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This is a list of [[Academy Award]] [[wikt:record#Noun|records]]. This list is current as of the [[83rd Academy Awards]] ceremony held on February 27, 2011.

==Most awards==
*'''Most awards won by a single film'''
**Three films won 11 Academy Awards. They are:
***''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'' (1959)
***''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' (1997)
***''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' (2003)

*'''Most nominations received by a single film'''
**Two films received 14 nominations. They are:
***''[[All About Eve]]'' (1950)
***''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' (1997)

*'''Highest Sweep (Winning every nominated category)'''
**''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' (2003) won all 11 categories it was nominated for: Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Original Song, Sound Mixing, Art Direction, Makeup, Costume Design, Film Editing, Visual Effects

*'''Most awards won by a man
**[[Walt Disney]] won 26 Oscars (22 competitive, 4 honorary). He also won the most Oscars in one year, with 4.

*'''Most awards won by a woman'''
**Costume designer [[Edith Head]] won 8 Oscars.

*'''Most awards won by a person who is still living'''
**Visual Effects Supervisor [[Dennis Muren]] has won 9 Academy Awards: 6 competitive awards, 2 "Special Achievement" awards, and 1 "Technical Achievement" award

*'''Most competitive awards won by a person who is still living'''
**Composer [[Alan Menken]] has won 8 competitive Academy Awards.

*'''Directing'''
**[[John Ford]] won the most directing awards, with 4

*'''Acting'''
**[[Katharine Hepburn]] won 4 Academy Awards (all for Best Actress)
**Three other actors have each won three Academy Awards:
***[[Ingrid Bergman]] (2 Best Actress, 1 Best Supporting Actress)
***[[Jack Nicholson]] (2 Best Actor, 1 Best Supporting Actor)
***[[Walter Brennan]] (3 Best Supporting Actor)

*'''Cinematography'''
**The highest number of Academy Awards won by any cinematographer is 4. They are:
***[[Joseph Ruttenberg]], in 1938, 1942, 1956 and 1958
***[[Leon Shamroy]], in 1942, 1944, 1945 and 1963

*'''Art Direction'''
**[[Cedric Gibbons]], who designed the Oscar statuette, won 11 awards out of a total of 39 nominations.<ref name="theoscarsite.com">{{cite web |url=http://theoscarsite.com/whoswho/gibbons_c.htm |title=Cedric Gibbons |accessdate=2010-12-31|work=theoscarsite.com}}</ref>

==Awards for debut acting or directing performances on film==
*'''Best Actress'''
** [[Shirley Booth]] (''[[Come Back, Little Sheba (1952 film)|Come Back, Little Sheba]]'', 1952)
** [[Julie Andrews]] (''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'', 1964)
** [[Barbra Streisand]] (''[[Funny Girl (film)|Funny Girl]]'', 1968)
** [[Marlee Matlin]] (''[[Children of a Lesser God]]'', 1986)<ref>[http://www.filmsite.org/bestactress.html Filmsite]</ref><ref name="Entertainment Weekly">[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20009865,00.html Entertainment Weekly]</ref><ref name="Academy Awards database">[http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1199082976437 Academy Awards database]</ref>

*'''Best Supporting Actor'''
** [[Haing S. Ngor]] (''[[The Killing Fields (film)|The Killing Fields]]'', 1984)<ref name="Entertainment Weekly"/><ref name="Academy Awards database"/><ref>[http://www.filmsite.org/bestsuppactor.html Filmsite]</ref>
** [[Harold Russell]] (''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]'', 1946)

*'''Best Supporting Actress'''
** [[Gale Sondergaard]] (''[[Anthony Adverse]]'', 1936)
** [[Katina Paxinou]] (''[[For Whom the Bell Tolls (film)|For Whom the Bell Tolls]]'', 1943)
** [[Mercedes McCambridge]] (''[[All the King's Men (1949 film)|All the King's Men]]'', 1949)
** [[Eva Marie Saint]] (''[[On the Waterfront]]'', 1954)
** [[Jo Van Fleet]] (''[[East of Eden (film)|East of Eden]]'', 1955)
** [[Tatum O'Neal]] (''[[Paper Moon (film)|Paper Moon]]'', 1973)
** [[Anna Paquin]] (''[[The Piano]]'', 1993)
** [[Jennifer Hudson]] (''[[Dreamgirls (film)|Dreamgirls]]'', 2006)<ref name="Entertainment Weekly"/><ref name="Academy Awards database"/><ref>[http://www.filmsite.org/bestsuppactress.html Filmsite]</ref>

