British filmmaker Steve McQueen, highly honored at home, is back in the Hollywood awards picture with his World War II drama “Blitz,” in which a young boy (Elliott Heffernan) tries to make his way home through the perils of wartime to his single mother (Saoirse Ronan) after they are separated.
1
McQueen won a best picture Academy Award for the searing 2013 drama “12 Years a Slave,” which won …
3
… Oscars in all — also for supporting actress (Lupita Nyong’o) and adapted screenplay (John Ridley), from …
9
… nominations. McQueen lost the directing award to Alfonso Cuarón (“Gravity”). He is one of only …
6
… Black men ever nominated for a directing Oscar. (No Black woman has been nominated.)
2
With “Blitz,” McQueen could become the first Black director nominated twice.
16-1
Ratio of BAFTA to Emmy nominations for McQueen’s 2020 small-screen masterpiece “Small Axe,” a five-film exploration of West Indian immigrants in London.
6-0
BAFTA vs. Emmy wins for “Small Axe.”
2
McQueen did not win from his two BAFTA directing nominations (“12 Years a Slave,” “Small Axe”) but did receive …
2009, 2018
… The best first-feature film award for “Hunger,” and a noncompetitive John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing.
2022
Sir Steve McQueen received one of the U.K.’s highest noncompetitive awards, a royal knighthood.
British filmmaker Steve McQueen, highly honored at home, is back in the Hollywood awards picture with his World War II drama “Blitz,” in which a young boy (Elliott Heffernan) tries to make his way home through the perils of wartime to his single mother (Saoirse Ronan) after they are separated.
1
McQueen won a best picture Academy Award for the searing 2013 drama “12 Years a Slave,” which won …
3
… Oscars in all — also for supporting actress (Lupita Nyong’o) and adapted screenplay (John Ridley), from …
9
… nominations. McQueen lost the directing award to Alfonso Cuarón (“Gravity”). He is one of only …
6
… Black men ever nominated for a directing Oscar. (No Black woman has been nominated.)
2
With “Blitz,” McQueen could become the first Black director nominated twice.
16-1
Ratio of BAFTA to Emmy nominations for McQueen’s 2020 small-screen masterpiece “Small Axe,” a five-film exploration of West Indian immigrants in London.
6-0
BAFTA vs. Emmy wins for “Small Axe.”
2
McQueen did not win from his two BAFTA directing nominations (“12 Years a Slave,” “Small Axe”) but did receive …
2009, 2018
… The best first-feature film award for “Hunger,” and a noncompetitive John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing.
2022
Sir Steve McQueen received one of the U.K.’s highest noncompetitive awards, a royal knighthood.
British filmmaker Steve McQueen, highly honored at home, is back in the Hollywood awards picture with his World War II drama “Blitz,” in which a young boy (Elliott Heffernan) tries to make his way home through the perils of wartime to his single mother (Saoirse Ronan) after they are separated.
1
McQueen won a best picture Academy Award for the searing 2013 drama “12 Years a Slave,” which won …
3
… Oscars in all — also for supporting actress (Lupita Nyong’o) and adapted screenplay (John Ridley), from …
9
… nominations. McQueen lost the directing award to Alfonso Cuarón (“Gravity”). He is one of only …
6
… Black men ever nominated for a directing Oscar. (No Black woman has been nominated.)
2
With “Blitz,” McQueen could become the first Black director nominated twice.
16-1
Ratio of BAFTA to Emmy nominations for McQueen’s 2020 small-screen masterpiece “Small Axe,” a five-film exploration of West Indian immigrants in London.
6-0
BAFTA vs. Emmy wins for “Small Axe.”
2
McQueen did not win from his two BAFTA directing nominations (“12 Years a Slave,” “Small Axe”) but did receive …
2009, 2018
… The best first-feature film award for “Hunger,” and a noncompetitive John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing.
2022
Sir Steve McQueen received one of the U.K.’s highest noncompetitive awards, a royal knighthood.
British filmmaker Steve McQueen, highly honored at home, is back in the Hollywood awards picture with his World War II drama “Blitz,” in which a young boy (Elliott Heffernan) tries to make his way home through the perils of wartime to his single mother (Saoirse Ronan) after they are separated.
1
McQueen won a best picture Academy Award for the searing 2013 drama “12 Years a Slave,” which won …
3
… Oscars in all — also for supporting actress (Lupita Nyong’o) and adapted screenplay (John Ridley), from …
9
… nominations. McQueen lost the directing award to Alfonso Cuarón (“Gravity”). He is one of only …
6
… Black men ever nominated for a directing Oscar. (No Black woman has been nominated.)
2
With “Blitz,” McQueen could become the first Black director nominated twice.
16-1
Ratio of BAFTA to Emmy nominations for McQueen’s 2020 small-screen masterpiece “Small Axe,” a five-film exploration of West Indian immigrants in London.
6-0
BAFTA vs. Emmy wins for “Small Axe.”
2
McQueen did not win from his two BAFTA directing nominations (“12 Years a Slave,” “Small Axe”) but did receive …
2009, 2018
… The best first-feature film award for “Hunger,” and a noncompetitive John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing.
2022
Sir Steve McQueen received one of the U.K.’s highest noncompetitive awards, a royal knighthood.
