Frank Oz

Award won Role or nomination

1. 1944 age 0

   Born

2. 1979 age 35

   CreditThe Muppet Movie

3. 1980 age 36

   CreditStar Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

   CreditThe Blues Brothers

4. 1981 age 37

   CreditAn American Werewolf in London

5. 1982 age 38

   CreditThe Dark Crystaldirector

6. 1983 age 39

   CreditStar Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi

   CreditTrading Places

7. 1986 age 42

   CreditLabyrinth

8. 1988 age 44

   CreditDirty Rotten Scoundrelsdirector

9. 1994 age 50

   CreditThe Santa Clause

10. 1999 age 55

    CreditStar Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

11. 2001 age 57

    CreditThe Scoredirector

12. 2002 age 58

    CreditStar Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

13. 2004 age 60

    CreditThe Stepford Wivesdirector

14. 2005 age 61

    CreditStar Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

    CreditZathura: A Space Adventure

15. 2015 age 71

    CreditStar Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens

16. 2017 age 73

    CreditStar Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi

17. 2019 age 75

    CreditKnives Out

• JWJohn Williams7 titles
• KBKenny Baker7 titles
• GLGeorge Lucas6 titles
• ADAnthony Daniels6 titles
• IMIan McDiarmid6 titles
• CFCarrie Fisher5 titles
• JHJim Henson5 titles
• WDWarwick Davis4 titles
• MHMark Hamill4 titles
• PMPeter Mayhew4 titles

• What Jim wanted to do, and it was totally his vision, was to get back to the darkness of the original Grimm’s fairy tales. He thought it was fine to scare children. He didn’t think it was healthy for children to always feel safe.

  Frank Oz, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I helped him direct the movie, but he had the vision. It was because of Jim not accepting the impossible and as a result he would work harder than anybody I’ve ever known because he was the one who led the way by working harder. None of us could say no because he always worked harder than us. When you say special, I think that really is the memory that I have, the incredible upward hill journey that we had to do every single day. It was very tough.

  Frank Oz, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I’m not involved in the slightest. I say “godspeed.” I am not involved. Nobody’s mentioned it in any way to me whatsoever. I’ll be very curious to see it.

  Frank Oz, CC BY-SA 4.0

• It seems Mr. Mark Saltzman was asked if Bert & Ernie are gay. It’s fine that he feels they are. They’re not, of course. But why that question? Does it really matter? Why the need to define people as only gay? There’s much more to a human being than just straightness or gayness.

  Frank Oz, CC BY-SA 4.0

• What I don't like is describing Jim as that he was this wonderful, warm, sweet man because, yes he was a wonderful, warm, sweet man – but he was also the strongest man I ever met in character. He was very tough. He worked like a sonofabitch. He could get cranky and he got snarky at times. He would rarely get angry. I've seen him angry only about three times in my life.<br>He was a very complex guy, but he was that noble spirit.

  Frank Oz, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Jim didn't have a script – he didn't work that normal way. He wanted to have a laboratory of textures and designs and ideas and rehearsals. He had a story – but he wanted the script to work in conjunction with the laboratory of creating the characters.

  Frank Oz, CC BY-SA 4.0

Nationalities

United Kingdom, United States, Belgium

Languages

English

Years active

1963–

Notable works

Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, Little Shop of Horrors, What About Bob?, The Muppet Show, Sesame Street, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Education

Laney College, Oakland Technical High School