This list of Academy Award records is current as of the 94th Academy Awards ceremony, held on March 27, 2022, which honored the best films of mid-to-late 2021.

Most awards

* Most awards won by a single film: 11 ** Three films have won 11 Academy Awards: *** ''

Ben-Hur Ben-Hur or Ben Hur may refer to: Fiction *'' Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ'', an 1880 novel by American general and author Lew Wallace ** ''Ben-Hur'' (play), a play that debuted on Broadway in 1899 ** ''Ben Hur'' (1907 film), a one-reel silent ...

'' (1959) – 15 categories available for nomination; nominated for 12 *** ''

Titanic RMS ''Titanic'' was a British passenger liner, operated by the White Star Line, which sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, Unite ...

'' (1997) – 17 categories available for nomination; nominated for 14 *** '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (2003) – 17 categories available for nomination; nominated for 11 * Most nominations received by a single film: 14 ** Three films have received 14 nominations: ***''

All About Eve ''All About Eve'' is a 1950 American Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. It is based on the 1946 short story "The Wisdom of Eve" by Mary Orr, although Orr does ...

'' (1950) – 16 categories available for nomination; won 6 awards *** ''

'' (1997) – 17 categories available for nomination; won 11 awards *** ''

La La Land ''La La Land'' is a 2016 American romantic musical comedy-drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle. It stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone as a struggling jazz pianist and an aspiring actress, respectively, who meet and fall in love ...

'' (2016) – 17 categories available for nomination; won 6 awards * Largest sweep (winning awards in every nominated category): 11 ** '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (2003) won all 11 categories for which it was nominated: Best Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, Makeup, Costume Design, Film Editing, Original Score, Original Song, Sound Mixing, and Visual Effects * Most awards won by a person: 22 **

Walt Disney Walter Elias Disney (; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film p ...

won 22 Oscars **

Alan Menken Alan Irwin Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American composer, best known for his scores and songs for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. His scores and songs for '' The Little Mermaid'' (1989), '' Beauty and the Beast'' (1991), ...

and

Dennis Muren Dennis Muren, A.S.C (born November 1, 1946) is an American film visual effects artist and supervisor. He has worked on the films of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and James Cameron, among others, and has won nine Oscars in total: eight for Be ...

hold the record for the most awards by a living person, having each won 8 Oscars * Most awards won by a woman: 8 **

Edith Head Edith Head (October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American costume designer who won a record eight Academy Awards for Best Costume Design between 1949 and 1973, making her the most awarded woman in the Academy's history. Head is consi ...

won eight Oscars, all for Costume Design * Most nominations in a single year / Most awards in a single year: 6/4 ** In 1954,

won four awards out of six nominations, both records. He won Best Documentary, Features for ''

The Living Desert ''The Living Desert'' is a 1953 American nature documentary film that shows the everyday lives of the animals of the desert of the Southwestern United States. The film was written by James Algar, Winston Hibler, Jack Moffitt (uncredited) and ...

''; Best Documentary, Short Subjects for '' The Alaskan Eskimo''; Best Short Subject, Cartoons for ''

Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom ''Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom'' is a 1953 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and directed by Ward Kimball and Charles A. Nichols. A sequel to the first ''Adventures in Music'' cartoon, the 3-D short ''Melody'' ...

''; and Best Short Subject, Two-reel for '' Bear Country''. He had two additional nominations in Best Short Subject, Cartoons for '' Rugged Bear''; and Best Short Subject, Two-reel for ''

Ben and Me ''Ben and Me'' is a 1953 American animated two-reel short subject produced by Walt Disney Productions and released theatrically on November 10, 1953. It was adapted from the children's book written by author/illustrator Robert Lawson and first ...

'' *Most competitive awards won by a person who is still living: 8 ** Composer

has won eight competitive awards ** Visual Effects Supervisor

has won nine Academy Awards – six competitive awards, two "Special Achievement" awards, and one "Technical Achievement" award *Acting: 4 **

Katharine Hepburn Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress in film, stage, and television. Her career as a Hollywood leading lady spanned over 60 years. She was known for her headstrong independence, spirited perso ...

won the most acting awards, all for Best Actress, with four *Directing: 4 **

John Ford John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), known professionally as John Ford, was an American film director and naval officer. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers of his generation. He ...

won the most directing awards, with four *Writing: 3 **The highest number of Academy Awards won by a writer is three: ***

Woody Allen Heywood "Woody" Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American film director, writer, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades and multiple Academy Award-winning films. He began his career writing ...

, all for Best Original Screenplay *** Charles Brackett, for both Best Adapted and Original Screenplay ***

Paddy Chayefsky Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky (January 29, 1923 – August 1, 1981) was an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for writing both adapted and original screenplays. He was ...

, for both Best Adapted and Original Screenplay ***

Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola (; ; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the major figures of the New Hollywood filmmaking movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Coppola is the recipient of five ...

, for both Best Adapted and Original Screenplay ***

Billy Wilder Billy Wilder (; ; born Samuel Wilder; June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian-American filmmaker. His career in Hollywood spanned five decades, and he is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Classic Holl ...

, for both Best Adapted and Original Screenplay *Film Editing: 3 ** The highest number of Academy Awards won by a film editor is three: *** Michael Kahn ***

Thelma Schoonmaker Thelma Schoonmaker (; born January 3, 1940) is an American film editor, known for her over five decades of work with frequent director Martin Scorsese. She started working with Scorsese on his debut feature film '' Who's That Knocking at My Doo ...

*** Daniel Mandell ***

Ralph Dawson Ralph Dawson (April 18, 1897 in Westborough, Massachusetts – November 15, 1962) was an American film editor who also did some acting, directing, and screenwriting. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing four times, and won ...

*Cinematography: 4 ** The highest number of Academy Awards won by a cinematographer is four: ***

Joseph Ruttenberg Joseph Ruttenberg, A.S.C. (July 4, 1889 – May 1, 1983) was a Ukrainian-born American photojournalist and cinematographer. Ruttenberg was accomplished at winning accolades. At MGM, Ruttenberg was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinema ...

***

Leon Shamroy Leon Shamroy, A.S.C. (July 16, 1901 – July 7, 1974) was an American film cinematographer known for his work in 20th Century Fox motion pictures shot in Technicolor. He and Charles Lang share the record for most Oscar nominations for Cinematogr ...

*Film Music Composition and Songwriting: 9 ** Alfred Newman won nine Academy Awards, all for Best Original Score **

won eight awards in musical categories **

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won five awards, holds the record for the most nominations by a living person at 52. **

Sammy Cahn Samuel Cohen (June 18, 1913 – January 15, 1993), known professionally as Sammy Cahn, was an American lyricist, songwriter, and musician. He is best known for his romantic lyrics to films and Broadway songs, as well as stand-alone songs premi ...

won four awards, all for Best Original Song **

Johnny Mercer John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Glenn E. Wallich ...

won four awards, all for Best Original Song **

Jimmy Van Heusen James Van Heusen (born Edward Chester Babcock; January 26, 1913 – February 6, 1990) was an American composer. He wrote songs for films, television and theater, and won an Emmy and four Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Life and car ...

won four awards, all for Best Original Song *Art Direction: 11 **

Cedric Gibbons Austin Cedric Gibbons (March 23, 1890 – July 26, 1960) was an Irish-American art director for the film industry. He also made a significant contribution to motion picture theater architecture from the 1930s to 1950s. Gibbons designed the ...

, who designed the Oscar statuette, won 11 awards out of a total of 38 nominations *Costume Design: 8 **

, won 8 awards out of a total of 35 nominations *Makeup: 7 **

Rick Baker Richard A. Baker (born December 8, 1950), known professionally as Rick Baker, is an American retired special make-up effects creator and actor. He is mostly known for his creature designs and effects. Baker won the Academy Award for Best Mak ...

, won 7 awards out of a total of 11 nominations *Visual Effects: 8 **

, won 8 awards out of a total of 15 nominations *Special Effects (discontinued in 1962): 3 ** A. Arnold Gillespie, won 3 awards out of a total of 12 nominations * Most awards won for an animated feature film: 3 **

Pete Docter Peter Hans Docter (born October 9, 1968) is an American animator, film director, screenwriter, producer, voice actor, and chief creative officer of Pixar. He is best known for directing the Pixar animated feature films '' Monsters, Inc.'' (200 ...

has three wins from four nominations * Most nominations received for an animated feature film: 4 **

has received four nominations for the Best Animated Feature, winning three *Most awards won by a country for Best Foreign Language Film: 14 **

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

won 14 awards in this category and received, in total, 32 nominations *Most nominations received by a country for Best Foreign Language Film: 40 **

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...

received 40 nominations and won the award 12 times *Most nominations received by a country for Best Foreign Language Film without an award: 10 **

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

*Most awards won by a foreign-language film: 4 ** Three foreign-language films have won four Academy Awards: ***''

Fanny and Alexander ''Fanny and Alexander'' ( sv, Fanny och Alexander) is a 1982 period drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The plot focuses on two siblings and their large family in Uppsala, Sweden during the first decade of the twentieth century. ...

'' (1982) won Best Foreign Language Film, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Costume Design ***''

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' is a 2000 wuxia film directed by Ang Lee and written for the screen by Wang Hui-ling, James Schamus, and Tsai Kuo-jung . The film features a cast of actors of Chinese ethnicity, including Chow Yun-fat, ...

'' (2000) won Best Foreign Language Film, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Original Score ***''

Parasite Parasitism is a Symbiosis, close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the Host (biology), host, causing it some harm, and is Adaptation, adapted structurally to this way of lif ...

'' (2019) won Best International Feature Film, Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay *Most nominations received by a foreign-language film: 10 ** Two foreign language films have been nominated for ten Academy Awards: ***''

'' (2000): Best Foreign Language Film (*), Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction (*), Best Cinematography (*), Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score (*), and Best Original Song ***''

Roma Roma or ROMA may refer to: Places Australia * Roma, Queensland, a town ** Roma Airport ** Roma Courthouse ** Electoral district of Roma, defunct ** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council * Roma Street, Brisbane, a ...

'' (2018): Best Foreign Language Film (*), Best Picture, Best Director (*), Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography (*), Best Sound Editing, and Best Sound Mixing

Awards for debut acting or directing performances on film

The following individuals won Academy Awards for their film debut acting performances: * Best Actor ** None * Best Actress **

Shirley Booth Shirley Booth (born Marjory Ford; August 30, 1898October 16, 1992) was an American actress. One of only 24 performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, Booth was the recipient of an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and three Tony ...

('' Come Back, Little Sheba'', 1952) **

Julie Andrews Dame Julie Andrews (born Julia Elizabeth Wells; 1 October 1935) is an English actress, singer, and author. She has garnered numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over seven decades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy ...

('' Mary Poppins'', 1964) **

Barbra Streisand Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers awar ...

('' Funny Girl'', 1968) **

Marlee Matlin Marlee Beth Matlin (born August 24, 1965) is an American actress, author, and activist. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for a ...

('' Children of a Lesser God'', 1986) * Best Supporting Actor ** Harold Russell (''

The Best Years of Our Lives ''The Best Years of Our Lives'' (also known as ''Glory for Me'' and ''Home Again'') is a 1946 American epic drama film directed by William Wyler, and starring Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo and Harold Russe ...

'', 1946) **

Timothy Hutton Timothy Tarquin Hutton (born August 16, 1960) is an American actor and film director. He is the youngest recipient of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, which he won at age 20 for his performance as Conrad Jarrett in '' Ordinary Peopl ...

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Ordinary People ''Ordinary People'' is a 1980 American drama film directed by Robert Redford in his directorial debut. The screenplay by Alvin Sargent is based on the 1976 novel of the same name by Judith Guest. The film follows the disintegration of an upper- ...

'', 1980) ** Haing S. Ngor ('' The Killing Fields'', 1984) * Best Supporting Actress **

Gale Sondergaard Gale Sondergaard (born Edith Holm Sondergaard; February 15, 1899 – August 14, 1985) was an American actress. Sondergaard began her acting career in theater and progressed to films in 1936. She was the first recipient of the Academy Awar ...

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Anthony Adverse ''Anthony Adverse'' is a 1936 American epic historical drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland. The screenplay by Sheridan Gibney draws elements of its plot from eight of the nine books in Hervey ...

'', 1936) **

Katina Paxinou Katina Paxinou ( gr, Κατίνα Παξινού; 17 December 1900– 22 February 1973) was a Greek film and stage actress. She started her stage career in Greece in 1928 and was one of the founding members of the National Theatre of Greece in ...

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For Whom the Bell Tolls ''For Whom the Bell Tolls'' is a novel by Ernest Hemingway published in 1940. It tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American volunteer attached to a Republican guerrilla unit during the Spanish Civil War. As a dynamiter, he is assigne ...

'', 1943) **

Mercedes McCambridge Carlotta Mercedes Agnes McCambridge (March 16, 1916 – March 2, 2004) was an American actress of radio, stage, film, and television. Orson Welles called her "the world's greatest living radio actress." She won an Academy Award for Best Support ...

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All the King's Men ''All the King's Men'' is a 1946 novel by Robert Penn Warren. The novel tells the story of charismatic populist governor Willie Stark and his political machinations in the Depression-era Deep South. It was inspired by the real-life story of U. ...

'', 1949) **

Eva Marie Saint Eva Marie Saint (born July 4, 1924) is an American actress of film, theatre and television. In a career spanning over 70 years, she has won an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, alongside nominations for a Golden Globe Award and two Brit ...

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On the Waterfront ''On the Waterfront'' is a 1954 American crime drama film, directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg. It stars Marlon Brando and features Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning, and Eva Marie Saint in her film debut. ...

'', 1954) **

Jo Van Fleet Catherine Josephine Van Fleet (December 29, 1915"The Bi ...

('' East of Eden'', 1955) **

Tatum O'Neal Tatum Beatrice O'Neal (born November 5, 1963) is an American actress. She is the youngest person ever to win an Academy Award, winning at age 10 for her performance as Addie Loggins in '' Paper Moon'' (1973) opposite her father, Ryan O'Neal. S ...

('' Paper Moon'', 1973) **

Anna Paquin Anna Hélène Paquin ( ; born 24 July 1982) is a New Zealand actress. Born in Winnipeg and raised in Wellington, Paquin made her acting debut portraying Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film '' The Piano'' (1993), for which she won the Aca ...

