Jim Wilson (producer) Jim Wilson (producer) Jim Wilson is a film producer. He won the Oscar for Best Picture of 1990 for "Dances with Wolves", which he shared with fellow producer Kevin Costner. In 1990, Wilson produced "Dances with Wolves". It was adapted by Michael Blake, based on his novel. It was the highest-grossing Western film of all time, $424.2 million worldwide, and won 7 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Score, and Best Film Editing. Following the success of "Dances with Wolves", Wilson produced another hit, "The Bodyguard" in 1992, starring Kevin Costner
Wings (1927 film) in a number of categories and was the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture (then called "Best Picture, Production") and Best Engineering Effects for Roy Pomeroy for the year. "", which won "Unique and Artistic Production", was considered an equal top winner of the night but the following year, the Academy dropped the "Unique and Artistic Production" award and decided retroactively that the award won by "Wings" was the highest honor that could be awarded. The statuette, not yet known as the "Oscar", was presented by Douglas Fairbanks to Clara Bow on behalf of the producers,