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 * Academy Awards
 * List of Academy Award records
 * List of Academy Award-winning films
 * List of Academy Awards ceremonies
 * List of actors who have appeared in multiple Best Picture Academy Award winners
 * List of Asian Academy Award winners and nominees
 * List of "Big Five" Academy Award winners and nominees
 * List of Black Academy Award winners and nominees
 * List of films receiving six or more Academy Awards
 * List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees
 * List of people who have won multiple Academy Awards in a single year
 * List of presenters of Best Picture Academy Award
 * List of Puerto Rican Academy Award winners and nominees
 * List of superlative Academy Award winners and nominees
 * Little Golden Guy


 * Best Picture
 * Best Director
 * Best Actor
 * Best Actress
 * Best Supporting Actor
 * Best Supporting Actress


 * http://www.reelclassics.com/Articles/General/oscar-trivia-article.htm
 * http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/BasicSearchInput.jsp

Most awards

 * To an individual - Walt Disney received 22 awards (from 59 nominations) between 1931/1932 and 1968. He also received four honorary awards.
 * To a film - Three films received 11 awards each: Ben-Hur in 1959 (from 12 nominations); Titanic in 1997 (from 14 nominations); and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2003 (from 11 nominations).
 * For Best Director - John Ford received four awards (from five nominations) in 1935, 1940, 1941, and 1952.
 * To an actor - Two actors received three awards each: Walter Brennan in 1936, 1938, and 1940 (from four nominations); and Jack Nicholson in 1975, 1983, and 1997 (from 12 nominations). Of Brennan's awards, all three were for Best Supporting Actor.  Of Nicholson's awards, two were for Best Actor and one was for Best Supporting Actor.
 * To an actress - Katharine Hepburn received four awards (from 12 nominations) in 1932/1933, 1967, 1968, and 1981. Of Hepburn's awards, all four were for Best Actress.
 * For Best Actor - Eight actors received two awards each: Spencer Tracy in 1937 and 1938 (from nine nominations); Fredric March in 1931/1932 and 1946 (from five nominations); Gary Cooper in 1941 and 1952 (from five nominations); Marlon Brando in 1954 and 1972 (from seven nominations); Dustin Hoffman in 1979 and 1988 (from seven nominations); Tom Hanks in 1993 and 1994 (from five nominations); Jack Nicholson in 1975 and 1997 (from eight nominations); and Daniel Day-Lewis in 1989 and 2007 (from four nominations).
 * For Best Actress - Katharine Hepburn received four awards (from 12 nominations) in 1932/1933, 1967, 1968, and 1981.
 * For Best Supporting Actor - Walter Brennan received three awards (from four nominations) in 1936, 1938, and 1940.
 * For Best Supporting Actress - Two actresses received two awards each: Shelley Winters in 1959 and 1965 (from three nominations); and Dianne Wiest in 1986 and 1994 (from three nominations).

Most nominations

 * To an individual - Walt Disney received 59 nominations (earning 22 awards) between 1931/1932 and 1968.
 * To a film - Two films received 14 nominations each: All About Eve in 1950 (earning six awards); and Titanic in 1997 (earning 11 awards).
 * For Best Director - William Wyler received 12 nominations (earning three awards) between 1936 and 1965.
 * To an actor - Jack Nicholson received 12 nominations (earning three awards) between 1969 and 2002. Of Nicholson's nominations, eight were for Best Actor and four were for Best Supporting Actor.
 * To an actress - Meryl Streep received 14 nominations (earning two awards) between 1978 and 2006. Of Streep's nominations, 11 were for Best Actress and three were for Best Supporting Actress.
 * For Best Actor - Two actors received nine nominations each: Spencer Tracy between 1936 and 1967 (earning two awards); and Laurence Olivier between 1939 and 1978 (earning one award).
 * For Best Actress - Katharine Hepburn received 12 nominations (earning four awards) between 1932/1933 and 1981.
 * For Best Supporting Actor - Four actors received four nominations each: Walter Brennan between 1936 and 1941 (earning three awards); Claude Rains between 1939 and 1946 (earning no awards); Arthur Kennedy between 1949 and 1958 (earning no awards); and Jack Nicholson between 1969 and 1992 (earning one award).
 * For Best Supporting Actress - Thelma Ritter received six nominations (earning no awards) between 1950 and 1962.