('' The Piano'', 1993) **

Jennifer Hudson Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981), also known by her nickname J.Hud, is an American singer, actress, and talk show host. Throughout her career, she has received various accolades for her works in recorded music, film, televisi ...

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Dreamgirls ''Dreamgirls'' is a Broadway musical, with music by Henry Krieger and lyrics and book by Tom Eyen. Based on the show business aspirations and successes of R&B acts such as The Supremes, The Shirelles, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, and other ...

'', 2006) **

Lupita Nyong'o Lupita Amondi Nyong'o (, ; ; born 1 March 1983) is a Kenyan-Mexican actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, and nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. The daughter of Kenyan politi ...

('' 12 Years a Slave'', 2013) * Honorary Award ** Harold Russell (''

'', 1946) * Academy Juvenile Award ** Claude Jarman Jr. (''

The Yearling ''The Yearling'' is a novel by American writer Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, published in March 1938. It was the main selection of the Book of the Month Club in April 1938. It won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel. It was the best-selling no ...

'', 1946) ** Vincent Winter ('' The Little Kidnappers'', 1954) The following individuals won Academy Awards for their film debut direction. * Best Director **

Delbert Mann Delbert Martin Mann Jr. (January 30, 1920 – November 11, 2007) was an American television and film director. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for the film '' Marty'' (1955), adapted from a 1953 teleplay of the same name which he ...

('' Marty'', 1955) **

Jerome Robbins Jerome Robbins (born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz; October 11, 1918 – July 29, 1998) was an American dancer, choreographer, film director, theatre director and producer who worked in classical ballet, on stage, film, and television. Among his nu ...

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West Side Story ''West Side Story'' is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play ''Romeo and Juliet'', the story is set in the mid- ...

'', 1961) **

Robert Redford Charles Robert Redford Jr. (born August 18, 1936) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award from four nominations, a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, the Ceci ...

(''

'', 1980) ** James L. Brooks (''

Terms of Endearment ''Terms of Endearment'' is a 1983 American family comedy-drama film directed, written, and produced by James L. Brooks, adapted from Larry McMurtry's 1975 novel of the same name. It stars Debra Winger, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Nicholson, Danny ...

'', 1983) **

Kevin Costner Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American actor, producer, film director and musician. He has received various accolades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Screen Actors ...

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Dances with Wolves ''Dances with Wolves'' is a 1990 American epic western film starring, directed, and produced by Kevin Costner in his feature directorial debut. It is a film adaptation of the 1988 novel '' Dances with Wolves'' by Michael Blake that tells the ...

'', 1990) **

Sam Mendes Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes (born 1 August 1965) is a British film and stage director, producer, and screenwriter. In 2000, Mendes was appointed a CBE for his services to drama, and he was knighted in the 2020 New Years Honours List. That s ...

('' American Beauty'', 1999)

Big Five winners

Three films have received the

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, and Screenplay (

Original Originality is the aspect of created or invented works that distinguish them from reproductions, clones, forgeries, or substantially derivative works. The modern idea of originality is according to some scholars tied to Romanticism, by a notion th ...

or Adapted; however, all of the movies listed below won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay). * ''

It Happened One Night ''It Happened One Night'' is a 1934 pre-Code American romantic comedy film with elements of screwball comedy directed and co-produced by Frank Capra, in collaboration with Harry Cohn, in which a pampered socialite ( Claudette Colbert) tri ...

'' (1934) * '' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (1975) * '' The Silence of the Lambs'' (1991)

Most consecutive awards

* Any awards **

was awarded a record of 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 "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is a 19th-century German fairy tale that is today known widely across the Western world. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' and numbered as T ...

'' * Best Picture ** David O. Selznick produced two consecutive Best Picture winners ''

Gone with the Wind Gone with the Wind most often refers to: * ''Gone with the Wind'' (novel), a 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell * ''Gone with the Wind'' (film), the 1939 adaptation of the novel Gone with the Wind may also refer to: Music * ''Gone with the Wind'' ...

'' in 1939 and ''

Rebecca Rebecca, ; Syriac: , ) from the Hebrew (lit., 'connection'), from Semitic root , 'to tie, couple or join', 'to secure', or 'to snare') () appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical ...

'' in 1940 (He himself was not awarded the Oscars as at the time the statuette went to the

studio A studio is an artist or worker's workroom. This can be for the purpose of acting, architecture, painting, pottery (ceramics), sculpture, origami, woodworking, scrapbooking, photography, graphic design, filmmaking, animation, industrial design, ...

instead of the producer) * Best Director ** Three directors have won two consecutive awards (of which, one of each of their movies won the

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and one did not): ***

– ''

The Grapes of Wrath ''The Grapes of Wrath'' is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939. The book won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and it was cited prominently when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Priz ...

'' (1940) and '' How Green Was My Valley'' (1941) ***

Joseph L. Mankiewicz Joseph Leo Mankiewicz (; February 11, 1909 – February 5, 1993) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Mankiewicz had a long Hollywood career, and won both the Academy Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best ...

– '' A Letter to Three Wives'' (1949) and ''

'' (1950) *** Alejandro G. Iñárritu – '' Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)'' (2014) and '' The Revenant'' (2015) * Best Actor ** Two actors have won two consecutive awards: ***

Spencer Tracy Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor. He was known for his natural performing style and versatility. One of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy was the first actor to win two conse ...

– ''

Captains Courageous ''Captains Courageous: A Story of the Grand Banks'' is an 1897 novel by Rudyard Kipling that follows the adventures of fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the spoiled son of a railroad tycoon, after he is saved from drowning by a Portuguese f ...

'' (1937) and '' Boys Town'' (1938) ***

Tom Hanks Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, he is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is regarded as an American cultural icon. Ha ...

– ''

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

'' (1993) and ''

Forrest Gump ''Forrest Gump'' is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Eric Roth. It is based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom and stars Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson ...

'' (1994) * Best Actress ** Two actresses have won two consecutive awards: ***

Luise Rainer Luise Rainer ( , ; 12 January 1910 – 30 December 2014) was a German-American-British film actress. She was the first thespian to win multiple Academy Awards and the first to win back-to-back; at the time of her death, thirteen days shy of her ...

– ''

The Great Ziegfeld ''The Great Ziegfeld'' is a 1936 American musical drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and produced by Hunt Stromberg. It stars William Powell as the theatrical impresario Florenz "Flo" Ziegfeld Jr., Luise Rainer as Anna Held, and Myrn ...

'' (1936) and ''

The Good Earth ''The Good Earth'' is a historical fiction novel by Pearl S. Buck published in 1931 that dramatizes family life in a Chinese village in the early 20th century. It is the first book in her ''House of Earth'' trilogy, continued in ''Sons'' (1932 ...

'' (1937) ***

– ''

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner ''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner'' is a 1967 American romantic comedy-drama film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, and written by William Rose. It stars Spencer Tracy (in his final role), Sidney Poitier, and Katharine Hepburn, and feature ...

'' (1967) and ''

The Lion in Winter ''The Lion in Winter'' is a 1966 play by James Goldman, depicting the personal and political conflicts of Henry II of England, his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, their children and their guests during Christmas 1183. It premiered on Broadway at the ...

'' (1968) * Best Supporting Actor **

Jason Robards Jason Nelson Robards Jr. (July 26, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American actor. Known as an interpreter of the works of playwright Eugene O'Neill, Robards received two Academy Awards, a Tony Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and the Cannes ...

won two consecutive awards for ''

All the President's Men ''All the President's Men'' is a 1974 non-fiction book by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, two of the journalists who investigated the June 1972 break-in at the Watergate Office Building and the resultant political scandal for ''The Washington ...

'' in 1976 and ''

Julia Julia is usually a feminine given name. It is a Latinate feminine form of the name Julio and Julius. (For further details on etymology, see the Wiktionary entry "Julius".) The given name ''Julia'' had been in use throughout Late Antiquity (e ...

'' in 1977 * Best Supporting Actress ** No consecutive winner for Best Supporting Actress * Best Adapted Screenplay ** Two screenwriters have won two consecutive awards: ***

– '' A Letter to Three Wives'' (1949) and ''

'' (1950) ***

Robert Bolt Robert Oxton Bolt (15 August 1924 – 20 February 1995) was an English playwright and a two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter, known for writing the screenplays for ''Lawrence of Arabia'', '' Doctor Zhivago'', and '' A Man for All Seasons'' ...

– '' Doctor Zhivago'' (1965) and '' A Man for All Seasons'' (1966) * Best Original Screenplay ** No consecutive winner for Best Original Screenplay * Best Art Direction **

Thomas Little Thomas Little (August 27, 1886 in Ogden, Utah – March 5, 1985 in Santa Monica, California) was a United States set decorator who worked on more than 450 Hollywood movies between 1932 and 1953. He won a total of 6 Oscars for art direction and r ...

won four consecutive awards for Best Art Direction. He won Best Art Direction, Black and White, for the films '' How Green Was My Valley'' in 1941, '' This Above All'' in 1942, and '' The Song of Bernadette'' in 1943, and then he won an Oscar the next year in 1944 for Best Art Direction, Color for the film ''

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'' * Best Cinematography ** Emmanuel Lubezki has won three consecutive awards for ''

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'' in 2013, '' Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)'' in 2014 and '' The Revenant'' in 2015 * Best Costume Design ** Of

's eight awards won for Best Costume Design, three were won in consecutive years: in 1949 for ''

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'', in 1950 for ''

'', and in 1951 for '' A Place in the Sun'' for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White; in 1950 she also won for ''

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'' for Best Costume Design, Color * Best Film Editing ** Angus Wall and

Kirk Baxter Kirk Baxter (born 1972) is an Australian film editor. He has worked with director David Fincher and editor Angus Wall several times, winning Academy Awards for ''The Social Network'' and ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo''. Baxter was raised in ...

won for ''

The Social Network ''The Social Network'' is a 2010 American biographical drama film directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin, based on the 2009 book '' The Accidental Billionaires'' by Ben Mezrich. It portrays the founding of social networking ...

'' in 2010, and ''

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' (original title in sv, Män som hatar kvinnor , lit=''Men Who Hate Women'') is a psychological thriller novel by Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson (1954–2004). It was published posthumously in 2 ...

'' in 2011 * Best Original Score **

Roger Edens Roger Edens (November 9, 1905 – July 13, 1970) was a Hollywood composer, arranger and associate producer, and is considered one of the major creative figures in Arthur Freed's musical film production unit at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during the "g ...

won three consecutive awards for composing the scores for '' Easter Parade'' (1948), '' On the Town'' (1949), and '' Annie Get Your Gun'' (1950) **

won two consecutive awards for composing the scores for ''

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'' in 1991 and ''

Aladdin Aladdin ( ; ar, علاء الدين, ', , ATU 561, ‘Aladdin') is a Middle-Eastern folk tale. It is one of the best-known tales associated with ''The Book of One Thousand and One Nights'' (''The Arabian Nights''), despite not being part o ...

'' in 1992 **

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won two consecutive awards for composing the scores for ''

Brokeback Mountain ''Brokeback Mountain'' is a 2005 American neo-Western romantic drama film directed by Ang Lee and produced by Diana Ossana and James Schamus. Adapted from the 1997 short story of the same name by Annie Proulx, the screenplay was written b ...

'' (2005) and '' Babel'' (2006) * Best Original Song ** Three composers have won two consecutive awards for best original song, but under different award names: ***

Henry Mancini Henry Mancini ( ; born Enrico Nicola Mancini, ; April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flautist. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Award ...

(music) and

(lyrics) shared the awards in Best Music (Song) for "

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" from '' Breakfast at Tiffany's'' in 1961, and " Days of Wine and Roses" from '' Days of Wine and Roses'' in 1962 ***

(music) won twice consecutively in Best Music (Original Song) for "

" from ''

'' (lyrics by

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) in 1991, and "

A Whole New World "A Whole New World" is the signature song from Disney's 1992 animated feature film ''Aladdin'', with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Tim Rice. A duet originally recorded by singers Brad Kane and Lea Salonga in their respective roles as the ...

" from ''

'' (lyrics by

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) in 1992 * Best Sound Mixing ** Thomas Moulton won three consecutive awards for ''

The Snake Pit ''The Snake Pit'' is a 1948 American psychological drama film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm, Beulah Bondi, and Lee Patrick. Based on Mary Jane Ward's 1946 semi-autobiogra ...

'' in 1948, ''

Twelve O'Clock High ''Twelve O'Clock High'' is a 1949 American war film about aircrews in the United States Army's Eighth Air Force, who flew daylight bombing missions against Germany and Occupied France during the early days of American involvement in World War II ...

'' in 1949, and ''

'' in 1950 * Best Visual Effects ** Glen Robinson won four consecutive non-competitive wins ''

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'' in 1974, ''

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'' in 1975, and both ''

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'' and ''

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'' in 1976 ** Of

's eight Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, three of them were consecutive wins (under different names); '' E.T. The Extra Terrestrial'' in 1982, ''

Return of the Jedi ''Return of the Jedi'' (also known as ''Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi'' is a 1983 American epic space opera film directed by Richard Marquand. The screenplay is by Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas from a story by Lucas, who w ...

'' in 1983, and ''

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' is a 1984 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. It is the second installment in the ''Indiana Jones'' franchise, and a prequel to the 1981 film '' Raiders of the Lost Ark'', f ...

'' in 1984. ** Jim Rygiel and

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won three consecutive visual effects Oscars for '' The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (2001), '' The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' (2002), and '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (2003) * Best Documentary (Feature) **

won two consecutive awards for ''

'' in 1953 and '' The Vanishing Prairie'' in 1954 * Best Short Subject (Cartoon) ** Of

's many awards for Best Animated Short, eight of these wins were in consecutive years, for ''

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'' in 1931/32, ''

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'' in 1932/33, ''

The Tortoise and the Hare "The Tortoise and the Hare" is one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 226 in the Perry Index. The account of a race between unequal partners has attracted conflicting interpretations. The fable itself is a variant of a common folktale theme in wh ...

'' in 1934, ''

Three Orphan Kittens ''Three Orphan Kittens'' is a 1935 animated short film in the Silly Symphonies series produced by Walt Disney Productions. It was the winner of the 1935 Oscar for Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons). It was followed in 1936 by a sequel ...

'' in 1935, '' The Country Cousin'' in 1936, ''

The Old Mill ''The Old Mill'' is a 1937 ''Silly Symphonies'' cartoon produced by Walt Disney Productions, directed by Wilfred Jackson, scored by Leigh Harline, and released theatrically to theatres by RKO Radio Pictures on November 5, 1937. The film depicts t ...

