This Day in Oscar History: May 24 (2023)

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

Born


	1901: Lucien Moraweck (72 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Score
	1913: Peter Ellenshaw (93 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Visual Effects Oscar Win: Visual Effects
	1919: Harold Leventhal (86 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Picture
	1931: James Clark (84 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Win: Editing
	1941: Bob Dylan (82) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Original Song Oscar Win: Original Song
	1949: Jim Broadbent (74) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Supporting Actor
	1949: Roger Deakins (74) {16 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography Oscar Win: Cinematography
	1960: Kristin Scott Thomas (63) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actress
	1965: John C. Reilly (58) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor
	1971: Thomas Langmann (52) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Picture Oscar Win: Picture

Died

	1949: Mildred Griffiths (Griffiths) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color)
	1969: Lewis Lewyn (Lewyn) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Color Short Film
	1972: M. C. Levee (Levee) {0 Noms, 0 Wins}
	1974: Duke Ellington (Ellington) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Musical Score
	1981: George Jessel (Jessel) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
	1988: Tom Adair (Adair) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song
	1994: Martin Goldsmith (Goldsmith) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story
	2003: François Boyer (Boyer) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story
	2006: Henry Bumstead (Bumstead) {4 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) Oscar Wins: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White)

Released

	1935: Escape Me Never (88) {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 1935 Academy Awards} Oscar Nomination: Actress (Elisabeth Bergner)
	1938: Alexander’s Ragtime Band (85) {6 Noms, 1 Win @ 1938 Academy Awards} Oscar Nominations: Picture, Original Story, Song (“Now It Can Be Told”), Scoring, Editing, Art Direction/Production Design Oscar Win: Scoring
	1938: Holiday (85) {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 1938 Academy Awards} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design
	1940: Lillian Russell (83) {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 1940 Academy Awards} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White)
	1940: Our Town (83) {6 Noms, 0 Wins @ 1940 Academy Awards} Oscar Nominations: Picture, Actress (Martha Scott), Original Score, Scoring, Black-and-White Art Direction/Production Design, Sound Recording
	1951: The Frogmen (72) {2 Noms, 0 Wins @ 1951 Academy Awards} Oscar Nominations: Motion Picture Story, Cinematography (Black-and-White)
	1951: Go for Broke! (72) {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 1951 Academy Awards} Oscar Nomination: Story and Screenplay
	1973: Day for Night (50) {4 Noms, 1 Win @ 1973 Academy Awards} Oscar Nominations: 1973: Foreign Language Film, 1974: Directing (Francois Truffaut), Supporting Actress (Valentina Cortese), Original Screenplay Oscar Win: 1973: Foreign Language Film
	1989: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (34) {3 Noms, 1 Win @ 1989 Academy Awards} Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Sound, Sound Effects Editing Oscar Win: Sound Effects Editing
	1991: Backdraft (32) {3 Noms, 0 Wins @ 1991 Academy Awards} Oscar Nominations: Sound, Sound Effects Editing, Visual Effects
	1991: Thelma & Louise (32) {6 Noms, 1 Win @ 1991 Academy Awards} Oscar Nominations: Directing (Ridley Scott), Actress (Geena Davis, Susan Sarandon), Original Screenplay, Editing, Cinematography Oscar Win: Original Screenplay
	2002: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (21) {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 2002 Academy Awards} Oscar Nomination: Animted Feature
	2006: An Inconvenient Truth (17) {2 Noms, 2 Wins @ 2006 Academy Awards} Oscar Nominations: Original Song (“I Need To Wake Up”), Documentary Feature Oscar Wins: Original Song (“I Need To Wake Up”), Documentary Feature
	2013: Before Midnight (10) {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 2013 Academy Awards} Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay