Academy Awards feature nominations for 30 Britons including actors,directors and designers[br]A meaningful British presence at the Oscars has been a Hollywood fixture for decades – reaching back to the very first ceremony in 1929, when Charlie Chaplin was given an honorary award for his silent-era blockbuster The Circus.
The 2018 crop finds room for a solid 30 British nominees: from actors such as Gary Oldman, and Sally Hawkins,Lesley Manville and Daniel Kaluuya to behind-the camera talent including the director Christopher Nolan, costume designer Jacqueline Durran (competing against herself for Darkest Hour and Beauty and the Beast), or cinematographer Roger Deakins (hoping to break his 13-film losing streak with Blade Runner 2049). Two very British films – Dunkirk and Darkest Hour – have made considerable headway,and there is the normal sprinkling of Brits attached to heavyweight Hollywood projects: producers, visual effects artists and the like.
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Source: guardian.co.uk