With 95 years of existence, the Oscar awards have an impressive record held by Walt Disney that has not been broken in five decades. Find it out!
The long-awaited 96th edition of the Oscars will take place next Sunday, the 10th, in Los Angeles, in the United States, with live broadcast starting at 7pm (Brasília time) via the MAX streaming platform, and the subscription channel TNT.
Led this year by the presenter Jimmy Kimmelthe event is considered the most important award in the world cinema industry, and is highly sought after by all professionals on the big screen.
Throughout its existence, the The Walt Disney Company It has been awarded numerous times since the first edition of the ceremony. The company’s founder himself, Walt Disneyhas a good number of statuettes, in addition to holding an Oscar record that hasn’t been broken for more than five decades: the biggest winner.
Impressive record
According to information shared by the ScreenRant portal, Walter Elias Disney He is considered to this day as the person who has won the most Oscars in the history of the award, totaling 22 wins, in addition to being nominated 59 times, and having received four Honorary Oscars due to his revolutionary achievements in cinema.
During his life, Disney was awarded mainly for his short films, where we can highlight productions such as “Flowers and Trees” (1932), “The Three Little Pigs” (1934), “The Ugly Duckling” (1940) and “Winnie the Pooh and the Stormy Day” ( 1969).
Among his Honorary Oscars, Walt received honors for achievements such as the release of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, considered the first feature-length animated film in history, the creation of Mickey Mouse, and the release of “Fantasia”, which revolutionized the use of sound in cinemas.
However, the curious thing is that, despite being responsible for the production of countless memorable feature films, Walt Disney never won “Best Film”. The filmmaker was only nominated in the main category of the night in 1964, for “Mary Poppins”, but lost to the British comedy “Tom Jones”.
Currently, the only person who is closest to the record Disney is the visual effects artist Dennis Murenwith nine victories, which took the statuette for films such as “Jurassic Park”, “ET The Extra-Terrestrial”, “Terminator 2 — Judgment Day”, among others.
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