*'''Academy Juvenile Award'''
** [[Claude Jarman, Jr.]] (''[[The Yearling (film)|The Yearling]]'', 1946)
** [[Vincent Winter]] (''[[The Little Kidnappers (1953 film)|The Little Kidnappers]]'', 1954)<ref name="Entertainment Weekly"/><ref name="Academy Awards database"/><ref>[http://www.classicfilmguide.com/index.php?s=essays&item=17 Classic Film Guide]</ref>

*'''Best Director'''
** [[Delbert Mann]] (''[[Marty (film)|Marty]]'', 1955)
** [[Jerome Robbins]] (''[[West Side Story (film)|West Side Story]]'', 1961)
** [[Robert Redford]] (''[[Ordinary People]]'', 1980)
** [[James L. Brooks]] (''[[Terms of Endearment]]'', 1983)
** [[Kevin Costner]] (''[[Dances with Wolves]]'', 1990)
** [[Sam Mendes]] (''[[American Beauty (film)|American Beauty]]'', 1999)<ref name="Entertainment Weekly"/><ref name="Academy Awards database"/><ref>[http://www.filmsite.org/bestdirs1.html Filmsite]</ref>

==Big Five winners==
Three films have received the so-called [[List of Big Five Academy Award winners and nominees|Big Five Academy Awards]] ([[Academy Award for Best Picture|best picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|director]], [[Academy Award for Best Actor|actor]], [[Academy Award for Best Actress|actress]], and [[Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay|writing]]):<ref name="Awards Database">[http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/help/helpMain.jsp?helpContentURL=statistics/indexStats.html Awards Database]</ref><ref>[http://www.filmsite.org/bestpics.html Awards Database]</ref><ref>[http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/teachable_moments/analyzing_oscar.cfm Media Awareness web site]</ref>
*''[[It Happened One Night]]'' (1934)
*''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'' (1975)
*''[[The Silence of the Lambs (film)|The Silence of the Lambs]]'' (1991)

== Most consecutive awards ==
*'''Best Actress'''
** Two actresses have won two consecutive awards. They are:
***[[Luise Rainer]] (''[[The Great Ziegfeld]]'', 1936 and ''[[The Good Earth (film)|The Good Earth]]'', 1937)
***[[Katharine Hepburn]] (''[[Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]'', 1967 and ''[[The Lion in Winter (1968 film)|The Lion in Winter]]'', 1968)

*'''Best Actor'''
**Two actors have won two consecutive awards. They are:
***[[Spencer Tracy]] (''[[Captains Courageous (1937 film)|Captains Courageous]]'', 1937 and ''[[Boys Town (film)|Boys Town]]'', 1938)
***[[Tom Hanks]] (''[[Philadelphia (film)|Philadelphia]]'', 1993 and ''[[Forrest Gump]]'', 1994)<ref name="Awards Database"/><ref>[http://www.filmsite.org/bestactor.html Film site]</ref><ref>[http://theoscarsite.com/fmo/fr21.htm Theoscarsite]</ref>

*'''Best Director'''
**Two directors have won two consecutive awards. They are:
***[[John Ford]] (''[[The Grapes of Wrath (film)|The Grapes of Wrath]]'', 1940 and ''[[How Green Was My Valley (film)|How Green Was My Valley]]'', 1941)
***[[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]] (''[[A Letter to Three Wives]]'', 1949 and ''[[All About Eve]]'', 1950)<ref name="Awards Database"/><ref>[http://www.filmsite.org/bestdirs.html#1 Academy Awards Best Directors<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://theoscarsite.com/fmo/fr52.htm Theoscar site]</ref>

*'''Best Supporting Actor'''
**[[Jason Robards]] won two consecutive awards for ''[[All the President's Men (film)|All the President's Men]]'' in 1976 and ''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]'' in 1977<ref>[http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/help/helpMain.jsp?helpContentURL=statistics/indexStats.html Help Page - Academy Awards Database - AMPAS<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.filmsite.org/bestsuppactor.html Film site]</ref><ref>[http://theoscarsite.com/fmo/fr21.htm Theoscar site]</ref>

*'''Best Picture'''
**[[David O. Selznick]] won two consecutive awards for producing Best Picture winners ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' in 1939 and ''[[Rebecca (1940 film)|Rebecca]]'' in 1940.

