This list of Academy Award records is current as of the 95th Academy Awards nominations, with the ceremony scheduled to take place in March 2023. Most awards or nominations Most awards won by a single film: 11 Three films have won 11 Academy Awards: Ben-Hur (1959): nominated in 12 of the 15 possible categories Titanic (1997): nominated in 14 of the 17 possible categories The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003): nominated in 11 of the 17 possible categories Most nominations received by a single film: 14 Three films have received 14 nominations: All About Eve (1950): won 6 awards out of 16 possible categories Titanic (1997): won 11 awards out of 17 possible categories La La Land (2016): won 6 awards out of 17 possible categories Largest sweep (winning awards in every nominated category): 11 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) won in every category for which it was nominated: Best Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, Makeup, Costume Design, Film Editing, Original Score, Original Song, Sound Mixing, and Visual Effects Most awards won by a person: 22 Walt Disney Alan Menken and Dennis Muren hold the record for the most awards by a living person: 8 apiece Most awards won by a woman: 8 Edith Head, all for Costume Design Most nominations for a person: 59 Walt Disney Most nominations & awards for a person in a single year: 6 & 4 In 1954, Walt Disney received six nominations and won four awards, both records. He won Best Documentary, Features for The Living Desert; Best Documentary, Short Subjects for The Alaskan Eskimo; Best Short Subject, Cartoons for Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom; and Best Short Subject, Two-reel for Bear Country. He had two additional nominations in Best Short Subject, Cartoons for Rugged Bear; and Best Short Subject, Two-reel for Ben and Me Most competitive awards won by a person who is still living: 8 Composer Alan Menken has won 8 competitive awards Of note: Visual Effects Supervisor Dennis Muren has won 9 Academy Awards: six competitive awards, two "Special Achievement" awards, and one "Technical Achievement" award Acting: 4 Katharine Hepburn, all for Best Actress Directing: 4 John Ford Writing: 3 Woody Allen, all for Best Original Screenplay Charles Brackett, for both Best Adapted and Original Screenplay Paddy Chayefsky, for both Best Adapted and Original Screenplay Francis Ford Coppola, for