<P> This is a list of Academy Award records . This list is current as of the 90th Academy Awards ceremony held on March 4, 2018 . </P> <Ul> <Li> Most awards won by a single film <Ul> <Li> Three films have won 11 Academy Awards: <Ul> <Li> Ben - Hur (1959)--15 categories available for nomination; nominated for 12 </Li> <Li> Titanic (1997)--17 categories available for nomination; nominated for 14 </Li> <Li> The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)--17 categories available for nomination; nominated for 11 </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most nominations received by a single film <Ul> <Li> Three films have received 14 nominations: <Ul> <Li> All About Eve (1950)--16 categories available for nomination; won 6 awards </Li> <Li> Titanic (1997)--17 categories available for nomination; won 11 awards </Li> <Li> La La Land (2016)--17 categories available for nomination; won 6 awards </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Largest sweep (winning awards in every nominated category) <Ul> <Li> The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) won all 11 categories for which it was nominated: Best Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Original Song, Sound Mixing, Art Direction, Makeup, Costume Design, Film Editing, and Visual Effects </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most awards won by an individual <Ul> <Li> Walt Disney won 22 Oscars . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most awards won by a woman <Ul> <Li> Edith Head won eight Oscars, all for Costume Design </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most nominations in a single year / Most awards in a single year <Ul> <Li> In 1954, Walt Disney won four awards out of six nominations, both records . He won Best Documentary, Features for The Living Desert; Best Documentary, Short Subjects for The Alaskan Eskimo; Best Short Subject, Cartoons for Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom; and Best Short Subject, Two - reel for Bear Country . He had two additional nominations in Best Short Subject, Cartoons for Rugged Bear; and Best Short Subject, Two - reel for Ben and Me . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most awards won by a person who is still living <Ul> <Li> Visual Effects Supervisor Dennis Muren has won nine Academy Awards--six competitive awards, two "Special Achievement" awards, and one "Technical Achievement" award </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most competitive awards won by a person who is still living <Ul> <Li> Composer Alan Menken has won eight competitive Academy Awards </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Acting <Ul> <Li> Katharine Hepburn won four awards, all for Best Actress </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Directing <Ul> <Li> John Ford won the most directing awards, with four </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Cinematography <Ul> <Li> The highest number of Academy Awards won by a cinematographer is four: <Ul> <Li> Joseph Ruttenberg, in 1938, 1942, 1956, and 1958 </Li> <Li> Leon Shamroy, in 1942, 1944, 1945, and 1963 </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Art Direction <Ul> <Li> Cedric Gibbons, who designed the Oscar statuette, won 11 awards out of a total of 39 nominations . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Makeup <Ul> <Li> Rick Baker won seven Academy Awards (all for Best Makeup) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most awards won by a country for Best Foreign Language Film <Ul> <Li> Italy won 14 awards in this category and received, in total, 32 nominations </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most nominations received by a country for Best Foreign Language Film <Ul> <Li> France received 40 nominations and won the award 12 times </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most awards won by a foreign - language film <Ul> <Li> Two foreign - language films have won four Academy Awards: <Ul> <Li> Fanny and Alexander (1982) won Best Foreign Language Film, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, and Best Costume Design </Li> <Li> Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) won Best Foreign Language Film, Best Art Direction, Best Original Score, and Best Cinematography </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Most nominations received by a foreign - language film <Ul> <Li> Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) received ten nominations: Best Foreign Language Film, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Song, Best Costume Design, Best Art Direction, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, and Best Cinematography </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> <Li> Most awards won by a single film <Ul> <Li> Three films have won 11 Academy Awards: <Ul> <Li> Ben - Hur (1959)--15 categories available for nomination; nominated for 12 </Li> <Li> Titanic (1997)--17 categories available for nomination; nominated for 14 </Li> <Li> The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)--17 categories available for nomination; nominated for 11 </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Li>

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