Daniel Scheinert

The writing-and-directing duo the Daniels won three Oscars apiece on a dominant night for “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”

“La La Land” director Damien Chazelle was the youngest at 32 in 2017. The Daniels are the third directing duo to win an Oscar. The film was a boon for Asian actors, who were cast in most of the major roles, including [Everything Everywhere All at Once](https://apnews.com/article/oscars-academy-awards-2023-0366eeec948d96f3126d0725cdec5074),” the top nominee with 11, had [immense awards season momentum](https://apnews.com/article/ap-news-alert-los-angeles-befb9479e79d903ae606db94c65f2318). He is the person who told me I was a storyteller before I believed it.” Kwan becomes the third winner of Asian descent to win a directing Oscar.

Michelle Yeoh, left, reacts in the audience with excitement as she accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a leading role for “Everything ...

It’s the first song from an Indian film to win in the category. The audience—including his “Temple of Doom” director, Steven Spielberg—gave Quan a standing ovation as he fought back tears. She’s the first best actress win for a non-white actress in 20 years.

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert won for their multiverse mash-up, “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” making them the rare set of paired directors to win ...

Sunday’s win adds another honor to an impressive awards-season run for the Daniels, who also took top prizes at the “We are all products of our context. We are all descendants of something and someone. It stars Michelle Yeoh as a laundromat owner at odds with everyone from the I.R.S. Warren Beatty and Buck Henry also received a nod but not a statuette, for the 1978 comedy “Heaven Can Wait.” Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins won for “West Side Story” (1961) and the Coen brothers won for “No Country for Old Men” (2007), though they later lost for “True Grit” (2010).

Birmingham native and "Everything Everywhere All at Once" co-director Daniel Scheinert bought the tuxedo from the Scottsboro store.

One of the [best-reviewed movies of the year](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/everything_everywhere_all_at_once), the film has [a Rotten Tomatoes score of 95%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/everything_everywhere_all_at_once). [Showtime Anytime](https://www.showtimeanytime.com/) and [Paramount+](https://go.skimresources.com/?id=126006X1587343&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fparamountplus.com%2F&xcust=xid:fr1676824663257gfg And, [according to his mother](https://www.al.com/life/2023/03/moms-going-to-the-oscars-everything-everywhere-directors-parents-talk-sons-success.html), Scheinert did it wearing an item he bought at Scottsboro’s [Unclaimed Baggage](https://www.al.com/life/2022/04/you-never-know-what-youll-find-at-unclaimed-baggage.html) store. [Read more about it.](https://www.al.com/life/2023/03/crimson-tide-t-shirt-camo-poncho-the-wonderfully-wacky-wardrobe-of-an-alabama-oscar-contender.html) [won three awards including best picture, director and original screenplay](https://www.al.com/life/2023/03/alabamas-daniel-scheinert-wins-oscar-for-everything-everywhere-all-at-once.html). “Everything Everywhere All at Once” won seven Oscars including best picture, director, original screenplay, actress (Michelle Yeoh), supporting actor (Ke Huy and supporting actress (Jamie Lee Curtis). The Daniels have attended the Golden Globes, SAG Awards and Film Independent Spirit Awards -- just to name a few -- where they’ve given one acceptance speech (and made one fashion statement) after another. [“Everything Everywhere All at Once”](https://www.al.com/topic/everything%20everywhere%20all%20at%20once/) can make a splash on the red carpet during their run of award season dominance. With a goal of maximizing the bag’s potential, its contents are either sold, recycled or donated to charity. His mom told AL.com, for the Oscars, Daniel planned to wear a tuxedo from Unclaimed Baggage in Scottsboro. Now, he and I will continue to arm-wrestle and argue about what he wears.” In particular, [Daniel Scheinert](https://www.al.com/topic/Daniel%20Scheinert/) does not shy away from making one fashion statement after the next.

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert won best picture for Everything Everywhere All at Once at Sunday night's Oscars.

