There are currently 24 categories in which the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) gives out the Academy Award of Merit (Oscar)
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Screenplay (Adapted)
Best Screenplay (Original)
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Song
Best Score
Best Documentary
Best Documentary Short
Best Short Film - Live Action
Best Short Film - Animated
Best Animated Feature
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing
Best Editing
Best Visual Effects
Best Art Direction
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Makeup
Best Costume Design
The Academy also awards several scientific and techical awards each year. Occassionally, the Academy also presenst Special Awards and Humanitarian Awards and Lifetime Achievement Awards, but these are not presented every year.
Actor in a Leading Role
Actor in a Supporting Role
Actress in a Leading Role
Actress in a Supporting Role
Animated Feature Film
Art Direction
Cinematography
Costume Design
Directing
Documentary Feature
Documentary Short
Film Editing
Foreign Language Film
Makeup
Music (Score)
Music (Song)
Best Picture
Short Film (Animated)
Short Film (Live Action)
Sound Editing
Sound Mixing
Visual Effects
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Writing (Original Screenplay)
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The "prize" in the Oscar awards is a gold plate statuette of a man with a sword at rest in front of him. It is highly stylized and slightly abstract. The story is told that Mary Pickford named the statuette by commenting that it looked, "just like Oscar". The name stuck.
You win an Academy Award and are presented with a trophy which is nicknamed Oscar, so sometimes it is said you have won an Oscar at the Academy Awards.
It's the same award. 'OSCAR' is a nickname for it.
There are no Academy Awards categories for animals.
An Oscar award has to be offered to the Academy Awards for $1 before it can be legally sold. It is sometimes illegally auctioned.
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