Non-actors top the list of most Oscar wins
Vandana Batra
Twenty-one and counting
Ashna Mariam George
Meryl Streep, American actress, is the only actor nominated more than 20 times at the Oscars in the acting category. Out of the 21 nominations, she has won three Oscars – Best Supporting Actress award in 1980 for ‘Kramer vs. Kramer’ as well as two Best Actress awards for ‘Sophie’s Choice’ in 1983 and ‘The Iron Lady’ in 2012.
Indians Who Won Oscar Awards
Vishnupriya R
Here is the list of all Indians who won Oscar awards. So far seven Indians have won Oscars. Bhanu Athaiya was the first Indian to win an Oscar. He won the award for ‘Best Costume Design’ for the movie Gandhi in 1983.
Movie distributors with the most Academy Award nominations
Saradhi Sankar
According to the Statista research foundation, Netflix with 18 Academy Award nominations is the movie distributor with the most number of nominations.
Indian cinema out of the major Oscars nominations list
K Nitika Shivani
Oppenheimer leads the nominations chart with a maximum of 13 nominations across various categories. However, the Box Office rival of Oppenheimer, Barbie, bagged eight nominations. No Indian movie was even close to this number.
Edith head: woman with most Oscar wins
Ishika Sharma
Oppenheimer sweeps Oscars 2024
Steffy Maria Paul
Film Oppenheimer bagged seven Oscars, including ‘The Best Picture’ award, ‘Best Director’ and ‘Best Actor’. Cillian Murphy won the ‘Best Actor’ award for Oppenheimer while Christopher Nolan won the ‘Best Director’ award. The other awards that Oppenheimer bagged were Best Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.), Best Original Score, Best Cinematography, and Best Film Editing.
Film Oppenheimer bagged seven Oscars, including ‘The Best Picture’ award, ‘Best Director’ and ‘Best Actor’. Cillian Murphy won the ‘Best Actor’ award for Oppenheimer while Christopher Nolan won the ‘Best Director’ award. The other awards that Oppenheimer bagged were Best Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.), Best Original Score, Best Cinematography, and Best Film Editing.
Distribution of non-acting Academy Award Nominees based on gender
Amisha Mohite
Oscar nominations reveals that gender diversity is overlooked in the non-acting segment of films. From directors to costume designers, women and men alike to contribute their unique skills for the film achievements.
Forrest Gump Tops Oscar Winners
Mansi Jagani
“Forrest Gump” emerges as the top favorite among American viewers, securing a remarkable 76 percent net favorability, surpassing “Titanic” and “Rocky” which trail behind at 65 percent and 62 percent respectively among the 94 Academy Award Best Picture winners since 1929.
‘Gandhi’ among most Oscar winning films
Arunima Pal
‘Gandhi’ which released in 1982 tells the story of Mahatma Gandhi and his struggle to win independence for India through civil disobedience, according to Britannica. The movie won eight Academy Awards, including ‘Best Picture’, and five Golden Globe Awards, including ‘Best Foreign Film’. It was also named Best Film at a BAFTA ceremony.
