Part One of Fox by the Numbers offers a chronological listing of Twentieth Century Fox’s Academy Award-winning movies and Emmy-award-winning television shows by their release date. Part Two is a chronological listing of the movies and television shows produced at least in part on the Fox sound stages, backlot, and the Century Ranch since at least the Zanuck era. Since Stage One at the Westwood lot was used primarily for recording the scores and songs for Twentieth Century Fox films (see the Studio Tour) in the self-contained days of the Hollywood studio system, that list begins after that period to show the variety of studios that continue to use it. Part Three is the studio filmography.
1927
May 6:
7 th Heaven premieres as a silent film at the Carthay Circle Theater in Los Angeles. The film earns Academy Awards for Director (Frank Borzage), Writing/Adaptation (Benjamin Glazer), and nominations for Best Picture and Art Direction (Harry Oliver). Janet Gaynor wins for Best Actress (for her combination of roles in 7th Heaven, Street Angel and Sunrise). A Movietone soundtrack version with a music score by Erno Rappe including non-synchronized voices and sound effects is released on September 10.
September 23:
Sunrise premieres in New York with a Movietone soundtrack of music and effects and earns Academy Awards for Unique and Artistic Picture, Cinematography (Charles Rosher, Karl Struss), and a nomination for Art Direction (Rochus Gliese).
1928
April 9:
Street Angel is released, and is nominated for an Academy Award for Art Direction (Harry Oliver). Ernest Palmer is also nominated for Cinematography for Street Angel and 4 Devils (1929).
1929
January 20:
In Old Arizona opens as the first all-talking sound-on-film feature, and earns Warner Baxter an Academy Award for Best Actor. The movie is nominated for Best Picture, Directing (Irving Cummings), Writing (Tom Barry), and Cinematography (Arthur Edeson).
May 29:
The Valiant is released, and is nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor (Paul Muni in his film debut) and Tom Barry for Best Writing.
1930
November 23:
Just Imagine is released as the first film to utilize the Teague Back Projector that popularizes the use of back projection in Hollywood. Stephen Goosson and Ralph Hammeras are nominated for Best Art Direction.
1931
March 8:
This third studio version of East Lynne is released, and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture.
August 13:
Bad Girl is released, and earns Academy Awards for Directing (Frank Borzage) and Writing (Edwin Burke). It is nominated for Best Picture.
August 30:
Transatlantic is released, and earns Gordon Wiles the Academy Award for Art Direction.
The Fox Film Corp. wins a Class II Technical Academy Award “for effective use of synchro-projection composite photography.”
1933
February 10:
State Fair is released, and is nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture and Adapted Screenplay (Paul Green, Sonya Levien).
April 15:
Cavalcade is released, and wins Academy Awards for Best Picture, Directing (Frank Lloyd), Assistant Director (William Tummel), and Art Direction (William S. Darling). Diana Wynyard is nominated for Best Actress.
October 1:
Berkeley Square is released, and Leslie Howard is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor.
Percy Ikerd is nominated for an Assistant Director Academy Award for his work in the 1932-33 period including such Fox work as Rackety Rax (1932), Best of Enemies (1933), Charlie Chan’s Greatest Case (1933), Dangerously Yours (1933), The Last Trail (1933), and Pleasure Cruise (1933).
The Fox Film Corp. and Fred Jackman and Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. and Sidney Sanders of RKO Studios, Inc. earn Academy Award Class III scientific or technical honorable mention for their development and effective use of the translucent cellulose screen in composite photography.
1934
April 7:
Twentieth Century Pictures’ The House of Rothschild is released and receives an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture (Darryl Zanuck).
August 24:
Twentieth Century Pictures’ The Affairs of Cellini is released and receives Academy Award nominations for Actor (Frank Morgan), Cinematography (Charles Rosher), Art Direction (Richard Day), and Sound (Thomas T. Moulton).
November 16:
The White Parade is released and earns Academy Award nominations for Best Picture (Jesse L. Lasky) and Sound (E.H. Hansen).
1935
January 1:
King of Burlesque is released and receives an Academy Award nomination for Dance Direction (Sammy Lee) for the “Lovely Lady” and “Too Good to Be True” sequences.
April 20:
Twentieth Century Pictures’ Les Miserables premieres, and is nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture (Darryl Zanuck), Cinematography (Gregg Toland), Film Editing (Barbara McLean), and Assistant Director (Eric Stacey).
September 13:
The Gay Deception is released. Don Hartman and Stephen Avery are nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Story).
October 25:
Thanks a Million is released and receives an Academy Award nomination for Sound (E.H. Hanson).
1936
August 21:
Sing Baby, Sing is released. Richard A. Whiting and Walter Bullock receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Song “When Did You Leave Heaven.”
October 23:
Pigskin Parade is released, and Stuart Erwin is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
December 11:
Banjo on My Knee is released, and is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound (E.H. Hansen).
December 31:
One in a Million opens, and Jack Haskell is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Dance Direction for “Skating Ensemble.”
1937
January 29:
Lloyd’s of London premieres in New York and Los Angeles and receives Academy Award nominations for Art Direction (William S. Darling) and Film Editing (Barbara McLean).
July 30:
Wee Willie Winkie opens and William S. Darling and David Hall are nominated for an Academy Award for Art Direction.
September 3:
Thin Ice is released. Harry Losee is nominated for an Academy Award for Dance Direction for the “Prince Igor Suite.”
October 29:
Ali Baba Goes to Town is released. Sammy Lee is nominated for an Academy Award for Dance Direction for “Swing is Here to Stay.”
1938
April 15:
In Old Chicago is released and earns Academy Awards for Supporting Actress (Alice Brady), Assistant Director (Robert Webb) and nominations for Best Picture (Darryl Zanuck), Original Story (Niven Busch), Scoring (Louis Silvers) and Sound (E.H. Hansen).
March 10:
Darryl Zanuck wins his first Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.
August 19:
Alexander’s Ragtime Band is released and receives an Academy Award for Scoring (Alfred Newman) and nominations for Best Picture (Darryl Zanuck), Original Story (Irving Berlin), Art Direction (Bernard Herzbrun, Boris Leven), Film Editing (Barbara McLean), and Song “Now It Can Be Told” (Irving Berlin).
October 28:
Suez is released and receives Academy Award nominations for Cinematography (Peverell Marley), Score (Louis Silvers) and Sound (E.H. Hansen).
December 30:
Kentucky is released and receives an Academy Award for Supporting Actor (Walter Brennan).
Timber Toppers (Ed Thorgensen Sports Series) is nominated for an Academy Award as one-reel short subject.
1939
May 30:
Young Mr. Lincoln is released and receives an Academy Award nomination for Writing (Lamar Trotti).
June 30:
Second Fiddle is released and is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song “I Poured My Heart into a Song” (Irving Berlin).
September 15:
The Rains Came opens and Fred Sersen and E.H. Hansen win the first Academy Award for special effects. The film is nominated for Editing (Barbara McLean), Art Direction (William S. Darling, George Dudley), Sound (E.H. Hansen), and Score (Alfred Newman).
November 3:
Drums Along the Mohawk is released and Edna May Oliver is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
1940
January 5:
Swanee River is released and receives an Academy Award nomination for Scoring (Louis Silvers).
January 19:
The Blue Bird is released, and is nominated for Academy Awards for Special Effects (Fred Sersen; E.H. Hanson) and Cinematography (Arthur Miller, Ray Rennahan).
March 15:
The Grapes of Wrath premieres, and receives Academy Awards for Directing (John Ford) and Supporting Actress (Jane Darwell). The film is nominated for Best Picture (Darryl Zanuck), Actor (Henry Fonda), Screenplay (Nunnally Johnson), Film Editing (Robert Simpson) and Sound (E.H. Hanson).
May 24:
Lillian Russell is released and is nominated for an Academy Award for Art Direction (Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright).
October 11:
Down Argentine Way is released and is nominated for Academy Awards for Cinematography (Leon Shamroy, Ray Rennahan), Art Direction (Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright), and Song “Down Argentine Way” (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon).
November 8:
The Mark of Zorro is released and is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Score (Alfred Newman).
November 29:
Tin Pan Alley is released and wins an Academy Award for Scoring (Alfred Newman).
December 29:
Night Train is released, and receives an Academy Award nomination for Original Story (Gordon Wellesley).
The 20th Century-Fox Camera Department (Daniel Clark, Grover Laube, Charles Miller, Robert W. Stevens) wins a special Academy Award for technical development: “for the design and construction of the 20th Century Silenced Camera.
1941
January 24:
Tall, Dark and Handsome is released and is nominated for an Academy Award for Screenplay (Karl Tunberg, Darrell Ware).
May 30:
Blood and Sand is released and receives an Academy Award for Cinematography (Ernest Palmer, Ray Rennahan) and a nomination for Art Direction—Interior Decoration (Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright; Thomas Little).
August 15:
Sagebrush and Silver (Magic Carpet series) is released and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject.
August 29:
Sun Valley Serenade is released and receives Academy Award nominations for Cinematography (Edward Cronjager), Score (Emil Newman) and Song “Chattanooga Choo Choo” (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon). For the song RCA Victor presented Glenn Miller with a solid gold record of the song. It was the first time a gold record was issued.
September 26:
A Yank in the R.A.F. is released and receives an Academy Award nomination for Special Effects (Fred Sersen, E.H. Hansen).
October 28:
How Green Was My Valley is released and wins Academy Awards for Best Picture, Directing (John Ford), Supporting Actor (Donald Crisp), Cinematography (Arthur Miller), Art Direction—Interior Decoration (Richard Day, Nathan Juran; Thomas Little) and is nominated for Writing (Philip Dunne), Supporting Actress (Sara All-good), Screenplay (Philip Dunne), Score (Alfred Newman), Film Editing (James B. Clarke), and Sound (E.H. Hansen).
Life of a Thoroughbred is nominated for an Academy Award for Short Subject Documentary (Truman Talley).
Soldiers of the Sky is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject Documentary (Truman Talley).
1942
March 11:
To the Shores of Tripoli opens and receives an Academy Award nomination for Cinematography (Edward Cronjager, William V. Skall).
April 30:
My Gal Sal is released and wins an Academy Award for Art Direction—Interior Decoration (Richard Day, Joseph Wright; Thomas Little) and a nomination for Scoring (Alfred Newman).
May 12:
This Above All is released, and wins an Academy Award for Art Direction—Interior Decoration (Richard Day, Joseph Wright; Thomas Little) and receives nominations for Cinematography (Arthur Miller), Sound (E.H. Hansen) and Film Editing (Walter Thompson).
May 29:
Moontide is released and receives an Academy Award nomination for Cinematography (Charles Clarke).
June 26:
Ten Gentlemen from West Point is released and Leon Shamroy receives an Academy Award nomination for Cinematography.
August 12:
The Pied Piper premieres in Rochester, New York (due to an in-joke in the film about whether Rochester is a city or state), and receives Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Actor (Monty Woolley), and Cinematography (Edward Cronjager).
September 4:
Orchestra Wives is released, and receives an Academy Award nomination for Best Song “I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo” (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon). Glenn Miller disbanded his orchestra to enter the military after completing the movie. During a 1944 tour entertaining the troops his Paris-bound plane was officially declared missing.