'' in 1937, ''

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'' in 1938, and ''

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'' in 1939 * Best Short Subject (Two-Reel) ** Of

's multiple awards for Best Live Action Short, four of his wins were in consecutive years, in 1950 for '' In Beaver Valley'', in 1951 for ''

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'', in 1952 for ''

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'', and in 1953 for '' Bear Country''

Academy Award firsts

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'' (1927) * First Best Picture winning sound film ** ''

The Broadway Melody ''The Broadway Melody'', also known as ''The Broadway Melody of 1929'', is a 1929 American pre-Code musical film and the first sound film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. It was one of the first musicals to feature a Technicolor sequen ...

'' (1929) * First person born in the 20th century to win and be nominated for an Academy Award **

Janet Gaynor Janet Gaynor (born Laura Augusta Gainor; October 6, 1906 – September 14, 1984) was an American film, stage, and television actress. Gaynor began her career as an extra in shorts and silent films. After signing with Fox Film Corporation (later ...

, for Best Actress, '' 7th Heaven'', '' Street Angel'', ''

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'' (1928) *First person born in the 21st century to win an Academy Award **

Billie Eilish Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell ( ; born December 18, 2001) is an American singer-songwriter. She first gained public attention in 2015 with her debut single " Ocean Eyes", written and produced by her brother Finneas O'Connell, with who ...

, for Best Original Song, "

No Time to Die ''No Time to Die'' is a 2021 spy film and the twenty-fifth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, starring Daniel Craig in his fifth and final portrayal of fictional British MI6 agent James Bond. It was directed by Cary ...

" from ''

'' (2021) *First person born in the 21st century to be nominated for an Academy Award **

Quvenzhané Wallis Quvenzhané Wallis ( ; born August 28, 2003) is an American actress and author. In 2012, she starred as Hushpuppy in the drama film '' Beasts of the Southern Wild'' (2012), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, becom ...

, for Best Actress, '' Beasts of the Southern Wild'' (2012) *First Asian person to win Best Picture **

Bong Joon-ho Bong Joon-ho (, ; Hanja: 奉俊昊; born September 14, 1969) is a South Korean film director, producer and screenwriter. The recipient of four Academy Awards, his filmography is characterised by emphasis on social themes, genre-mixing, black ...

and Kwak Sin-ae (both from

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) for ''

'' (2019) *First Asian person to be nominated for Best Picture **

Ismail Merchant Ismail Merchant (born Ismail Noor Muhammad Abdul Rahman (25 December 1936 – 25 May 2005)) was an Indian film producer, director and screenwriter. He worked for many years in collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions which included Direc ...

(from

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) for ''

A Room with a View ''A Room with a View'' is a 1908 novel by English writer E. M. Forster, about a young woman in the restrained culture of Edwardian era England. Set in Italy and England, the story is both a romance and a humorous critique of English society a ...

'' (1986) *First Asian director (and non-Caucasian director) to win Best Director **

Ang Lee Ang Lee (; born October 23, 1954) is a Taiwanese filmmaker. Born in Pingtung County of southern Taiwan, Lee was educated in Taiwan and later in the United States. During his filmmaking career, he has received international critical and popul ...

(from

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) for ''

'' (2005) *First Asian person (and non-Caucasian) to be nominated for Best Director **

Hiroshi Teshigahara was a Japanese avant-garde filmmaker and artist from the Japanese New Wave era. He is best known for the 1964 film '' Woman in the Dunes''. He is also known for directing other titles such as '' The Face of Another'' (1966), ''Natsu No Heitai'' (' ...

(from Japan) for '' Woman in the Dunes'' (1965) *First Asian person (and non-Caucasian person) to receive each of the Honorary Awards **

Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed thirty films in a career spanning over five decades. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Kurosawa displayed a bold, dy ...

(from Japan) received an Honorary Award in 1989 *First Black person (and non-Caucasian person) to win Best Picture **

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for '' 12 Years a Slave'' (2013) *First Black person (and non-Caucasian person) to be nominated for Best Picture **

Quincy Jones Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. His career spans 70 years in the entertainment industry with a record of 80 Grammy Award n ...

for '' The Color Purple'' (1985) *First Black director to be nominated for Best Director **

John Singleton John Daniel Singleton (January 6, 1968 April 28, 2019) was an American director, screenwriter, and producer. He made his feature film debut writing and directing '' Boyz n the Hood'' (1991), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for ...

for ''

Boyz n the Hood ''Boyz n the Hood'' is a 1991 American coming-of-age hood drama film written and directed by John Singleton in his feature directorial debut. It stars Cuba Gooding Jr., Morris Chestnut, Ice Cube, Laurence Fishburne, Nia Long, Regina King, ...

'' (1991) *First woman to win and be nominated for Best Picture **

Julia Phillips Julia Phillips (née Miller; April 7, 1944 – January 1, 2002) was an American film producer and author. She co-produced with her husband Michael (and others) three prominent films of the 1970s — ''The Sting'', ''Taxi Driver'', and ''Close ...

for ''

The Sting ''The Sting'' is a 1973 American caper film set in September 1936, involving a complicated plot by two professional grifters (Paul Newman and Robert Redford) to con a mob boss ( Robert Shaw).'' Variety'' film review; December 12, 1973, pag ...

'' (1973) *First woman to win and be nominated for Best Documentary ** Nancy Hamilton for ''

Helen Keller in Her Story ''Helen Keller in Her Story'' (also known as ''The Unconquered'') is an American biographical documentary about Helen Keller made in 1954. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1955. It starred Helen Keller and used newsreel ...

'' (1955). Hamilton both produced and directed. Janice Loeb was nominated in 1948 as producer of '' The Quiet One'' but she did not direct it *First woman to win Best Director **

Kathryn Bigelow Kathryn Ann Bigelow (; born November 27, 1951) is an American filmmaker. Covering a wide range of genres, her films include '' Near Dark'' (1987), '' Point Break'' (1991), '' Strange Days'' (1995), '' K-19: The Widowmaker'' (2002), '' The Hurt Lo ...

for ''

The Hurt Locker ''The Hurt Locker'' is a 2008 American war thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. It stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, and Guy Pearce. The film f ...

'' (2009) *First woman of color to win and be nominated for Best Director **

Chloé Zhao Chloé Zhao, born Zhao Ting (, born 31 March 1982), is a Chinese filmmaker, known primarily for her work on independent films. Zhao's debut feature film, '' Songs My Brothers Taught Me'' (2015), premiered at Sundance Film Festival to critical a ...

for ''

Nomadland ''Nomadland'' is a 2020 American drama film written, produced, edited and directed by Chloé Zhao. Based on the 2017 nonfiction book '' Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century'' by Jessica Bruder, it stars Frances McDormand ...

'' (2020) *First woman to be nominated for Best Director **

Lina Wertmüller Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller von Elgg Spanol von Braueich (14 August 1928 – 9 December 2021), known as Lina Wertmüller (), was an Italian film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her 1970s art house films '' Seven Beaut ...

for '' Seven Beauties'' (1976) * First woman to be nominated twice for Best Director **

Jane Campion Dame Elizabeth Jane Campion (born 30 April 1954) is a New Zealand filmmaker. She is best known for writing and directing the critically acclaimed films '' The Piano'' (1993) and '' The Power of the Dog'' (2021), for which she has received a to ...

for '' The Piano'' (1993) and '' The Power of the Dog'' (2021) * First woman to win Best Animated Feature ** Brenda Chapman for ''

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'' (2012) *First woman to be nominated for Best Animated Feature **

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for ''

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'' (2007) *First woman to win Best Original Score **

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received an Honorary Award in 1954 **

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received a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1969 **

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received a Special Achievement Academy Award for Sound Effects Editing of ''The River'' in 1985 ** Kathleen Kennedy received an Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 2018 *First foreign-language film to win Best Picture ** ''

'' (2019), in

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La Grande Illusion ''La Grande Illusion'' (also known as ''The Grand Illusion'') is a 1937 French war film directed by Jean Renoir, who co-wrote the screenplay with Charles Spaak. The story concerns class relationships among a small group of French officers who ...

'' (1937), in French *All foreign-language films to be nominated for Best Picture *First film by genre to win Best Picture ** Drama: '' Grand Hotel'' (1932) ** Comedy: ''

'' (1934) ** War, Epic: ''

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'' (1936) ** Historical: ''

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'' (1929) ** Crime/Mystery, Thriller: '' In the Heat of the Night'' (1967) ** Horror: '' The Silence of the Lambs'' (1991) ** Fantasy: '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (2003) ** Western: '' Cimarron'' (1931) ** Science-fiction: ''

The Shape of Water ''The Shape of Water'' is a 2017 romantic fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by del Toro and Vanessa Taylor. It stars Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Octavia Spencer ...

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'' (1997) *First superhero film to be nominated for Best Picture ** ''

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'' (2018) *First

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film to win and be nominated for Best Picture ** ''

Midnight Cowboy ''Midnight Cowboy'' is a 1969 American drama film, based on the 1965 novel of the same name by James Leo Herlihy. The film was written by Waldo Salt, directed by John Schlesinger, and stars Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, with notable small ...

'' (1969) *First film with an entirely non-white cast to win Best Picture ** ''

Slumdog Millionaire ''Slumdog Millionaire'' is a 2008 British drama film that is a loose adaptation of the novel '' Q & A'' (2005) by Indian author Vikas Swarup. It narrates the story of 18-year-old Jamal Malik from the Juhu slums of Mumbai. Starring Dev Pat ...

'' (2008) *First film with an all-Black cast to win Best Picture ** ''

Moonlight Moonlight consists of mostly sunlight (with little earthlight) reflected from the parts of the Moon's surface where the Sun's light strikes. Illumination The intensity of moonlight varies greatly depending on the lunar phase, but even the ...

'' (2016) *First 3-D film to be nominated for Best Picture ** ''

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film to be nominated Best Picture **'' Manchester by the Sea'' (2016), distributed by

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film to win Best Picture **''

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'' (1991) *Only animated films to be nominated for Best Picture ** ''

'' (1991), '' Up'' (2009) and ''

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'' (2010) *First highest-grossing film of all time to win and be nominated for Best Picture ** ''

'' (1939) *First highest-grossing film of all time to not be nominated for Best Picture ** ''

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'' (1994) *First highest-grossing film of all time to not win an Academy Award ** '' Avengers: Endgame'' (2019) *First film to receive the most nominations of its year without receiving a Best Picture nomination ** ''

'' (2006), with eight nominations *First adult animated films to be nominated in any categories ** '' South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut'' (1999) is rated R by the MPAA, the first R-rated to be nominated for Best Original Song ** ''

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'' (2003) is rated PG-13 by the MPAA, the first PG-13 rated to be nominated for Best Animated Feature and Original Song ** '' Waltz with Bashir'' (2008) is rated R by the MPAA, the first to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, representing

** '' Anomalisa'' (2015) is rated R by the MPAA, the first R-rated to be nominated for Best Animated Feature ** ''

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*First adult animated film to be nominated more than twice ** '' Flee'' (2021) with three nominations *First animated film to be nominated for any Screenplay award, specifically Best Original Screenplay ** ''

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'' (1995) *First animated film to win Best Animated Feature and nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay ** ''

Shrek ''Shrek'' is a 2001 American computer-animated comedy film loosely based on the 1990 book of the same name by William Steig. It is the first installment in the ''Shrek'' franchise. The film was directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jen ...

'' (2001) *First animated film to win both music categories ** ''

Pinocchio Pinocchio ( , ) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi of Florence, Tuscany. Pinocchio was carved by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a Tuscan vil ...

'' (1940) for Best Original Score and Song *First animated film to win technical category, specifically Best Sound Editing until was merged into Best Sound at

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** ''

The Incredibles ''The Incredibles'' is a 2004 American computer-animated superhero film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Written and directed by Brad Bird, it stars the voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sa ...

'' (2004) *First animated film to be nominated for technical category, even Best Visual Effects ** ''

The Nightmare Before Christmas ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (also known as ''Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas'') is a 1993 American Stop motion, stop-motion animated film, animated musical film, musical dark fantasy, dark fantasy film directed by Henry Seli ...

'' (1993) *First non-computer animated films to win Best Animated Feature ** ''

Spirited Away is a 2001 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Tohokushinsha Film, and Mitsubishi and dist ...

'' is the first and only

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hand-drawn and non-English-language animated film. ** '' Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'' is the first and only stop motion animated film *First animated film to be nominated for Best Documentary Feature ** '' Flee'' (2021) *First actor or actress to receive ten nominations for acting **

Bette Davis Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (; April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress with a career spanning more than 50 years and 100 acting credits. She was noted for playing unsympathetic, sardonic characters, and was famous for her p ...

received her tenth official nomination (all for Best Actress) for the film '' What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?'' (1962) *First actor to receive ten nominations for acting **

Laurence Olivier Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier (; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, was one of a trio of male actors who dominated the British stage o ...

received his tenth nomination (for Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor) for the film '' The Boys from Brazil'' (1978) *First actor or actress to receive twenty nominations for acting **

Meryl Streep Mary Louise Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American actress. Often described as "the best actress of her generation", Streep is particularly known for her versatility and accent adaptability. She has received numerous accolades throu ...

received her twentieth nomination (for Best Actress or Best Supporting Actress) for the film '' Florence Foster Jenkins'' (2016) *First actor to be nominated for both an Academy Award and

Golden Raspberry Award The Golden Raspberry Awards (also known as the Razzies and Razzie Awards) is a parody award show honoring the worst of cinematic under-achievements. Co-founded by UCLA film graduates and film industry veterans John J. B. Wilson and Mo Murphy, ...

for the same performance in the film **

James Coco James Emil Coco (March 21, 1930 – February 25, 1987) was an American stage and screen actor. He was the recipient of a Primetime Emmy Award, a Drama Desk Award and three Obie Awards, as well as nominations for a Tony Award, an Academy Award a ...

was nominated for both Best Supporting Actor and Worst Supporting Actor for '' Only When I Laugh'' (1981) *First actress to be nominated for both an Academy Award and Golden Raspberry Award for the same performance in the film **

Amy Irving Amy Davis Irving (born September 10, 1953) is an American actress and singer, who worked in film, stage, and television. Her accolades include an Obie Award, and nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award. Born in Palo Alto, C ...

was nominated for both Best Supporting Actress and Worst Supporting Actress for '' Yentl'' (1983) *First person to be nominated for supporting acting and songwriting in the same year **

Mary J. Blige Mary Jane Blige ( ; born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Often referred to as the " Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" and " Queen of R&B", Blige has won nine Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, four American Music Award ...

