Three animated films have been nominated for Best Picture.Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1991) was the first animated movie to be nominated for Best Picture. It lost to The Silence of the Lambs.Pixar's Up (2009) lost to The Hurt Locker.Pixar's Toy Story 3 (2010) lost to The King's Speech.
Three: "Beauty and the Beast" in 1991, "Up" in 2009, and "Toy Story 3" in 2010.
There's no definitive reason. It could be argued that no other animated films were good enough to me nominated but I also think the Academy has a prejudice against movies that aren't long epics or are completely serious endevors.
Italy has the most Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. 13 films from Italy have won this award. In total, 27 have been nominated.
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None. As of May 2012, no films have been nominated for the 2017 OSCARs.
Eight (all Original Screenplay, except Shrek and Toy Story 3):1995 Toy Story2001 Shrek2003 Finding Nemo2004 The Incredibles2007 Ratatouille2008 WALL-E2009 Up2010 Toy Story 3
Six times
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
Only two Chinese films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. These are:Ju Dou (1990)Hero (2002)
Schumaker, whose films include "St. Elmo's Fire," "The Lost Boys" and "Batman Forever," has never been nominated for an Academy Award.
None.