Which filmmaker has received the most Academy Awards?

Answer 1

Four men won three Oscars for screenwriting: Billy Wilderfor The Lost Weekend (1945), Sunset Boulevard (1950) and The Apartment (1960). Charles Brackett for The Lost Weekend, Sunset Boulevard and Titanic (1953). Paddy Chayefsky for Marty (1955), Hospital (1971) and Network (1976). Francis Ford Coppola for Patton (1970), The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974). All three adapted screenplays.

Answer 2

Woody Allen has been nominated a record 16 times for Best Original Screenplay, and won three Academy Awards. Here is a list of the nominations (Oscar wins in bold):

• Best Original Screenplay of 1977 ("Annie Hall").
• Best Original Screenplay of 1978 ("Interiors").
• Best Original Screenplay of 1979 ("Manhattan").
• Best Original Screenplay of 1984 ("Broadway Danny Rose").
• Best Original Screenplay of 1985 ("The Purple Rose of Cairo").
• Best Original Screenplay of 1986 ("Hannah and Her Sisters").
• Best Original Screenplay of 1987 ("Radio Days").
• Best Original Screenplay of 1989 ("Crimes and Misdemeanors").
• Best Original Screenplay of 1990 ("Alice").
• Best Original Screenplay of 1992 ("Husbands and Wives").
• Best Original Screenplay of 1993 ("Bullets Over Broadway").
• Best Original Screenplay of 1995 ("Mighty Aphrodite").
• Best Original Screenplay of 1997 ("Deconstructing Harry").
• Best Original Screenplay of 2005 ("Match Point").
• Best Original Screenplay of 2011 ("Midnight in Paris").
• Best Original Screenplay of 2013 ("Blue Jasmine").

Answer 3

Ralph Dawson, Daniel Mandell, Michael Kahn, Thelma Schoonmaker have all won 3 Academy Awards for editing.

Answer 4

Walt Disney won 22 competitive Academy Awards in 59 nominations. He also was presented with four honorary Oscars.