Did Walt Disney win an Academy Award?

Answer 1

Walt Disney won the following Academy Awards (Oscars):

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)

Answer 2

Actually, it was Mickey's creator, Walt Disney, who received the Oscar on November 18, 1932. Mickey's first screen appearance was in the 1928 short film "Steamboat Willie," the first animated production with sound. He became one of the world's favorite characters and starred in 10 animated films that received Oscar nominations. One of them, "Lend a Paw," earned the 1942 Oscar for Best Animated Short Film.

Answer 3

Yes. In fact, he has won 22 Acadamy Awards.

Answer 4

He was a very productive producer.