Walt Disney

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Walt Disney
Disney at the 26th Academy Awards
59 Nominations / 22 Wins
Role	Actor, Animatior, Director
Born	December 5, 1901
	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died	December 15, 1966

Walt Disney was an American actor, animator, director, and film executive who was influential in the technical advancement of film, especially in areas of animation. Disney holds the record for most nominations (59) and Oscar wins (22 competitive awards plus 4 honorary awards) for a single individual.

Wins

5th Academy Awards, 1931/32

Best Short Subject (Cartoon) — Flowers and Trees

6th Academy Awards, 1932/33

Best Short Subject (Cartoon) — The Three Little Pigs

7th Academy Awards, 1934

Best Short Subject (Cartoon) — The Tortoise and the Hare

8th Academy Awards, 1935

Best Short Subject (Cartoon) — Three Orphan Kittens

9th Academy Awards, 1936

Best Short Subject (Cartoon) — The Country Cousin

10th Academy Awards, 1937

Best Short Subject (Cartoon) — The Old Mill

11th Academy Awards, 1938

Best Short Subject (Cartoon) — Ferdinand the Bull

12th Academy Awards, 1939

Best Short Subject (Cartoon) — The Ugly Duckling

14th Academy Awards, 1941

Best Short Subject (Cartoon) — Lend a Paw

15th Academy Awards, 1942

Best Short Subject (Cartoon) — Der Fuehrer's Face^[1]

21st Academy Awards, 1948

Best Short Subject (Two-reel) — Seal Island

23rd Academy Awards, 1950

Best Short Subject (Two-reel) — In Beaver Valley

24th Academy Awards, 1951

Best Short Subject (Two-reel) — Nature's Half Acre

25th Academy Awards, 1952

Best Short Subject (Two-reel) — Water Birds

26th Academy Awards, 1953

Best Documentary (Feature) — The Living Desert

Best Documentary (Short Subject) — The Alaskan Eskimo

Best Short Subject (Cartoon) — Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom

Best Short Subject (Two-reel) — Bear Country

27th Academy Awards, 1954

Best Documentary (Feature) — The Vanishing Prairie

28th Academy Awards, 1955

Best Documentary (Short Subject) — Men against the Arctic

31st Academy Awards, 1958

Best Short Subject (Live Action) — Grand Canyon

41st Academy Awards, 1968

Best Short Subject (Cartoon) — Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day^[2]

Honorary and Special Awards

5th Academy Awards, 1931–32

Special Award — To Walt Disney for the creation of "Mickey Mouse."

11th Academy Awards, 1938

Special Award — To Walt Disney for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, recognized as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field for the motion picture cartoon.

14th Academy Awards, 1941

Special Award — 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.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Notes

1. ↑ The plaque originally awarded for Best Short Subject (Cartoon) at the 15th Academy Awards was replaced with a statuette in 1946.
2. ↑ Awarded posthumously.