Double-Oscar Winners of the Last 10 Years
by ElMaruecan82 | created - 28 Feb 2017 | updated - 28 Feb 2017 | PublicAs of March 1, 2017, all these artists and performers won two Oscars in the same category and for two different movies in the last 10 years?
In your opinion, which pair of wins constitutes the best contribution to the motion pictures arts and industry?
Discuss the list here
1. Daniel Day-Lewis
Actor | There Will Be Blood
Born in London, England, Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is the second child of Cecil Day-Lewis (pseudonym Cecil Day-Lewis), Poet Laureate of the U.K., and his second wife, actress Jill Balcon. His maternal grandfather was Sir Michael Balcon, an important figure in the history of British cinema and ...
Best Actor for There Will Be Blood (2007) and Lincoln (2012)
2. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Producer | Biutiful
Alejandro González Iñárritu (ih-nyar-ee-too), born August 15th, 1963, is a Mexican film director.
González Iñárritu is the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and by the Directors Guild of America for Best Director. He is also the first Mexican-born ...
Best Director for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) and The Revenant (2015)
3. Emmanuel Lubezki
Cinematographer | Children of Men
Lubezki began his career in Mexican film and television productions in the late 1980s. His first international production was the 1993 independent film Twenty Bucks (1993), which followed the journey of a single twenty-dollar bill.
Lubezki is a frequent collaborator with fellow Mexican filmmaker ...
Best Cinematography for Gravity (2013), Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) and The Revenant (2015) (pick the two you consider his best work)
4. Christoph Waltz
Actor | Django Unchained
Christoph Waltz is an Austrian-German actor. He is known for his work with American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, receiving acclaim for portraying SS-Standartenführer Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds (2009) and bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz in Django Unchained (2012). For each performance, he won...
Best Supporting Actor for Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Django Unchained (2012)
5. Colleen Atwood
Costume_designer | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Colleen Atwood was born on September 25, 1948 in Yakima, Washington, USA. She is known for her work on Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Chicago (2002) and Sleepy Hollow (1999).
Best Costume Design for Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
6. Pete Docter
Writer | Up
Pete Docter was born on October 9, 1968 in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA as Peter Hans Docter. He is a producer and writer, known for Up (2009), Inside Out (2015) and Monsters, Inc. (2001). He has been married to Amanda Jean Schmidt since December 27, 1992. They have two children.
Best Animated Feature for Up (2009) and Inside Out (2015)
7. Asghar Farhadi
Writer | Darbareye Elly
Asghar Farhadi was born in 1972 in Iran. He became interested in cinema in his teenage years and started his filmmaking education by joining the Youth Cinema Society of Esfahan in 1986 where he made 8mm and 16mm short films. He received his Bachelors in Theater from University of Tehran's School of...
While he didn't technically "win" the Oscars, he directed the two movies that earned Iran the Oscars for Best Foreign Film: Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (2011) (A Separation) and Forushande (2016) (The Salesman)
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