Oscar bait success of summer blockbusters like "Jaws" and "Star Wars" (both of which had also been nominated for Best Picture), independent filmmakers refined Carr's methods of exploiting the Oscars. Merchant Ivory, who produced lavish costume dramas, often based on novels by Henry James or E. M. Forster, began to time their releases to align with the awards season. Their 1985 adaptation of Forster's "A Room with a View" won three of the eight Oscars it was nominated for. By 1991 the modern film-release calendar, in which studios released the movies they had the highest Oscar hopes for in autumn and December,
David Oscar Dogbe at Koforidua in the Eastern Region of Ghana to Mr Oscar Yaovi Adukpo and Mrs Faustina Mary Asamoah Adukpo. He has 3 siblings; two brothers, Isaac Oscar Ohene Adukpo and Bright Nana Osei Oscar Adukpo and a sister Felicia Mawuena Oscar. David attended Nursery, Primary and Junior High School education at Freeman Methodist School in Koforidua. He then continued to Pope John Senior High School and Junior Seminary where he studied Visual Arts. In 2007, David Oscar graduated from the School of Performing Arts at University of Ghana in the Bachelor of Fine Arts Program. In 2006 whiles still at