September 14:
The Battle of Midway (United States Navy) is released and receives a special Academy Award for ““the historical value of its achievement in offering a camera record of one of the decisive battles of the world - a record unique both for the courage of those who made it under fire, and for its magnificent portrayal of the gallantry of our armed forces in battle.”
November 6:
It’s Everybody’s War (United States Office of War Information) is released and is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject Documentary.
December 4:
The Black Swan is released and receives an Academy Award for Cinematography (Leon Shamroy) and nominations for Special Effects (Fred Sersen, Roger Herman, George Leverett) and Score (Alfred Newman).
Africa, Prelude to Victory (March of Time) is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject Documentary.
All Out for “V” (Terrytoons series) is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cartoon
Desert Wonderland (Magic Carpet series) is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject.
Daniel B. Clark and 20th Century Fox Camera Department receives an Academy Award Honorable Mention for technical developments
1943
March 26:
Hello, Frisco, Hello premieres in San Francisco. Harry Warren and Mack Gordon win the Academy Award for their song, “You’ll Never Know.” Charles G. Clarke and Allen Davey are nominated for Best Cinematography.
April 13:
Desert Victory (British Ministry of Information) is released and wins an Academy Award for Best Documentary.
April 22:
Crash Dive is released and Fred Sersen and Roger Heman win an Academy Award for special effects.
May 21:
The Ox-Bow Incident is released and is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture.
June 18:
Coney Island is released, and Alfred Newman is nominated for an Academy Award for Scoring.
August 11:
Heaven Can Wait premieres in New York and the film receives Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Directing (Lubitsch), and Cinematography (Edward Cronjager).
August 27:
Holy Matrimony is released and is nominated for an Academy Award for Screenplay (Nunnally Johnson).
November 5:
Youth in Crisis (March of Time series) is released and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject Documentary.
November 11:
The Battle of Russia (United States Department of War Special Service Division) is released and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary.
December 24:
The Gang’s All Here is released, and is nominated for an Academy Award for Art Direction—Interior Decoration (James Basevi, Joseph C. Wright; Thomas Little).
December 25:
The Song of Bernadette is released, and wins Academy Awards for Best Actress (Jennifer Jones), Art Direction (James Basevi, William Darling, Thomas Little), Cinematography (Arthur Miller), and Scoring (Alfred Newman). The film is nominated for Best Picture (Darryl Zanuck), Supporting Actress (Anne Revere, a descendant of Paul Revere), Supporting Actress (Gladys Cooper), Supporting Actor (Charles Bickford), Editing (Barbara McLean), Sound (E.H. Hansen), Screenplay (George Seaton), and Directing (Henry King).
Charles Galloway Clarke and 20th Century-Fox Camera Department get an Academy Award Honorable Mention for technical developments
Champions Carry On (Ed Thorgerson’s Sports Reviews series) is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Edmund Reek).
1944
January 12:
Lifeboat premieres and is nominated for Academy Awards for Directing (Alfred Hitchcock), Screenplay (John Steinbeck), and Cinematography (Glen MacWilliams).
February 3:
The Sullivans opens, and receives an Academy Award nomination for Screenplay (Edward Doherty, Jules Schermer). Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan attend this tribute to their sons in New York.
May 12:
My Boy Johnny (Terrytoons Series) is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cartoon (Paul Terry).
July 3:
Home in Indiana opens and receives an Academy Award for Cinematography (Edward Cronjager).
August 1:
Widow Edith Wilson attends the New York premiere of Wilson. The film receives Academy Awards for Screenplay (Lamar Trotti), Art Direction—Interior Decoration (Wiard Ihnen, Thomas Little), Cinematography (Leon Shamroy), Sound (E. H. Hansen) and Editing (Barbara McLean). The film is nominated for Best Picture, Actor (Alexander Knox), Directing (Henry King), Score (Alfred Newman), and Special Effects (Fred Sersen, Roger Heman).
July 24:
A Wing and a Prayer opens in Los Angeles and receives an Academy Award for Screenplay (Jerome Cady).
September 5:
Sweet and Low-Down is released, earning an Academy Award nomination for the song “I’m Making Believe” by James V. Monaco and Mack Gordon.
October 19:
Irish Eyes Are Smiling is released and receives an Academy Award nomination for Score (Alfred Newman).
November 1:
Laura premieres and receives an Academy Award for Cinematography (Joseph LaShelle) and nominations for Supporting Actor (Clifton Webb for his Fox debut), Directing (Otto Preminger), Art Direction—Set Decoration (Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Thomas Little), and Screenplay (Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, Betty Reinhardt).
December 15:
The Keys of the Kingdom premieres, and receives Academy Award nominations for Actor (Gregory Peck in his Fox debut), Arthur Miller (Cinematography), Art Direction—Set Decoration (James Basevi, William Darling; Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes), and Score (Alfred Newman).
Blue Grass Gentlemen (Ed Thorgerson’s Sports Reviews series) is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Edmund Reek).
Grover Laube and 20th Century-Fox Camera Department receives an Academy Award honorable mention for technical achievement
1945
January 17:
The Fighting Lady (United States Navy) is released and wins an Academy Award for Best Short Subject Documentary. The award brings its creator Louis de Rochemont, producer of Time Inc.’s “March of Time” newsreel series, to Darryl Zanuck’s attention who brings him on board to make “docu-dramas.”
February 28:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is released, and receives an Academy Award for Supporting Actor (James Dunn) a special award for “the most promising juvenile performer of 1945” (Peggy Ann Garner) and a nomination for Screenplay (Frank Davis, Tess Slesinger). Kazan mentors
March 15:
Darryl F. Zanuck receives his second Irving G. Thalberg Award.
June 19:
Producer Winfield Sheehan dies before Captain Eddie, his last film, is released. The film is nominated for Special Effects (Fred Sersen, Sol Haprin, Roger Heman, Harry Leonard).
August 3:
Mighty Mouse in Gypsy Life (Terrytoon Series) is released and Paul Terry (producer) is nominated for an Academy Award.
August 30:
State Fair premieres in Des Moines, Iowa and receives an Academy Award for Song “It Might As Well Be Spring” and nomination for Scoring (Alfred Newman, Charles Henderson).
September 10:
The House on 92nd Street is released and wins an Academy Award for Story (Charles G. Booth).
October 5:
The Dolly Sisters premieres in Chicago, and James Monaco and Mack Gordon are nominated for an Academy Award for Song “I Can’t Begin To Tell You.”
December 20:
Leave Her to Heaven premieres and receives an Academy Award for Cinematography (Leon Shamroy), and nominations for Actress (Gene Tierney), Art Direction—Set Decoration (Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford; Thomas Little) and Sound (Thomas T. Moulton).
Michael S. Leshing, Benjamin C. Robinson, Arthur B. Chatelain, and Robert C. Stevens are nominated for a Class III Academy Award citation.
1946
February 15:
Along The Rainbow Trail is released and receives an Academy Award nomination for one-reel short subject (Edmund Reek).
June 20:
Anna and the King of Siam premieres in New York, and receives Academy Awards for Cinematography (Arthur Miller) and Art Direction—Set Decoration (Lyle Wheeler, William Darling; Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes) and nominations for Supporting Actress (Gale Sondergaard), Screenplay (Sally Benson, Talbot Jennings), and Score (Bernard Herrmann).
August 1:
Centennial Summer opens and receives Academy Award nominations for Song “All Through the Day” (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) and Scoring (Alfred Newman).
December 1:
The Razor’s Edge premieres and Anne Baxter earns the Academy Award for Supporting Actress. The film is nominated for Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Clifton Webb), and Art Direction - Set Decoration (Richard Day, Nathan Juran; Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox).
Edmund Reek is nominated for an Academy Award for the one-reel short subject Golden Horses (Ed Thorgerson’s Sports Review Series)
Atomic Power (March of Time Series) is nominated for an Academy Award as best short subject documentary.
Carl Faulkner receives an Academy Award honorable mention for technical developments.
1947
January 1:
Miracle on 34th Street premieres and receives Academy Awards for Supporting Actor (Edmund Gwenn), Screenplay (George Seaton) and Story (Valentine Davies). The film is nominated for Best Picture.
January 1:
Boomerang! opens and receives an Academy Award nomination for Screenplay (Richard Murphy).
June 26:
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir is released, receives an Academy Award nomination for Cinematography (Charles Lang, Jr.), and spawns a TV series (1968-70).
August 15:
Symphony of a City is released and Edmund H. Reek wins the Academy Award for Best Short Subject (One reel Movietone Specialty).
August 27:
Kiss of Death opens in Los Angeles and receives Academy Awards nominations for Supporting Actor (Richard Widmark in his film debut) and screenplay (Eleazar Lipsky).
September 1:
Mother Wore Tights premieres in New York, and wins an Academy Award for Scoring (Alfred Newman) and nominations for Cinematography (Harry Jackson) and Song “You Do” (Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon).
September 24:
The Foxes of Harrow is released and receives an Academy Award nomination for Art Direction—Set Decoration (Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford; Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox).
October 10:
Forever Amber is released, and David Raksin is nominated for an Academy Award for his score.
November 11:
Gentleman’s Agreement opens, and among the staggering 51 awards the film earns were Academy Awards for Best Picture, Direction (Elia Kazan), and Supporting Actress (Celeste Holm). The film received nominations for Actor (Gregory Peck), Actress (Dorothy McGuire), Supporting Actress (Anne Revere), Screenplay (Moss Hart), and Film Editing (Harmon Jones)
December 25:
Captain from Castile premieres and receives an Academy Award nomination for Score (Alfred Newman).
1948
January 1:
That Lady in Ermine is released and receives an Academy Award nomination for Song “This is the Moment” (Frederick Hollander, Leo Robin).
January 1:
Deep Waters is released and receives an Academy Award nomination for Special Effects (Ralph Hammeras, Fred Sersen, Edward Snyder, Roger Herman).
April 1:
Sitting Pretty premieres in New York and receives an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor (Clifton Webb).
June 9:
Green Grass of Wyoming opens and receives an Academy Award nomination for Cinematography (Charles G. Clarke).
September 15:
Luck of the Irish is released and receives an Academy Award nomination for Supporting Actor (Cecil Kellaway).
November 10:
When My Baby Smiles at Me premieres in San Francisco and receives Academy Award nominations for Actor (Dailey) and Scoring (Alfred Newman).
November 13:
The Snake Pit premieres in New York and wins an Academy Award for Sound (Thomas T. Moulton), and nominations for Best Picture, Actress (Olivia de Havilland), Directing (Anatole Litvak), Screenplay (Frank Partos, Millen Brand) and Score (Alfred Newman).
Nick Kalten, Louis J. Witte (20th Century Fox Studio Mechanical Effects Department) win (Scientific or Technical Class II) Academy Awards for a process of preserving and flame-proofing foliage.
1949
January 20:
A Letter to Three Wives is released and Joseph L. Mankiewicz wins Academy Awards for Director and Screenplay. The film is nominated for Best Picture
March 12:
Mother is a Freshman is released and receives an Academy Award nomination for Costume Design (Kay Nelson).
June 10:
It Happens Every Spring is released and receives an Academy Award nomination for Screenplay (Shirley W. Smith, Valentine Davies).
August 4:
Sand premieres and receives an Academy Award nomination for Cinematography (Charles G. Clarke).