, nominated for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song (" Mighty River") for '' Mudbound'' (2017) *First person to be nominated for lead acting and songwriting in the same year **

Lady Gaga Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta ( ; born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her image reinventions and musical versatility. Gaga began performing as a teenag ...

, nominated for Best Actress and Best Original Song ("

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") for '' A Star Is Born'' (2018) *First posthumous win for acting **

Peter Finch Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (28 September 191614 January 1977) was an English-Australian actor of theatre, film and radio. Born in London, he emigrated to Australia as a teenager and was raised in Sydney, where he worked in vaudeville ...

won Best Actor for ''

Network Network, networking and networked may refer to: Science and technology * Network theory, the study of graphs as a representation of relations between discrete objects * Network science, an academic field that studies complex networks Mathematics ...

'' (1976) *First posthumous nomination for acting **

Jeanne Eagels Jeanne Eagels (born Eugenia Eagles; June 26, 1890 – October 3, 1929) was an American stage and film actress. A former Ziegfeld Girl, Eagels went on to greater fame on Broadway and in the emerging medium of sound films. She was posthumously ...

, nominated for Best Actress for ''

The Letter The Letter may refer to: Literature * "The Letter" (poem), a poem by Wilfred Owen (1893–1918) * "The Letter", a short story in W. Somerset Maugham's 1926 collection ''The Casuarina Tree'' * "The Letter", 38th sura of the Qur'an * ''The Letters ...

'' (1929) *First posthumous nomination for an actor **

James Dean James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931September 30, 1955) was an American actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated film, ''Rebel Without a Cause' ...

, nominated for Best Actor for '' East of Eden'' (1955) *First posthumous nomination for a Black actor **

Chadwick Boseman Chadwick Aaron Boseman (; November 29, 1976August 28, 2020) was an American actor. During his two-decade career, Boseman received two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award, ...

, nominated for Best Actor for ''

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom ''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'' is a 1982 play – one of the ten-play Pittsburgh Cycle by August Wilson, and the only one not set in Pittsburgh – that chronicles the 20th-century African-American experience. The play is set in a recording stud ...

'' (2020) *First actor or actress to win and be nominated for performing in a

sign language Sign languages (also known as signed languages) are languages that use the visual-manual modality to convey meaning, instead of spoken words. Sign languages are expressed through manual articulation in combination with non-manual markers. Sign l ...

Jane Wyman Jane Wyman ( ; born Sarah Jane Mayfield; January 5, 1917 – September 10, 2007)"Actress, P ...

won Best Actress for '' Johnny Belinda'' (1948), performing in

American Sign Language American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language that serves as the predominant sign language of Deaf communities in the United States of America and most of Anglophone Canada. ASL is a complete and organized visual language that is express ...

*First actor or actress to win for performing in a language other than English **

Sophia Loren Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone (; born 20 September 1934), known professionally as Sophia Loren ( , ), is an Italian actress. She was named by the American Film Institute as one of the greatest female stars of Classical Hollywood ci ...

won Best Actress for ''

Two Women ''Two Women'' ( it, La ciociara , rough literal translation "The Woman from Ciociaria") is a 1960 war drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica from a screenplay by Cesare Zavattini and De Sica, based on the novel of the same name by Alberto M ...

'' (1961), performing in Italian *First actor or actress to be nominated for performing in a language other than English **

Melina Mercouri Maria Amalia "Melina" Mercouri (, 18 October 1920 – 6 March 1994) was a Greek actress, singer, activist, and politician. She came from a political family that was prominent over multiple generations. She received an Academy Award nomination a ...

was nominated for Best Actress for ''

Never on Sunday ''Never on Sunday'' ( el, Ποτέ την Κυριακή, ) is a 1960 Greek romantic comedy film starring, written by and directed by Jules Dassin. The film tells the story of Ilya, a Greek prostitute ( Melina Mercouri), and Homer (Dassin), an ...

'' (1960), performing in

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*First actor to win for performing in a language other than English **

Robert De Niro Robert Anthony De Niro Jr. ( , ; born August 17, 1943) is an American actor. Known for his collaborations with Martin Scorsese, he is considered to be one of the best actors of his generation. De Niro is the recipient of various accolades ...

won Best Supporting Actor for ''

The Godfather Part II ''The Godfather Part II'' is a 1974 American epic crime film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The film is partially based on the 1969 novel ''The Godfather'' by Mario Puzo, who co-wrote the screenplay with Coppola. ''Part II'' se ...

'' (1974), performing in Italian *First actor to be nominated for performing in a language other than English ** Marcello Mastroianni was nominated for Best Actor for ''

Divorce Italian Style ''Divorce Italian Style'' ( it, Divorzio all'italiana) is a 1961 Italian dark comedy film directed by Pietro Germi. The screenplay is by Germi, Ennio De Concini, Alfredo Giannetti, and Agenore Incrocci, based on Giovanni Arpino's novel '' Un de ...

'' (1961), performing in Italian *First actor or actress to be nominated for a performance in a 3-D film **

Sandra Bullock Sandra Annette Bullock (; born July 26, 1964) is an American actress and producer. The recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, Bullock was the world's highest-paid actress in 2010 and 2014. In 2010 ...

was nominated for Best Actress for ''

'' (2013) *First actor to be nominated for a performance in a 3-D film **

Matt Damon Matthew Paige Damon (; born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. Ranked among '' Forbes'' most bankable stars, the films in which he has appeared have collectively earned over $3.88 billion at the North Amer ...

was nominated for Best Actor for '' The Martian'' (2015) *First African to win for acting **

Charlize Theron Charlize Theron ( ; ; born 7 August 1975) is a South African and American actress and producer. One of the world's highest-paid actresses, she is the recipient of List of accolades received by Charlize Theron, various accolades, including an ...

(from

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count ...

), won Best Actress for ''

Monster A monster is a type of fictional creature found in horror, fantasy, science fiction, folklore, mythology and religion. Monsters are very often depicted as dangerous and aggressive with a strange, grotesque appearance that causes terror and fe ...

'' (2003) *First African to be nominated for acting **

Basil Rathbone Philip St. John Basil Rathbone MC (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967) was a South African-born English actor. He rose to prominence in the United Kingdom as a Shakespearean stage actor and went on to appear in more than 70 films, primarily costume ...

(from

), nominated for Best Supporting Actor for ''

Romeo and Juliet ''Romeo and Juliet'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with ''Ham ...

'' (1936) *First Asian to win for acting **

Miyoshi Umeki was a Japanese-American singer and actress.Bernstein, Adam ''The Washington Post''. 5 September 2007. Umeki was a Tony Award- and Golden Globe-nominated actress and the first East Asian-American woman to win an Academy Award for acting. Life B ...

(from Japan), won Best Supporting Actress for ''

Sayonara ''Sayonara'' is a 1957 American Technicolor drama film starring Marlon Brando in Technirama. It tells the story of an American Air Force fighter pilot during the Korean War who falls in love with a famous Japanese dancer. The picture won four ...

'' (1957) *First Nordic to win for acting **

Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman (29 August 191529 August 1982) was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films, television movies, and plays.Obituary '' Variety'', 1 September 1982. With a career spanning five decades, she is ofte ...

(from Sweden) won Best Actress for '' Gaslight'' (1944) *First Nordic to be nominated for acting **

(from Sweden) was nominated for Best Actress for ''

Anna Christie ''Anna Christie'' is a play in four acts by Eugene O'Neill. It made its Broadway debut at the Vanderbilt Theatre on November 2, 1921. O'Neill received the 1922 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for this work. According to historian Paul Avrich, the o ...

'' (1930) *First Nordic actor to be nominated for acting **

Max von Sydow Max von Sydow ( , ; born Carl Adolf von Sydow; 10 April 1929 – 8 March 2020) was a Swedish-French actor. He had a 70-year career in European and American cinema, television, and theatre, appearing in more than 150 films and several television ...

(from Sweden) was nominated for Best Actor for ''

Pelle the Conqueror ''Pelle the Conqueror'' ( da, Pelle Erobreren, sv, Pelle Erövraren) is a 1987 epic film co-written and directed by Bille August, based upon the 1910 novel of the same name by Danish writer Martin Andersen Nexø. The film tells the story of t ...

'' (1988) *First Southeast European to be nominated for acting ** Maria Bakalova (from

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Mac ...

) was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for '' Borat Subsequent Moviefilm'' (2020) *First Australian to win Best Actor **

for ''

'' (1976) *First Australian to win Best Actress **

Nicole Kidman Nicole Mary Kidman (born 20 June 1967) is an American and Australian actress and producer. Known for her work across various film and television productions from several genres, she has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid act ...

(born in U.S.) for '' The Hours'' (2002) *First Canadian to win Best Actress **

Mary Pickford Gladys Marie Smith (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian-American stage and screen actress and producer with a career that spanned five decades. A pioneer in the US film industry, she co-founde ...

in the Best Actress category for '' Coquette'' (1928/29) *First Canadian actor to win in an acting category ** Harold Russell won Best Supporting Actor for ''

'' (1946) *First French to win Best Actor **

Jean Dujardin Jean Edmond Dujardin (; born 19 June 1972) is a French actor and comedian. He began his career as a stand-up comedian in Paris before guest starring in comedic television programmes and films. He first came to prominence with the cult TV series ...

for '' The Artist'' (2011) *First French to win Best Actress **

Claudette Colbert Claudette Colbert ( ; born Émilie Claudette Chauchoin; September 13, 1903July 30, 1996) was an American actress. Colbert began her career in Broadway productions during the late 1920s and progressed to films with the advent of talking pictur ...

for ''

'' (1934) *First French to win for performing in the French language **

Marion Cotillard Marion Cotillard (; born 30 September 1975) is a French actress, film producer, singer, and environmentalist who is widely known for her roles in independent films and blockbusters in both European and Hollywood productions. She has receive ...

won Best Actress for ''

La Vie en rose "La Vie en rose" (; ) is the signature song of popular French singer Édith Piaf, written in 1945, popularized in 1946, and released as a single in 1947. The song became very popular in the US in 1950, when seven versions reached the ''Billboar ...

'' (2007). She is the only actress to date to have won it. *First French to be nominated for performing in the French language **

Anouk Aimée Nicole Françoise Florence Dreyfus (born 27 April 1932), known professionally as Anouk Aimée () or Anouk, is a French film actress, who has appeared in 70 films since 1947, having begun her film career at age 14. In her early years, she studi ...

was nominated for Best Actress for ''

A Man and a Woman ''A Man and a Woman'' (french: Un homme et une femme) is a 1966 French film written and directed by Claude Lelouch and starring Anouk Aimée and Jean-Louis Trintignant. Written by Lelouch and Pierre Uytterhoeven, the film concerns a young widow a ...

'' (1966) *First Italian to win Best Actor **

Roberto Benigni Roberto Remigio Benigni (; born 27 October 1952) is an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter and director. He gained international recognition for writing, directing and starring in the Holocaust comedy-drama film '' Life Is Beautiful'' (1997), ...

for ''

Life Is Beautiful ''Life Is Beautiful'' ( it, La vita è bella, ) is a 1997 Italian comedy drama film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni, who co-wrote the film with Vincenzo Cerami. Benigni plays Guido Orefice, a Jewish Italian bookshop owner, who employ ...

'' (1997) *First Italian to win Best Actress **

Anna Magnani Anna Maria Magnani (; 7 March 1908 – 26 September 1973) was an Italian actress.Obituary ''Variety Obituaries, Variety'', 3 October 1973, pg. 47 She was known for her explosive acting and earthy, realistic portrayals of characters. Born in R ...

for ''

The Rose Tattoo ''The Rose Tattoo'' is a three-act play written by Tennessee Williams in 1949 and 1950; after its Chicago premiere on December 29, 1950, he made further revisions to the play for its Broadway premiere on February 2, 1951, and its publication by ...

'' (1955) *First German to win Best Actor ** Emil Jannings (born in Switzerland) for ''

The Way of All Flesh ''The Way of All Flesh'' (sometimes called ''Ernest Pontifex, or the Way of All Flesh'') is a semi-autobiographical novel by Samuel Butler that attacks Victorian-era hypocrisy. Written between 1873 and 1884, it traces four generations of th ...

'' (1927) and '' The Last Command'' (1928) *First German to win Best Actress **

for ''

'' (1937) *First Latin American to win Best Actor **

José Ferrer José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón (January 8, 1912 – January 26, 1992) was a Puerto Rican actor and director of stage, film and television. He was one of the most celebrated and esteemed Hispanic American actors during his lifetime, ...

(from

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...

) won for ''

Cyrano de Bergerac Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac ( , ; 6 March 1619 – 28 July 1655) was a French novelist, playwright, epistolarian, and duelist. A bold and innovative author, his work was part of the libertine literature of the first half of the 17th c ...

'' (1950) *First Latin American actress to win in any category **

Rita Moreno Rita Moreno (born Rosa Dolores Alverío Marcano; December 11, 1931) is a Puerto Rican actress, dancer, and singer. Noted for her work across different areas of the entertainment industry, she has appeared in numerous film, television, and thea ...

(from

) won Best Supporting Actress for ''

'' (1961) *First South Korean to win in an acting category **

Youn Yuh-jung Youn Yuh-jung (, ; born June 19, 1947) is a South Korean actress, whose career in film and television spans over five decades. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a British Academy Film Award, an Independent Spir ...

won Best Supporting Actress for '' Minari'' (2020) *First Spanish actor to win in an acting category **

Javier Bardem Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (; born 1 March 1969) is a Spanish actor. Known for his roles in Blockbuster (entertainment), blockbusters and foreign films, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as the psychopath, ...

won Best Supporting Actor for ''

No Country for Old Men ''No Country for Old Men'' is a 2007 American neo-Western crime thriller film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, based on Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel of the same name. Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, and Josh Brolin, the ...

'' (2007) *First Spanish actress to win in an acting category **

Penélope Cruz Penélope Cruz Sánchez (; ; born 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress. Known for her roles in films of several genres, particularly those in the Spanish language, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a British A ...

won Best Supporting Actress for ''

Vicky Cristina Barcelona ''Vicky Cristina Barcelona'' is a 2008 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. The film stars Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Rebecca Hall and Scarlett Johansson in lead roles. The plot centers on two American women, V ...

