This is a list of Academy Awards ceremonies.[1][2][3]
This list is current as of the 96th Academy Awards ceremony held on March 10, 2024.
Venues
edit- 1929: The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
- 1930–1943: Alternated between the Ambassador Hotel and the Biltmore Hotel
- 1944–1946: Grauman's Chinese Theatre
- 1947–1948: Shrine Auditorium
- 1949: Academy Award Theater
- 1950–1960: Pantages Theatre
- 1961–1968: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
- 1969–1987: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
- 1988–2001: Alternated between the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and the Shrine Auditorium
- 2002–2020, 2022-present: Dolby Theatre (also known as Kodak Theatre, 2002–2011; Hollywood and Highland Centre, 2012)
- 2021: Union Station
Networks
edit| U.S. network | Years | # of years |
|---|---|---|
| NBC | 1953–1960 | 8 |
| ABC | 1961–1970 | 10 |
| NBC | 1971–1975 | 5 |
| ABC | 1976–present | 47 |
Ceremonies
editBeginning with the 7th Academy Awards, held in February 1935, each year's awards are presented for films that were first shown during the full preceding calendar year from January 1 to December 31 in Los Angeles County, California. For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned twelve months from August 1 to July 31.[4] For the 6th ceremony, held in 1934, the eligibility period lasted from August 1, 1932, to December 31, 1933.[4]
When citing each ceremony, Academy conventions may either list the year(s) of its eligibility period,[5] or the year in which the ceremony was actually held.[6]
| # | Date | Best Picture | U.S. viewers (millions) | HH Rating | Host(s) | Producer(s) | Venue | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | May 16, 1929 | Wings | — | — | Douglas Fairbanks | — | The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel | none |
| 2nd | April 3, 1930 | The Broadway Melody | — | — | William C. deMille | — | Ambassador Hotel | KNX-AM[a][7] |
| 3rd | November 5, 1930 | All Quiet on the Western Front | — | — | Conrad Nagel | — | KNX-AM[a] | |
| 4th | November 10, 1931 | Cimarron | — | — | Lawrence Grant | — | Biltmore Hotel | KHJ-AM[b] |
| 5th | November 18, 1932 | Grand Hotel | — | — | Lionel Barrymore Conrad Nagel |
— | Ambassador Hotel | KECA-AM[c] |
| 6th | March 16, 1934 | Cavalcade | — | — | Will Rogers | — | none | |
| 7th | February 27, 1935 | It Happened One Night | — | — | Irvin S. Cobb | — | Biltmore Hotel | |
| 8th | March 5, 1936 | Mutiny on the Bounty | — | — | Frank Capra | — | ||
| 9th | March 4, 1937 | The Great Ziegfeld | — | — | George Jessel | — | ||
| 10th | March 10, 1938 | The Life of Emile Zola | — | — | Bob Burns | — | ||
| 11th | February 23, 1939 | You Can't Take It With You | — | — | none | — | KHJ-AM[d] | |
| 12th | February 29, 1940 | Gone with the Wind | — | — | Bob Hope | — | Ambassador Hotel (Cocoanut Grove) |
KNX-AM[e] |
| 13th | February 27, 1941 | Rebecca | — | — | — | Biltmore Hotel (Biltmore Bowl) |
KECA-AM[f] | |
| 14th | February 26, 1942 | How Green Was My Valley | — | — | — | KNX-AM[f] | ||
| 15th | March 4, 1943 | Mrs. Miniver | — | — | — | Ambassador Hotel (Cocoanut Grove) |
KNX-AM[g] | |
| 16th | March 2, 1944 | Casablanca | — | — | Jack Benny | — | Grauman's Chinese Theatre | KNX-AM[h] |
| 17th | March 15, 1945 | Going My Way | — | — | Bob Hope John Cromwell |
— | ABC Radio[i] | |
| 18th | March 7, 1946 | The Lost Weekend | — | — | Bob Hope James Stewart |
— | ||
| 19th | March 13, 1947 | The Best Years of Our Lives | — | — | Jack Benny | — | Shrine Auditorium | |
| 20th | March 20, 1948 | Gentleman's Agreement | — | — | Agnes Moorehead Dick Powell |
— | ||
| 21st | March 24, 1949 | Hamlet | — | — | Robert Montgomery | — | The Academy Theater | |
| 22nd | March 23, 1950 | All the King's Men | — | — | Paul Douglas | — | Pantages Theatre | |
| 23rd | March 29, 1951 | All About Eve | — | — | Fred Astaire | — | ||
| 24th | March 20, 1952 | An American in Paris | — | — | Danny Kaye | — | ||
