Question: Who has been nominated in the most different Oscar categories?

[Daniel Montgomery Joined: May 14th, 2011 Topics: 317 Posts: 2491 View Predictions]

#46375

Not most nominations overall, but most unique categories. This year, Kenneth Branagh might be nominated for Best Supporting Actor, which would bring his total to five. His previous category bids: Director, Adapted Screenplay, Actor, and Live Action Short.

George Clooney has been nominated in four categories (Actor, Supp. Actor, Director, Original Screenplay) and could also expand his total to five with an adapted screenplay nod for “Ides of March.”

Woody Allen has been stuck at three: Actor, Director, Original Screenplay. He doesn’t produce, and he doesn’t adapt.

Is five the record? I think someone must have outdone that.

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[allabout oscars Joined: Sep 20th, 2011 Topics: 1 Posts: 1390 View Predictions]

#46377

Streisand

PRODUCER, ACTRESS, ORIGINAL SONG  3  but she should have a director nom.

 

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[Scottferguson Joined: Sep 26th, 2011 Topics: 136 Posts: 11099 View Predictions]

#46378

This gets tricky – screenplay, musical score have had lots of different names and divisions over the years – so there could be different correct answers depending how things are defined.

Walt Disney was nominated in either 6 or 7 different categories, so he might hold this record as well as the one for most Oscar won.

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[M H Joined: Nov 7th, 2010 Topics: 0 Posts: 1027 View Predictions]

#46379

Just gave it a quick look at Warren Beatty has been nominated in five: Picture, Director, Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Original Screenplay. He also won a Thalberg which is sort of another category, but not really I suppose. 

 

Walt Disney was nominated for sort of six categories: Animated Short Subject, Documentary, Two-Reel Short Subject, Documentary Short, Live Action Short, Best Picture. The Two Reel category existed until 1956 when two-reel and one-reel were folded into the one short category. 

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[M H Joined: Nov 7th, 2010 Topics: 0 Posts: 1027 View Predictions]

#46380

Peter Jackson is another with four: Original Screenplay, Adapted Screenplay, Director, and Picture. 

 

His partner Fran Walsh also has four: Original Screenplay, Adapted Screenplay, Picture, and Original Song. I am guessing that is the record for a woman? 

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[Scottferguson Joined: Sep 26th, 2011 Topics: 136 Posts: 11099 View Predictions]

#46381

Billy Wilder is also six, if one includes four different writing categories.

 

For me, what is more interesting is total areas one has been nominated for, counting acting and writing as one each. Not sure there has anyone who ever has been in five, though there are several who have been in four (usually picture, director, writing, acting, although the Coens have subsituted editing for acting).

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[babypook Joined: Nov 4th, 2010 Topics: 143 Posts: 17017 View Predictions]

#46382

Clint Eastwood

Director

Actor

Producer

Thalberg

Saturn

AFI Life Achievement

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Philip K Dick Blade Runner

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[sorcery Joined: Jul 7th, 2011 Topics: 7 Posts: 368 View Predictions]

#46383

Do the ever-changing (until fairly recently) music categories count?

For example, John Williams has been nominated for the following:

1. Best Music, Adaptation and Original Song Score
2. Best Music, Original Dramatic Score
3. Best Music, Original Song
4. Best Music, Original Score
5. Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score

 

John Huston received the following nominations:

1. Best Director
2. Best Adapted Screenplay
3. Best Original Screenplay
4. Best Picture
5. Best Supporting Actor

Stanley Kubrick:

1. Best Director
2. Best Adapted Screenplay
3. Best Original Screenplay
4. Best Picture
5. Best Visual Effects

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[Academy Awards Guru Joined: Sep 27th, 2011 Topics: 2 Posts: 48 View Predictions]

#46384

The Coen brothers:

 

-Best Picture

-Best Directing

-Best Original Screenplay

-Best Adapted Screenplay

-Best Editing (as Roderick Jaynes)

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