Walt Disney holds the record for both the most Academy Award nominations (59) and the number of Oscars awarded (22). He also earned four honorary Oscars. His last competitive Academy Award was posthumous.
Walt Disney received 59 Academy Awards nominations and won 22 times. In second place are composers John Williams and Alfred Newman, who are tied with 45 Oscar nominations.
It's a tie between Titanic and All About Eve. Titanic was nominated for 14 Academy Awards in 1997. All About Eve was nominated for 14 Academy Awards as well in 1950. Titanic ended up winning 11, while All About Eve only ended up winning 6.
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Hugo had the most nominations: 11The Artist was a close second with 10They both won 5 Oscars.Read more: Which_film_had_won_the_most_nominations_for_the_2012_academy_awards
The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2009 and took place March 7, 2010,The Hurt Locker won six awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Kathryn Bigelow, the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director. Other winners were Avatar with three awards, Crazy Heart, Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire, and Up, with two awards.
The Best Picture award is a merit of the Academy Awards. It is given annually to one film since 1929. It is considered the most prestigious of the Oscars and is usually saved for last at the actual Academy Awards ceremony.
Edith Head was nominated for 35 Academy Awards and won eight times -- the most Oscars ever won by a woman.
Fictional characters don't get nominated therefore win Academy Awards.
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The Kings Speech was nominated for 12 Academy Awards (Oscars) in 2011.
Italy has the most Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. 13 films from Italy have won this award. In total, 27 have been nominated.
Glenn Close, Deborah Kerr and Thelma Ritter each were nominated six times for Academy Awards without ever winning. Kerr received an honorary Oscar in 1993.
Cleopatra was one of the most expensive films ever made. Cleopatra won four Academy Awards and it was also nominated for five more awards, including best picture.
It's a tie between Titanic and All About Eve. Titanic was nominated for 14 Academy Awards in 1997. All About Eve was nominated for 14 Academy Awards as well in 1950. Titanic ended up winning 11, while All About Eve only ended up winning 6.
The most-nominated film at the 79th Academy Awards was Dreamgirls, although it was not nominated fo Best Picture. It had 8 nominations, although 3 of them were in the relatively minor category of Best Original Song.
Peter O'Toole received eight Academy Awards nominations, but has never won. He was presented an honorary Oscar on March 23, 2003 for his career achievements onscreen.
So far (to my knowledge) blessthefall hasn't been nominated or given any major music awards, but they have been voted runner up as the most underrated band of the year by Alternative Press magazine.
"The Turning Point" (1977) and "The Color Purple" (1985) share the record for the most Academy Award nominations (11) without a win.