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3 days ago · The record for most wins is three, held by Daniel Day-Lewis, while nine other actors have won twice. The record for most nominations is nine, jointly held by Spencer Tracy and Laurence Olivier. James Dean remains the only actor to have been posthumously nominated for this award more than once.
5. Mrs. Miniver. William Wyler. Greer Garson (F) Teresa Wright (F) George Froeschel / James Hilton / Claudine West / Arthur Wimperis (A) Walter Pidgeon, Henry Travers, and May Whitty were also nominated for Actor, Supporting Actor, and Supporting Actress, respectively.
4 days ago · Damien Chazelle won for La La Land (2016); youngest winner, at age 32. Guillermo del Toro won for The Shape of Water (2017). Bong Joon-ho won for Parasite (2019); first to direct a foreign-language (Korean) winner for Best Picture. Chloé Zhao won for Nomadland (2020); first woman of color to win.
3 days ago · Academy Award, any of a number of awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize achievement in the film industry. The awards were first presented in 1929, and winners receive a gold-plated statuette commonly called Oscar. Learn more about the award, its categories, and history.
2 days ago · Winners and nominees. The following is the list of nominated composers organized by year, and listing both films and composers. The years shown in the following list of winners are the production years, thus a reference to 1967 means the Oscars presented in 1968 for films released in 1967.
3 days ago · Academy Award for Best Original Song; Country: United States: Presented by: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) First awarded: 1934: Most recent winner: Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell "What Was I Made For?" Website: oscars.org
5 days ago · Hal Mohr was the first person to win for both black-and-white and color cinematography. In 2009, Slumdog Millionaire became the first film to win that was primarily shot on digital video. The following year Avatar was the first nominee and winner to be shot entirely on digital video.