British filmmaker Steve McQueen, highly honored at home, is back in the Hollywood awards picture with his World War II drama “Blitz,” in which a young boy (Elliott Heffernan) tries to make his way home through the perils of wartime to his single mother (Saoirse Ronan) after they are separated.
1
McQueen won a best picture Academy Award for the searing 2013 drama “12 Years a Slave,” which won …
3
… Oscars in all — also for supporting actress (Lupita Nyong’o) and adapted screenplay (John Ridley), from …
9
… nominations. McQueen lost the directing award to Alfonso Cuarón (“Gravity”). He is one of only …
6
… Black men ever nominated for a directing Oscar. (No Black woman has been nominated.)
2
With “Blitz,” McQueen could become the first Black director nominated twice.
16-1
Ratio of BAFTA to Emmy nominations for McQueen’s 2020 small-screen masterpiece “Small Axe,” a five-film exploration of West Indian immigrants in London.
6-0
BAFTA vs. Emmy wins for “Small Axe.”
2
McQueen did not win from his two BAFTA directing nominations (“12 Years a Slave,” “Small Axe”) but did receive …
2009, 2018
… The best first-feature film award for “Hunger,” and a noncompetitive John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing.
2022
Sir Steve McQueen received one of the U.K.’s highest noncompetitive awards, a royal knighthood.
British filmmaker Steve McQueen, highly honored at home, is back in the Hollywood awards picture with his World War II drama “Blitz,” in which a young boy (Elliott Heffernan) tries to make his way home through the perils of wartime to his single mother (Saoirse Ronan) after they are separated.
1
McQueen won a best picture Academy Award for the searing 2013 drama “12 Years a Slave,” which won …
3
… Oscars in all — also for supporting actress (Lupita Nyong’o) and adapted screenplay (John Ridley), from …
9
… nominations. McQueen lost the directing award to Alfonso Cuarón (“Gravity”). He is one of only …
6
… Black men ever nominated for a directing Oscar. (No Black woman has been nominated.)
2
With “Blitz,” McQueen could become the first Black director nominated twice.
16-1
Ratio of BAFTA to Emmy nominations for McQueen’s 2020 small-screen masterpiece “Small Axe,” a five-film exploration of West Indian immigrants in London.
6-0
BAFTA vs. Emmy wins for “Small Axe.”
2
McQueen did not win from his two BAFTA directing nominations (“12 Years a Slave,” “Small Axe”) but did receive …
2009, 2018
… The best first-feature film award for “Hunger,” and a noncompetitive John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing.
2022
Sir Steve McQueen received one of the U.K.’s highest noncompetitive awards, a royal knighthood.
British filmmaker Steve McQueen, highly honored at home, is back in the Hollywood awards picture with his World War II drama “Blitz,” in which a young boy (Elliott Heffernan) tries to make his way home through the perils of wartime to his single mother (Saoirse Ronan) after they are separated.
1
McQueen won a best picture Academy Award for the searing 2013 drama “12 Years a Slave,” which won …
3
… Oscars in all — also for supporting actress (Lupita Nyong’o) and adapted screenplay (John Ridley), from …
9
… nominations. McQueen lost the directing award to Alfonso Cuarón (“Gravity”). He is one of only …
6
… Black men ever nominated for a directing Oscar. (No Black woman has been nominated.)
2
With “Blitz,” McQueen could become the first Black director nominated twice.
16-1
Ratio of BAFTA to Emmy nominations for McQueen’s 2020 small-screen masterpiece “Small Axe,” a five-film exploration of West Indian immigrants in London.
6-0
BAFTA vs. Emmy wins for “Small Axe.”
2
McQueen did not win from his two BAFTA directing nominations (“12 Years a Slave,” “Small Axe”) but did receive …
2009, 2018
… The best first-feature film award for “Hunger,” and a noncompetitive John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing.
2022
Sir Steve McQueen received one of the U.K.’s highest noncompetitive awards, a royal knighthood.
British filmmaker Steve McQueen, highly honored at home, is back in the Hollywood awards picture with his World War II drama “Blitz,” in which a young boy (Elliott Heffernan) tries to make his way home through the perils of wartime to his single mother (Saoirse Ronan) after they are separated.
1
McQueen won a best picture Academy Award for the searing 2013 drama “12 Years a Slave,” which won …
3
… Oscars in all — also for supporting actress (Lupita Nyong’o) and adapted screenplay (John Ridley), from …
9
… nominations. McQueen lost the directing award to Alfonso Cuarón (“Gravity”). He is one of only …
6
… Black men ever nominated for a directing Oscar. (No Black woman has been nominated.)
2
With “Blitz,” McQueen could become the first Black director nominated twice.
16-1
Ratio of BAFTA to Emmy nominations for McQueen’s 2020 small-screen masterpiece “Small Axe,” a five-film exploration of West Indian immigrants in London.
6-0
BAFTA vs. Emmy wins for “Small Axe.”
2
McQueen did not win from his two BAFTA directing nominations (“12 Years a Slave,” “Small Axe”) but did receive …
2009, 2018
… The best first-feature film award for “Hunger,” and a noncompetitive John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing.
2022
Sir Steve McQueen received one of the U.K.’s highest noncompetitive awards, a royal knighthood.
