ACADEMY AWARD BEST PICTURE WINNERS

Academy Awards, USA

Also known as:	The (n)th Annual Academy Awards
Location:	Los Angeles, California, USA
Media type(s):	Film
Event type:	Industry event
Official website(s):	http://www.oscar.com/ http://www.oscars.org/
Notes:	The Academy Award (Oscar) is the main national film award in the USA. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a professional honorary organization composed of over 6,000 motion picture craftsmen and women. (as of 1999) The Oscar statuette has been designed by Cedric Gibbons and sculpted by Los Angeles artist George Stanley. Each statuette is made from the alloy britannium and is then plated in copper, nickel silver, and finally, 24-karat gold and is manufactured by R.S. Owens and Company in Chicago. It stands 13-1/2 inches tall and weighs 8-1/2 pounds. The Oscar depicts a knight, holding a crusader's sword, standing on a reel of film. The film reel features five spokes, signifying the five original branches of the Academy (actors, directors, producers, technicians and writers.) How Oscar received his nickname is not exactly clear. The most popular story is that Margaret Herrick, an Academy employee and eventual executive director, remarked that the statuette resembled her Uncle Oscar, and the Academy staff began to refer to it by that name. Whatever the actual origin of the nickname, it was well enough known by 1934 that Walt Disney supposedly used it during an acceptance speech that year. Although journalists used the nickname with increasing frequency during the late 1930s, the Academy did not officially use the name Oscar until 1939. As of 2000 the award ceremonies have been held 25 times at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 11 at the Pantages Theatre, 10 at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium, 8 times each at the Biltmore Hotel and the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 6 at the Ambassador Hotel, 3 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre and once each at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and the Academy Award Theater (1949 Melrose Avenue headquarters). As of 2001 88 countries have submitted films for the foreign-language category at least once over the years. The Academy Awards ceremonies are commonly named after their according year of eligibility of films. E.g. the ceremony which took place in March 1997 is referred to as the 1996 Academy Awards.

Awards Summary

Results Summary:

