"Golden Globe Award for Best Director The Golden Globe Award for Best Director has been presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, an organization composed of journalists who cover the United States film industry for publications based outside North America, since 1943. Having won all four of his nominations, Elia Kazan has been honored most often in this category. Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, David Lean, Miloš Forman, and Oliver Stone tie for second place with three wins each. Steven Spielberg has had the most nominations (twelve) and has received the award twice. Barbra Streisand is the only woman to"
"aged 94. Kazan became known as an ""actor's director"" because he was able to elicit some of the best performances in the careers of many of his stars. Under his direction, his actors received 21 Academy Award nominations and won nine Oscars. He won as Best Director for ""Gentleman's Agreement"" (1947) and for ""On the Waterfront"" (1954). Both ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" (1951) and ""On the Waterfront"" were nominated for twelve Academy Awards, respectively winning four and eight. Kazan never lost his identification with the oppressed people he remembered from the depths of the Great Depression. With his many years"
"story. The film focuses on union violence and corruption amongst longshoremen, while detailing widespread corruption, extortion, and racketeering on the waterfronts of Hoboken, New Jersey. ""On the Waterfront"" was a critical and commercial success. It received twelve Academy Award nominations and won eight, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Brando, Best Supporting Actress for Saint, and Best Director for Kazan. In 1997, it was ranked by the American Film Institute as the eighth-greatest American movie of all time; in AFI's 2007 list, it was ranked 19th. It is Bernstein's only original film score not adapted from a stage production with"
"don't move unless I have some empathy with the basic theme."" His first such ""issue"" film was ""Gentleman's Agreement"" (1947), with Gregory Peck, which dealt with anti-Semitism in America. It received 8 Oscar nominations and 3 wins, including Kazan's first for Best Director. It was followed by ""Pinky"", one of the first films in mainstream Hollywood to address racial prejudice against black people. In 1954, he directed ""On the Waterfront"", a film about union corruption on the New York harbor waterfront. ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" (1951), an adaptation of the stage play which he had also directed, received 12 Oscar"
"Kazan and Schulberg collaborated on a movie widely seen as justifying their decision to name names. ""On the Waterfront"" (1954) became one of the most honored films in Hollywood history, winning eight Academy Awards, including Oscars for Best Film, Kazan's direction, and Schulberg's screenplay. The film featured Lee J. Cobb, one of the best known actors to name names. ""Time Out Film Guide"" argues that the film is ""undermined"" by its ""embarrassing special pleading on behalf of informers"". After his release from prison, Herbert Biberman of the Hollywood Ten directed ""Salt of the Earth"", working independently in New Mexico with"
"and a critical consensus of ""With his electrifying performance in Elia Kazan's thought-provoking, expertly constructed melodrama, Marlon Brando redefined the possibilities of acting for film and helped permanently alter the cinematic landscape"". Academy Awards ""On the Waterfront"" received twelve Academy Awards nominations in ten categories, and won in eight of the categories. American Film Institute recognition Legacy In 1989, the film was deemed ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"" by the Library of Congress, and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. It is also on the Vatican's list of 45 greatest films, compiled in 1995. The first"
"Love"" (directed by Victor Schertzinger - 1934). He had been elected to the American Cinema Editors, and received its inaugural Career Achievement Award in 1988. Gene Milford Arthur Eugene ""Gene"" Milford (January 19, 1902 – December 23, 1991) was an American film and television editor with about one hundred feature film credits. Among his most noted films are ""Lost Horizon"" (directed by Frank Capra - 1937), ""On the Waterfront"" (directed by Elia Kazan - 1954), ""A Face in the Crowd"" (Kazan - 1957), and ""Wait Until Dark"" (directed by Terence Young - 1967). Milford won the Academy Award for Best"
"Gentleman's Agreement Gentleman's Agreement is a 1947 American drama film based on Laura Z. Hobson's best-selling novel of the same name. It concerns a journalist (played by Gregory Peck) who poses as a Jew to research an exposé on the widespread distrust and dislike of Jews in New York City and the affluent communities of New Canaan, Connecticut and Darien, Connecticut. See also anti-Semitism. It was nominated for eight Oscars and won three: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress (Celeste Holm), and Best Director (Elia Kazan). The movie was controversial in its time, as was a similar film on the same"
