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That's why the Academy Award was created." [9] Mayer asked Cedric Gibbons, art director of MGM, to design an Academy Award trophy. [8] [10] Nominees were notified through a telegram in February 1928. [8] In August 1928, Mayer contacted the Academy Central Board of Judges to decide the winners. [8]
This is a list of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees in the award categories. This list is based on "statistics valid through the nomination announcement for the 88th Academy Awards , announced on January 14, 2016", as documented in The Official Academy Awards Database .
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 Guðnadóttir, for Best Original Score, for Joker (2019) First Irish-born person to win Best Actor. Cillian Murphy for Oppenheimer (2023)
Hattie McDaniel, the first Black actor or actress to win an Academy Award in 1940 for "Gone with the Wind.". Sidney Poitier, the first Black man to win an Oscar in 1964 for "Lilies of the Field ...
In 2022, Ariana DeBose became the first openly queer person of color to win an acting Oscar. She won for "West Side Story." Ariana DeBose posed with her Oscar for best supporting actress for "West ...
First former professional athlete to be nominated for and to win an Academy Award in any category. First person to win both an Olympic medal and an Academy Award. 2019: Matthew A. Cherry Karen Rupert Toliver: Hair Love: Won Cherry is the second former professional athlete to be nominated for and to win an Academy Award in any category.
First persons to win multiple Academy Awards in a single year; Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney were the first individuals to win multiple Academy Awards in a single year; they wrote the script based on their own story, leading to wins for both Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Story (The Story of Louis Pasteur) at the 9th Academy Awards, honoring the films of 1936.
The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. [1] [2] They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. [3]