Question:
Do "winning" groups on movie sets tend to work together?
The assumption the visualization was created under was that “winning” groups are considered
Oscar receivers. After parsing Oscar data for actors, I found out the only people who appeared more
than twice are: Russel Crowe and Cate Blanchett. After reading through the data, I found out Russell
Crowe doubled as an Actor as well as a Director, while Cate Blanchett was only an Actor.
This is the list of all Actors, Cinematographers, and Directors that have won more than 2 Oscars.
Appleby, Noel
"Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)"
"Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)"
Astin, Sean
"Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)"
"Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)"
Baldwin, Alec
"Aviator, The (2004)",
"Departed, The (2006)"
Bean, Sean
"Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)"
"Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)"
Beebe, Dion
"Chicago (2002)"
"Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)"
Bettany, Paul
"Beautiful Mind, A (2001)"
"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)"
Blanchett, Cate
"Aviator, The (2004)"
"Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)"
"Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)"
Bloom, Orlando
"Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)"
"Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)"
Boyd, Billy (I)
"Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)"
"Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)"
Connelly, Jennifer
"Beautiful Mind, A (2001)"
"Pollock (2000)"
Cooper, Chris (I)
"Adaptation. (2002)"
"Syriana (2005)"
Crowe, Russell
"Beautiful Mind, A (2001)"
"Gladiator (2000)"
"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)"
Damon, Matt
"Departed, The (2006)"
"Syriana (2005)"
DiCaprio, Leonardo
"Aviator, The (2004)"
Departed, The (2006)"
Foxx, Jamie
"Dreamgirls (2006)"
"Ray (2004/I)"
Harden, Marcia Gay
“Mystic River (2003)”
“Pollock (2000)”
Harris, Ed (I)
"Beautiful Mind, A (2001)"
“Pollock (2000)”
Hoffman, Philip Seymour
"Capote (2005)"
"Cold Mountain (2003)"
Jackson, Peter (I)
"Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)"
"Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)"
Jones, Doug (I)
"Adaptation. (2002)"
"Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006)"
Keener, Catherine
"Adaptation. (2002)"
"Capote (2005)"
Kidman, Nicole
"Cold Mountain (2003)"
"Hours, The (2002)"
Law, Jude
"Aviator, The (2004)"
"Cold Mountain (2003)"
Ledger, Heath
"Brokeback Mountain (2005)"
"Monster's Ball (2001)"
Marshall, Rob
"Chicago (2002)"
"Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)"
McClelland, Charles (II)
"Beautiful Mind, A (2001)"
"Syriana (2005)"
Pak, Ricky
"Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)"
"Million Dollar Baby (2004)"
Phoenix, Joaquin
"Gladiator (2000)"
"Walk the Line (2005)"
Plummer, Christopher (I)
"Beautiful Mind, A (2001)",
"Syriana (2005)"
Reilly, John C. (I)
"Aviator, The (2004)"
"Chicago (2002)"
Streep, Meryl
"Adaptation. (2002)"
"Hours, The (2002)"
Winstone, Ray
"Cold Mountain (2003)"
"Departed, The (2006)"
Zellweger, Ren�e
"Chicago (2002)"
"Cold Mountain (2003)"
At first I was going to use a force-directed graph to show data regarding actors and related
movies, however, reading through the data reveals that not many actors worked on multiple Oscar films.
It also reveals that the only movie series to win multiple Oscars is the “Lord of the Rings” series.
Although there are other Actors/Directors/Cinematographers that won multiple Oscars, majority of
them came from the Lord of the Rings series. Because of this, most actors appearing on the list of
“multiple” Oscar winners were part of the cast of the series.
Bar graph is actually an ineffective visualization to answer this question. The reason it worked in
this case is because the dataset is so small. Had the dataset been larger, the question whether or not a
group of actors [that often works together] are successful or not would be much harder to answer.
Another question a bar chart does not answer is whether or not an actor has a “link” to each other.