The Academy Award for Best Assistant Director was awarded from 1933 through 1937. In the first year of this award, it referred to no specific film. *

1933 Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...

: ** Charles Barton (Paramount) - winner **

Scott Beal Scott R. Beal (April 14, 1890 – July 10, 1973) was a film assistant director. Born in Quinnesec, Michigan, he was the son of Frank Beal. He began his career as an actor in 1915, before switching to the other side of the camera the following ...

(Universal) - winner ** Charles Dorian (M-G-M) - winner ** Fred Fox (United Artists) - winner **

Gordon Hollingshead Gordon Hollingshead (January 8, 1892 in Garfield, New Jersey – July 8, 1952 in Balboa Island, California) was an American film producer, associate producer and assistant director. Career Hollingshead began his career as an assistant ...

(Warner Bros.) - winner **

Dewey Starkey Dewey Starkey (May 9, 1898 – September 3, 1974) was an American assistant director. He worked on 41 films between 1930 and 1944. He won an Academy Award in 1933 for Best Assistant Director. He was born in Ohio and died in Orange County, ...

(RKO Radio) - winner ** William Tummel (Fox) - winner ** Al Alleborn (Warner Bros.) - nominee **

Sid Brod Sidney Sanford Brod (December 13, 1899 – February 10, 1955) was an American assistant director, producer and screenwriter who was nominated during the 6th Academy Awards for the short lived Best Assistant Director category. He died in 195 ...

(Paramount) - nominee **

Orville O. Dull Orville Oscar Dull (April 25, 1888 – December 29, 1978) was an American producer, director, production manager and assistant director, variously credited as Orville Dull, Orville O. Dull, O.O. Dull, or Bunny Dull. Dull began his career a ...

(M-G-M) - nominee ** Percy Ikerd (Fox) - nominee ** Arthur Jacobson (Paramount) - nominee **

Edward Killy Edward Arthur Killy (January 26, 1903 – July 2, 1981) was an American director, assistant director and production manager in films and television. He was one of the few individuals to be nominated for the short-lived Academy Award for Best ...

(RKO Radio) - nominee **

Joseph A. McDonough Joseph A. McDonough (October 20, 1896 in Portland, Maine – May 11, 1944 in Hollywood, California) was an assistant director in Hollywood. He often worked with director James Whale at Universal Studios and MGM. Among the films he worked on wi ...

(Universal) - nominee ** William J. Reiter (Universal) - nominee **

Frank X. Shaw Francis X. Shaw (September 15, 1895 – June 12, 1962) was an American assistant director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Assistant Director. Selected filmography * '' Slightly Used'' (1927) * ''Sailor Izzy Murphy ...

(Warner Bros.) - nominee **

Ben Silvey Ben Silvey (May 23, 1894 – February 7, 1948) was an American assistant director, producer and production manager. He was nominated at the 6th Academy Awards for the short lived Best Assistant Director category. Filmography *'' The Mask ...

(UA) - nominee ** John Waters (M-G-M) - nominee *

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

: John Waters – '' Viva Villa!'' **

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Imitation of Life Imitation (from Latin ''imitatio'', "a copying, imitation") is a behavior whereby an individual observes and replicates another's behavior. Imitation is also a form of that leads to the "development of traditions, and ultimately our culture. I ...

'' ** Cullen Tate – ''

Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Philopator ( grc-gre, Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ}, "Cleopatra the father-beloved"; 69 BC10 August 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler.She was also a ...

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1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * ...

: Clem Beauchamp and Paul Wing – '' The Lives of a Bengal Lancer'' ** Joseph Newman – '' David Copperfield'' ** Eric Stacey – '' Les Misérables'' ** Sherry Shourds – ''

A Midsummer Night's Dream ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is a comedy written by William Shakespeare 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict amon ...

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1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

: Jack Sullivan – ''

The Charge of the Light Brigade The Charge of the Light Brigade was a failed military action involving the British light cavalry led by Lord Cardigan against Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854 in the Crimean War. Lord Raglan had intended to s ...

'' ** Clem Beauchamp – '' The Last of the Mohicans'' ** William Cannon – '' Anthony Adverse'' ** Joseph Newman – '' San Francisco'' ** Eric G. Stacey – '' The Garden of Allah'' *

1937 Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Fe ...

: Robert Webb – '' In Old Chicago'' ** C. C. Coleman, Jr. – '' Lost Horizon'' ** Russ Saunders – '' The Life of Emile Zola'' ** Eric Stacey – '' A Star Is Born'' **

Hal Walker Hal Walker (March 20, 1896 – July 3, 1972) was an American film director. He was known for doing some of the earliest Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis films such as ''At War with the Army'' and '' Sailor Beware'' and some with the team of Bing Cro ...

– '' Souls at Sea''

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