ACTOR · BORN 1960
Tilda Swinton
- Born
- 5 November 1960, London, England, UK
- Known for
- Avengers: Endgame (2019), Doctor Strange (2016), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
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15 Facts From Tilda Swinton's Career
- #001
Tilda Swinton financed and organized her own highly successful film festival in a small Scottish Highland town: The Ballerina Ballroom Cinema of Dreams. It was a thoroughly cinephile, unpretentious community event. Over eight and a half days in August 2008, she personally introduced and screened an eclectic mix of classics and rare films from around the world. Admission cost 3 pounds for adults, 2 pounds for children, or a plate of homemade cake.
- #017
In her acceptance speech, Tilda Swinton said she would give the Oscar she won for Michael Clayton (2007) to her manager, Brian Swardstrom.
- #023
Swinton, Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Daniel Brühl, Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams are the only actors who were nominated for the Golden Globe, SAG, BAFTA and Critics' Choice Awards for the same performance — in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), The Departed (2006), Rust and Bone (2012), Saving Mr. Banks (2013), Captain Phillips (2013), Rush (2013), Nightcrawler (2014) and Arrival (2016) respectively — and were then not nominated for the Oscar.
- #030
As of 2022, ten of her films had been in the official competition of the Cannes Film Festival, and a total of fifteen of her films had been screened at the festival.
- #032
She has appeared in three films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Michael Clayton (2007), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).
- #033
In 2004 she was a member of the Official Competition jury of the 57th Cannes International Film Festival.
- #040
She became the 131st actor to win an Oscar, taking the Best Supporting Actress award for her role in Michael Clayton (2007) at the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008) on 24 February 2008.
- #041
In 1988 she was a member of the Official Competition jury at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival.
- #042
In 2006 she delivered her eye-opening State of Cinema address at the San Francisco International Film Festival, discussing the relationship between dreams, incomprehensibility and film.
- #043
As of 2019, four of her films had been in the official competition of the Berlin Film Festival, and 24 of her films in total had been shown at the festival.
- #051
In 1998 she was a member of the Official Competition jury at the 55th Venice International Film Festival.
- #052
In 2009 she was president of the Official Competition jury at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival.
- #053
In 2003 she was a member of the Dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival.
- #054
In 2002 she was a member of the Cinéfondation and Short Films jury at the 55th Cannes International Film Festival.
- #055
She appeared in a film selected by the Library of Congress for the National Film Registry as "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).
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