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Aristotle | Politics | Politics
In addition to his works on ethics, which address the individual, Aristotle addressed the city in his work titled Politics. Aristotle considered the city to be a natural community. Moreover, he considered the city to be prior in importance to the family, which in turn is prior to the individual, "for the wh... |
Aristotle | Economics | Economics
Aristotle made substantial contributions to economic thought, especially to thought in the Middle Ages. In Politics, Aristotle addresses the city, property, and trade. His response to criticisms of private property, in Lionel Robbins's view, anticipated later proponents of private property among philosophe... |
Aristotle | Rhetoric | Rhetoric
Aristotle's Rhetoric proposes that a speaker can use three basic kinds of appeals to persuade his audience: ethos (an appeal to the speaker's character), pathos (an appeal to the audience's emotion), and logos (an appeal to logical reasoning). He also categorizes rhetoric into three genres: epideictic (cere... |
Aristotle | Poetics | Poetics
Aristotle writes in his Poetics that epic poetry, tragedy, comedy, dithyrambic poetry, painting, sculpture, music, and dance are all fundamentally acts of mimesis ("imitation"), each varying in imitation by medium, object, and manner. He applies the term mimesis both as a property of a work of art and also a... |
Aristotle | Gender and sexuality | Gender and sexuality
Aristotle never wrote a specific work on women. However, he asserted the existence of differences between men and women throughout his biological, political, and ethical works. For most female animals, including human women, Aristotle maintains that they are for the most part physically smaller a... |
Aristotle | Transmission | Transmission
thumb|upright=0.8|Preface to Argyropoulos's 15th century Latin translation of Aristotle's Physics
More than 2300 years after his death, Aristotle remains one of the most influential people who ever lived. He contributed to almost every field of human knowledge then in existence, and he was the founder o... |
Aristotle | His successor, Theophrastus | His successor, Theophrastus
thumb | upright=0.8 | Frontispiece to a 1644 version of Theophrastus's Historia Plantarum, originally written
Aristotle's pupil and successor, Theophrastus, wrote the History of Plants, a pioneering work in botany. Some of his technical terms remain in use, such as carpel from carpos, ... |
Aristotle | Later Greek philosophy | Later Greek philosophy
The immediate influence of Aristotle's work was felt as the Lyceum grew into the Peripatetic school. Aristotle's students included Aristoxenus, Dicaearchus, Demetrius of Phalerum, Eudemos of Rhodes, Harpalus, Hephaestion, Mnason of Phocis, Nicomachus, and Theophrastus. Aristotle's influence ov... |
Aristotle | Hellenistic science | Hellenistic science
After Theophrastus, the Lyceum failed to produce any original work. Though interest in Aristotle's ideas survived, they were generally taken unquestioningly. It is not until the age of Alexandria under the Ptolemies that advances in biology can be again found.
The first medical teacher at Alexan... |
Aristotle | Revival | Revival
Following the decline of the Roman Empire, Aristotle's vast philosophical and scientific corpus lay largely dormant in the West. However, his works underwent a remarkable revival in the Abbasid Caliphate. Translated into Arabic alongside other Greek classics, Aristotle's logic, ethics, and natural philosophy ... |
Aristotle | Byzantine scholars | Byzantine scholars
Greek Christian scribes played a crucial role in the preservation of Aristotle by copying all the extant Greek language manuscripts of the corpus. The first Greek Christians to comment extensively on Aristotle were Philoponus, Elias, and David in the sixth century, and Stephen of Alexandria in the... |
Aristotle | Medieval Islamic world | Medieval Islamic world
thumb|upright=0.8|Islamic portrayal of Aristotle (right) in the Kitāb naʿt al-ḥayawān, .
Aristotle is considered the most influential figure in the history of Arabic philosophy and was one of the most revered thinkers in early Islamic theology. Most of the still extant works of Aristotle, as w... |
Aristotle | Medieval Europe | Medieval Europe
With the loss of the study of ancient Greek in the early medieval Latin West, Aristotle was practically unknown there from to except through the Latin translation of the Organon made by Boethius. In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, interest in Aristotle revived and Latin Christians had transla... |
Aristotle | Medieval Judaism | Medieval Judaism
Moses Maimonides (considered to be the foremost intellectual figure of medieval Judaism) adopted Aristotelianism from the Islamic scholars and based his Guide for the Perplexed on it and that became the basis of Jewish scholastic philosophy. Maimonides also considered Aristotle to be the greatest phi... |
Aristotle | Early Modern science | Early Modern science
thumb | William Harvey's , 1628, showed that the blood circulated, contrary to classical thinking.
