James Cameron didn't feel like the king of the world after the poor reaction to his 1998 Oscars acceptance speech. The “Titanic” director, who won three Academy Awards for the epic period piece including Best Picture and Best Director, quoted the film by saying he felt like the “king of the world” as a winner onstage.
Oscar flashback 25 years to 1998: Winners are Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Robin Williams and 'Titanic' ratings for ABC. A blockbuster film tied big records, a legendary actor set a new record, a viewership record was achieved and the Academy celebrated its platinum anniversary in a big way.
Everything Everywhere All at Once filmmakers Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert just joined a prestigious list of Hollywood elites who've won Best Director as pairs throughout Oscars history. The directing duo won Best Director at the 2023 Oscars ceremony Sunday night, for their work making the sci-fi multiverse hit.
Why didn't Leonardo DiCaprio win the Oscar for Titanic?
Why wasn't Leonardo DiCaprio Oscar-nominated for Titanic (movie)? DiCaprio was discriminated against on the basis of his age and experience. Kate Winslet was blatantly snubbed.
James Cameron Wins Best Director: 70th Oscars (1998)
Why did Titanic win so many Oscars?
TITANIC BEGINS DOMINATING
The film's first nine wins came for art direction, cinematography, costume design, film editing, original dramatic score, original song, sound, sound effects editing and visual effects.
The three categories in which the film was nominated but did not take home an award were Best Actress (Kate Winslet), Best Supporting Actress (Gloria Stuart), and Best Makeup. Though not quite as tense as DiCaprio's journey to Oscar gold, it would also be several years before Winslet claimed the Best Actress trophy.
It was on the set of James Cameron's legendary romantic drama Titanic that Leonardo and Kate first met. Leonardo was just 22 years old at the time, and Kate a year younger at 21, when they were cast in the lead roles for a film which would throw them into global stardom.
Despite having maintained a close bond in the 25 years since meeting on the set of Titanic in 1997, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet have never had a romantic relationship.
But the two stars who came closest to landing the role before DiCaprio was offered the part are believed to be Matthew McConaughey and Jeremy Sisto, both of whom went so far as to audition alongside Kate Winslet.
Reece Thompson, now aged 30, was just five years old when he played the 'Irish little boy' – a young third-class passenger who tragically gets killed alongside his mum and sister after the iceberg hits in the 1997 film.
Her performance earned her an Academy Award nomination, for best supporting actress. It was her only Oscar nomination, and she was the oldest person ever to receive one for acting. (She lost to Kim Basinger.)
As of October 2022, three films tied for most Academy Award wins of all time. "Ben-Hur" (1959), "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003), and "Titanic" (1997) each received 11 Oscars.
When the film began production during the summer of 1996, Leonardo DiCaprio, who was born on November 11, 1974, was only 21. His character, Jack Dawson, was a 20-year-old artist that never managed to live in one place for too long.
The filmmaker recently told People magazine that DiCaprio thought the “Titanic” screenplay was “boring” and didn't want to star in the epic disaster romance film. Cameron had to “twist” DiCaprio's arm. “He didn't want to do a leading man,” Cameron said.
As of April 2022, the youngest directing Academy Award winner ever was Damien Chazelle. He won the Oscar in the Directing category for "La La Land" (2016) at the age of 32 years and 39 days. Norman Taurog ranked second – he was 32 years and 260 days when he won the award for "Skippy" (1931).
The first is Vito Corleone, which Marlon Brando won for portraying in “The Godfather,” and Robert De Niro won for portraying the younger version of Vito in “The Godfather Part II.” The second character who won multiple Oscars is the Joker, which Heath Ledger won Supporting Actor for portraying in “The Dark Knight” and ...
