Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
Best Picture /
War Horse
Film Synopsis
The horrors of war are seen through the eyes of a valiant horse whose young owner must relinquish him to the army at the start of World War I. Separated from the farmer’s son who has raised and trained him, Joey enters the war as a cavalry horse and is soon plunged into the nightmarish heart of the conflict.
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Academy Awards History
This is the thirteenth Academy Award nomination for Steven Spielberg. He was previously nominated for:
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (2006)
Nominee, Best Picture
MUNICH (2005)
Nominee, Directing
MUNICH (2005)
Nominee, Best Picture
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998)
Winner, Directing
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998)
Nominee, Best Picture
SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
Winner, Directing
SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
Winner, Best Picture
THE COLOR PURPLE (1985)
Nominee, Best Picture
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
Nominee, Directing
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
Nominee, Best Picture
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
Nominee, Directing
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
Nominee, Directing
Spielberg also received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1986.
This is the seventh Academy Award nomination for Kathleen Kennedy. She was previously nominated for:
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (2008)
Nominee, Best Picture
MUNICH (2005)
Nominee, Best Picture
SEABISCUIT (2003)
Nominee, Best Picture
THE SIXTH SENSE (1999)
Nominee, Best Picture
THE COLOR PURPLE (1985)
Nominee, Best Picture
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
Nominee, Best Picture
Other Nominees /
Best Picture
