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<html> <head> <title>Oscar</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Oscar HONOR <ul> <li><a href="/honors/511/000032415/">Oscar for Best Actor</a> <li><a href="/honors/860/000048716/">Oscar for Best Supporting Actor</a> <li><a href="/honors/512/000032416/">Oscar for Best Actress</a> <li><a href="/honors/035/000048888/">Oscar for Best Supporting Actress</a> <li><a href="/honors/510/000032414/">Oscar for Best Director</a> <li><a href="/honors/953/000048809/">Oscar for Best Screenplay</a> <li><a href="/honors/679/000063490/">Oscar for Best Screenplay (another medium)</a> <li><a href="/honors/678/000063489/">Oscar for Best Screenplay (adapted)</a> <li><a href="/honors/006/000111670/">Oscar for Best Story</a> <li><a href="/honors/696/000044564/">Oscar for Best Documentary</a> <li><a href="/honors/863/000090593/">Oscar for Best Film Editing</a> <li><a href="/honors/504/000135099/">Oscar for Best Cinematography</a> <li><a href="/honors/737/000063548/">Oscar for Best Sound Recording</a> <li><a href="/honors/736/000063547/">Oscar for Best Sound</a> <li><a href="/honors/824/000056656/">Oscar for Best Music Original Song</a> <li><a href="/honors/639/000063450/">Oscar for Best Music Original Score</a> <li><a href="/honors/327/000043198/">Oscar for Best Director of a Comedy Picture</a> <li><a href="/honors/683/000091410/">Oscar for Best Animated Feature</a> <li><a href="/honors/248/000042122/">Oscar for Short Film</a> <li><a href="/honors/709/000063520/">Oscar for Best Costume Design</a> <li><a href="/honors/648/000063459/">Oscar, Gordon E. Sawyer Award</a> <li><a href="/honors/466/000060286/">Oscar (honorary)</a> </ul> <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_grunk"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/772/000349722/">Gabriel Axel</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Apr-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Babette's Feast</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/247/000134842/">Charles Barton</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-May-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Dec-1981</tt></td> <td>Africa Screams</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/550/000205932/">Alan Bergman</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Sep-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>You Don't Bring Me Flowers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/551/000205933/">Marilyn Bergman</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Nov-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Way We Were</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/205/000117851/">Ed Catmull</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Mar-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Pixar Co-Founder, Disney Animation president</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/799/000174277/">Roger Christian</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Feb-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Battlefield Earth</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/653/000023584/">Ray Milton Dolby</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jan-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Inventor of Dolby stereo</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/307/000135899/">Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-May-1973</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Lives of Others</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/551/000042425/">Anne Dudley</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-May-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Founding member of Art of Noise</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/790/000025715/">H. R. Giger</a></td> <td><center>Artist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Feb-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Alien designer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/517/000206896/">Robert Gottschalk</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Mar-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jun-1982</tt></td> <td>Wide-screen motion picture technology</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/510/000205892/">Johnny Green</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Oct-1908</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-May-1989</tt></td> <td>Body and Soul</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/566/000202957/">Tomlinson Holman</a></td> <td><center>Engineer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jun-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>THX sound system</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/052/000135644/">Nathan Juran</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Sep-1907</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Oct-2002</tt></td> <td>The 7th Voyage of Sinbad</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/475/000022409/">Stanley Kubrick</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jul-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Mar-1999</tt></td> <td>2001: A Space Odyssey</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/880/000174358/">John Lasseter</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jan-1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Toy Story</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/294/000026216/">John Lennon</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Oct-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1980</tt></td> <td> Beatle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/070/000023001/">Paul McCartney</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jun-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Beatle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/419/000205801/">Jo Mielziner</a></td> <td><center>Designer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Mar-1901</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1976</tt></td> <td>Broadway stage designer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/770/000024698/">Dennis Muren</a></td> <td><center>Artist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Nov-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Special effects for Star Wars</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/367/000024295/">Randy Newman</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Nov-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>I Love L.A., Short People</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/724/000279884/">Hermes Pan</a></td> <td><center>Choreographer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Dec-1909</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Sep-1990</tt></td> <td>Choreographer for Astaire and Rogers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/169/000104854/">Nick Park</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Dec-1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Wallace and Gromit</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/987/000276159/">Ken Perlin</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Perlin noise</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/939/000113600/">Fred Quimby</a></td> <td><center>Film/TV Producer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jul-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Sep-1965</tt></td> <td>Producer of Tom and Jerry</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/649/000206031/">Richard M. Sherman</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jun-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chitty Chitty Bang Bang</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/648/000206030/">Robert B. Sherman</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Dec-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Mar-2012</tt></td> <td>Chitty Chitty Bang Bang</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/433/000205815/">Max Steiner</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-May-1888</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Dec-1971</tt></td> <td>Gone With the Wind</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/534/000205916/">Dimitri Tiomkin</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-May-1894</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Nov-1979</tt></td> <td>Wild Is the Wind</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/391/000044259/">François Truffaut</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Feb-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Oct-1984</tt></td> <td>Last Metro</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/070/000172551/">Stan Winston</a></td> <td><center>Artist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Apr-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jun-2008</tt></td> <td>Special effects artist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/211/000174686/">Philip Yordan</a></td> <td><center>Screenwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Apr-1914</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Mar-2003</tt></td> <td>The Battle of the Bulge</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=68026" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2012 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/365/000000365/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/365/365/s365.jpg" width=128> More like MoveOn dot OLD</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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