Eugene Gearty is an American sound engineer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Sound for the film "Gangs of New York". He has worked on over 80 films since 1983. At the 84th Academy Awards, Gearty won an Oscar for Best Sound Editing for his work on Martin Scorsese's "Hugo". He also won Emmy Award for Boardwalk Empire.
Eugene Gearty has won half of the Oscars he was nominated for. 
The Academy awards are known as the Oscars. The Oscar is the award and the Academy is the organization that presents it. He was nominated but didn't receive an award for Gangs of New York. He was nominated and did receive an award for Hugo. He's won half of the Academy Awards, or Oscars, that he's been nominated for. 