Old News: Oscar winners from Indiana

George Seaton of South Bend

• Won best screenplay Oscars for "Miracle on 34th Street" in 1948 and "The Country Girl" in 1955.
• He was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1962.

Anne Baxter of Michigan City

• Won an Oscar for best supporting actress for her role in "The Razor's Edge" in 1947.

James Baskett of Indianapolis

• Won an honorary Oscar for his role as Uncle Remus in Disney's "Song of the South" in 1948.

Sid Grauman of Indianapolis

• He won an honorary Oscar for raising the standard of the exhibition of motion pictures in 1949.
• Oscar ceremonies were also held at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in 1944, 1945 and 1946.

Hoagy Carmichael of Bloomington

• Won the Oscar for best original song for "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" from "Here Comes the Groom" in 1952.

George W. Davis of Kokomo

• Awarded best art decoration Oscar for "The Robe" in 1954 and "The Diary of Anne Frank" in 1960.

Robert Wise of Winchester

• Won best director and best picture Oscars for "West Side Story" in 1962 and "The Sound of Music" in 1966.

Howard Hawks of Goshen

• Presented an honorary Oscar for being a "master American filmmaker" in 1975.

John Korty of Lafayette

• Won the best documentary feature Oscar for "Who Are the DeBolts?" in 1978.

Sydney Pollack of Lafayette

• Won Oscars for best director and best picture for "Out of Africa" in 1986.

Mia Neal of Gary

• Won for best makeup and hairstyling for the film "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" in 2021.

Tiara Thomas of Indianapolis

• Won the Oscar for best original song for "Fight for You" from "Judas and the Black Messiah" in 2021.

Brendan Fraser of Indianapolis

• Won the Oscar for best actor for his role in "The Whale" in 2023.