11th Academy Awards 11th Academy Awards The 11th Academy Awards were held on February 23, 1939, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. It was the first Academy Awards show without any official host. This was also the first ceremony in which a foreign language film (Jean Renoir's "Grand Illusion") was nominated for Best Picture. Frank Capra became the first person to win three Best Director awards, to be followed by John Ford (who would go on to win four) and William Wyler. This was the first of only two times in Oscar history that three of the four acting awards were
83rd Academy Awards Leo's respective wins in the Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress categories, "The Fighter" became the first film since 1986's "Hannah and Her Sisters" to win both supporting acting categories. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double-dagger (). The Academy held its Second Annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 13, 2010, during which the following awards were presented. The following 14 films received multiple nominations: The following six films received multiple awards: The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers. In June 2010, the AMPAS hired Oscar-winning producer Bruce Cohen and veteran television