In the early modern period, scientists such as William Harvey in England and Galileo Galilei in Italy reacted against the theories of Aristotle and other classical era thinkers like Galen, establi... |
Aristotle | 18th and 19th-century science | 18th and 19th-century science
The English mathematician George Boole fully accepted Aristotle's logic, but decided "to go under, over, and beyond" it with his system of algebraic logic in his 1854 book The Laws of Thought. This gives logic a mathematical foundation with equations, enables it to solve equations as wel... |
Aristotle | Present science | Present science
The philosopher Bertrand Russell claims that "almost every serious intellectual advance has had to begin with an attack on some Aristotelian doctrine". Russell calls Aristotle's ethics "repulsive", and labelled his logic "as definitely antiquated as Ptolemaic astronomy". Russell states that these erro... |
Aristotle | Surviving works | Surviving works |
Aristotle | Corpus Aristotelicum | Corpus Aristotelicum
thumb | upright=0.8 | First page of a 1566 edition of the Nicomachean Ethics in Greek and Latin
The works of Aristotle that have survived from antiquity through medieval manuscript transmission are collected in the Corpus Aristotelicum. These texts, as opposed to Aristotle's lost works, are te... |
Aristotle | Loss and preservation | Loss and preservation
Aristotle wrote his works on papyrus scrolls, the common writing medium of that era. His writings are divisible into two groups: the "exoteric", intended for the public, and the "esoteric", for use within the Lyceum school. Aristotle's "lost" works stray considerably in characterization from th... |
Aristotle | Depictions in art | Depictions in art |
Aristotle | Paintings | Paintings
Aristotle has been depicted by major artists including Lucas Cranach the Elder, Justus van Gent, Raphael, Paolo Veronese, Jusepe de Ribera, Rembrandt, and Francesco Hayez over the centuries. Among the best-known depictions is Raphael's fresco The School of Athens, in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, where th... |
Aristotle | Sculptures | Sculptures |
Aristotle | Eponyms | Eponyms
The Aristotle Mountains in Antarctica are named after Aristotle. He was the first person known to conjecture, in his book Meteorology, the existence of a landmass in the southern high-latitude region, which he called Antarctica. Aristoteles is a crater on the Moon bearing the classical form of Aristotle's nam... |
Aristotle | See also | See also
Aristotelian Society
Conimbricenses
Perfectionism |
Aristotle | References | References |
Aristotle | Notes | Notes |
Aristotle | Citations | Citations |
Aristotle | Sources | Sources
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Aristotle | Further reading | Further reading
The secondary literature on Aristotle is vast. The following is only a small selection.
Ackrill, J. L. (1997). Essays on Plato and Aristotle, Oxford University Press.
These translations are available in several places online; see External links.
Bakalis, Nikolaos. (2005). Handbook of Greek ... |
Aristotle | External links | External links
At the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
At the Internet Classics Archive
From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
Collections of works
At Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Perseus Project at Tufts University
At the University of Adelaide
P. Remacle
The ... |
Aristotle | Table of Content | Short description, Life, Theoretical philosophy, Logic, ''Organon'', Metaphysics, Substance, Immanent realism, Potentiality and actuality, Epistemology, Natural philosophy, Physics, Five elements, Motion, Four causes, Optics, Chance and spontaneity, Astronomy, Geology and natural sciences, Biology, Empirical research, ... |
An American in Paris | short description | An American in Paris is a jazz-influenced symphonic poem (or tone poem) for orchestra by American composer George Gershwin first performed in 1928. It was inspired by the time that Gershwin had spent in Paris and evokes the sights and energy of the French capital during the .
Gershwin scored the piece for the standard... |
An American in Paris | Background | Background
Although the story is likely apocryphal, Gershwin is said to have been attracted by Maurice Ravel's unusual chords, and Gershwin went on his first trip to Paris in 1926 ready to study with Ravel. After his initial student audition with Ravel turned into a sharing of musical theories, Ravel said he could not ... |
An American in Paris | Composition | Composition
Gershwin based An American in Paris on a melodic fragment called "Very Parisienne", written in 1926 on his first visit to Paris as a gift to his hosts, Robert and Mabel Schirmer. Gershwin called it "a rhapsodic ballet"; it is written freely and in a much more modern idiom than his prior works.
