Initially receiving acclaim as a visual artist and winning the Turner Prize in 1999 , Steve McQueen went on to direct his first feature '' Hunger '' ( 2008 ) , which earned him the Caméra d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival . His most recent film , '' 12 Years a Slave '' ( 2013 ) , won several major international awards , and McQueen is the first black filmmaker to win an Academy Award for Best Picture
2008 Cannes Film Festival
2008 Cannes Film Festival
Black British