The 83-year-old actor has been nominated for a job in “The Father.”
According to The Wrap, the record has so far been held by Richard Farnsworth, who was nominated for the category at The Straight Story at the age of 79.
It has already been reported that this year’s Oscar nominations are dominated by the black-and-white drama “Mank” by the film and television streaming platform Netflix, which has been nominated for ten awards, including in the category of “best film”.
David Fincher’s biographical drama about Hollywood screenwriter Herman Mankevic has also been nominated for prizes in the prestigious categories of “Best Director”, “Best Actor” and “Best Supporting Actress.”
Six more films have been nominated for six awards: “The Father,” “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Minari,” “Nomadland,” “Sound of Metal,” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7.”
For the first time, there are two women nominated for the Best Director Award: Nomadland director Chloe Zhao and Promising Young Woman director Emerald Fennel.
So far, only five women have applied for the Best Director Oscar in the history of the awards.
Zhao is also the first female director of Asian descent to claim the award in this category.
The other contenders for Best Director at this year’s Oscar are Fincher for “Mank”, Lee Aizak Chun for “Minari” and Thomas Winterberg for “Another Round”.
Labākās filmas balvai izvirzītas: “The Father”, “Judas and the Black Messiah”, “Minari”, “Mank”, “Nomadland”, “Promising Young Woman”, “Sound of Metal” un “The Trial of the Chicago 7”.
In normal years, the Oscars would have already been presented, but due to the pandemic, the ceremony has been postponed to April 25.
Kerry Maligan is nominated for Best Actress for her role in Promising Young Woman, Francis McDormand for Nomadland, Viola Davis for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Vanessa Curby for Pieces of a Woman and Andrew Dance for her role in The United States vs. Billie Holiday “.
Nominees for Best Actor are Chadwick Bousman for his performance in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” Rice Ahmed for “Sound of Metal,” Anthony Hopkins for “The Father,” Gary Oldman for “Mank,” and Steven Jin for ” Minari “.
Bosnia-Herzegovina’s film “Quo Vadis, Aida?”, Denmark’s “Another Round”, Hong Kong’s “Better Days”, Romania’s “Collective” and Tunisia’s film “The Man Who Sold His Skin” are nominated for the award for the best international film.
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