Out of Africa (film) American Film Institute recognition Out of Africa (film) Out of Africa is a 1985 American epic romantic drama film directed and produced by Sydney Pollack, and starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. The film is based loosely on the autobiographical book "Out of Africa" written by Isak Dinesen (the pseudonym of Danish author Karen Blixen), which was published in 1937, with additional material from Dinesen's book "Shadows on the Grass" and other sources. The book was adapted into a screenplay by the writer Kurt Luedtke, and directed by the American Sydney Pollack. Streep played Karen Blixen; Redford played Denys Finch
Ariel Award for Best Director Film in 2003. Since 1976, Felipe Cazals has been nominated at least once every decade, winning three times for "El Año de la Peste" (1980), "Bajo la metralla" (1984), and "Las Vueltas del Citrillo" (2006). Buñuel and Amat Escalante won the Ariel for Best Director and the same award at the Cannes Film Festival for "Los Olvidados" and "Heli", respectively. Alejandro González Iñárritu was awarded the Ariel for "Amores Perros", and received the Academy Award for Best Director for "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" and "The Revenant". Since its inception, the award has been given to 38 directors.