September 1:
Come to the Stable opens and receives Academy Award nominations for Actress (Loretta Young),, Supporting Actress (Celeste Holm and Elsa Lanchester), Art Direction—Set Decoration (Lyle Wheeler, Joseph C. Wright; Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox), Screenplay (Clare Boothe Luce), Cinematography (Joseph LaShelle), and Song “Through A Long and Sleepless Night” (Alfred Newman, Mack Gordon).
November 1:
Pinky premieres in New York and receives Academy Award nominations for Actress (Jeanne Crain), and Supporting Actress (Ethel Barrymore and Ethel Waters).
November 9:
Prince of Foxes opens and receives Academy Award nominations for Cinematography (Leon Shamroy) and Costume Design (Vittorio Nino Novarese).
December 21:
Twelve O’Clock High opens and receives an Academy Award for Supporting Actor (Dean Jagger) and nominations for Best Picture, Actor (Gregory Peck), and Sound (Thomas Moulton).
A Chance to Live (The March of Time series) wins an Academy Award for best documentary short subject (Richard de Rochemont, producer).
1950
January 22:
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo is released and wins the Academy Award for Best Short Subject feature.
January 27:
During the second annual Emmy Award ceremony Fox earns its first Emmy for its first show Crusade in Europe based on General Dwight Eisenhower’s book. It is the first documentary series produced for television.
February 1:
When Willie Comes Marching Home is released and receives an Academy Award nomination for Screenplay (Sy Gomberg).
May 24:
Wabash Avenue is released and receives an Academy Award nomination for Song “Wilhelmina” (Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon).
June 12:
Panic in the Streets is released and receives an Academy Award for Screenplay (Edna and Edward Anhalt).
June 23:
The Gunfighter opens and receives an Academy Award nomination for Screenplay (William Bowers, Andre de Toth).
August 1:
Broken Arrow premieres in Broken Arrow and Tulsa, Oklahoma and receives Academy Award nominations for Supporting Actor (Jeff Chandler) and Screenplay (Albert Maltz) and Cinematography (Ernest Palmer). It spawns a TV series (1956-60).
August 16:
No Way Out opens and Joseph L. Mankiewicz is nominated for an Academy Award for Screenplay.
September 1:
The Black Rose is released and receives an Academy Award nomination for Costume Design (Michael Whittaker).
September 29:
Mister 880 is released and receives an Academy Award nomination for Supporting Actor (Edmund Gwenn).
October 2:
I’ll Get By is released and receives an Academy Award nomination for Scoring (Lionel Newman).
October 13:
All About Eve opens and is nominated for a record fourteen Academy Awards and wins six: Best Picture, Supporting Actor (George Sanders), Director (Joseph L. Mankiewicz), Screenplay (Joseph L. Mankiewicz), Costume Design (Edith Head, Charles LeMaire), and Sound (Thomas T. Moulton). Other nominations are Actress (Bette Davis and Anne Baxter), Supporting Actress (Celeste Holm and Thelma Ritter), Cinematography (Milton Krasner), Art Direction—Set Decoration (Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis; Thomas Little, Walter M. Scott), Film Editing (Barbara McLean), and Score (Alfred Newman).
November 28:
The Mudlark opens, is feted with a Royal Film Performance in London, and receives an Academy Award nomination for Costume Design (Edward Stevenson, Margaret Furse).
James B. Gordon and the 20th Century-Fox Camera Department wins Class II Academy Award for the design and development of Multiple Image Film Viewer
1951
January:
Why Korea? is released and wins the Academy Award for Short Subject Documentary (Edmund Reek, producer).
January 1:
The Frogmen opens and receives Academy Award nominations for Writing (Oscar Millard), and Cinematography (Norbert Brodine).
March 29:
Darryl Zanuck receives his record third Irving G. Thalberg Award.
April 1:
Fourteen Hours opens, and is nominated for an Academy Award for Art Direction—Set Decoration (Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Thomas Little, Fred J. Rode
April 20:
On The Riviera opens and receives Academy Award nominations for Art Direction—Set Decoration (Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Thomas Little, Walter M. Scott), (Musical Settings by Joseph C. Wright) and Score (Alfred Newman).
May 13:
The House on Telegraph Hill is released and receives an Academy Award for Art Direction—Set Decoration (Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir; Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox).
August 10:
David and Bathsheba opens and is nominated for Academy Awards for Screenplay (Philip Dunne), Cinematography (Leon Shamroy), Art Direction—Set Decoration (Lyle Wheeler, George Davis; Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox), Costume Design (Charles LeMaire, Edward Stevenson), and Score (Alfred Newman).
November 1:
Golden Girl is released and receives an Academy Award nomination for Song “Never” (Lionel Newman, Eliot Daniel).
November 1:
The Model and the Marriage Broker is released and receives an Academy Award nomination for Costume Design (Charles LeMaire, Renie).
December 21:
Decision before Dawn premieres, and is nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture (Anatole Litvak, Frank McCarthy) and Film Editing (Dorothy Spencer).
1952
February 1:
Viva Zapata! opens and Anthony Quinn wins an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. The nominees were Marlon Brando (Best Actor), Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Thomas Little, Claude Carpenter (Art Direction—Set Decoration), Alex North (Score), and John Steinbeck (Writing).
February 22:
Five Fingers is released and is nominated for an Academy Award for Directing (Joseph L. Mankiewicz), and Writing (Michael Wilson). The acclaimed film later becomes a television series that runs 1959-60.
April 4:
With a Song in My Heart opens and receives an Academy Award for Scoring (Alfred Newman) and nominations for Actress (Susan Hayward), Supporting Actress (Thelma Ritter), Costume Design (Charles LeMaire), and Sound (Thomas T. Moulton).
May 2:
Pride of St. Louis opens and is nominated for an Academy Award for Writing (Guy Trosper).
September:
A Light in the Window (Art Film Series) is released and wins an Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Boris Vermont, producer).
September 17:
The Snows of Kilimanjaro premieres in New York and is nominated for Academy Awards for Art Direction—Set Decoration (Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir; Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox) and Cinematography (Leon Shamroy).
October:
Joy of Living (Art Film Series) is released produced by Boris Vermont and is nominated for an Academy Award for best one-reel short subject.
December 11:
The Star is released and Bette Davis is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.
December 24:
My Cousin Rachel opens and receives Academy Award nominations for Supporting Actor (Richard Burton in his American film debut), Art Direction—Set Decoration (Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir; Walter M. Scott), Cinematography (Joseph LaShelle), and Costume Design (Charles LeMaire, Dorothy Jeakins).
1953
February 12:
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef opens, and receives an Academy Award nomination for Cinematography (Edward Cronjager). The first Fox film released in CinemaScope was also the first to include a CinemaScope short subject (Vesuvius Express) that is nominated for an Academy Award for best two-reel short subject produced by Otto Lang.
April 1:
Call Me Madam is released and wins an Academy Award for Scoring (Alfred Newman) and a nomination for Costume Design (Irene Sharaff).
April 16:
Titanic opens on the anniversary of the luxury liner’s tragic sinking, and receives an Academy Award for Writing (Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, Richard Breen) and nomination for Art Direction—Set Decoration (Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford; Stuart Reiss).
May 20:
The Desert Rats is released, and Richard Murphy is nominated for an Academy Award for Screenplay.
May 21:
The President’s Lady premieres in Nashville, Tennessee and receives nominations for Art Direction—Set Decoration (Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Paul S. Fox) and Costume Design (Charles LeMaire, Renie).
June 17:
Pickup on South Street is released. Thelma Ritter is nominated for an Academy Award for best Supporting Actress.
September 16:
The Robe premieres in New York at the Roxy in CinemaScope, and then on September 24 a four day festival culminates in the West Coast premiere at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Jean Simmons places her footprints in the famous forecourt, and a special plaque commemorating the premiere is placed beside it. The film wins Academy Awards for Art Direction - Set Decoration (Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis; Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox), and Costume Design (Charles LeMaire, Emile Santiago) and nominations for Best Picture (Frank Ross), Actor (Richard Burton), and Cinematography (Leon Shamroy). Pacific Title’s artist Rocky Longo recreates the company’s logo for CinemaScope.
November 5:
How to Marry a Millionaire opens, and is nominated for an Academy Award for Costume Design (Charles LeMaire, Travilla).
The Word is released, produced by John Healy and John Adams, and receives an Academy Award nomination for best documentary short subject.
Twentieth Century-Fox wins a special Academy Award for the development of CinemaScope
Earl Sponable, Sol Halprin, Lorin Grignon, Professor Henri Chretien, Herbert Bragg, and Carl Faulkner win a Class I Scientific and Technical Academy award
1954
February 6:
Hell and High Water is released and is nominated for an Academy Award for best Special Effects (Ray Kellogg).
May 4:
The First Piano Quartette (Music Series) is released and Otto Lang is nominated for an Academy Award for best one-reel short subject.
May 14
Night People opens, and receives an Academy Award nomination for Screenplay (Jed Harris, Tom Reed).
June 2:
Three Coins in the Fountain premieres in New York and is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture (Sol C. Siegel), Cinematography (Milton Krasner), and Song “Three Coins in the Fountain.” by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn.
August 1:
Jet Carrier is released and is nominated for best two-reel short subject and short subject documentary produced by Otto Lang.
August 24:
The Egyptian opens, and receives an Academy Award nomination for Cinematography (Leon Shamroy).
September 25:
Broken Lance opens in New York and wins an Academy award for Writing (Philip Yordan) and a nomination for Supporting Actress (Katy Jurado).
October 28:
Carmen Jones opens and received Academy Award nominations for Actress (Dorothy Dandridge) and Scoring (Herschel Burke Gilbert).
November 17:
Desiree premieres in San Francisco and receives Academy Award nominations for Art Decoration—Set Decoration (Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox) and Costume Design (Charles LeMaire, Rene Hubert).
December 16:
There’s No Business like Show Business premieres in New York and receives Academy Award nominations for Writing (Lamar Trotti), Costume Design (Charles LeMaire, Travilla, Miles White) and Scoring (Alfred Newman, Lionel Newman).
1955
April 1:
A Man Called Peter premieres simultaneously in New York, London, and Glasgow, Scotland. Harold Lipstein is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
May 5:
Daddy Long Legs opens as the first Fox film advertised extensively on television. The film is nominated for Art Direction—Set Decoration (Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir; Walter Scott, Paul S. Fox), Song “Something’s Gotta Give” by Johnny Mercer, and Scoring (Alfred Newman).
July 22:
The Virgin Queen is released, and Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills are nominated for an Academy Award for Costume Design.
August 18:
Love is a Many-Splendored Thing opens, and wins Academy Awards for the title song by Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster, Scoring (Alfred Newman), and Costume Design (Charles LeMaire). The film is nominated for Best Picture (Buddy Adler), Actress (Jennifer Jones), Cinematography (Leon Shamroy), Art Direction—Set Decoration (Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis; Walter M. Scott, Jack Stubbs) and Sound (Carl W. Faulkner).
December 14:
The Rains of Ranchipur opens in New York and is nominated for Special Effects (Ray Kellogg).
Edmund Reek wins an Academy Award for best one-reel short subject, Survival City (Movietone CinemaScope Series).
