The Walt Disney Company Earns 6 Academy Awards Including Best Animated Feature Film and Best Documentary
Today, The Walt Disney Company received 6 Academy Awards® at the 94th annual ceremony.  Today, The Walt Disney Company received 6 Academy Awards Walt Disney Animation Studios’ pop-culture hit “Encanto” was recognized as Best Animated Feature Film. This is the second Oscar® win for director Byron Howard and producer Clark Spencer, and the first Oscar® win for director Jared Bush and producer Yvett Merino. The win adds to a list of accolades for the film that includes recognition from the Annie Awards, Art Directors Guild Awards, BAFTA Awards, Critics Choice Awards, Golden Globe® Awards, NAACP Image Awards and Producers Guild Awards. “Encanto” is also the first Disney movie to claim a No. 1 album and a No. 1 single.  Walt Disney Animation Studios’ pop-culture hit “Encanto” was recognized as Best Animated Feature Film. This is the second Oscar  win for director Byron Howard and producer Clark Spencer, and the first Oscar  win for director Jared Bush and producer Yvett Merino. The win adds to a list of accolades for the film that includes recognition from the Annie Awards, Art Directors Guild Awards, BAFTA Awards, Critics Choice Awards, Golden Globe  Awards, NAACP Image Awards and Producers Guild Awards. “Encanto” is also the first Disney movie to claim a No. 1 album and a No. 1 single.  “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” received the Oscar® for Best Documentary. The Searchlight Pictures, Disney’s Onyx Collective and Hulu multi-award-winning directorial debut by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson as well as producers Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein earned them their first Oscar® wins. This distinction is also Disney’s Onyx Collective as well as Hulu’s first Academy Award®, and Searchlight Pictures’ first Best Documentary award. The film has won 55 awards across critics’ groups and guilds including the BAFTA Award, Spirit Award, DOC NYC Award, American Film Institute Award, Producers Guild Award, Cinema Eye Honors, International Documentary Association Award, American Cinema Editors Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, African-American Film Critics Association Award and National Board of Review Award. “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” received the Oscar  for Best Documentary. The Searchlight Pictures, Disney’s Onyx Collective and Hulu multi-award-winning directorial debut by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson as well as producers Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein earned them their first Oscar  wins. This distinction is also Disney’s Onyx Collective as well as Hulu’s first Academy Award , and Searchlight Pictures’ first Best Documentary award. The film has won 55 awards across critics’ groups and guilds including the BAFTA Award, Spirit Award, DOC NYC Award, American Film Institute Award, Producers Guild Award, Cinema Eye Honors, International Documentary Association Award, American Cinema Editors Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, African-American Film Critics Association Award and National Board of Review Award. “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” was honored with two awards including Best Actress in a Leading Role for Jessica Chastain’s portrayal of Tammy Faye Bakker. This commemorates Chastain’s first Oscar® and marks Searchlight Pictures’ sixth Best Actress in a Leading Role Academy Award®. “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” also won for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, which is Searchlight Pictures’ first Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar®. “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” was honored with two awards including Best Actress in a Leading Role for Jessica Chastain’s portrayal of Tammy Faye Bakker. This commemorates Chastain’s first Oscar  and marks Searchlight Pictures’ sixth Best Actress in a Leading Role Academy Award . “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” also won for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, which is Searchlight Pictures’ first Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar Ariana DeBose was awarded Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as Anita in “West Side Story,” marking a historic moment as the first Afro-Latina woman to receive the honor. The first-time Oscar® winner and Rita Moreno have also made history as the first pair of women to win Academy Awards® for playing the same character; their wins come 60 years apart.  Ariana DeBose was awarded Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as Anita in “West Side Story,” marking a historic moment as the first Afro-Latina woman to receive the honor. The first-time Oscar  winner and Rita Moreno have also made history as the first pair of women to win Academy Awards  for playing the same character; their wins come 60 years apart.  Legendary costume designer Jenny Beavan garnered the award for Best Costume Design for Disney’s “Cruella.” Beavan’s work on “Cruella” also earned a BAFTA Award, a Costume Designers Guild Award and a Critics Choice Award. Legendary costume designer Jenny Beavan garnered the award for Best Costume Design for Disney’s “Cruella.” Beavan’s work on “Cruella” also earned a BAFTA Award, a Costume Designers Guild Award and a Critics Choice Award. See below for a complete list of Academy Awards ®. See below for a complete list of Academy Awards THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE | Searchlight Pictures |Streaming on Disney+ Hotstar 
Best Actress in a Leading Role – Jessica Chastain 
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
 Best Actress in a Leading Role – Jessica Chastain  Best Actress in a Leading Role –  ENCANTO | Walt Disney Animation Studios | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Streaming on Disney+ Hotstar1 Academy Award®  | Walt Disney Animation Studios | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures  SUMMER OF SOUL (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) | Searchlight Pictures | Onyx Collective |Streaming on Disney+ Hotstar (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)  | Searchlight Pictures | Onyx Collective | WEST SIDE STORY | 20th Century Studios | Streaming on Disney+ Hotstar 
Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Ariana DeBose
 Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Ariana DeBose Best Actress in a Supporting Role –  CRUELLA | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Streaming on Disney+ Hotstar Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | 