Best Picture. He shared the award with Clint Eastwood, who had presented Ruddy with the Best Picture Oscar for The Godfather over 30 years earlier. In late 2015, it was announced that he had acquired the rights to Rand's Atlas Shrugged and would be making a movie for worldwide release. In 2021, his daughter Alexandra Ruddy became co-principal at Albert S. Ruddy Productions. Personal life Ruddy was originally married to and divorced from Francoise Ruddy, who was also Jewish. This was prior to her name change to Ma Prem Hasya as part of the Rajneeshpuram Commune in Central Oregon. Francoise saw him through the production of The Godfather, even lending her name to the production company title. Ruddy is currently married to Wanda McDaniel, the mother of his two children, John Ruddy and Alexandra Ruddy. Since 1980, McDaniel has been an executive vice president for the Italian designer Giorgio Armani, where she is credited with inventing the red carpet and helping to make Armani into a fashion icon. In the 2022 biographical drama miniseries The Offer, which dramatizes the making of The Godfather and is executive produced by Ruddy, he is played by Miles Teller. Filmography He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted. Film As writer Art director Soundtrack Thanks Television As writer Miscellaneous crew As an actor Thanks Awards Won: 1973 Academy Award for Best Picture: The Godfather Won: 1973 David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film: The Godfather Won: 1973 Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama: The Godfather Won: 1975 Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy: The Longest Yard Nomination: 1983 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture: Megaforce Nomination: 1984 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture: Cannonball Run II Nomination: 1985 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay: Cannonball Run II (with Hal Needham and Harvey Miller) Won: 2005 Academy Award for Best Picture: Million Dollar Baby See also Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood References External links "The Godfather Wars" Vanity Fair Profile from Mass Hysteria Entertainment Ruddy Morgan Organization 1930 births Living people Canadian film producers Jewish Canadian filmmakers 20th-century American Jews People from New York City People from Montreal Producers who won the Best Picture Academy Award USC School of Architecture alumni City College of New York alumni Golden Globe Award-winning producers Brooklyn Technical High School alumni 21st-century American Jews