Walt Disney Academy Awards

Walt Disney holds the records for number of Academy Award nominations (with fifty-nine) and number of awarded Oscars (twenty-six, below).  Four of his Oscars were special awards, and one, his last, was granted posthumously.

    * 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)
    * 1939: Honorary Award for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938) 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)
    * 1941: Honorary Award for: Fantasia (1941), shared with: William E. Garity and J.N.A. Hawkins. The citation for the certificate of merit read: "For their outstanding contribution to the advancement of the use of sound in motion pictures through the production of Fantasia"   

 * 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