Theodore Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, won an Academy Award in 1945 for writing the best documentary short, Your Job in Germany (or Hitler Lives), for the United States Information & Education Division of the Army Services Forces. The eleven-minute film was directed by Frank Capra.
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Dr. Seuss is the pen name of Theodor Seuss Geisel.
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Yes, Dr. Seuss has a memorial.
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Dr. Seuss is dead, he died in 1991, but he was quite wealthy after his books became popular.
He wrote the Academy Award winning documentary Design for Death (1947), but did not personally receive an Oscar.
Dr . Seuss was in the US Army's animation department where he was involved in the documentary "Design For Death" which went on to win an Academy Award for best documentary .
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I would love to be able to find this Academy Award winning documentary as well. I've heard that it's really amazing, and I'm so shocked that Seuss would have done something so serious. Just shows when you're passsionate about something, there's nothing you can't create.
Dr Seuss was an American writer and got many awards for their books. They got Academy Award for Documentary Feature in 1947. Later they got many awards for their writing.
As a writer, Ted Geisel (Dr. Seuss' real name) was responsible for the documentary films "Hitler Lives" (1946) and "Design for Death" (1947), both of which won Academy Awards. He also came up with the cartoon short, "Gerald McBoing Boing," which won an Oscar in 1951.
Dr. Seuss won the Caldecott Honor Medals in 1950, 1951 and 1948. He won a Pulitzer award for his children's books in 1984, Design for Death, written by Ted and Helen Geisel, won the 1947 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Gerald McBoing-Boing" - Won the 1951 Oscar for Best Animated Short Film. He won a Peabody Award for animated specials "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" and "Horton Hears a Who!" - 1971.
Ron Howard's film version of Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" won the 2000 Academy Award for Best Makeup.
McElliot's Pool, Bartholomew and the Oobleck, and If I Ran the Zoo won the Caldecott Honor awards. Dr. Seuss also won two Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, a Peabody award, and the Pulitzer Prize. :)
Yes, he got an Emmy award for "Halloween is Grinch Night!"
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Dr. Seuss did not win a Nobel Award. He won a Pulitzer Award. He won an Oscar for “Gerald McBoing-Boing”. He won two Emmy Awards, three Caldecott Honor Awards, and a Peabody Award.