*'''Best Original Screenplay'''
**No consecutive winner for Best Original Screenplay

*'''Best Adapted Screenplay'''
**[[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]] won two consecutive adapted screenplay awards for ''[[A Letter to Three Wives]]'' in 1949 and ''[[All About Eve]]'' in 1950.
**[[Robert Bolt]] won for ''[[Doctor Zhivago]]'' in 1965 and ''[[A Man for All Seasons]]'' in 1966.

*'''Best Original Score'''
**[[Roger Edens]] won 3 consecutive awards for composing the scores for ''[[Easter Parade (film)|Easter Parade]]'' (1948), ''[[On the Town (film)|On the Town]]'' (1949), and ''[[Annie Get Your Gun (film)|Annie Get Your Gun]]'' (1950).
** Eight composers have won 2 consecutive awards; two of them have done so on two different occasions. They are:
***[[Ray Heindorf]] (''[[Yankee Doodle Dandy]]'', 1942 and ''[[This Is the Army]]'', 1943)
***[[Franz Waxman]] (''[[Sunset Boulevard (film)|Sunset Boulevard]]'', 1950 and ''[[A Place in the Sun (film)|A Place in the Sun]]'', 1951)
***[[Alfred Newman]] (twice)
****''[[With a Song in My Heart (film)|With a Song in My Heart]]'', 1952 and ''[[Call Me Madam (film)|Call Me Madam]]'', 1953
****''[[Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (film)|Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing]]'', 1955 and ''[[The King and I (1956 film)|The King and I]]'', 1956
***[[Adolph Deutsch]] (''[[Seven Brides for Seven Brothers]]'', 1954 and ''[[Oklahoma! (1955 film)|Oklahoma!]]'', 1955)
***[[André Previn]] (twice)
****''[[Gigi (1958 film)|Gigi]]'', 1958 and ''[[Porgy and Bess (film)|Porgy and Bess]]'', 1959
****''[[Irma la Douce]]'', 1963 and ''[[My Fair Lady (film)|My Fair Lady]]'', 1964
***[[Leonard Rosenman]] (''[[Barry Lyndon]]'', 1975, and ''[[Bound for Glory (film)|Bound for Glory]]'', 1976)
***[[Alan Menken]] (''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and The Beast]]'', 1991 and ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', 1992)
***[[Gustavo Santaolalla]] (''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'', 2005 and ''[[Babel (film)|Babel]]'', 2006).

==Academy award firsts==
* '''First person to accrue ten Oscar nominations'''
**[[Bette Davis]] received her tenth Oscar nomination for ''[[What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?]]'' (1962)

* '''First woman to win Best Director'''
**[[Kathryn Bigelow]] for ''[[The Hurt Locker]]'' (2009)

* '''First woman to win Best Picture'''
**[[Julia Phillips]] for ''[[The Sting]]'' (1973)

*'''First 3-D films to be nominated for Best Picture'''
**''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]'' and ''[[Up (2009 film)|Up]]'' (2009)

*'''First fantasy film to win Best Picture'''
**''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' (2003)

*'''First animated film to be nominated for Best Picture'''
**''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' (1991)

*'''First animated film to be nominated for Best Original Screenplay'''
**''[[Toy Story]]''

*'''First animated film to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film'''
**''[[Waltz with Bashir]]'' representing [[Israel]] (2008)

*'''First film without dialogue to win an Oscar'''
**''[[The Red Balloon]]'' (1956), winning for Best Original Screenplay

*'''First film to have the most Oscar nominations of its year without having a Best Picture nomination'''
**''[[Dreamgirls (film)|Dreamgirls]]'' (2006), with eight nominations

*'''First [[X-rated]] film to win for Best Picture'''
**''[[Midnight Cowboy]]'' (1969). It was also the first X-rated film to be nominated for Best Picture.

*'''First Middle-Eastern actor to be nominated'''
**[[Shohreh Aghdashloo]], who was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in ''[[House of Sand and Fog (film)|House of Sand and Fog]]'' (2003).

*'''First posthumous nomination for acting'''
**[[Jeanne Eagels]], nominated for Best Actress in 1929 for ''[[The Letter (1929 film)|The Letter]]''.

*'''First posthumous nomination for a male actor'''
**[[James Dean]], nominated for Best Actor in 1956 for ''[[East of Eden (film)|East of Eden]]''.

*'''First posthumous win for acting'''
**[[Peter Finch]], who won for ''[[Network (film)|Network]]'' (1976).

*'''First actress to win for performing in a language other than English'''
**[[Sophia Loren]] for ''[[Two Women]]'' (1960), performing in Italian.

*'''First actor to win for performing in a language other than English'''
**[[Robert De Niro]] for ''[[The Godfather Part II]]'' (1974), performing in Sicilian.

*'''First African to win an acting award'''
**[[Charlize Theron]] (from [[South Africa]]) won Best Actress for ''[[Monster (2003 film)|Monster]]'' (2003).

*'''First African man to be nominated for acting'''
**[[Djimon Hounsou]] (from [[Benin]]) for ''[[In America (film)|In America]]'' (2003).

*'''First Australian actress to win for acting in a lead role'''
**[[Nicole Kidman]] won Best Actress for ''[[The Hours (film)|The Hours]]'' (2002).

*'''First black actress to win for acting'''
**[[Hattie McDaniel]] won Best Supporting Actress for ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone With the Wind]]'' (1939).

*'''First black actor to win for acting'''
**[[Sidney Poitier]] won Best Actor for ''[[Lilies of the Field (1963 film)|Lilies of the Field]]'' (1963).

*'''First black actress to win for acting in a lead role'''
**[[Halle Berry]] won Best Actress for ''[[Monster's Ball]]'' (2001).

*'''First child actor to receive an Academy Award nomination'''<ref>[http://blog.moviefone.com/2011/05/04/former-child-star-jackie-cooper-dies-at-age-88/?icid=main%7Chtmlws-main-n%7Cdl2%7Csec3_lnk1%7C212266 Former Child Star Jackie Cooper Dies at Age 88]</ref>
**[[Jackie Cooper]], age 9, was nominated for Best Actor for ''[[Skippy (film)|Skippy]]'' (1931).

==Age-related records==
*'''Youngest winner of an acting award'''
**[[Tatum O'Neal]], age 10 ([[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]], ''[[Paper Moon (film)|Paper Moon]]'', 1973)

*'''Youngest nominee of an acting award'''
**[[Justin Henry]], age 8 ([[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]], ''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]'', 1979)

*'''Youngest winner of an Oscar'''
**[[Shirley Temple]], age 6, who was awarded the inaugural (now retired) non-competitive [[Academy Juvenile Award]] in 1934.

*'''Youngest nominee for Best Director'''
**[[John Singleton]], age 24 (''[[Boyz n the Hood]]'', 1991)

*'''Oldest winner of an acting award'''
**[[Jessica Tandy]], age 80 ([[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]], ''[[Driving Miss Daisy]]'', 1989)

*'''Oldest nominee of an acting award'''
**[[Gloria Stuart]], age 87 ([[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]], ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'', 1997)

== Film records ==
*'''Most nominations for a single film'''
**Two films received 14 nominations. They are:
***''[[All About Eve]]'' (1950)
***''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' (1997)

*'''Most Oscars without winning Best Picture'''
**''[[Cabaret (film)|Cabaret]]'' won 8 awards (1972)

*'''Most nominations without any wins'''
**Two films received 11 nominations without winning any awards. They are:
***''[[The Turning Point (1977 film)|The Turning Point]]'' (1977)
***''[[The Color Purple (film)|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

*'''Nominations in the most different technical categories'''
**Two films have been nominated in all 7 technical categories. They are:
***''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' (1997)
***''[[Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World]]'' (2003)

==Acting records==
*'''Most consecutive leading actress nominations'''
**Two actresses have been nominated 5 years in a row. They are:
***[[Bette Davis]] (1938–1942)
***[[Greer Garson]] (1941–1945)

*'''Most consecutive leading actor nominations'''
**[[Marlon Brando]] with four nominations (1951 to 1954)

*'''Most total nominations for acting'''
**[[Meryl Streep]] with 16 nominations.

*'''Most acting nominations without a win'''
**[[Peter O'Toole]] with 8 nominations. (He received an Honorary Award in 2002.)

*'''Longest gap between 1st and 2nd win'''
**[[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'''
**[[Katharine Hepburn]] (48 years from 1932/33 to 1981)

*'''Most posthumous nominations'''
**[[James Dean]] with 2 (1956 for ''[[East of Eden (film)|East of Eden]]'' and 1957 for ''[[Giant (1956 film)|Giant]]'').

*'''Shortest performance to win an acting Oscar'''
**[[Beatrice Straight]] in ''[[Network (film)|Network]]'' (1976) - 5 minutes and 40 seconds.

