This Academy Award-winning director took home his first statuette for writing MIDNIGHT EXPRESS.
John Milius
Oliver Stone*
Brian De Palma
Francis Ford Coppola
Stone had buddied up with Oscar long before earning accolades as director of PLATOON and BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY.
This semi-autobiographical film by director Bob Fosse was a Best Picture nominee.
ALL THAT JAZZ*
CABARET
A CHORUS LINE
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
The legendary choreographer missed the mark for ALL THAT JAZZ, but danced away with an Academy Award in 1972 for directing CABARET.
