This Day in Oscar History: May 27 (2023)

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

Born


	1879: Lucile Watson (83 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress
	1894: Dashiell Hammett (66 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay
	1898: Lee Garmes (80 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) Oscar Win: Cinematography
	1903: Elwood Ullman (82 at death) {0 Noms, 0 Wins}
	1908: Frank S. Nugent (57 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay
	1917: Gene Fowler Jr. (80 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing
	1929: William Kelley (73 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay Oscar Win: Original Screenplay
	1929: Anne-Marie Marchand (94) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Costume Design
	2020: Larry Kramer (Kramer) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay
	1936: Louis Gossett Jr. (87) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Supporting Actor
	1946: Peter Boyle (77) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing
	1966: Simon Blackwell (57) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay
	1968: Christian Colson (55) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Picture Oscar Win: Picture
	1973: Yorgos Lanthimos (50) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Picture, Directing, Original Screenplay

Died

	1983: Les Goldman (Goldman) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Animated Short Film Oscar Win: Animated Short Film
	1993: Roger MacDougall (MacDougall) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay
	2006: David Butler (Butler) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay
	2013: Jean Bach (Bach) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Documentary Feature

Released

	1930: Hell’s Angels (93) {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 1929/30 Academy Awards} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography
	1933: Gold Diggers of 1933 (90) {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 1932/33 Academy Awards} Oscar Nomination: Sound Recording
	1953: Pickup on South Street (70) {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 1953 Academy Awards} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress (Thelma Ritter)
	1954: The High and the Mighty (69) {6 Noms, 1 Win @ 1954 Academy Awards} Oscar Nominations: Directing (William Wellman), Supporting Actress (Jan Sterling, Claire Trevor), Original Song (“The High And The Mighty”), Dramatic or Comedy Score, Editing Oscar Win: Dramatic or Comedy Score
	1963: The L-Shaped Room (60) {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 1963 Academy Awards} Oscar Nomination: Actress (Leslie Caron)
	1966: A Man and a Woman (57) {4 Noms, 2 Wins @ 1966 Academy Awards} Oscar Nominations: Directing (Claude Lelouch), Actress (Anouk Aimee), Original Story and Screenplay, Foreign Language Film Oscar Wins: Original Story and Screenplay, Foreign Language Film
	2011: The Tree of Life (12) {3 Noms, 0 Wins @ 2011 Academy Awards} Oscar Nominations: Picture, Directing (Terrence Malick), Cinematography
	2022: Top Gun: Maverick (1) {6 Noms, 1 Win @ 2022 Academy Awards} Oscar Nominations: Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Original Song (“Hold My Hand”), Film Editing, Sound, Visual Effects Oscar Win: Sound