Doing a Disney Research paper and I need some help!:)

[DisneyResearcher]

Hi!
I'm new to the DIS and I"m here primarily because I am using Disney as a possible topic for my senior thesis in High School. I wasn't sure where to turn a nd I've having problems finding the answers to the following questions. I was hoping that you, the true Disney Experts, could help me out by either giving me the answers or showing me where I could find them. Thanking you in advance,
DisneyResearcher
(1) You probably know that Walt Disney won 26 Oscars, but who directed more of those movies than any other person?

(2) How many Disney animated theatrical features in the past 20 years included the voice of an Oscar-winner?

(3) What was the first Disney animated feature to be nominated in a non-musical category?

 

[Dan Murphy]

Don't know the answers, but just welcoming you to the DIS. Hope to see more of you after the paper is finished.

 

[JamesD]

Not sure how much info you want, but you can't answer these types of questions without Dave Smith's "Disney A to Z: The Updated Official Encyclopedia."
I'll try to help with question# 1:
Disney now has won 91 Oscars all together, with 32 of those won personally by Walt Disney. Most of the awards were won in the early days for cartoon short subjects and documentary short subjects. It was for the latter type that James Algar did the direction for at least nine shorts that I counted. Most of these were produced for the True-Life Adventure Series. Coming in at a close second was Wilfred Jackson with six films that were awarded academy awards. Mr. Jackson was more widely known because he was involved with the animated features, from Snow White to Lady & the Tramp.
As far as Question# 3 is concerned, the obvious answer is Beauty and the Beast, the first animated feature to be nominated for Best Picture in 1991. Without doing a lot more digging, I was not able to find any other non-musical nominations prior to this one. Other Disney movies, such as Mary Poppins and Song of the South, which contained animated segments, were nominated for academy awards.
I'll try to get back with you on the other question.

 

[bambii]

World Almanac


they have Movie stuff like who won what oscars and just interesting stuff like that when I was in High School it was one of the most useful books

 

[JamesD]

Okay, question# 2 required some digging!
Working our way backwards, the following animated features had at least one voice actor that has won an academy award.

Treasure Planet: Emma Thompson
Hercules: Charleton Heston (narrator)
Hunchback of Notre Dame: Kevin Kline
Pocahontas: Linda Hunt
The Lion King: Whoopi Goldberg & Jeremy Irons
Aladdin: Robin Williams
Rescuers Down Under: George C. Scott
Fox and the Hound: Mickey Rooney & Jack Albertson
Rescuers: Geraldine Page

And for good measure, if you include Pixar:
Toy Story: Tom Hanks
Monsters, Inc.: James Coburn

Please let me know if this is what you were after!