The Walt Disney Co. is no stranger to successes and nowhere is that more evident than in the Academy Awards. Over the years the company has received 147 Academy Awards while Walt Disney personally received 32 – more than any individual, ever.
As we await tonight’s Oscar ceremony, let’s look back at the history of Oscar and Walt.
1932
Flowers and Trees (the first Academy Award presented to Walt Disney)
Short Subject – Cartoon
Creation of Mickey Mouse
1933
Three Little Pigs
Short Subject – Cartoon
1935
The Tortoise and the Hare
Short Subject – Cartoon
Three Orphan Kittens
Short Subject – Cartoon
1936
The Country Cousin
Short Subject – Cartoon
1937
Snow White an the Seven Dwarfs
Special award, in recognition as a significant screen innovation
The Old Mill
Short Subject – Cartoon
Design and application to production of the multi-plane camera
1938
Ferdinand the Bull
Short Subject – Cartoon
1939
The Ugly Duckling
Short Subject – Cartoon
1940
Pinocchio
Song – “When You Wish Upon a Star”
Original Score
Fantasia
Special awards for:
Leopold Stokowski and his associates for their unique achievement in the creation of a new form of visualized music
Walt Disney and the RCA Manufacturing Company for their outstanding contribution to the advancement of the use of sound in motion pictures
1941
Dumbo
Scoring of a Musical Picture
Lend a Paw
Short Subject – Cartoon
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to Walt Disney
1943
Der Fuehrer’s Face
Short Subject – Cartoon
1946
Song of the South
Song – “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
Special Recognition (James Baskett as Uncle Remus)
Design and development of an audio finder and track viewer for checking and locating noise in sound tracks
1949
Seal Island
Short Subject – Two Reel
Outstanding juvenile actor of 1949 – Bobby Driscoll (So Dear to My Heart)
1950
In Beaver Valley
Short Subject – Two Reel
1951
Nature’s Half Acre
Short Subject – Two Reel
1952
Water Birds
Short Subject – Two Reel
1953
The Living Desert
Short Subject – Two Reel
Bear Country
Short Subject – Two Reel
The Alaskan Eskimo
Short Subject – Documentary
Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom
Short Subject – Cartoon
1954
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Special Effects
Art Decorations/Set Decorations
The Vanishing Prairie
Feature – Documentary
1955
Men Against the Arctic
Short Subject – Documentary
1957
The Wetback Hound
Short Subject – Live Action
1958
The Ama Girls
Short Subject – Documentary
White Wilderness
Feature – Documentary
1959
Grand Canyon
Short Subject – Live Action
Design of an improved optical printer for special effects and matte shots, to Ub Iwerks
1960
The Horse with the Flying Tail
Feature – Documentary
Outstanding juvenile performer of 1960 – Hayley Mills (Pollyana)
1964
Mary Poppins
Actress – Julie Andrews
Song – “Chim-Chim-Cheree”
Original Music
Film Editing
Special Visual Effects
Conception and perfection of techniques for Color Traveling Matte Composite Cinematography
1968
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
Short Subject – Cartoon
1969
It’s Tough To Be A Bird
Short Subject – Cartoon
1971
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Special Visual Effects
1985
Development of an animation photo transfer process
1986
The Color of Money
Actor – Paul Newman
1988
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Film Editing
Sound Effects Editing
Visual Effect
Special Award for Outstanding Achievement in Animation
Director – Richard Williams
1989
The Little Mermaid
Song – “Under the Sea”
Original Music Score
Dead Poet’s Society
Original Screenplay
1990
Dick Tracy
Makeup
Art Direction/Set Direction
Song – “Sooner or Later”
1991
Beauty and the Beast
Song – “Beauty and the Beast”
Original Music Score
1992
Aladdin
Song – “A Whole New World”
Original Music Score
Scientific/Technical Award to Members of the Walt Disney Feature Animation Department for CAPS [Computer Animated Production System], showcased in Beauty and the Beast. The system enables the seamless combination of hand-drawn and computer animation
1994
