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Academy Awards
- Academy Award for Best DirectorThe first Academy Awards ceremony took place in 1929, honoring films released during the previous year. That evening, the category for directing split into…
- Academy Award for Best Original ScoreThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences began honoring film scores in 1935. Louis Silvers, head of the Columbia Studio Music Department, won the…
- Academy Award for Best PictureThe first Academy Awards ceremony took place on the 16th of May 1929, honoring films released during the calendar years of 1927 and 1928.
- Academy Award for Best Adapted ScreenplayThe Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay began its life in 1928 under a different title. During the first ceremony, organizers called it Best Writing…
- Academy Award for Best Animated FeatureThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences resisted creating a dedicated award for animated features for decades. They considered there simply too few…
- Academy AwardsThe first Academy Awards presentation took place on the 16th of May 1929. It was a private dinner function held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los…