List of Academy Awards for Walt Disney

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Cartoonist and film producer Walt Disney in 1953, winning the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for Water Birds

Walt Disney (1901–1966) won or received a total of twenty-six Academy Awards and holds the record for most Academy Awards in history.[1] He won twenty-two competitive Academy Awards from a total of fifty-nine nominations, and also holds the records for most wins and most nominations for an individual in history.[1]

Disney won his first competitive Academy Award and received his first Honorary Academy Award at the 5th Academy Awards (1932). He received the Honorary Academy Award for the creation of Mickey Mouse and won the Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoon) for the film Flowers and Trees.[2] In the seven Academy Award ceremonies that followed (6th12th), Disney consecutively earned nominations and won in the same category.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Disney received three more Honorary Academy Awards, one in 1939[8] and two in 1942.[10] At the 26th Academy Awards (1954), Disney won the Academy Award in all four categories in which he was nominated: Best Short Subject (Cartoon), Best Short Subject (Two-reel), Best Documentary (Feature), and Best Documentary (Short Subject).[11][12] In 1965, Disney earned his sole Best Picture nomination, for the film Mary Poppins.[13] He was posthumously awarded his final Academy Award in 1969 for Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day.[14]

Competitive Academy Awards[edit]

The display case in the lobby of the Walt Disney Family Museum, in San Francisco, displays many of the Academy Awards that Walt Disney won or received. The distinctive, special award which he received for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, is at the bottom.[15]
Year Category Film/documentary Result Refs.
1932
(5th)
Best Short Subject (Cartoon) Flowers and Trees Won [2][16]
Mickey's Orphans Nominated [2]
1933
(6th)
The Three Little Pigs Won [3]
Building a Building Nominated
1934
(7th)
The Tortoise and the Hare Won [4]
1935
(8th)
Three Orphan Kittens Won [5]
Who Killed Cock Robin? Nominated
1936
(9th)
The Country Cousin Won [6]
1937
(10th)
The Old Mill Won [7]
1938
(11th)
Ferdinand the Bull Won [8]
Brave Little Tailor Nominated
Good Scouts Nominated
Mother Goose Goes Hollywood Nominated
1939
(12th)
The Ugly Duckling Won [9]
The Pointer Nominated
1941
(14th)
Lend a Paw Won [10]
Truant Officer Donald Nominated
1942
(15th)
Der Fuehrer's Face Won [17]
Best Documentary (Short Subject) The Grain That Built a Hemisphere Nominated
The New Spirit Nominated
1943
(16th)
Best Short Subject (Cartoon) Reason and Emotion Nominated [18]
1944
(17th)
How to Play Football Nominated [19]
1945
(18th)
Donald's Crime Nominated [20]
1946
(19th)
Squatter's Rights Nominated [21]
1947
(20th)
Chip an' Dale Nominated [22]
Pluto's Blue Note Nominated
1948
(21st)
Best Short Subject (Two-reel) Seal Island Won [12][23]
Best Short Subject (Cartoon) Mickey and the Seal Nominated [23]
Tea for Two Hundred Nominated
1949
(22nd)
Toy Tinkers Nominated [24]
1950
(23rd)
Best Short Subject (Two-reel) In Beaver Valley Won [25]
1951
(24th)
Nature's Half Acre Won [26]
Best Short Subject (Cartoon) Lambert the Sheepish Lion Nominated
1952
(25th)
Best Short Subject (Live Action) Water Birds Won [27]
1953
(26th)
Best Documentary (Feature) The Living Desert Won [11][12]
Best Documentary (Short Subject) The Alaskan Eskimo Won
Best Short Subject (Cartoon) Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom Won
Rugged Bear Nominated
Best Short Subject (Two-reel) Bear Country Won
Ben and Me Nominated
1954
(27th)
Best Documentary (Short Subject) The Vanishing Prairie Won [28]
Best Short Subject (Cartoon) Pigs Is Pigs Nominated
Best Short Subject (Two-reel) Siam Nominated
1955
(28th)
Best Documentary (Short Subject) Men Against the Arctic Won [29]
Best Short Subject (Cartoon) No Hunting Nominated
Best Short Subject (Two-reel) Switzerland Nominated
1956
(29th)
Samoa Nominated [30]
1957
(30th)
Best Short Subject (Cartoon) The Truth About Mother Goose Nominated [31]
1958
(31st)
Best Short Subject (Live Action) Grand Canyon Won [32]
Best Short Subject (Cartoon) Paul Bunyan Nominated
1959
(32nd)
Best Documentary (Short Subject) Donald in Mathmagic Land Nominated [33]
Best Short Subject (Cartoon) Noah's Ark Nominated
Best Short Subject (Live Action) Mysteries of the Deep Nominated
1960
(33rd)
Best Short Subject (Cartoon) Goliath II Nominated [34]
Best Short Subject (Live Action) Islands of the Sea Nominated
1961
(34th)
Best Short Subject (Cartoon) Aquamania Nominated [35]
1962
(35th)
Symposium on Popular Songs Nominated [36]
1964
(37th)
Best Picture Mary Poppins Nominated [12][13]
1968
(41st)
Best Short Subject (Cartoon) Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day Won (posthumous win) [14]

