FAQs about Oscar legacy
(oscar.com)
Updated: 2005-02-28 14:20

* Which person has more Oscar nominations than any one else in Academy history?

Walt Disney holds that record with 59 Academy Award nominations. John Williams' 42 nominations make him the most nominated living person.

* Who has the most acting nominations? Who has the most wins?

Meryl Streep has 13 nominations. Katharine Hepburn holds the distinction of the most wins with four Leading Actress Oscars.

* Who has won the most Academy Awards in total?

Walt Disney is the all-time winner with 26 Academy Awards to his name, including three Special Awards and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.

* Is there anybody who has won an Oscar every time he or she has been nominated?

Dozens of people have that honor, but four-time Academy Award winner Mark Berger holds the record for the most. Berger won his Oscar statuettes in the Sound category for APOCALYPSE NOW (1979), THE RIGHT STUFF (1983), AMADEUS (1984) and THE ENGLISH PATIENT (1996).

* Has a woman ever been nominated for a directing Oscar?

Three women have been nominated for achievement in Directing: Sofia Coppola in 2003 for LOST IN TRANSLATION, Jane Campion in 1993 for THE PIANO and Lina Wertmüller in 1976 for SEVEN BEAUTIES.

* How many times did Alfred Hitchcock get nominated? Did he ever win?

Hitchcock was nominated in the Directing category five times: for REBECCA (1940), LIFEBOAT (1944), SPELLBOUND (1945), REAR WINDOW (1954) and PSYCHO (1960). He did not win a Directing Oscar but was presented with an Irving G. Thalberg Award in 1967.

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