Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars

Discontinued categories
Best Assistant Director: 1932/33 to
1937
Best Director, Comedy Picture:
1927/28
Best Director, Dramatic Picture:
1927/28
Best Dance Direction: 1935 to 1937
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Best Engineering Effects: 1927/28
Best Original Musical or Comedy
Score: 1995 to 1998
Best Original Story: 1927/28 to 1956
Best Short Subject – 1 Reel: 1936 to
1956
Best Short Subject – 2 Reel: 1936 to
1956
Best Short Subject – Color: 1936 to
1937
Best Short Subject – Comedy: 1931/32
to 1935
Best Short Subject – Novelty: 1931/32
to 1935
Best Sound Editing: 1963 to 2019

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Proposed categories
The Board of Governors meets each year
and considers new award categories. To
date, the following categories have been
proposed:
Best Casting: rejected in 1999
[92]
Best Popular Film: proposed in 2018
for presentation at the 2019 ceremony;
postponed until the 2020 ceremony at
the earliest
[93]
Academy Award for Best Title Writing:
1927/28
Academy Award for Best Unique and
Artistic Production: 1927/28
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Best Stunt Coordination: rejected every
year from 1991 to 2012
[94][95][96][97]
Best Title Design: rejected in 1999
[92]
The Special Academy Awards are voted
on by special committees, rather than by
the Academy membership as a whole.
They are not always presented on an
annual basis.