List of superlative Academy Award winners and nominees

This is a list of superlative Academy Award winners and nominees. This list is current as of the 84th Academy Awards ceremony held on February 26, 2012.

Best Picture

Superlative	Film	Record Set	Year	Notes
Most Awards	Ben-Hur	11 awards	1959	Awards resulted from 12 nominations.
	Titanic		1997	Awards resulted from 14 nominations.
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King		2003	Awards resulted from 11 nominations.
Most Nominations	All About Eve	14 nominations	1950	Nominations resulted in 6 awards.
	Titanic		1997	Nominations resulted in 11 awards.
Longest Winner	Gone with the Wind	3 hours 54 minutes	1939	Received 13 nominations and 8 awards.
Longest Nominee	Cleopatra	4 hours 2 minutes	1963	Received 9 nominations and 4 awards.
Shortest Winner	Marty	1 hour 28 minutes	1955	Received 8 nominations and 4 awards.
Shortest Nominee	She Done Him Wrong	1 hour 6 minutes	1933	Received 1 nomination and 0 awards.
Most Awards (Producer)	Sam Spiegel	3 Awards	1954, 1957, 1962	Awards resulted from 4 nominations.
	Saul Zaentz	3 Awards	1975, 1984, 1996	Awards resulted from 3 nominations.
Most Nominations (Producer)	Steven Spielberg	8 Nominations	1982, 1985, 1993, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012	Nominations resulted in 1 award.
	Kathleen Kennedy	8 Nominations	1982, 1985, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2012	Nominations resulted in no awards.

Best Director

Superlative	Director	Record Set	Year	Notes
Most Awards	John Ford	4 awards	1952	Awards resulted from 5 nominations.
Most Nominations	William Wyler	12 nominations	1965	Nominations resulted in 3 awards.
Oldest Winner	Clint Eastwood	74 years old	2004	Million Dollar Baby
Oldest Nominee	John Huston	79 years old	1985	Prizzi's Honor
Youngest Winner	Norman Taurog	32 years old	1930/31	Skippy
Youngest Nominee	John Singleton	24 years old	1991	Boyz N the Hood

Best Original Screenplay

Superlative	Writer	Record Set	Year	Notes
Most Awards	Woody Allen	3 awards	2011	Awards resulted from 15 nominations.
Most Nominations	Woody Allen	15 nominations	2011	Nominations resulted in 3 awards.
Oldest Winner	Woody Allen	76 years old	2011	Midnight in Paris
Youngest Winner	Ben Affleck	25 years old	1997	Good Will Hunting

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Superlative	Actor	Record Set	Year	Notes
Most Awards	Daniel Day-Lewis	3 awards	2012	Awards resulted from 5 nominations.
Most Nominations	Spencer Tracy	9 nominations	1967	Nominations resulted in 2 awards.
	Laurence Olivier		1978	Nominations resulted in 1 award.
Oldest Winner	Henry Fonda	76 years old	1981	On Golden Pond
Oldest Nominee	Richard Farnsworth	79 years old	1999	The Straight Story
Youngest Winner	Adrien Brody	29 years old	2002	The Pianist
Youngest Nominee	Jackie Cooper	9 years old	1930/31	Skippy

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Superlative	Actress	Record Set	Year	Notes
Most Awards	Katharine Hepburn	4 awards	1981	Awards resulted from 12 nominations.
Most Nominations	Meryl Streep	14 nominations	2011	Nominations resulted in 2 awards.
Oldest Winner	Jessica Tandy	80 years old	1989	Driving Miss Daisy
Oldest Nominee	Emmanuelle Riva	85 years old	2012	Amour
Youngest Winner	Marlee Matlin	21 years old	1986	Children of a Lesser God
Youngest Nominee	Quvenzhané Wallis	9 years old	2012	Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Superlative	Actor	Record Set	Year	Notes
Most Awards	Walter Brennan	3 awards	1940	Awards resulted from 4 nominations.
Most Nominations		4 nominations	1941	Nominations resulted in 3 awards.
	Claude Rains		1946	Nominations resulted in no awards.
	Arthur Kennedy		1958
	Jack Nicholson		1992	Nominations resulted in 1 award.
Oldest Winner	Christopher Plummer	82 years old	2011	Beginners
Oldest Nominee	Hal Holbrook	82 years old	2007	Into the Wild
Youngest Winner	Timothy Hutton	20 years old	1980	Ordinary People
Youngest Nominee	Justin Henry	8 years old	1979	Kramer vs. Kramer

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Superlative	Actress	Record Set	Year	Notes
Most Awards	Shelley Winters	2 awards	1965	Awards resulted from 3 nominations.
	Dianne Wiest		1994	Awards resulted from 3 nominations.
Most Nominations	Thelma Ritter	6 nominations	1962	Nominations resulted in 0 awards.
Oldest Winner	Peggy Ashcroft	77 years old	1984	A Passage to India
Oldest Nominee	Gloria Stuart	87 years old	1997	Titanic
Youngest Winner	Tatum O'Neal	10 years old	1973	Paper Moon
Youngest Nominee

Combined Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Superlative	Actor	Record Set	Year	Notes
Most Awards	Walter Brennan	3 awards	1940	Awards resulted from 4 nominations.
	Jack Nicholson		1997	Awards resulted from 12 nominations.
	Daniel Day-Lewis		2012	Awards resulted from 5 nominations.
Most Nominations	Jack Nicholson	12 nominations - 8 leading and 4 supporting	1997	Nominations resulted in 3 awards.

Combined Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Superlative	Actress	Record Set	Year	Notes
Most Awards	Katharine Hepburn	4 awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role	1981	Awards resulted from 12 nominations.
Most Nominations	Meryl Streep	17 nominations - 14 leading and 3 supporting	2011	Nominations resulted in 3 awards.

Note: Walt Disney is the highest earning individual with wins and nominations in any category in the Academy Awards, with fifty-nine nominations and twenty-two Oscar wins (as well as four Honorary Awards), including a record four in one year.

External links

• Oscars.org Official site
• Complete Downloadable List of Academy Award Nominees