# List of people who have won multiple Academy Awards in a single year

This is a list of people have won multiple Academy Awards in a single year in the standard competitive categories. To date, 84 individuals have achieved this feat on 97 separate occasions. The record for most awards in a single year is shared by: Walt Disney, who won four Academy Awards for four different films in 1954, and Sean Baker, who won four Academy Awards for Anora in 2025. Ten individuals have won multiple Oscars more than once. This list is current as of the 97th Academy Awards ceremony held on March 2, 2025.

## List of winners

| Name | Number | Ceremony | Year | Films | Academy Awards |
| Woody Allen | 2 | 50th | 1977 | Annie Hall | Best Director, Best Original Screenplay |
| Robert Amram | 2 | 44th | 1971 | Sentinels of Silence | Best Live Action Short, Best Documentary Short |
| Manuel Arango | 2 | 44th | 1971 | Sentinels of Silence | Best Live Action Short, Best Documentary Short |
| Richard Attenborough | 2 | 55th | 1982 | Gandhi | Best Picture, Best Director |
| Burt Bacharach | 2 | 42nd | 1969 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Best Original Score, Best Original Song |
| Sean Baker | 4 | 97th | 2024 | Anora | Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing |
| John Barry | 2 | 39th | 1966 | Born Free | Best Original Score, Best Original Song |
| Cecil Beaton | 2 | 37th | 1964 | My Fair Lady | Best Art Direction (color), Best Costume Design (color) |
| Robert Benton | 2 | 52nd | 1979 | Kramer vs. Kramer | Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Bernardo Bertolucci | 2 | 60th | 1987 | The Last Emperor | Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Kathryn Bigelow | 2 | 82nd | 2009 | The Hurt Locker | Best Picture, Best Director |
| Mark Boal | 2 | 82nd | 2009 | The Hurt Locker | Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay |
| Bong Joon-Ho | 3 | 92nd | 2019 | Parasite | Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay |
| James L. Brooks | 3 | 56th | 1983 | Terms of Endearment | Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay |
| James Cameron | 3 | 70th | 1997 | Titanic | Best Picture, Best Director, Best Film Editing |
| Michael Cimino | 2 | 51st | 1978 | The Deer Hunter | Best Picture, Best Director |
| Ethan Coen | 3 | 80th | 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Joel Coen | 3 | 80th | 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Pierre Collings | 2 | 9th | 1936 | The Story of Louis Pasteur | Best Original Story, Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Sam Comer | 2 | 23rd | 1950 | Sunset Boulevard; Samson and Delilah | Best Art Direction (black & white); Best Art Direction (color) |
| Francis Ford Coppola | 3 | 47th | 1974 | The Godfather Part II | Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Kevin Costner | 2 | 63rd | 1990 | Dances with Wolves | Best Picture, Best Director |
| Alfonso Cuarón | 2 | 86th | 2013 | Gravity | Best Director, Best Film Editing |
| Alfonso Cuarón | 2 | 91st | 2018 | Roma | Best Director, Best Cinematography |
| Brian Currie | 2 | 91st | 2018 | Green Book | Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay |
| Richard Day | 2 | 15th | 1942 | This Above All; My Gal Sal | Best Art Direction (black & white); Best Art Direction (color) |
| Guillermo del Toro | 2 | 90th | 2017 | The Shape of Water | Best Picture, Best Director |
| Walt Disney | 4 | 26th | 1953 | The Living Desert; The Alaskan Eskimo; Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom; Bear Country | Best Documentary (Feature); Best Documentary (Short Subject); Best Short Subject (Cartoon); Best Short Subject (Two-Reel) |
| Hans Dreier | 2 | 23rd | 1950 | Sunset Boulevard; Samson and Delilah | Best Art Direction (black & white); Best Art Direction (color) |
| Clint Eastwood | 2 | 65th | 1992 | Unforgiven | Best Picture, Best Director |
| Clint Eastwood | 2 | 77th | 2004 | Million Dollar Baby | Best Picture, Best Director |
| Peter Farrelly | 2 | 91st | 2018 | Green Book | Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay |
| Roger K. Furse | 2 | 21st | 1948 | Hamlet | Best Art Direction (black & white), Best Costume Design (black & white) |
| Sheridan Gibney | 2 | 9th | 1936 | The Story of Louis Pasteur | Best Original Story, Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Mel Gibson | 2 | 68th | 1995 | Braveheart | Best Picture, Best Director |
| Michael Gore | 2 | 53rd | 1980 | Fame | Best Original Score, Best Original Song |
| Paul Haggis | 2 | 78th | 2005 | Crash | Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay |
| Marvin Hamlisch | 3 | 46th | 1973 | The Way We Were; The Sting | Best Original Score, Best Original Song; Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score |
| Leigh Harline | 2 | 13th | 1940 | Pinocchio | Best Original Score, Best Original Song |
| Edith Head | 2 | 23rd | 1950 | All About Eve; Samson and Delilah | Best Costume Design (black & white); Best Costume Design (color) |
| Gordon Hollingshead | 2 | 18th | 1945 | Hitler Lives?; Star in the Night | Best Documentary (Short Subject); Best Short Subject (Two-Reel) |
| Gordon Hollingshead | 2 | 19th | 1946 | Facing Your Danger; A Boy and His Dog | Best Short Subject (One-Reel); Best Short Subject (Two-Reel) |
| James Horner | 2 | 70th | 1997 | Titanic | Best Original Score, Best Original Song |
| Ron Howard | 2 | 74th | 2001 | A Beautiful Mind | Best Picture, Best Director |
| Justin Hurwitz | 2 | 89th | 2016 | La La Land | Best Original Score, Best Original Song |
