The Oscar award to the best choreographer is an award from the American Film Academy , which was awarded annually from 1936 to 1938. The award was received by a choreographer who staged one or more dance numbers for a movie. The category has been abolished since 1939 .
The names of the winners are highlighted in bold type , in parentheses are the names of the musical compositions for which dance numbers were created.
Winners and nominees
1936
- Dave Gould - “The Broadway Tune of 1936” (“I've Got a Feeling You're Fooling”) and “Straw Hat”
- Busby Burkley - “Gold Finders of 1935” (“Lullaby of Broadway”, “The Words Are in My Heart”)
- Bobby Connolly - "Singer from Broadway" ("Playboy from Paree") and "Start up the dance" ("Latin from Manhattan")
- Sammy Lee - "The King of the Burlesque" ("Lovely Lady", "Too Good to Be True")
- Hermes Pan - "Cylinder" ("Top Hat")
- LeRoy Prinz - "All the Royal Cavalry" ("Viennese Waltz") and "The Great Broadcasting in 1936" ("It's the Animal in Me")
- B. Zemak - “She” (“Hall of Kings”)
1937
- Seymour Felix - "The Great Zigfeld" ("A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody")
- Busby Burkley - “The Gold Makers of 1937” (“Love and War”)
- Bobby Connolly - "Kane and Mable" ("1000 Love Songs")
- Dave Gould - “Born to Dance” (“Swingin 'the Jinx Away”)
- Jack Haskell - "One in a Million" ("Skating Ensemble")
- Hermes Pan - "Swing Time" ("Bojangles of Harlem")
- Russell Lewis - "The Dancing Pirate" ("The Finale")
1938
- Hermes Pan - "Fun House" ("Fun House")
- Sammy Lee - "Ali Baba Goes to the City" ("Swing Is Here to Stay")
- Dave Gould - "Day at Horse Racing" ("All God's Children Got Rhythm")
- LeRoy Prince - "Wedding on Waikiki"
- Harry Lozi - “ Prince Igor Suite”
- Bobby Connolly - “Ready, Willing and Able” (“Too Marvelous for Words”)
- Busby Burkley - "Varsity Show" ("The Finale")
Links
- The official website of the Academy Award (English) . Archived February 16, 2012.
- Database of all nominees and winners (English) (inaccessible link) . Archived February 16, 2012.
- Oscar Film Awards (English) on the Internet Movie Database