Kobe Bryant reflects on winning an Oscar for his animated short film "Dear Basketball" and what the achievement meant to him.

Natalia Bryant is making her debut as a creative director with a short film for the Los Angeles Lakers, shared exclusively with PEOPLE Natalia included a thoughtful nod to her late father, Kobe Bryant ...

Kobe Bryant and John Williams struck up a friendship after the Lakers legend hired the composer to score his short film "Dear Basketball." (Mike Windle / Getty Images for Turner) Only John Williams ...

"Dear Basketball," a short film by retired Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant and veteran Disney animator Glen Keane, has been nominated for an Academy Award. The film was one of five nominated in ...

American Basketball legend Kobe Bean Bryant is known for a successful two-decade career in the court but that may have changed after he wrote history in the film industry at the heart of Los Angeles.

Update 1/28/20: Unfortunately “Dear Basketball” was taken offline from the source where it had been shared. We will update this article when a new source becomes available. In the meantime, you can ...

Lakers legend Kobe Bryant won an Oscar Sunday night for best animated short film for his "Dear Basketball." The short was based on a poem Bryant wrote when he announced his retirement from the game.

"If you’re not a Lakers fan yet, I hope you watch this, and it makes you want to be," Bryant tells PEOPLE Natasha Dye is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE covering sports. Her previous work appears in The ...