And The LGBTQ Nominees Were...

Making History Goes Hollywood

Even though I decided to skip watching this year’s Oscar ceremonies, I was feeling a little nostalgic about years past, so I found a Wikipedia list of LGBTQ nominees over the years.

From that list, I made my own of the actors and filmmakers whose films I’ve actually seen and enjoyed over the years.

While I haven't been a regular movie-watcher in a long time, I still revel in the art of Hollywood "magic" and storytelling.

OSCAR-NOMINATED “CONFIRMED” LGBTQ ACTORS & FILMMAKERS
Films I’ve Personally Seen + ALL CAPS = WON

• 1930 = Marlene Dietrich = Morocco

• 1951 = Marlon Brando = A Streetcar Named Desire

• 1954 = MARLON BRANDO = ON THE WATERFRONT

• 1951 = Vincente Minnelli = An American in Paris

• 1955 = Sal Mineo = Rebel Without a Cause

• 1951 = Vincente Minnelli = Gigi

• 1964 = George Cukor = My Fair Lady

• 1969 = JOHN SCHLESINGER = MIDNIGHT COWBOY

• 1971 = John Schlesinger = Sunday Bloody Sunday

• 1972: = JOEL GREY = CABARET

• 1972 = MARLON BRANDO = THE GODFATHER

• 1973 = Marlon Brando = Last Tango In Paris

• 1975 = Lily Tomlin = Nashville

• 1976 = Jodie Foster = Taxi Driver

• 1981 = JOHN GIELGUD = ARTHUR

• 1984 = ROB EPSTEIN = THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK

• 1984 = Tom Hulce = Amadeus

• 1986 = James Ivory = A Room with a View

• 1988 = JODIE FOSTER = THE ACCUSED

• 1988 = JODIE FOSTER = SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

• 1989 = ROB EPSTEIN = COMMON THREADS: STORIES FROM THE QUILT

• 1992 = Jaye Davidson = The Crying Game

• 1992 = Susan Sarandan = Thelma & Louise

• 1993 = Ang Lee The Wedding Banquet

• 1993 = ANNA PAQUIN = THE PIANO

• 1994 = Jodie Foster = Nell

• 1995 = KEVIN SPACEY = THE USUAL SUSPECTS

• 1995 = SUSAN SARANDON = DEAD MAN WALKING

• 1997 = Gus Van Sant = Good Will Hunting

• 1998 = Ian McKellen = Gods and Monsters

• 1999 = ANGELINA JOLIE = GIRL, INTERRUPTED

• 1999 = KEVIN SPACEY = AMERICAN BEAUTY

• 2000 = Stephen Daldry = Billy Elliot

• 2001 = Ian McKellen = The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

• 2002 = Christopher Walken = Catch Me If You Can

• 2002 = Pedro Almodóvar = Talk to Her

• 2002 = Queen Latifah = Chicago

• 2002 = Rob Marshall = Chicago

• 2002 = Stephen Daldry = The Hours

• 2007 = Elliot Page = Juno

• 2007 = TILDA SWINTON = MICHAEL CLAYTON

• 2008 = Byron Howard = Bolt

• 2008 = Gus Van Sant = Milk

• 2009 = Lee Daniels = Precious

• 2009 = MO'NIQUE = PRECIOUS

• 2010 = Dean DeBlois = How to Train Your Dragon

• 2010 = LEE UNKRICH = TOY STORY 3

• 2012 = David France + Howard Gertler = How to Survive a Plague

• 2014 = LAURA POITRAS = CITIZENFOUR

• 2016 = BYRON HOWARD = ZOOTOPIA

• 2018 = Lady Gaga = A Star Is Born

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