What is the record for most Oscars won?

Answer 1

The record for the most Oscars ever won by an individual is 22 Oscars award won by Walt Disney.

1. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) the award was given posthumously.
2. Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects for: Grand Canyon (1958)
3. Best Documentary, Short Subjects for: Men Against the Arctic (1955)
4. Best Documentary, Features for: The Vanishing Prairie(1954)
5. Best Documentary, Features for: The Living Desert(1953)
6. Best Documentary, Short Subjects for: The Alaskan Eskimo(1953)
7. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom (1953)
8. Best Short Subject, Two-reel for: Bear Country(1953)
9. Best Short Subject, Two-reel for: Water Birds(1952)
10. Best Short Subject, Two-reel for: Nature's Half Acre(1951)
11. Best Short Subject, Two-reel for: Beaver Valley(1950)
12. Best Short Subject, Two-reel for: Seal Island(1948)
13. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Der Fuehrer's Face(1942)
14. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Lend a Paw (1941)
15. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Ugly Duckling(1939)
16. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Ferdinand the Bull(1938)
17. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: The Old Mill(1937)
18. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: The Country Cousin(1936)
19. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Three Orphan Kittens(1935)
20. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: The Tortoise and the Hare (1935)
21. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Three Little Pigs(1933)
22. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Flowers and Trees(1932)

Walt Disney also received four honorary awards, but because they are not considered competitive, he cannot be said to have won them:

1. February 27, 1941 - Honorary Award for: Fantasia (1940) Shared with: William E. Garity J.N.A. Hawkins - For their outstanding contribution to the advancement of the use of sound in motion pictures through the production of Fantasia (certificate).
2. February 26, 1942 - Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (awarded periodically to "Creative producers, whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production.")
3. February 23, 1939 - Honorary Award for: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) For Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, recognized as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field (one statuette - seven miniature statuettes).
4. November 18, 1932 - Honorary Award For the creation of Mickey Mouse.

His other nominations follow:

1. Best Picture for: Mary Poppins (1964) Shared with: Bill Walsh (Disney Studios is the only major film studio in Hollywood never to win an Oscar for Best Picture.)
2. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: A Symposium on Popular Songs (1962)
3. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Aquamania (1961)
4. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Goliath II (1960)
5. Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects for: Islands of the Sea (1960)
6. Best Documentary, Short Subjects for: Donald in Mathmagic Land (1959)
7. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Noah's Ark (1959)
8. Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects for: Mysteries of the Deep (1959)
9. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Paul Bunyan(1958)
10. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: The Truth About Mother Goose (1957)
11. Best Short Subject, Two-reel for: Samoa (1956)
12. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: No Hunting (1955)
13. Best Short Subject, Two-reel for: Switzerland(1955)
14. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Pigs Is Pigs(1954)
15. Best Short Subject, Two-reel for: Siam (1954)
16. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Rugged Bear(1953)
17. Best Short Subject, Two-reel for: Ben and Me (1953)
18. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Lambert the Sheepish Lion (1952)
19. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Toy Tinkers(1949)
20. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Mickey and the Seal(1948)
21. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Tea for Two Hundred(1948)
22. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Chip an' Dale(1947)
23. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Pluto's Blue Note(1947)
24. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Squatter's Rights(1946)
25. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Donald's Crime(1945)
26. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: How to Play Football(1944)
27. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Reason and Emotion(1943)
28. Best Documentary for: The Grain That Built a Hemisphere(1943)
29. Best Documentary for: The New Spirit (1942)
30. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Truant Officer Donald(1941)
31. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: The Pointer(1939)
32. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Brave Little Tailor(1938)
33. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Good Scouts(1938)
34. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938)
35. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Who Killed Cock Robin?(1935)
36. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Building a Building(1933)
37. Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Mickey's Orphans(1931)