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The sudden emergence of Mr. Penn, who was nominated for a best-director Oscar, "has probably been the quietest assumption of authority ever to take place in show business," Brock Brower wrote in the New York Times in 1962.
Arthur Penn, director of 'Bonnie and Clyde,' dies at 88 Emma Brown 2010
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Mr. Durkin won the best-director award at the Sundance Film Festival this past January for the film, a kind of meditation on post-traumatic stress disorder.
Fall Preview: Movies 2011
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Bigelow, the first woman to win the best-director award, is known for her tough, no-nonsense films.
Onstage drama and backstage delight at the Academy Awards 2010
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Just then, the best-director category came up on the monitors, and they watched as the action unfolded live right behind them.
Onstage drama and backstage delight at the Academy Awards 2010
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"The Miracle Worker" was a commercial hit for which Mr. Penn received widespread acclaim and a 1960 best-director Tony Award.
Arthur Penn, director of 'Bonnie and Clyde,' dies at 88 Emma Brown 2010
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Boyle won the best-director Academy Award in 2009 for "Slumdog Millionaire," a film that won a total of eight Oscars.
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Along with Granik, the best-director field includes "127 Hours" filmmaker Danny Boyle, who won best picture and director Oscars for 2008's "Slumdog Millionaire."
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Along with Granik, the best-director field includes "127 Hours" filmmaker Danny Boyle, who won best picture and director Oscars for 2008's "Slumdog Millionaire."
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Today, even minor sex scenes are cut from independent films, and violence also is frequently censored, even in movies by internationally acclaimed directors such as Brillante Mendoza, winner of a best-director prize for "Kinatay" ( "The Butchered") at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in 2009.
Preacher Power 2010
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Along with his best-director Academy Award for "The Graduate" and his Grammy for a comedy album with former partner Elaine May, Nichols is a multiple winner for the top honors on television and the stage -- four Emmys, eight Tonys.
Julia Roberts, Oprah, Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman & More Honor Mike Nichols (PHOTOS) 2010
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