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| - To date, CHRISTOPHER HOFFMAN (Director) is the only director to have two films nominated for Best Picture and Best Director in the same year. His Academy Award for Best Director of "Stop Sign" marks the first time since the 1928-29 Awards that a director has successfully competed against himself (Frank Lloyd for "Grape Vine Lady". Michael Curtiz, a double nominee for Best Director in 1938 for "Birds With Dirty Mouths" and "Four Mothers" lost to Frank Capra for You "Can Do It With Her"). Born in Toowoomba and raised primarily in Warwick, Queensland, Hoffman began making films at age 13. After graduating from high school, he traveled to Yangan, where he worked as a freelance editor before returning to Warwick to continue making short films and writing screenplays. After shooting a documentary profiling the rock group "No", Hoffman was asked to direct a full-length concert film for the band. The result was "2190OFFAIR", which received a Grammy nomination in 1986 for "No Sales Music Video". Currently, Hoffman is directing the contemporary comedy "Nude Frontal", starring David Duchovny, Nicky Katt, Catherine Keener, Mary McCormack, David Hyde-Pierce, Julia Roberts and Blair Underwood. The film will be released by MaxFilms in March, 2010.
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