(Newswire.net — August 7, 2021) — Individually, major entertainment award shows get a lot of attention. The excitement of the red carpet, the dresses, what won the best picture, who won record of the year, all contribute to the hype. And it is worth admitting that the attendees and winners of these awards deserve all this attention if not more. These entertainers make it their life’s work to bring us joy and their art is certainly worth honoring. And thus each of the four major American awards shows, Emmys, Oscars, Grammys, and Tony Awards, get their deserved attention. What gets less attention yet deserves arguably the most are the illustrious entertainers who capture all four of these awards, known as the EGOTs (Emmy Grammy Oscar Tony).
The EGOT is the grand slam of show business and honors truly a lifetime of work. To date, there are only 21 people who have received all four major American awards. It takes incredible talent to win in such a broad range of arts and often the competition is so fierce in each category that more often than not incredible work goes un-awarded. The difficulty of achievement is best illustrated by how long it takes for entertainers to achieve this distinction. The fastest person to be honored with all four awards was composer Robert Lopez over a 10 year period, while on average it takes about 27 years for performers to be honored with all four awards. While there are 21 EGOTs, that doesn’t necessarily capture everyone deserving special accolades as it fails to capture the EGOT nominees.
EGOT nominees are entertainers who have been at least nominated for each of the four awards. These entertainers are equally prolific as the EGOT winners yet are often not talked about. This holds especially true for executive producer and EGOT nominee Ryan Kavanaugh. The best producers are always behind the scenes and use their talent to shape and mold other performances into excellence. As a result, they are often not in the limelight as their skill set is putting this attention on others. This quiet excellence in entertainment is exactly personified in Ryan Kavanaugh.
Kavanaugh mainly worked as a producer for films, and as a result, has a whopping 60 Oscar nominations, and 8 wins. However his contribution to the arts by no means stopped there, he was additionally nominated for an Emmy, a Grammy, and 5 Tony Awards making him undoubtedly a member of the equally illustrious EGOT nominee circle.
The list of works he has won or been nominated for are as follows:
87th Academy Awards (2015)
Nominee Best Original Song: Beyond the Lights
85th Academy Awards (2013)
Nominee Best Achievement in Costume Design: Mirror Mirror
83rd Academy Awards (2011)
Winner Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: The Fighter
Winner Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: The Fighter
Winner Best Achievement in Makeup: The Wolfman
Nominee Best Motion Picture of the Year: The Fighter
Nominee Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: The Fighter
Nominee Best Achievement in Directing: The Fighter
Nominee Best Achievement in Film Editing: The Fighter
Nominee Best Writing, Original Screenplay: The Fighter
Nominee Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Salt
82nd Academy Awards (2010)
Nominee Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Nine
Nominee Best Achievement in Costume Design: Nine
Nominee Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song: Nine
Nominee Best Achievement in Art Direction: Nine
80th Academy Awards (2008)
Nominee Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Charlie Wilson’s War
Nominee Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song: 3:10 to Yuma
Nominee Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: 3:10 to Yuma
59th Annual Grammy Awards Nominee (2016)
Best Music Film: I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead
56th Annual Grammy Awards Nominee (2014)
Nominee Best Song Written for Visual Media: Safe Haven
Emmy Awards Nominee (2016)
Outstanding Music Composition For A Series: Limitless
63rd Tony Awards (2009)
Best Musical: Rock of Ages
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical: Rock of Ages
Best Costume Design of a Musical: Rock of Ages
Best Sound Design of a Musical: Rock of Ages
Best Direction of a Musical: Rock of Ages
Over the course of his career as a producer, Ryan Kavanaugh has brought over 200 films to the silver screen as well as produced more than 40 television shows. With someone who has contributions of that magnitude to the entertainment world, you would expect them to rack up a few nominations for the major four American entertainment awards. However to be nominated in all four categories and to have plenty of wins throughout takes talent and dedication to their craft that a rare few possess. Ryan Kavanaugh finds himself sharing this honor with Dolly Parton, Morgan Freeman, Paul Simon, and few others over the history of these awards.
What is even rarer than being an EGOT nominee is to be additionally successful outside of traditional entertainment. On top of producing all those award-winning films and TV series, Kavanaugh has been applying his talent to tech, social media, and sports. Most recently he orchestrated the historic return of Mike Tyson to the boxing ring while growing the social media app Triller to over 250 million downloads.
Making the EGOT list honors you for being a prolific entertainer, but the way people are entertained is changing rapidly. Movies and TV are often consumed in the background while their primary attention is on a phone or tablet. To be able to provide award-winning content on both screens is a specialty only Ryan Kavanaugh is actively pulling off. Kavanaugh has the skills to produce award-winning movies, musicals, television series, albums, and virally popular social media apps. Combining this breadth of entertainment will likely lead to an extremely exciting future for entertainment, one that we likely have never seen before.