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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.
Beginning with the 7th Academy Awards, held in February 1935, each year's awards are presented for films that were first shown during the full preceding calendar year from January 1 to December 31 in Los Angeles County, California. For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned twelve months from August 1 to July 31. [4]
The 1st Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and hosted by AMPAS president Douglas Fairbanks, honored the best films from 1 August 1927 to 31 July 1928 and took place on May 16, 1929, at a private dinner held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Tickets cost $5 ...
Isaac Hayes, the first Black person to win an Oscar for a non-acting category in 1972 for best original song featured in "Shaft." He was only the third African American person to win an Oscar.
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.
Throughout the history of the Academy Awards, several individuals have died prior to the ceremony and were posthumously nominated or have won the award following their deaths. As of 2024 , 64 individuals have received posthumous nominations in competitive categories, 29 individuals have won posthumously, including 14 individuals in honorary ...
1997: Chris Tashima becomes the first Asian-American to win the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, for Visas and Virtue. 2019: Kazu Hiro becomes the first Asian-American to win the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, for Bombshell. This was his first win following his naturalization.
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. Toliver is the first Black woman to win Short Film (Animated).