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List Of Black Academy Award Winners And Nominees
This list of Black Academy Award winners and nominees is fully current as of the 97th Academy Awards, which was held on March 2, 2025. Best Actor in a Leading Role Best Actress in a Leading Role Best Actor in a Supporting Role Best Actress in a Supporting Role Best Animated Feature Best Cinematography Best Costume Design Best Director Best Documentary Feature Best Documentary Short Subject Best Film Editing Best International Feature Film In the International Feature Film category (formerly known as Best Foreign Language Film), although the Oscar is presented to and accepted by the film's director, the submitting country is officially credited as the nominee, not the director. The following is a list of films directed by Black people which have been nominated for Best International Feature Film. Best Makeup and Hairstyling Best Music, Original Score Best Music, Original Song Best Picture Best Production Design Best Short Film (Animated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
62nd Academy Awards
The 62nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 1989 and took place on March 26, 1990, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Gil Cates and directed by Jeff Margolis. Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the first time. Three weeks earlier, in a ceremony held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on March 3, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by hosts Richard Dysart and Diane Ladd. '' Driving Miss Daisy'' won four awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included '' Glory'' with three awards, '' Born on the Fourth of July'', '' The Little Mermaid'', and '' My Left Foot'' with two, and '' The Abyss'', '' Balan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
72nd Academy Awards
The 72nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored 1999 in film, films released in 1999 and took place on March 26, 2000, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time Zone, PST / 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time Zone, EST. During the ceremony, the AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by American Broadcasting Company, ABC, was produced by husband-and-wife producing team Richard D. Zanuck, Richard and Lili Fini Zanuck and was directed by Louis J. Horvitz. Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the seventh time. He first presided over the 62nd Academy Awards, 62nd ceremony held in 1990 and had last hosted the 70th Academy Awards, 70th ceremony held in 1998. Three weeks earlier in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California held on March 4, the Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shawshank Redemption
''The Shawshank Redemption'' is a 1994 American Prison film, prison Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the 1982 Stephen King novella ''Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption''. The film tells the story of banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), who is Life imprisonment, sentenced to life in Shawshank State Prison, Shawshank State Penitentiary for the murders of his wife and her lover, despite his claims of innocence. Over the following two decades, he befriends a fellow prisoner, contraband smuggler Ellis "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman), and becomes instrumental in a money laundering operation led by the prison warden Samuel Norton (Bob Gunton). William Sadler (actor), William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, and James Whitmore appear in supporting roles. Darabont purchased the film rights to King's story in 1987, but development did not begin until five years later, when he wrote the script over eight weeks. Two weeks after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
67th Academy Awards
The 67th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) took place on March 27, 1995, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as the Oscars) in 23 categories honoring the films released in 1994. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Gilbert Cates and directed by Jeff Margolis. Comedian David Letterman hosted the show for the first time. Three weeks earlier in a ceremony held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on March 4, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Jamie Lee Curtis. ''Forrest Gump'' won six awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included ''Ed Wood'', ''The Lion King'', and ''Speed'' with two awards and ''The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert''; '' Blue Sky'', '' Bob's Birthday'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ike Turner
Izear Luster "Ike" Turner Jr. (November 5, 1931 – December 12, 2007) was an American musician, bandleader, songwriter, record producer, and talent scout. An early pioneer of 1950s rock and roll, he is best known for his work in the 1960s and 1970s with his wife Tina Turner as the leader of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. A native of Clarksdale, Mississippi, Turner began playing piano and guitar as a child and then formed the Kings of Rhythm as a teenager. His first recording, " Rocket 88" (credited to Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats), is considered a contender for the distinction of first rock and roll song. During the 1950s, Turner also worked as a talent scout and producer for Sun Records and Modern Records. He was instrumental in the early careers of various blues musicians such as B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, and Bobby "Blue" Bland. In 1954, Turner relocated to East St. Louis where his Kings of Rhythm became one of the most renowned acts in Greater St. Louis. He fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What's Love Got To Do With It (1993 Film)
