As if seeing their movie “Everything Everywhere All at Once” earn accolades at the Academy Awards wasn’t gratifying enough, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (aka the Daniels) also entered the history books as the third duo of directors in history to win Best Director.
The Daniels’ nomination marked the fourth time a team of two had competed for the award, with previous nominations for Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise for 1961’s “West Side Story,” Buck Henry and Warren Beatty for 1978’s “Heaven Can Wait.” and Ethan and Joel Coen’s 2007 “No Country for Old Men.”
With the Daniels’ win, the directing duos have gone three for four at the Academy Awards, suggesting that once nominated, the Academy has no problem viewing directing as a team sport.
The “Everything Everywhere All at Once” duo came into the night as the frontrunner in the category, their film enjoying overwhelming success on the awards circuit in the weeks and months prior. Daniels has benefited greatly from the approval of his peers, especially after his Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Theatrical Feature in February.
Overall, it was a good night to be called Daniel.
