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 ...
(1901–1966) won or received a total of twenty-six
Academy Awards
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and holds the record for most Academy Awards in history.
He won twenty-two competitive Academy Awards from a total of fifty-nine nominations, and also holds the records for most wins and most nominations for an individual in history.
Disney won his first competitive Academy Award and received his first
Honorary Academy Award
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at the
5th Academy Awards (1932). He received the Honorary Academy Award for the creation of
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse is an animated cartoon Character (arts), character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The longtime mascot of The Walt Disney Company, Mickey is an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red sho ...
and won the
Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoon) for the film ''
Flowers and Trees
''Flowers and Trees'' is a 1932 '' Silly Symphonies'' cartoon produced by Walt Disney, directed by Burt Gillett, and released to theatres by United Artists on July 30, 1932. It was the first commercially released film to be produced in the full- ...
''.
In the seven Academy Award ceremonies that followed (
6th–
12th
12 (twelve) is the natural number following 11 and preceding 13. Twelve is a superior highly composite number, divisible by 2, 3, 4, and 6.
It is the number of years required for an orbital period of Jupiter. It is central to many systems ...
), Disney consecutively earned nominations and won in the same category.
Disney received three more Honorary Academy Awards, one in
1939 and two in
1942.
At the
26th Academy Awards (1954), Disney won the Academy Award in all four categories in which he was nominated: Best Short Subject (Cartoon),
Best Short Subject (Two-reel),
Best Documentary (Feature), and
Best Documentary (Short Subject).
In
1965
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, Disney earned his sole
Best Picture
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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nomination, for the film ''
Mary Poppins It may refer to:
* ''Mary Poppins'' (book series), the original 1934–1988 children's fantasy novels that introduced the character.
* Mary Poppins (character), the nanny with magical powers.
* ''Mary Poppins'' (film), a 1964 Disney film sta ...
''.
He was
posthumously awarded
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his final Academy Award in
1969 for ''
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
''Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day'' is a 1968 American animated featurette based on the third, fifth, ninth, and tenth chapters of ''Winnie-the-Pooh'' and the second, eighth, and ninth chapters from ''The House at Pooh Corner'' by A. A. Milne ...
''.
Competitive Academy Awards
Footnotes
*≠ indicates the award was accepted by someone else (in this case, the winning film's director
Wolfgang Reitherman
Wolfgang Reitherman (June 26, 1909 – May 22, 1985), also known and sometimes credited as Woolie Reitherman, was a German–American animator, director and producer and one of the "Disney's Nine Old Men, Nine Old Men" of core animators at Walt ...
)
Short Film Winners: 1969 Oscars
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Honorary Academy Awards
See also
* List of Academy Award records
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 Acad ...
* List of people who have won multiple Academy Awards in a single year
* List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees
References
External links
D23 entry
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Academy Awards
The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...
Academy Awards
The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...
Disney
The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...
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