Consecutive awards

 * For Best Director - Two directors received consecutive awards: John Ford in 1940 (The Grapes of Wrath) and 1941 (How Green Was My Valley); and Joseph L. Mankiewicz in 1949 (A Letter to Three Wives) and 1950 (All About Eve).
 * For Best Actor - Two actors received consecutive awards: Spencer Tracy in 1937 (Captains Courageous) and 1938 (Boys Town); and Tom Hanks in 1993 (Philadelphia) and 1994 (Forrest Gump).
 * For Best Actress - Two actresses received consecutive awards: Luise Rainer in 1936 (The Great Ziegfeld) and 1937 (The Good Earth); and Katharine Hepburn in 1967 (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner) and 1968 (The Lion in Winter).
 * For Best Supporting Actor - Jason Robards received consecutive awards in 1976 (All the President's Men) and 1977 (Julia).
 * For Best Supporting Actress - To date, no actress received consecutive awards for Best Supporting Actress.

Awards for debut performances

 * For Best Director - Delbert Mann (Marty, 1955), Jerome Robbins (1961), Robert Redford (1980), James L. Brooks (1983), Kevin Costner (1990), and Sam Mendes (1999
 * For Best Actor - None
 * For Best Actress - Shirley Booth (Come Back, Little Sheba, 1952), Julie Andrews (1964), Barbra Streisand (1968), and Marlee Matlin (1986)
 * For Best Supporting Actor - Haing S. Ngor (The Killing Fields, 1984)
 * For Best Supporting Actress - Gale Sondergaard (Anthony Adverse, 1936), Katina Paxinou (1943), Mercedes McCambridge (1949), Eva Marie Saint (1954), Jo Van Fleet (1955), Tatum O'Neal (1973), Anna Paquin (1993), and Jennifer Hudson (2006)
 * For Academy Juvenile Award - Claude Jarman, Jr. (The Yearling, 1946) and Vincent Winter (1954)

Longest

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Shortest

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Most

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Oldest

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 * Best Director winner - Clint Eastwood was 74 years old when he won for Million Dollar Baby in 2004.
 * Best Director nominee - John Huston was 79 years old when he was nominated for Prizzi's Honor in 1985.
 * Best Actor winner - Henry Fonda was 76 years old when he won for On Golden Pond in 1981.
 * Best Actor nominee - Richard Farnsworth was 79 years old when he was nominated for The Straight Story in 1999.
 * Best Actress winner - Jessica Tandy was 80 years old when she won for Driving Miss Daisy in 1989.
 * Best Actress nominee - Jessica Tandy was 80 years old when she was nominated for Driving Miss Daisy in 1989.
 * Best Supporting Actor winner - George Burns was 80 years old when he won for The Sunshine Boys in 1975.
 * Best Supporting Actor nominee - Hal Holbrook was 82 years old when he was nominated for Into the Wild in 2007.
 * Best Supporting Actress winner - Peggy Ashcroft was 77 years old when she won for A Passage to India in 1984.
 * Best Supporting Actress nominee - Gloria Stuart was 87 years old when she was nominated for Titanic in 1997.
 * Honorary Award winner - Robert F. Boyle was 98 years old when he won the Academy Honorary Award in 2007.

Youngest

 * Academy Award winner -
 * Academy Award nominee -
 * Best Director winner - Norman Taurog was 32 years old when he won for Skippy in 1930/1931.
 * Best Director nominee - John Singleton was 24 years old when he was nominated for Boyz n the Hood in 1991.
 * Best Actor winner - Adrien Brody was 29 years old when he won for The Pianist in 2002.
 * Best Actor nominee - Jackie Cooper was 9 years old when he was nominated for Skippy in 1930/1931.
 * Best Actress winner - Marlee Matlin was 21 years old when she won for Children of a Lesser God in 1986.
 * Best Actress nominee - Keisha Castle-Hughes was 13 years old when she was nominated for Whale Rider in 2003.
 * Best Supporting Actor winner - Timothy Hutton was 20 years old when he won for Ordinary People in 1980.
 * Best Supporting Actor nominee - Justin Henry was 8 years old when he was nominated for Kramer vs. Kramer in 1979.
 * Best Supporting Actress winner - Tatum O'Neal was 10 years old when she won for Paper Moon in 1973.
 * Best Supporting Actress nominee - Tatum O'Neal was 10 years old when she was nominated for Paper Moon in 1973.
 * Honorary Award winner - Shirley Temple was 6 years old when she won the Academy Juvenile Award in 1934.