both Best Adapted and Original Screenplay Billy Wilder, for both Best Adapted and Original Screenplay Film Editing: 3 Michael Kahn Thelma Schoonmaker Daniel Mandell Ralph Dawson Cinematography: 4 Joseph Ruttenberg Leon Shamroy Film Music Composition and Songwriting: 9 Alfred Newman, all for Best Original Score Of note: Alan Menken won eight awards in musical categories John Williams won five awards, holds the record for the most nominations by a living person at 53. Sammy Cahn won four awards, all for Best Original Song Johnny Mercer won four awards, all for Best Original Song Jimmy Van Heusen won four awards, all for Best Original Song Art Direction: 11 Cedric Gibbons, who designed the Oscar statuette, received 38 nominations Costume Design: 8 Edith Head, who received 35 nominations in total Makeup: 7 Rick Baker, who has received 11 nominations in total Visual Effects: 8 Dennis Muren, who has received 15 nominations in total Special Effects (discontinued in 1962): 3 A. Arnold Gillespie, who received 12 nominations in total Most awards won for an animated feature film: 3 Pete Docter, who has received 4 nominations in total Most nominations received for an animated feature film: 4 Pete Docter, who has received four nominations for the Best Animated Feature, winning 3 Most awards won by a country for Best International Feature Film: 14 Italy, which has received 32 nominations in total Most nominations received by a country for Best International Feature Film: 40 France, which has won the award 12 times Most nominations received by a country for Best International Feature Film without an award: 10 Israel Most awards won by a foreign-language film: 4 Three foreign-language films have won four Academy Awards: Fanny and Alexander (1982) won Best Foreign Language Film, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Costume Design Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) won Best Foreign Language Film, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Original Score Parasite (2019) won Best International Feature Film, Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay Most nominations received by a foreign-language film: 10 Two foreign language films have been nominated for ten Academy Awards: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000): Best Foreign Language Film (*), Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction (*), Best Cinematography (*), Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score (*), and Best Original Song Roma (2018): Best Foreign Language Film (*), Best Picture, Best Director (*),