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Which former BMW Films director won an oscar this weekend?

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If you were watching the oscar's this past weekend, the jovial director of "Birdman", Alejandro González Iñárritu, took home an oscar for Best Director and movie also won awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture. Quite a feat.

But for us BMW fans, you may also remember a small little game changer called BMW Films: The Hire, starring Clive Owen. Well each short film was directed by a different director, each of amazing talents in their own right.

Alejandro González Iñárritu's contribution was the short called "Powder Keg", one of my personal favorites of the series. In this episode, our fearless BMW driver rescue's a war photographer (Harvey Jacobs) from hostile territory.

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Never mind that. Which current Bimmepost forum member won an Oscar this week












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[dharo1]

Awesome!
"Who gave this son of b!$& his green car?"

[rjd598]

Originally Posted by dharo1

Awesome!
"Who gave this son of b!$& his green car?"

loved that part

[Needsdecaf]

One of the most brilliant advertising campaigns ever..

Still love Madonna in the M5....

[Manbnda]

Wow this shortfilm is deep...

[Fraggy]

What a shit hole.

[mPlasticDesign]

Originally Posted by Needsdecaf

One of the most brilliant advertising campaigns ever..

Still love Madonna in the M5....

I still have my DVD's!

[to_riffic]

oh yeah? here's my editors

[Hernandiaz11]

Thanks for sharing, he's an amazing director!

PS: He won 4 oscars this weekend :-)

[///Mikey F80]

Originally Posted by Manbnda

Wow this shortfilm is deep...

Most certainly is.... Kinda strikes a chord with me actually, a lot. I once was the "yuppy doing their weekly line of coke" until I realized the horrific pain my money was funding. So I traveled to MX, Colombia, Honduras, Nicaraugua and gave back to those people I'd taken away from. Some may say I'm bullshitting, but if you'd like I'll show pictures. But Manbnda, as someone from MX, you're probably all too familiar with the reality in this "story". My best wishes to you.


///Mike

[Manbnda]

Originally Posted by ///Mikey e90

Most certainly is.... Kinda strikes a chord with me actually, a lot. I once was the "yuppy doing their weekly line of coke" until I realized the horrific pain my money was funding. So I traveled to MX, Colombia, Honduras, Nicaraugua and gave back to those people I'd taken away from. Some may say I'm bullshitting, but if you'd like I'll show pictures. But Manbnda, as someone from MX, you're probably all too familiar with the reality in this "story". My best wishes to you.


///Mike

Indeed.
Good thing Alejandro Gonzalez pointed out (@Oscars) the corrupt government MX is passing through right now. Media awareness help.

Kind regards

[Igor_M5]

Originally Posted by ra2fanatic

oh yeah? here's my editors

Whoa, for what film?

[to_riffic]

Whiplash

[oldkingdom]

Originally Posted by ra2fanatic

Whiplash

My wife and I screened Whiplash just before the ceremony. Fantastic film. In particular, the editing. I'm in the industry as well and in early years I was a competitive Jazz drummer. Obviously the content struck a chord but moreso was the storytelling and creation of anticipation done moreso through editorial than direction. Well done, sir.

[to_riffic]

Originally Posted by oldkingdom

My wife and I screened Whiplash just before the ceremony. Fantastic film. In particular, the editing. I'm in the industry as well and in early years I was a competitive Jazz drummer. Obviously the content struck a chord but moreso was the storytelling and creation of anticipation done moreso through editorial than direction. Well done, sir.

Thank you. It was a fun film to work on and I'm a film with 10x the budget and it's definitely not running as smooth as Whiplash did.

I personally felt that had Boyhood won for Editing, it would have been a complete mistake. I knew from the getgo that Whiplash should be nominated and glad the Academy felt the same.