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He holds the record for the number of [[Academy Award]]s won,<ref>http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/Help/Statistics?file=Gen-NomsFacts.pdf</ref> having received, over a 34-year career, for his short films and documentaries, 59 nominations and 26 awards, including three honorary ones and an [[Irving G. Memorial Award]]. Thalberg. In 1956 he won the David di Donatello for best foreign producer for ''[[Lady and the Tramp]]''. Honorary Oscars were awarded to him, in the first case, for the creation of [[Mickey Mouse]];<ref>https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1933</ref> in the second, for ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'', recognized as "a significant cinematic breakthrough that enchanted millions and pioneered a new area of entertainment in the field of cartooning";<ref>https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1939</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150328051506/http://www.waltdisney.org/blog/look-closer-recap-walt%E2%80%99s-honorary-oscars</ref> and, finally, for "his astounding contribution to the advancement of the use of sound in cartoons through his production of ''Fantasia''".<ref>https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1942</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150328051506/http://www.waltdisney.org/blog/look-closer-recap-walt%E2%80%99s-honorary-oscars</ref> He was nominated three times for [[Golden Globes]], but received only two honorary ones, for ''[[Bambi]]'' (1942) and ''[[Living Desert]]'' (1953), as well as the [[Cecil B. DeMille Award]] in the same year. 14 films he produced were included in the [[Library of Congress]] being deemed "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant": ''[[Steamboat Willie]]'', ''[[Flowers and Trees]]'', ''[[The Three Little Pigs]]'', ''[[The Old Mill]]'', ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'', ''[[Pinocchio]]'', ''[[Fantasia]]'', ''[[Dumbo]]'', ''[[Bambi]]'', ''[[The Story of Menstruation]]'', ''[[Cinderella]]'', ''[[Old Yeller]]'', ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'', and ''[[Mary Poppins]]''.
He holds the record for the number of [[Academy Award]]s won,<ref>http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/Help/Statistics?file=Gen-NomsFacts.pdf</ref> having received, over a 34-year career, for his short films and documentaries, 59 nominations and 26 awards, including three honorary ones and an [[Irving G. Memorial Award]]. Thalberg. In 1956 he won the David di Donatello for best foreign producer for ''[[Lady and the Tramp]]''. Honorary Oscars were awarded to him, in the first case, for the creation of [[Mickey Mouse]];<ref>https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1933</ref> in the second, for ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'', recognized as "a significant cinematic breakthrough that enchanted millions and pioneered a new area of entertainment in the field of cartooning";<ref>https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1939</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150328051506/http://www.waltdisney.org/blog/look-closer-recap-walt%E2%80%99s-honorary-oscars</ref> and, finally, for "his astounding contribution to the advancement of the use of sound in cartoons through his production of ''Fantasia''".<ref>https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1942</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150328051506/http://www.waltdisney.org/blog/look-closer-recap-walt%E2%80%99s-honorary-oscars</ref> He was nominated three times for [[Golden Globes]], but received only two honorary ones, for ''[[Bambi]]'' (1942) and ''[[Living Desert]]'' (1953), as well as the [[Cecil B. DeMille Award]] in the same year. 14 films he produced were included in the [[Library of Congress]] being deemed "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant": ''[[Steamboat Willie]]'', ''[[Flowers and Trees]]'', ''[[The Three Little Pigs]]'', ''[[The Old Mill]]'', ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'', ''[[Pinocchio]]'', ''[[Fantasia]]'', ''[[Dumbo]]'', ''[[Bambi]]'', ''[[The Story of Menstruation]]'', ''[[Cinderella]]'', ''[[Old Yeller]]'', ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'', and ''[[Mary Poppins]]''.
==Origins of the name and the family==
The family's last name is the anglicization of ''d'Isigny'', deriving from [[Isigny-sur-Mer]], a village in [[Normandy]], [[France]], where [[Hugues D'Isigny]] lived, who, together with his son Robert, moved to England, where the two settled at the time of the [[Norman conquest]]. In 1834, two of his descendants who resided in Liverpool, moved to Canada, where in 1888 Elias Disney (1859-1941), their grandson, married Flora Call (1868-1938): these were Walt's future parents.
==Life and times==
==Life and times==