'' (2008) *First actor of Russian descent to win in an acting category **

Yul Brynner Yuliy Borisovich Briner (russian: link=no, Юлий Борисович Бринер; July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985), known professionally as Yul Brynner, was a Russian-born actor. He was best known for his portrayal of King Mongkut in the ...

won Best Actor for ''

The King and I ''The King and I'' is the fifth musical by the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. It is based on Margaret Landon's novel '' Anna and the King of Siam'' (1944), which is in turn derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, governess to the child ...

'' (1956) *First actress of Russian descent to win in an acting category ** Lila Kedrova won Best Supporting Actress for ''

Zorba the Greek ''Zorba the Greek'' ( el, Βίος και Πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά, , Life and Times of Alexis Zorbas) is a novel written by the Cretan author Nikos Kazantzakis, first published in 1946. It is the tale of a young Greek i ...

'' (1964) *First Canadian director to win Best Director **

James Cameron James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker. A major figure in the post- New Hollywood era, he is considered one of the industry's most innovative filmmakers, regularly pushing the boundaries of cinematic capability ...

for ''

'' (1997) *First persons from India to win in any music category **

A. R. Rahman Allah Rakha Rahman (; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; 6 January 1967) is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer and songwriter, popular for his works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films, with occasional forays in in ...

won Best Original Score and Best Original Song (" Jai Ho") for ''

'' (2008) **

Gulzar Sampooran Singh Kalra (born 18 August 1934), known professionally as Gulzar, is an Indian Urdu poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, and film director known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of greatest Urdu poets of this ...

also won Best Original Song (" Jai Ho") for ''

'' (2008) *First Middle Eastern/North African to be nominated for acting **

Omar Sharif Omar Sharif ( ar, عمر الشريف ; born Michel Yusef Dimitri Chalhoub , 10 April 193210 July 2015) was an Egyptian actor, generally regarded as one of his country's greatest male film stars. He began his career in his native country in the ...

(born in

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Med ...

), nominated for Best Supporting Actor for ''

Lawrence of Arabia Thomas Edward Lawrence (16 August 1888 – 19 May 1935) was a British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer who became renowned for his role in the Arab Revolt (1916–1918) and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign (1915–19 ...

'' (1962) *First Middle Eastern movie to win Best Foreign Language Film **''

A Separation ''A Separation'' ( fa, جدایی, Jodâyi; also titled ''Nader and Simin, A Separation'') is a 2011 Iranian drama film written and directed by Asghar Farhadi, starring Leila Hatami, Peyman Moaadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat, and Sarina Fa ...

'' (2011), representing

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm ...

*First foreign actress to be nominated twice for Best Actress for foreign-language films without the films receiving a Best Foreign Language Film nomination **

(from

) won Best Actress for ''

La Vie en Rose "La Vie en rose" (; ) is the signature song of popular French singer Édith Piaf, written in 1945, popularized in 1946, and released as a single in 1947. The song became very popular in the US in 1950, when seven versions reached the ''Billboar ...

'' (2007) and was nominated for '' Two Days, One Night'' (2014) *First Black actress to win in an acting category **

Hattie McDaniel Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893October 26, 1952) was an American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian. For her role as Mammy in ''Gone with the Wind (film), Gone with the Wind'' (1939), she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, ...

won Best Supporting Actress for ''

'' (1939) *First Black actor to win in an acting category **

Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier ( ; February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was an American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received two competitive Go ...

won Best Actor for '' Lilies of the Field'' (1963) *First Black actress to win Best Actress ** Halle Berry for ''

Monster's Ball ''Monster's Ball'' is a 2001 American drama film directed by Marc Forster, produced by Lee Daniels and written by Milo Addica and Will Rokos, who also appear in the film. It stars Billy Bob Thornton, Heath Ledger, Halle Berry, and Peter Boyl ...

'' (2001) *First Black actress to win for film acting debut **

won Best Supporting Actress for ''

'' (2006) *First year in which two Black actors/actresses won for acting **

74th Academy Awards The 74th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 24, 2002, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly ...

(in 2002, for 2001):

Denzel Washington Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has been described as an actor who reconfigured "the concept of classic movie stardom". Throughout his career spanning over four decades, Washington ha ...

won Best Actor for ''

Training Day ''Training Day'' is a 2001 American crime thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by David Ayer. It stars Denzel Washington as Alonzo Harris and Ethan Hawke as Jake Hoyt, two LAPD narcotics officers over a 24-hour period in the gang- ...

''; Halle Berry won Best Actress for ''

'' *First Black African actor to be nominated for acting **

Djimon Hounsou Djimon Gaston Hounsou (; ; born April 24, 1964) is a Beninese-American actor and model. He began his career appearing in music videos. He made his film debut in '' Without You I'm Nothing'' (1990) and earned widespread recognition for his role as ...

(born in

Benin Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the nort ...

, U.S.-Benin

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), nominated for Best Supporting Actor for '' In America'' (2003) *First actress to win in any acting category and as a producer of the Best Picture in the same night **

Frances McDormand Frances Louise McDormand (born Cynthia Ann Smith; June 23, 1957) is an American actress and producer. Throughout her career spanning over four decades, McDormand has received numerous accolades, including four Academy Awards, two Primetime Em ...

won Best Actress and Best Picture for ''

'' (2020) *First Black writer to win for screenwriting ** Geoffrey S. Fletcher won Best Adapted Screenplay for '' Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire'' (2009) *First African American to receive an Honorary Award ** James Baskett received a Special Award for his portrayal of

Uncle Remus Uncle Remus is the fictional title character and narrator of a collection of African American folktales compiled and adapted by Joel Chandler Harris and published in book form in 1881. Harris was a journalist in post- Reconstruction era Atlanta, ...

in ''

Song of the South ''Song of the South'' is a 1946 American live-action/animated musical drama film directed by Harve Foster and Wilfred Jackson; produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It is based on the Uncle Remus stories as adapted by J ...

'' (1946) *First Latin American to win Best Director **

Alfonso Cuarón Alfonso Cuarón Orozco ( , ; born 28 November 1961) is a Mexican filmmaker. He is known for directing films in a variety of genres including the family drama '' A Little Princess'' (1995), the romantic drama '' Great Expectations'' (1998), the ...

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'' (2013) *First South American to be nominated for Best Actress **

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) was nominated for Best Actress for ''Central Station (film), Central Station'' (1998) *First Muslim actor to win in an acting category ** Mahershala Ali for ''

'' (2016) *First child actor to receive an Academy Award nomination ** Jackie Cooper, age 9, was nominated for Best Actor for ''Skippy (film), Skippy'' (1931) *First short film to win an Academy Award outside of the Short Film categories **''The Red Balloon'' (1956) for Best Original Screenplay *First professional athlete to win an Academy Award ** Kobe Bryant won Best Animated Short Film for ''Dear Basketball'' (2017) *First deaf actor to win in an acting category **

for Best Actress in '' Children of a Lesser God'' (1986), performing in

*First deaf male actor to win in an acting category **Troy Kotsur for Best Supporting Actor in ''

'' (2021), performing in American Sign Language *First openly Autism spectrum, autistic actor to win an Academy Award **Anthony Hopkins for Best Actor in ''The Father (2020 film), The Father'' (2020) ***Note: Although he already won the same award for '' The Silence of the Lambs'' (1991), it wasn't until 2017 that he publicly revealed he has Asperger syndrome. *First actor with dwarfism to win in an acting category **Linda Hunt for Best Supporting Actress in ''The Year of Living Dangerously (film), The Year of Living Dangerously'' (1982) *First actor with dwarfism to be nominated in an acting category **Michael Dunn (actor), Michael Dunn for Best Supporting Actor in'' Ship of Fools (film), Ship of Fools'' (1965) *First actor to win for a portrayal of a character of the opposite gender **Linda Hunt for Best Supporting Actress as Billy Kwan in'' The Year of Living Dangerously (film), The Year of Living Dangerously'' (1982) *First portrayals of living persons to win in each acting category **Best Actor: Gary Cooper as Sergeant Alvin York in'' Sergeant York (film), Sergeant York'' (1941) **Best Actress: Sissy Spacek as Loretta Lynn in'' Coal Miner's Daughter (film), Coal Miner's Daughter'' (1980) **Best Supporting Actor:

as Ben Bradlee in''

'' (1976) **Best Supporting Actress: Estelle Parsons as Blanche Barrow in'' Bonnie and Clyde (film), Bonnie and Clyde'' (1967) *** Note: While Joanne Woodward's portrayal of Eve White in ''The Three Faces of Eve'' (1957) was based on a real person, Chris Costner Sizemore, her identity was not known until 1977. *First hip hop song to win Best Original Song **"Lose Yourself" by Eminem, which was used in film ''8 Mile (film), 8 Mile'' (2002) *First woman of Filipino descent to win in any award **"Fight for You (H.E.R. song), Fight For You" by H.E.R., which was used in film'' Judas and the Black Messiah'' (2021)

Age-related records

* Youngest winner of an acting award **

, age 10 (for Best Supporting Actress, '' Paper Moon'', 1973) * Youngest nominee for an acting award ** Justin Henry, age 8 (for Best Supporting Actor, ''Kramer vs. Kramer'', 1979) * Youngest Best Actress winner **

, age 21 ('' Children of a Lesser God'', 1986) * Youngest Best Actress nominee **

, age 9 ('' Beasts of the Southern Wild'', 2012) *Youngest Best Actor winner ** Adrien Brody, age 29 (''The Pianist (2002 film), The Pianist'', 2002) * Youngest Best Actor nominee ** Jackie Cooper, age 9 (''Skippy (1931 film), Skippy'', 1931) * Youngest winner of an Oscar ** Shirley Temple, age 6, who was awarded the inaugural (now retired) non-competitive Academy Juvenile Award in 1934 * Youngest winner of an award for Best Original Screenplay ** Ben Affleck, age 25 (''Good Will Hunting'', 1997) * Youngest Best Director winner ** Damien Chazelle, age 32 (''

'', 2016) * Youngest Best Director nominee **

, age 24 (''

'', 1991) * Oldest Best Director winner ** Clint Eastwood, age 74 (''Million Dollar Baby'', 2004) * Oldest Best Director nominee ** John Huston, age 79 (''Prizzi's Honor'', 1985) * Oldest winner of an acting award ** Anthony Hopkins, age 83 (Best Actor, ''The Father (2020 film), The Father'', 2020) *Oldest nominee for an acting award ** Christopher Plummer, age 88 (Best Supporting Actor, ''All the Money in the World'', 2017) * Oldest Best Actress winner ** Jessica Tandy, age 80 (''Driving Miss Daisy'', 1989) * Oldest Best Actress nominee ** Emmanuelle Riva, age 85 (''Amour (2012 film), Amour'', 2012) * Oldest Best Actor winner/nominee **Anthony Hopkins, age 83 (''The Father (2020 film), The Father'', 2020) * Oldest competitive Oscar winner ** James Ivory, age 89 (Best Adapted Screenplay, ''Call Me by Your Name (film), Call Me by Your Name'', 2017) ** Ann Roth, age 89 (Best Costume Design, ''

'', 2020) * Oldest competitive Oscar nominee ** Agnès Varda, age 89 (Best Documentary Feature, ''Faces Places (film), Faces Places'', 2017) * Oldest living Oscar nominee ** Glynis Johns, age 99 (Best Supporting Actress, ''The Sundowners (1960 film), The Sundowners'', 1961) * Earliest-born Oscar winner by birth year ** George Arliss, born 10 April 1868 (Best Actor, ''Disraeli (1929 film), Disraeli'', 1929) * Earliest-born Oscar nominee by birth year ** May Robson, born 19 April 1858 (Best Actress, ''Lady for a Day'', 1933) * Year where all four Acting winners had the oldest age average ** 54th Academy Awards, 1981 with a combined average age of 70.5 years old. *** Henry Fonda (aged 77) ***

(72) *** John Gielgud (77) *** Maureen Stapleton (56) * Year where all four Acting winners had the youngest age average ** 34th Academy Awards, 1961 with a combined average age of just under 29 years old. *** Maximilian Schell (aged 31) ***

(27) *** George Chakiris (27) ***

(30) * Youngest multiple nominees for an acting award (Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor) * Youngest multiple nominees for an acting award (Best Actress or Best Supporting Actress)

Film records

* Most Oscars without winning Best Picture ** ''Cabaret (1972 film), Cabaret'' (1972) won 8 awards * Most nominations without winning Best Picture ** ''

'' (2016) with 14 nominations * Most nominations without any wins ** Two films received 11 nominations without winning any awards: *** ''The Turning Point (1977 film), The Turning Point'' (1977) *** '' The Color Purple'' (1985) * Most nominations without a Best Picture nomination ** ''They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (film), They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'' (1969) with 9 nominations * Most Oscars without a nomination for Best Picture ** ''The Bad and the Beautiful'' (1952) with 5 wins * Fewest awards and nominations for a Best Picture winner ** '' Grand Hotel'' (1932) received only the Best Picture nomination * Nominations in the most different technical categories **Titanic (1997 film), ''Titanic'' (1997) was nominated in all 10 technical categories (Cinematography, Costume Design, Film Editing, Production Design/Art Direction, Score, Song, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Visual Effects, and Makeup) * Most nominations without a major nomination (Picture, Director, Acting and Screenplay) ** ''Pepe (film), Pepe'' (1960) received 7 nominations with no major nominations ** These seven films got 6 nominations with no major nominations: *** ''The Rains Came'' (1939) *** ''Hans Christian Andersen (film), Hans Christian Andersen'' (1952) *** ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'' (1963) *** ''Empire of the Sun (film), Empire of the Sun'' (1987) *** ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' (1988) (''note:'' received 7 nominations when you include a "special achievement") *** ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' (1991) ***''Memoirs of a Geisha (film), Memoirs of a Geisha'' (2005) * Best Picture nominees that won every nomination except Best Picture ** These 15 films were nominated for Best Picture and won in every category they were nominated for, except Best Picture: *** ''Bad Girl (1931 film), Bad Girl'' (1931), 2/3 *** ''The Private Life of Henry VIII'' (1932), 1/2 *** ''Naughty Marietta (film), Naughty Marietta'' (1935), 1/2 *** ''The Story of Louis Pasteur'' (1936), 3/4 *** ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' (1938), 3/4 *** ''Miracle on 34th Street'' (1947), 3/4 *** ''The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'' (1948), 3/4 *** '' A Letter to Three Wives'' (1949), 2/3 *** ''King Solomon's Mines (1950 film), King Solomon's Mines'' (1950), 2/3 *** ''Three Coins in the Fountain (film), Three Coins in the Fountain'' (1954), 2/3 *** ''Jaws (film), Jaws'' (1975), 3/4 *** ''Traffic (2000 film), Traffic'' (2000), 4/5 *** ''The Blind Side (film), The Blind Side'' (2009), 1/2 *** ''Selma (film), Selma'' (2014), 1/2 *** ''Bohemian Rhapsody (film), Bohemian Rhapsody'' (2018), 4/5 * Films nominated for Best Picture with no other major nominations ** These 32 films were nominated for Best Picture but had no other major nominations (this does not include films that were only nominated for Best Picture and nothing else): *** ''

