 Among his best known works are "Trouble in Paradise", "Design for Living", "Ninotchka", "The Shop Around the Corner", "To Be or Not to Be" and "Heaven Can Wait".In 1946, he received an Honorary Academy Award for his distinguished contributions to the art of the motion picture.Lubitsch was born in 1892 in Berlin, the son of Simon Lubitsch, a tailor, and Anna (née) Lindenstaedt.