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  1. 6 days ago · Most awards or nominations. Most awards won by a single film: 11. Three films have won 11 Academy Awards: Ben-Hur (1959): nominated in 12 of the 15 possible categories. Titanic (1997): nominated in 14 of the 17 possible categories. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003): nominated in 11 of the 17 possible categories.

  2. 2 days ago · Academy Award, any of a number of awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, located in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., to recognize achievement in the filmindustry. The awards were first presented in 1929, and winners receive a gold-plated statuette commonly called Oscar. Categories and rules.

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
    • Academy Award for Cinematography (Color) 19461
    • Academy Award for Cinematography (Color) 19462
    • Academy Award for Cinematography (Color) 19463
    • Academy Award for Cinematography (Color) 19464
    • Academy Award for Cinematography (Color) 19465
  3. 6 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is awarded each year to a cinematographer for work on one particular motion picture. From 1939 to 1967, there were separate awards for color and for black-and-white cinematography. Since then, the only black-and-white film to win is Schindler's List (1993).

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    • 2013
  4. Jul 25, 2024 · By 1946, Frank Capra was a three-time Academy Award winner for Best Director. His films featured highly inspirational narratives that epitomized the American Dream. Capra was one of several directors who enlisted in the military during World War II and made documentaries for the United States government.

  5. 2 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929. This award goes to the producers of the film and is the only category in which every member of the Academy is eligible to submit a nomination and vote on the final ballot. [ 1 ]

  6. 4 days ago · The nearly three-hour-long movie was nominated for 10 Academy Awards and won five, including those for best picture and best director. ( Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.) The Sound of Music, which takes place during the late 1930s, opens on a sweeping view of the Austrian Alps and a young woman, Maria (played by ...

  7. Aug 2, 2024 · Academy Award (1940) Gone with the Wind, American epic film, released in 1939, that was one of the best known and most successful films of all time. It enjoyed a more-than-30-year reign as the all-time Hollywood box office champion, and it won eight Academy Awards (in addition to two honorary awards).

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