"film was accepted to Rhode Island International Film Festival and Bermuda International Film Festival, both of which are Academy Awards qualifying film festivals. The film was a finalist in both festivals. Dennis Latos Dennis Latos (born March 11, 1992) is a Greek-American film director, producer and editor who works as a team with his partner Scott Aharoni. They both directed, produced, and edited the award-winning short film, Bardo. Their film Bardo signed a three year distribution deal with ShortsTV as well as an additional distribution deal with Amazon Video. Dennis Latos was born in Flushing, New York. His mother Julie"
"then remarked that the story he wrote for the film turned out to be prescient in the years that followed. Foskolos has received awards for ""The Asphalt Fever"" (Πυρετός στην άσφαλτο), and ""The Ruthless"" (Οι αδίστακτοι). His film ""Blood on the Land"" (Το χώμα βάφτηκε κόκκινο) was an Academy Awards Best Foreign Film nominee in 1965. He also received three awards and a state award for ""Concert for Machine Guns"" (Κοντσέρτο για πολυβόλα). Nikos Foskolos Nikos Foskolos (; 26 November 1927 – 30 October 2013) was a Greek screenwriter and director. He is one of the most commercially successful screenwriters"
"""Variety"" magazine. Notes Citations Bibliography Marlon Brando Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor and film director. With a career spanning 60 years, he is regarded for his cultural influence on 20th-century film. Brando's Academy Award-winning performances include that of Terry Malloy in ""On the Waterfront"" (1954) and Don Vito Corleone in ""The Godfather"" (1972). Brando was an activist for many causes, notably the civil rights movement and various Native American movements. He is credited with helping to popularize the Stanislavski system of acting having studied with Stella Adler in the 1940s. He"
"songs. In 1989, ""On the Waterfront"" was deemed ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Mob-connected union boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) gloats about his iron-fisted control of the waterfront. The police and the Waterfront Crime Commission know that Friendly is behind a number of murders, but witnesses play ""D and D"" (""deaf and dumb""), accepting their subservient position, rather than risking the danger and shame of informing. Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) is a dockworker whose brother Charley ""the Gent"" (Rod Steiger) is Friendly's right-hand"
"representative announced on 15 March 2010 that ""they separated earlier this year"". The couple were divorced in 2011. Mendes married trumpeter Alison Balsom in January 2017, their daughter Phoebe Mendes was born in September 2017. Sam Mendes Samuel Alexander Mendes (born 1 August 1965) is an English stage and film director best known for directing the drama film ""American Beauty"" (1999), which earned him the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Director, the crime film ""Road to Perdition"" (2002), and the ""James Bond"" films ""Skyfall"" (2012) and ""Spectre"" (2015). He also is known for dark re-inventions of the"
"On the Waterfront On the Waterfront is a 1954 American crime drama film, directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg. It stars Marlon Brando and features Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning and Eva Marie Saint in her film debut. The soundtrack score was composed by Leonard Bernstein. The film was suggested by ""Crime on the Waterfront"" by Malcolm Johnson, a series of articles published in November–December 1948 in the ""New York Sun"" which won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, but the screenplay by Budd Schulberg is directly based on his own original"
"Greek-American Alexander Payne. The Oscar-winning screenwriter and director shot parts of ""About Schmidt"", ""Citizen Ruth"" and ""Election"" in the city. On January 15, 2012, Alexander won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture for ""The Descendants"". In 2005, Payne joined the board of directors of Film Streams, a nonprofit arts organization which opened a two-screen cinema in downtown Omaha in 2007. They want to build an audience for more challenging films, as well as continue to promote Omaha as a place for film production. Greeks in Omaha, Nebraska The community of Greeks in Omaha, Nebraska, has a history that extends"
"on almost all the films in Miller's later career, since the death of his original producing partner Byron Kennedy. In 2006, Miller won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for ""Happy Feet"" (2006). He has been nominated for five other Academy Awards: Best Original Screenplay in 1992 for ""Lorenzo's Oil"", Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay in 1995 for ""Babe"", and Best Picture and Best Director for ""Fury Road"" in 2015. Miller was born in Brisbane, Queensland, to Greek immigrant parents: Dimitri (Jim) Castrisios Miller and Angela Balson. Dimitri was from the Greek island of Kythira, and anglicised his"
"the summer of 2015. Ernest Thompson Ernest Thompson (born Richard Ernest Thompson; November 6, 1949) is an American writer, actor, and director. He won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for ""On Golden Pond"", an adaptation of his own play of the same name. Thompson was born as Richard Ernest Thompson in Bellows Falls, Vermont. He spent his early years in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine, moving to Maryland as a junior high school student. He attended the University of Maryland and The Catholic University of America, graduating cum laude from American University in 1971. Thompson is known as"