Class III Scientific and Technical Academy Award for combination lens for CinemaScope photography
Class III Scientific and Technical Academy Award for spraying process creating simulated metallic surfaces
Class III Scientific and Technical Academy Award for improved spotlight to maintain fixed light over varied distance
1956
June 1:
The Dark Wave is released and is nominated for two Academy Awards for two-reel Short Subject and Documentary (John Healy)
June 29:
The King and I is released, and receives an Academy Award for Best Actor (Yul Brynner), Art Direction—Set Decoration (Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir; Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox), Costume Design (Irene Sharaff), Scoring (Alfred Newman, Ken Darby), and Sound (Carl Faulkner). The film is nominated for Best Picture (Charles Brackett), Actress (Deborah Kerr), Directing (Walter Lang), and Cinematography (Leon Shamroy).
August 31:
Bus Stop opens, Don Murray is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his film debut, and the movie spawns a TV series (1961-62).
September 28:
The Best Things in Life Are Free premieres in New York. Lionel Newman is nominated for an Academy Award for Scoring.
October 1:
Between Heaven and Hell opens, and receives an Academy Award nomination for Score (Hugo Friedhofer).
November 1:
Teenage Rebel is released and receives Academy Award nominations for Art Decoration—Set Decoration (Lyle R. Wheeler, Jack Martin Smith; Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss) and Costume Design (Charles LeMaire, Mary Wills).
December 13:
Stagecoach to Fury is released; the first film produced by Regal Films contracted by Darryl Zanuck to expand production of CinemaScope films with “B’s” in “RegalScope.” It was the same widescreen process but Zanuck wanted to keep the name CinemaScope for his “A” pictures. Walter Strenge is nominated for an Academy Award for Cinematography.
December 13:
Anastasia premieres and Ingrid Bergman wins the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film is also nominated for Best Score (Alfred Newman).
Maurice E. (Buddy) Adler receives the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.
1957
April 10:
Boy on a Dolphin opens, and Hugo Friedhofer is nominated for an Academy Award for Scoring.
July 11:
An Affair to Remember is released, and receives Academy Award nominations for Cinematography (Milton Krasner), Song “An Affair to Remember” (Harry Warren, Harold Adamson, Leo McCarey), Scoring (Hugo Friedhofer), and Costume Design (Charles LeMaire).The film marks Jerry Wald’s Fox debut as a producer.
July 17:
A Hatful of Rain opens, marking the Fox debut of Anthony Franciosa who earns an Academy Award nomination as Best Actor.
September 23:
The Three Faces of Eve is released marking the Fox debut of Joanne Woodward who wins a Best Actress Academy Award.
November 7:
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison is released, and receives Academy Award nominations for Best Actress (Deborah Kerr) and Best Adapted Screenplay (John Lee Mahin, John Huston).
November 27:
April Love is released. Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster are nominated for an Academy Award for their mega-hit title song.
December 13:
Peyton Place opens, and is nominated for Best Picture (Jerry Wald), Actress (Lana Turner), Supporting Actor (Arthur Kennedy, Russ Tamblyn), Supporting Actress (Hope Lange, Diane Varsi), Supporting Actor (Russ Tamblyn), Directing (Mark Robson), Writing (John Michael Hayes), and Cinematography (William Mellor).
December 14:
A Farewell to Arms premieres in Los Angeles. Vittorio De Sica is nominated for an Academy Award for Supporting Actor.
December 25:
The Enemy Below is released, and Walter Rossi wins a Best Special Effects Academy Award for audible effects. The film is in CinemaScope which hits its peak year as the most popular widescreen format with 64 films released throughout Hollywood.
1958
March 19:
South Pacific premieres in New York. It is the first Fox Todd-AO film (developed by producer Mike Todd and the American Optical Company). The film wins an Academy Award for Sound (Fred Hynes) and nominations for Cinematography (Leon Shamroy) and Scoring (Alfred Newman, Ken Darby)..
April 2:
The Young Lions opens, and is nominated for Academy Awards for Cinematography (Joe MacDonald), Sound (Carl Faulkner) and Scoring (Hugo Friedhofer).
July 31:
A Certain Smile opens, and is nominated for Academy Awards for Art Decoration—Set Decoration (Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir; Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox), Costume Design (Charles LeMaire, Mary Wills) and Song “A Certain Smile” (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster).
November 18:
Mardi Gras opens, and Lionel Newman is nominated for an Academy Award for Scoring.
December:
Sidney’s Family Tree (Terrytoons) is released and is nominated for an Academy Award as Short Subject (William M. Weiss).
December 31:
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness premieres and receives an Academy Award nomination for Director (Mark Robson).
1959
March 18:
The Diary of Anne Frank opens, and wins Academy Awards for Supporting Actress (Shelley Winters), Art Direction—Set Decoration (Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis; Walter M. Scott, Stuart A, Reiss), and Cinematography (William C. Mellor) and nominations for Best Picture (George Stevens), Supporting Actor (Ed Wynn), Directing (George Stevens), Costume Design (Charles LeMaire, Mary Wills), and Score (Alfred Newman).
June 19:
Say One for Me is released. Lionel Newman is nominated for an Academy Award for Scoring.
October 9:
The Best of Everything premieres in New York. Adele Palmer is nominated for an Academy Award for Costume Design and Alfred Newman and Sammy Cahn are nominated for Best Song “The Best of Everything.”
December 16:
Journey to the Center of the Earth opens, and is nominated for Academy Awards for Art Direction—Set Decoration (Lyle Wheeler, Franz Bachelin, Herman A. Blumenthal; Walter M. Scott, Joseph Kish), Sound (Carl Faulkner) and Special Effects (L.B. Abbott, James B. Gordon, Carl Faulkner).
1960
March 9:
Can-Can opens in New York and is nominated for Academy Awards for Costume Design (Irene Sharaff) and Scoring (Nelson Riddle).
March 12:
Seven Thieves is released. Bill Thomas is nominated for an Academy Award for Costume Design.
June 28:
Murder, Inc. is released and receives an Academy Award nomination for Supporting Actor (Peter Falk).
August 2:
Sons and Lovers opens in New York and wins an Academy Award for Cinematography (Freddie Francis). The film is nominated for Best Picture (Jerry Wald), Actor (Trevor Howard), Supporting Actress (Mary Ure), Directing (Jack Cardiff), Writing (Gavin Lambert, T.E.B. Clarke), and Art Direction—Set Decoration (Tom Morahan; Lionel Couch).
September 8:
Let’s Make Love is released. Lionel Newman and Earle H. Hagen are nominated for an Academy Award for Scoring.
September 16:
High Time is released and James Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn are nominated for an Academy Award for “The Second Time Around.”
A Class III Scientific and Technical Award is given to Anthony Paglia and the 20th Century Fox Studio Mechanical Effects Dept.
1961
September 25:
The Hustler opens and receives an Academy Award for Cinematography (Eugen Shuftan) and Art Direction—Set Decoration (Harry Horner, Gene Callahan), and nominations for Best Picture (Robert Rossen), Actor (Paul Newman), Actress (Piper Laurie), Supporting Actor (Jackie Gleason & George C. Scott), Directing (Robert Rossen), and Writing (Sidney Carroll, Robert Rossen).
George Seaton receives the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
The 20th Century Fox Research Department receives a Class II Scientific and Technical Academy Award for a system of decompressing and recomposing CinemaScope pictures for conventional aspect ratios (E.I. Sponable, Herbert E. Bragg and Deluxe Laboratories)
1962
January 19:
Tender is the Night premieres and Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster are nominated for an Academy Award for their song “Tender is the Night.”
September 25:
The Longest Day opens, and receives Academy Awards for Cinematography (Jean Bourgoin, Walter Wottitz) and Special Effects (Robert MacDonald, Jacques Maumont), and nominations for Best Picture (Darryl Zanuck), Art Direction-Set Decoration (Ted Haworth, Leon Barsacq, Vincent Korda; Gabriel Bechir), Film Editing (Samuel E. Beetley).
November 1:
Gigot is released in New York, and Michel Magne is nominated for an Academy Award for Scoring.
1963
June 1:
The Stripper is released in New York and Travilla is nominated for an Academy Award for Costume Design.
June 12:
Cleopatra premieres as the longest commercially-made American film released in America at 4 hours and 3 minutes. The film wins Academy Awards for Cinematography (Leon Shamroy), Art Direction—Set Direction (John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Hilyard Brown, Herman Blumenthal, Elven Webb, Maurice Pelling, Boris Juraga; Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox, Ray Moyer), Costume Design (Irene Sharaff, Vittorio Nino Novarese, Renie), and Special Effects (Emil Kosa, Jr.) and is nominated for Best Picture (Walter Wanger), Actor (Rex Harrison), Sound (James P. Corcoran, Fred Hynes), Film Editing (Dorothy Spencer), and Score (Alex North).
July 15:
The Leopard is released, and Piero Tosi is nominated for an Academy Award for Costume Design.
1964
May 12:
What a Way to Go is released, and receives Academy Award nominations for Art Direction—Set Decoration Jack Martin Smith, Ted Haworth; Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss) and Costume Design (Edith Head, Moss Mabry).
September 14:
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea debuts on TV and runs through 1968. It wins 4 Emmys.
September 15:
Peyton Place debuts, and runs through 1969 winning one Emmy.
September 30:
Fate is the Hunter is released. Milton Krasner is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
September 11:
The Visit is released. Rene Hubert is nominated for an Academy Award for Costume Design.
December 17:
Zorba the Greek is released and earns three Academy Awards: Supporting Actress (Lila Kedrova), Cinematography (Walter Lassally), and Art Direction—Set Decoration (Vassilis Fotopoulos). The film is nominated for Best Picture (Michael Cacoyannis), Actor (Anthony Quinn), Directing (Michael Cacoyannis), and Writing (Michael Cacoyannis).
December 24:
Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte is released and receives Academy Award nominations for Supporting Actress (Agnes Moorehead), Cinematography (Joseph Biroc), Art Direction—Set Decoration (William Glasgow, Raphael Bretton), Costume Design (Norma Koch), Film Editing (Michael Luciano), Song “Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte” (Frank DeVol, Mack David), and Score (Frank DeVol).
December 25:
The Pleasure Seekers is released and is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Scoring (Lionel Newman, Alexander Courage).
The 20th Century Fox Studio Mechanical Effects Dept. earns a Class III Scientific and Technical Academy Award for mechanical effects (Anthony Paglia).
1965
March 2:
The Sound of Music premieres in New York; winning Academy Awards for Best Picture (Robert Wise), Directing (Robert Wise), Sound (James P. Corcoran, Fred Hynes), Film Editing (William Reynolds), Scoring (Irwin Kostal) and nominations for Best Actress (Julie Andrews), Supporting Actress (Peggy Wood), Cinematography (Ted McCord), Art Direction—Set Decoration (Boris Leven; Walter M. Scott, Ruby Levitt), and Costume Design (Dorothy Jeakins),
June 16:
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines—Or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours and 11 minutes debuts, and director Ken Annakin and Jack Davies are nominated for an Academy Award for their screenplay.
June 23:
Von Ryan’s Express is released and is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Effects (Walter A. Rossi).
September 1:
Morituri is released and receives Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography (Conrad Hall) and Costume Design (Moss Mabry)..
October 7:
The Agony and the Ecstasy is released and receives Academy Award nominations for Cinematography (Leon Shamroy), Art Direction—Set Decoration (John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith; Dario Simoni), Costume Design (Vittorio Nino Novarese) Score (Alex North), and Sound (James P. Corcoran).
December 15:
Flight of the Phoenix is released and receives Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor (Ian Bannen) and Film Editing (Michael Luciano).
