Lopez won an Oscar for Let It Go from Frozen as Best Song in 2014, becoming the first Filipino American to do so.
Lopez won his second Oscar Sunday (March 4) for the song Remember Me from the animated feature Coco. Lopez is also part of a select group who has won an Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Oscar. In fact, according to the Sun Star, Lopez is the only person in the world to win a double EGOT. He’s won each prestigious award at least twice.
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Kazuhiro Tsuji, who accepted the award for Makeup and Hairstyling for his work in The Darkest Hour, was the only other Asian given an Oscar. He was talked out of retirement by Darkest Hour star Gary Oldman who said he would not take the role as Winston Churchill unless Tsuji did his make up.
Paul Denham Austerberry, who is hapa Asian Canadian , won for Production Design for his work on The Shape of Water.
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Kumail Nanjiani didn’t win. He was nominated for Best Original Screenplay with his wife Emily V. Gordon for their work on The Big Sick. The Oscar in this category went to Get Out writer and director Jordan Peele.
KUMAIL NANJIANI, PAUL D. AUSTERBERRY, JEFFREY A. MELVIN, SHANE VIEAU
ADRIAN MOLINA, GAEL GARCIA BERNAL, ANTHONY GONZALEZ, DARLA K ANDERSON, KELLY MARIE TRAN, MARK HAMILL
(Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story omitted the win by Austerberry. We regret the oversight. )