| John Huston | 2 | 21st | 1948 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Best Director, Best Screenplay |
| Alejandro González Iñárritu | 3 | 87th | 2014 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay |
| Peter Jackson | 3 | 76th | 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Daniel Kwan | 3 | 95th | 2022 | Everything Everywhere All At Once | Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay |
| Alan Jay Lerner | 2 | 31st | 1958 | Gigi | Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Song |
| Thomas Little | 2 | 15th | 1942 | This Above All; My Gal Sal | Best Art Direction (black & white); Best Art Direction (color) |
| Henry Mancini | 2 | 34th | 1961 | Breakfast at Tiffany's | Best Original Score, Best Original Song |
| Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 2 | 22nd | 1949 | A Letter to Three Wives | Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 2 | 23rd | 1950 | All About Eve | Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Catherine Martin | 2 | 74th | 2001 | Moulin Rouge! | Best Production Design, Best Costume Design |
| Catherine Martin | 2 | 86th | 2013 | The Great Gatsby | Best Production Design, Best Costume Design |
| Leo McCarey | 2 | 17th | 1944 | Going My Way | Best Director, Best Original Story |
| Frances McDormand | 2 | 93rd | 2020/2021 | Nomadland | Best Picture, Best Actress |
| Alan Menken | 2 | 62nd | 1989 | The Little Mermaid | Best Original Score, Best Original Song |
| Alan Menken | 2 | 64th | 1991 | Beauty and the Beast | Best Original Score, Best Original Song |
| Alan Menken | 2 | 65th | 1992 | Aladdin | Best Original Score, Best Original Song |
| Alan Menken | 2 | 68th | 1995 | Pocahontas | Best Original Score, Best Original Song |
| Ray Moyer | 2 | 23rd | 1950 | Sunset Boulevard; Samson and Delilah | Best Art Direction (black & white); Best Art Direction (color) |
| Walter Murch | 2 | 69th | 1996 | The English Patient | Best Film Editing, Best Sound |
| Christopher Nolan | 2 | 96th | 2023 | Oppenheimer | Best Picture, Best Director |
| Marc Norman | 2 | 71st | 1998 | Shakespeare in Love | Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay |
| Paul N. J. Ottosson | 2 | 82nd | 2009 | The Hurt Locker | Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing |
| Sydney Pollack | 2 | 58th | 1985 | Out of Africa | Best Picture, Best Director |
| A. R. Rahman | 2 | 81st | 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | Best Original Score, Best Original Song |
| Tony Richardson | 2 | 36th | 1963 | Tom Jones | Best Picture, Best Director |
| Gary Rydstrom | 2 | 64th | 1991 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Best Sound, Best Sound Effects Editing |
| Gary Rydstrom | 2 | 66th | 1993 | Jurassic Park | Best Sound, Best Sound Effects Editing |
| Gary Rydstrom | 2 | 71st | 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | Best Sound, Best Sound Effects Editing |
| Daniel Scheinert | 3 | 95th | 2022 | Everything Everywhere All At Once | Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay |
| Stephen Schwartz | 2 | 68th | 1995 | Pocahontas | Best Original Score, Best Original Song |
| Edward Selzer | 2 | 22nd | 1949 | So Much for So Little; For Scent-imental Reasons | Best Documentary (Short Subject); Best Short Subject (Cartoon) |
| Ben Sharpsteen | 2 | 31st | 1958 | White Wilderness; Ama Girls | Best Documentary (Feature); Best Documentary (Short Subject) |
| Richard M. Sherman | 2 | 37th | 1964 | Mary Poppins | Best Original Score, Best Original Song |
| Robert B. Sherman | 2 | 37th | 1964 | Mary Poppins | Best Original Score, Best Original Song |
| Howard Shore | 2 | 76th | 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Best Original Score, Best Original Song |
| Steven Spielberg | 2 | 66th | 1993 | Schindler's List | Best Picture, Best Director |
| Richard Taylor | 2 | 74th | 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Best Visual Effects, Best Makeup |
| Richard Taylor | 2 | 76th | 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Best Costume Design, Best Makeup |
| Dimitri Tiomkin | 2 | 25th | 1952 | High Noon | Best Original Score, Best Original Song |
| John Truscott | 2 | 40th | 1967 | Camelot | Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design |
| Nick Vallelonga | 2 | 91st | 2018 | Green Book | Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay |
| Marcel Vertès | 2 | 25th | 1952 | Moulin Rouge | Best Art Direction (color), Best Costume Design (color) |
| Fran Walsh | 3 | 76th | 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Song |
| Ned Washington | 2 | 13th | 1940 | Pinocchio | Best Original Score, Best Original Song |
| Billy Wilder | 2 | 18th | 1945 | The Lost Weekend | Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Billy Wilder | 3 | 33rd | 1960 | The Apartment | Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay |
| Stan Winston | 2 | 64th | 1991 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Best Makeup, Best Visual Effects |
| Robert Wise | 2 | 34th | 1961 | West Side Story | Best Picture, Best Director |
| Robert Wise | 2 | 38th | 1965 | The Sound of Music | Best Picture, Best Director |
| Joseph C. Wright | 2 | 15th | 1942 | This Above All; My Gal Sal | Best Art Direction (black & white); Best Art Direction (color) |
| Chloé Zhao | 2 | 93rd | 2020/2021 | Nomadland | Best Picture, Best Director |
| Fred Zinnemann | 2 | 39th | 1966 | A Man for All Seasons | Best Picture, Best Director |