Both set a new record within the Academy Awards for number of nominations and age.
John Williams and Martin Scorsese They continue to increase their legend and prove once again that age is just a number with their nominations for the Oscars 2024.
Williams, 91, who is already the most nominated living person and the second most nominated person in history behind Walt Disneyadded an Original Music nomination for Indiana Jones and the Dial Of Destiny, his 54th overall. Meanwhile, Scorsese surpassed Steven Spielberg to become the living director with the most Oscar nominations, 10, with a directing nomination for Killers of the Flower Moon.
This is Williams’ second consecutive Oscar nomination; He was nominated in the same category last year for The Fabelmans, when he became the oldest Oscar nominee at age 90. Williams’ nominations, which include mentions for four films in the Indiana Jones franchise, span seven decades, with his first coming in 1968 for Valley of the Dolls.
And it may not be over. After previously announcing that she would be retiring after Dial of Destiny, Williams recently backed up her comments.
“If a movie came along that I was really interested in, with a schedule I could deal with, then I wouldn’t rule anything out. Everything is possible. Everything is before us,” she said in December. “Only our limitations stop us. Or, to put it more simply: I like to keep an open mind.”
Martin Scorsese, the oldest director nominated for an Oscar
At 81, Scorsese has become the oldest candidate for the Best Director Oscar, eclipsing John Huston’s feat in 1985 for the Prizzi Prize when he was 79. The record for the oldest winner in the category is held by Clint Eastwoodwho was 74 years old when he took the trophy for million dollar Baby.
With his 10 nominations as a director, since Wild bull from 1980 to Killers of the Flower Moon this year, Scorsese is the second most nominated director of all time, behind only the late William Wyler (12). Spielberg is currently in third place with nine nominations.
Scorsese won once in the category for his work on The Departed. Williams has won five Oscars for Fiddler on the Roof, Jaws, Star Wars, ET: The Extra-Terrestrial and Schindler’s List.
Source: Ambito
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