1st Academy Awards 1st Academy Awards The 1st Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 1927 and 1928 and took place on May 16, 1929 at a private dinner held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, California. AMPAS president Douglas Fairbanks hosted the show. Tickets cost $5 (which would be $ in considering inflation), 270 people attended the event and the presentation ceremony lasted 15 minutes. Awards were created by Louis B. Mayer, founder of Louis B. Mayer Pictures Corporation (at present merged into Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). It is the only
90th Academy Awards Hills, California, via global live stream, from the Academy and by actors Tiffany Haddish and Andy Serkis. "The Shape of Water" led all nominees with thirteen nominations; "Dunkirk" came in second with eight, and "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" came in third with seven. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (). The Academy held its ninth annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 11, 2017, during which the following awards were presented: The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers. Despite the mixed reception received from the preceding year's ceremony, the Academy rehired