Best Picture
| Academy Award for Best Picture | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Quincy Jones | The Color Purple | Nominated | First black producer whose film was nominated for Best Picture. |
| 2009 | Lee Daniels | Precious | Nominated | First black director whose film was nominated for Best Picture. |
| Broderick Johnson | The Blind Side | Nominated | First time a film by two black producers was nominated for Best Picture. | |
Read more about this topic: List Of Black Academy Award Winners And Nominees
Famous quotes containing the word picture:
“The human body is the best picture of the human soul.”
—Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951)
“... everybody who is human has something to express. Try not expressing yourself for twenty-four hours and see what happens. You will nearly burst. You will want to write a long letter or draw a picture or sing, or make a dress or a garden.”
—Brenda Ueland (1891–1985)