Gershwin ... |
An American in Paris | Response | Response
Gershwin did not particularly like Walter Damrosch's interpretation at the world premiere of An American in Paris. He stated that Damrosch's sluggish, dragging tempo caused him to walk out of the hall during a matinee performance of this work. The audience, according to Edward Cushing, responded with "a demon... |
An American in Paris | Instrumentation | Instrumentation
An American in Paris was originally scored for 3 flutes (3rd doubling on piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets in B-flat, bass clarinet in B-flat, 2 bassoons, 4 horns in F, 3 trumpets in B-flat, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, snare drum, bass drum, triangle, wood block, ratchet, cymbals, low and hig... |
An American in Paris | Preservation status | Preservation status
On September 22, 2013, it was announced that a musicological critical edition of the full orchestral score would be eventually released. The Gershwin family, working in conjunction with the Library of Congress and the University of Michigan, were working to make scores available to the public that r... |
An American in Paris | Recordings | Recordings
An American in Paris has been frequently recorded. The first recording was made for the Victor Talking Machine Company in 1929 with Nathaniel Shilkret conducting the Victor Symphony Orchestra, drawn from members of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Gershwin was on hand to "supervise" the recording; however, Shilkr... |
An American in Paris | Use in film | Use in film
In 1951, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released the musical film An American in Paris, featuring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron and directed by Vincente Minnelli. Winning the 1951 Best Picture Oscar and numerous other awards, the film featured many tunes of Gershwin and concluded with an extensive, elaborate dance seque... |
An American in Paris | Notes and references | Notes and references |
An American in Paris | Further reading | Further reading
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An American in Paris | External links | External links
Scores, marked by Leonard Bernstein, Andre Kostelanetz, Erich Leinsdorf; New York Philharmonic archives
1944 recording by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Artur Rodziński
, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, 1959. archive
Category:1928 compositions
Category:Compositions by George Ge... |
An American in Paris | Table of Content | short description, Background, Composition, Response, Instrumentation, Preservation status, Recordings, Use in film, Notes and references, Further reading, External links |
Academy Award for Best Production Design | Short description | 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. This change resulted from the Art Directors' branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scien... |
Academy Award for Best Production Design | Superlatives | Superlatives
Category Name Superlative Notes Most Awards Cedric Gibbons 11 awards Awards resulted from 39 nominations. Most Nominations 39 nominations Nominations resulted in 11 awards. Most Nominations (without ever winning) Roland Anderson 15 nominations Nominations resulted in no awards. |
Academy Award for Best Production Design | Winners and nominees | Winners and nominees |
Academy Award for Best Production Design | 1920s | 1920s
Year Film Art director(s)1927/28 The Dove William Cameron Menzies Tempest 7th Heaven Harry Oliver Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans Rochus Gliese 1928/29 The 2nd Academy Awards is unique in being the only occasion where there were no official nominees. Subsequent research by AMPAS has resulted in a list of unoffic... |
Academy Award for Best Production Design | 1930s | 1930s
Year Film Art director(s)1929/30 King of Jazz Herman Rosse Bulldog Drummond William Cameron Menzies The Love Parade Hans Dreier Sally Jack Okey The Vagabond King Hans Dreier 1930/31 Cimarron Max Rée Just Imagine Stephen Goosson and Ralph Hammeras Morocco Hans Dreier Svengali Anton Grot Whoopee! Richard Day 193... |
Academy Award for Best Production Design | 1940s | 1940s
Year Film Art director(s) Interior decorator(s) 1940 Prior to 1941, only credited art directors and assistant art directors were eligible for nomination. Black-and-White Pride and Prejudice Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse — Arise, My Love Hans Dreier and Robert Usher — Arizona Lionel Banks and Robert Peterson ... |
Academy Award for Best Production Design | 1950s | 1950s