Date	Host(s)	Location	Best Picture
2009 22 February	Hugh Jackman	Kodak Theatre, Hollywood & Highland	Slumdog Millionaire (2008) (Oscar)
2008 24 February	Jon Stewart		No Country for Old Men (2007) (Oscar)
2007 25 February	Ellen DeGeneres		Departed, The (2006) (Oscar)
2006 5 March	Jon Stewart		Crash (2004/I) (Oscar)
2005 27 February	Chris Rock (I)		Million Dollar Baby (2004) (Oscar)
2004 29 February	Billy Crystal		Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) (Oscar)
2003 23 March	Steve Martin (I)		Chicago (2002) (Oscar)
2002 24 March	Whoopi Goldberg		Beautiful Mind, A (2001) (Oscar)
2001 25 March	Steve Martin (I)	Shrine Auditorium	Gladiator (2000) (Oscar)
2000 26 March	Billy Crystal		American Beauty (1999) (Oscar)
1999 21 March	Whoopi Goldberg	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L.A. County Music Center	Shakespeare in Love (1998) (Oscar)
1998 23 March	Billy Crystal	Shrine Auditorium	Titanic (1997) (Oscar)
1997 24 March			English Patient, The (1996) (Oscar)
1996 25 March	Whoopi Goldberg	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L.A. County Music Center	Braveheart (1995) (Oscar)
1995 27 March	David Letterman	Shrine Auditorium	Forrest Gump (1994) (Oscar)
1994 21 March	Whoopi Goldberg	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L.A. County Music Center	Schindler's List (1993) (Oscar)
1993 29 March	Billy Crystal		Unforgiven (1992) (Oscar)
1992 30 March			Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) (Oscar)
1991 25 March		Shrine Civic Auditorium	Dances with Wolves (1990) (Oscar)
1990 26 March		Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L.A. County Music Center	Driving Miss Daisy (1989) (Oscar)
1989 29 March	(none)	Shrine Civic Auditorium	Rain Man (1988) (Oscar)
1988 11 April	Chevy Chase		Last Emperor, The (1987) (Oscar)
1987 30 March	Chevy Chase Goldie Hawn Paul Hogan (I)	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L.A. County Music Center	Platoon (1986) (Oscar)
1986 24 March	Alan Alda Jane Fonda Robin Williams (I)		Out of Africa (1985) (Oscar)
1985 25 March	Jack Lemmon (I)		Amadeus (1984) (Oscar)
1984 9 April	Johnny Carson (I)		Terms of Endearment (1983) (Oscar)
1983 11 April	Liza Minnelli Dudley Moore Richard Pryor Walter Matthau		Gandhi (1982) (Oscar)
1982 29 March	Johnny Carson (I)		Chariots of Fire (1981) (Oscar)
1981 31 March			Ordinary People (1980) (Oscar)
1980 14 April			Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) (Oscar)
1979 9 April			Deer Hunter, The (1978) (Oscar)
1978 3 April	Bob Hope (I)		Annie Hall (1977) (Oscar)
1977 28 March	Warren Beatty Ellen Burstyn Jane Fonda Richard Pryor		Rocky (1976) (Oscar)
1976 29 March	Goldie Hawn Gene Kelly (I) Walter Matthau George Segal (I) Robert Shaw (I)		One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) (Oscar)
1975 8 April	Sammy Davis Jr. Bob Hope (I) Shirley MacLaine Frank Sinatra		Godfather: Part II, The (1974) (Oscar)
1974 2 April	John Huston (I) David Niven (I) Burt Reynolds (I) Diana Ross (I)		Sting, The (1973) (Oscar)
1973 27 March	Carol Burnett Michael Caine (I) Charlton Heston Rock Hudson		Godfather, The (1972) (Oscar)
1972 10 April	Helen Hayes (I) Alan King (I) Sammy Davis Jr. Jack Lemmon (I)		French Connection, The (1971) (Oscar)
1971 15 April	(none)		Patton (1970) (Oscar)
1970 7 April			Midnight Cowboy (1969) (Oscar)
1969 14 April			Oliver! (1968) (Oscar)
1968 10 April	Bob Hope (I)	Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, USA	In the Heat of the Night (1967) (Oscar)
1967 10 April			Man for All Seasons, A (1966) (Oscar)
1966 18 April			Sound of Music, The (1965) (Oscar)
1965 5 April			My Fair Lady (1964) (Oscar)
1964 13 April	Jack Lemmon (I)		Tom Jones (1963) (Oscar)
1963 8 April	Frank Sinatra		Lawrence of Arabia (1962) (Oscar)
1962 9 April	Bob Hope (I)		West Side Story (1961) (Oscar)
1961 17 April			Apartment, The (1960) (Oscar)
1960 4 April		RKO Pantages Theatre	Ben-Hur (1959) (Oscar)
1959 6 April	Bob Hope (I) Jerry Lewis (I) David Niven (I) Laurence Olivier Mort Sahl Tony Randall (I)		Gigi (1958) (Oscar)
1958 26 March	James Stewart (I) David Niven (I) Jack Lemmon (I) Rosalind Russell Bob Hope (I) "Donald Duck" (on film)		Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) (Oscar)
1957 27 March	Jerry Lewis (I) Celeste Holm (New York City)	RKO Pantages Theatre NBC Century Theatre, New York, USA	Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) (Oscar)
1956 21 March	Jerry Lewis (I) Claudette Colbert (New York City) Joseph L. Mankiewicz (New York City)		Marty (1955) (Oscar)
1955 30 March	Bob Hope (I) Thelma Ritter (New York City)		On the Waterfront (1954) (Oscar)
1954 25 March	Donald O'Connor Fredric March (New York City)		From Here to Eternity (1953) (Oscar)
1953 19 March	Bob Hope (I) Conrad Nagel (New York City)	RKO Pantages Theatre NBC International Theatre, New York, USA	Greatest Show on Earth, The (1952) (Oscar)
1952 20 March	Danny Kaye	RKO Pantages Theatre	American in Paris, An (1951) (Oscar)
1951 29 March	Fred Astaire		All About Eve (1950) (Oscar)
1950 23 March	Paul Douglas (I)		All the King's Men (1949) (Oscar)
1949 24 March	Robert Montgomery (I)	AMPAS Theater, Melrose Avenue	Hamlet (1948) (Oscar)
1948 20 March	(none)	Shrine Civic Auditorium	Gentleman's Agreement (1947) (Oscar)
1947 13 March	Jack Benny		Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) (Oscar)
1946 7 March	Bob Hope (I) James Stewart (I)	Grauman's Chinese Theatre	Lost Weekend, The (1945) (Oscar)
1945 15 March	John Cromwell (I) (first half) Bob Hope (I) (last half)		Going My Way (1944) (Oscar)
1944 2 March	Jack Benny (overseas broadcast)		Casablanca (1942) (Oscar)
1943 4 March (banquet)	Bob Hope (I)	Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel	Mrs. Miniver (1942) (Oscar)
1942 26 February (dinner)	Wendell Willkie (principal speaker)	Biltmore Bowl, Biltmore Hotel	How Green Was My Valley (1941) (Oscar)
1941 27 February (banquet)	Walter Wanger		Rebecca (1940) (Oscar)
1940 29 February (banquet)	Bob Hope (I) (last half)	Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel	Gone with the Wind (1939) (Oscar)
1939 23 February (banquet)	Frank Capra	Biltmore Bowl, Biltmore Hotel	You Can't Take It with You (1938) (Oscar)
1938 10 March (banquet)	Bob Burns (I)		Life of Emile Zola, The (1937) (Oscar)
1937 4 March (banquet)	George Jessel		Great Ziegfeld, The (1936) (Oscar)
1936 5 March (banquet)	Frank Capra		Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) (Oscar)
1935 27 February (banquet)	Irvin S. Cobb		It Happened One Night (1934) (Oscar)
1934 16 March (banquet)	Will Rogers (I)	Fiesta Room, Ambassador Hotel	Cavalcade (1933) (Oscar)
1932 18 November (banquet)	Conrad Nagel		Grand Hotel (1932) (Oscar)
1931 10 November (banquet)	Lawrence Grant (I)	Sala D'Oro, Biltmore Hotel	Cimarron (1931) (Oscar)
1930 5 November (banquet)	Conrad Nagel	Fiesta Room, Ambassador Hotel	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) (Oscar)
1930 3 April (banquet)	William C. de Mille	Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel	Broadway Melody, The (1929) (Oscar)
1929 16 May (banquet)	Douglas Fairbanks William C. de Mille	Blossom Room, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel	Wings (1927) (Oscar)

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