*'''Shortest performance to win a lead acting Oscar'''
**[[David Niven]] in ''[[Separate Tables (film)|Separate Tables]]'' (1958) - 15 minutes and 38 seconds.

*'''Shortest performance to be nominated for an acting Oscar'''
**[[Hermione Baddeley]] in ''[[Room at the Top]]'' (1959) - 2 minutes and 32 seconds.

*'''Most wins by a black actor'''
**[[Denzel Washington]] with 2, winning Best Supporting Actor for ''[[Glory (1989 film)|Glory]]'' (1989) and Best Actor for ''[[Training Day]]'' (2001).

*'''Longest Life Span for a Acting winner'''
**Two acting winners have reached the age of 100.
***Two-time Best Actress winner [[Luise Rainer]], who won for ''[[The Great Ziegfeld]]'' (1936) and ''[[The Good Earth (film)|The Good Earth]]'' (1937). She is still alive at age 101.
***[[George Burns]], who won for Best Supporting Actor for ''[[The Sunshine Boys (film)|The Sunshine Boys]]''. He died in 1996 at age 100.

*'''Longest to hold the Oscar after they won'''
**[[Luise Rainer]] won her first Oscar in 1937, thereby holding the Oscar for 74 years, longer than any other Oscar winner.

*'''Most awards for one acting performance'''
**[[Harold Russell]] played Homer Parish in ''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]'' in 1946. For this role he received 2 Oscars, a Best Supporting and one for being an inspiration to all returning veterans.

== Miscellaneous records ==
*'''Most total nominations without a win'''
**[[Federico Fellini]] was nominated for 12 Oscars as a director or screenwriter without winning any.<ref>Four directing and eight writing nominations did not yield Fellini an award, see:{{cite web
|url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1276945952001 |title= The AMPAS Awards Database - Federico Fellini |publisher=awardsdatabase.oscars.org |quote= 1992 (65th) HONORARY AWARD To Federico Fellini in recognition of his place as one of the screen's master storytellers |accessdate=2010-06-19 }}
</ref> (He received an [[Academy Honorary Award|Honorary Award]] in 1992).<ref>{{cite news |quote= Federico Fellini, would receive 12 nominations from a besotted academy before winning an honorary Oscar in 1992. (And, yes, he died the next year.) |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02EED81F3AF934A15751C0A9639C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2
|title=FILM; We Like Us! We Really, Really Like Us! |publisher= New York Times
|accessdate=2010-06-19 |last= Dargis |date= 2005-02-27 |first= M. }}
</ref> [[Randy Newman]]'s first Oscar (for Best Original Song in 2002) came after fifteen unsuccessful nominations.

*'''Most nominations for a person'''
**[[Walt Disney]] with 59 nominations.

*'''Most nominated living person'''
**Film composer [[John Williams]] with 45 nominations.

*'''Most nominated woman'''
** [[Edith Head]] with 35 nominations.

*'''Highest "perfect score"'''
**Sound editor [[Mark Berger (sound editor)|Mark Berger]] has four nominations and four wins.

*'''Most nominations without a win'''
**Sound re-recording mixer [[Kevin O'Connell (sound re-recording mixer)|Kevin O'Connell]] with 20.

*'''Most nominations for directing'''
**[[William Wyler]] with 12 nominations.

*'''Most nominations for directing in a single year'''
**Two people have received 2 nominations for Best Director in the same year. They are:
***[[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 ''[[The Godfather Part II]]'').

*'''Most nominations and awards for a film series'''
**[[The Lord of the Rings film trilogy|The Lord of the Rings trilogy]] with 17 wins out of 30 nominations.

*'''Most nominations for Best Original Screenplay'''
**[[Woody Allen]] with 14 nominations and 2 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 ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'' in 1959.

*'''Most posthumous award nominations'''
**[[Howard Ashman]] with four.

== See also ==
* [[Academy Award]]s
* [[List of Academy Award-winning films]]
* [[List of actors who have appeared in multiple Best Picture Academy Award winners]]
* [[List of Big Five Academy Award winners and nominees]]
* [[List of films receiving six or more Academy Awards]]
* [[List of films with all four Academy Award Acting Nominations]]
* [[List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees]]
* [[List of people who have won multiple Academy Awards in a single year]]
* [[List of persons who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards]]
* [[List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees]]
* [[List of superlative Academy Award winners and nominees]]
* [[List of fictitious Academy Award nominees]]
* [[List of Black Academy Award winners and nominees]]
* [[Little Golden Guy]]

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.oscars.org/ Oscars.org] (official Academy site)
* [http://www.oscars.org/awardsdatabase/index.html The Academy Awards Database] (official site)
* [http://www.filmsite.org Filmsite.org]

{{Academy Awards}}

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Revision as of 09:09, 30 September 2011

This is a list of Academy Award records. This list is current as of the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony held on February 27, 2011.

