The Golden Globes, one of the global film industry's most important accolades, returned to the air last night with a huge success for legendary Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg. The Jaws, E.T and Schindler’s List director took home two of the night's biggest prizes when his latest film The Fabelmans - which will be released in the UK in January - won Best Motion Picture and Best Director for his most personal work yet.

Spielberg wrote the Fabelmans, a fictionalised account of his own upbringing and trajectory to becoming one of the best known filmmakers on the planet, with Jewish screenwriter and playwright Tony Kushner. Kushner, who is known for his award-winning iconic LGBTQ post-AIDS play Angels in America also worked on Spielberg’s 2021 adaptation of the musical West Side Story.

Elsewhere, Jewish composer and long-time Damien Chazelle collaborator Justin Hurwitz who is known for his work on award-winning titles such as Whiplash, La La Land and First Man, took home the prize for Best Original Score on the night for this work in Chazelle’s latest film, Babylon. Babylon tells the story off excesses and scandals of pre code Hollywood and stars Brad Pitt, Margot Robbi and Diego Calva,

Meanwhile, Best Supporting Actress nominee Jamie Lee Curtis who gave a phenomenal performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once, sadly lost out to Angela Bassett who won for her role in Wakanda Forever.

Other Jewish nominees to narrowly miss out on the big prizes last night were: British Jewish actor Andrew Garfield who was nominated for Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture for TV category for the brilliant Under The Banner of Heaven, Henry Winkler who was nominated for his supporting role on the HBO series Barry and Seth Rogen who was nominated for the miniseries Pam and Tommy.

Here’s hoping that Jewish nominees might fare a little better at the Academy Awards which will be taking place later in March.