Jordan Peterson. Jordan Bernt Peterson (born June 12, 1962) is a Canadian clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. His main areas of study are the psychology of religious and ideological belief, and the assessment and improvement of personality and performance.
Nichols, who had won Best Screenplay for The Informer (1935), boycotted the Academy Awards ceremony because of ongoing conflicts between the Academy and the Writer's Guild. For his dramatic portrayal of the World War II general in Patton (1970), George C. Scott won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Scott refused the honor, stating that the awards ceremony was a a two-hour meat parade.. Marlon Brando also refused his award for Best Actor for The Godfather (1972). Brando, who said he refused the award because of the discrimination toward Native Americans by the U.S. and Hollywood, sent a woman supposedly named, Sacheen Littlefeather, to collect his award.
Other Oscar family ties over the years include: Michael Douglas won an Academy Award for producing the 1975 best picture One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and also for best actor in 1987 for Wall Street. Father Kirk Douglas won an honorary Oscar in 1995. Jane Fonda won best actress for her role in Klute in 1971 and again in 1978 for Coming Home. Father Henry Fonda received an honorary Oscar in 1980 and a best actor award for On Golden Pond in 1981. Vincente Minnelli won best director for Gigi in 1958. In 1972, daughter Liza Minnelli won best actress for Cabaret. The Oscar has been in Hollywood's Huston family for three generations. John Huston won for directing the 1948 classic The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and father Walter won for supporting actor in the same film. In 1985, John Huston directed daughter Angelica to a best supporting actress award in Prizzi's Honor.