Year Film Art director(s) Set decorator(s) 1950 Black-and-White Sunset Boulevard Hans Dreier and John Meehan Samuel M. Comer and Ray Moyer All About Eve George W. Davis and Lyle R. Wheeler Thomas Little and Walter M. Scott The Red Danube Cedric Gibbons and Hans Peters Edwin B. Willis and Hugh Hunt Color Samson ... |
Academy Award for Best Production Design | 1960s | 1960s
Year Film Art director(s) Set decorator(s) 1960 Black-and-White The Apartment Alexandre Trauner Edward G. Boyle The Facts of Life Joseph McMillan Johnson and Kenneth A. Reid Ross Dowd Psycho Joseph Hurley and Robert Clatworthy George Milo Sons and Lovers Tom Morahan Lionel Couch Visit to a Small Planet Hal Pere... |
Academy Award for Best Production Design | 1970s | 1970s
Year Film Art director(s) Set decorator(s) 1970 Patton Urie McCleary and Gil Parrondo Antonio Mateos and Pierre-Louis Thévenet Airport Alexander Golitzen and E. Preston Ames Jack D. Moore and Mickey S. Michaels The Molly Maguires Tambi Larsen Darrell Silvera Scrooge Terence Marsh and Robert Cartwright Pamela C... |
Academy Award for Best Production Design | 1980s | 1980s
Year Film Art director(s) Set decorator(s) 1980 Tess Pierre Guffroy and Jack Stephens — Coal Miner's Daughter John W. Corso John M. Dwyer The Elephant Man Stuart Craig and Robert Cartwright Hugh Scaife Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Harry Lange and Alan Tomkins M... |
Academy Award for Best Production Design | 1990s | 1990s
Year Film Art director(s) Set decorator(s)1990(63rd) Dick Tracy Richard Sylbert Rick Simpson Cyrano de Bergerac Ezio Frigerio Jacques Rouxel Dances With Wolves Jeffrey Beecroft Lisa Dean The Godfather Part III Dean Tavoularis Gary Fettis Hamlet Dante Ferretti Francesca Lo Schiavo 1991(64th) Bugsy Dennis Gassner ... |
Academy Award for Best Production Design | 2000s | 2000s
Year Film Art director(s) Set decorator(s)2000(73rd) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Timmy Yip — Gladiator Arthur Max Crispian Sallis How the Grinch Stole Christmas Michael Corenblith Merideth Boswell Quills Martin Childs Jill Quertier Vatel Jean Rabasse Françoise Benoît-Fresco 2001(74th) Moulin Rouge! Cather... |
Academy Award for Best Production Design | 2010s | 2010s
Year Film Production designer(s) Set decorator(s)2010(83rd) Alice in Wonderland Robert Stromberg Karen O'Hara Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Stuart Craig Stephenie McMillan Inception Guy Hendrix Dyas Larry Dias and Doug Mowat The King's Speech Eve Stewart Judy Farr True Grit Jess Gonchor Nancy H... |
Academy Award for Best Production Design | 2020s | 2020s
Year Film Production designer(s) Set decorator(s)2020(93rd) Mank Donald Graham Burt Jan Pascale The Father Peter Francis Cathy Featherstone Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Mark Ricker Karen O'Hara and Diana Stoughton News of the World David Crank Elizabeth Keenan Tenet Nathan Crowley Kathy Lucas 2021(94th) Dune Pat... |
Academy Award for Best Production Design | Notes | Notes |
Academy Award for Best Production Design | Shortlisted finalists | Shortlisted finalists
Finalists for Best Production Design were selected by branch members, who voted for ten finalists which were screened to determine the five nominees.
Year FinalistsRef 1967 Barefoot in the Park, Bonnie and Clyde, The Flim-Flam Man, The Happiest Millionaire, In Like Flint 1968 Funny Girl, The Kill... |
Academy Award for Best Production Design | Individuals with multiple wins | Individuals with multiple wins
11 wins
Cedric Gibbons
8 wins
Edwin B. Willis
7 wins
Richard Day
6 wins
Thomas Little
Walter M. Scott
5 wins
Lyle R. Wheeler
4 wins
John Box
Samuel M. Comer
F. Keogh Gleason
George James Hopkins
3 wins
Edward Carfagno
Stuart Craig
William S. Darling
John DeCuir
Verno... |
Academy Award for Best Production Design | See also | See also
BAFTA Award for Best Production Design
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Production Design
ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards
List of Academy Award–nominated films |
Academy Award for Best Production Design | References | References
Best Production Design
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Category:Awards for best production design |
Academy Award for Best Production Design | Table of Content | Short description, Superlatives, Winners and nominees, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Notes, Shortlisted finalists, Individuals with multiple wins, See also, References |
Academy Awards | Short description | The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The Os... |
Academy Awards | History | History
The first Academy Awards presentation was held on May 16, 1929, at a private dinner function at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, with an audience of about 270 people.
