Pete Smith - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	04-September-1892
Place of Birth	New York City (New York, United States of America, Area code 917)
Nationality	United States of America
Also know as	Peter Schmidt, A Smith Named Pete, 'a Smith named Pete', a Smith name Pete
Profession	Publicist, Voice Actor, Film Producer, Screenwriter, Film Director
Pete Smith was an American publicist, short subject producer and narrator. A native of New York City, Smith began working as a publicist at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the 1920s. He later moved into film making. He is best known for his series of shorts, the Pete Smith Specialties, which were in production from the 1930s to the 1950s. Smith produced and narrated over 150 shorts which earned him two Best Live Action Short Film Academy Awards. In 1953, he was awarded an Academy Honorary Award for his short films. Smith's later years were spent in a Santa Monica convalescent home due to ill health. In January 1979, Smith jumped to his death from the roof of the home.

Awards by Pete Smith

Check all the awards nominated and won by Pete Smith.

1953

Academy Honorary Award	(for his witty and pungent observations on the American scene in his series of 'Pete Smith Specialties)

1950

Nominations 1950 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, One-reel	Wrong Way Butch

1949

Nominations 1949 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, One-reel	Water Trix

1948

Nominations 1948 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, One-reel	You Can't Win

1947

Nominations 1947 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, One-reel	Now You See It

1946

Nominations 1946 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, One-reel	Sure Cures

1944

Nominations 1944 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, One-reel	Movie Pests

1943

Nominations 1943 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, One-reel	Seeing Hands

1942

Nominations 1942 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, One-reel	Marines in the Making

1941

Nominations 1941 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, One-reel	Army Champions

1940

Academy Award for Best Short Subject, One-reel

Honored for : Quicker'n a Wink

Nominations 1940 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, One-reel	Quicker'n a Wink

1937

Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Color

Honored for : Penny Wisdom

Nominations 1937 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Color	Penny Wisdom
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, One-reel	Romance of Radium

1936

Nominations 1936 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, One-reel	Wanted \u2013 A Master

1935

Nominations 1935 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action)	Audioscopiks

1934

Nominations 1934 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action)	Strikes and Spares came in 2nd

1933

Nominations 1933 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action)	Menu tied for 2nd

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