"third feature film from Greek-born Costa-Gavras, but it is the movie that captured him to the world's attention, winning a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. It introduced the director's signature approach of combining overt political messages with edge-of-the-seat tension."" After ""Z"", their most widely recognized film together is probably ""Missing"" (1982). Their last film together was ""Mad City"" (1997). Throughout her life, Bonnot edited the films directed by Julie Taymor, who had been known primarily as a stage director. Their films include ""Frida"" (2002) and ""The Tempest"" (2010). Bonnot won the Academy Award for Film Editing for ""Z"" (1969), and"
"27th Academy Awards The 27th Academy Awards honored the best films released in 1954. The Best Picture winner, ""On the Waterfront"", was produced by Sam Spiegel and directed by Elia Kazan. It had twelve nominations and eight wins, matching two other films, ""Gone with the Wind"" (1939) and ""From Here to Eternity"" (1953), though those each had thirteen nominations. ""On the Waterfront"" was the third film to receive five acting nominations, and the first to receive three in the Best Supporting Actor category. A ""rematch"" occurred in the category of Best Actor between Marlon Brando and Humphrey Bogart following Bogart's"
"Hopwood DePree Hopwood DePree is an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He has produced, written, directed and starred in two award-winning independent feature films and has sold and/or written feature film scripts for TriStar Pictures, MGM, The Weinstein Company, Artisan Entertainment, Neal Moritz and Lionsgate. He is the co-founder of the non-profit arts organization Waterfront Film Festival and has been appointed under two administrations to the Michigan Film Office Advisory Council by both Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm and current Governor Rick Snyder. He also often works as an advisor on entertainment and media related projects"
"12th Golden Globe Awards The 12th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1954, were held on February 24, 1955, in the Cocoanut Grove at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. ""On The Waterfront"" directed by Elia Kazan ""Carmen Jones"" directed by Otto Preminger Marlon Brando - ""On The Waterfront"" James Mason - ""A Star Is Born"" Judy Garland - ""A Star Is Born"" Grace Kelly - ""The Country Girl"" Jan Sterling - ""The High and the Mighty"" Edmund O'Brien - ""The Barefoot Contessa"" Elia Kazan - ""On The Waterfront"" ""Sabrina"" - Ernest Lehman Gregory Peck and"
"Marlon Brando Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor and film director. With a career spanning 60 years, he is regarded for his cultural influence on 20th-century film. Brando's Academy Award-winning performances include that of Terry Malloy in ""On the Waterfront"" (1954) and Don Vito Corleone in ""The Godfather"" (1972). Brando was an activist for many causes, notably the civil rights movement and various Native American movements. He is credited with helping to popularize the Stanislavski system of acting having studied with Stella Adler in the 1940s. He initially gained acclaim and an"
"and attract international film and television production to Greece. Bernstein spearheaded an initiative to introduce a tax rebate as an incentive to film producers to shoot in Greece. The tax incentive bill was passed in August 2017 and became effective in February 2018.<ref> Steven Bernstein (filmmaker) Steven Bernstein, ASC, DGA, is an American cinematographer, director, screenwriter and author. In 1992 he won the Best Artistic Contribution Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival for ""Like Water for Chocolate"" alongside Emmanuel Lubezki. He also won the Cannes Golden Lion for his work in commercials. His book ""Film Production"" (Focal Press) has"
"Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola (; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and film composer. He was a central figure in the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. After directing ""The Rain People"" (1969), he co-wrote the 1970 film ""Patton"", earning the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay along with co-writer Edmund H. North. His directorial prominence was cemented with the release in 1972 of ""The Godfather"", a film which revolutionized movie-making in the gangster genre, earning praise from both critics and the public before winning three Academy Awards—including his second Oscar (Best Adapted Screenplay,"
"picture and best director, ""Gentleman's Agreement"" was one of Fox's highest-grossing movies of 1947. The political nature of the film, however, upset the House Un-American Activities Committee, with Elia Kazan, Darryl Zanuck, John Garfield, and Anne Revere all being called to testify before the committee. Revere refused to testify and although Garfield appeared, he refused to ""name names"". Both were placed in the ""Red Channels"" of the Hollywood Blacklist. Garfield remained on the blacklist for a year, was called again to testify against his wife, and died of a heart attack at the age of 39 before his second hearing"