''(1927), 2 nominations (winner) *** ''42nd Street (film), 42nd Street ''(1933), 2 nominations *** ''A Farewell to Arms (1932 film), A Farewell to Arms ''(1933), 4 nominations *** ''Cleopatra (1934 film), Cleopatra ''(1934), 5 nominations *** ''Flirtation Walk ''(1934), 2 nominations *** ''The Gay Divorcee ''(1934), 5 nominations *** ''Imitation of Life (1934 film), Imitation of Life ''(1934), 3 nominations *** ''The White Parade ''(1934), 2 nominations *** ''David Copperfield (1935 film), David Copperfield'' (1935), 3 nominations *** ''Les Misérables (1935 film), Les Misérables ''(1935), 4 nominations *** ''A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film), A Midsummer Night's Dream ''(1935), 4 nominations (''note:'' actually had 2, but 2 more were write-in nominations) *** ''Naughty Marietta (film), Naughty Marietta ''(1935), 2 nominations *** ''Top Hat ''(1935), 4 nominations *** ''A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film), A Tale of Two Cities ''(1936), 2 nominations *** ''The Adventures of Robin Hood ''(1938), 4 nominations *** ''Of Mice and Men (1939 film), Of Mice and Men ''(1939), 4 nominations *** ''The Wizard of Oz (1939 film), The Wizard of Oz ''(1939), 6 nominations *** ''King Solomon's Mines (1950 film), King Solomon's Mines ''(1950), 3 nominations *** ''Decision Before Dawn ''(1951), 2 nominations *** ''Ivanhoe (1952 film), Ivanhoe ''(1952), 3 nominations *** ''Three Coins in the Fountain (film), Three Coins in the Fountain ''(1954), 3 nominations *** ''The Music Man (1962 film), The Music Man ''(1962), 6 nominations *** ''Doctor Dolittle (film), Doctor Dolittle ''(1967), 9 nominations *** ''Hello, Dolly! (film), Hello, Dolly! ''(1969), 7 nominations *** ''Jaws (film), Jaws ''(1975), 4 nominations *** ''

''(1991), 6 nominations *** '' The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ''(2002), 6 nominations *** ''War Horse (film), War Horse ''(2011), 6 nominations *** ''Selma (film), Selma'' (2014), 2 nominations *** ''

'' (2018), 7 nominations *** ''Ford v Ferrari'' (2019), 4 nominations *** ''Nightmare Alley (2021 film), Nightmare Alley'' (2021), 4 nominations * Stories made into multiple Best Picture nominees ** 8 sets of Best Picture nominees share either original source material or were revised versions of the same story (* = winner): *** ''Cleopatra (1934 film), Cleopatra'' (1934), ''Cleopatra (1963 film), Cleopatra'' (1963) *** ''

'' (1935)*, ''Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 film), Mutiny on the Bounty'' (1962) *** ''

'' (1936), ''

'' (1961)*, ''Romeo and Juliet (1968 film), Romeo and Juliet'' (1968), ''West Side Story (2021 film), West Side Story'' (2021) ****The plot of another Best Picture winner, ''Shakespeare in Love'', revolves around the original production of ''Romeo and Juliet'' *** ''Les Misérables (1935 film), Les Misérables'' (1935), ''Les Misérables (2012 film), Les Misérables'' (2012) *** ''Pygmalion (1938 film), Pygmalion'' (1938), ''My Fair Lady (film), My Fair Lady'' (1964)* *** ''Here Comes Mr. Jordan'' (1941), ''Heaven Can Wait (1978 film), Heaven Can Wait'' (1978) *** ''A Star Is Born (1937 film), A Star Is Born'' (1937), '' A Star Is Born'' (2018) *** ''Little Women (1933 film), Little Women'' (1933), ''Little Women (2019 film), Little Women'' (2019) * First Best Picture produced wholly by non-Americans ** ''Hamlet (1948 film), Hamlet'' (1948), United Kingdom * First Best Picture produced wholly by non-Americans or non-British ** '' The Artist'' (2011), France * First Best Picture produced wholly by non-Caucasians ** ''

'' (2019), South Korea * Most wins by a film produced wholly or partially by non-Americans ** ''The Last Emperor'' (1987), Italy/Hong Kong/United Kingdom, 9 wins * Most nominations for a film produced wholly or partially by non-Americans ** Two non-American films have received 13 nominations: *** ''Shakespeare in Love'' (1998), United Kingdom/United States *** '' The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (2001), New Zealand/United States * Best Picture with no female speaking roles ** ''

'' (1962) *Best Picture winners adapted from Best Play/Musical Tony Award Winners **'' My Fair Lady (film), My Fair Lady'' (1964) **'' The Sound of Music (film), The Sound of Music'' (1965) **'' A Man for All Seasons'' (1966) **'' Amadeus (film), Amadeus'' (1984) **Also: ***''

'' (1950) was adapted into the musical ''Applause (musical), Applause'', which won the Tony Award for Best Musical, Best Musical in 1970. ***''Chicago (2002 film), Chicago'' (2002) was adapted from both the original 1975 ''Chicago (musical), musical'', which was nominated for Tony Award for Best Musical, Best Musical, and the 1996 Chicago (musical)#1996 Broadway revival, revival, which won Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, Best Revival. ***While the musical Titanic (musical), ''Titanic'' (1997) won Tony Award for Best Musical, Best Musical in 1997 and the film Titanic (1997 film), ''Titanic'' (1997) won

in 1998, neither production had anything to do with the other, and by coincidence, both opened in the same year. *Best Picture winners based on Pulitzer Prize winning sources **''You Can't Take It With You (film), You Can't Take It With You'' – play **''

'' – novel **''

'' – novel **''Driving Miss Daisy'' – play **''Spotlight (film), Spotlight'' – public service reporting ***''

'' was an original screenplay suggested from Pulitzer-winning newspaper articles. *Best Picture winners with the highest prize wins from the "Big Three" (Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, Venice Film Festival, Venice, and Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin) **''The Lost Weekend (film), The Lost Weekend'' (1945) – Palme d'Or **''Hamlet (1948 film), Hamlet'' (1948) – Golden Lion **'' Marty'' (1955) – Palme d'Or **''Rain Man'' (1988) – Golden Bear **''

'' (2017) – Golden Lion **''

'' (2019) – Palme d'Or **''

'' (2020) – Golden Lion *Acting nominations from a single film **Nine films have earned a record 5 acting nominations. ***''Mrs. Miniver'' ***''

'' ***''From Here to Eternity'' ***''

'' ***''Peyton Place (film), Peyton Place'' ***''Tom Jones (1963 film), Tom Jones'' ***''Bonnie and Clyde (film), Bonnie and Clyde'' ***''

'' ***''

'' **Most nominations for male actors (4) ***''

'' ***''The Godfather'' ***''

'' **Most nominations for actresses (4) ***''

Acting records

* Most awards for leading actress **

with 4 awards (1933, 1967, 1968, 1981) * Most awards for leading actor ** Daniel Day-Lewis with 3 awards (1989, 2007, 2012) * Most awards for supporting actor ** Walter Brennan with 3 awards (1936, 1938, 1940) * Most awards for supporting actress ** Shelley Winters (1959, 1965) and Dianne Wiest (1986, 1994) with 2 awards * Most consecutive leading actress nominations ** Two actresses have been nominated 5 years in a row: ***

(1938–1942) *** Greer Garson (1941–1945) * Most consecutive leading actor nominations ** Marlon Brando with four nominations (1951 to 1954) * Actor with most total nominations for acting ** Jack Nicholson with 12 nominations * Actress with most total nominations for acting **

with 21 nominations * Most nominations for an actor without a win ** Peter O'Toole with 8 nominations (He received an Honorary Award in 2002) * Most nominations for an actress without a win ** Glenn Close with 8 nominations * Most nominations for an actor performing in a foreign language ** Marcello Mastroianni with 3 nominations. He was nominated for Best Actor for ''Divorce, Italian Style'' (1962); ''A Special Day'' (1977) and ''Dark Eyes (1987 film), Dark Eyes'' (1987), performing in Italian * Longest gap between first and second award ** Helen Hayes won in 1932 for ''The Sin of Madelon Claudet'' and in 1971 for ''Airport (1970 film), Airport'', a 39-year gap * Longest time span between first and last nomination and between first and last award **

: 48 years from ''Morning Glory (1933 film), Morning Glory'' (1933, in the 1932/33 awards) until ''On Golden Pond (1981 film), On Golden Pond'' (1981) * Most acting nominations before first award ** Both Geraldine Page and Al Pacino won on their 8th nomination * Most posthumous nominations **

with 2 (1955 for '' East of Eden'' and 1956 for ''Giant (1956 film), Giant'') * Shortest performance to win an acting Oscar ** Beatrice Straight in ''

'' (1976) – 5 minutes and 2 seconds * Shortest performance to win a lead acting Oscar ** Patricia Neal in ''Hud (1963 film), Hud'' (1963) – 21 minutes and 51 seconds * Shortest performance to be nominated for an acting Oscar ** Hermione Baddeley in ''Room at the Top (1959 film), Room at the Top'' (1959) – 2 minutes and 19 seconds * Shortest female performance to be nominated for a lead acting Oscar ** Eleanor Parker in ''Detective Story (1951 film), Detective Story'' (1951) – 20 minutes and 10 seconds * Shortest male performance to be nominated for a lead acting Oscar **

in ''San Francisco (1936 film), San Francisco'' (1936) – 14 minutes and 58 seconds * Shortest male performance to win a lead acting Oscar ** David Niven in ''Separate Tables (film), Separate Tables'' (1958) – 23 minutes and 39 seconds * Shortest male performance to be nominated for a supporting acting Oscar ** Ned Beatty in ''

'' (1976) – 6 minutes * Shortest male performance to win a supporting acting Oscar ** Ben Johnson (actor), Ben Johnson in ''The Last Picture Show'' (1971) – 9 minutes and 54 seconds * Longest performance to win and be nominated for an acting Oscar ** Vivien Leigh in ''

'' (1939) – 2 hours, 23 minutes and 32 seconds * Longest performance to win a supporting acting Oscar **

in '' Paper Moon'' (1973) – 1 hour, 6 minutes and 58 seconds * Longest male performance to win an acting Oscar ** Charlton Heston in ''

'' (1959) – 2 hours, 1 minute and 23 seconds * Longest male performance to be nominated for an acting Oscar **

in ''Malcolm X (1992 film), Malcolm X'' (1992) – 2 hours, 21 minutes and 58 seconds * Longest male performance to win a supporting acting Oscar ** Mahershala Ali in ''Green Book (film), Green Book'' (2018) – 1 hour, 6 minutes and 38 seconds * Longest male performance to be nominated for a supporting acting Oscar ** Frank Finlay in ''Othello (1965 British film), Othello'' (1965) – 1 hour, 30 minutes and 43 seconds * Longest female performance to be nominated for a supporting acting Oscar ** Jennifer Jones in ''Since You Went Away'' (1944) – 1 hour, 15 minutes and 38 seconds * Most awards by an African American actor ** Two African-American actors have won two Oscars: ***

, winning Best Supporting Actor for ''Glory (1989 film), Glory'' (1989) and Best Actor for ''

'' (2001) *** Mahershala Ali winning Best Supporting Actor for ''

'' (2016) and for ''Green Book (film), Green Book'' (2018) * Most awards for one acting performance ** Harold Russell played Homer Parish in ''

'' in 1946. For this role he received 2 Oscars, one for Best Supporting Actor and an honorary award for being an inspiration to all returning veterans * Most nominations for one acting performance ** Barry Fitzgerald was nominated as Best Actor and won for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Father Fitzgibbon in 1944's ''Going My Way'' * Only performer to win portraying multiple characters in the same film ** Lee Marvin won for playing Kid Shelleen and Tim Strawn in ''Cat Ballou'' * Most separate roles played in a single movie to be nominated for an Oscar ** Peter Sellers was nominated for Best Actor for playing 3 people (Lionel Mandrake, President Merkin Muffley and Dr. Strangelove) in ''Dr. Strangelove'' (1964) * Years where all four Acting winners were born outside the United States ** 37th Academy Awards, 1964 *** Best Actor – Rex Harrison for ''My Fair Lady (film), My Fair Lady'', United Kingdom *** Best Actress –

for '' Mary Poppins'', United Kingdom *** Best Supporting Actor – Peter Ustinov for ''Topkapi (film), Topkapi'', United Kingdom *** Best Supporting Actress – Lila Kedrova for ''

'', Russia ** 80th Academy Awards, 2007 *** Best Actor – Daniel Day-Lewis for ''There Will Be Blood'', United Kingdom *** Best Actress –

for ''La Vie en rose (film), La Vie en Rose'', France *** Best Supporting Actor –

for ''

'', Spain *** Best Supporting Actress – Tilda Swinton for ''Michael Clayton (film), Michael Clayton'', United Kingdom * Acting winners who won a Tony Award for portraying the same character ** Anne Bancroft – Anne Sullivan ** Helen Mirren – Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II (Won Tony Award for 2015 play ''The Audience (2013 play), The Audience'') ** Jack Albertson – John Cleary ** Joel Grey – Master of Ceremonies **

– Cyrano de Bergerac ** Lila Kedrova – Madame Hortense (Won Tony Award for 1984 musical ''Zorba (musical), Zorba)'' ** Paul Scofield – Thomas More, Sir Thomas More ** Rex Harrison – Henry Higgins **

