Oscars 2022: Interesting Facts About The Academy Awards

The prestigious 'Academy Awards 2022' will be announced this night itself in a gala event. The star-studded will witness most of the A-listers of Hollywood. On this special occasion, let us check out a few interesting facts about these prestigious awards…

Do you know who won the highest Academy awards… It is Walt Disney! Being a multi-talented actor, he is a producer and writer too. He bagged a total of 25 Oscar awards and was listed in 64 nominations.

The first colour film which won the Oscar is ‘Gone With The Wind’. This movie bagged the prestigious award in 1940.

Jessica Tandy bagged the Oscar award at the age of 81 years for the ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ movie!

From 1929 the prestigious awards are being given out in the name of ‘Academy Award Of Merit’. The trophy looks great with a warrior holding the sword. It is 13.5 inches in height and 40 grams weight!

The first person who bagged the ‘Best Actor’ award is Emil Jennings for ‘The Last Command’ film!

When it comes to the person who bagged the highest Academy awards: Clint Eastwood bagged the prestigious awards for 4 times in Best Director, Best Picture categories while Catherine also won the Academy Award for 4 times!

Coming to the first woman filmmaker who bagged the ‘Best Director’ award, she is Kathryn Bigelow. In 2010 she won the trophy for ‘The Hurt Locker’ movie!

Black-White movie 'All About Eve' totally bagged 14 nominations and even James Cameron Titanic movie also bagged the same number of nominations. On the other hand, 'The Power Of The Dog' bagged 12 nominations!