'Amy,' Nina Simone Film on Oscar Documentaries Shortlist
The 88th annual Academy Awards (hosted by Chris Rock!) won’t announce their nominations until January, but today we’ve got the documentaries short-list. And in the music turf, two deceased icons are up for consideration: July's Amy Winehouse doc, Amy, and Netflix’s Nina Simone project, What Happened, Miss Simone?
The Simone documentary was helmed by Liz Garbus, who has been directing and producing docs nonstop since the mid-‘90s, investigating Marilyn Monroe and chess king Bobby Fischer along the way.
Amy came from Asif Kapadia, a British director who will direct an Oasis documentary next. The movie featured conversations with Mark Ronson, Pete Doherty, Tony Bennett and Yasiin Bey. There’s now a Winehouse biopic in the works, with actress Noomi Rapace (Prometheus, the original Swedish Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy) and director Kristen Sheridan (August Rush, Dollhouse) involved.
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