Disney's Animated Classics
Academy Awards for Best Short Subject: Cartoon/Animated Film
Walt Disney was no stranger to the Academy Awards. From early in his film career, he and his
studio were honored with Oscars for a variety of innovations, particularly in the area of
animation. Of special significance are Disney's short cartoons that were honored with
Academy Awards in the category of Short Subject: Cartoon/Animated Film.
1931-32:
Winner: Flowers and Trees (Silly Symphony)
Nominated: Mickey's Orphan (Mickey Mouse Cartoon)
1932-33:
Winner: Three Little Pigs (Silly Symphony)
Nominated: Building a House (Other Cartoon)
1933-34:
Winner: Tortoise and the Hare (Silly Symphony)
1935:
Winner: Three Orphan Kittens (Silly Symphony)
Nominated: Who Killed Cock Robin? (Silly Symphony)
1936:
Winner: The Country Cousin (Silly Symphony)
1937:
Winner: The Old Mill (Silly Symphony)
1938:
Winner: Ferdinand the Bull (Other Cartoon)
Nominated: Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (Silly Symphony)
Nominated: The Brave Little Tailor (Mickey Mouse Cartoon)
1939:
Winner: The Ugly Duckling (Silly Symphony)
Nominated: The Pointer (Mickey Mouse Cartoon)
1941:
Winner: Lend a Paw (Pluto Cartoon)
Nominated: Truant Officer Donald (Donald Duck Cartoon)
1942:
Winner: Der Fuehrer's Face (Donald Duck Cartoon)
1943:
Nominated: Reason and Emotion (Other Cartoon)
1944:
Nominated: How to Play Football (Goofy Cartoon)
1945:
Nominated: Donald's Crime (Donald Duck Cartoon)
1946:
Nominated: Squatter's Rights (Mickey Mouse Cartoon)
1947:
Nominated: Chip 'n' Dale (Donald Duck Cartoon)
Nominated: Pluto's Blue Note (Pluto Cartoon)
1948:
Nominated: Mickey and the Seal (Mickey Mouse Cartoon)
Nominated: Tea for Two Hundred (Donald Duck Cartoon)
1949:
Nominated: Toy Tinkers (Donald Duck Cartoon)
1951:
Nominated: Lambert, the Sheepish Lion (Other Cartoon)
1954:
Winner: Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (Other Cartoon)
Nominated: Rugged Bear (Donald Duck Cartoon)
1955:
Nominated: No Hunting (Donald Duck Cartoon)
1957:
Nominated: The Truth About Mother Goode (Other Cartoon)
1958:
Nominated: Paul Bunyan (Other Cartoon)
1959:
Nominated: Noah's Ark (Other Cartoon)
1960:
Nominated: Goliath II (Other Cartoon)
1961:
Nominated: Aquamania (Goofy Cartoon)
1962:
Nominated: A Symposium on Popular Songs (Other Cartoon)
1968:
Winner: Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (Other Cartoon)
1969:
Winner: It's Tough to Be a Bird (Other Cartoon)
1974:
Nominated: Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (Other Cartoon)
1983:
Nominated: Mickey's Christmas Carol (Mickey Mouse Cartoon)
1986:
Nominated: Luxo Jr. (Pixar Animation)
1988:
Winner: Tin Toy (Pixar Animation)
1995:
Nominated: The Runaway Brain (Mickey Mouse Cartoon)
1997:
Winner: Geri's Game (Pixar Animation)
Nominated: Redux Riding Hood (Other Cartoon)
2001:
Winner: For the Birds (Pixar Animation)
2002:
Nominated: Mike's New Car (Pixar Animation)
2003:
Nominated: Boundin' (Pixar Animation)
2004:
Nominated: Lorenzo (Other Cartoon)
2005:
Nominated: One Man Band (Pixar Animation)
2006:
Nominated: The Little Matchgirl (Other Cartoon)
Nominated: Lifted (Pixar Animation)
Academy Awards for Best Original Song
In addition to the stunning graphics and endearing stories,
one of the major appeals of Disney's animated films is the lively music. One of the earliest
Disney original songs to receive widespread recognition and popularity was "Who's Afraid
of the Big Bad Wolf" from the 1933 Silly Symphony cartoon The Three Little Pigs.
That started a Disney tradition that still exists. The musical legacy of the Disney animated
features includes Academy Award winning and nominated original songs, as
listed below.
