The Oscars 2022: Who has won the most Academy Awards in each category?
The Oscars will return this weekend to celebrate a triumphant year for film.
The film industry is gearing up for a triumphant return to the red carpet, as the 94th Academy Awards takes place this weekend.
Hot on the heels of the Baftas – which saw a number of surprise winners – anticipation is really hotting up in Hollywood as fans ponder if we are in for some shocks at this years Oscars too, akin to Parasite’s monumental Best Picture award back in 2019.
Netflix’s The Power Of The Dog, Belfast, Nicola Kidman, Leonardo DiCaprio and many others are battling for a gong next month, while a new award, known as the #OscarsFanFavorite, saw Twitter users able to vote up to 20 times a day for their favourites, with the winner announced during the awards show.
The Oscars is set to hand out 20 awards over the course of the evening this coming weekend, however, which actors, directors and writers have won the most Academy Awards of all time?
5. Best Cinematography - Sir David Lean CBE
The late English film director Sir David Lean CBE has two awards for Best Cinematography with five wins, he also won Best Director twice, winning gongs for his films The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia.
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6. Best Original Screenplay - Woody Allen
Woody Allen earned three Original Screenplay Oscars, for Annie Hall (along with Marshall Brickman), Hannah and Her Sisters, and Midnight in Paris. He has also received an astonishing 16 nominations in the category.
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7. Most awards for acting - Katharine Hepburn
The late, great Katharine Hepburn is top of the list for most awards for acting, having clocked up four awards for Best Actress between 1933 and 1981.
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8. Film with most Oscars - Titanic, Ben-Hur, Lord of the Rings
The three movies to hold the Guinness World Record of winning 11 Oscars — the highest by a film — are The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Titanic and Ben-Hur.
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