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Academy Award Records
Most awards won by a man
 8.5  Won 26 Oscars (22 competitive, 4 honorary). He also won the most Oscars in one year, with 4. Since he can be included only once in a list I'll add his other record here for Most nominated person: with 59 nominations. Coby's rating:
 Most awards won by a woman
9  Costume designer Edith Head won 8 Oscars. Since she can be included only once in a list I'll add her other record here for Most nominated woman: with 35 nominations. Most awards won by a person who is still living
7.7  Visual Effects Supervisor Dennis Muren has won 9 Academy Awards: 6 competitive awards, 2 "Special Achievement" awards, and 1 "Technical Achievement" award Most awards won for Directing
8.4  Won 4 oscars for directing. Since he can be included only once in a list I'll add his other record here: Most consecutive awards for directing: The Grapes of Wrath (1940) & How Green Was My Valley (1941). Most awards won for Acting
8.5  Won 4 Academy Awards (all for Best Actress in a Leading Role) Since she can be included only once in a list I'll add her other records here : Coby's rating:
 Most awards won for Art Direction
10  Cedric Gibbons, who designed the Oscar statuette, won 11 awards out of a total of 39 nominations. Awards for debut acting or directing performances
7  Best Supporting Actress in her debut film: Paper Moon Since she can be included only once in a list I'll add her other record here: Most consecutive awards
8  3 consecutive awards for composing the scores for: Easter Parade (1948) On the Town (1949) Annie Get Your Gun (1950) Academy award firsts
7.7  First African man to be nominated for acting Nominated for Best Supporting Actor - Romeo and Juliet (1936) 
8.6  First actor to win for performing in a language other than English Performing in Italian - The Godfather Part II (1974) Coby's rating:
 
7.8  First actress to win for performing in a language other than English Performing in Italian - Two Women (1960) Coby's rating:
8.5  First posthumous nomination for a male actor Best Leading Actor - East of Eden (1955) Since he can be included only once in a list I'll add his other record here: Coby's rating:
6.2  First Middle-Eastern actress to be nominated Nominated for Best Supporting Actress - House of Sand and Fog (2003) Age-related records
7.9  Youngest winner of an Oscar Age 6, who was awarded the inaugural (now retired) non-competitive Academy Juvenile Award in 1934. 
5.6  Youngest nominee of an acting award Age 8, nominated for Best Supporting Actor - Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) |
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Nominated for Best Supporting Actor - Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
That being said, I appreciate this list and I applaud you for what you're doing. But I honestly don't look at the top of this list and think "wow that's awesome" as opposed to those at the bottom or even the ones who don't even make this list. Quality is much more important than quantity. I have more admiration towards actors/movie makers who might have never won an Oscar but with great credibility to their names as opposed to those who collect trophies after trophies each year but with little substance to their art or body of work.
Besides, if you want to talk about records, where the heck is Meryl Streep? She has been nominated for Best Actress numerous times more than any other actresses today (and frankly, she deserves it. She is probably one of very few modern living actors whom I still have respect for).
There's a picture of Jo Van Fleet with her Oscar for East of Eden.