Oppenheimer leads the Oscars 2024 nominations with 13 for the film about the Jewish theoretical physicist known as the “father of the atomic bomb”.
Christopher Nolan’s biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the son of German-Jewish immigrants Ella and Julius, is nominated for best picture, actor and director, and is predicted to take the gong for the most prestigious award. Earlier this month the film was victorious at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards.
Another film with Jewish roots proving a hit with the Oscar judges is Barbie. Oppenheimer’s rival blockbuster has eight nods including best picture and for its original song, ‘I'm Just Ken’, co-written by Jewish producer and songwriter Mark Ronson. The blonde-haired, long-legged Barbie came to life thanks to Ruth Moskowicz, the daughter of a Polish blacksmith who in 1959 coined the idea for a hyper-feminine doll and named it after her daughter Barbara.
Maestro, the Leonard Bernstein biopic which tells the complex love story between the American composer and conductor and his wife from when they met in 1946, has seven nominations including for best picture, actor (Bradley Cooper) and actress (Carey Mulligan).