Most awards

  • Most nominations received by a single film
  • Highest Sweep (Winning every nominated category)
    • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) won all 11 categories it was nominated for: Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Original Song, Sound Mixing, Art Direction, Makeup, Costume Design, Film Editing, Visual Effects
  • Most awards won by a man
    • Walt Disney won 26 Oscars (22 competitive, 4 honorary). He also won the most Oscars in one year, with 4.
  • Most awards won by a woman
  • Most awards won by a person who is still living
    • Visual Effects Supervisor Dennis Muren has won 9 Academy Awards: 6 competitive awards, 2 "Special Achievement" awards, and 1 "Technical Achievement" award
  • Most competitive awards won by a person who is still living
    • Composer Alan Menken has won 8 competitive Academy Awards.
  • Directing
    • John Ford won the most directing awards, with 4
  • Cinematography
    • The highest number of Academy Awards won by any cinematographer is 4. They are:
  • Art Direction
    • Cedric Gibbons, who designed the Oscar statuette, won 11 awards out of a total of 39 nominations.[1]

Awards for debut acting or directing performances on film

Big Five winners

Three films have received the so-called Big Five Academy Awards (best picture, director, actor, actress, and writing):[9][10][11]

Most consecutive awards

  • Best Original Screenplay
    • No consecutive winner for Best Original Screenplay

Academy award firsts

  • First 3-D films to be nominated for Best Picture
  • First animated film to be nominated for Best Original Screenplay
  • First film without dialogue to win an Oscar
  • First film to have the most Oscar nominations of its year without having a Best Picture nomination
  • First X-rated film to win for Best Picture
    • Midnight Cowboy (1969). It was also the first X-rated film to be nominated for Best Picture.
  • First actress to win for performing in a language other than English
  • First Australian actress to win for acting in a lead role
  • First child actor to receive an Academy Award nomination[19]

Film records

  • Most nominations for a single film
  • Most Oscars without winning Best Picture

Acting records

  • Most consecutive leading actress nominations
  • Most consecutive leading actor nominations
  • Most total nominations for acting
  • Most acting nominations without a win
    • Peter O'Toole with 8 nominations. (He received an Honorary Award in 2002.)
  • Longest time span between first and last nomination
  • Longest to hold the Oscar after they won
    • Luise Rainer won her first Oscar in 1937, thereby holding the Oscar for 74 years, longer than any other Oscar winner.
  • Most awards for one acting performance

Miscellaneous records

  • Most total nominations without a win
  • Most nominations for a person
  • Most nominated living person
  • Most nominated woman
  • Highest "perfect score"
    • Sound editor Mark Berger has four nominations and four wins.
  • Most nominations without a win
  • Most nominations for directing
  • Most nominations for Best Original Screenplay
  • Longest time between the release of a film and winning an Oscar
    • 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.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Cedric Gibbons". theoscarsite.com. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
  2. ^ Filmsite
  3. ^ a b c d e Entertainment Weekly
  4. ^ a b c d e Academy Awards database
  5. ^ Filmsite
  6. ^ Filmsite
  7. ^ Classic Film Guide
  8. ^ Filmsite
  9. ^ a b c Awards Database
  10. ^ Awards Database
  11. ^ Media Awareness web site
  12. ^ Film site
  13. ^ Theoscarsite
  14. ^ Academy Awards Best Directors
  15. ^ Theoscar site
  16. ^ Help Page - Academy Awards Database - AMPAS
  17. ^ Film site
  18. ^ Theoscar site
  19. ^ Former Child Star Jackie Cooper Dies at Age 88
  20. ^ Four directing and eight writing nominations did not yield Fellini an award, see:"The AMPAS Awards Database - Federico Fellini". awardsdatabase.oscars.org. Retrieved 2010-06-19. 1992 (65th) HONORARY AWARD To Federico Fellini in recognition of his place as one of the screen's master storytellers
  21. ^ Dargis, M. (2005-02-27). "FILM; We Like Us! We Really, Really Like Us!". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-06-19. Federico Fellini, would receive 12 nominations from a besotted academy before winning an honorary Oscar in 1992. (And, yes, he died the next year.)
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