Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - George Stanley ne ya zana kyautar daga zane-zanen Cedric Gibbons. AMPAS ta fara gabatar da shi a shekarar 1929
a wani abincin dare mai zaman kansa wanda Douglas Fairbanks ya shirya a Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel a cikin abin da za a san shi a matsayin 1st Academy Awards. An fara watsa shirye-shiryen Academy Awards ta hanyar rediyo a 1930 kuma an nuna shi a karo na farko a 1953. Shine mafi tsufa bikin bayar da kyaututtuka a duniya kuma yanzu ana watsa shi kai tsaye a duk duniya. Hakanan shine mafi tsufa daga cikin manyan kyaututtukan nishaɗin Amurka na shekara-shekara guda huɗu; kwatankwacinsa <unk> Emmy Awards don talabijin, Tony Awards don wasan kwaikwayo, da Grammy Awards don kiɗa <unk> an tsara su bayan Academy Awards. An ba da jimillar mutum 3,140 Oscar tun lokacin da aka kafa shi a 1929. Ana ambaton su da yawa a matsayin mafi daraja da shahararrun kyaututtukan gasa a fagen nishaɗi.