The post-awards party was held at the Mayfair Hotel. The cost of guest tickets for that night's ceremony was (). Fifteen statuettes were awarde... |
Academy Awards | Milestones | Milestones
The first Best Actor awarded was Emil Jannings, for his performances in The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh. As he had to return to Europe before the ceremony, the Academy agreed to give him the prize early, making him the first Academy Award recipient. For the first Awards, winners were recognized f... |
Academy Awards | Oscar statuette | Oscar statuette |
Academy Awards | Overview | Overview
The Oscar statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, is given to winners of each year's awards. Made of gold-plated bronze on a black metal base, it is tall, weighs and depicts a knight rendered in Art Deco style holding a sword standing on a reel of film with five spokes. The five spokes represent... |
Academy Awards | Naming | Naming
The origin of the nickname of the trophy has been disputed, as multiple people have taken credit for naming the trophy "Oscar".
Margaret Herrick, librarian and president of the Academy, may have said she named it after her supposed uncle Oscar in 1931. The only corroboration was a 1938 clipping from the Los A... |
Academy Awards | Engraving | Engraving
To prevent information identifying the Oscar winners from leaking ahead of the ceremony, Oscar statuettes presented at the ceremony have blank baseplates. Until 2010, winners returned their statuettes to the Academy and had to wait several weeks to have their names inscribed on their respective Oscars. Sinc... |
Academy Awards | Ownership of Oscar statuettes | Ownership of Oscar statuettes
Before 1950, Oscar statuettes were, and remain, the property of the recipient. Since then the statuettes have been legally encumbered by the requirement that the statuette be first offered for sale back to the Academy for . If a winner refuses to agree to this stipulation, then the Acade... |
Academy Awards | Other awards presented by the Academy | Other awards presented by the Academy
In addition to the Academy Award of Merit (Oscar award), there are nine honorary (non-competitive) awards presented by the Academy from time to time (except for the Academy Honorary Award, the Technical Achievement Award, and the Student Academy Awards, which are presented annua... |
Academy Awards | Nomination | Nomination
From 2004 to 2020, the Academy Award nomination results were announced to the public in mid-January. Prior to that, the results were announced in early February. In 2021, the nominees were announced in March. In 2022, the nominees were announced in early February for the first time since 2003. |
Academy Awards | Voters | Voters
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), a professional honorary organization, is composed of 9,905 voting members .
Academy membership is divided into different branches, with each representing a different discipline in film production. , actors constitute the largest bloc, numbering 1,258 (1... |
Academy Awards | Rules | Rules
According to Rules 2 and 3 of the official Academy Awards Rules, a film must open in the previous calendar year, from midnight at the start of January 1 to midnight at the end of December 31, in Los Angeles County, California, and play for seven consecutive days, to qualify, except for the Best International Fe... |
Academy Awards | Academy Screening Room | Academy Screening Room
The Academy Screening Room or Academy Digital Screening Room is a secure streaming platform which allows voting members of the Academy to view all eligible films (except, initially, those in the International category) in one place. It was introduced in 2019, for the 2020 Oscars. DVD screeners ... |
Academy Awards | Awards ceremonies | Awards ceremonies |
Academy Awards | Telecast | Telecast
thumb|The 31st Academy Awards, Hollywood Pantages Theatre, 1959
thumb|The 81st Academy Awards, Dolby Theatre, 2009
thumb|The 95th Academy Awards, Dolby Theatre, 2023
The major awards are presented at a live televised ceremony, commonly in late February or early March following the relevant calendar year, an... |
Academy Awards | TV ratings | TV ratings
thumb|Academy Awards Viewership 1974–2023, in millions
Historically, the telecast's viewership is higher when box-office hits are favored to win the Best Picture award. More than 57.25million viewers tuned to the telecast for the 70th Academy Awards in 1998, the year of Titanic, which generated a box offic... |
Academy Awards | Archive | Archive
The Academy Film Archive holds copies of every Academy Awards ceremony since the 1949 Oscars, as well as material on many prior ceremonies, along with ancillary material related to more recent shows. Copies are held in a variety of film, video and digital formats. |
Academy Awards | Venues | Venues
In 1929, the first Academy Awards were presented at a banquet dinner at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. From 1930 to 1943, the ceremony alternated between two venues: the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard and the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.
Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood then hosted th... |
Academy Awards | Categories | Categories |
Academy Awards | Current categories | Current categories
+ List of current Awards of Merit categories by year introduced, sortable by category Year introduced Category 1927/28 Best Picture 1927/28 Best Director 1927/28 Best Actor 1927/28 Best Actress 1927/28 Best Cinematography 1927/28 Best Production Design 1927/28 Best Adapted Screenplay 1929/30 Best S... |
Academy Awards | Upcoming categories | Upcoming categories
+ List of upcoming Awards of Merit categories Year introduced (planned) Category 2026 Best Casting2028 Best Stunt Design
In February 2024, the Academy announced it would introduce an award for Achievement in Casting from the 98th ceremony in 2026, having rejected the category in 1999. In April 20... |
Academy Awards | Discontinued categories | Discontinued categories
+ List of discontinued Awards of Merit categories by year introduced, sortable by category Year introduced Year discontinued Category 1927/28 1927/28 Best Director, Comedy Picture 1927/28 1927/28 Best Director, Dramatic Picture 1927/28 1927/28 Best Engineering Effects 1927/28 1927/28 Best Titl... |
Academy Awards | Proposed categories | Proposed categories
The Board of Governors meets each year and considers new award categories, including:
Best Popular Film: proposed in 2018 for presentation at the 2019 ceremony; postponed and yet to be implemented
Best Title Design: rejected in 1999 |
Academy Awards | Special categories | Special categories
The Special Academy Awards are voted on by special committees, rather than by the Academy membership as a whole. They are not always presented on an annual basis. |
Academy Awards | Current special categories | Current special categories
Academy Honorary Award: since 1929
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (three different awards): since 1931
Gordon E. Sawyer Award: since 1981
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: since 1957
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: since 1938 |
Academy Awards | Discontinued special categories | Discontinued special categories
Academy Juvenile Award: 1934 to 1960
Academy Special Achievement Award: from 1972 to 1995, and again for 2017 |
Academy Awards | Criticism and controversies | Criticism and controversies |
Academy Awards | Accusations of commercialism | Accusations of commercialism
Due to the positive exposure and prestige of the Academy Awards, many studios spend around 25 million dollars and hire publicists specifically to promote their films during what is typically called the "Oscar season". This has generated accusations of the Academy Awards being influenced m... |
Academy Awards | Accusations of bias | Accusations of bias
Typical criticism of the Academy Awards for Best Picture is that among the winners and nominees there is an over-representation of romantic historical epics, biographical dramas, romantic dramedies and family melodramas, most of which are released in the U.S. in the last three months of the calen... |
Academy Awards | Lack of diversity | Lack of diversity
The Academy Awards have long received criticism over its lack of diversity among the nominees. This criticism is based on the statistics from every Academy Awards since 1929, which show that only 6.4% of Academy Award nominees have been non-white and since 1991, 11.2% of nominees have been non-white... |
Academy Awards | Miscategorization of actors | Miscategorization of actors
The Academy has no rules for how to categorize whether a performance is leading or supporting, and it is up to the discretion of the studios whether a given performance is submitted for either Best Actor/Actress or Best Supporting Actor/Actress. This has led to situations where a film has... |
Academy Awards | Symbolism or sentimentalization | Symbolism or sentimentalization
Acting prizes in certain years have been criticized for not recognizing superior performances so much as being awarded for personal popularity, to make up for a "snub" for a work that proved in time to be more popular or renowned than the one awarded (a 'make-up Oscar'), or as a "caree... |
Academy Awards | Recognition of streaming media film | Recognition of streaming media film
Following the 91st Academy Awards in February 2019 in which the Netflix-broadcast film Roma had been nominated for ten awards including the Best Picture category, Steven Spielberg and other members of the Academy discussed changing the requirements through the Board of Governors fo... |
Academy Awards | 2022 Chris Rock and Will Smith slapping incident | 2022 Chris Rock and Will Smith slapping incident
During the 94th Academy Awards on March 27, 2022, Chris Rock joked about Jada Pinkett Smith's shaved head with a G.I. Jane reference. Will Smith walked onstage and slapped Rock across the face, then returned to his seat and told Rock, twice, to "Keep my wife's name ou... |
Academy Awards | Refusals of the award | Refusals of the award
Some winners critical of the Academy Awards have boycotted the ceremonies and refused to accept their Oscars. The first to do so was screenwriter Dudley Nichols (Best Writing in 1935 for The Informer). Nichols boycotted the 8th Academy Awards ceremony because of conflicts between the Academy and... |
Academy Awards | Disqualifications | Disqualifications
Seven films have had nominations revoked before the official award ceremony:
The Circus (1928) – The film was voluntarily removed by the Academy from competitive categories, to award Charlie Chaplin a special award.
Hondo (1953) – Removed from the Best Story ballot after letters from the producer... |
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