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Academy Awards
The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are...
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76th Academy Awards
The 76th Academy Awards ceremony honored the best films of 2003 and was broadcast from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on ABC beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST/8:30 p.m. EST, February 29, 2004 (01:30 March 1 UTC). The show was produced by Joe...
- x Start date:
- Feb 29, 2004
- x End date:
- Feb 29, 2004
- x Location(s):
- Kodak Theatre
75th Academy Awards
The 75th Academy Awards honored the best films of 2002, were held on March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. It was produced by Gil Cates and hosted for the second time by Steve Martin.
The nominees were announced on February...
- x Start date:
- Mar 23, 2003
- x End date:
- Mar 23, 2003
- x Location(s):
- Kodak Theatre
70th Academy Awards
The 70th Academy Awards were noted for their high ratings and the 11 wins racked up by the Best Picture, Titanic. Billy Crystal hosted the ceremony for the sixth time, and received an Emmy award for his performance.
Titanic dominated the evening...
- x Start date:
- Mar 23, 1998
- x End date:
- Mar 23, 1998
- x Location(s):
- Shrine Auditorium
74th Academy Awards
The 74th Academy Awards honored the best films of 2001 and were held on March 24 2002, for the first time at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. They were hosted by Whoopi Goldberg. The ceremony was historically notable for honoring two...
- x Start date:
- Mar 24, 2002
- x End date:
- Mar 24, 2002
- x Location(s):
- Kodak Theatre
73rd Academy Awards
The 73rd Academy Awards ceremony was the last to take place at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium. It was hosted by first-time host Steve Martin, who was nominated for an Emmy Award for his presentation.
Notable films receiving Academy Awards at the...
- x Start date:
- Mar 25, 2001
- x End date:
- Mar 25, 2001
- x Location(s):
- Shrine Auditorium
72nd Academy Awards
The 72nd Academy Awards ceremony (also known as Oscars 2000) took place at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium, and was Billy Crystal's seventh time hosting the Awards. The ceremony attracted 46.53 million viewers, an audience 3.7% bigger than the...
- x Start date:
- Mar 26, 2000
- x End date:
- Mar 26, 2000
- x Location(s):
- Shrine Auditorium
71st Academy Awards
The 71st Academy Awards ceremony was the last to take place at Los Angeles County Music Center, and was Whoopi Goldberg's third time hosting the Awards. It was the first time the ceremony took place on a Sunday.
The Academy Award ceremony ran...
- x Start date:
- Mar 21, 1999
- x End date:
- Mar 21, 1999
- x Location(s):
- Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
69th Academy Awards
The 69th Academy Awards were dominated by movies produced by independent studios, financed outside of mainstream Hollywood, leading to 1997 being dubbed "The Year of the Independents". All but one of the nominees for Best Picture were low-budget...
- x Start date:
- Mar 24, 1997
- x End date:
- Mar 24, 1997
- x Location(s):
- Shrine Auditorium
50th Academy Awards
The 50th Academy Awards were held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California on April 3, 1978. The ceremonies were presided over by Bob Hope, who hosted the awards for the eighteenth and last time.
Two of the year's biggest winners...
- x Start date:
- Apr 3, 1978
- x End date:
- Apr 3, 1978
- x Location(s):
- Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
77th Academy Awards
The 77th Academy Awards honored the best films of 2004 and were held on February 27, 2005, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. They were hosted by comedian Chris Rock.
The nominees were announced on January 25, 2005. Martin Scorsese's...
- x Start date:
- Feb 27, 2005
- x End date:
- Feb 27, 2005
- x Location(s):
- Kodak Theatre
67th Academy Awards
The 67th Academy Awards, honoring the best movies of 1994, were held on March 27, 1995 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by well-known comedian and talk show host David Letterman.
The ceremony is perhaps best...
- x Start date:
- Mar 27, 1995
- x End date:
- Mar 27, 1995
- x Location(s):
- Shrine Auditorium
25th Academy Awards
The 25th Academy Awards honoring the best movies of 1952, were held on March 19, 1953, from the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, California and the NBC International Theatre, New York, New York.
It was the first Academy Awards ceremony to be...
- x Start date:
- Mar 19, 1953
- x End date:
- Mar 19, 1953
- x Location(s):
- Pantages Theatre
1st Academy Awards
The 1st Academy Awards were presented on May 16, 1929, at a private dinner held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Tickets cost $5 and fewer than 250 people attended. The ceremony lasted only 15 minutes. Unlike later events, the winners had been...