"Sam Mendes Samuel Alexander Mendes (born 1 August 1965) is an English stage and film director best known for directing the drama film ""American Beauty"" (1999), which earned him the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Director, the crime film ""Road to Perdition"" (2002), and the ""James Bond"" films ""Skyfall"" (2012) and ""Spectre"" (2015). He also is known for dark re-inventions of the stage musicals ""Cabaret"" (1994), ""Oliver!"" (1994), ""Company"" (1995), and """" (2003). He directed an original West End stage musical for the first time with ""Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"" (2013). In 2000 Mendes was appointed"
"Wes Craven's ""My Soul To Take"" (Universal, 2010), Paul Haggis' ""The Next Three Days"" (Lionsgate, 2010), John Singleton's ""Abduction"" (Lionsgate, 2011). Anthony Katagas Anthony Katagas is a Greek-American Academy Award-winning film producer. He is an alumnus of Western New England University in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he majored in government and was captain of the lacrosse team as a goalie. He also represented Greece at the 2018 World Lacrosse Championship. Katagas won an Academy Award for Best Picture for his role in producing ""12 Years a Slave."" Katagas' awards include a BAFTA, Golden Globe, Broadcast Critics' Choice Award, Independent Spirit Award"
"Gene Milford Arthur Eugene ""Gene"" Milford (January 19, 1902 – December 23, 1991) was an American film and television editor with about one hundred feature film credits. Among his most noted films are ""Lost Horizon"" (directed by Frank Capra - 1937), ""On the Waterfront"" (directed by Elia Kazan - 1954), ""A Face in the Crowd"" (Kazan - 1957), and ""Wait Until Dark"" (directed by Terence Young - 1967). Milford won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for ""Lost Horizon"" (with Gene Havlick) and for ""On the Waterfront""; he was also nominated for an Academy Award for ""One Night of"
"criminals. These would seem to be completely political events, but the young director Costa-Gavras has told them in a style that is almost unbearably exciting. ""Z"" is at the same time a political cry of rage and a brilliant suspense thriller. It even ends in a chase: Not through the streets but through a maze of facts, alibis and official corruption."" In 2006, James Berardinelli wrote, """"Z"" was the third feature film from Greek-born Costa-Gavras, but it is the movie that captured him to the world's attention, winning a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. It introduced the director's signature approach"
"J. J. Abrams Jeffrey Jacob Abrams (born June 27, 1966) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and composer. He is best known for his work in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. Abrams wrote or produced such films as ""Regarding Henry"" (1991), ""Forever Young"" (1992), ""Armageddon"" (1998), ""Cloverfield"" (2008), ""Star Trek"" (2009), """" (2015), and the upcoming """" (2019). Abrams has created numerous television series, including ""Felicity"" (co-creator, 1998–2002), ""Alias"" (creator, 2001–2006), ""Lost"" (co-creator, 2004–2010), and ""Fringe"" (co-creator, 2008–2013). He won two Emmy Awards for ""Lost"" — Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Drama"
"International Award as Best CineMart Project for 2013 at the 42nd International Film Festival Rotterdam. The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and won the Jury Prize. During the 75th Venice Film Festival he presented his latest work ""The Favourite"" and won the Grand Jury Prize. Yorgos Lanthimos Yorgos Lanthimos (; born 1973) is a Greek film, video, and theatre director, producer and screenwriter. Lanthimos was born in Athens. Having graduated from the Moraitis School, he went on to study directing for film and television at in Athens. Through the 1990s"
"his four daughters, Julie Cummings Siff, of Manhattan, Kathy Cummings St. Aubin, of Los Angeles, Linda Kern Cummings, of Danville, Ky., and Carla Luisa Cummings, of Los Angeles. 27th Academy Awards, held March 1955. Nominated for Best Picture (""Seven Brides for Seven Brothers""). Lost to Sam Spiegel for ""On the Waterfront"". Jack Cummings (director) John ""Jack"" Cummings (February 16, 1905 – April 28, 1989) was an American film producer and director. He was the second husband of Betty Kern, daughter of Jerome Kern. Cummings spent most of his career at his uncle Louis B. Mayer's studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he began"
"Joe Morton, Chris Cooper, Mary McDonnell, Vincent Spano, Kevin Tighe, Josh Mostel, Tom Wright, Gordon Clapp and Angela Bassett. John Sayles John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor and novelist. He has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, for ""Passion Fish"" (1992) and ""Lone Star"" (1996). His film ""Men with Guns"" (1997) was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. His directorial debut, ""Return of the Secaucus 7"" (1980), has been added to the National Film Registry. Sayles was born in Schenectady, New"