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
Academy Award for Best Picture two films were shot back-to-back. Several musical adaptations based on material previously filmed in non-musical form have won Best Picture, including "Gigi", "West Side Story", "My Fair Lady", "The Sound of Music", "Oliver!", and "Chicago". "The Artist" (with the exception of a single scene of dialogue, and dream sequence with sound effects) was the first silent film since "Wings" to win Best Picture. It was the first silent nominee since 1928's "The Patriot". It was the first Best Picture winner to be shot entirely in black-and-white since 1960's "The Apartment." ("Schindler's List", the 1993 winner, was predominantly black-and-white but it