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John Williams & Martin Scorsese Make Oscar History As Oldest Nominees, Set Records For Most Noms


Oscar winners John Williams and Martin Scorsese continue to prove that age is just a number with 2024 nominations. Williams, 91, already the most nominated person alive and second most nominated ev…

Meanwhile, Scorsese surpassed Steven Spielberg to become the living director with most Oscar nominations, 10, with a directing nom for Killers of the Flower Moon. Williams’ nominations, which include mentions for four movies in the Indiana Jones franchise, span seven decades, with the first one coming in 1968 for Valley of the Dolls. With his 10 directing nominations, stretching from Raging Bull in 1980 til Killers of the Flower Moon this year, Scorsese is the second most-nominated director of all time, behind only the late William Wyler (12).

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