#Oscars" and @TyLeisher added: "EEAAO is great, but if you haven't seen Swiss Army Man... Specifically my mum and dad, thank you for not squashing my creativity when I was making really disturbing horror films or really perverted comedy films or dressing in drag as a kid, which is a threat to nobody.” Kwan said: “The world is opening up to the fact that genius doesn’t stem from individuals like us on stage rather genius emerges from the collective. @CooperCodes recommended: "While everyone is basking in the awesomeness that is Everything Everywhere All At Once, I’m here to advise you that you should watch their first film Swiss Army Man with Daniel Radcliffe. It is only the third time the award has gone to a pair of directors, after Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins in 1962 (West Side Story) and Joel and Ethan Coen in 2008 (No Country For Old Men). Meanwhile filmmakers Kwan and Scheinert - a duo known as the 'Daniels' - jointly won the best director Oscar, fending off competition from Martin McDonagh, Steven Spielberg, Todd Field and Ruben Ostlund. Michelle Yeoh made history at the Oscars, claiming the accolade for best leading actress. [Stars sparkle at the Oscars 2023 on new champagne-coloured red carpet as viewers complain they "hate it" as they spot problems](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/stars-sparkle-oscars-2023-new-26455736) [Dancing On Ice viewers think they spotted Vanessa looking 'furious' with Joey as they lost out to Nile in the final](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/dancing-ice-viewers-think-spotted-26455554.amp) [ITV Dancing On Ice final in chaos as Phil and Holly forced to halt the show as other viewers baffled by filming 'blunder'](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tv/itv-dancing-ice-final-chaos-26455479.amp) [Dancing On Ice fans 'obsessed' as Holly Willoughby wears unexpected plunging ice dress for the final](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/dancing-ice-fans-obsessed-holly-26454834.amp) [Gemma Atkinson and daughter Mia cheer on Gorka Marquez on stage in Manchester after almost missing show](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/gemma-atkinson-daughter-mia-cheer-26454740.amp) Sharing a photo of the directors at the Oscars, @katieisafilmfan tweeted: "These guys literally went from making a farting corpse film starring Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe in 2016 to making an Oscar winning film #Oscars" and @jbensnyder said: "The guys who directed the movie where Daniel Radcliffe's bloated corpse propels itself across an ocean via flatulence have won best picture" @motelsiren commented: "the daniels also made SWISS ARMY MAN (2016) which is about daniel radcliffe farting his way through the afterlife as a bloated corpse and it also convinced me that i will never find my soulmate and am destined to be forever alone on an island somewhere" while @JeffDelicious added: "Millions of people right now looking up Daniels’ last movie + YouTube clips of Paul Dano riding Daniel Radcliffe’s farting corpse like a jet ski." But viewers were left surprised when they realised that the film they'd directed prior the to multi-Oscar-winner was a comedy drama starring Daniel Radcliffe as a 'farting corpse.' Swiss Army Man, which featured the Harry Potter actor and Paul Dano, made its debut at Sundance Film Festival in 2016. This is weird.

By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES, March 12 (Reuters) - Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, the filmmakers who brought to life the off-kilter action-adventur...

The pair’s previous project, 2016 film “Swiss Army Man,” also was unorthodox. Plastic googly eyes and a giant bagel also play major roles. Another portrayed mother and daughter conversing as rocks.

The "Everything Everywhere All at Once" director, who won three Academy Awards, gave the Sidewalk Film a special shoutout on Sunday.

Even the tuxedo he wore was local -- [Scheinert bought it at Scottsboro’s Unclaimed Baggage store](https://www.al.com/life/2023/03/unclaimed-baggage-at-the-oscars-alabama-filmmaker-wears-local-tux.html). “My personal reaction was I feel like Daniel’s acknowledgement of Sidewalk in that setting, along with lots of other individuals and organizations that he had longstanding relationships with, I think it’s really indicative of who he is as a person.” I was thrilled by it, but I wasn’t surprised because I feel like it’s in line with who he is as a person.” “And Sidewalk Film Festival just blew my mind when I made a movie in high school with my best friends and it played for an audience and they liked it. I interned at Sidewalk Film Festival for a while, and it became my favorite thing to do my last three years of high school.” [shouting out several teachers](https://www.al.com/educationlab/2023/03/i-about-flipped-these-are-the-alabama-teachers-daniel-scheinert-says-changed-his-life.html) during his original screenplay Oscar win and [Sidewalk Film Festival during a win at the Film Independent Spirit Awards](https://www.al.com/life/2023/03/daniels-shout-out-sidewalk-film-festival-during-independent-spirit-awards-sweep.html). Fans could fill out ballots, watch the ceremony and enjoy various giveaways as they watched Scheinert and his colleagues make Alabama film history. His dad said Scheinert got into filmmaking through local competitions and musical theater during high school. “Hey, tell everybody at the Sidewalk Cinema that I love Sidewalk,” Scheinert said in the video. “An amazing shoutout straight from the Academy Awards!” Sidewalk’s Instagram caption sharing the video said. I was like, ‘This is incredible.’ So we just started trying to make movies and do all the Sidewalk Scrambles and enter all the competitions. [Who are the Daniels?