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Officially, there was no model for the Oscar. The statuette given to Academy Award winners was designed by Cedric Gibbons, chief art director at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, according to the Oscars.

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Was This Man Immortalized Forever As The Model For The Oscar Statuette? Lore has it that a niche player in the very early years of Hollywood eventually became the model for the golden statue.

The new Academy Award has sharper eyes, a more defined mouth, and it looks like he's been working out. This year Oscar is wearing bronze. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has ...

Was This Man Immortalized Forever As The Model For The Oscar Statuette? Lore has it that a niche player in the very early years of Hollywood eventually became the model for the golden statue.

Production designer Rick Carter, Stock image of an Oscar statuette ...