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  1. 4 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Production Design recognizes achievement for art direction in film. The category's original name was Best Art Direction, but was changed to its current name in 2012 for the 85th Academy Awards.

  2. 3 days ago · Most awards or nominations. Most awards won by a single film: 11. Three films have won 11 Academy Awards: Ben-Hur (1959): nominated in 12 of the 15 possible categories. Titanic (1997): nominated in 14 of the 17 possible categories. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003): nominated in 11 of the 17 possible categories.

  3. Jul 8, 2024 · It honours outstanding achievement by a director in a movie from a given year, as determined by the academys voting members. At the first Academy Awards ceremony in 1929, the award recognized the work in films from 1927–28, and it was offered in two categories: drama and comedy.

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  4. 3 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Director (officially known as the Academy Award of Merit for Directing) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in the film industry .

  5. 4 days ago · Cedric Gibbons (born March 23, 1890, New York City, New York, U.S.—died July 26, 1960, Westwood, California) was an Irish American art director for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) motion-picture studio; his name appears on nearly 1,500 films produced by that studio during the 32 years (1924–56) that he worked there.

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  6. 6 days ago · Ang Lee (born October 23, 1954, P’ing-tung county, Taiwan) is a Taiwan-born film director who transitioned from directing Chinese films to major English-language productions. After high school Lee enrolled in the Taiwan Academy of Art, where he became interested in acting.

  7. Jul 10, 2024 · This list of Academy Award winning movies is ordered by the number of statues each of these films brought home, so you can easily glance and see which films have won the most awards. It also lists the awards each film won and highlights those awards which are most coveted, the so-called Big Five Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor ...