Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

(1927–2022) director United States

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Sidney Poitier (1927–2022) was a United States director.

About Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. Among his other accolades are two competitive Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award and a Grammy Award, in addition to nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. In 1999, he was ranked number 22 among the "American Film Institute's 100 Stars". Poitier was one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Notable works:

The Measure of a Man

Awards:

Presidential Medal of Freedom|Academy Award for Best Actor|AFI Life Achievement Award|Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Silver Shell for Best Actor|Academy Honorary Award|Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award|Silver Bear|BAFTA Fellowship|Silver Bear for Best Actor|Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award|Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame|Henrietta Award|Kennedy Center Honors|Spingarn Medal|Marian Anderson Award|Coretta Scott King Award|Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording|NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special|NAACP Image Award – Hall of Fame Award|Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres|Paul Robeson Award|Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire|star on Hollywood Walk of Fame|Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences|honorary doctor of the University of Miami|Audie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors

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