''What's Love Got to Do with It'' is a 1993 American biographical film based on the life of singer-songwriter Tina Turner. Directed by Brian Gibson and written by Kate Lanier from a uncredited story draft by the late Howard Ashman, based on Tina's 1986 autobiography '' I, Tina'', it stars Angela Bassett as Tina and Laurence Fishburne as her abusive husband Ike Turner. ''What's Love Got to Do with It'' premiered in Los Angeles on June 6, 1993, and was theatrically released by Touchstone Pictures on June 25, 1993. Although the Turners disapproved of its inaccuracies, the film was critically and commercially successful, grossing $61 million on a $15 million budget. For their performances, Bassett and Fishburne received nominations at the 66th Academy Awards for Best Actress and Best Actor. Bassett also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. Plot Raised in Nutbush, Tennessee, in the early 1950s, Anna Mae Bullock returns home from c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurence Fishburne
Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor. Throughout his career, he has gained recognition for his roles on stage and screen as militant and authoritative characters. List of awards and nominations received by Laurence Fishburne, His accolades include six Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, in addition to a nomination for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Fishburne first came to prominence appearing in ''Apocalypse Now'' (1979) and achieved further recognition for his supporting role in ''Boyz n the Hood'' (1991). Later, he became known for portraying Morpheus (The Matrix), Morpheus in The Matrix (franchise), ''The Matrix'' trilogy (1999–2003) and the Bowery King in John Wick, ''John Wick'' film series (2017–). For his portrayal of Ike Turner in ''What's Love Got to Do with It (1993 film), What's Love Got to Do with It'' (1993), Fishburne was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He has also won six Emmy Awards for various television p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
66th Academy Awards
The 66th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1993 and took place on March 21, 1994, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Gil Cates and directed by Jeff Margolis. Actress Whoopi Goldberg hosted the show for the first time. This ceremony was the first to present the annual ''In Memoriam'' tribute. Nearly a month earlier in a ceremony held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on February 26, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Laura Dern. '' Schindler's List'' won seven awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included ''Jurassic Park'' and ''The Piano'' with three awards, ''Philadelphia'' with two, and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm X
Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an African American revolutionary, Islam in the United States, Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until Assassination of Malcolm X, his assassination in 1965. A spokesman for the Nation of Islam (NOI) until 1964, after which he left the movement, he was a vocal advocate for Black empowerment and the promotion of Islam within the African American community. He is also a celebrated figure within African American and Muslim communities for his pursuit of racial justice. Malcolm spent his adolescence living in a series of foster homes and with various relatives, after his father's death and his mother's hospitalization. He committed various crimes, being sentenced to eight to ten years in prison in 1946 for larceny and burglary. In prison, he joined the Nation of Islam, adopting the name Malcolm X to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm X (1992 Film)
''Malcolm X'' is a 1992 American independent epic biographical drama film about the African-American activist Malcolm X. Directed and co-written by Spike Lee, the film stars Denzel Washington in the title role, alongside Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman Jr., and Delroy Lindo. Lee has a supporting role, while Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale, the Rev. Al Sharpton, and future South African president Nelson Mandela make cameo appearances. The film marked the second collaboration for Lee and Washington, succeeding '' Mo' Better Blues'' (1990). The screenplay, co-credited to Lee and Arnold Perl, is based largely on Alex Haley's 1965 book '' The Autobiography of Malcolm X''. Haley had collaborated with Malcolm X on the book beginning in 1963 and completed it after Malcolm X's death. The film dramatizes key events in Malcolm X's life: his criminal career, his incarceration, his conversion to Islam, his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam and his later fal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denzel Washington
Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor, producer, and director. Known for his dramatic roles Denzel Washington on screen and stage, on stage and screen, Washington has received List of awards and nominations received by Denzel Washington, numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award. In 2020, ''The New York Times'' named him the greatest actor of the 21st century. He has been honored with the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2016, AFI Life Achievement Award in 2019, the Honorary Palme d'Or in 2025, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2025. After training at the American Conservatory Theater, Washington began his career in theater, acting in performances off-Broadway. He first came to prominence in the NBC medical drama series ''St. Elsewhere'' (1982–1988), and in the war film ''A Soldier's Story'' (1984). Washington won Academy Awards for Academy Award for Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
