In 1956, President Dwight Eisenhower received a special “Emmy” award.
44th President of the United States Barack Obama received an Emmy Award in the nomination “Best Narrator” for his role as a narrator in the documentary series “Our Great National Parks”, which was released on Netflix, reports Associated Press.
The production company of Barack and Michelle Obama worked on the creation of a five-episode series, which presents national parks from around the world Higher Ground.
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< p>Obama is already halfway to EGOT status, which means winning four of America's most popular entertainment awards important art: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony. To date, 17 people have this status.
In 2008, Obama received a Grammy Award in the category “Best Spoken Word Album” for reading his audio books “The Courage of Hope” and “The Promised Land”.
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Barack Obama's other notable awards include the Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people.
