List of superlative Academy Award winners and nominees

This is a list of superlative Academy Award winners and nominees. This list is current as of the 88th Academy Awards ceremony held on February 28, 2016.

Best Picture

Main article: Academy Award for Best Picture

Superlative	Film	Record Set	Year	Notes
Most Awards	Ben-Hur	11 awards	1959	11 awards \| 12 nominations
	Titanic		1997	11 awards \| 14 nominations
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King		2003	11 awards \| 11 nominations
Most Nominations	All About Eve	14 nominations	1950	6 awards \| 14 nominations
Most Nominations	Titanic	14 nominations	1997	11 awards \| 14 nominations
Longest Winner	Gone with the Wind	3 hours 54 minutes	1939	8 awards \| 13 nominations
Longest Nominee	Cleopatra	4 hours 2 minutes	1963	4 awards \| 9 nominations
Shortest Winner	Marty	1 hour 28 minutes	1955	4 awards \| 8 nominations
Shortest Nominee	She Done Him Wrong	1 hour 6 minutes	1933	0 awards \| 1 nomination
Most Awards (Producer)	Sam Spiegel	3 awards	1962	3 awards \| 4 nominations
Most Awards (Producer)	Saul Zaentz	3 awards	1996	3 awards \| 3 nominations
Most Nominations (Producer)	Steven Spielberg	9 nominations	2015	1 awards \| 9 nominations
Most Awards (Studio)	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	5 awards	1942	5 awards \| 40 nominations
Most Nominations (Studio)	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	40 nominations	1950	5 awards \| 40 nominations

Best Director

Main article: Academy Award for Best Director

Superlative	Director	Record set	Year	Notes
Most Awards	John Ford	4 awards	1935, 1940, 1941, 1952	Awards resulted from 5 nominations
Most Nominations	William Wyler	12 nominations	1936, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1965	Nominations resulted in 3 awards
Oldest Winner	Clint Eastwood	74 years old	2004	Million Dollar Baby
Oldest Nominee	John Huston	79 years old	1985	Prizzi's Honor
Youngest Winner	Norman Taurog	32 years old	1930/31	Skippy
Youngest Nominee	John Singleton	24 years old	1991	Boyz n the Hood

Best Original Screenplay

Main article: Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

Superlative	Writer	Record set	Year	Notes
Most Awards	Woody Allen	3 awards	1977, 1986, 2011	Awards resulted from 16 nominations
Most Nominations	Woody Allen	16 nominations	1977, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2011, 2013	Nominations resulted in 3 awards
Oldest Winner	Woody Allen	76 years old	2011	Midnight in Paris
Youngest Winner	Ben Affleck	25 years old	1997	Good Will Hunting. Co-wrote with Matt Damon, 27 years old.

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Main article: Academy Award for Best Actor

Superlative	Actor	Record set	Year	Notes
Most Awards	Daniel Day-Lewis	3 awards	1989, 2007, 2012	Awards resulted from 5 nominations
Most Nominations	Spencer Tracy	9 nominations	1936, 1937, 1938, 1950, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1967	Nominations resulted in 2 awards
Most Nominations	Laurence Olivier	9 nominations	1939, 1940, 1946, 1948, 1956, 1960, 1965, 1972, 1978	Nominations resulted in 1 award.
Oldest Winner	Henry Fonda	76 years old	1981	On Golden Pond
Oldest Nominee	Richard Farnsworth	79 years old	1999	The Straight Story
Youngest Winner	Adrien Brody	29 years old	2002	The Pianist
Youngest Nominee	Jackie Cooper	9 years old	1930/31	Skippy

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Main article: Academy Award for Best Actress

Superlative	Actress	Record set	Year	Notes
Most Awards	Katharine Hepburn	4 awards	1932/33, 1967, 1968, 1981	Awards resulted from 12 nominations
Most Nominations	Meryl Streep	15 nominations	1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013	Nominations resulted in 2 awards
Oldest Winner	Jessica Tandy	80 years old	1989	Driving Miss Daisy
Oldest Nominee	Emmanuelle Riva	85 years old	2012	Amour
Youngest Winner	Marlee Matlin	21 years old	1986	Children of a Lesser God
Youngest Nominee	Quvenzhané Wallis	9 years old	2012	Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Main article: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Superlative	Actor	Record set	Year	Notes
Most Awards	Walter Brennan	3 awards	1936, 1938, 1940	Awards resulted from 4 nominations
Most Nominations	Walter Brennan	4 nominations	1936, 1938, 1940, 1941	Nominations resulted in 3 awards
	Jack Nicholson		1969, 1981, 1983, 1992	Nominations resulted in 1 award.
	Claude Rains		1939, 1943, 1944, 1946	Nominations resulted in no awards
	Arthur Kennedy		1949, 1955, 1957, 1958
	Robert Duvall		1972, 1979, 1998, 2014
Oldest Winner	Christopher Plummer	82 years old	2011	Beginners
Oldest Nominee	Robert Duvall	84 years old	2014	The Judge
Youngest Winner	Timothy Hutton	20 years old	1980	Ordinary People
Youngest Nominee	Justin Henry	8 years old	1979	Kramer vs. Kramer

