By, Jessica Elgot
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By, Jessica Elgot
Joel and Ethan Coen have received two Academy Award nominations for their Jewish black comedy A Serious Man.
The brothers are nominated for Best Film and Best Original Screenplay for the film which follows the tribulations of a Jewish university professor in Minneapolis in the late 1960s.
Juno director Jason Reitman received five nominations for his latest film Up In The Air, which stars George Clooney. Mr Reitman is up for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. George Clooney is nominated as Best Actor and two other members of the cast are up for Best Supporting Actress.
Mr Reitman told the LA Jewish Journal that he believes his Jewish upbringing has helped him tell visual stories. He said: “I think Jewish people are great storytellers. Celebrating our heritage and our holidays has so much to do to with storytelling. We've survived so long, partly on our ability to tell stories. I love to make people laugh, and I've always had an attraction to telling stories."
