Best Short Subject, Two-reel 1949 Seal Island 1951 Beaver Valley 1952 Nature's Half Acre 1953 Water Birds 1954 Bear Country 1969 Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award 1942 Lifetime Achievement Best Documentary, Short Subjects 1954 The Alaskan Eskimo 1956 Men Against the Arctic Best Documentary, Features 1954 The Living Desert 1955 The Vanishing Prairie Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects 1959 Grand Canyon

Walter Elias Disney was a multiple Academy Award-winning American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Disney is notable as one of the most influential and innovative figures in the field of entertainment during the twentieth century. As the co-founder of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.