- x Start date:
- May 16, 1929
- x End date:
- May 16, 1929
- x Location(s):
- Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
68th Academy Awards
The 68th Academy Awards were held on March 25, 1996 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. The show was hosted by Whoopi Goldberg. The ceremony was watched 44.48 million viewers, with 30.5% households watching. Despite...
- x Start date:
- Mar 25, 1996
- x End date:
- Mar 25, 1996
- x Location(s):
- Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
66th Academy Awards
The 66th Academy Awards were presented March 21, 1994 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The show was landmark in that it featured a female African American host for the first time, Whoopi Goldberg, and represented a direct contrast in...
- x Start date:
- Mar 21, 1994
- x End date:
- Mar 21, 1994
- x Location(s):
- Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
65th Academy Awards
The 65th Academy Awards were presented March 29, 1993 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. This was the fourth consecutive show hosted by Billy Crystal.
Unforgiven won four Oscars out of nine nominations including Best Picture.
Unforgiven...
- x Start date:
- Mar 29, 1993
- x End date:
- Mar 29, 1993
- x Location(s):
- Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
64th Academy Awards
The 64th Academy Awards were presented March 30, 1992 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The show was the third consecutive to be hosted by Billy Crystal. When Jack Palance won Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Curly in City...
- x Start date:
- Mar 30, 1992
- x End date:
- Mar 30, 1992
- x Location(s):
- Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
63rd Academy Awards
The 63rd Academy Awards were presented March 25, 1991 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles. The show was hosted by Billy Crystal.
The prominent winner was Dances with Wolves which earned seven Oscars, including Best Picture. Whoopi Goldberg made...
- x Start date:
- Mar 25, 1991
- x End date:
- Mar 25, 1991
- x Location(s):
- Shrine Auditorium
62nd Academy Awards
The 62nd Academy Awards were presented March 26, 1990 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The show was not only hosted in Hollywood, California, but it was also co-hosted in five cities around the globe.
This was the first telecast hosted...
- x Start date:
- Mar 26, 1990
- x End date:
- Mar 26, 1990
- x Location(s):
- Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
61st Academy Awards
The 61st Academy Awards were presented March 27, 1989 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles.
The producers of the ceremony attempted to change established Oscar traditions for this year's show. One noticeable difference was that instead of an award...
- x Start date:
- Mar 29, 1989
- x End date:
- Mar 29, 1989
- x Location(s):
- Shrine Auditorium
60th Academy Awards
The 60th Academy Awards were presented April 11, 1988 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was the first to be held there since the 20th Academy Awards. The 1988 Writers Guild of America strike, which began on March 7,...
- x Start date:
- Apr 11, 1988
- x End date:
- Apr 11, 1988
- x Location(s):
- Shrine Auditorium
2nd Academy Awards
The 2nd Academy Awards were presented on April 3, 1930 at an awards banquet in the Cocoanut Grove of The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, and broadcast live on the radio. The awards were for films released between August 1, 1928 and July 31, 1929....
- x Start date:
- Apr 3, 1930
- x End date:
- Apr 3, 1930
- x Location(s):
- The Ambassador Hotel
58th Academy Awards
The 58th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1985, were held on March 24, 1986 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, Robin Williams. The ceremony was watched by 38.93...
- x Start date:
- Mar 24, 1986
- x End date:
- x Location(s):
59th Academy Awards
The 59th Academy Awards were presented March 30, 1987 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, and Paul Hogan.
The Academy Awards show was broadcast on the ABC network at the same...
- x Start date:
- Mar 30, 1987
- x End date:
- x Location(s):
78th Academy Awards
The 78th Academy Awards honored the best films of 2005 and were held on March 5, 2006, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. They were hosted by The Daily Show host Jon Stewart. The ceremony was pushed back from its newly established...
- x Start date:
- Mar 5, 2006
- x End date:
- Mar 5, 2006
- x Location(s):
- Kodak Theatre
79th Academy Awards
The 79th Academy Awards ceremony (also known as the Oscars), honored the best films of 2006 and took place on February 25, 2007 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on ABC. Ellen DeGeneres hosted the ceremony for the first time. The...
- x Start date:
- Feb 25, 2007
- x End date:
- Feb 25, 2007
- x Location(s):
- Kodak Theatre
3rd Academy Awards
The 3rd Academy Awards were awarded to films completed and screened in 1929/1930, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
NOTE: As allowed by the award rules for this year, a single nomination could honor work in one or more films....
- x Start date:
- Nov 5, 1930
- x End date:
- Nov 5, 1930
- x Location(s):
- The Ambassador Hotel
4th Academy Awards
The 4th Academy Awards were awarded to films completed and screened in 1930/1931, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The award winners were as follows:
- x Start date:
- Nov 10, 1931
- x End date:
- Nov 10, 1931
- x Location(s):
- Millennium Biltmore Hotel
5th Academy Awards
The 5th Academy Awards were conducted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on November 18, 1932 at a ceremony held at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was hosted by Conrad Nagel. Films screened in Los...
