Walt personally won 32 Academy Awards® throughout his career. To this day, Walt still holds the record for the most Oscars® won by an individual, and there is only one place where you can get an up-close look at more than 20 of the famous statuettes—The Walt Disney Family Museum.
For this Friday's edition of "Walt's Oscars", we'd like to share with you the complete list of Academy Awards that Walt Disney received in his lifetime. As you know, he still holds the record for most Oscars won by an individual--as well as most Academy Award nominations for an individual (59)!! Take a look at our past Academy Award-related posts, as well as the list below, as we will giving you a short quiz next week on Walt and his Oscars. If you pass the test, we'll throw your name into a drawing to win free tickets to the Museum!
Awarded to Walt Disney
|
Year |
Award |
Title or Distinction |
Release |
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1931-32 |
Short Subject (Cartoon) |
Flowers and Trees |
1932 |
|
1931-32 |
Special Award |
Creation of Mickey Mouse |
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1932-33 |
Short Subject (Cartoon) |
Three Little Pigs |
1933 |
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1934 |
Short Subject (Cartoon) |
The Tortoise and the Hare |
1934 |
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1935 |
Short Subject (Cartoon) |
Three Orphan Kittens |
1935 |
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1936 |
Short Subject (Cartoon) |
The Country Cousin |
1936 |
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1937 |
Short Subject (Cartoon) |
The Old Mill |
1937 |
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1938 |
Short Subject (Cartoon) |
Ferdinand the Bull |
1938 |
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1938 |
Special Award |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
1937 |
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1939 |
Short Subject (Cartoon) |
The Ugly Duckling |
1938 |
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1941 |
Short Subject (Cartoon) |
Lend a Paw |
1941 |
|
1941 |
Special Award |
Fantasia [use of sound] |
1940 |
|
1941 |
Special Award |
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award |
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1942 |
Short Subject (Cartoon) |
Der Fuehrer’s Face |
1942 |
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1948 |
Short Subject (Two-Reel) |
Seal Island |
1948 |
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1950 |
Short Subject (Two-Reel) |
(In) Beaver Valley |
1950 |
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1951 |
Short Subject (Two-Reel) |
Nature’s Half Acre |
1951 |
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1952 |
Short Subject (Two-Reel) |
Water Birds |
1952 |
|
1953 |
Documentary (Feature) |
The Living Desert |
1953 |
|
1953 |
Documentary (Short Subject) |
The Alaskan Eskimo |
1953 |
|
1953 |
Short Subject (Cartoon) |
Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom |
1953 |
|
1953 |
Short Subject (Two-Reel) |
Bear Country |
1953 |
|
1954 |
Documentary (Feature) |
The Vanishing Prairie |
1954 |
|
1955 |
Documentary (Short Subject) |
Men Against the Arctic |
1955 |
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1957 |
Short Subject (Live Action) |
The Wetback Hound |
1957 |
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1958 |
Documentary (Feature) |
White Wilderness |
1958 |
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1958 |
Documentary (Short Subject) |
Ama Girls |
1958 |
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1958 |
Short Subject (Live Action) |
Grand Canyon |
1958 |
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1960 |
Documentary (Feature) [?] |
The Horse with the Flying Tail |
1960 |
Awarded to Walt Disney Productions Ltd.
|
1937 |
Scientific/Technical Award |
Multiplane Camera |
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Awarded to Walt Disney Studio Sound Department
|
1946 |
Scientific/Technical Award |
Audio Finder/Track Viewer |
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Awarded to Walt Disney Studios
|
1954 |
Special Effects |
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea |
1954 |
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