1966
August 24:
Fantastic Voyage premieres in Los Angeles and wins Academy Awards for Art Direction - Set Decoration (Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss), and Special Effects (Art Cruickshank), and is nominated for Cinematography (Ernest Laszlo), Film Editing (William B. Murphy), and Sound Effects (Walter Rossi)
September 9:
The Time Tunnel debuts on TV and runs through 1967. It wins one Emmy.
September 28:
The Bible…In The Beginning is released, and is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Score (Toshiro Mayuzumi).
December 20:
The Sand Pebbles is released, and receives Academy Award nominations for Best Picture (Robert Wise), Actor (Steve McQueen), Supporting Actor (Mako), Cinematography (Joseph MacDonald), Art Direction—Set Decoration (Boris Leven; Walter M. Scott, John Sturtevant, William Kiernan), Sound (James P. Corcoran), Film Editing (William Reynolds), and Score (Jerry Goldsmith).
1967
April 27:
Two for the Road is released and Frederic Raphael is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay.
December 15:
Valley of the Dolls premieres aboard the Italian cruise ship Princess Italia. John Williams is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Scoring.
December 19:
Doctor Dolittle opens, and wins Academy Awards for Best Song “Talk To The Animals” by Leslie Bricusse and Best Special Effects (L.B. Abbott) and is nominated for Best Picture (Arthur P. Jacobs), Cinematography (Robert Surtees), Art Direction—Set Decoration (Mario Chiari, Jack Martin Smith, Ed Graves; Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss), Sound (Twentieth Century Fox Studio Sound Department), Film Editing (Samuel E. Beetley, Marjorie Fowler), and Scoring (Lionel Newman, Alexander Courage).
1968
February 8:
Planet of the Apes opens, and is nominated for Academy Awards for Best Costume Design (Morton Haack) and Original Score (Jerry Goldsmith). John Chambers receives an honorary Academy Award for his makeup. The franchise includes: Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971), Conquest of the Battle of the Apes (1972), Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973), Planet of the Apes (2001), and Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011). Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) is nominated for an Academy Award for Sound Editing (Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, Erik Winquist). War for the Planet of the Apes is released in 2017. There were also television series: Planet of the Apes (1974) and Return to the Planet of the Apes (1975).
October 22:
Star! opens, and is nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Daniel Massey), Cinematography (Ernest Laszlo), Art Direction—Set Decoration (Boris Leven; Walter M. Scott, Howard Bristol), Costume Design (Donald Brooks), Best Song “Star” (James Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn), Score (Lennie Hayton), and Sound (Twentieth Century Fox Studio Sound Dept.)
1969
February 24:
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is screened as a Royal Command Performance for the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret. The film stars Maggie Smith (who wins a Best Actress Academy Award), and husband Robert Stephens. The film is nominated for Best Song “Jean” (Rod McKuen).
September 17:
Room 222 debuts on TV, runs through 1974, and wins 3 Emmys.
October 10:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid opens and spawns three television movies, and a prequel, Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979). Redford dedicates his non-profit Sundance Institute in Provo, Utah, and its annual film festival, to encourage and develop independent filmmakers in 1981. Paul Newman co-founds “The Hole in the Wall Gang Camps” for children with serious illnesses in 1986. The film wins Academy Awards for Screenplay (William Goldman), Cinematography (Conrad Hall), Best Song “Raindrops Are Falling On My Head” (Burt Bacharach, Hal David), Score (Burt Bacharach) and is nominated for Best Picture (John Foreman), Directing (George Roy Hill and Sound (William Edmondson, David Dockendorf). The film holds the record for winning the most (9) BAFTA Awards.
December 16:
Hello, Dolly! premieres, and wins Academy Awards for Best Art Decoration—Set Decoration (John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Herman Blumenthal; Walter M. Scott, George James Hopkins, Raphael Bretton), Score (Lennie Hayton, Lionel Newman), and Sound (Jack Solomon, Murray Spivack). It is nominated for Best Picture (Ernest Lehman), Cinematography (Harry Stradling), Costume Design (Irene Sharaff), and Film Editing (William Reynolds).
1970
January 25:
M*A*S*H premieres, and the film wins an Academy Award for Screenplay (Ring Lardner, Jr.) and nominations for Best Picture (Ingo Preminger), Directing.(Robert Altman in his Fox debut) and Supporting Actress (Sally Kellerman), and Film Editing (Danford B. Greene). Robert Duvall, who makes his Fox debut in the film, later stars and co-produces Crazy Heart (2009) and stars in Billy Bob Thornton’s Jayne Mansfield’s Car (2012).
February 1:
Patton opens, and wins Academy Awards for Best Picture (Frank McCarthy), Screenplay (Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North), Best Actor (George C. Scott, who declined the award), Directing (Franklin J. Schaffner), Art Direction—Set Direction (Urie McCleary, Gil Parrando; Antonio Mateos, Pierre-Louis Thevenet), Sound (Douglas Williams, Don Bassman), and Film Editing (Hugh S. Fowler). The film received nominations for Best Cinematography (Fred Koenekamp), Visual Effects (Alex Weldon), and Score (Jerry Goldsmith).
September 23:
Tora! Tora! Tora! is released. The film receives Academy Award nominations for Cinematography (Charles F. Wheeler, Osami Furuya, Sinsaku Himeda, Masamichi Satoh), Art Direction-Set Direction (Jack Martin Smith, Yoshiro Muraki, Richard Day, Taizoh Kawashima; Walter M. Scott, Norman Rockett, Carl Biddiscombe), Sound (Murray Spivak, Herman Lewis), Film Editing (James E. Newcom, Pembroke J. Herring, Inoue Chikaya) and Visual Effects (A. D. Flowers, L. B. Abbott).
October 16:
The Great White Hope is released and receives Academy Award nominations for Best Actor (James Earl Jones) and Actress (Jane Alexander). The film marked Alexander’s film debut.
1971
October 9:
The French Connection premieres in New York, inspires a sequel The French Connection II (1975), and wins Academy Awards for Best Picture (Philip D’Antoni), Directing (William Friedkin), Actor (Gene Hackman), Writing (Ernest Tidyman), and Film Editing (Jerry Greenberg). The film is nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Roy Scheider), Sound (Theodore Soderberg, Christopher Newman), and Cinematography (Owen Roizman).
1972
April 21:
The Hot Rock opens, and is nominated for an Academy Award for Film Editing (Frank P. Keller, Fred W. Berger).
May 23:
The Poseidon Adventure is released, and receives Academy Awards for Best Song “The Morning After” (Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn) and a Special Achievement Award for visual effects (L.B. Abbott, A.D. Flowers). The film is nominated for Supporting Actress (Shelley Winters), Cinematography (Harold E. Stine), Art Direction—Set Direction (William Creber, Raphael Bretton), Costume Design (Paul Zastupnevich), Sound (Theodore Soderberg, Herman Lewis), Score (John Williams), and Film Editing (Harold F. Kress).
September 24:
Sounder opens, and earns Academy Award nominations for Best Picture (Robert B. Radnitz), Actor (Paul Winfield), Actress (Cicely Tyson), and Screenplay (Lonne Elder, III). Sounder, Part 2 was released in 1976.
September 17:
M*A*S*H debuts on TV and runs 11 seasons. It is the first show to earn $100 million in domestic syndication, and wins 14 Emmys.
October 22:
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie is released, and wins the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (France) as well as a nomination for Screenplay (Luis Buñuel;, Jean-Claude Carrière).
December 10:
Sleuth opens, and receives Academy Award nominations for Best Actor (Laurence Olivier), Actor (Michael Caine), Directing (Joseph L. Mankiewicz), and Score (John Addison).
December 17:
The Heartbreak Kid opens in Los Angeles. Eddie Albert is nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Jeannie Berlin is nominated for Supporting Actress. The film contains the iconic song “I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke” with music and lyrics by Bill Backer, Billy Davis, Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway.
1973
October 16:
The Paper Chase opens in New York. John Houseman, at 71, wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Houseman would reprise the part as the dictatorial Harvard professor Kingsfield in a Fox television series (1978-1986). The film is nominated for Screenplay (James Bridges) and Sound (O. Mitchell, Lawrence O. Jost).
December 18:
Cinderella Liberty opens, and is nominated for Best Actress (Marsha Mason), Best Song “Nice To Be Around” (John Williams, Andy Williams) and Score (John Williams).
1974
April 22::
Claudine is released starring Diahann Carroll who is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. Carroll was the first African American to star in a television series: Fox’s Julia (1968-1971).
August 12:
Harry and Tonto opens in New York and wins an Academy Award for Best Actor (Art Carney) and a nomination for Original Screenplay (Paul Mazursky, Josh Greenfeld).
August 31:
Phantom of the Paradise is released, and is nominated for an Academy Award for Score (Paul Williams, George Aliceson Tipton).
December 14:
The Towering Inferno is released and wins Academy Awards for Cinematography (Fred Koenekamp, Joseph Biroc), Editing (Harold F. Cress, Carl Kress) and Song “We May Never Love Like This Again” (Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn). The film is nominated for Best Picture (Irwin Allen), Supporting Actor (Fred Astaire), Art Direction—Set Direction (William Creber, Ward Preston; Raphael Bretton), Sound (Theodore Soderberg, Herman Lewis), and Score (John Williams).
December 15:
Young Frankenstein premieres in New York marking the Fox debut of Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks as a director. It is nominated for Academy Awards for Screenplay (Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks) and Sound (Richard Portman, Gene S. Cantamessa).
1975
February 26:
The Four Musketeers opens in New York. Yvonne Blake and Ron Talsky are nominated for an Academy Award for Costume Design.
October 15:
Whiffs is released. George Barrie and Sammy Cahn are nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song “Now That We’re in Love.”
December 25:
Scent of a Woman is released in Italy and then distributed in the U.S. by Fox. The film is nominated for Best Foreign Language Film and Screenplay (Ruggiero Maccari, Dino Risi).
1976
June 25:
The Omen is released, and Jerry Goldsmith wins an Academy Award for Original Score and is nominated for Original Song “Ave Satani.” The film spawns sequels: Damien - Omen II (1978), The Final Conflict (1981) that also marks composer Lionel Newman’s last work at Fox and The Omen (2006). A television movie The Omen IV: The Awakening aired in 1991.
December 3:
Silver Streak opens, and Donald Mitchell, Douglas Williams, Richard Tyler, and Hal Etherington are nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound.
1977
May 25:
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope is released and wins Academy Awards for Film Editing (Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas, Richard Chew), Art Direction—Set Decoration (John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley; Robert Christian), Costume Design (John Mollo), Sound (Don MacDougall, Ray West, Bob Minkler, Derek Ball), Visual Effects (John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune, Robert Blalack), Special award for Sound Effects (Benjamin Burtt, Jr.), Score (John Williams). The film is nominated for Best Picture (Gary Kurtz), Supporting Actor (Alec Guinness), Directing (George Lucas), and Writing (George Lucas).
June 8:
The Other Side of Midnight opens in New York. Irene Sharaff is nominated for an Academy Award for Costume Design.