| 25th | March 19, 1953 | The Greatest Show on Earth | 40 million | — | Bob Hope Conrad Nagel |
— | Pantages Theatre / NBC International Theatre |
NBC Radio NBC |
| 26th | March 25, 1954 | From Here to Eternity | 43 million | — | Donald O'Connor Fredric March |
— | Pantages Theatre / NBC Century Theatre | |
| 27th | March 30, 1955 | On the Waterfront | — | — | Bob Hope Thelma Ritter |
— | ||
| 28th | March 21, 1956 | Marty | — | — | Jerry Lewis Claudette Colbert Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
Robert Emmett Dolan | ||
| 29th | March 27, 1957 | Around the World in 80 Days | — | — | Jerry Lewis Celeste Holm |
Valentine Davies | ||
| 30th | March 26, 1958 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | — | — | Bob Hope David Niven James Stewart Jack Lemmon Rosalind Russell Donald Duck[8] |
Jerry Wald | Pantages Theatre | |
| 31st | April 6, 1959 | Gigi | — | — | Bob Hope David Niven Tony Randall Mort Sahl Laurence Olivier Jerry Lewis | |||
| 32nd | April 4, 1960 | Ben-Hur | — | — | Bob Hope | Arthur Freed | ||
| 33rd | April 17, 1961 | The Apartment | — | — | Santa Monica Civic Auditorium | ABC Radio[j] ABC | ||
| 34th | April 9, 1962 | West Side Story | — | — | ||||
| 35th | April 8, 1963 | Lawrence of Arabia | — | — | Frank Sinatra | |||
| 36th | April 13, 1964 | Tom Jones | — | — | Jack Lemmon | Richard Dunlap George Sidney | ||
| 37th | April 5, 1965 | My Fair Lady | — | — | Bob Hope | Joe Pasternak | ||
| 38th | April 18, 1966 | The Sound of Music | — | — | ||||
| 39th | April 10, 1967 | A Man for All Seasons | — | — | ||||
| 40th | April 10, 1968 | In the Heat of the Night | — | — | Arthur Freed | |||
| 41st | April 14, 1969 | Oliver! | — | — | none | Gower Champion | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion | ABC |
| 42nd | April 7, 1970 | Midnight Cowboy | — | 43.40 | M. J. Frankovich | |||
| 43rd | April 15, 1971 | Patton | — | — | Robert Wise | NBC | ||
| 44th | April 10, 1972 | The French Connection | — | — | Helen Hayes Alan King Sammy Davis Jr. Jack Lemmon |
Howard W. Koch | ||
| 45th | March 27, 1973 | The Godfather | — | — | Carol Burnett Michael Caine Charlton Heston Rock Hudson | |||
| 46th | April 2, 1974 | The Sting | — | — | John Huston Burt Reynolds David Niven Diana Ross |
Jack Haley Jr. | ||
| 47th | April 8, 1975 | The Godfather Part II | — | — | Sammy Davis Jr. Bob Hope Shirley MacLaine Frank Sinatra |
Howard W. Koch | ||
| 48th | March 29, 1976 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | — | — | Goldie Hawn Gene Kelly Walter Matthau George Segal Robert Shaw |
ABC | ||
| 49th | March 28, 1977 | Rocky | — | — | Warren Beatty Ellen Burstyn Jane Fonda Richard Pryor |
William Friedkin | ||
| 50th | April 3, 1978 | Annie Hall | 39.73 million | 31.10 | Bob Hope | Howard W. Koch | ||
| 51st | April 9, 1979 | The Deer Hunter | — | — | Johnny Carson | Jack Haley Jr. | ||
| 52nd | April 14, 1980 | Kramer vs. Kramer | — | — | Howard W. Koch | |||
| 53rd | March 31, 1981 | Ordinary People | — | — | Norman Jewison | |||
| 54th | March 29, 1982 | Chariots of Fire | — | — | Howard W. Koch Melvin Frank | |||
| 55th | April 11, 1983 | Gandhi | — | — | Liza Minnelli Dudley Moore Richard Pryor Walter Matthau |
Howard W. Koch | ||
| 56th | April 9, 1984 | Terms of Endearment | — | 38.00 | Johnny Carson | Jack Haley Jr. | ||
| 57th | March 25, 1985 | Amadeus | — | — | Jack Lemmon | Gregory Peck Robert Wise Larry Gelbart Gene Allen | ||
| 58th | March 24, 1986 | Out of Africa | 38.65 million | 25.71 | Alan Alda Jane Fonda Robin Williams |
Stanley Donen | ||
| 59th | March 30, 1987 | Platoon | 39.72 million | 25.94 | Chevy Chase Goldie Hawn Paul Hogan |
Samuel Goldwyn Jr. | ||
| 60th | April 11, 1988 | The Last Emperor | 42.04 million | 27.80 | Chevy Chase | Shrine Auditorium | ||
| 61st | March 29, 1989 | Rain Man | 42.77 million | 28.41 | none | Allan Carr | ||
| 62nd | March 26, 1990 | Driving Miss Daisy | 40.22 million | 26.42 | Billy Crystal | Gil Cates | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion | |
