The Oscars Trophy Was Modeled After This Legendary Mexican Filmmaker | WYKA

An award that’s as hard to come by as LA street parking, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences created the notorious man statue, aka the Oscar – to commemorate trailblazers in film. But why “The Oscar”, and who’s Oscar? Latinos have had their impact on American cinema for quite some time, and on this particular occasion, we’re going all the way back to the 20’s, the 1920’s that is. So tell me what you know about the man who inspired the Oscars statue – Emilio “El Indio” Fernandez?