Activists say Israeli settlers beat up one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning film “No Other Land” in the ...

Winning the Academy Award for best director, though, is the Academy’s way of pointing directly at someone and saying, “Okay, here is the genius who put it all together.” That appraisal may ...

In a fierce showdown between indie auteurs, Sean Baker, director of "Anora", triumphed over Brady Corbet, the filmmaker behind "The Brutalist", to seize the Academy Award for Best Director.

A Palestinian filmmaker who was part of a team that won an Oscar for “No Other Land,” a documentary depicting life under ...

Credit: Universal Pictures Sean Baker has won the Academy Award for Best Director at the 2025 Oscars. He wins for helming Anora, which has had a great night at the awards ceremony. Accepting the ...

Watch scenes from the performances nominated for best supporting actress at the 97th annual Academy Awards, as well as interviews with the nominees.

Director Sean Baker makes history by winning five awards for the same film for Anora, about a sex worker who has a romance with a Russian oligarch's son.

In 2009, Kathryn Bigelow made cinematic history with her intense war drama “The Hurt Locker,” becoming the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director. Her groundbreaking ...

"Anora,” a strip club Cinderella story without the fairy tale ending, was crowned best picture at the 97th ... of Dominican origin to accept an Academy Award, and I know I will not be the ...

"Anora,” a strip-club Cinderella story without the fairy tale ending, was crowned best picture at the 97th Academy Awards on ...

LOS ANGELES, March 2 (Reuters) - Filmmaker Sean Baker won the Academy Award for best director for "Anora," a film about an exotic dancer and sex worker who has the chance of a Cinderella story ...

Watch scenes from the performances nominated for best actor at the 97th annual Academy Awards, as well as interviews with the nominees.