{"id":58746,"date":"2019-02-27T08:45:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T13:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=58746"},"modified":"2019-02-27T08:45:55","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T13:45:55","slug":"dayton-com-dayton-celebrates-hannah-beachlers-historic-oscar-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2019\/02\/27\/dayton-com-dayton-celebrates-hannah-beachlers-historic-oscar-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Dayton.com: Dayton celebrates Hannah Beachler\u2019s historic Oscar win"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hannah Beachler receives the Alumna of the year from Tony Alexander, president of the Wright State Alumni Association Board, and Wright State President Cheryl B. Schrader. (Photo by Erin Pence)<\/p><\/div>\n

Hannah Beachler, a 2005 Wright State University graduate who was raised in Centerville, took home her first Academy Award Sunday night. Those who know her in Dayton were delighted, but not surprised.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe has her eyes on the prize, and she won,\u201d said W. Stuart McDowell, professor and artistic director at Wright State\u2019s Department of Theatre, Dance and Motion Pictures.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is a focused person, and I have nothing but the highest praise for this lady. It\u2019s great when wonderful things happen to wonderful people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beachler, the first African-American to win an Oscar for Best Production Design, created the world of Wakanda for Marvel\u2019s film \u201cBlack Panther.\u201d She shared the award with Jay Hart. The movie was also awarded an Oscar for Best Costume Design and Best Original Score.<\/p>\n

\u201cBlack Panther was a transcendent movie, way above the norm of the style of the Marvel comic book movies, which is why it was the biggest and best seller last year,\u201d McDowell said.<\/p>\n

Beachler\u2019s motion picture work may take her around real and imaginary worlds, but she continues to return to the Miami Valley for film screenings and to share advice with students.<\/p>\n

Last year, she founded the Carol Trevino Film Production Fund in memory of a close friend and classmate who died in an auto accident while working on a film in Louisiana in 2007. The scholarship aids Dayton-area students interested in film careers.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s a humble trailblazer who has incredible smarts,\u201d McDowell said. \u201cShe wants to encourage that in women and also in women of color and women of diversity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jonathan McNeal, manager of the Neon Movies in downtown Dayton, recalled during award nominations earlier in the year, people would say they were not surprised she was nominated and would be surprised if she didn\u2019t win.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s such excitement for her work, not only the connection that \u2018Black Panther\u2019 made with audiences but also for breaking a lot of ground,\u201d McNeal said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing the first African-American to be in that category opened some eyes. We\u2019d like to be in a place where those kinds of things aren\u2019t headlines, but they still are. We\u2019re excited that we know the woman who is out there breaking them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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