October 2:
Julia premieres, and marks the film debut of Meryl Streep. The movie earned Academy Awards for Supporting Actor (Jason Robards), Supporting Actress (Vanessa Redgrave), and Adapted Screenplay (Alvin Sargent) and nominations for Best Picture (Richard Roth), Actress (Jane Fonda), Supporting Actor (Maximilian Schell), Directing (Fred Zinnemann), Cinematography (Douglas Slocombe), Costume Design (Anthea Sylbert), Film Editing (Walter Murch), and Score (Georges Delerue).
November 14:
The Turning Point is released, and is nominated for Best Picture, Actress (Anne Bancroft), Actress (Shirley MacLaine), Supporting Actor (Mikhail Baryshnikov), Supporting Actress (Leslie Browne), Directing (Herbert Ross), Original Screenplay (Arthur Laurents), Cinematography (Robert Surtees), Art Direction—Set Decoration (Albert Brenner; Marvin March), Sound (Theodore Soderberg, Paul Wells, Douglas O. Williams, Jerry Jost), and Film Editing (William Reynolds).
1978
March 1:
An Unmarried Woman opens in New York and receives Academy Award nominations for Best Picture (Paul Mazursky, Tony Ray), Original Screenplay (Paul Mazursky), and Actress (Jill Clayburgh).
October 5:
The Boys from Brazil is released starring Gregory Peck and Sir Laurence Olivier who is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Other nominations include Film Editing (Robert E. Swink) and Original Score (Jerry Goldsmith).
1979
March 2:
Norma Rae opens, and wins Academy Awards for Best Actress (Sally Field), Original Song “It Goes Like It Goes” (David Shire, Norman Gimbel) and nominations for Best Picture (Tamara Asseyev, Alex Rose) and Adapted Screenplay (Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank, Jr.).
May 25:
Alien premieres, and H. R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder, and Denys Ayling win the Academy Award for Visual Effects. Michael Seymour, Les Dilley Roger Christian and Ian Whittaker are nominated for Art Direction—Set Decoration. The franchise includes: Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992), Alien: Resurrection (1997), and Prometheus (2012). See also the Predator franchise.
June 21:
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days is released and receives an Academy Award nomination for Costume Design (William Ware Theiss).
July 20:
Breaking Away opens in Los Angeles and wins an Academy Award for Original Screenplay (Steve Tesich) and nominations for Best Picture (Peter Yates), Directing (Peter Yates), Supporting Actress (Barbara Barrie), and Score (Patrick Williams).
November 7:
The Rose opens and receives Academy Award nominations for Actress (Bette Midler in her Fox debut), Supporting Actor (Frederic Forrest), Sound (Theodore Soderberg, Douglas Williams, Paul Wells, Jim Webb), and Film Editing (Robert L. Wolfe, C. Timothy O’Meara).
December 20:
All That Jazz premieres, and brings Fox four Academy Awards: Art Direction—Set Decoration (Philip Rosenberg, Tony Walton; Edward Stewart, Gary Brink),Costume Design (Albert Wolsky), Film Editing (Alan Heim), Original Score (Ralph Burns)) and five nominations: Best Picture (Robert Alan Aurthur), Actor (Roy Scheider), Directing (Bob Fosse), Writing (Robert Alan Aurthur, Bob Fosse), Cinematography (Giuseppe Rotunno).
1980
May 21:
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is released, and wins an Academy Award for Sound (Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Peter Sutton) and a special achievement award for Visual Effects (Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Bruce Nicholson). The film is also nominated for Score (John Williams), and Art Direction—Set Decoration (Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Harry Lange, Alan Tomkins; Michael Ford).
June 20:
Brubaker is released starring Robert Redford. W.D. Richter and Arthur Ross are nominated for an Academy Award for Screenplay.
June 27:
The Stunt Man is released, and receives Academy Award nominations for Best Actor (Peter O’Toole), Directing (Richard Rush) and Adapted Screenplay (Lawrence B. Marcus, Richard Rush).
October 6:
Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior) is released and earns Academy Award nominations for Best Foreign Language Film (Japan) and Art Direction (Yoshiro Muraki).
December 14:
Tribute opens in New York. Jack Lemmon is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor.
December 19:
9 to 5 opens featuring the film debut of Dolly Parton, who is nominated for an Academy Award for writing the title song. Two series were created in 1982-1983 and from 1986-1988.
1982
February 12:
Quest for Fire premieres, and earns French Cesar Awards for best foreign film and director and an Academy Award for Makeup (Sarah Monzani, Michèle Burke). Director Jean-Jacques Annaud would be back in 1986 with Sean Connery in The Name of the Rose that earned another Cesar.
December 17:
The Verdict opens, and is nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture (Richard Zanuck, David Brown), Actor (Paul Newman), Supporting Actor (James Mason), Directing (Sidney Lumet), and Adapted Screenplay (David Mamet).
1983
February 19:
Betrayal is released, and nominated for an Academy Award for Writing (Harold Pinter).
April 1:
Heart like a Wheel is released and is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design (William Ware Theiss).
May 25:
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi opens and earns a special Academy Award for Visual Effects (Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, Phil Tippett) and nominations for Art Direction—Set Decoration (Norman Reynolds, Fred Hole, James Schoppe; Michael Ford), Score (John Williams), Sound (Ben Burtt, Gary Summers, Randy Thom, Tony Dawe), Sound Effects Editing (Ben Burtt).
December 14:
Silkwood opens and receives Academy Award nominations for Best Actress (Meryl Streep), Supporting Actress (Cher), Directing (Mike Nichols), Film Editing (Sam O’Steen), and Writing (Nora Ephron, Alice Arlen).
December 20:
To Be or Not to Be opens, and Charles Durning receives an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
1984
March 30:
Romancing the Stone premieres and is nominated for an Academy Award for Film Editing (Donn Cambern, Frank Morriss).
December 19:
Reuben, Reuben is released, and nominated for Academy Awards for Actor (Tom Conti) and Adapted Screenplay (Julius J. Epstein).
1985
March 15:
Mr. Belvedere debuts on TV and runs through 1990. It wins one Emmy.
June 14:
Prizzi’s Honor is released, and Anjelica Huston wins the Academy Award for Supporting Actress. The film is nominated for Best Picture (John Foreman), Actor (Jack Nicholson), Supporting Actor (William Hickey), Writing (Richard Condon, Janet Roach), Costume Design (Donfeld), Directing (John Huston), and Film Editing (Rudi Fehr, Kaja Fehr),
June 21:
Cocoon is released, starring Don Ameche (who wins an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor). The film is nominated for Academy Awards for Visual Effects (Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar, David Berry). A sequel Cocoon: The Return is released in 1988.
1986
July 18:
Aliens is released, and wins Academy Awards for Sound Effects Editing (Don Sharpe) and Visual Effects (Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson, Suzanne Benson) and nominations for Best Actress (Sigourney Weaver), Art Direction—Set Decoration (Peter Lamont; Crispian Sallis), Film Editing (Ray Lovejoy), Score (James Horner), and Sound (Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Michael A. Carter, Roy Charman).
August 15:
The Fly is released, and earns an Academy Award for Makeup (Chris Walas, Stephan Dupuis) and sequel Fly II in 1989.
October 3:
L.A. Law debuts on TV, runs through 1994, and wins 15 Emmys.
December 25:
The Morning After is released and is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress (Jane Fonda).
1987
February 13:
Mannequin is released. Albert Hammond and Diane Warren are nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now.”
April 5:
Married with Children (running through 1997) and The Tracey Ullman Show (running through 1990) debut on TV. Among the guest stars in Married, in 1995, is Keri Russell who would star in Arrested Development (2003 -), Waitress (2007), The Americans (2013 -) and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014). The Tracey Ullman Show was FOX’s first show to win an Emmy—8 in fact.
June 12:
Predator is released. Joel Hynek, Robert M. Greenberg, Richard Greenberg and Stan Winston are nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. Subsequent films include Predator 2 (1990), AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004), Aliens vs. Predator—Requiem (2007), and Predators (2010).
September 23:
Hooperman debuts on TV, runs through 1989, and wins one Emmy.
September 25:
The Princess Bride premieres. Willy DeVille is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song “Storybook Love.”
December 11:
Wall Street opens and finds a ready audience with real-life corporate scandals breaking open and the stock market plunging 500 points just two months before the premiere. Michael Douglas wins an Academy Award for Best Actor. Equally effective is Charlie Sheen who returned to Fox for the film spoofs Hot Shots! (1991) and Hot Shots Part Deux! (1993), and stars in 20th Television’s Anger Management (2012-14).
December 16:
Broadcast News premieres. It is nominated for Best Picture (James L. Brooks), Actor (William Hurt), Actress (Holly Hunter), Supporting Actor (Albert Brooks), Writing (James L. Brooks), Cinematography (Michael Ballhaus), and Film Editing (Richard Marks).
1988
April:
America’s Most Wanted debuts becoming FOX’s first breakout ratings hit popularizing tabloid TV and has won one Emmy to date.
June 3:
Big is released to theaters. As Miracle on 34th Street had enshrined New York’s Macy’s as a magical screen landmark, Big made the FAO Schwarz Toy Store on Fifth Avenue famous for the classic piano duet of Tom Hanks and Robert Loggia. There is a further connection here: Elizabeth Perkins, the object of Tom Hanks’ romantic attentions, would reprise Maureen O’Hara’s role in John Hughes remake of Miracle in 1994. Big receives Academy Award nominations for Actor (Tom Hanks) and Writing (Gary Ross, Anne Spielberg).
July 15:
Die Hard premieres and is nominated for Academy Awards for Sound (Don Bassman, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Overton, Al Overton), Film Editing (Frank J. Urioste, John F. Link), Sound Effects Editing (Stephen H. Flick, Richard Shorr), and Visual Effects (Richard Edlund, Al DiSarro, Brent Boates, Thaine Morris). Sequels include Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990), Die Hard With a Vengeance (1995), Live Free Or Die Hard (2007), and A Good Day to Die Hard (2013).
December 21:
Working Girl premieres and is nominated for Best Picture (Douglas Wick), Directing (Mike Nichols), and Supporting Actress (Joan Cusack and Sigourney Weaver). It makes Melanie Griffith a star; earning her an Academy Award nomination and Golden Globe. Carly Simon wins an Academy Award for the Working Girl song: “Let the River Run.” The film spawned a television show and Griffith’s daughter Dakota Johnson starred in Ben and Kate (2012-2013) and A Bigger Splash (2015).
1989
August 9:
The Abyss opens, and wins an Academy Award for Visual Effects (John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman, Dennis Skotak) and nominations for Art Direction—Set Direction (Leslie Dilley, Anne Kuljian), Sound (Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Overton, Lee Orloff),
and Cinematography (Mikael Salomon). A 1993 release of James Cameron’s preferred edit adding 28 minutes of footage popularizes “Director’s Cuts” on home video.
October 13:
The Fabulous Baker Boys is released and receives Academy Award nominations for Best Actress (Michelle Pfeiffer), Cinematography (Michael Ballhaus), Best Film Editing (William Steinkamp), and Original Score (David Grusin).
December 13:
Enemies, A Love Story is released and receives Academy Award nominations for two Supporting Actresses (Anjelica Houston, Lena Olin) and Screenplay (Roger L. Simon, Paul Mazursky).
December 17:
The Simpsons (1989 -) debuts and has won 32 Emmys to date.
1990
April 15:
In Living Color debuts and runs through 1994. It features new stars (Jim Carrey, David Alan Grier, Kim Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Damon Wayans, Jamie Foxx), and wins 1 Emmy.
