Benigni's win for Best Actor made him the second person to direct himself in an Oscar winning performance. The first was Laurence Olivier, who won an Oscar for his performance under his own direction in Hamlet (1948).
Friday, January 22, 2010
Awards won by the film
The movie was shown at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, winning the Grand Prize of the Jury.[1] It then went on to win the Academy Awards for Best Music, Original Dramatic Score and Best Foreign Language Film; Benigni won Best Actor for his role. The film was additionally nominated for Academy Awards for Directing, Film Editing, Best Picture, and Best Original Screenplay.
Benigni's win for Best Actor made him the second person to direct himself in an Oscar winning performance. The first was Laurence Olivier, who won an Oscar for his performance under his own direction in Hamlet (1948).
Benigni's win for Best Actor made him the second person to direct himself in an Oscar winning performance. The first was Laurence Olivier, who won an Oscar for his performance under his own direction in Hamlet (1948).
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