Birmingham at the Oscars: 10 times the Magic City made it to the Academy Awards
Get your popcorn ready! Birmingham will be in the house at the Academy Awards this year, competing in major categories among the glitterati of Hollywood. Filmmaker Daniel Scheinert, born and raised in the Magic City, is one of the prime movers for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” a 2023 Oscar contender for best picture, best director, best original screenplay and more.
Scheinert, 35, is building a reputation as a creative powerhouse and making his hometown proud. So is Paul Rogers, a Birmingham native and Oscar nominee who worked as the film editor for “Everything Everywhere.”
We salute their achievements in the film world, adding Scheinert and Rogers to the list of Birmingham people and movies honored with Oscar nominations over the years. Here are 10 standouts in that regard, plus a few honorable mentions.
Daniel Scheinert, right, and Daniel Kwan, known as “the Daniels,” pose in the press room with the award for best original screenplay for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” at the 28th annual Critics Choice Awards at The Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)