With over 90 Nobel Prizes already occupying our shelves, space is at a premium but how many Oscars in total have Cambridge University Alumni won?
Turning to Twitter we asked our followers to help us bring together a list of known recipients. Help us complete the list by tweeting winners' names using #CantabOscars
If you're interested in meeting potential winners of the future you could do worse than to come along to Watersprite 2015 - the Cambridge International Student Film Festival. The student-run festival has been growing from strength to strength since 2010 when it began. As well as meeting the filmmakers - and perhaps Academy Award winners of the future, it's also a chance to hear from industry heavyweights. 2013 saw a visit from Eddie Redmayne himself.
As Eddie Redmayne brings home an Academy Award for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in the film Theory of Everything we've started to check the shelves for other Oscars won by Cambridge Alumni.
Congratulations to Eddie Redmayne for his #Oscars2015 win. Which of our other alumni have won in the past? #CantabOscars
— Cambridge University (@Cambridge_Uni) February 23, 2015@Cambridge_Uni Rachel Weisz won Best Supporting Actress for The Constant Gardener if I remember correctly
— Devansh (@LucaRiolu493) February 23, 2015@Cambridge_Uni Emma Thompson won two Oscars, as an actress for her work in Howard's End and as a screenwriter for Sense and Sensibility
— Gabriel Irwin (@GLIrwin) February 23, 2015Indeed, @AdamCareCN - several times! Further back in history, we think Cecil Beaton ( @stjohnscam@Cambridge_Uni) won a couple for design.
— Cambridge Alumni (@camalumni) February 24, 2015Steven Price of @EmmaCambridge#Oscar for score for Gravity #CantabOscars- @Cambridge_Uni@camalumni
— Paul Mylrea (@MylreaPR) February 24, 2015@TrinityHallCamb@Cambridge_Uni Sam Mendes, best director in 1999 (American Beauty) #CantabOscars
— Peterhouse Outreach (@Peterhouse_SLO) February 24, 2015@Cambridge_Uni@RachelHWeisz (TH 1988) - yes, best supporting actress in 2006 for The Constant Gardener #CantabOscars
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