Academy Award

American  

Trademark.

1. an annual award given to a performer, director, technician, etc., of the motion-picture industry for superior achievement in a specific category: judged by the voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and symbolized by the presentation of an Oscar.

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Academy Award British  

noun

1. the official name for an Oscar

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Etymology

Origin of Academy Award

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45

Example Sentences

The prizes are therefore closely watched as indicators of who might be in the running for an Academy Award.

From Barron's

“Independent journalism, free of government oversight, is something we all have accepted as a core democratic principle,” says Kaufman, who directed with Jarecki, a 2004 Academy Award winner for “Capturing the Friedmans.”

From Los Angeles Times

John Ford was perhaps the most revered director in Hollywood history, and to this day he is the only one to win the Academy Award for best director four times.

From The Wall Street Journal

She starred in dozens of films in the late 1950s and 1960s, including “The Truth,” a French drama that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

From The Wall Street Journal

Frank Capra, the multiple Academy Award winner whose everyman heroes symbolized the American spirit triumphing over mercenary or venal big business and big government, died Tuesday at his desert retirement home.

From Los Angeles Times