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  1. 3 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929. This award goes to the producers of the film and is the only category in which every member of the Academy is eligible to submit a ...

  2. 3 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story .

  3. 4 days ago · David Lean holds the record for the director with the most films that won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography at the Oscars with five wins out of six nominations for Great Expectations, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, and Ryan's Daughter.

  4. 5 days ago · Academy Award, any of a number of awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize achievement in the film industry. The awards were first presented in 1929, and winners receive a gold-plated statuette commonly called Oscar.

  5. 6 days ago · The film won the Academy Award for best picture, and Capra—who received his third award as best director and who by this point was being paid $100,000 per film—landed on the cover of the August 8, 1938, issue of Time magazine, which hailed him as “the top director of his industry.”

  6. Jun 29, 2024 · The film was nominated for its original score, and the following year the Academy gave Disney a Special Award for the film (one full-sized Oscar and seven small ones), “recognized as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field for the motion picture cartoon.”

  7. Jun 16, 2024 · 6.7 |1938action, drama, music, romance | 1h 35min. The O\'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.