Although cinema is a universal art-form, the Academy Awards, primarily a celebration of Hollywood, skew American. Three out of the five nominees for Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Director categories were born in the United States or its territories. Each category also features one nominee from Great Britain. The outliers are actor Antonio Banderas (Spain), actress Charlize Theron (South Africa), and director Bong Joon Ho (South Korea). In the early days of the Oscars, nominees were nearly as likely to be European (primarily British) as American (primarily from the Eastern Seaboard). Comparatively few celebrants hailed from anywhere near Hollywood itself. This discrepancy reflected historical demographics. When the Academy Awards began in the late 1920s, Los Angeles had a fraction of the populations of New York and London. As the motion picture industry helped turn Southern California into a megalopolis, the region began to produce more homegrown talent. One data point has remained steady over time. Only five women have been nominated for Best Director, with one winner: Kathryn Bigelow, for The Hurt Locker in 2010. This map illustrates the birthplaces of the Best Actor and Best Actress winners by year, and also the gender of the winners in the Best Director category. This animated map was made using Esri's ArcGIS Pro, Cinema 4D, and Adobe After Effects. Please visit http://ow.ly/fm2950xgu0B for more information about ArcGIS Pro. Data Source: http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ Music: Lemonade by Shtriker Big Band --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow us on Social Media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/Esri Facebook: https://facebook.com/EsriGIS LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/esri Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/esrigram The Science of Where: http://www.esri.com