 Unlike the 1962 win for "The Hustler", which he shared with production designer Harry Horner or his shared nomination for "The Cardinal" with production designer Lyle R. Wheeler, the award for "America America", was his alone.Elia Kazan's acclaimed epic set in turn-of-the-century Greece and Turkey was nominated for Best Picture and Best Director, but it was Callahan's epic production values that won the film's only Oscar.Gene Callahan's professional relationship with Elia Kazan began two years before "America America" and extended to four of Kazan's final five films.