The Lion King
Original Song – “Can You Feel the Love Tonight”
Original Music Score
Ed Wood
Supporting Actor – Martin Landau
Makeup
Bullets Over Broadway
Supporting Actress – Dianne Wiest
Pulp Fiction
Original Screenplay
1995
Pocahantas
Original Song – “Colors of the Wind”
Original Musical or Comedy Score
Orchestral Score
Toy Story
Special Achievement Award to Computer-Animator John Lasseter
Restoration
Costume Design – James Acheson
Art Direction – Eugenio Zanetti
Mighty Aphrodite
Supporting Actess – Mira Sorvino
The Postman
Original Dramatic Score
1996
The English Patient
Best Picture
Supporting Actress – Juliette Binoche
Director – Anthony Minghella
Art Direction
Cinematography
Sound
Original Dramatic Score
Costume Design
Film Editing
Emma
Original Musical or Comedy Score
Evita
Original Song – “You Must Love Me”
Sling Blade
Screenplay – Based on material previously produced or published
1997
Good Will Hunting
Supporting Actor – Robin Williams
Original Screenplay
1998
Shakespeare in Love
Best Picture
Original Screenplay
Leading Actress – Gwyneth Paltrow
Supporting Actress – Judi Dench
Costume Design
Original Musical or Comedy Score
Art Direction
Life is Beautiful
Leading Actor – Roberto Benigni
Foreign Language Film
Original Dramatic Score
1999
Tarzan
Original Song – “You’ll Be in My Heart” (Music & Lyrics by Phil Collins)
Scientific/Technical Award to Hoyt H. Yeatman Jr. of DREAM QUEST IMAGES and John C. Brewer of Eastman Kodak for the identification and diagnosis leading to the elimination of the ‘red fringe’ artifact in traveling matte composite photography
2001
Monsters, Inc.
Original Song – “If I Didn’t Have You” (Music & Lyrics by Randy Newman)
Iris
Supporting Actor – Jim Broadbent
Pearl Harbor
Sound Editing
2002
Spirited Away
Best Animated Feature Film
Chicago
Art Direction – John Myhre
Best Picture
Costume Design – Colleen Atwood
Film Editing – Martin Walsh
Sound – Michael Minker, Dominick Tavella and David Lee
Supporting Actress – Catherine Zeta-Jones
Frida
Makeup – John Jackson and Beatrice De Alba
Original Score – Elliot Goldenthal
The Hours
Leading Actress – Nicole Kidman
2003
Finding Nemo
Best Animated Feature Film
Cold Mountain
Supporting Actress – Rene Zellweger
Barbarian Invasions
Foreign Language Films – Canada
2004
The Incredibles
Best Animated Feature Film
Sound Editing (Michael Silvers and Randy Them)
The Aviator
Supporting Actress – Cate Blanchett
Art Direction – Dante Ferretti
Costume Design – Sandy Powell
Film Editing – Thelma Schoonmaker
Cinematography – Robert Richardson
Finding Neverland
Original Score – Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
2005
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardobe
Makeup – Howard Berger and Tami Lane
2006
The Queen
Supporting Actress – Helen Mirren
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Visual Effects
2007
Ratatouille
Best Animated Feature Film (Brad Bird)
No Country for Old Men
Best Picture
Director – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Adapted Screenplay
Supporting Actor – Javier Bardem
There Will Be Blood
Leading Actor – Daniel Day-Lewis
Cinematography – Robert Elswit
2008
Wall•E
Best Animated Feature Film
2009
Up
Best Animated Feature Film
Original Score (Michael Giacchino)
2010
Toy Story 3
Animated Feature Film
Music (Original Song) – “We Belong Together” (Music and Lyric by Randy Newman)
Alice in Wonderland
Art Direction
Costume Design
Wrapping it up
So as we await to see if the creative teams at Disney will receive any more honors to add to this list, I will try to enjoy one of these past performances leading up to tonight’s broadcast. If I were a betting man, which I am not, I would imagine there are going to be a few more shiny statues handed out for some of this year’s films from the folks at Disney. Good luck to them all!
Coverage of the Oscars will begin at 7:00 pm tonight on most local ABC television stations.
[UPDATE] Added the latest winners from the 83 Annual Academy Awards, broadcasted on February 27, 2011 and corrected the year to 2010.
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