Footnotes[edit]

  • ≠ indicates the award was accepted by someone else (in this case, the winning film's director Wolfgang Reitherman)[37]

Honorary Academy Awards[edit]

Year To, for/award name Award type Refs.
1932
(5th)
To Walt Disney for the creation of Mickey Mouse. Statuette [2][12]
1939
(11th)
To Walt Disney for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,[38] "recognized as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field for the motion picture cartoon." One statuette and seven miniature statuettes on a stepped base [8][39]
1942
(14th)
To Walt Disney, William Garity, John N. A. Hawkins and the RCA Manufacturing Company "for their outstanding contribution to the advancement of the use of sound in motion pictures through the production of Fantasia." Certificate of merit [10][39]
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award Thalberg Award [10][40]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Nominee Facts – Most Nominations and Awards" (PDF). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  2. ^ a b c d "The 5th Academy Awards (1932)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  3. ^ a b "The 6th Academy Awards (1934)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  4. ^ a b "The 7th Academy Awards (1935)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  5. ^ a b "The 8th Academy Awards (1936)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  6. ^ a b "The 9th Academy Awards (1937)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  7. ^ a b "The 10th Academy Awards (1938)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  8. ^ a b c d "The 11th Academy Awards (1939)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  9. ^ a b "The 12th Academy Awards (1940)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  10. ^ a b c d "The 14th Academy Awards (1942)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2013-04-26.
  11. ^ a b "The 26th Academy Awards (1954)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  12. ^ a b c d e Korkis, Jim (February 22, 2012). "And The Academy Award Goes To....Walt Disney!". USA Today. MousePlanet.com. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  13. ^ a b "The 37th Academy Awards (1965)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  14. ^ a b "The 41st Academy Awards (1969)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  15. ^ "Interactive Galleries". Waltdisney.org. Archived from the original on 2015-03-21. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  16. ^ "Walt Disney's Oscars®". Waltdisney.org. Archived from the original on 2015-03-22. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
  17. ^ "The 15th Academy Awards (1943)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  18. ^ "The 16th Academy Awards (1944)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  19. ^ "The 17th Academy Awards (1945)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  20. ^ "The 18th Academy Awards (1946)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
  21. ^ "The 19th Academy Awards (1947)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  22. ^ "The 20th Academy Awards (1948)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  23. ^ a b "The 21st Academy Awards (1949)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  24. ^ "The 22nd Academy Awards (1950)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  25. ^ "The 23rd Academy Awards (1951)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  26. ^ "The 24th Academy Awards (1952)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  27. ^ "The 25th Academy Awards (1953)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  28. ^ "The 27th Academy Awards (1955)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  29. ^ "The 28th Academy Awards (1956)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  30. ^ "The 29th Academy Awards (1957)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  31. ^ "The 30th Academy Awards (1958)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  32. ^ "The 31st Academy Awards (1959)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  33. ^ "The 32nd Academy Awards (1960)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  34. ^ "The 33rd Academy Awards (1961)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  35. ^ "The 34th Academy Awards (1962)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  36. ^ "The 35th Academy Awards (1963)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  37. ^ Short Film Winners: 1969 Oscars
  38. ^ Walt Disney and the Snow White Oscars® - D23
  39. ^ a b Carnahan, Alyssa (January 4, 2013). "Look Closer Recap: Walt's Honorary Oscars". Waltdisney.org. Archived from the original on 2015-03-28. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  40. ^ King, Susan (August 26, 2010). "Honorary Oscar recipients named". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 23, 2015.

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