- x Start date:
- Nov 18, 1932
- x End date:
- Nov 18, 1932
- x Location(s):
- The Ambassador Hotel
6th Academy Awards
The 6th Academy Awards were held on March 16, 1934 at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by Will Rogers and Rogers also presented all of the awards.
Winners are highlighted in boldface.
(Seven winners.)
Shirley Temple...
- x Start date:
- Mar 16, 1934
- x End date:
- Mar 16, 1934
- x Location(s):
- The Ambassador Hotel
42nd Academy Awards
The 42nd Academy Awards were presented April 7, 1970 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. There was no host.
This is currently the highest rated of the televised Academy Awards ceremonies, according to Nielsen ratings.
Midnight Cowboy...
- x Start date:
- Apr 7, 1970
- x End date:
- x Location(s):
43rd Academy Awards
The 43rd Academy Awards were presented April 15, 1971 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. There was no host.
It was during this ceremony that George C. Scott became the first actor to reject an Oscar, claiming that the Academy Awards were...
- x Start date:
- Apr 15, 1971
- x End date:
- x Location(s):
49th Academy Awards
The 49th Academy Awards were presented March 28, 1977 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Richard Pryor, Jane Fonda, Ellen Burstyn, and Warren Beatty.
This Academy Awards ceremony is notable for Peter...
- x Start date:
- Mar 28, 1977
- x End date:
- x Location(s):
48th Academy Awards
The 48th Academy Awards were presented March 29, 1976 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, George Segal, Goldie Hawn, and Gene Kelly.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One...
- x Start date:
- Mar 29, 1976
- x End date:
- x Location(s):
47th Academy Awards
The 47th Academy Awards were presented April 8, 1975 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Sammy Davis, Jr., Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, and Frank Sinatra.
Between the two of them, father and son Carmine...
- x Start date:
- Apr 8, 1975
- x End date:
- x Location(s):
46th Academy Awards
The 46th Academy Awards were presented April 2, 1974 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by John Huston, Diana Ross, Burt Reynolds, David Niven.
The Sting
Save the Tiger - Jack Lemmon
A Touch of Class -...
- x Start date:
- Apr 2, 1974
- x End date:
- x Location(s):
45th Academy Awards
The 45th Academy Awards were presented March 27, 1973 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Charlton Heston, and Rock Hudson.
The ceremony was marked by Marlon Brando's...
- x Start date:
- Mar 27, 1973
- x End date:
- x Location(s):
44th Academy Awards
The 44th Academy Awards were presented April 10, 1972 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Helen Hayes, Alan King, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Jack Lemmon.
A major snub in the category of Best Actor occurred...
- x Start date:
- Apr 10, 1972
- x End date:
- x Location(s):
41st Academy Awards
The 41st Academy Awards were presented April 14, 1969 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. It was the first Academy Awards ceremony broadcast worldwide. There was no host.
Oliver! became the first - and so far only - G-rated film to win...
- x Start date:
- Apr 14, 1969
- x End date:
- x Location(s):
51st Academy Awards
The 51st Academy Awards were presented April 9, 1979 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Johnny Carson.
Curiously, the two "front-runners" for Best Picture this year - Coming Home and The Deer Hunter -...
- x Start date:
- Apr 9, 1979
- x End date:
- x Location(s):
52nd Academy Awards
The 52nd Academy Awards were presented April 14, 1980 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Johnny Carson.
Among the nominees for Best Supporting Actor were 8 year-old Justin Henry - the youngest Best...
- x Start date:
- Apr 14, 1980
- x End date:
- x Location(s):
53rd Academy Awards
The 53rd Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1980, were presented March 31, 1981, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies, which were presided over by Johnny Carson, was originally scheduled the previous day but...
- x Start date:
- Mar 31, 1981
- x End date:
- x Location(s):
54th Academy Awards
The 54th Academy Awards were presented March 29, 1982 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Johnny Carson.
Chariots of Fire was the surprise winner (Reds was the favored nominee) of the Best Picture...
- x Start date:
- Mar 29, 1982
- x End date:
- x Location(s):
55th Academy Awards
The 55th Academy Awards were presented April 11, 1983 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, Richard Pryor, and Walter Matthau.
Louis Gossett, Jr. became the first African...
- x Start date:
- Apr 11, 1983
- x End date:
- x Location(s):
56th Academy Awards
The 56th Academy Awards were presented April 9, 1984 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Johnny Carson.
