Mar 5, 2014 · The Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave tells the heartbreaking story of Solomon Northup, a free man who was sold into slavery. Host Michel Martin reflects on all the powerful, personal stories...

The Academy Award for Best Director (officially known as the Academy Award of Merit for Directing) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in the film industry .

Jan 24, 2025 · MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're used to seeing the Academy Award nominees for best original song performed live on Oscars night. (SOUNDBITE OF TIMOTHEE CHALAMET'S "LIKE A ROLLING STONE") MARTIN: And several of the top 2025 contenders are movies built around big musical performances, including "Emilia Perez," "Wicked," and "A …

Dec 9, 2024 · Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan accept the Best Director award for Everything Everywhere All at Once onstage during the 95th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 12, 2023 in...

Mar 12, 2023 · From Warren Beatty to Steven Spielberg to Jane Campion, here's every filmmaker who's won the Best Director Oscar at the Academy AWards through the years

Apr 25, 2021 · MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: And finally today, the 93rd annual Academy Awards are happening this evening. And while the pandemic has made the run-up to tonight's Oscars ceremony a very different...

Jan 2, 2025 · It honors outstanding achievement by a director in a movie from a given year, as determined by the academy’s voting members. At the first Academy Awards ceremony in 1929, the award recognized the work in films from 1927–28, and it …

Michel McQueen Martin is an American journalist and correspondent for National Public Radio and WNET. After ten years in print journalism, Martin has become best known for her radio and television news broadcasting on national topics.

Nov 22, 2023 · MARTIN: On the one hand, as you pointed out, it was an historic moment. I mean, you’re the first African American found person to win for an Academy Award for directing.

Feb 27, 2012 · “The Artist” beat out films from the likes of Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg and George Clooney to top honors at the Academy Awards on Sunday – not bad for a silent, black-and-white French...