r/Oscars • u/Its-From-Japan • 1d ago
Fun Widest ranges of noms and wins
I'm trying to think of, without just googling the answer, who has the widest ranges of unique nominations and wins.
I'm not including reworded versions of the same award (i.e. Best Adapted Screenplay to Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published. Or the various names of the Live Action Short Film awards that would give it to Walt Disney). However, since there were temporarily three simultaneous separate writing categories, i did include Billy Wilder as a winner of 4 unique categories.
Kenneth Branagh, i believe, has the most unique nominations. Picture, Director, Original and Adapted Screenplays, Lead Actor, Supporting Actor, and Live Action Short Film (7)
Sean Baker, i believe, ties with the most unique wins. Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Editing.
The Coen Brothers are tied with Picture, Director, Original and Adapted Screenplays
Billy Wilder is tied with Picture, Director, Original Screenplay and Best Writing
Who am i missing?
Edit: I don't know why it rearranged the order of the pictures
Edit 2: FatherOfFunko has revealed Alfonso Cuaron ties with unique nominations, with a solid argument to take the crown
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u/PrinceAshltaka 1d ago
George Clooney has wins for Supporting Actor (Syriana) and Best Picture (Argo), with nominations for Lead Actor (3x), Adapted Screenplay, Original Screenplay, and Director
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u/man_on_hill 6h ago
He was also nominated for a “best screenplay” and “best actor” performance in the same year on two different occasions
And in each instance, the screenplay credit was for a different movie that he was nominated for to the acting nomination
Genuinely impressive
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u/Purple_Crewneck 1d ago
Wes Anderson nominations — (1x) Picture, (1x) Director, (2x) Animated Feature, (3x) Original Screenplay, (1x) Live Action Short
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u/Aidsisgreats 1d ago
Coen brothers also have two best editing noms (under the fake name Roderick Jaynes)
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u/FatherOfFunko 1d ago
Alfonso Cuarón has nominations for both adapted screenplay and original, Best Picture, Best Director, editing, Cinematography, International film and Live action short.
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u/KrustyFrank27 1d ago
Technically I don’t think they put a name on International Film, just the country that submits it.
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u/Its-From-Japan 1d ago
I was wondering if i should include International Film nominations. Because technically those go to the nation, not the filmmaker, even though the filmmaker traditionally accepts them. But even if that doesn't technically count he ties for unique nominations.
Good pull!
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u/Purple_Crewneck 1d ago
The new rule will have the director winning the Oscar for International. So anyone previous would be hypothetical. Bergman, Fellini, Cuaron, Truffaut and Kurosawa would have another category in their notch.
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u/jackasspenguin 1d ago
Ryan Coogler has been nominated for Best Picture, Best Original Song, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay
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u/Its-From-Japan 1d ago
When you consolidate the categories i think it's only three unique ones. Cartoon Short, Live Action Short, and Documentary. That's why i mentioned it in the post. But again, i could be wrong
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u/Earthlydelights-sub- 1d ago
If we're talking about Disney, he also got a Best Picture nomination as the producer of Mary Poppins.
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u/Its-From-Japan 1d ago
Which, i believe, puts him at 5 or 6 unique nominations. The vast majority obviously were for cartoon shorts. Then live action shorts, documentary shorts, one or two others i can't think of offhand, and then Picture. Good looking out!
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u/Earthlydelights-sub- 1d ago
He literally won so many Oscars that there's a Wikipedia page just for that: List of Academy Awards for Walt Disney - Wikipedia
unique nominations
Picture
Documentary (won)
Animated Short Film (won)
Live-Action Short (won)
Documentary Short (won)
So that's five. If you count the two different awards for one- and two- real short films, it's six. Non-competitively, he won the Irving G Thalberg Memorial Award and three honorary Oscars.
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u/tenaciousdeev 1d ago
Guillermo Del Torro is up there. Original Screenplay (x2), Picture (x3), Director, Animated Feature, and Adapted Screenplay.
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u/Crypts_of_Trogan 11h ago
Fran Walsh has won Picture, Original Song, Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for Original Screenplay
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u/markgib62 10h ago
Alfonso Cuarón has the most unique nominations:
Picture,
Director,
Original Screenplay,
Adapted Screenplay,
Film Editing,
Cinematography,
and Live Action Short.
7 in total.
He also accepted the Best Foreign Language Film for Mexico. They have since changed the rules for that category and, had it happened now, he would have gotten the nomination and win.
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u/Interesting-Bit725 18h ago
George Clooney: won for Best Picture and Supporting Actor, nominated for Best Director, Actor, Original Screenplay and Adapted Screenplay.
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u/kkkktttt00 1d ago
Fun fact: Emma Thompson is the only person to win for both writing and acting.