The Statuette
First designed by MGM art director cedric gibbons and sculptured by george stanley. Gibbons had actor, director and screenwriter Emilio Fernadez pose naked to inspire the design. The statuette is gold plated britannium on a black metal base, it is 13.5 inches tall, weighs 8.5lb. The statue depicts a knight holding a crusader sword and standing on a reel of film with five spokes. Each of these spokes is said to represent the 5 areas of film. actors, directors, producers, technicians and writers.
The official name for the award is the Academy Award of Merit. It was nicknamed the oscar by Margaret Herrick who said that it resembled her uncle oscar. The Academy didn’t adopt the nickname officially until 1939, but it was widely known enough by 1934 that Hollywood columnist Sidney Skolsky used it in a piece referring to Katharine Hepburn’s first Best Actress win.
Each Oscar statuette stands on a film reel, which has five spokes representing the original branches of the Academy: actors, directors, producers, technicians and writers.
The statuette is a knight grasping a crusader's sword. This year, the Academy is trying to start a meme called "#Oscaring," in which people pose like the Oscar.
No. The Academy has awarded nearly 3,000 Oscar statuettes since 1929, but they all have different number emblazoned on them. This one -- marked 3,111 -- will be handed out at a future ceremony.
Original Academy member Cedric Gibbons designed the statuette. He had director, screenwriter and actor Emilio Fernandez pose nude to inspire the Oscar design. Artist George Stanley sculpted Oscar.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave out the first statuette in 1929. Back then, it was only referred to as the Academy Award of Merit. Now, it primarily goes by its nickname: Oscar. The Academy officially adopted the nickname in 1939.
R. S. Owens and Company manufatures the statuettes in Chicago. The Academy says it takes three to four weeks to create 50 Oscars.
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