 Prinz was nominated in the long-defunct category of Best Dance Direction during the 1937 Academy Awards for "Waikiki Wedding", and was twice nominated in this category for the 1935 films "All the King's Horses" and "The Big Broadcast of 1936".He was awarded the Golden Globe for best film choreography in 1958.Though known mainly for his work as a dance director on big-budget musicals, he directed a number of mainly short films, one of which, "A Boy and His Dog" (1946), won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.