Q: Wikipedia states that Walt Disney has 59 Academy Award nominations (including 22 wins). But according to the list provided, I keep tallying 60, 59 of them being in the short subject and documentary categories. Is Best Picture nominee Mary Poppins not officially counted among the 59 or 60 nominations? Besides those, I know he also has four honorary awards.
Michael, Irvine, California
A: There were actually 115 Academy Award nominations given for Disney films during Walt Disney’s lifetime, plus honorary and technical awards. I count 59 of those nominations being to Walt Disney personally, which includes the Mary Poppins Best Picture nomination. Walt personally won a total of 32 Academy Awards (one of those, for Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, being presented posthumously).
Dave Smith