Curated category
Producers who won the Best Picture Academy Award
- Steven SpielbergSteven Allan Spielberg was born on the 18th of December 1946, in Cincinnati, Ohio. His mother Leah Adler ran a kosher dairy restaurant and played concert…
- Christopher NolanChristopher Edward Nolan was born on the 30th of July 1970 in Westminster, London. His father Brendan James Nolan worked as a creative director for an…
- Peter JacksonPeter Jackson was born on the 31st of October 1961 in Wellington, New Zealand. He grew up in a suburb called Pukerua Bay with parents who had immigrated from…
- Clint EastwoodClinton Eastwood Jr. arrived at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital in San Francisco on the 31st of May 1930. Nurses nicknamed him Samson because he weighed more…
- Jack L. WarnerJacob Warner was born in London, Ontario, Canada, on the 2nd of August 1892. His parents were Polish-Jewish immigrants who spoke mainly Yiddish at home.
- James CameronJames Francis Cameron was born on the 16th of August 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario. He grew up as the eldest of five children with two brothers and two…
- Michael DouglasMichael Kirk Douglas entered the world on the 25th of September 1944 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He was the first child of actors Kirk Douglas and Diana…
- Irving ThalbergIrving Thalberg was born with a heart condition so severe that doctors predicted he would die before turning thirty, yet he went on to become the most…
- Guillermo del ToroGuillermo del Toro Gómez was born on the 9th of October 1964 in Guadalajara, Jalisco. His father Federico won a lottery worth $6 million in 1969.
- Francis Ford CoppolaFrancis Ford Coppola was born on the 7th of April 1939 in Detroit, Michigan. His father Carmine worked as a flautist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra…
- Ron HowardRonald William Howard entered the world on the 1st of March 1954, in Duncan, Oklahoma. His father Rance Howard served three years in the United States Air…
- Saul ZaentzSaul Zaentz was born on the 28th of February 1921 in Passaic, New Jersey. He grew up as the youngest of five children to Polish Jewish immigrants who had…