– Lola Delaney ** Viola Davis – Rose Maxson **

– Mongkut, King Mongkut of Siam * Acting awards in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Superhero, and Horror genres **Fredric March, 1931, ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931 film), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' **Edmund Gwenn, 1947, ''Miracle on 34th Street'' **

, 1964, '' Mary Poppins'' **Ruth Gordon, 1968, ''Rosemary's Baby (film), Rosemary's Baby'' **Cliff Robertson, 1968, ''Charly'' **Don Ameche, 1985, ''Cocoon (film), Cocoon'' **Jodie Foster, 1991, '' The Silence of the Lambs'' **Anthony Hopkins, 1991, '' The Silence of the Lambs'' **Heath Ledger, 2008, ''The Dark Knight (film), The Dark Knight'' **Joaquin Phoenix, 2019, ''Joker (2019 film), Joker''

Miscellaneous records

* Most nominations in different decades **

: *** 1960s: 40th Academy Awards, 1968 *** 1970s: 42nd Academy Awards, 1970 (2 nominations), 44th Academy Awards, 1972, 45th Academy Awards, 1973 (2 nominations), 46th Academy Awards, 1974 (3 nominations), 47th Academy Awards, 1975, 48th Academy Awards, 1976, 50th Academy Awards, 1978 (2 nominations), 51st Academy Awards, 1979 *** 1980s: 53rd Academy Awards, 1981, 54th Academy Awards, 1982, 55th Academy Awards, 1983 (2 nominations), 56th Academy Awards, 1984, 57th Academy Awards, 1985 (2 nominations), 60th Academy Awards, 1988 (2 nominations), 61st Academy Awards, 1989 *** 1990s: 62nd Academy Awards, 1990 (2 nominations), 63rd Academy Awards, 1991 (2 nominations), 64th Academy Awards, 1992 (2 nominations), 66th Academy Awards, 1994, 68th Academy Awards, 1996 (3 nominations), 69th Academy Awards, 1997, 70th Academy Awards, 1998, 71st Academy Awards, 1999 *** 2000s: 72nd Academy Awards, 2000, 73rd Academy Awards, 2001, 74th Academy Awards, 2002 (2 nominations), 75th Academy Awards, 2003, 77th Academy Awards, 2005, 78th Academy Awards, 2006 (2 nominations) *** 2010s: 84th Academy Awards, 2012 (2 nominations), 85th Academy Awards, 2013, 86th Academy Awards, 2014, 88th Academy Awards, 2016, 90th Academy Awards, 2018 *** 2020s: 92nd Academy Awards, 2020 * Only people to win both a Nobel Prize and an Oscar ** George Bernard Shaw: Won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925, and an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for the film ''Pygmalion (1938 film), Pygmalion'' in 1938 ** Bob Dylan: Won an Oscar for Best Original Song for the song "Things Have Changed" from ''Wonder Boys (film), Wonder Boys'' in 2000, and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016 * Only person to win both a Booker Prize and an Oscar **Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: Won the Booker Prize for ''Heat and Dust'' in 1975, and two Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay for the films A Room with a View (1985 film), ''A Room with a View'' in 1986 and Howards End (film), ''Howards End'' in 1992 * People who won both a Pulitzer Prize and an Oscar **Aaron Copland: Won an Oscar for Best Original Score for the film ''

'' in 1949, and the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1945 **John Corigliano: Won an Oscar for Best Original Score for the film ''The Red Violin'' in 1999, and the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2001 **Bob Dylan: Won an Oscar for Best Original Song for the song "Things Have Changed" from ''Wonder Boys (film), Wonder Boys'' in 2000, and an additional citation in the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2006 **Horton Foote: Won two Oscars; Best Adapted Screenplay for the film ''To Kill a Mockingbird (film), To Kill a Mockingbird'' in 1962, and Best Original Screenplay for the film ''Tender Mercies'' in 1983, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1995 **Marvin Hamlisch: Won three Oscars in 1973; Best Score-Adaptation or Treatment for the film ''

'', and Best Original Score and Best Original Song for the The Way We Were (song), title song of the film ''The Way We Were'', and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1976 **Oscar Hammerstein II: Won two Oscars; Best Original Song for the songs "The Last Time I Saw Paris (song), The Last Time I Saw Paris" from the film ''Lady Be Good (1941 film), Lady Be Good'' in 1941, and "It Might as Well Be Spring" for the film from the film ''State Fair (1945 film), State Fair'' in 1945, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1950, along with an additional citation in 1943 **Sidney Howard: Posthumously won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for the film ''Gone with the Wind (film), Gone With the Wind'' in 1939, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1925 **William Inge: Won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for the film ''Splendor in the Grass'' in 1961, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1953 **Frank Loesser: Won an Oscar for Best Original Song for the song "Baby, It's Cold Outside" from the film ''Neptune's Daughter (1949 film), Neptune's Daughter'' in 1949, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1962 **Richard Rodgers: Won an Oscar for Best Original Song for the song "It Might as Well Be Spring" from the film ''State Fair (1945 film), State Fair'' in 1945, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1950, along with an additional citation in 1943 **William Saroyan: Won an Oscar for Best Story, Screenplay for the film ''The Human Comedy (film), The Human Comedy'' in 1943, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940 **John Patrick Shanley: Won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for the film ''Moonstruck'' in 1987, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2005 **Robert E. Sherwood: Won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for the film ''

'' in 1946, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1936, 1938, and 1941, and the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography in 1949 **Stephen Sondheim: Won an Oscar for Best Original Song for the song "Sooner or Later (Madonna song), Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" from the film ''Dick Tracy (1990 film), Dick Tracy'' in 1990, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1985 **Alfred Uhry: Won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for the film ''Driving Miss Daisy'' in 1989, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the Driving Miss Daisy (play), stage version in 1988 * Only person to win both an Olympic Games, Olympic medal and an Oscar ** Kobe Bryant: Won gold medals in Basketball at the Summer Olympics, Basketball in Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 and Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012, and an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film in 2017 for the film ''Dear Basketball'' * Only person to win for Acting and Songwriting **

: Best Actress for '' Funny Girl'' (1968); Best Original Song for the Love Theme ("Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born), Evergreen") from ''A Star Is Born (1976 film), A Star Is Born'' (1976) * Only person to win for Acting and Writing ** Emma Thompson: Best Actress for ''Howards End (film), Howards End'' (1992); Best Adapted Screenplay for ''Sense and Sensibility (film), Sense and Sensibility'' (1995) * Only person to win for Acting and Directing ** To date, technically no one has. However Lee Grant won for Best Supporting Actress for ''Shampoo (film), Shampoo'' (1975) and she directed the Best Documentary Feature, ''Down and Out in America'' (1986). But under the Academy rules at the time, only producers were eligible to win the award, so the award went to her producer husband and another co-producer. Under the present rules, the director would now be recognized with the Oscar * Only person nominated for Acting, Writing, Producing, and Directing for the same film ** Warren Beatty was nominated in the four categories for ''Heaven Can Wait (1978 film), Heaven Can Wait'' (1978), and again for ''Reds (film), Reds'' (1981) * Only actor to win an Oscar for portraying a real Oscar winner **Cate Blanchett won Best Supporting Actress for portraying

in ''The Aviator (2004 film), The Aviator'' ***Additionally, Renée Zellweger won Best Actress for portraying Judy Garland in ''Judy (film), Judy''. Garland received the Academy Juvenile Award, an honorary award, but never won a competitive Oscar * Only actor to win an Oscar for portraying a fictional Oscar nominee ** Maggie Smith won Best Supporting Actress for ''California Suite (film), California Suite'' * Only actor to appear in two movies with 11 Oscar wins ** Bernard Hill in ''

'' and ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (film), Lord of The Rings: Return of The King'' * Most total nominations without a win ** Greg P. Russell has earned 16 nominations in the Best Sound Mixing category (This does not include his nomination at the 89th Academy Awards for ''13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi'', which was revoked the day before the ceremony.) * Most total nominations before receiving an award ** Film composer Victor Young was nominated 21 times without winning. He was often nominated multiple times in one year; twice, four times at the same Oscars. He won posthumously for ''Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film), Around the World in 80 Days'', alongside yet another nomination (also posthumous) ***Sound re-recording mixer Kevin O'Connell (sound mixer), Kevin O'Connell comes in at a close second, with 20 unsuccessful nominations from 1983 until 2016, when he finally won for ''Hacksaw Ridge''. * Most nominations for a living person ** Film composer

with 52 * Only write-in nominee to win a competitive award ** Cinematographer Hal Mohr for ''A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film), A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (1935) * Only person to receive every nomination in a single category ** Animation producer Stephen Bosustow in 29th Academy Awards, 1957 for Best Short Subject – Cartoons *Most distinct categories to have been nominated in **Kenneth Branagh: eight nominations in seven categories, winning one ***

***Academy Award for Best Director, Best Director ***Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay ***Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay ***Academy Award for Best Actor, Best Actor ***Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor ***Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, Best Live Action Short Film *Most nominated woman ** Costume designer

with 35 * Highest "perfect score" ** Sound editor Mark Berger (sound engineer), Mark Berger has four nominations and four wins * Most nominations for directing ** William Wyler with 12 nominations * Most nominations for directing without an award ** All received 5 nominations *** Robert Altman *** Clarence Brown *** Alfred Hitchcock *** King Vidor * Most wins for producing ** Two producers received 3 awards: *** Sam Spiegel *** Saul Zaentz * Most nominations for producing ** Steven Spielberg with 11 nominations * Most nominations for directing in a single year ** Two people have received 2 nominations for Best Director in the same year: *** Michael Curtiz for ''Angels with Dirty Faces'' and ''Four Daughters'' in 1938 *** Steven Soderbergh for ''Erin Brockovich (film), Erin Brockovich'' and ''Traffic (2000 film), Traffic'' in 2000 * Most Best Picture awards for a film series ** Template:Godfather, ''The Godfather'' series with 2 (for ''The Godfather'' and ''

'') * Other Best Picture awards for a film series ** Rocky (franchise), Rocky series: Rocky (1976 film), Rocky (1976) ** Middle-earth in film, The Middle-earth series: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) * Most nominations for a film series **Star Wars (film series), Star Wars with 38 nominations * Most awards for a film series ** Middle-earth in film, The Middle-earth series with 17 competitive wins out of 37 nominations (for ''The Lord of the Rings (film series), The Lord of the Rings'' and ''The Hobbit (film series), The Hobbit'') * Most nominations for Best Original Screenplay **

with 16 nominations and 3 wins * Longest time between the release of a film and winning an Oscar ** ''Limelight (1952 film), Limelight'' (1952) is the only film to have won an award twenty years after its official release. Since it was not released in Los Angeles County until 1972, it was not eligible for any Academy Awards until that time * Most posthumous award wins ** William A. Horning won in 1958 for Best Art Direction for ''Gigi (1958 film), Gigi'', and for Best Art Direction for ''

'' in 1959 * Most posthumous award nominations **

with four *Highest-grossing film to win Best Picture **''

'' with $2,187,535,296 *Highest-grossing film to be nominated for Best Picture **''

'' with $2,847,397,339 *Highest-grossing R-rated film to win Best Picture **''Gladiator (2000 film), Gladiator'' with $457,552,323 *Highest-grossing R-rated film to be nominated for Best Picture **''Joker (2019 film), Joker'' with $1,074,251,311 *Lowest-grossing film to win Best Picture **''

'' with $1,052,792 * Longest film to win Best Picture ** ''

, ''224 minutes (238 with overture, entr'acte, and exit music) * Longest film to win an award ** ''O.J.: Made in America'' (2016), 467 minutes (Best Documentary Feature) ** The longest fictional film to win an award was ''War and Peace (film series), War and Peace'' (1968), 431 minutes (Best Foreign Language Film) * Shortest film to win Best Picture ** '' Marty,'' 90 minutes * Shortest film to win an award ** ''The Crunch Bird,'' 2 minutes (Best Animated Short Film) * Most acting awards for a character ** Portrayals of Vito Corleone won: *** Best Actor for Marlon Brando in ''The Godfather'' *** Best Supporting Actor for

in ''

'' ** Portrayals of Joker (character), the Joker won: *** Best Supporting Actor for Heath Ledger in ''The Dark Knight (film), The Dark Knight'' *** Best Actor for Joaquin Phoenix in ''Joker (2019 film), Joker'' ** Portrayals of Anita from ''West Side Story'' won: *** Best Supporting Actress for

in the West Side Story (1961 film), 1961 film adaptation *** Best Supporting Actress for Ariana DeBose in the West Side Story (2021 film), 2021 film adaptation * Most nominations for a character ** Three portrayals of Queen Elizabeth I of England earned nominations for: *** Cate Blanchett in ''Elizabeth (film), Elizabeth'' and ''Elizabeth: The Golden Age'' (Best Actress) *** Judi Dench in ''Shakespeare in Love'' (winner, Best Supporting Actress) ** Three portrayals of King Henry VIII of England earned nominations for: *** Charles Laughton in ''The Private Life of Henry VIII'' (winner, Best Actor) *** Robert Shaw (actor), Robert Shaw in '' A Man for All Seasons'' (Best Supporting Actor) *** Richard Burton in ''Anne of the Thousand Days'' (Best Actor) **The lead characters of three different versions of ''A Star Is Born (disambiguation), A Star Is Born'' have been nominated: ***Female leads: ****A Star Is Born (1937 film), 1937 :

as actress Esther Blodgett/Vicki Lester ****A Star Is Born (1954 film), 1954 : Judy Garland as actress/singer Esther Blodgett/Vicki Lester ****A Star Is Born (2018 film), 2018 :

as singer/musician Ally Campana ***Male leads: ****A Star Is Born (1937 film), 1937 : Fredric March as actor Norman Maine ****A Star Is Born (1954 film), 1954 : James Mason as actor Norman Maine ****A Star Is Born (2018 film), 2018 : Bradley Cooper as singer/musician Jackson Maine ** 26 other characters have been nominated twice (* = winning portrayal): ***Abraham Lincoln – Raymond Massey, Daniel Day-Lewis (*) *** Anita from ''West Side Story'' –

