Don Ameche, who went to UW-Madison, holding the Best Supporting Actor Oscar award for his role in Cocoon, backstage at the Academy Awards in 1986 with award presenter Cher. (Photo: Getty Images)Marshall Brickman, who attended UW-Madison. He won an Oscar in 1978 for Best Original Screenplay (Annie Hall). (Photo by Warner Brothers/Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images)PASADENA, CA – FEBRUARY 14: (Seated, 1st row, L to R) Bill Tondreau, Peter D. Parks, Richard Edlund, Jennifer Garner, Frank Pierson, Dave Lebolt, Douglas Greenfield, (2nd Row, L to R) Ken McGaugh, Kenneth L. Tingler, Diane E. Kestner, Christophe Hery, Henrik Wann Jensen, Pat Hanrahan (who went to UW-Madison), Stephen R. Marschner, Renate Zoller, (3rd Row, L to R) Christopher Alfred, Andrew J. Cannon, Michael C. Carlos, Chuck Grindstaff, Stephen Regelous, Mark Crabtree, Paul Duclos, Carl Pernicone, Brian A. Schell and Kish Sadhvani pose at The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical Achievements Awards at the Ritz Carlton Huntington Hotel on February 14, 2004 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)HOLLYWOOD, CA – FEBRUARY 26: Composer Justin Hurwitz, who attended Nicolet High School, poses in the press room at the 89th annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. He won Oscars that year for Best Original Music Score (La La Land) and Best Original Song (City of Stars). (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)Fredric March, who was born in Racine, plays salesman Willy Loman in the film ‘Death of a Salesman’, adapted from Arthur Miller’s play. He won Best Actor awards twice, in 1932 and 1947. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)LOS ANGELES, CA – APRIL 06: (EDITOR’S NOTE: image has been shot in black and white. Color version not available.) Producer Walter Mirisch, who attended UW-Madison, attends the 50th anniversary screening of the 1968 Best Picture Oscar-winning “In the Heat of the Night” during the 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival on April 6, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. 26657_003 (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for TCM)Errol Morris (who went to UW-Madison), winner for Best Documentary Feature Award for “The Fog of War” in 2004. (Photo by M. Caulfield/WireImage)BEVERLY HILLS, CA – OCTOBER 14: Writer John Ridley, who is from Mequon, speaks onstage at The Academy Presents The 2017 Careers In Film Summit at Samuel Goldwyn Theater on October 14, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. He won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for 12 Years a Slave in 2014. (Photo by Earl Gibson III/Getty Images)HOLLYWOOD, CA – FEBRUARY 28: (L-R) Producers Steve Golin, Blye Pagon Faust, Nicole Rocklin (who went to UW-Madison) and Michael Sugar, winners of the Best Picture award for ‘Spotlight,’ pose in the press room during the 88th Annual Academy Awards at Loews Hollywood Hotel on February 28, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by C Flanigan/FilmMagic)Tom Rosenberg (who went to UW-Madison), Clint Eastwood and Albert S. Ruddy, winners Best Picture for “Million Dollar Baby” in 2005. (Photo by J. Vespa/WireImage)BEVERLY HILLS, CA – JUNE 30: Jim Rygiel (from Kenosha) attends AMPAS’ Great To Be Nominated Screening Of “The Lord Of The Rings” on June 30, 2008 in Beverly Hills, California. He has won three Oscars for Best Visual Effects with the Lord of the Rings series. (Photo by Katy Winn/Getty Images)LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 06: Mark Rylance, who attended Milwaukee’s University School, attends the “Waiting for the Barbarians” UK Premiere during 63rd BFI London Film Festival at BFI Southbank on October 06, 2019 in London, England. He won the Best Supporting Actor award in 2016 for Bridge of Spies. (Photo by Lia Toby/Getty Images for BFI)HOLLYWOOD – MARCH 05: Filmmakers Eric Simonson (who is from Milwaukee) and Corinne Marrianan accept the Best Documentary Short Subject on stage during the 78th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre on March 5, 2006 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 06: Production designer Adam Stockhausen, from Brookfield, attends The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences Hosts An Official Academy Screening of “Bridget of Spies” on October 6, 2015 in New York City. He won a Best Production Design Oscar in 2015 for the Grand Budapest Hotel. (Photo by Robin Marchant/Getty Images for Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)Actors Sidney Poitier, Katharine Houghton, and Spencer Tracy (born and grew up in Milwaukee) in a scene from the 1967 film, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?, directed by Stanley Kramer. Tracy won two Best Actor Oscars for Captains Courageous (1938) and Boys Town (1939). (Photo by George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images)circa 1935: American actor and director Orson Welles (from Kenosha, 1915-1985) seated at a table, on the telephone and holding a pipe. He won Best Original Screenplay for Citizen Kane in 1942. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