The Best Supporting Actress winner this year was unique. 4' 9" Linda Hunt won the award for her...
- x Start date:
- Apr 9, 1984
- x End date:
- x Location(s):
57th Academy Awards
The 57th Academy Awards were presented March 25, 1985 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Jack Lemmon.
This ceremony is best-remembered for perhaps the most quoted and famous Academy Award acceptance...
- x Start date:
- Mar 25, 1985
- x End date:
- x Location(s):
40th Academy Awards
The 40th Academy Awards honored film achievements of 1967. Originally scheduled for 8 April 1968, the awards were postponed to two days later, 10 April 1968, because of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr..
Due to the increasing rarity...
- x Start date:
- 1967
- x End date:
- x Location(s):
38th Academy Awards
The 38th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1965, were held on April 18, 1966 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. They were hosted by Bob Hope.
The ceremony was broadcast on the ABC network and was the first...
- x Start date:
- Apr 18, 1966
- x End date:
- x Location(s):
37th Academy Awards
The 37th Academy Awards honored film achievements of 1964. For the first time, an award was presented in the field of makeup. All four acting awards went to non-American actors, something not repeated until the 80th Academy Awards were awarded for...
- x Start date:
- 1964
- x End date:
- x Location(s):
27th Academy Awards
The 27th Academy Awards honored the best films produced in 1954. The Best Picture winner, On the Waterfront, was produced by Sam Spiegel and directed by Elia Kazan. It had twelve nominations and eight wins, matching two other films, Gone with the...
- x Start date:
- 1954
- x End date:
- x Location(s):
26th Academy Awards
The 26th Academy Awards honored the best in films of 1953.
The second national telecast of the Awards show draws an estimated 43,000,000 viewers. Shirley Booth, appearing in a play in Philadelphia, presents the Best Actor award through a live...
- x Start date:
- 1953
- x End date:
- x Location(s):
32nd Academy Awards
The 32nd Academy Awards honored film achievements of 1959 on 4 April 1960.
MGM's (producer Sam Zimbalist) and director William Wyler's three and a half-hour long epic drama Ben-Hur (with a spectacular sea battle and eleven minute chariot race...
- x Start date:
- Apr 4, 1960
- x End date:
- x Location(s):
12th Academy Awards
The 12th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1939, was held on February 29, 1940 at a banquet in the Coconut Grove at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. It was hosted by Bob Hope (for the first time).
David O. Selznick's Gone with the...
- x Start date:
- Feb 29, 1940
- x End date:
- Feb 29, 1940
- x Location(s):
- The Ambassador Hotel
39th Academy Awards
The 39th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1966, were held on April 10, 1967 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. They were hosted by Bob Hope.
Only two of the Best Picture nominees also had nominations for...
- x Start date:
- Apr 10, 1967
- x End date:
- x Location(s):
35th Academy Awards
The 35th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1962, were held on April 8, 1963 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. They were hosted by Frank Sinatra.
- x Start date:
- Apr 8, 1963
- x End date:
- x Location(s):
23rd Academy Awards
The 23rd Academy Awards Ceremony awarded Oscars for the best in films in 1950. The nominations were noticeable this year, as All About Eve was nominated for fourteen Oscars, beating the previous record of Gone with the Wind.
The nominees are listed...
- x Start date:
- 1950
- x End date:
- x Location(s):
7th Academy Awards
The 7th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1934, were held on February 27, 1935 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by Irvin S. Cobb.
Frank Capra's influential romantic comedy It Happened One Night became...
- x Start date:
- Feb 27, 1935
- x End date:
- Feb 27, 1935
- x Location(s):
- Millennium Biltmore Hotel
24th Academy Awards
The 24th Academy Awards is an event that honored the Greatest Films of 1951.
The single film which came out with the largest number of honors was An American in Paris, which received six Oscars, including Best Picture. However, A Streetcar Named...
- x Start date:
- Mar 20, 1952
- x End date:
- Mar 20, 1952
- x Location(s):
- Pantages Theatre
8th Academy Awards
The 8th Academy Awards were held on March 5, 1936 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by Frank Capra. This was the first year in which the gold statuettes were called "Oscars."
The short-lived category of Best Dance...
- x Start date:
- Mar 5, 1936
- x End date:
- Mar 5, 1936
- x Location(s):
- Millennium Biltmore Hotel
9th Academy Awards
The 9th Academy Awards were held on March 4, 1937 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by George Jessel. This ceremony marked the first time in which the categories of Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress...
- x Start date:
- Mar 4, 1937
- x End date:
- Mar 4, 1937
- x Location(s):
- Millennium Biltmore Hotel
