Katharine Hepburn won four Academy Awards for Best Actor during her career. Photo: Richard Tucker
For most stars, the Oscars are Peak. This is the Everest of entertainment, the pinnacle, the main and final achievement.
But this, of course, is not so. After all, if you have one, why not try another? A Hollywood career can last decades, and no one wants to be disposable. Los Angeles is a competitive place, and nothing gives Burbank a run for its money like a copious collection of little gold figurines in a downstairs closet.
So who has the best swamp? At the 96th Academy Awards this weekend, several returnees are hoping to add to their collection (Scorsese, for example, is hoping to win another Best Director award in addition to his award for The Departed). But they have a ways to go before they can break the record of these Hollywood heavyweights. So, these are the stars who have won the most Oscars.
Actors
As of 2024, 44 actors have won two or more Academy Awards. After all, the only restriction on nominations is that actors cannot be nominated for the same performance. This rule was introduced after Barry Fitzgerald starred in the 1944 comedy Going My Way, receiving nominations for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.
However, when it comes to winning, Katharine Hepburn leads the way with clear blue water. Over the course of her career, she won four Academy Awards for Best Actor, spanning a lifetime of performances from the Ingenue in 1933's Morning Glory to her sunny glamorous portrait of aging in On Golden Pond (1981), nearly fifty years later.
The undisputed queen of the Oscars: Meryl Streep has 21 nominations to her name. Photo: ABC Photo Archives
But she is followed by a tight group of artists, each of whom has three Oscars. These include Daniel Day-Lewis and Frances McDormand, who both won three Best Actor Oscars, and Jack Nicholson and Ingrid Bergman, who each won two Best Actor and one Best Actor award. supporting role. However, the undisputed queen of the Oscars is Meryl Streep, who, although she has only three awards (two for Best Actor, one for Best Supporting Actor), has an impressive 21 nominations: nine more than Hepburn.
Directors
For the general public, the Oscars are awards for best actor, best director and best film. (Sorry, Old Man #5: Your rewards will come in another life.) So it's no surprise that many directors are as famous as their actors. What's unusual, however, is that some of the biggest names have so few awards: Scorsese has just one award from 10 nominations, and Steven Spielberg has three awards from nine nominations.
John Ford won four Oscars for Best Director and two for Best Picture. Photo by: Bettmann
But as with acting awards, longevity has its benefits. Over the course of more than 140 films and many decades, John Ford won six Oscars. Four of them were for Best Director and two for Best Picture. At the peg level, Billy Wilder made versatility his charm, winning three out of six for 1960's The Apartment, a hat-trick of Best Director, Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay — a feat only repeated in «Annie Hall» by Woody Allen (1977).
Right behind this pair are several other stalwart directors: Francis Ford Coppola has five Oscars (not hurt by the fact that the first two Godfather films received nine each), and Clint Eastwood has four. Eastwood got his due for a couple of films — in 1993, Unforgiven won best picture and best director, and in 2005 he repeated this achievement with Million Dollar Baby.
Writers
If nominations are a sign of enduring talent, then screenwriting awards (Best Adapted Film or Best Original Film) are a great indicator. Five people have won three Oscars for screenplay: Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen and Paddy Chayefsky. Of these, Brackett and Chayefsky may be less familiar to modern audiences. Brackett collaborated regularly with Wilder (always receiving a handsome Oscar lunch ticket), including on his triumphant The Lost Weekend.
King of the Writer's Jungle: Woody Allen has a full 16 nominations. Photo: Lorena Sopena/Europa Press via Getty Images
Chayefsky, meanwhile, made a name for himself as a writer and playwright; his screenplay for the 1976 film Network has been hailed as one of the greatest of the 20th century. He was also the only person to win three solo Oscars for Best Original and Adapted Screenplay.
Still, based solely on nominations, Woody Allen is the king of the writing jungle. He has 16 nominations to his name: from “Annie Hall” in 1977 to “Blue Jasmine” in 2013.
Composers
Based purely on nominations, if you want to win an Oscar, then become a composer. Perhaps because you can work on several films a year (always harder if you're an in-demand actor or director), but also because the job of composing a film score can be completed in weeks rather than months or years. how is this possible. take to collect the film.
Alfred Newman (far right) rehearses with Ian Pearce, Roberta Peters and Ezio Pinza. Photo: Everett Collection Inc/Alamy Stock Photo
No one proved this better than Alfred Newman. A milestone of 20th-century cinema, he produced more than 200 films, winning a total of nine Oscars. In fact, Newman led a dynasty of filmmakers: his brother Lionel also won an Oscar, his son Thomas was nominated for 15 Oscars, and his nephew Randy won two.
Alan Menken, who brought the world invaluable scores for the Disney classics “The Little Mermaid,” “Aladdin” and “Pocahontas,” received eight Oscars. But the most decorated living composer is John Williams — he has five Oscars out of more than 50 nominations.
Operators
Leon Shamray, best known for Cleopatra (of Richard Burton and Liz Taylor pyrotechnics fame), is the most garlanded cameraman in Oscars history. He shares most nominations with Charles Lang and most wins with Joseph Ruttenberg. But so far, no one can compete with his 18 nominations and four wins.
Most decorated living cinematographer: Roger Deakins Photo: Arturo Holmes/Getty Images
Most decorated living cinematographer is Roger Deakins. He is arguably the most nominated living film director, having won 15 awards, having created indelible images in films such as True Grit, Sicario and Prisoners. But he only scored his first win in Blade Runner 2049 in 2017, and two years later in Sam Mendes' 1917. Good things seem to come to those who wait.
ITV Oscars coverage will begin at 22:30 GMT. US viewers will be able to watch the series on ABC starting at 4:00 pm PT.
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