Sean Baker matches 70-year-old Oscars record held by Walt Disney
Sean Baker's four Oscar wins for Anora has seen the director match a 70-year old record held by one of Hollywood's biggest names: Walt Disney.
In winning for best picture, best director, best editing and best original screenplay, Baker has become only the second person to claim four individual Oscars on a single night, a feat last completed by Disney in 1954, when he won best documentary for The Living Desert, best documentary short for The Alaskan Eskimo, best short cartoon Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom; and best short subject for Bear Country.
Unlike Disney though, Baker has won all of his awards for a single film, and where Disney failed to claim two awards on his record-breaking night, for films also nominated in short cartoon and short subject, Baker managed to win for all the awards that he was nominated in. Anora also received a fifth Oscar, for best actress, which went to its star, Mikey Madison.
The haul completes a remarkable rise for Baker, a director who had previously been considered something of an arthouse film outsider and who, before Anora, had never received a single Oscar nomination.
Despite Baker's impressive haul at this year's Oscars, he still has some way to go to match Disney's total Oscar haul, which stands at a record 22 wins.
Read more about the 2025 Oscars:
Anora takes home best picture Oscar
Adrien Brody and Mikey Madison win best acting prizes
Kieran Culkin and Zoe Saldaña win supporting awards
Anora's Sean Baker wins for directing, editing and screenplay
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