Oscars

Walt Disney won his 22nd (and final) Oscar on April 14, 1969, two years after he died (December 15, 1966).

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)

Two movies directed by two men won an Oscar for Best Direction: 1961's West Side Story directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, and 2007's No Country for Old Men directed by Joel and Ethan Coen.

The only other couple nominated together for direction are Warren Beatty and Buck Henry for 1978's Heaven Can Wait.

The English Patient (1996) won nine Academy Awards

1. Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Juliette Binoche
2. Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Stuart Craig, Stephanie McMillan
3. Best Cinematography, John Seale
4. Best Costume Design, Ann Roth
5. Best Director, Anthony Minghella
6. Best Film Editing, Walter Murch
7. Best Music, Original Dramatic Score, Gabriel Yared
8. Best Picture, Saul Zaentz
9. Best Sound, Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker, Christopher Newman

Patty Duke would be my guess. She played Helen Keller in the 1962 film The Miracle Worker and at 16 became the youngest winner of a full-sized Academy Award (not just a "Kid Oscar") as Best Supporting Actress.

The word was "water," the first word spoken by the blind and deaf girl--a breakthrough brought about by her teacher, Annie Sullivan (played by Anne Bancroft, who won Best Actress).

None. Many of King's books have been made into films, but Stephen King is barely involved with most films, apart from the occasional cameo, so he's not in a position to earn an Oscar. Not surprisingly, he has numerous writing awards: nine Bram Stoker awards, a Hugo, an O. Henry award, and in 2003, the Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, among others.

Several of the film adaptations have earned Academy Award nominations (including four for The Green Mile and seven for The Shawshank Redemption), but as of January 2010, only one Oscar has been awarded to a film based on King's books: 1990, Cathy Bates, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Misery.

c.w.shumway &sons foundry in 1928 << This is one ID**** contributor's answer to who created the Oscar statuette, however, this answer misinterpreted the question. Generally speaking the creation of a statue does not imply who manufactured the statue.

As it turns out an art director in Hollywood, Cedric Gibbons, designed the statuette. Sculptors George Stanley and Alex Smith did the sculpting. The statue is 13.5 inches tall and depicts a nude man holding a sword and standing on a reel of film.

The winners of the 84th Academy Awards are:

Best Picture

The Artist

Best Director

Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist

Best Actor

Jean Dujardin for The Artist

Best Actress

Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady

Best Supporting Actor

Christopher Plummer for Beginners

Best Supporting Actress

Octavia Spencer for The Help

Best Writing - Original Screenplay

Midnight in Paris by Woody Allen

Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay

The Descendants - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash from The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings

Best Animated Feature

Rango

Best Foreign Language Film

A Separation

Best Documentary - Feature

Undefeated

Best Documentary - Short Subject

Saving Face

Best Live Action Short Film

The Shore

Best Animated Short Film

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

Best Original Score

The Artist

Best Original Song

"Man or Muppet" from The Muppets - Bret McKenzie

Best Sound Editing

Hugo

Best Sound Mixing

Hugo

Best Art Direction

Hugo

Best Cinematography

Hugo

Best Makeup

The Iron Lady

Best Costume Design

The Artist

Best Film Editing

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Best Visual Effects

Hugo

The film won 8 Oscars in 1940:

- Best Actress in a Leading Role: Vivien Leigh

- Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Hattie McDaniel

(The first African American to be nominated for and win an Oscar.)

- Best Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler

- Best Cinematography, Color: Ernest Haller and Ray Rennahan

- Best Director: Victor Fleming

- Best Film Editing: Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom

- Best Writing, Screenplay: Sidney Howard

- Best Picture