Have Alejandro González Iñárritu and Sydney Pollack both been nominated for an Academy Award?
Alejandro González Iñárritu:  He is the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing for "Babel" (2006). Sydney Pollack:  His 1985 film "Out of Africa" won him Academy Awards for directing and producing; he was also nominated for Best Director Oscars for "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
yes