| 63rd | March 25, 1991 | Dances with Wolves | 42.79 million | 28.06 | Shrine Auditorium | |||
| 64th | March 30, 1992 | The Silence of the Lambs | 44.41 million | 29.80 | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion | |||
| 65th | March 29, 1993 | Unforgiven | 45.74 million | 31.20 | ||||
| 66th | March 21, 1994 | Schindler's List | 45.08 million | 31.10 | Whoopi Goldberg | |||
| 67th | March 27, 1995 | Forrest Gump | 48.28 million | 32.50 | David Letterman | Shrine Auditorium | ||
| 68th | March 25, 1996 | Braveheart | 44.87 million | 30.26 | Whoopi Goldberg | David Salzman Quincy Jones |
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion | |
| 69th | March 24, 1997 | The English Patient | 40.08 million | 27.35 | Billy Crystal | Gil Cates | Shrine Auditorium | |
| 70th | March 23, 1998 | Titanic | 55.25 million | 34.86 | ||||
| 71st | March 21, 1999 | Shakespeare in Love | 45.62 million | 28.64 | Whoopi Goldberg | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion | ||
| 72nd | March 26, 2000 | American Beauty | 46.33 million | 29.20 | Billy Crystal | Richard D. Zanuck Lili Fini Zanuck |
Shrine Auditorium | |
| 73rd | March 25, 2001 | Gladiator | 42.94 million | 26.22 | Steve Martin | Gil Cates | ||
| 74th | March 24, 2002 | A Beautiful Mind | 41.78 million | 25.43 | Whoopi Goldberg | Laura Ziskin | Kodak Theatre[k] | |
| 75th | March 23, 2003 | Chicago | 33.05 million | 20.40 | Steve Martin | Gil Cates | ||
| 76th | February 29, 2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
43.53 million | 26.03 | Billy Crystal | Joe Roth | ||
| 77th | February 27, 2005 | Million Dollar Baby | 42.14 million | 25.43 | Chris Rock | Gil Cates | ||
| 78th | March 5, 2006 | Crash | 38.94 million | 23.05 | Jon Stewart | |||
| 79th | February 25, 2007 | The Departed | 40.18 million | 23.62 | Ellen DeGeneres | Laura Ziskin | ||
| 80th | February 24, 2008 | No Country for Old Men | 32.02 million | 18.68 | Jon Stewart | Gil Cates | ||
| 81st | February 22, 2009 | Slumdog Millionaire | 36.32 million | 20.59 | Hugh Jackman | Bill Condon Laurence Mark | ||
| 82nd | March 7, 2010 | The Hurt Locker | 41.71 million | 23.33 | Steve Martin Alec Baldwin |
Bill Mechanic Adam Shankman | ||
| 83rd | February 27, 2011 | The King's Speech | 37.92 million | 21.25 | James Franco Anne Hathaway |
Bruce Cohen Don Mischer | ||
| 84th | February 26, 2012 | The Artist | 39.34 million | 22.58 | Billy Crystal | Brian Grazer Don Mischer |
Hollywood and Highland Center[k] | |
| 85th | February 24, 2013 | Argo | 40.38 million | 23.08 | Seth MacFarlane | Craig Zadan Neil Meron |
Dolby Theatre | |
| 86th | March 2, 2014 | 12 Years a Slave | 43.63 million | 24.60 | Ellen DeGeneres | |||
| 87th | February 22, 2015 | Birdman | 37.30 million | 20.65 | Neil Patrick Harris | |||
| 88th | February 28, 2016 | Spotlight | 34.43 million | 19.37 | Chris Rock | David Hill Reginald Hudlin | ||
| 89th | February 26, 2017 | Moonlight | 33.00 million | 18.39 | Jimmy Kimmel | Michael De Luca Jennifer Todd | ||
| 90th | March 4, 2018 | The Shape of Water | 26.62 million | 14.87 | ||||
| 91st | February 24, 2019 | Green Book | 29.56 million | 16.4 | none | Donna Gigliotti Glenn Weiss | ||
| 92nd | February 9, 2020 | Parasite | 23.64 million | 13.59[9] | Lynette Howell Taylor Stephanie Allain | |||
| 93rd | April 25, 2021 | Nomadland | 10.40 million | 5.9 | Jesse Collins Stacey Sher Steven Soderbergh |
Union Station | ||
| 94th | March 27, 2022 | CODA | 16.62 million | 9.0 | Regina Hall Amy Schumer Wanda Sykes |
Will Packer Shayla Cowan |
Dolby Theatre | |
| 95th | March 12, 2023 | Everything Everywhere All at Once | 18.70 million | 9.9 | Jimmy Kimmel | Ricky Kirshner Glenn Weiss | ||
| 96th | March 10, 2024 | Oppenheimer | 19.50 million | 9.9 | Raj Kapoor Katy Mullan | |||
| 97th | March 2, 2025 | TBA | TBA | TBA | Conan O'Brien |
Multiple ceremonies hosted
editThe following individuals have hosted (or co-hosted) the Academy Awards ceremony on two or more occasions.
