Superlatives
- Ceremony with Most Multiple Winners: The 23rd Academy Awards ceremony for 1950 produced five multiple Academy Award winners.
- Consecutive Multiple Award Winners: Gordon Hollingshead (1945 and 1946), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1949 and 1950), and Alan Menken (1991 and 1992) were the only individuals to win multiple Academy Awards in consecutive years.
- Female Multiple Award Winners: Kathryn Bigelow, Edith Head, Catherine Martin, and Frances Walsh were the only females to win multiple Academy Awards in the same year.
- Films with Most Multiple Winners: Samson and Delilah (1950) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) each produced four multiple Academy Award winners.
- First Multiple Award Winners: Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney were the first individuals ever to win multiple Academy Awards in the same year; they each received two awards at the 9th Academy Awards ceremony for 1936.
- Longest Time Span Between Multiple Awards: Billy Wilder won multiple Academy Awards for 1945 and for 1960, a time span of 15 years.
- Most Awards in One Year: Walt Disney holds the record for the most Academy Awards won by an individual at a single ceremony; he won four awards at the 26th Academy Awards ceremony for 1953. He also holds the record for winning for the most different films in one year (four); no one else has won awards in the same year for more than two films.
- Most Multiple Awards: Alan Menken won multiple awards at four Academy Awards ceremonies; he won multiple awards for 1989, 1991, 1992, and 1995.
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