(*), Ariana DeBose (*) *** Arthur Chipping from ''Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' – Robert Donat (*), Peter O'Toole *** Billie Holiday – Diana Ross, Andra Day ***Cyrano de Bergerac – Jose Ferrer (*), Gerard Depardieu *** "Fast Eddie" Felson – Paul Newman (*); Newman played Felson in ''The Hustler'' and its sequel, ''The Color of Money'', winning for the sequel. *** Father Chuck O'Malley – Bing Crosby (*); Crosby played O’Malley in ''Going My Way'' and ''The Bells of St. Mary's'', winning for ''Going My Way''. *** Father Fitzgibbons – Barry Fitzgerald (*) – nominated for Best Actor and won for Best Supporting Actor, for the same performance in ''Going My Way'' *** Henry Higgins – Leslie Howard (actor), Leslie Howard (from ''Pygmalion (1938 film), Pygmalion''), Rex Harrison (from'' My Fair Lady (film), My Fair Lady'') (*) ***Howard Hughes –

, Leonardo DiCaprio ***Iris Murdoch – Judi Dench, Kate Winslet – portrayals of the same character at different ages in the same film (''Iris (2001 film), Iris'') *** Little Women#Josephine "Jo" March, Jo March (from'' Little Women (disambiguation), Little Women'') – Winona Ryder, Saoirse Ronan *** Joe Pendleton – Robert Montgomery (actor), Robert Montgomery (from ''Here Comes Mr. Jordan''), Warren Beatty (from'' Heaven Can Wait (1978 film), Heaven Can Wait'') ***Joker (character), The Joker – Heath Ledger (*), Joaquin Phoenix (*) ***Henry II of England, King Henry II of England – Peter O'Toole (''Becket (1964 film), Becket'',''

'') ***Henry V of England, King Henry V of England –

, Kenneth Branagh ***Leda Caruso – Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley – portrayals of the same character at different ages in the same film (''The Lost Daughter (film), The Lost Daughter'') *** Leslie Crosbie (from ''The Letter (play), The Letter'') –

*** Max Corkle – James Gleason (from ''Here Comes Mr. Jordan''), Jack Warden (from ''Heaven Can Wait (1978 film), Heaven Can Wait'') ***Michael Corleone – Al Pacino ***Richard Nixon – Anthony Hopkins, Frank Langella ***Rocky Balboa – Sylvester Stallone ***Rooster Cogburn (character), Rooster Cogburn – John Wayne (*), Jeff Bridges *** Rose DeWitt Bukater – Kate Winslet, Gloria Stuart – portrayals of the same character at different ages in the same film (''

'') ***Vincent van Gogh – Kirk Douglas, Willem Dafoe ***Vito Corleone – Marlon Brando (*),

(*) *Most royalty and leaders portrayed ** 48 portrayals of monarchs or civil leaders (real and fictional), have been nominated for acting awards, with 11 winners ** The United Kingdom is the most represented nation *** Overall, there have been 16 nominations and 5 wins for portrayals of Monarchy of the United Kingdom, British monarchs **** In addition, two portrayals of List of Scottish monarchs, Scottish monarchs have been nominated: ***** Vanessa Redgrave as Mary, Queen of Scots in ''Mary, Queen of Scots (1971 film), Mary, Queen of Scots'' *****

as Macbeth, King of Scotland in ''The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021 film), The Tragedy of Macbeth'' *** Three portrayals of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, British Prime Ministers have been nominated, with 3 wins ** Portrayals of four List of French monarchs, French kings and Emperor of the French, Emperor Napoleon have received nominations ** The only portrayal of a non-British monarch to win an award was

as Mongkut, King Mongkut of Siam in ''

'' ** 11 portrayals of President of the United States, presidents of the United States – three of them fictional – have been nominated, with Daniel Day-Lewis's portrayal of Abraham Lincoln in ''Lincoln (film), Lincoln'' the only winner ** Two portrayals of List of popes, popes (the head of state for Vatican City) have been nominated, both from the film ''The Two Popes'' ** 11 portrayals of spouses/consorts of leaders have been nominated, with

's Eleanor of Aquitaine in ''

'' the only winner ** Three portrayals of dictators have been nominated: *** Forest Whitaker won for his portrayal of Idi Amin in ''The Last King of Scotland (film), The Last King of Scotland'' ***Charlie Chaplin and Jack Oakie were nominated for their respective turns as the dictators of Tomainia and Bacteria in ''The Great Dictator'' *Most Honorary Awards **Bob Hope received 5 honorary awards – 2 Special, 2 Honorary, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award *Tallest Oscar winner/nominee **Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (2.05m/6 ft 9in) – Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Best International Feature Film (''The Lives of Others'') *Shortest Oscar winner **Linda Hunt (1.45m/4 ft 9in) – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actress (''The Year of Living Dangerously (film), The Year of Living Dangerously'') *Shortest Oscar nominee **Michael Dunn (actor), Michael Dunn (1.17m/3 ft 10in) – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor (''Ship of Fools (film), Ship of Fools'')

Oscar speeches

* Longest speech ** The longest Oscar speech was that given by Greer Garson at the 15th Academy Awards after she was named Academy Award for Best Actress, Best Actress for 1942 in film, 1942 for ''Mrs. Miniver''. Her speech ran for nearly six minutes. It was shortly after this incident that the academy set forty-five seconds as the allotted time for an acceptance speech and began to cut the winners off after this time limit. When presenting the Best Actor award at the 24th Academy Awards, Garson quipped, "I think I have ten minutes left over from a highly emotional speech I made a few years ago. I'd be glad to give it to them." * Shortest speech ** The shortest Oscar speech was that given by Patty Duke at the 35th Academy Awards after she was named Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actress for 1962 in film, 1962 for ''The Miracle Worker (1962 film), The Miracle Worker''. Duke, age 16, was the youngest person at that time to receive an Academy Award in a competitive category. Her acceptance speech was, simply, two words "Thank you" after which she walked off the stage (Note: When Fred Zinnemann accepted the Best Picture Oscar for ''A Man for All Seasons (1966 film), A Man For All Seasons'', he simply nodded and smiled. However, minutes earlier he had won Best Director and made his thank-yous then, and thus felt he had nothing to add.)

Tied winners

There have been six two-way ties: *5th Academy Awards, 1931/32: Best Actor – Wallace Beery (''The Champ (1931 film), The Champ'') and Fredric March (''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932 film), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'') *22nd Academy Awards, 1949: Best Documentary Short – ''A Chance to Live'' and ''So Much for So Little'' *41st Academy Awards, 1968: Best Actress –

(''

'') and

('' Funny Girl'') *59th Academy Awards, 1986: Best Documentary – ''Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got'' and ''Down and Out in America'' *67th Academy Awards, 1994: Best Short Film (Live Action) – ''Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life'' and ''Trevor (film), Trevor'' *85th Academy Awards, 2012: Best Sound Editing – Paul N. J. Ottosson (''Zero Dark Thirty'') and Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers (''Skyfall'')

Clean sweep

The following films with at least two nominations won all of their categories. * 1st Academy Awards, 1927/1928: ''

'' (2) ** Outstanding Picture: Paramount Pictures ** Best Engineering Effects: Roy Pomeroy * 7th Academy Awards, 1934: ''

'' (5) ** Outstanding Production: Frank Capra and Harry Cohn ** Best Director: Frank Capra ** Best Actor: Clark Gable ** Best Actress:

** Best Adaptation: Robert Riskin * 13th Academy Awards, 1940: ''

'' (2) ** Best Original Score: Leigh Harline, Paul Smith (composer), Paul Smith and Ned Washington ** Best Song: Leigh Harline and Ned Washington ("When You Wish Upon a Star") * 20th Academy Awards, 1947: ''Black Narcissus'' (2) ** Best Cinematography (Color): Jack Cardiff ** Best Art Direction (Color): Alfred Junge (Art Direction and Set Decoration) * 31st Academy Awards, 1958: ''Gigi (1958 film), Gigi'' (9) ** Best Motion Picture: Arthur Freed ** Best Director: Vincente Minnelli ** Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Alan Jay Lerner ** Best Cinematography (Color):

** Best Costume Design: Cecil Beaton ** Best Film Editing: Adrienne Fazan ** Best Scoring of a Musical Picture: André Previn ** Best Song: Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner ("Gigi (song), Gigi") ** Best Art Direction: William A. Horning and E. Preston Ames (Art Direction) / Henry Grace and F. Keogh Gleason (Set Decoration) * 39th Academy Awards, 1966: ''Born Free'' (2) ** Best Original Music Score: John Barry (composer), John Barry ** Best Song: John Barry (composer), John Barry and Don Black (lyricist), Don Black ("Born Free (Matt Monro song), Born Free") * 39th Academy Awards, 1966: ''Grand Prix (1966 film), Grand Prix'' (3) ** Best Film Editing: Fredric Steinkamp, Henry Berman, Stu Linder and Frank Santillo ** Best Sound Effects: Gordon Daniel ** Best Sound: Franklin Milton * 44th Academy Awards, 1971: ''Sentinels of Silence'' (2) ** Best Documentary Short Subject: Robert Amram and Manuel Arango ** Best Live Action Short Subject: Robert Amram and Manuel Arango * 47th Academy Awards, 1974: ''The Great Gatsby (1974 film), The Great Gatsby'' (2) ** Best Costume Design: Theoni V. Aldredge ** Best Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation: Nelson Riddle * 58th Academy Awards, 1985: ''Cocoon (film), Cocoon'' (2) ** Best Supporting Actor: Don Ameche ** Best Visual Effects: Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar and David Berry (special effects artist), David Berry * 60th Academy Awards, 1987: ''The Last Emperor'' (9) ** Best Picture: Jeremy Thomas ** Best Director: Bernardo Bertolucci ** Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Bernardo Bertolucci and Mark Peploe ** Best Cinematography: Vittorio Storaro ** Best Costume Design: James Acheson ** Best Film Editing: Gabriella Cristiani ** Best Original Score: Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne and Cong Su ** Best Art Direction: Ferdinando Scarfiotti (Art Direction) / Bruno Cesari and Osvaldo Desideri (Set Decoration) ** Best Sound: Bill Rowe (sound engineer), Bill Rowe and Ivan Sharrock * 62nd Academy Awards, 1989: ''The Little Mermaid (1989 film), The Little Mermaid'' (2) ** Best Original Score:

** Best Original Song:

and

("Under the Sea") * 66th Academy Awards, 1993: ''

'' (3) ** Best Sound Effects Editing: Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns ** Best Sound: Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Ron Judkins and Shawn Murphy (sound engineer), Shawn Murphy ** Best Visual Effects:

, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett and Michael Lantieri * 67th Academy Awards, 1994: ''Ed Wood (film), Ed Wood'' (2) ** Best Supporting Actor: Martin Landau ** Best Makeup:

, Ve Neill and Yolanda Toussieng * 67th Academy Awards, 1994: ''The Lion King'' (2) ** Best Original Score: Hans Zimmer ** Best Original Song: Elton John and

("Can You Feel the Love Tonight") * 68th Academy Awards, 1995: ''Pocahontas (1995 film), Pocahontas'' (2) ** Best Original Musical or Comedy Score:

and Stephen Schwartz (composer), Stephen Schwartz ** Best Original Song:

and Stephen Schwartz (composer), Stephen Schwartz ("Colors of the Wind") * 68th Academy Awards, 1995: ''Restoration (1995 film), Restoration'' (2) ** Best Costume Design: James Acheson ** Best Art Direction: Eugenio Zanetti (Art Direction and Set Decoration) * 68th Academy Awards, 1995: ''The Usual Suspects'' (2) ** Best Supporting Actor: Kevin Spacey ** Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Christopher McQuarrie * 72nd Academy Awards, 1999: ''The Matrix'' (4) ** Best Film Editing: Zach Staenberg ** Best Sound Effects Editing: Dane Davis ** Best Sound: John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David E. Campbell (sound engineer), David E. Campbell and David Lee (Australian sound engineer), David Lee ** Best Visual Effects: John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley and Jon Thum * 76th Academy Awards, 2003: '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (11) ** Best Picture: Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Barrie M. Osborne ** Best Director: Peter Jackson ** Best Adapted Screenplay: Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson and Philippa Boyens ** Best Costume Design: Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor (filmmaker), Richard Taylor ** Best Film Editing: Jamie Selkirk ** Best Makeup: Peter King (make-up artist), Peter King and Richard Taylor (filmmaker), Richard Taylor ** Best Original Score: Howard Shore ** Best Original Song: Howard Shore, Fran Walsh and Annie Lennox ("Into the West (song), Into the West") ** Best Art Direction: Grant Major (Art Direction) / Dan Hennah and Alan Lee (illustrator), Alan Lee (Set Decoration) ** Best Sound Mixing: Christopher Boyes, Hammond Peek, Michael Hedges (sound engineer), Michael Hedges and Michael Semanick ** Best Visual Effects: Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri,

and Alex Funke * 79th Academy Awards, 2006: ''An Inconvenient Truth'' (2) ** Best Documentary Feature Film: Davis Guggenheim ** Best Original Song: Melissa Etheridge ("I Need to Wake Up") * 80th Academy Awards, 2007: ''The Bourne Ultimatum (film), The Bourne Ultimatum'' (3) ** Best Film Editing: Christopher Rouse (film editor), Christopher Rouse ** Best Sound Editing: Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg ** Best Sound Mixing: Scott Millan, Kirk Francis and David Parker (sound engineer), David Parker * 84th Academy Awards, 2011: ''The Iron Lady (film), The Iron Lady'' (2) ** Best Actress:

** Best Makeup: Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland * 86th Academy Awards, 2013: ''Frozen (2013 film), Frozen'' (2) ** Best Animated Feature Film: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee (filmmaker), Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho ** Best Original Song: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez ("Let It Go") * 86th Academy Awards, 2013: ''The Great Gatsby (2013 film), The Great Gatsby'' (2) ** Best Costume Design: Catherine Martin (designer), Catherine Martin ** Best Production Design: Catherine Martin (designer), Catherine Martin (Production Design) / Beverley Dunn (set decorator), Beverley Dunn (Set Decoration) * 90th Academy Awards, 2017: ''Coco (2017 film), Coco'' (2) ** Best Animated Feature Film: Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson ** Best Original Song: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez ("Remember Me (Coco song), Remember Me") * 94th Academy Awards, 2021: ''

'' (3) ** Best Picture: Fabrice Gianfermi, Philippe Rousselet and Patrick Wachsberger ** Best Supporting Actor: Troy Kotsur ** Best Adapted Screenplay: Sian Heder * 94th Academy Awards, 2021: ''The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021 film), The Eyes of Tammy Faye'' (2) ** Best Actress : Jessica Chastain ** Best Makeup and Hairstyling : Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh

References

External links

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Oscar speeches

Tied winners

Clean sweep

See also

References

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