Thanks to another Best Director nomination for his latest move, Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese sets a new Oscar record to add to his well-decorated filmmaking career.Per The Hollywood Reporter, Scorsese’s latest Best Director nod is the 10th of his legendary career, passing fellow directing luminary Steven Spielberg for the most Academy Award nominations in the category for any living director. Only the late William Wyler, best known for his 1959 Oscar-winning pic, Ben-Hur, has more Best Director nominations (12) than Scorsese. Wyler, the German-American filmmaker regarded as one of Old Hollywood’s most revered helmers, also received Oscars for movies such as Mrs. Miniver and The Best Years of Our Lives.Killers of the Flower Moon stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone as conflicted former war hero Ernest Burkhart and his love interest Mollie Kyle, respectively. While DiCaprio was snubbed from the Best Actor category, Gladstone became the first Native American woman nominated in the Best Actress category. Scorsese’s latest blockbuster earned the third-most nominations of any movie at the 96th Academy Awards, only trailing Oppenheimer (13) and Poor Things (11). Among the other nods Killers of the Flower Moon received include Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Robert De Niro, who played the villainous William “King” Hale.
Thanks to another Best Director nomination for his latest move, Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese sets a new Oscar record to add to his well-decorated filmmaking career.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Scorsese’s latest Best Director nod is the 10th of his legendary career, passing fellow directing luminary Steven Spielberg for the most Academy Award nominations in the category for any living director. Only the late William Wyler, best known for his 1959 Oscar-winning pic, Ben-Hur, has more Best Director nominations (12) than Scorsese. Wyler, the German-American filmmaker regarded as one of Old Hollywood’s most revered helmers, also received Oscars for movies such as Mrs. Miniver and The Best Years of Our Lives.
Killers of the Flower Moon stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone as conflicted former war hero Ernest Burkhart and his love interest Mollie Kyle, respectively. While DiCaprio was snubbed from the Best Actor category, Gladstone became the first Native American woman nominated in the Best Actress category. Scorsese’s latest blockbuster earned the third-most nominations of any movie at the 96th Academy Awards, only trailing Oppenheimer (13) and Poor Things (11). Among the other nods Killers of the Flower Moon received include Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Robert De Niro, who played the villainous William “King” Hale.
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