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Best Foreign Language Film Oscar Winners
Explore our collection of Best Foreign Language Film Oscar winners, including Ang Lee, Vittorio de Sica, Akira Kurosawa, Federico Fellini, Jacques Tati, Ingmar Bergman, Luis Buñuel, François Truffaut and Roberto Benigni. See full biographies, photos and videos, only at Biography.com.
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Ang Lee
Ang Lee
Director / 1954 -
Ang Lee is an Academy Award-winning director, producer and screenwriter whose films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain.
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Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman
Director, Producer, Television Producer, Screenwriter / 1918 - 2007
Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director and producer best known for films such as The Seventh Sea (1956), Cries and Whispers (1971) and Autumn Sonata (1978).
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Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
Painter, Director / 1910 - 1998
Akira Kurosawa was the first Japanese film director to win international acclaim, with such films as Rashomon (1950), Ikiru (1952), and Ran (1985). -
François Truffaut
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François Truffaut
Film Critic, Director, Producer / 1932 - 1984
French director François Truffaut established the New Wave movement in film. He won an Oscar for his 1972 film, Day for Night.
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Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini
Director / 1920 - 1993
Italian film director Federico Fellini was one of the most celebrated and distinctive filmmakers of the period after World War II.
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Roberto Benigni
Roberto Benigni
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter / 1952 -
Roberto Benigni is an Italian actor, director and producer best known for his 1997 Oscar winning film La Vita e Bella (Life is Beautiful).
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