Which film director won the Oscar for Best Picture for the film 12 Years a Slave in 2013?
12 Years a Slave (score) release. The score was nominated for the 2013 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, and won the 2013 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association award for Best Score. Having been interested in each other's work for some time, director Steve McQueen approached composer Hans Zimmer to write the score to "12 Years a Slave" after filming had completed, explaining, "We had a mysterious conversation a couple of years back where [McQueen] told me he was working on something and asked me if I was even remotely interested in working with him,” says Zimmer. "And I just adore him, so
12 Years a Slave (film) "12 Years a Slave" was named the best film of 2013 by several media outlets. The film holds a rating of 96% on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim". It earned over $187 million on a production budget of $22 million. The film won three Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress for Nyong'o, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Ridley. The Best Picture win made McQueen the first black British producer to ever receive the award and the first black British director of a Best Picture winner. The film was awarded the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture