Then there's Antoine [Fuqua], an African-American director, captaining the whole ship.
In the best drama category two of the films are British (Philomena, Rush), two others have British directors (Captain Phillips, 12 Years a Slave) and the other one (Gravity) was shot entirely in the UK and the director (Alfonso Cuarón) is based there.
Even after a meeting with the Marvel Studios president, Kevin Feige, and the director of "Captain America," Joe Johnston, and being shown concept artwork and other designs, Mr. Evans said, he still turned down the offer.
Though not achieving nominations for either Hanks or director Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips still managed six nods, led by the hitherto unknown Somalian-born Barkhad Abadi, in the best supporting actor category.
Few authors delve as deeply into the dark heart of the creative process as John Drumboo" French has done in Beefheart: Through The Eyes of Magic (Proper Music Publishing, £19.95), an unsettling exposé of his life as the drummer and musical director of Captain Beefheart's Magic Band.
Many expected nominees were left without an honor on Thursday, including "Saving Mr. Banks, Oprah Winfreyy (for Best Supporting Actress in "Lee Daniels' The Butler and Paul Greengrassss (for Best Director for "Captain Phillips").
"When I met with the director of 'Captain America' [Joe Johnston], I hadn't seen the script, and I had to go meet him, and we spoke for like an hour," she said.
"When I met with the director of 'Captain America' [Joe Johnston], I hadn't seen the script, and I had to go meet him, and we spoke for like an hour," she recently told Esquire.
Joe Russo, one of the directors of Captain America: The Winter Soldier added, "That's the exciting component of [incorporating references to the larger universe].
Why not ask one of the directors of "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" and executive producer of NBC's new comedy "Animal Practice," Anthony Russo?
