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Alexander Grasshoff (December 10, 1928 – April 5, 2008) was an American documentary filmmaker and director who received three Oscar nominations. Along with fellow producer Robert Cohn, he is perhaps best known for writing and directing the documentary Young Americans, which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature during the 1969 ceremony. However, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences soon found out the film had been shown first in October 1967, thus making it ineligible for a 1968 award and the Oscar was revoked. (This marks the only time, as of 2021, where an Academy Award was first awarded and then revoked.) Grasshoff, who reportedly slept with the Oscar on the first night, also directed Academy Award-nominated films The Really Big Family (1966) and Journey to the Ou

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  • Alexander Grasshoff (December 10, 1928 – April 5, 2008) was an American documentary filmmaker and director who received three Oscar nominations. Along with fellow producer Robert Cohn, he is perhaps best known for writing and directing the documentary Young Americans, which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature during the 1969 ceremony. However, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences soon found out the film had been shown first in October 1967, thus making it ineligible for a 1968 award and the Oscar was revoked. (This marks the only time, as of 2021, where an Academy Award was first awarded and then revoked.) Grasshoff, who reportedly slept with the Oscar on the first night, also directed Academy Award-nominated films The Really Big Family (1966) and Journey to the Outer Limits (1973). He also directed the award-winning The Wave (1981), based on Ron Jones' The Third Wave experiment, and Future Shock (1972), based on Alvin Toffler's book and hosted by Orson Welles. (en)
  • Alexander Grasshoff (* 10. Dezember 1928 in Boston, Massachusetts; † 5. April 2008 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Regisseur, der vor allem Dokumentar- und Fernsehfilme drehte. (de)
  • Alexander Grasshoff (né le 10 décembre 1928 à Boston et mort le 5 avril 2008 à Los Angeles) est un réalisateur et réalisateur de documentaires américain qui a reçu trois nominations aux Oscars. (fr)
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  • Alexander Grasshoff (* 10. Dezember 1928 in Boston, Massachusetts; † 5. April 2008 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Regisseur, der vor allem Dokumentar- und Fernsehfilme drehte. (de)
  • Alexander Grasshoff (né le 10 décembre 1928 à Boston et mort le 5 avril 2008 à Los Angeles) est un réalisateur et réalisateur de documentaires américain qui a reçu trois nominations aux Oscars. (fr)
  • Alexander Grasshoff (December 10, 1928 – April 5, 2008) was an American documentary filmmaker and director who received three Oscar nominations. Along with fellow producer Robert Cohn, he is perhaps best known for writing and directing the documentary Young Americans, which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature during the 1969 ceremony. However, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences soon found out the film had been shown first in October 1967, thus making it ineligible for a 1968 award and the Oscar was revoked. (This marks the only time, as of 2021, where an Academy Award was first awarded and then revoked.) Grasshoff, who reportedly slept with the Oscar on the first night, also directed Academy Award-nominated films The Really Big Family (1966) and Journey to the Ou (en)
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