Most Consecutive Awards Any awards Walt Disney 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. […]

Awards for Debut Acting or Directing Performances on film

Most Nominations by a Foreign-Language Film Two foreign language films have been nominated for 10 Academy Awards: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000): Best Foreign Language Film, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Song, Best Costume Design, Best Art Direction, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, and Best Cinematography Roma (2018): Best Foreign […]

Most Awards Won by Person Still Living Visual Effects Supervisor Dennis Muren has won nine Academy Awards – six competitive awards, two “Special Achievement” awards, and one “Technical Achievement” award Most competitive awards won by a person still living Composer Alan Menken has won 8 competitive Academy Awards Acting Katharine Hepburn is still the only […]

Most awards in a single year: In 1954, Walt Disney won four awards out of six nominations, both records. He won Best Documentary, Features for The Living Desert; Best Documentary, Short Subjects for The Alaskan Eskimo; Best Short Subject, Cartoons for Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom; and Best Short Subject, Two-reel for Bear Country. He […]