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Walt Disney Academy Awards
Academy Awards
Shirley Temple presented Walt Disney with his special Academy Award for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937.
Among many awards, Walt Disney holds the record for having the most Academy Awards – 22 in competitive categories, and 4 honorary:
- 1932 Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Flowers and Trees (1932)
- 1932 Honorary Award for: creation of Mickey Mouse.
- 1934 Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Three Little Pigs (1933)
- 1935 Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: The Tortoise and the Hare (1934)
- 1936 Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Three Orphan Kittens (1935)
- 1937 Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: The Country Cousin (1936)
- 1938 Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: The Old Mill (1937)
- 1939 Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Ferdinand the Bull (1938)
- 1938 Honorary
Award for: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) The citation read: “For
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, recognized as a significant screen
innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new
entertainment field” (the award was one statuette and seven miniature
statuettes)
1940 Best
Short Subject, Cartoons for: Ugly Duckling(1939)
1940 Honorary
Award for: Fantasia (1940), shared with: William E. Garity and J.N.A.
Hawkins. The citation read: “For their outstanding contribution to the
advancement of the use of sound in motion pictures through the production of
Fantasia“ (the award was a certificate)
1942 Best
Short Subject, Cartoons for: Lend a Paw (1941)
1943 Best
Short Subject, Cartoons for: Der Fuehrer’s Face (1942)
1949 Best
Short Subject, Two-reel for: Seal Island (1948)
1949 Irving G.
Thalberg Memorial Award
1951 Best
Short Subject, Two-reel for: Beaver Valley (1950)
1952 Best
Short Subject, Two-reel for: Nature’s Half Acre (1951)
1953 Best
Short Subject, Two-reel for: Water Birds (1952)
1954 Best
Documentary, Features for: The Living Desert (1953)
1954 Best
Documentary, Short Subjects for: The Alaskan Eskimo (1953)
1954 Best
Short Subject, Cartoons for: Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom (1953)
1954 Best
Short Subject, Two-reel for: Bear Country (1953)
1955 Best
Documentary, Features for: The Vanishing Prairie (1954)
1956 Best
Documentary, Short Subjects for: Men Against the Arctic
1959 Best
Short Subject, Live Action Subjects for: Grand Canyon
1969 Best
Short Subject, Cartoons for: Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
