Oscar Record Breaking Movies!

• Most awards won by a single film
  • Three films won 11 Academy Awards. They are:
    • Ben-Hur (1959)
    • Titanic (1997)
    • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

• Most nominations received by a single film
  • Two films received 14 nominations. They are:
    • All About Eve (1950)
    • Titanic (1997)

• Highest Sweep (Winning every nominated category)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) won all 11 categories for which it was nominated: Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Original Song, Sound Mixing, Art Direction, Makeup, Costume Design, Film Editing, Visual Effects

• Most awards won by a man
  • Walt Disney won 22 Oscars (22 competitive, 4 honorary). He also won the most Oscars in one year, with 4.

• Most awards won by a woman
  • Edith Head won 8 Oscars, all for Costume Design

• Most nominations/wins in a single year
  • In 1938 Walt Disney won or was nominated for 5 awards: He won a Special Award for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, had four nominations for Short Subject (Cartoon) (winner Ferdinand the Bull and nominees Brave Little Tailor, Good Scouts, and Mother Goose Goes Hollywood).

• Most awards won by a person who is still living
  • Visual Effects Supervisor Dennis Muren has won 9 Academy Awards: 6 competitive awards, 2 "Special Achievement" awards, and 1 "Technical Achievement" award

• Most competitive awards won by a person who is still living
  • Composer Alan Menken has won 8 competitive Academy Awards.

• Directing
  • John Ford won the most directing awards, with 4

• Acting
  • Katharine Hepburn won 4 awards, all for Best Actress

• Cinematography
  • The highest number of Academy Awards won by any cinematographer is 4. They are:
    • Joseph Ruttenberg, in 1938, 1942, 1956 and 1958
    • Leon Shamroy, in 1942, 1944, 1945 and 1963

• Art Direction
  • Cedric Gibbons, who designed the Oscar statuette, won 11 awards out of a total of 39 nominations.[1]

• Makeup
  • Rick Baker won 7 Academy Awards (all for Best Makeup).
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