August 1:
Young Guns II opens, and Jon Bon Jovi is nominated for an Academy Award for Song “Blaze of Glory.”
November 16:
Home Alone opens, and is nominated for Academy Awards for Original Song “Somewhere in My Memory” (John Williams, Leslie Bricusse) and Score (John Williams). Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is released in 1992.
December 7:
Edward Scissorhands premieres and Ve Neill and Stan Winston are nominated for an Academy Award for Best Makeup.
Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown win the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.
1991
August 14:
The Commitments is nominated for an Academy Award for Film Editing (Gerry Hambling).
August 21:
Barton Fink is released, and nominated for Academy Awards for Supporting Actor (Michael Lerner), Art Direction—Set Direction (Dennis Gassner, Nancy Haigh) and Costume Design (Richard Hornung).
November 27:
For the Boys opens, and Bette Midler is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.
December 25:
Grand Canyon opens in Los Angeles. Lawrence Kasdan and Meg Kasdan are nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
1992
March 13:
My Cousin Vinny opens in Los Angeles. Marisa Tomei wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
May 22:
Alien 3 is released, and George Gibbs is nominated for an Academy Award for Visual Effects.
September 18:
Picket Fences (1992–1996) debuts on TV and wins 14 Emmys.
September 25:
The Last of the Mohicans is released and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound (Chris Jenkins, Doug Hemphill, Mark Smith, Simon Kaye).
December 18:
Toys opens in Los Angeles starring Robin Williams and is nominated for Academy Awards for Art Direction—Set Decoration (Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Linda DeScenna) and Costume Design (Albert Wolsky).
December 25:
Hoffa starring Jack Nicholson opens and receives Academy Award nominations for Cinematography (Stephen H. Burum) and Makeup (Ve Neill, Greg Cannom, John Blake).
1993
September 10:
The X-Files debuts on TV, and runs through 2002. The show wins 13 Creative Arts Emmys and 3 Emmys, and spawns The X-Files (1998), The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008), and The X-Files Re-Opened (2015 TV special)
September 21:
NYPD Blue debuts on TV and runs through 2005 winning 20 Emmys.
November 24:
Mrs. Doubtfire is released and Greg Cannom and Ve Neill and Yolanda Toussieng are nominated for an Academy Award for Makeup.
1994
June 10:
Speed premieres, and earns two Academy Awards (Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bob Beemer and David R. B. MacMillan for Best Sound and Stephen Hunter Flick for Sound Effects Editing) and one nomination for Film Editing (John Wright).
July 15:
True Lies opens and is nominated for an Academy Award for Visual Effects (John Bruno, Thomas L. Fisher, Jacques Stroweis, Patrick McClung).
September 18:
Chicago Hope debuts on TV and runs through 2000. The show wins 7 Emmys.
December 14:
Nell is released and Jodie Foster is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.
1996
July 3:
Independence Day premieres, and earns an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects (Volker Engel who appears briefly in the movie as a victim of one of his own fiery explosions) - Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney, and Joseph Viskocil). The film is nominated for Best Sound (Chris Carpenter, Bill W. Benton, Bob Beemer, Jeff Wexler).
October 4:
That Thing You Do is released, and Adam Schlesinger is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song “That Thing You Do.”
November 1:
Baz Luhrmann’s William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet is released. Catherine Martin and Brigitte Broch are nominated for an Academy Award for Art Direction-Set Decoration.
November 27:
The Crucible premieres and is nominated for Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Joan Allen) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Arthur Miller).
December 20:
One Fine Day is released, and nominated for an Academy Award for Original Song “For the First Time” (James Newton Howard and Jud J. Friedman and Allan Dennis Rich)..
1997
March 4:
The Practice debuts on TV and runs through 2004. It wins 15 Emmys.
March 10:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer debuts on TV, runs through 2003, and wins 2 Emmys.
August 13:
The Full Monty opens in Los Angeles and earns an Academy Award for Original Score (Anne Dudley) as well as nominations for Best Picture (Uberto Pasolini), Directing (Peter Cattaneo), and Original Screenplay (Simon Beaufoy).
September 8:
Ally McBeal debuts on TV, runs through 2002, and wins 7 Emmys.
November 14:
Anastasia premieres; it is the first film of new division Fox Family Films and Fox Animation Studios Inc. The film is nominated for Academy Awards for Best Original Song “Journey to the Past” (Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens) and Score (Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens; orchestral Score by David Newman).
December 19:
Titanic is released, and wins Academy Awards for Best Picture (James Cameron), Directing (James Cameron), Cinematography (Russell Carpenter), Art Direction-Set Decoration (Peter Lamont, Michael Ford), Costume Design (Deborah L. Scott), Sound (Gary Ryd-strom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers, Mark Ulano), Film Editing (Conrad Buff, James Cameron, Richard A. Harris), Sound Effects Editing (Tom Bellfort, Christopher Boyes), Original Song “My Heart Will Go On” (James Horner, Will Jennings), Score (James Horner), Visual Effects (Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher, Michael Kanfer). The film is nominated for Actress (Kate Winslet), Supporting Actress (Gloria Stuart), and Makeup (Tina Earnshaw, Greg Cannom, Simon Thompson).
December 31:
Oscar and Lucinda is released, and Janet Patterson is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design.
1998
May 15:
Bulworth starring Warren Beatty and Halle Berry is released and receives an Academy award nomination for Original Screenplay (Warren Beatty, Jeremy Pikser).
December 25:
The Thin Red Line is released and is nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture (Robert Michael Geisler, John Roberdeau and Grant Hill), Directing (Terrence Malick), Writing (Terrence Malick), Cinematography (John Toll), Film Editing (Billy Weber, Leslie Jones, Saar Klein), Music (Hans Zimmer), and Sound (Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Paul Brincat).
1999
January 31:
The Family Guy debuts on TV and to date has won 5 Emmys
March 28:
Futurama debuts on TV, and is the winner of 6 Emmys.
May 19:
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace is released and is nominated for Academy Awards for Sound (Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Shawn Murphy, John Midgley), Sound Effects Editing (Ben Burtt, Tom Bellfort), and Visual Effects (John Knoll, Dennis Muren, Scott Squires, Rob Coleman).
September 19:
Judging Amy debuts and wins one Emmy.
October 8:
Boys Don’t Cry is screened at the New York Film Festival and Hilary Swank becomes an international star and Academy Award-winner for Best Actress. Chloe Sevigny is nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
October 15:
Fight Club premieres in Los Angeles. Ren Klyce and Richard Hymns were nominated for an Academy Award for Sound Effects Editing.
December 17:
Anna and the King premieres and earns Academy Award nominations for Art Direction—Set Decoration (Luciana Arrighi, Ian Whittaker) and Costume Design (Jenny Beavan).
December 24:
Titus is released based on the play Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare starring Anthony Hopkins. Milena Canonero is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design.
2000
January 9:
Malcolm in the Middle debuts on TV and runs through 2006 winning 7 Emmys.
July 14:
X-Men premieres and a new franchise is born: X2 (2003), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2008), X-Men: First Class (2011), The Wolverine (2013), and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). Deadpool and X-Men: Apocalypse were released in 2016. There were also television series: X-Men (1992-97), X-Men: Evolution (2000-03), Wolverine and the X-Men (2008-09), Wolverine (2011 -), and X-Men (2011 -).
December 15:
Quills is released and Geoffrey Rush is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor as the Marquis de Sade. The film is also nominated for Art Direction-Set Decoration (Martin Childs, Jill Quertier), and Costume Design (Jacqueline West).
December 22:
Cast Away is released. The film is the first in an ongoing partnership with DreamWorks, and receives Academy Award nominations for Best Actor (Tom Hanks) and Best Sound (Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands, William B. Kaplan).
2001
May 18:
Moulin Rouge is released and receives Academy Awards for Art Direction (Catherine Martin, Brigitte Broch) and Costume Design (Catherine Martin, Angus Strathie) and is nominated for Best Picture (Martin Brown, Baz Luhrmann, Fred Baron), Best Actress (Nicole Kidman), Cinematography (Donald M. McAlpine), Film Editing (Jill Bilcock), Makeup (Maurizio Silvi, Aldo Signoretti), Sound (Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Roger Savage, Guntis Sics).
June 13:
Sexy Beast is released, and Ben Kingsley is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
November 21:
24 (2001-2010) debuts on TV, wins 20 Emmys, and spawns 24 (2008 TV movie), 24: Live Another Day (2014 TV miniseries), and 24: Legacy (2017 TV series).
2002
March 15:
After Fox purchased them in 1999, Blue Sky Studios releases its first animated feature. The sequels include Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012), and Ice Age: Collision Course (2016). Chris Wedge is nominated for Best Animated Feature Film.
May 8:
Unfaithful (Fox 2000 Pictures) is released. Diane Lane is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.
May 16:
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones premieres. Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll and Ben Snow are nominated for an Academy Award for Visual Effects.
June 11:
American Idol debuts on FOX and runs through 2016. The season finales were ranked number one an unprecedented eight times in a row between 2003 and 2011. The show has won 8 Emmys.
June 21:
Minority Report is released and receives an Academy Award nomination for Sound Editing (Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom). The movie becomes a 2015 TV series.
July 12:
Road to Perdition; the story of a father (Tom Hanks) and son (Tyler Hoechlin) made by a father (Richard Zanuck) and son (Dean Zanuck). Conrad L. Hall wins the Academy Award for Best Director and Paul Newman is nominated for Best Supporting Actor. The film receives nominations for Art Direction (Dennis Gassner; Nancy Haigh), Original Score (Thomas Newman), Sound Editing (Scott A. Hecker), and Sound (Scott Millan, Bob Beemer, John Patrick Pritchett).
September 20:
Firefly debuts on FOX and is canceled by December 12. The show wins 1 Emmy.
2003
August 20:
Thirteen (Fox Searchlight) is released. Holly Hunter is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
November 2:
Arrested Development debuts on TV, and to date had won 6 Emmys.
November 14:
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is released by Twentieth Century Fox, Universal, and Miramax. The film receives Academy Awards for Sound Editing (Richard King), and Cinematography (Russell Boyd) and nominations for Best Picture (Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Peter Weir, Duncan Henderson), Directing (Peter Weir), Art Direction-Set Direction (William Sandell, Robert Gould), Costume Design (Wendy Stites). Editing (Lee Smith), Makeup (Edouard Henriques III, Yolanda Toussieng), Sound Mixing (Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill, Arthur Rochester), and Visual Effects (Dan Sudick, Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness, Robert Stromberg).
November 26:
In America opens in Los Angeles and is nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress (Samantha Morton), Supporting Actor (Djimon Hounsou) and Original Screenplay (Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan).
November 26:
Gone Nutty is released and Carlos Saldanha and John C. Donkin are nominated for Best Animated Short Film (Blue Sky Studios).
2004
July 16:
I, Robot opens in Los Angeles starring Will Smith and Bridget Moynahan and is nominated for an Academy Award for Visual Effects (John Nelson, Andrew R. Jones, Erik Nash, Joe Letteri).
October 20:
Sideways opens and wins an Academy Award for Adapted Screenplay (Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor), and is nominated for Best Picture (Michael London), Supporting Actor (Thomas Haden Church), Supporting Actress (Virginia Madsen), and Directing (Alexander Payne).
