HOLLYWOOD -- Oscars red carpet is generally bustling with limousines, red carpet ready gowns and tuxedos. And as usual, we will see plenty of A-list star power. But the Academy also recognizes filmmakers who talk about issues... with the best documentary ...

Best Director at the Oscars 2026 will pit some of the biggest creatives in Hollywood against each other, and there's no shortage of contenders a year removed from Sean Baker's win for Anora. It's again my pleasure to bring you ScreenRant's view of the race ...

Oscars Best Director Commentary (Updated Dec. 18, 2025): Paul Thomas Anderson is building an unstoppable case for his first competitive Oscar win. The filmmaker added another director trophy to his mantle for “One Battle After Another,” following wins ...

HEBRON, West Bank (AP) — Only a few weeks ago, Hamdan Ballal stood on a stage in Los Angeles accepting an Oscar for the film “No Other Land,” a documentary depicting his West Bank village’s struggle against Israel’s occupation. On Tuesday, Ballal ...

Japanese filmmakers of all time won the only Oscar directing award of his career for a late-career masterpiece.

(Left) Kathryn Bigelow poses backstage with the Oscar at the 82nd Academy Awards Sunday, March 7, 2010. (Right) Greta Gerwig arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 4, 2018. creativeContent LOS ANGELES -- Only one woman has ever won the Oscar for best director.

Robert Redford, the Hollywood golden boy who became an Oscar-winning director, liberal activist and godfather for independent cinema under the name of one of his best-loved characters, died Tuesday at 89. Redford died “at his home at Sundance in the ...