Retired Categories

In the present times, hardly anyone is unaware of the mega event called Oscar Awards ceremony. Every year, the Oscar awards, with its glamorous and glitzy appearance, plays host to the people associated with Hollywood. Academy Award ceremony has numerous categories of awards, meant to acknowledge the various set of people involved in the making of a movie. Since its origin, the awards have undergone many changes. The major changes have taken place in the category of awards that are presented every year, for the excellence achieved in filmmaking.

Oscar has undergone a continuous process of refinement and improvement. While many new categories of awards were introduced, there are certain categories that have been either removed or replaced and given a new outlook. These categories are now known as 'Retired Categories'. The Academy has continued to scrutinize award categories, since the inception of the ceremony, dropping the ones that seemed to be of less importance. The result was that these awards were given for a very short tenure, sometimes only once. Let us get some more information on 'Retired Category Academy Awards'.