This is a list of people have won multiple Academy Awards in a single year in the standard competitive categories. To date, 83 individuals have achieved this feat on 96 separate occasions. The most awards have been won by Walt Disney, who won four Academy Awards in 1954. Ten individuals have achieved this feat more than once. This list is current as of the 96th Academy Awards ceremony held on March 10, 2024.
^The win by Parasite for Best International Feature Film does not count toward Bong Joon-Ho's total. Rules for the 92nd Academy Awards stated: "The Academy statuette (Oscar) will be awarded to the film and accepted by the director on behalf of the film's creative talents. For Academy Awards purposes, the country will be credited as the nominee. The director's name will be listed on the statuette plaque after the country and film title." "92nd Academy Awards of Merit Rules & Eligibility"(PDF). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2019. Archived(PDF) from the original on April 24, 2019. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
^The win by Roma for Best Foreign Language Film does not count toward Alfonso Cuarón's total. Rules for the 91st Academy Awards stated: "The Academy statuette (Oscar) will be awarded to the motion picture and accepted by the director on behalf of the picture's creative talents. For Academy Awards purposes, the country will be credited as the nominee. The director's name will be listed on the statuette plaque after the country and film title." "91st Academy Awards of Merit Rules & Eligibility"(PDF). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2018. Archived(PDF) from the original on May 1, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
Person to win the most Academy Awards in a single year
The record for the most Academy Awards won by a person at a single ceremony is four.
Walt Disney 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 at the 26th Academy Awards, intended to honor the films of 1953. Walt Disney also holds the record for winning with the most different films in a single year (four); no other person has won simultaneously with more than two films.
Person to win multiple Academy Awards the most times
Ceremony produced the most multiple Academy Award winners
The most multiple Academy Award winners produced in one night is five. A record was set at the 23rd Academy Awards, intended to honor the films of 1950.
Film produced the most multiple Academy Award winners
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) produced four multiple Academy Award winners at the 76th Academy Awards. Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh shared the Oscars for producing (Best Picture) and screenwriting (Best Adapted Screenplay), with each separately awarded for Best Director (Jackson) and Best Original Song (Walsh), and both Howard Shore and Richard Taylor won two for Best Original Score and Best Original Song and for Best Costume Design and Best Makeup, respectively.
Female multiple Academy Awards winners in a single year
Longest time span between first and last occasion to win multiple Academy Awards in a single year
In a time span of 15 years, Billy Wilder won both Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for The Lost Weekend (1945), and another three for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay, all for The Apartment (1960).
Individual winners: To date, 83 individuals have won multiple awards in a single year; 10 of these did so more than once.
1 individual won multiple awards 4 times (Alan Menken)
1 individual won multiple awards 3 times (Gary Rydstrom)
8 individuals won multiple awards 2 times
73 individuals won multiple awards 1 time
Multiple awards: To date, there have been 96 occasions on which individuals won multiple awards in a single year; these occasions produced a total of 207 awards.
