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Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1969 Won Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968).
The award was given posthumous.
 
1965 Nominated Oscar Best Picture
for: Mary Poppins (1964).
Shared with:
 Bill Walsh

 
1963 Nominated Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: A Symposium on Popular Songs (1962).

 
1962 Nominated Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Aquamania (1961).

 
1961 Nominated Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Goliath II (1960).

Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects
for: Islands of the Sea (1960).

 
1960 Nominated Oscar Best Documentary, Short Subjects
for: Donald in Mathmagic Land (1959).

Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Noah's Ark (1959).

Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects
for: Mysteries of the Deep (1959).

 
1959 Won Oscar Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects
for: Grand Canyon (1958).
James Algar accepting this award.
Nominated Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Paul Bunyan (1958).

 
1958 Nominated Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: The Truth About Mother Goose (1957).

 
1957 Nominated Oscar Best Short Subject, Two-reel
for: Samoa (1956).

 
1956 Won Oscar Best Documentary, Short Subjects
for: Men Against the Arctic (1955).

Nominated Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: No Hunting (1955).

Best Short Subject, Two-reel
for: Switzerland (1955).

 
1955 Won Oscar Best Documentary, Features
for: The Vanishing Prairie (1954).

Nominated Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Pigs Is Pigs (1954).

Best Short Subject, Two-reel
for: Siam (1954).

 
1954 Won Oscar Best Documentary, Features
for: The Living Desert (1953).

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
for: The Alaskan Eskimo (1953).

Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom (1953).

Best Short Subject, Two-reel
for: Bear Country (1953).

Nominated Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Rugged Bear (1953).

Best Short Subject, Two-reel
for: Ben and Me (1953).

 
1953 Won Oscar Best Short Subject, Two-reel
for: Water Birds (1952).

 
1952 Won Oscar Best Short Subject, Two-reel
for: Nature's Half Acre (1951).

Nominated Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Lambert the Sheepish Lion (1952).

 
1951 Won Oscar Best Short Subject, Two-reel
for: Beaver Valley (1950).

 
1950 Nominated Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Toy Tinkers (1949).

 
1949 Won Oscar Best Short Subject, Two-reel
for: Seal Island (1948).

Nominated Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Mickey and the Seal (1948).

Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Tea for Two Hundred (1948).

 
1948 Nominated Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Chip an' Dale (1947).

Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Pluto's Blue Note (1947).

 
1947 Nominated Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Squatter's Rights (1946).

 
1946 Nominated Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Donald's Crime (1945).

 
1945 Nominated Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: How to Play Football (1944).

 
1944 Nominated Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Reason and Emotion (1943).

 
1943 Won Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Der Fuehrer's Face (1942).

Nominated Oscar Best Documentary
for: The Grain That Built a Hemisphere (1943).

Best Documentary
for: The New Spirit (1942).

 
1942 Won Honorary Award for: Fantasia (1940).
Shared with:
 William E. Garity
J.N.A. Hawkins
(RCA Manufacturing Co.).
For their outstanding contribution to the advancement of the use of sound in motion pictures through the production of Fantasia (certificate).
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (RCA Manufacturing Co.).

Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Lend a Paw (1941).

Nominated Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Truant Officer Donald (1941).

 
1940 Won Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Ugly Duckling (1939).

Nominated Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: The Pointer (1939).

 
1939 Won Honorary Award for: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937).
For Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, recognized as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field (one statuette - seven miniature statuettes).
Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Ferdinand the Bull (1938).

Nominated Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Brave Little Tailor (1938).

Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938).

Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Good Scouts (1938).

 
1938 Won Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: The Old Mill (1937).

 
1937 Won Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: The Country Cousin (1936).

 
1936 Won Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Three Orphan Kittens (1935).

Nominated Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Who Killed Cock Robin? (1935).

 
1935 Won Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: The Tortoise and the Hare (1935).

 
1934 Won Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Three Little Pigs (1933).

Nominated Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Building a Building (1933).