Nominated hosts
editThe following individuals have hosted (or co-hosted) the Academy Awards ceremony on the same year in which the individual was also a nominee.
| Host | Ceremony | Date | Category | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Niven | 31st Academy Awards | April 6, 1959 | Best Actor | Separate Tables | Won |
| Michael Caine | 45th Academy Awards | March 27, 1973 | Best Actor | Sleuth | Nominated |
| Walter Matthau | 48th Academy Awards | March 29, 1976 | Best Actor | The Sunshine Boys | Nominated |
| Paul Hogan | 59th Academy Awards | March 30, 1987 | Best Original Screenplay | Crocodile Dundee | Nominated |
| James Franco | 83rd Academy Awards | February 27, 2011 | Best Actor | 127 Hours | Nominated |
| Seth MacFarlane | 85th Academy Awards | February 24, 2013 | Best Original Song | Ted | Nominated |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ a b One hour of the ceremony was broadcast live.
- ^ 45 minutes of the ceremony was broadcast live. Simulcast live on CBS network affiliates on the West Coast.
- ^ 30 minutes of the ceremony was broadcast live. Simulcast live on NBC Blue Network affiliates on the West Coast.
- ^ About 12 minutes of the ceremony broadcast live. Broadcast of the ceremony was shut down after 12 minutes because KHJ did not have permission to broadcast live. The radio host was whispering the names of the winners as they were announced, out of sight in the balcony. Later in the evening, at the conclusion of the ceremony, KHJ broadcast a full announcement of winners, live from the ceremony venue, as per its original agreement with the Academy.
- ^ Announcement of winners only at the conclusion of the ceremony, live from the ceremony venue.
- ^ a b 30 minutes of the ceremony was broadcast live. Simulcast live on NBC Blue Network affiliates on the West Coast.
- ^ Partial broadcast.
- ^ 30 minutes of the ceremony was broadcast live. Ceremony simulcast live on CBS network affiliates on the West Coast.
- ^ The 17th Academy Awards marked the first coast-to-coast broadcast of the ceremony, and first broadcast of the complete event. All subsequent ceremonies have been broadcast nationally in the USA. This was also the first ceremony in which film clips were used to introduce awards nominees.
- ^ The 40th Academy Awards ceremony marked the final year that the ceremony was simulcast live on the radio.
- ^ a b Then name of the Dolby Theatre
References
edit- ^ Scott Bowles (26 February 2008). "Low Oscar Ratings Cue Soul-Searching". USA Today. Retrieved 19 March 2008.
- ^ Nikki Finke (26 February 2007). "UPDATE: 39.9 Million Watch 79th Oscars". Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily. LA Weekly. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
- ^ Bill Gorman (8 March 2010). "Academy Awards Averages 41.3 Million Viewers; Most Since 2005". TVbytheNumbers. Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
- ^ a b Levy, Emanuel (2003). All About Oscar: The History and Politics of the Academy Awards. New York, United States: Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-8264-1452-6.
- ^ Crouse, Richard (2005). Reel Winners: Movie Award Trivia. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto Press. p. 257. ISBN 978-1-55002-574-3.
- ^ "Oscars Ceremonies". oscars.org. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
- ^ "An Unofficial History of the Academy Awards on Radio". tripod.com.
- ^ "Best, worst and weirdest Oscar hosts of all time". CNN. 22 February 2013.
- ^ Ferguson, LaToya (February 10, 2020). "The 92nd Academy Awards Set a New All-Time Ratings Low". IndieWire. Retrieved March 2, 2020.