Among many awards, Walt Disney holds the record for sixty-four Academy Award nominations, winning twenty-six of them. Some of them include:
1932 |
Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Flowers and Trees |
1932 |
Honorary Award for: creation of Mickey Mouse |
1934 |
Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Three Little Pigs |
1935 |
Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: The Tortoise and the Hare |
1936 |
Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Three Orphan Kittens |
1937 |
Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: The Country Cousin |
1938 |
Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: The Old Mill |
1939 |
Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Ferdinand the Bull |
1938 |
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" |
1940 |
Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Ugly Duckling |
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 |
1943 |
Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Der Fuehrer's Face |
1949 |
Best Short Subject, Two-reel for: Seal Island |
1949 |
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award |
1951 |
Best Short Subject, Two-reel for: Beaver Valley |
1952 |
Best Short Subject, Two-reel for: Nature's Half Acre |
1953 |
Best Short Subject, Two-reel for: Water Birds |
1954 |
Best Documentary, Features for: The Living Desert |
1954 |
Best Documentary, Short Subjects for: The Alaskan Eskimo |
1954 |
Best Short Subject, Cartoons for: Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom |
1954 |
Best Short Subject, Two-reel for: Bear Country |
1955 |
Best Documentary, Features for: The Vanishing Prairie |
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 |
Other Awards
Walt Disney was the inaugural recipient of a star on the Anaheim walk of stars. The star was awarded in honor of Disney's significant contributions to the city of Anaheim, California, specifically, Disneyland, which is now the Disneyland Resort. The star is located at the pedestrian entrance to the Disneyland Resort on Harbor Boulevard.
Walt Disney also received the Congressional Gold Medal on 24 May 1968 (P.L. 90-316, 82 Stat. 130-131) and the Légion d'Honneur in France in 1935. In 1935, Walt received a special medal from the League of Nations for creation of Mickey Mouse. He also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom on 14 September 1964. On 6 December 2006, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver inducted Walt Disney into the California Hall of Fame located at The California Museum for History, Women, and the Arts.
A minor planet 4017 Disneya discovered in 1980 by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina is named after him.
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