Yanks"". In 1980, he stepped behind the camera as director of his only feature film, ""Little Miss Marker"", a remake of ""the 1934 film"" based on the Damon Runyon story of the same name. He also wrote and directed one segment of the 1991 made-for-TV movie """". In 1996,"
"director in history to receive this award, at the age of 32 for his work on ""La La Land"". Two directing teams have shared the award; Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins for ""West Side Story"" in 1961 and Joel and Ethan Coen for ""No Country for Old Men"" in 2007. The Coen brothers are the only siblings to have won the award. Kathryn Bigelow is the only woman to have won the award, for 2009's ""The Hurt Locker"". As of the 2018 ceremony, Guillermo del Toro is the most recent winner in this category for his work on ""The Shape"
"""undetermined"". Authorities stated that Walken is not a suspect. Christopher Walken Christopher Walken (born Ronald Walken; March 31, 1943) is an American actor of screen and stage who has appeared in more than 100 films and television shows, including ""Annie Hall"" (1977), ""The Deer Hunter"" (1978), ""The Dogs of War"" (1980), ""The Dead Zone"" (1983), ""A View to a Kill"" (1985), ""Batman Returns"" (1992), ""True Romance"" (1993), ""Pulp Fiction"" (1994), ""Antz"" (1998), ""Vendetta"" (1999), ""Sleepy Hollow"" (1999), ""Catch Me If You Can"" (2002), ""Hairspray"" (2007), ""Seven Psychopaths"" (2012), the first three ""Prophecy"" films, ""The Jungle Book"" (2016), ""Irreplaceable You"" (2018),"