Sean Baker made Oscars historical past on Sunday by changing into the primary particular person to win 4 Oscars in a single evening for a similar film. With “Anora,” a bittersweet dramedy a few Brooklyn stripper who turns into entangled with the wayward son of a Russian oligarch, Baker gained awards for greatest image, director, unique screenplay and enhancing.
“Emilia Pérez” filmmaker Jacques Audiard was additionally in competition for this historic feat, as he ended up with nominations for steering, tailored screenplay, unique tune and greatest image. When the Oscar nominations had been introduced Jan. 23, the producer credit for “Emilia Pérez” had been amongst these introduced as “nominees to be determined.” Audiard was in the end acknowledged as one of many movie’s eligible producers, boosting his nominations from three to 4.
In 1954, Walt Disney gained 4 awards in a single evening, however for 4 completely different movies, together with the characteristic documentary “The Living Desert” and three shorts. On the 2020 Oscars, Bong Joon Ho was photographed holding 4 Oscars, however technically solely three of them had been formally his. Bong’s movie “Parasite” gained for image, director, unique screenplay and worldwide characteristic, however that final prize goes to the nation, to not the filmmaker.
“Right now, the theatergoing experience is under threat,” Baker stated, accepting the directing Oscar with an impassioned plea. “Movie theaters, especially independently owned theaters, are struggling, and it’s up to us to support them. If we don’t reverse this trend, we’ll be losing a vital part of our culture. This is my battle cry: Filmmakers, keep making films for the big screen. I know I will. Distributors, please focus first and foremost on the theatrical releases of your films.”
The winners who’ve taken three Oscars for a single movie in a single evening are James Cameron, Marvin Hamlisch, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Francis Ford Coppola, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Alejando González Iñarritu, James L. Brooks and Billy Wilder.
Warren Beatty is the one particular person to have been nominated for steering, producing, writing and appearing in a single movie — and he has completed that twice, with “Heaven Can Wait” and “Reds.” Of these many nominations, he would win just for directing “Reds.”
Chloé Zhao and Alfonso Cuarón had been not too long ago every additionally personally nominated for 4 awards, each successful two. Zhao took dwelling director and film for “Nomadland,” dropping tailored screenplay and enhancing, whereas Cuarón gained director and cinematography for “Roma,” dropping image and unique screenplay.
Baker’s spectacular awards run with “Anora,” which additionally included wins from the DGA, PGA, WGA, Spirit Awards and Los Angeles Movie Critics Assn., started with the Palme d’Or when the movie premiered on the Cannes Movie Competition final yr.
