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Who was the first Canadian director to win an Oscar?

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∙ 16y ago

Updated: 8/22/2023

Kathryn Bigelow was the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director. She won for The Hurt Locker(2009). She beat her ex-husband, James Cameron, who was nominated for Avatar.

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I believe that would be Woody Allen who won for Annie Hall (1977), but he still acted in it. The next one (and I started checking in 1928) is Robert Redford for Ordinary People (1980).

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The first Canadian director to win an Oscar for Best Director is James Cameron for Titanic (1997).

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