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Main article: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Superlative	Actress	Record set	Year	Notes
Most Awards	Shelley Winters	2 awards	1959, 1965	Awards resulted from 3 nominations
Most Awards	Dianne Wiest	2 awards	1986, 1994	Awards resulted from 3 nominations
Most Nominations	Thelma Ritter	6 nominations	1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1959, 1962	Nominations resulted in no awards
Oldest Winner	Peggy Ashcroft	77 years old	1984	A Passage to India
Oldest Nominee	Gloria Stuart	87 years old	1997	Titanic
Youngest Winner	Tatum O'Neal	10 years old	1973	Paper Moon
Youngest Nominee	Tatum O'Neal	10 years old	1973	Paper Moon

Combined Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Superlative	Actor	Record set	Year	Notes
Most Awards	Walter Brennan	3 awards	1936, 1938, 1940	Awards resulted from 4 nominations
	Jack Nicholson		1975, 1983, 1997	Awards resulted from 12 nominations
	Daniel Day-Lewis		1989, 2007, 2012	Awards resulted from 5 nominations
Most Nominations	Jack Nicholson	12 nominations - 8 for Best Actor in a Leading Role and 4 for Best Supporting Actor	1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002	Nominations resulted in 3 awards

Combined Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Superlative	Actress	Record set	Year	Notes
Most Awards	Katharine Hepburn	4 awards for Best Actress	1932/33, 1967, 1968, 1981	Awards resulted from 12 nominations
Most Nominations	Meryl Streep	19 nominations – 15 for Best Actress and 4 for Best Supporting Actress	1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014	Nominations resulted in 3 awards

Note: Walt Disney is the highest earning individual with wins and nominations in any category in the Academy Awards, with fifty-nine nominations and twenty-two Oscar wins (as well as four Honorary Awards), including a record four in one year.

External links

Oscars.org Official site
Complete Downloadable List of Academy Award Nominees

Academy Awards

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) Records Most wins per ceremony Oscar season Governors Awards Pre-show History of film

Merit awards	Best Picture Director Actor Actress Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Adapted Screenplay Original Screenplay Animated Feature Documentary Feature Foreign Language Film Animated Short Film Documentary Short Subject Live Action Short Film Cinematography Costume Design Film Editing Makeup and Hairstyling Original Score Original Song Original Musical Production Design Sound Editing Sound Mixing Visual Effects

Special awards	Academy Honorary Award Academy Scientific and Technical Award Gordon E. Sawyer Award Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation Special Achievement Academy Award Student Academy Award

Retired awards	Assistant Director Dance Direction Director of a Comedy Picture Engineering Effects Short Subject, Two-reel Short Subject, Comedy Short Subject, Novelty Original Story Title Writing Unique and Artistic Quality of Production Academy Juvenile Award

Ceremonies (Book)	1927/28 1928/29 1929/30 1930/31 1931/32 1932/33 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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Combined major Oscars	Superlatives Big Five All four acting categories

Combined major awards	Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award careers

Acting	Actor (by age) Actress (by age) Supporting Actor (by age) Supporting Actress (by age) Acting noms in foreign language Actor multi-nom years Multi-Best Picture acting careers Multi-win Actors Multi-nom Actors Love curse

Directing	Multi-win By age

Film	Films Foreign-language wins Foreign-language nominees Foreign-language noms in other categories Best Picture milestones Foreign-language: count by country

Ethnicity	African Argentine Asian Australian Black Brazilian Canadian Chilean Colombian Cuban English French German-speaking Greek Hispanic-American (U.S.) Indian Iranian Italian Latin American Mexican New Zealand Nordician Pakistani Polish Puerto Rico Spanish Uruguayan

Other	Ceremonies Families Fictitious Multi-win years Posthumous Best Picture Presenters Trophy displays Oldest & Youngest Awards for Walt Disney

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