This Day in Oscar History: February 24 (2021)

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

Born

Died

Released

Oscar Ceremonies

Oscar Nominations

Born

1890: Fred Sersen (72 at death) [Pictured (hover to see)]

  {8 Noms, 2 Wins}
     Oscar Winner: Special Effects
     Oscar Nominee: Special Effects

1890: Marjorie Main (85 at death) [Pictured (hover to see)]

{1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress

1895: Nat W. Finston (84 at death) [Pictured (hover to see)]

{2 Noms, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Scoring

1897: Louis R. Loeffler (75 at death)

{2 Noms, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Editing

1917: Ed Graves (62 at death)

{1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Art Direction/Production Design

1923: Fred Steiner (88 at death) [Pictured (hover to see)]

{1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Original Score

1927: Emmanuelle Riva (89 at death) [Pictured (hover to see)]

{1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Actress

1932: Michel Legrand (86 at death) [Pictured (hover to see)]

  {13 Noms, 3 Wins}
     Oscar Winner: Original Song, Drama Score, Original Song or Adaptation Score
     Oscar Nominee: Original Song, Substantially Original Score, Non-Musical Score, Drama Score, Original Song or Adaptation Score, Adaptation or Treatment Score, Musical Score

1943: George Harrison (58 at death) [Pictured (hover to see)]

  {1 Nom, 1 Win}
     Oscar Winner: Original Song Score
     Oscar Nominee: Original Song Score

1945: Mikael Salomon (76) [Pictured (hover to see)]

{2 Noms, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Cinematography, Visual Effects

1946: Michael Radford (75) [Pictured (hover to see)]

{2 Noms, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Directing, Adapted Screenplay

1947: Edward James Jolmos (74) [Pictured (hover to see)]

{1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Actor

1947: Gary Jones (74) [Pictured (hover to see)]

{1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Costume Design

1953: Frederick Zollo (68) [Pictured (hover to see)]

{1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Picture

1964: Todd Field (57) [Pictured (hover to see)]

{3 Noms, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Picture, Adapted Screenplay

1989: Daniel Kaluuya (32) [Pictured (hover to see)]

{1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Actor

Died

1961: Harry Wild (59)

{1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Cinematography

1967: Franz Waxman (60) [Pictured (hover to see)]

  {12 Noms, 2 Wins}
     Oscar Winner: Drama/Comedy Score
     Oscar Nominee: Original Score, Scoring, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score, Substantially Original Score

1970: Conrad Nagel (72) [Pictured (hover to see)]

  {0 Noms, 1 Win}
     Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary
     Academy President #4: 1931-33, 1 term; Academy Awards Host: 3rd, 5th-Co, 25th-Co | 3 times

1985: Hal C. Kern (90) [Pictured (hover to see)]

  {3 Noms, 1 Win}
     Oscar Winner: Editing
     Oscar Nominee: Editing

1985: Joseph Wright (92)

  {12 Noms, 2 Wins}
     Oscar Winner: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color)
     Oscar Nominee: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color)

2003: Walter Scharf (92) [Pictured (hover to see)]

{10 Noms, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Original Song, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score, Original Song or Adaptation Score

2016: Colin Low (89) [Pictured (hover to see)]

{2 Noms, 0 Wins}
Oscar Nominee: Documentary Short, Animated Short Film

Released

1929: The Leatherneck (92) [Pictured (hover to see)]

{1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 1928/29 Academy Awards}
Oscar Nominee: Writing

1995: Before the Rain (26) [Pictured (hover to see)]

{1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 1994 Academy Awards}
Oscar Nominee: Foreign Language Film

2005: Sophie Scholl – The Final Days (16) [Pictured (hover to see)]

{1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 2005 Academy Awards}
Oscar Nominee: Foreign Language Film

2006: After the Wedding (15) [Pictured (hover to see)]

{1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 2006 Academy Awards}
Oscar Nominee: Foreign Language Film

2017: My Life as a Zucchini (4) [Pictured (hover to see)]

{1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 2016 Academy Awards}
Oscar Nominee: Animated Feature

2017: Get Out (4) [Pictured (hover to see)]

{4 Noms, 1 Win @ 2017 Academy Awards}
Oscar Winner: Original Screenplay Oscar Nominee: Picture, Directing (Jordan Peele), Actor (Daniel Kaluuya), Original Screenplay