List of Academy Awards for Walt Disney
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Walt Disney (1901–1966) won or received a total of twenty-six Academy Awards and holds the record for most Academy Awards in history.[1] 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.[1]
Disney won his first competitive Academy Award and received his first Honorary Academy Award at the 5th Academy Awards (1932). He received the Honorary Academy Award for the creation of Mickey Mouse and won the Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoon) for the film Flowers and Trees.[2] In the seven Academy Award ceremonies that followed (6th–12th), Disney consecutively earned nominations and won in the same category.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Disney received three more Honorary Academy Awards, one in 1939[8] and two in 1942.[10] 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).[11][12] In 1965, Disney earned his sole Best Picture nomination, for the film Mary Poppins.[13] He was posthumously awarded his final Academy Award in 1969 for Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day.[14]
Competitive Academy Awards
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]- ≠ indicates the award was accepted by someone else (in this case, the winning film's director Wolfgang Reitherman)[37]
Honorary Academy Awards
[edit]Year | To, for/award name | Award type | Refs. |
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1932 (5th) |
To Walt Disney for the creation of Mickey Mouse. | Statuette | [2][12] |
1939 (11th) |
To Walt Disney for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,[38] "recognized as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field for the motion picture cartoon." | One statuette and seven miniature statuettes on a stepped base | [8][39] |
1942 (14th) |
To Walt Disney, William Garity, John N. A. Hawkins and the RCA Manufacturing Company "for their outstanding contribution to the advancement of the use of sound in motion pictures through the production of Fantasia." | Certificate of merit | [10][39] |
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award | Thalberg Award | [10][40] |
See also
[edit]- List of Academy Award records
- List of people who have won multiple Academy Awards in a single year
- List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Nominee Facts – Most Nominations and Awards" (PDF). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ a b c d "The 5th Academy Awards (1932)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ a b "The 6th Academy Awards (1934)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2017-02-01. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ a b "The 7th Academy Awards (1935)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ a b "The 8th Academy Awards (1936)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ a b "The 9th Academy Awards (1937)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2016-03-21. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ a b "The 10th Academy Awards (1938)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2016-03-21. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ a b c d "The 11th Academy Awards (1939)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ a b "The 12th Academy Awards (1940)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2017-01-28. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ a b c d "The 14th Academy Awards (1942)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2014-10-01. Retrieved 2013-04-26.
- ^ a b "The 26th Academy Awards (1954)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ a b c d e Korkis, Jim (February 22, 2012). "And The Academy Award Goes To....Walt Disney!". USA Today. MousePlanet.com. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
- ^ a b "The 37th Academy Awards (1965)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ a b "The 41st Academy Awards (1969)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ "Interactive Galleries". Waltdisney.org. Archived from the original on 2015-03-21. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ "Walt Disney's Oscars®". Waltdisney.org. Archived from the original on 2015-03-22. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
- ^ "The 15th Academy Awards (1943)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ "The 16th Academy Awards (1944)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2016-03-21. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- ^ "The 17th Academy Awards (1945)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2016-07-02. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ "The 18th Academy Awards (1946)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
- ^ "The 19th Academy Awards (1947)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ "The 20th Academy Awards (1948)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2016-02-24. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ a b "The 21st Academy Awards (1949)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2016-03-21. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ "The 22nd Academy Awards (1950)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ "The 23rd Academy Awards (1951)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2017-01-28. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ "The 24th Academy Awards (1952)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ "The 25th Academy Awards (1953)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2016-03-21. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ "The 27th Academy Awards (1955)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ "The 28th Academy Awards (1956)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2016-03-21. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ "The 29th Academy Awards (1957)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ "The 30th Academy Awards (1958)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ "The 31st Academy Awards (1959)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ "The 32nd Academy Awards (1960)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ "The 33rd Academy Awards (1961)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ "The 34th Academy Awards (1962)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ "The 35th Academy Awards (1963)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2018-02-02. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ "Short Film Winners: 1969 Oscars". Archived from the original on 2022-07-29. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
- ^ "Walt Disney and the Snow White Oscars® - D23". Archived from the original on 2022-08-17. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
- ^ a b Carnahan, Alyssa (January 4, 2013). "Look Closer Recap: Walt's Honorary Oscars". Waltdisney.org. Archived from the original on 2015-03-28. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
- ^ King, Susan (August 26, 2010). "Honorary Oscar recipients named". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on June 17, 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
External links
[edit]- D23 entry Archived 2022-08-22 at the Wayback Machine