Oscar History: December 3 (2024)

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

Born

	1874: Arthur Wimperis (78 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Screenplay Oscar Win: Screenplay

	1891: Hans Koenekamp (100 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Special Effects

	1907: Virginia Kellogg (73 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Story and Screenplay, Motion Picture Story

	1911: Nino Rota (67 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Drama Score Oscar Win: Drama Score

	1922: Sven Nykvist (83 at death) {3 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography Oscar Wins: Cinematography

	1925: Dede Allen (84 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Editing

	1930: Jean-Luc Godard (91 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary

	1960: Julianne Moore (64) {5 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Actress, Supporting Actress Oscar Win: Actress

	1965: Andrew Stanton (59) {6 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Adapted Screenplay, Animated Feature Oscar Wins: Animated Feature

	1968: Brendan Fraser (56) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Actor Oscar Win: Actor

	1985: Amanda Seyfried (39) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress

Died

	1949: Maria Ouspenskaya (73) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress

	1974: Milo Lory (71) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Special Effects Oscar Win: Special Effects

	1983: Justin Herman (76) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: One-Reel Short Film

	1999: Madeline Kahn (57) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress

	2009: Richard Todd (90) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actor

Released

	1936: Winterset (88) {2 Noms, 0 Wins @ 1936 Academy Awards} Oscar Nominations: Scoring, Art Direction/Production Design

	1976: Silver Streak (48) {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 1976 Academy Awards} Oscar Nomination: Sound

	1980: The Competition (44) {2 Noms, 0 Wins @ 1980 Academy Awards} Oscar Nominations: Original Song (“People Alone”), Editing

	1982: Frances (42) {2 Noms, 0 Wins @ 1982 Academy Awards} Oscar Nominations: Actress (Jessica Lange), Supporting Actress (Kim Stanley)

	1998: Shakespeare in Love (26) {13 Noms, 7 Wins @ 1998 Academy Awards} Oscar Nominations: Picture, Directing (John Madden), Actress (Gwyneth Paltrow), Supporting Actor (Geoffrey Rush), Supporting Actress (Judi Dench), Original Screenplay, Original Musical or Comedy Score, Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction/Production Design, Costume Design, Makeup, Sound Oscar Wins: Picture, Actress (Gwyneth Paltrow), Supporting Actress (Judi Dench), Original Screenplay, Original Musical or Comedy Score, Art Direction/Production Design, Costume Design

	2004: Closer (20) {2 Noms, 0 Wins @ 2004 Academy Awards} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor (Clive Owen), Supporting Actress (Natalie Portman)

	2004: House of Flying Daggers (20) {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 2004 Academy Awards} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography

	2010: Black Swan (14) {5 Noms, 1 Win @ 2010 Academy Awards} Oscar Nominations: Picture, Directing (Darren Aronofsky), Actress (Natalie Portman), Editing, Cinematography Oscar Win: Actress (Natalie Portman)

	2014: Wild (10) {2 Noms, 0 Wins @ 2014 Academy Awards} Oscar Nominations: Actress (Reese Witherspoon), Supporting Actress (Laura Dern)

	2015: Land of Mine (9) {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 2016 Academy Awards} Oscar Nomination: Foreign Language Film

	2021: Flee (3) {3 Noms, 0 Wins @ 2021 Academy Awards} Oscar Nominations: Animated Feature, International Feature, Documentary Feature