November 12:
Kinsey premieres at the Telluride Film Festival. Laura Linney is nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
2005
May 19:
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is released and receives an Academy Award nomination for Makeup (Dave Elsey, Nikki Gooley). On October 30, 2012 George Lucas sells Lucasfilm to The Walt Disney Company for $4 billion including the Star Wars franchise. While Disney now owns and can release future films in the series Fox retains distribution rights to Star Wars IV in perpetuity worldwide and theatrical, nontheatrical and home video rights worldwide for the other five through May 2020.
November 18:
Walk the Line is released and Reese Witherspoon wins the Academy Award for Best Actress (and does her own signing as country-western singer June Carter). The film receives nominations for Best Actor (Joaquin Phoenix, who also did his own singing as Johnny Cash), Costume Design (Arianne Phillips), Editing (Michael McCusker), and Sound Mixing (Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill, Peter F. Kurland). Johnny Cash and June Carter appeared in The Gospel Road (1973).
Robert Altman receives an Honorary Academy Award “in recognition of a career that has repeatedly reinvented the art form and inspired filmmakers and audiences alike.”
2006
September 27:
The Last King of Scotland opens. Forest Whitaker wins the Academy Award for Best Actor as real-life Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.
June 30:
The Devil Wears Prada puts Fox back in the glamour business with Academy Award-nominated costume designer Patricia Field and Meryl Streep earning her 14th nomination for Best Actress.
July 26:
Little Miss Sunshine is released, and wins Academy Awards for Original Screenplay (Michael Arndt) and Supporting Actor (Alan Arkin). The film is nominated for Best Picture (David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub), and Supporting Actress (Abigail Breslin).
November 3:
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is released and is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer, Todd Phillips).
November 21:
No Time For Nuts (Blue Sky Studios) is released and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (Chris Renaud, Michael Thurmeier).
December 27:
Notes on a Scandal opens in New York and Los Angeles and is nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress (Judi Dench), Supporting Actress (Cate Blanchett), Adapted Screenplay (Patrick Marber), and Original Score (Philip Glass).
Sherry Lansing receives the 2006 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
2007
May 16:
Once makes its American debut at the Sundance Film Festival. Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova win the Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Falling Slowly.”
July 24:
Damages debuts and runs through 2012 winning 9 Emmys.
November 28:
The Savages is released and earns Academy Award nominations for Best Actress (Laura Linney) and Original Screenplay (Tamara Jenkins).
December 5:
Juno is released and earns an Academy Award for Diablo Cody for Original Screenplay. The film is also nominated for Best Picture (Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick, Russell Smith), Actress (Ellen Page), and Directing (Jason Reitman).
2008
April 18:
The Russian documentary Water is released in America by Fox and receives an Academy Award nomination as Best Foreign Language Film.
November 12:
Slumdog Millionaire wins Academy Awards for Best Picture (Christian Colson), Directing (Danny Boyle), Cinematography (Anthony Dod Mantle), Editing (Chris Dickens), Original Score (A.R. Rahman), Original Song “Jai Ho” (A.R. Rahman and Gulzar), Sound Mixing (Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty), and Adapted Screenplay (Simon Beaufoy). The film is nominated for Best Song “O Saya” (A.R. Rahman, Maya Arulpragasam).
November 26:
Australia opens in Los Angeles. Catherine Martin is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design.
December 17::
The Wrestler is released and earns Academy Award nominations for Best Actor (Mickey Rourke), and Supporting Actress (Marisa Tomei).
2009
May 19:
Glee debuts on TV, ran through 2015, and won 4 Emmys and 2 Creative Arts Emmys.
September 23:
Modern Family debuts and has won 17 Emmys and 4 Creative Arts Emmys to date.
November 13:
Fantastic Mr. Fox is released and nominated for Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature Film (Wes Anderson) and Original Score (Alexandre Desplat).
December 16:
Crazy Heart opens and earns Academy Awards for Actor (Jeff Bridges), and Song “The Weary Kind” (Ryan Bingham, T Bone Burnett). Maggie Gyllenhaal is nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
December 18:
Avatar opens and receives Academy Awards for Cinematography (Mauro Fiore), Visual Effects (Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones) and Art Direction (Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg; Kim Sinclair). The film is nominated for Best Picture (James Cameron, Jon Landau), Directing (James Cameron), Editing (Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron), Score (James Horner), Sound Editing (Christopher Boyes, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle), and Sound Mixing (Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson). Four sequels are planned for release beginning in 2018.
2010
March 16:
Justified debuts on TV, runs through 2015, and wins 2 Emmys.
June 29:
Louie debuts on the FX Network and has won 3 Emmys.
November 5:
127 Hours is released. James Franco - who made his film debut in Never Been Kissed (1999) - is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. The film is also nominated for Best Picture (Christian Colson, Danny Boyle, John Smithson), Editing (Jon Harris), Score (A.R. Rahman), Song “If I Rise” (A.R. Rahman, Dido and Rollo Armstrong), and Adapted Screenplay (Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy).
November 12:
Unstoppable is released and receives an Academy Award nomination for Sound Editing (Mark P. Stoeckinger).
December 3:
The Black Swan is released and Natalie Portman wins the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film is nominated for Best Picture (Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin), Cinematography (Matthew Libatique), Directing (Darren Aronofsky), and Film Editing (Andrew Weisblum).
2011
April 15:
Twentieth Century Fox Animation/Blue Sky’s Rio receives an Academy Award nomination for Best Song “Real in Rio” (Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown, Siedah Garrett). Rio 2 is released in 2014.
May 27:
Tree of Life is released and is nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture (Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gardner, Grant Hill), Directing (Terrence Malick), and for best Cinematography (Emmanuel Lubezki).
August 5:
The Chernin Group’s first feature film The Rise of the Planet of the Apes is released. Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, and Daniel Barrett are nominated for an Academy Award for Visual Effects.
October 2:
Homeland debuts and wins 6 Emmys and 2 Creative Arts Emmys.
2011
October 5::
American Horror Story debuts and has won 4 Emmys and 4 Creative Arts Emmys to date. The show features new Fox stars Evan Peters (X-Men: Days of Future Past (2011), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)) and Matt Bomer (White Collar (2009-14), In Time (2011).
November 16:
The Descendants premieres earning an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash) and nominations for Best Picture (Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor), Actor (George Clooney), Directing (Alexander Payne), Editing (Kevin Tent).
2012
June 8:
Prometheus is nominated for an Academy Award for Visual Effects (Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley, Martin Hill).
June 27:
Beasts of the Southern Wild opens and receives Academy Award nominations for Best Picture (Dan Janvey, Josh Penn, Michael Gottwald), Directing (Benh Zeitlin), Adapted Screenplay (Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin), and Actress (Quvenzhane Wallis).
July 13:
Twentieth Century Fox Animation’s Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare is released, and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Film (David Silverman).
October 19:
The Sessions opens and Helen Hunt is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
November 21:
Life of Pi premieres and wins Academy Awards for Directing (Ang Lee), Cinematography (Claudio Miranda), Score (Mychael Danna), and Visual Effects (Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer, Donald R. Elliott). The film is nominated for Best Picture (Gil Netter, Ang Lee, David Womark), Adapted Screenplay (David Magee), Editing (Tim Squyres), Original Song “Pi’s Lullaby” (Mychael Danna, Bombay Jayashri), Production Design (David Gropman, Anna Pinnock), Sound Editing (Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton), and Sound Mixing (Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill, Drew Kunin). The world’s largest wave-making water tank was built for the film in Taiwan holding 1.7 million gallons.
November 23:
The release of Hitchcock marks the seventh decade of studio involvement from the prolific Huston family with Danny Huston, John’s son, in the cast. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Makeup and Hairstyling (Howard Berger, Peter Montagna, Martin Samuel).
2013
January 30:
The Americans debuts, and to date has won 1 Emmy.
March 22:
Under an agreement signed in August of 2012, Fox starts distributing DreamWorks animated product beginning with the release of The Croods. The film is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature (Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco, Kristine Belson).
October 18:
12 Years a Slave is released and wins Academy Awards for Best Picture (Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Anthony Katagas), Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong’o) and Adapted Screenplay (John Ridley) and nominations for Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor), Supporting Actor (Michael Fassbender), Costume Design (Patricia Norris), Directing (Steve McQueen), Film Editing (Joe Walker), Production Design (Adam Stockhausen, Alice Baker).
November 8:
The Book Thief is released and John Williams is nominated for his 49th Academy Award for Best Original Score.
November 27:
Philomena is released and is nominated for Best Picture (Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, Tracey Seaward), Actress (Judi Dench), Original Score (Alexandre Desplat), and Adapted Screenplay (Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope).
2014
March 7:
Grand Budapest Hotel is released and wins Academy Awards for Costume Design (Milena Canonero), Makeup (Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier), Score (Alexandre Desplat), Art Direction (Adam Stockhausen; Anna Pinnock) and nominations for Best Picture, Directing (Wes Anderson), Screenplay (Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness), Cinematography (Robert Yoeman), and Film Editing (Barney Pilling).
May 23:
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) is released, and nominated for an Academy Award for Sound Editing (Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie, Cameron Waldbauer).
June 13:
DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon 2 is distributed by Fox and is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film.
October 3:
Gone Girl is released and is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress (Rosamund Pike).
October 17:
Birdman: (Or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) is released and wins Academy Awards for Best Picture, Director (Alejandro G. Iñárritu), Screenplay (Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr., Armando Bo), Actor, (Michael Keaton), Cinematography (Emmanuel Lubezki) and nominations for Supporting Actor (Edward Norton), Supporting Actress (Emma Stone), and Sound Editing (Martin Hernández, Aaron Glascock)
December 5:
Wild is released and is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress (Reese Witherspoon).
2015
January 26:
Brooklyn premieres at the Sundance Film Festival and is nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture (Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey), Actress (Saoirse Ronan), and Adapted Screenplay (Nick Hornby).
October 2:
The Martian is released and is nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture (Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer,
Mark Huffam), Actor (Matt Damon), Adapted Screenplay (Drew Goddard), Production Design (Arthur Max, Celia Bobak), Sound (Paul Massey, Mark Taylor, Mac Ruth), Sound Editing (Oliver Tarney), and Visual Effects (Richard Stammers, Anders Lang-lands, Chris Lawrence, Steven Warner).
October 16:
Bridge of Spies is released and wins an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Mark Rylance), and nominations for Best Picture (Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt, Kristie Macosko Krieger), Scoring (Thomas Newman), Production Design (Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo, Bernhard Henrich), Sound (Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom, Drew Kunin), and Screenplay (Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen).
December 4:
Youth is released and is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song “Simple Song #3” (David Lang).
December 16:
The Revenant is released and wins Academy Awards for Best Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio), Cinematography (Emmanuel Lubezki), and Directing (Alejandro G. Iñárritu), and nominations for Best Picture (Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent, Keith Redmon), Supporting Actor (Tom Hardy), Costume Design (Jacqueline West), Editing (Stephen Mirrione), Makeup (Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman, Robert A. Pandini), Production Design (Jack Fisk, Hamish Purdy), Sound Editing (Martin Hernandez, Lon Bender), Sound Mixing (Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom, Chris Duesterdiek), and Visual Effects (Richard McBride, Matthew Shumway, Jason Smith, Cameron Waldbauer).
December 25:
Joy is released and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress (Jennifer Lawrence).
STAGE ONE:
Second Honeymoon, Hot Water, Wife, Doctor and Nurse, Charlie Chan