# Oscar and Nobel? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 15, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-and-nobel/422816 "2007-10-15T18:13:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anonick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e5b9ba/32.png) [@anonick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anonick)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-and-nobel/422816/1 "2007-10-15T18:13:48Z")
Al Gore may not have won an Oscar himself, but he was a big part of it, wasn’t he? Is he the first guy to win (well, be involved with the winning party) an Oscar AND a Nobel? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-and-nobel/422816/2 "2007-10-15T18:23:58Z")
John Steinbeck won a Nobel Prize in Literature, and the screenplay of his book **The Grapes of Wrath** won an Oscar. Obviously, Steinbeck’s writing was a big part of that Oscar win. George Bernard Shaw was instrumental in what became **My Fair Lady**. ---
**Author:** ![anonick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e5b9ba/32.png) [@anonick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anonick)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-and-nobel/422816/3 "2007-10-15T18:25:20Z")
Oh… never got that much publicity? Well, ignoramuses like me haven’t heard of him. Thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Amok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@Amok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amok)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-and-nobel/422816/4 "2007-10-15T18:52:08Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] George Bernard Shaw was instrumental in what became **My Fair Lady**. [/QUOTE] G.B. Shaw was credited (among others) for the screenplay for Pygmalion (1938). It won “Best Writing, Screenplay” that year. In fact, his [imdb.com trivia page](http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0789737/bio) says > [@](#): > > Only person to receive a Nobel Prize and an Oscar (Pygmalion (1938)). That discounts Steinbeck because The Grapes of Wrath (1940)'s Oscars weren’t for writing (though it was nominated for it), I guess. Though by the OP’s broader definition, he qualifies. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-and-nobel/422816/5 "2007-10-15T19:11:15Z")
[QUOTE=Amok] That discounts Steinbeck because The Grapes of Wrath (1940)'s Oscars weren’t for writing (though it was nominated for it), I guess. Though by the OP’s broader definition, he qualifies. [/QUOTE] According to the IMDB, GoW won a best screenplay Oscar, though it went to Nunnally Johnson. Still, it’s within the parameters as given. Near miss: Harold Pinter. Two Oscar nominations in addition to his Nobel. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-and-nobel/422816/6 "2007-10-15T19:46:53Z")
Gore also won an Emmy for his Current TV network. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-and-nobel/422816/7 "2007-10-15T20:03:17Z")
[QUOTE=rowrrbazzle] Gore also won an Emmy for his Current TV network. [/QUOTE] Now if we can just get him a Grammy and a Tony he’ll be as big a star as Rita Moreno. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-and-nobel/422816/8 "2007-10-15T20:46:32Z")
Al’s hoping for a Golden Globe. That’s the one with the real prestige. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-and-nobel/422816/9 "2007-10-15T22:28:54Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Now if we can just get him a Grammy and a Tony he’ll be as big a star as Rita Moreno. [/QUOTE] [Latin accent] But not as esmokin’, _papi_! [/Latin accent] ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-and-nobel/422816/10 "2007-10-16T12:51:15Z")
John Forbes Nash won a Nobel for Economics. Though he had precious little to do directly with the Best Picture-Winning _A Beautiful Mind_, the movie was about him, and he did provide some consulting, so if you stretch the parameters, then he’s in. ---
**Author:** ![blinkingblinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-and-nobel/422816/11 "2007-10-16T20:39:53Z")
Did Gore really win an Oscar? Was he the producer of that film? ---
**Author:** ![blinkingblinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-and-nobel/422816/12 "2007-10-16T20:45:15Z")
Just looked it up. As I thought, Gore did not win that award. Davis Guggenheim did