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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Who are the only two people to win Best Director for a film that was not nominated for Best Picture?

  • Bing Crosby won the 1944 Best Actor Oscar as Father O'Malley in Going My Way and was nominated the following year for its sequel The Bells of St. Mary's.
  • Peter O'Toole was nominated as Henry II in both Becket and The Lion in Winter.
  • Al Pacino as Michael Corelone in The Godfather Parts I & II.
  • Paul Newman was nominated for Best Actor for Fast Eddie Felson in The Hustler and then won for the role 25 years later in The Color of Money.
  • Cate Blanchett was nominated for playing Queen Elizabeth I in Elizabeth and its sequel, Elizabeth, The Golden Age

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