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Walt Disney won four awards, a record to this day for most Oscars won by a single person in the same year (the record was tied by Bong Joon Ho at the 92nd Academy Awards [1] [a]). William Holden 's acceptance speech for Best Actor for Stalag 17 was simply "Thank You", making it one of the shortest speeches on record, as it was cut short by the ...
Year To, for/award name Award type Refs. 1932 (5th) To Walt Disney for the creation of Mickey Mouse.: Statuette [2] [12]1939 (11th) To Walt Disney for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, [38] "recognized as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field for the motion picture cartoon."
Any awards. Walt Disney received record 10 awards in the eight consecutive years from 1931/32 through 1939. Eight (listed below) are for Short Subject (Cartoon), and two were Special Awards: one for the creation of Mickey Mouse, and one recognizing the innovation of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
However, with 22 wins from 59 nominations, Walt Disney is the most decorated Oscar winner in history. Movie producer Walt Disney with the four Oscar awards he won in a single night. George Silk ...
This is a list of Academy Award–winning films. If a film won the Academy Award for Best Picture , its entry is listed in a shaded background with a boldface title. Competitive Oscars are separated from non-competitive Oscars (i.e. Honorary Award, Special Achievement Award, Juvenile Award); as such, any films that were awarded a non ...
Check back here for a complete list of all of the major winners during the 89th Annual Academy Awards.
The late Walt Disney was the only one to have more nominations, with 59. Of Williams’ 50+ Academy Awards nominations, he’s won five including one for “Fiddler on the Roof” in 1972, “Jaws ...
The Oscar statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, [21] is given to winners of each year's awards. Made of gold-plated bronze on a black metal base, it is 13.5 in (34.3 cm) tall, weighs 8.5 lb (3.9 kg) and depicts a knight rendered in Art Deco style holding a sword standing on a reel of film with five spokes.