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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