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Academy Award 1929 (may 16, 1929)

the academy award is the most prestigious and oldest film award, awarded since 1929 by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences (ampas), an honorary professional organization made up of people who have worked in the world of cinema.

Edition number 1 of the event; awards assigned:


Migliore film

poster del film Wings
  for the movie Wings
Assigned to
Lucien Hubbard
nominations for the movie :

Best director for brilliant film

  for the movie two arabian knights
Assigned to
Lewis Milestone
nominations for the movie :
  speedy
Assigned to
Ted Wilde

Best director for drama

poster del film seventh heaven
  for the movie seventh heaven
Assigned to
Frank Borzage
nominations for the movie :
  the crowd
Assigned to
King Vidor

Best original screenplay

poster del film underworld
  for the movie underworld
Assigned to
Ben Hecht
nominations for the movie :

Best non-original screenplay

poster del film seventh heaven
  for the movie seventh heaven
Assigned to
Benjamin Glazer
nominations for the movie :

best actor

poster del film the last command
  for the movie the last command
Assigned to
Emil Jannings
poster del film the way of all flesh
  for the movie the way of all flesh
Assigned to
Emil Jannings
nominations for the movie :

best actress

poster del film seventh heaven
  for the movie seventh heaven
Assigned to
Janet Gaynor
poster del film Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
  for the movie Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Assigned to
Janet Gaynor
poster del film street angel
  for the movie street angel
Assigned to
Janet Gaynor
nominations for the movie :

Meilleure photographie

nominations for the movie :

Meilleurs décors

poster del film tempest
  for the movie tempest
Assigned to
William Cameron Menzies
poster del film the dove
  for the movie the dove
Assigned to
William Cameron Menzies
nominations for the movie :

best mechanical construction

poster del film Wings
  for the movie Wings
Assigned to
Roy Pomeroy
nominations for the movie :

better design of the opening credits

  for the movie telling the world
Assigned to
Joseph Farnham
poster del film Laugh, Clown, Laugh
  for the movie Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Assigned to
Joseph Farnham
  for the movie the fair co-ed
Assigned to
Joseph Farnham
nominations for the movie :

Special Award

poster del film The Circus
  for the movie The Circus
  for the movie the jazz singer
poster del film Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
  for the movie Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans