Emerson Grads Pick Up Oscar Nominations For Film That's 'Nothing Like You've Ever Seen'

It's funny. It's weird. It's great. It's "Everything All At Once," and now it's the most Oscar-nominated movie of the year. And several of those nominations belong to The Daniels, the directing, writing, and producing partners Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, who met while studying at Emerson College.

Daniel Scheinert (left) and Daniel Kwan received rave reviews and several Oscar nominations for their gloriously unique film "Everything Everywhere All At Once." Kwan is a Westborough native and a graduate of Westborough High School.
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Josh Lanier

01/25/2023 5:15 p.m.

"Everything Everywhere All At Once" is a reality-bending, parallel universe-hopping tale of a family struggling to stay together. Directed by The Daniels — Kwan and Daniel Scheinert — the movie was nominated for 10 Academy Awards earlier this week. Kwan and Scheinert also wrote the film.

Along with Best Director, "Everything Everywhere All At Once" was nominated for Best Picture; Best Actress for Michelle Yeoh; Best Supporting Actress (twice) one for Jamie Lee Curtis (her first nomination) and another for Stephanie Hsu; Best Supporting Actor for Ke Huy Quan; Best Original Screenplay; and several other technical awards.

Longtime critic Peter Travers raved about the film. "The Daniels and their wow of a star Michelle Yeoh turn this visionary absurdist comedy into a volcano of creative ideas in full eruption," he wrote. "It’s like nothing you’ve ever seen."

Kwan is a Massachusetts native who graduated from Westborough High School before he matriculated to Emerson College where he met Scheinert, who is from Alabama.

Emerson released a statement praising the duo for their nominations.

“We are incredibly proud of Emerson alums Daniel Kwan ’10 and Daniel Scheinert ’09 who both received Oscar nominations this morning for their creativity, imagination, and filmmaking and directorial excellence on 'Everything Everywhere All at Once.' Their success we hope is a reflection of the space we give our creative students to find their passion and their voice as filmmakers. We look forward to celebrating with them on Oscar night and know they will continue to have a very bright future.”

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