 
1932 Won Honorary Award For the creation of Mickey Mouse.
Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Flowers and Trees (1932).

Nominated Oscar Best Short Subject, Cartoons
for: Mickey's Orphans (1931).

 
American Choreography Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Innovator Award
 
Annie Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1975 Won Winsor McCay Award
 
Berlin International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1954 Won Special Prize of the Senate of Berlin For the long-term support of the festival with the best films of his production.
 
Cannes Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1954 Nominated Grand Prize of the Festival for: The Living Desert (1953).
Shared with:
 James Algar

 
1953 Won Jury Special Prize For his contributions to making the festival acknowledged.
 
1946 Won Grand Prize of the Festival Grand Prize of the Festival
for: Make Mine Music (1946).
Shared with:
 Robert Cormack

Nominated Award Short Films
for: Wet Paint (1946).

 
David di Donatello Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1956 Won David Best Foreign Production (Migliore Produzione Straniera)
for: Lady and the Tramp (1955).

 
Directors Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1955 Won DGA Honorary Life Member Award
 
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1954 Won Special Award for: The Living Desert (1953).
For artistic merit.
 
1953 Won Cecil B. DeMille Award
 
1948 Won Special Award for: Bambi (1942).
For furthering the influence of the screen.
For the Hindustani version of the movie.
 
Golden Screen, Germany
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1967 Won Golden Screen - Special Achievement The award was given posthumously.
 
Laurel Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1967 Won Golden Laurel Special
Whose artistic genius and love of life brought joyful family entertainment to audiences around the world and continue to delight each new generation of filmgoers.
 
1966 Won Golden Laurel Producer
 
1965 Won Golden Laurel Producer
 
1964 Won Golden Laurel Top Producer
 
1963 Won Golden Laurel Top Producer
 
1962 Won Golden Laurel Top Producer
 
1961 Won Golden Laurel Top Producer
 
1960 2nd place Golden Laurel Top Producer
 
1959 3rd place Golden Laurel Top Producer
 
1958 2nd place Golden Laurel Top Producer
 
Montréal World Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Won Grand Prix Special des Amériques For exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art.
The award was received by his daughter Diane Disney.
 
Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1987 Won Special Award for: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937).
To Walt Disney, in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the movie.
 
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1940 Won Special Award for: Fantasia (1940).
Shared with:
 Leopold Stokowski

 
1939 Won Special Award for: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937).

 
Primetime Emmy Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1966 Nominated Primetime Emmy Outstanding Children's Program
for: "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" (1954).
Shared with:
 Ron Miller (producer)
(NBC).
For episode "Further Adventures of Gallagher".
For episode "The Adventures of Gallegher: Part 1 (#11.16)".
For episode "The Adventures of Gallegher: Part 2 (#11.17)".
For episode "The Adventures of Gallegher: Part 3 (#11.18)".
 
1965 Nominated Primetime Emmy Outstanding Program Achievements in Entertainment
for: "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" (1954).
(NBC).

 
1956 Won Primetime Emmy Best Producer - Film Series
for: "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" (1954).
(ABC).

 
1955 Nominated Primetime Emmy Most Outstanding New Personality
(ABC).

 
Venice Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1950 Won Special Prize for: Cinderella (1950) and Beaver Valley (1950).

 
1938 Won Grand Biennale Art Trophy for: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937).

 
1936 Won Best Political/Social Film for: Il cammino degli eroi (1936).

Special Recommendation Animated Film
for: Who Killed Cock Robin? (1935).

 
1935 Won Golden Medal Best Animation
for: The Band Concert (1935).

 
1934 Won Golden Medal Best Animation
for: Funny Little Bunnies (1934).

 
Walk of Fame
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1960 Won Star on the Walk of Fame Motion Picture
On 8 February 1960. At 7021 Hollywood Blvd.
Television
On 8 February 1960. At 6747 Hollywood Blvd.
 

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