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2 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Sound is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most euphonic sound mixing, recording, sound design, and sound editing. The award used to go to the studio sound departments until a rule change in 1969 said it should be awarded to the specific technicians.
Jun 25, 2024 · In 1954, Walt Disney received six nominations and won four awards, both records. He 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.
2 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is presented to the songwriters who have composed the best original song written specifically for a film.
Jun 8, 2024 · Academy Award (1954) From Here to Eternity, American dramatic film, released in 1953, about U.S. soldiers in Hawaii in the months before the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack. It was one of the most popular films of its time, and it won eight Academy Awards, including that for best picture. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.)
Jun 10, 2024 · Brigadoon (1954), Paint Your Wagon (1969), and Camelot (1967) were also made into popular motion pictures. Gigi, Lerner and Loewe’s collaboration directly for film, received nine Academy Awards.
Jun 15, 2024 · Pharrell's song was nominated for a 2014 Academy Award and became the world's first 24-hour music video.
Jun 28, 2024 · The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Last Updated: Jun 28, 2024 • Article History. John Barry. In full: John Barry Prendergast. Born: November 3, 1933, York, England. Died: January 30, 2011, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, U.S. (aged 77) Awards And Honors: Grammy Award (1991) Academy Award (1991) Grammy Award (1986) Academy Award (1986)
