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
83rd Academy Awards Leo's respective wins in the Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress categories, "The Fighter" became the first film since 1986's "Hannah and Her Sisters" to win both supporting acting categories. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double-dagger (). The Academy held its Second Annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 13, 2010, during which the following awards were presented. The following 14 films received multiple nominations: The following six films received multiple awards: The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers. In June 2010, the AMPAS hired Oscar-winning producer Bruce Cohen and veteran television