Who is on Oscars statue
97th Oscars :Who is on Oscars statue ? Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards have been announced and Anuja has been nominated in the Live Action Short Film category. Oscars have always been very special. This is the dream of every filmmaker and film maker. This Oscar statuette is equally special. But have you ever wondered who has a statue in this Oscar award?
The Oscars… the dream of every person associated with the film industry. This is the dream that every filmmaker and every film worker sees. This is also a big desire of India. Why only India, every film industry in the world wants to win this glittering trophy at least once. Although there are many things related to Oscars that people do not know even today, but this beautiful gold trophy is no less historic. The nominations for the 97th Oscar Awards have been announced, and the Indian American film ‘Anuja’ has made its place.
In such a situation, today we are telling you about this beautiful Oscar trophy, which is the dream of every filmmaker or artist to get. So let’s know whose statue is the trophy given in the Oscar Awards and what is the story of this special trophy, so read every thing related to this trophy…
Before knowing about the Oscar trophy, it is important to know some things about this event. The world’s first Oscar award event was organized on 16 May 1929. It was organized at the Roosevelt Hotel in California. This award is also called the Academy Award of Merit. The idea of making this trophy was raised two years before this event.
Oscars statue , Who designed the trophy?
In the year 1927, the design of the trophy was discussed for the first time in the meeting of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. During this time, many artists of Los Angeles were asked to present their designs. Out of all the beautiful sculptures, the sculpture made by sculptor George Stanley was liked, and thus the world got its Oscar trophy.
According to reports, the inspiration for the trophy given in the Oscar Awards was Mexican filmmaker and actor Emilio Fernandez. It is believed that Fernandez is behind this statue and this is his picture, which Stanley gave the form of a statue. Born in Coahuila, Mexico in 1904, Emilio grew up during the Mexican Revolution. Fernandez, a high school dropout, became an officer of the Huertista rebels. He was also sentenced, but he fled from there. After this, Fernandez started doing extra work in Hollywood. Here he was named ‘El Indio’ by silent film star Dolores del Rio.
And that pose became iconic…
The actress became good friends with Rio. Rio was the wife of Cedric Gibbons, the art director of Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios and a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Del Rio introduced Fernandez to Gibbons, who was working on the design of the statue. Gibbons asked Fernandez to pose for a sketch that was the basis for the trophy weighing 8.5 pounds. Fernandez reluctantly posed and it became an iconic pose. George Stanley designed it and it was the trophy that was presented at the first Oscar ceremony in Los Angeles in 1929. Hence, Fernandez is considered to be the man behind this Oscar trophy.
According to the rules of Oscar, the Oscar winner does not have full ownership of his trophy. The winner cannot sell the trophy anywhere else even if he wants to. If a winner wants to sell this trophy, then first of all it has to be sold to the Academy that gives this trophy. The Academy will buy this trophy for only 1 dollar. Therefore, the price of this trophy is considered to be one dollar. However, if we talk about the cost of making it, then it costs a lot.
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