This list focuses on Polish-born people of the cinema.
| Academy Honorary Award | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | Leopold Stokowski and his associates | Fantasia | Won | "For their unique achievement in the creation of a new form of visualized music in Walt Disney's production Fantasia, thereby widening the scope of the motion picture as entertainment and as an art form." They were not awarded the Oscar statuettes, but only the Certificate of Merit. Stokowski is widely considered as Polish, besides his British-born and American-naturalised nationality. |
| 1999 | Andrzej Wajda | Won | "In recognition of five decades of extraordinary film direction." | |
Read more about this topic: List Of Polish Academy Award Winners And Nominees
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