1940:
Winner: When You
Wish Upon a Star (Pinocchio)
1941:
Nominated: Baby
Mine (Dumbo)
1942:
Nominated: Love
Is a Song (Bambi)
1943:
Nominated: Saludos
Amigos (Saludos Amigos)
1947:
Winner: Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
(Song of the South)
1949:
Nominated: Lavender
Blue (So Dear to My Heart)
1950:
Nominated: Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo
(Cinderella)
1964:
Winner: Chim Chim
Cher-ee (Mary Poppins)
1967:
Nominated: The Bare
Necessities (The Jungle Book)
1971:
Nominated: The
Age of Not Believing (Bedknobs and Broomsticks)
1973:
Nominated: Love
(Robin Hood)
1977:
Nominated: Someone's
Waiting for You (The Rescuers)
Nominated: Candle
on the Water (Pete's Dragon)
1989:
Winner: Under the
Sea (The Little Mermaid)
Nominated: Kiss
the Girl (The Little Mermaid)
1991:
Winner: Beauty
and the Beast (Beauty and the Beast)
Nominated: Be Our
Guest (Beauty and the Beast)
Nominated: Belle
(Beauty and the Beast)
1992:
Winner: A Whole
New World (Aladdin)
Nominated: Friend
Like Me (Aladdin)
1994:
Winner: Can You
Feel the Love Tonight (The Lion King)
Nominated: Circle
of Life (The Lion King)
Nominated: Hakuna
Matata (The Lion King)
1995:
Winner: Colors
of the Wind (Pocahontas)
Nominated: You've
Got a Friend in Me (Toy Story)
1997:
Nominated: Go the
Distance (Hercules)
1999:
Winner: You'll
Be in My Heart (Tarzan)
Nominated: When
She Loved Me (Toy Story 2)
2000:
Nominated: My Funny
Friend and Me (The Emperor's New Groove)
2001:
Winner: If I Didn't
Have You (Monsters, Inc.)
2006:
Nominated: Our
Town (Cars)
2007:
Nominated: Happy Working Song (Enchanted)
Nominated: So Close (Enchanted)
Nominated: That's How You Know (Enchanted)
Academy Awards for Best Original Score
In addition to individual songs, many of Disney's animated features have -- since the original Snow White
and the Seven Dwarfs -- been honored for their original scores.
1937:
Nominated: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (musical)
1940:
Winner: Pinocchio (musical)
1941:
Winner: Dumbo (musical)
1942:
Nominated: Bambi (drama)
1943:
Nominated: Victory Through Air Power (drama)
Nominated: Saludos Amigos (musical)
1945:
Nominated: The Three Caballeros (musical)
1947:
Nominated: Song of the South (musical)
1950:
Nominated: Cinderella (musical)
1951:
Nominated: Alice in Wonderland (musical)
1959:
Nominated: Sleeping Beauty (musical)
1963:
Nominated: The Sword in the Stone (musical)
1964:
Winner: Mary Poppins (musical)
1971:
Nominated: Bedknobs and Broomsticks (musical)
1977:
Nominated: Pete's Dragon (musical)
1989:
Winner: The Little Mermaid
1991:
Winner: Beauty and the Beast
1992:
Winner: Aladdin
1994:
Winner: The Lion King
1995:
Winner: Pocahontas (musical/comedy)
Nominated: Toy Story (musical/comedy)
1996:
Nominated: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (musical/comedy)
Nominated: James and the Giant Peach (musical/comedy)
1998:
Nominated: Mulan (musical/comedy)
Nominated: A Bug's Life (musical/comedy)
2001:
Nominated: Monsters, Inc.
2007:
Nominated: Ratatouille
Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature
Beginning in 2001, a new category was added to the Academy Award line-up for Best Animated Feature.
2001:
Nominated: Monsters, Inc. (Disney/Pixar)
[NOTE-> Winner:
Shrek (DreamWorks)]
2002:
Nominated: Lilo and Stitch (Disney Studios)
Nominated: Treasure Planet (Disney Studios)
[NOTE-> Winner: Spirited Away (Studio Ghibli, Japan)]
2003:
Winner: Finding Nemo (Disney/Pixar)
Nominated: Brother Bear (Disney Studios)
2004:
Winner: The Incredibles (Disney/Pixar)
2005:
No Disney or Pixar nominees
[NOTE-> Winner: Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Dreamworks/Aardman, UK)]
2006:
Nominated: Cars (Disney/Pixar)
[NOTE-> Winner: Happy Feet (Warner Brothers)]
2007:
Winner: Ratatouille (Disney/Pixar)
Other Academy Awards
At least two of Disney's animated features have received special recognition from the Academy Awards.
In 1938, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was awarded a special Oscar for technical innovation.
Remarkably, in 1991, Beauty and the Beast was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture,
competing against big-budget live-action films.
1931-32:
Special Award: Walt Disney (for the creation of Mickey Mouse)
1938:
Special Award: Walt Disney (for "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs")
[This award was composed of a normal-sized Oscar and seven small Oscars]
1941:
Special Award: Walt Disney and others (for "Fantasia")
1959:
Documentary Short Subject: Donald in Mathmagic Land (Donald Duck Cartoon)
1991:
Nominated for Best Picture: Beauty and the Beast
1995:
Special Award: John Lasseter of Pixar (for "Toy Story")
The above information is based on the book:
The Academy Awards: The Complete History of Oscar
by Gail Kinn and Jim Piazza
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers: New York, 2002
and updated information from www.oscars.org.
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