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John Williams in 2007. This is a list of awards and nominations received by the American composer John Williams.. John Williams has been nominated for 54 Academy Awards, winning 5; 6 Emmy Awards, winning 3; 26 Golden Globe Awards, winning 4; 76 Grammy Awards, winning 26; 16 British Academy Film Awards, winning 7; 23 Saturn Awards, winning 10.
After composing some of the most famous soundtracks in history, and winning multiple Academy Awards, John Williams has been welcomed into a more rarefied institution: the American Academy of Arts ...
Williams is the only person to be nominated for an Academy Award in seven different decades (the 1960s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s). He is also the oldest person, at age 91, ever to be nominated for an Academy Award. Forty-eight of Williams's Oscar nominations are for Best Original Score and five are for Best Original Song.
First person born in the 21st century to win an Academy Award. Billie Eilish, for Best Original Song, "No Time to Die" from No Time to Die (2021) First person born in the 21st century to be nominated for an Academy Award. Quvenzhané Wallis, for Best Actress, Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) First Icelander to win an Academy Award. Hildur ...
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Which, incidentally, was his first Oscar-winning project. Williams remembers winning his first Academy Award, in 1972, mostly because of the classic beauty who handed it to him.
The Academy Award for Best Original Musical is a category that was re-established in 2000 after the Best Original Musical or Comedy Score category was retired. It has never been awarded in its present form due to a prolonged drought of films meeting the sufficient eligibility requirements.
John Williams is an American composer behind many famous soundtracks, including the Indiana Jones soundtrack. He is the most Oscar-nominated living person.