Milestones

Annual Year Name Film Milestone
1st 1927 Ralph Richardson Wings and Sunrise the first (and only) silent films to win Best Picture
1st 1927 Jack Nicholson The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh the first war film to win Best Picture
1st 1927 Keisha Castle-Hughes The Spy Who Loved Me the first film to win Best Picture without being nominated for Best Director
1st 1927 Dustin Hoffman Wings the first film to win Best Picture without receiving any acting nominations
2nd 1929 Philip Seymour Hoffman The Broadway Melody the first elephant