Oscar Nomination Breakthroughs: 'Avatar,' Kathryn Bigelow, Lee Daniels ...
Priot to "Up" Soaring into the Oscars' best-picture category, only one animated film had ever been nominated in that top race: "Beauty and the Beast" (1991).
No woman has yet won the Academy Award for best director. Prior to Kathryn Bigelow's bid for "The Hurt Locker," only three female helmers were nominated: Lina Wertmüller for "Seven Beauties" (1976), Jane Campion for "The Piano" (1993) and Sofia Coppola for "Lost in Translation" ( 2003).
Lee Daniels ( "Precious") is the second African American nominated for best director. The first was John Singleton for "Boyz in the Hood" (1991).
That "Avatar" and "The Hurt Locker" lead with the most nominations at nine apiece may be fortuitous for one of them. Over the last 20 years, the movie with the most nominations has won best picture 15 times.Read More Story,http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2010/02/oscar-nominations-academy-awards-avatar-731682495-news-story-article.html
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