Awards
These are just some of the many great awards presented to Walt Disney and his creations. This timeline ends when Disney died in 1966. These awards prove how much of an impact Disney’s creations in the Entertainment industry and how they impacted people’s childhood and daily lives with the messages in the animations. Disney's works were so appreciated and celebrated by the entire world.
Timeline (1932-1966)
- 1932 "Mickey's Orphans" won an Oscar for Best Short Cartoon
- 1932 "Flowers and Trees" won an Oscar for Best Short Cartoon
- 1932 Walt Disney received the Honorary Award for the creation of Mickey Mouse
- 1934 "Building a Building" was nominated for an Oscar
- 1934 "The Three Little Pigs" won an Oscar for best short
- 1935 "The Tortoise and the Hare" won an Oscar for best short
- 1936 "Who Killed Cock Robin?" was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Cartoon
- 1936 "Three Orphan Kittens" won an Oscar for Best Short Cartoon
- 1937 "The Country Cousin" won an Oscar for Best Short Cartoon
- 1938 "The Old Mill" won an Oscar for Best Short Cartoon
- 1939 "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" won the New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Special Award
- 1939 "Good Scout" was nominated for an Oscar under the category of Best Short Cartoon
- 1939 "Mother Goose Goes Hollywood" was nominated for an Oscar for the category of Best Short Cartoons
- 1939 "Brave Little Tailor" was nominated for a Oscar for Best Short Cartoon
- 1939 "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" won a Honorary award
- 1939 "Ferdinand the Bull" won an Oscar for Best Short Cartoon
- 1940 "Fantasia" won the Special Award from New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1940 "The Pointer" was nominated for an Oscar in Best Short Cartoon
- 1940 "Ugly Duckling" won an Oscar for Best Short Cartoon
- 1942 "Truant Officer Donald" was nominated for an Oscar in Best Short Cartoon
- 1942 "Lend a Paw" won and Oscar for Best Short Cartoon
- 1942 Disney won the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Awards
- 1942 "Fantasia" won the Honorary Award
- 1943 "The New Spirit" nominated an Oscar for Best Documentary
- 1943 "The Grain That Built a Hemisphere" was nominated for an Oscar in Best Documentary
- 1943 "Due Fuehrer's Face" won an Oscar for Best Short Cartoon
- 1944 "Reason and Emotion" was nominated for an Oscar in Best Short Cartoon
- 1945 "How to Play Football" was nominated for an Oscar in Best Short Cartoon
- 1946 "Wet Paint" was nominated for a Short Film Award at the Cannes Film Festival
- 1946 "Donald's Crime" was nominated for an Oscar in Best Short Cartoon
- 1947 "Squatter's Rights" was nominated for and Oscar in Best Short Cartoon
- 1948 "Bambi" won a the Golden Globe's Special Award
- 1948 "Pluto's Blue Note" was nominated for an Oscar in Best Short Cartoon
- 1948 "Chip an' Dale" was nominated for an Oscar in Best Short Cartoon
- 1949 "Tea for Two Hundred" was nominated for an Oscar in Best Short Cartoon
- 1949 "Mickey and the Seal" was nominated for an Oscar in Best Short Cartoon
- 1949 "Seal Island" won and Oscar for Best Short Two-Reel
- 1950 "Toy Tinkers" was nominated for an Oscar in Best Short Cartoon
- 1951 "Beaver Valley" won an Oscar in Best Short Two-Reel
- 1952 "Lambert the Sheepish Lion" was nominated for an Oscar in Best Short Cartoon
- 1952 "Nature's Half Acre" won and Oscar for Best Short Two-Reel
- 1953 Walt Disney won the Jury Special Prize at the Cannes Film Festival
- 1953 Walt Disney won the Cecil B. DeMille Award
- 1953 "Water Birds" won and Oscar in Best Short Two-Reel
- 1954 "The Living Desert" was nominated for the Grand Prize of the Cannes Film Festival
- 1954 Walt Disney won the Special Prize of the Senate of Berlin at the Berlin International Film Festival
- 1954 "The Living Desert" won the Golden Globes Special Award
- 1954 "Ben and Me" was nominated for an Oscar in Best Short Two-Reel
- 1954 "Rugged Bear" was nominated for an Oscar in Best Short Cartoon
- 1954 "The Living Desert" won an Oscar for Best Documentary Features
- 1954 "The Alaskan Eskimo" won an Oscar for Best Documentary, Short Subjects
- 1954 "Bear Country" won an Oscar for Best Short Two-Reel
- 1954 "Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom" won an Oscar for Best Short Cartoon
- 1955 Walt Disney won the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Honorary Life Member Award
- 1955 Walt Disney was nominated for a Primetime Emmy in Most Outstanding New Personality
- 1955 "Siam" was nominated for an Oscar in Best Short Two-Reel
- 1955 "Pigs is Pigs" was nominated for an Oscar in Best Short Cartoon
- 1955 "The Vanishing Prairie" won an Oscar for Best Documentary Features
- 1956 "Lady and the Tramp" won a David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Production
- 1956 Disney won a Primetime Emmy for Best Producer of the film series Disneyland
- 1956 "Switzerland" was nominated for an Oscar in Best Short Two-Reel
- 1956 "No Hunting" was nominated for an Oscar in Best Short Cartoon
- 1956 "Men Against the Arctic" won an Oscar in Best Documentary, Short Subjects
- 1957 "Samoa" was nominated for an Oscar in Best Short Two-Reel
- 1958 Walt Disney won 2nd place in a Golden Laurel for Top Producer
- 1958 "The Truth About Mother Goose" was nominated for an Oscar in Best Short Cartoons
- 1959 Walt Disney won 3rd place in a Golden Laurel for Top Producer
- 1959 "Paul Bunyan" was nominated for an oscar in Best Short Cartoon
- 1959 "Grand Canyon" won an Oscar for Best Short Live Action Subjects
- 1960 "Donald in Mathmagic Land" was nominated for an Oscar in Best Documentary, Short Subjects
- 1960 "Mysteries of the Deep" was nominated for an Oscar in Best Short Live Action Subjects
- 1960 Walt Disney won 2nd place for a Golden Laurel in Top Producer
- 1960 "Noah's Ark" was nominated for an Oscar in Best Short Cartoons
- 1961 Walt Disney won a Golden Laurel for Top Producer
- 1961 "Islands of the Sea" was nominated for an Oscar in Best Short Live Action Subjects
- 1961 "Goliath II" was nominated for an Oscar in Best Short Cartoon
- 1962 Walt Disney won a Golden Laurel for Top Producer
- 1962 "Aquamania" was nominated for an Oscar in Best Short Cartoon
- 1963 Walt Disney won a Golden Laurel for Top Producer
- 1963 "A Symposium on Popular Songs" was nominated for a Oscar in Best Short Cartoon
- 1964 Walt Disney won a Golden Laurel for Top Producer
- 1965 Walt Disney won a Golden Laurel for Producer
- 1965 Disneyland won a Primetime Emmy for an Outstanding Program Achievements in Entertainment
- 1965 "Mary Poppins" was nominated for an Oscar in Best Picture
- 1966 Walt Disney won a Golden Laurel for Producer
- 1966 Disneyland won a Primetime Emmy for an Outstanding Children's Program