On February 22, 2015, the 87th Academy Awards took place, one of the most prestigious awards, which has been awarded by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1929. Who are this year's Best Director nominees at the 2015 Oscars and what should we know about them?
1. Oscars 2015: Nomination for Best Director 2015
Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel
The American film director and screenwriter, whose films are known for their distinctive visuals and narrative style, has previously been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his films The Royal Tenenbaums in 2001 and Moonrise Kingdom in 2012, as well as for the Academy Award for for the best animated feature Fantastic Mr. Fox in 2009. This year he received his first nomination for Best Director for The Grand Budapest Hotel and won the Golden Globe for Best Comedy or Musical for the same film.
Some filmography: Bottle Rocket (1996), Rushmore (1998), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), The Squid and the Whale (2005), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), She's Funny That Way (2015).
2. Oscars 2015: Nomination for Best Director 2015 Alejandro González Iñárritu – Birdman
Alejandro González Iñárritu is the first Mexican director to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director, and he was also nominated for Best Director by the Directors Guild of America. He is also the first Mexican director to win the “prix de la mise en scene” or best director award at Cannes in 2006 (Carlos Reygadas also won it in 2012 and Amat Escalante in 2013). His five feature films, Amores Perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), Babel (2006), Biutiful (2010) and Birdman (2014) received worldwide critical acclaim and Oscar nominations.
Some filmography: “Death Trilogy”: Amores Perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), Babel (2006); Biutiful (2010), Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014), The Revenant (2015).
3. Oscars 2015: Nomination for Best Director 2015 Richard Linklater - Boyhood
Richard Linklater, an American director and screenwriter, is known for the comedy Dazed and Confused (1993), the romantic drama Before Sunrise (1995), the rotoscope animated drama Walking Life (2001), the musical comedy School of Rock (2003), the sequels Before sunrise, Before Sunset (2004) and Before Midnight (2013), the rotoscoped animated sci-fi thriller A Scanner Darkly (2006) and the drama Boyhood (2014), for which he already won the Golden Globe for Best Director and the Golden Globe for Best Drama. Director Linklater is characterized by using the same actors in many of his films, such as: Ethan Hawke, Jack Black, Matthew McConaughey, Julie Delpy and Patricia Arquette.
Some filmography: It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (1998), Slacker (1991), Dazed and Confused (1993), Before Sunrise (1995), SubUrbia (1996), The Newton Boys (1998), Walking Life (2001), Tape (2001), School of Rock (2003), Before Sunset (2004), Bad News Bears (2005), Fast Food Nation (2006), A Scanner Darkly (2006), Me and Orson Welles (2008), Bernie (2011) , Before Midnight (2013), Boyhood (2014), That's What I'm Talking About (2015).
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4. Oscars 2015: Nomination for Best Director 2015 Bennett Miller - Foxcatcher
The American director is known for his critically acclaimed films such as Capote (2005), Moneyball (2011) and last year's Foxcatcher. He has already been nominated twice for the Oscar in the category for best director. For Miller, his documentary Cruise, made with the help of digital cameras, opened many doors. Until the successful backing of the film Capote with Philip Symour Hoffman, he turned down film projects. The film Moneyball, which the original director Steven Soderbergh left due to a conflict with the producers, was critically acclaimed and a commercial success.
Some filmography: The Cruise (1998), Capote (2005), Moneyball (2011), Foxcatcher (2014).
5. Oscars 2015: Nomination for Best Director 2015 Morten Tyldum – The Imitation Game
Morten Tyldum, a Norwegian director, achieved critical acclaim and immense popularity with his feature debut Buddy in 2003. Before that, he devoted himself to television, shooting music videos, commercials and short films. In 1999, the newspaper Dagbladet named him Film Talent of the Year. In 2008, he made the film Fallen Angels and in 2011 the film Headhunters (Hodejegerne), which became the highest-grossing Norwegian film of all time. His English-language debut is the historical drama The Imitation Game, which was nominated for eight Oscars.
Some filmography: Buddy (2003), Fallen Angels (2008), Headhunters (2011), The Imitation Game (2014).
