James Ivory at an event for Call Me by Your Name (2017)
James Ivory is the oldest person to win a competitive Oscar when he was 89 years, 270 days old for Best Adapted Screenplay for Call Me by Your Name (2017).
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James Ivory is the oldest person to win a competitive Oscar when he was 89 years, 270 days old for Best Adapted Screenplay for Call Me by Your Name (2017).
Tatum O'Neal is the youngest person to win a competitive Oscar when she was 10 years, 148 days old for Best Supporting Actress in Paper Moon (1973).
Robert F. Boyle is the oldest person to receive an Oscar when he was 98 years, 137 days old when he received a Honorary Oscar for one of cinema's great careers in art direction.
Shirley Temple is the youngest person to receive an Oscar when she was 6 years, 310 days old in 1934 when she received a Honorary Oscar for achievements in several films.
Agnès Varda is the oldest person to receive a competitive Oscar nomination when she was 89 years, 239 days old when she received an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature for Faces Places (2017).
Justin Henry is the youngest person to be nominated for a competitive Oscar when he was 8 years, 276 days old for Best Supporting Actor in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979).
Christopher Plummer is the oldest person to win a competitive acting Oscar when he was 82 years, 75 days old for Best Supporting Actor in Beginners (2010).
Christopher Plummer is the oldest person to be nominated for a competitive acting Oscar when he was 88 years, 41 days old for Best Supporting Actor in All the Money in the World (2017).
Damien Chazelle is the youngest person to win a competitive directing Oscar when he was 32 years, 38 days old for La La Land (2016).
Clint Eastwood is the oldest person to win a competitive directing Oscar when he was 74 years, 272 days old for Million Dollar Baby (2004).
John Singleton is the youngest person to be nominated for a competitive directing Oscar when he was 24 years, 44 days old for Boyz n the Hood (1991).
John Huston is the oldest person to be nominated for a competitive directing Oscar when he was 79 years, 184 days old for Prizzi's Honor (1985).
William A. Horning won two posthumous Oscars for the Best Art Direction-Set Decoration categories in Ben-Hur (1959) and Gigi (1958).
Howard Ashman recieved four posthumous Best Music, Original Song Oscar nominations for the song, "Friend Like Me" in Aladdin (1992) and the songs, "Beauty and the Beast", "Belle" and "Be Our Guest" in Beauty and the Beast (1991).
Best Lead Actor Record: 29 years, 343 days for Adrien Brody in The Pianist (2002)
Best Lead Actor Record: 76 years, 317 days for Henry Fonda in On Golden Pond (1981)
Best Lead Actress Record: 21 years, 218 days for Marlee Matlin in Children of a Lesser God (1986)
Best Lead Actress Record: 80 years, 292 days for Jessica Tandy in Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Best Supporting Actor Record: 20 years, 227 days for Timothy Hutton in Ordinary People (1980)
Best Supporting Actress Record: 77 years, 93 days for Peggy Ashcroft in A Passage to India (1984)
Best Lead Actor Record: 9 years, 20 days for Jackie Cooper in Skippy (1931)
Best Lead Actor Record: 79 years, 167 days Richard Farnsworth in The Straight Story (1999)
Best Lead Actress Record: 9 years, 135 days for Quvenzhané Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
Best Lead Actress Record: 85 years, 321 days for Emmanuelle Riva in Amour (2012)
Best Supporting Actress Record: 87 years, 221 days for Gloria Stuart in Titanic (1997)