List of Brazilian Academy Award winners and nominees
A list of Brazilian Academy Award winners and nominees appears below. The first Brazilian to be nominated for an Academy Award was Ary Barroso, one of Música Popular Brasileira's greatest composers, in 1945.[1] As of 2021, no Brazilian has been awarded. This list is current as of the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony held on April 25, 2021.
![A color photograph of a man sitting on a sofa, with two golden statuettes on the table in front of him.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Fernanda_Montenegro_em_2015_cropped.jpg/150px-Fernanda_Montenegro_em_2015_cropped.jpg)
Fernanda Montenegro became the first Portuguese-speaking actress to be nominated to an Academy Award in 1998.
Best Actress – Leading Role[]
Best Actress | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
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1998 | Fernanda Montenegro | Central Station | Nominated[2][3] | First Latin American to be nominated for Best Actress and first actress to be nominated for a Portuguese-speaking role. |
Best Cinematography[]
Best Cinematography | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
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2003 | César Charlone | City of God | Nominated[4][5][1] | César Charlone is an Uruguayan-born Brazilian director. |
![A color photograph of a man sitting on a sofa, with two golden statuettes on the table in front of him.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Fernando_Meirelles.jpg/150px-Fernando_Meirelles.jpg)
Best Director[]
Best Director | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone | |
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1985 | Héctor Babenco[1] | Kiss of the Spider Woman | Nominated | Babenco is an Argentine-born Brazilian director. | |
2003 | Fernando Meirelles | City of God | Nominated[4][5][1] |
Best Documentary Feature[]
Best Documentary Feature | |||||
Year | Film | Director | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
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1981 | El Salvador: Another Vietnam | Tetê Vasconcellos Glenn Silber |
Nominated[1] | First Brazilian nomination in this category. Vasconcellos was Brazil's first female director nominated for an Oscar. Silber is a US-born director. | |
2011 | Waste Land | João Jardim Lucy Walker Karen Harley |
Nominated[6][1] | ||
2015 | The Salt of the Earth | Juliano Ribeiro Salgado Wim Wenders |
Nominated[7] | Salgado is a French-born Brazilian director. | |
2020 | The Edge of Democracy | Petra Costa | Nominated[8] |
Best Film Editing[]
Best Film Editing | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone | |
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2003 | Daniel Rezende | City of God (Cidade de Deus) | Nominated[4][5][1] |
Best International Feature Film[]
Best International Feature Film | |||||
Year | Film | Director | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
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1959 | Black Orpheus | Marcel Camus | Won[1] | Marcel Camus was a French film director, but the film was a co-production among Brazil, France and Italy. However, France submitted the film and therefore that country received the award. (original title: Orfeu Negro) | |
1962 | Keeper of Promises | Anselmo Duarte | Nominated[1] | (original title: O Pagador de Promessas) | |
1995 | O Quatrilho | Fábio Barreto | Nominated[1] | Second Brazilian film nominated to the award in over 30 years. | |
1997 | Four Days in September | Bruno Barreto | Nominated[1] | (original title: O Que É Isso Companheiro?) | |
1998 | Central Station | Walter Salles | Nominated[1] | (original title: Central do Brasil) The film was also nominated for Best Actress. |
Best Live Action Short Film[]
Best Live Action Short Film | |||||
Year | Film | Director | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
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2001 | Uma História de Futebol | Paulo Machline | Nominated[1] |
Best Animated Short Film[]
Best Animated Short Film | |||||
Year | Name | Director | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
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2003 | Gone Nutty | Carlos Saldanha | Nominated[1] | First animated short film directed by a Latin-American director to be nominated to the award. Saldanha was nominated with John C. Donkin. |
Best Animated Feature[]
Best Animated Feature | |||||
Year | Name | Director | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
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2015 | Boy and the World | Alê Abreu | Nominated[9] | First Brazilian nominee in this category (original title: O Menino e o Mundo) | |
2017 | Ferdinand | Carlos Saldanha | Nominated[10][1] |
Best Original Song[]
Best Original Song | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Song | Status | Milestone / Notes |
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1945 | Ary Barroso | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | Nominated[1] | First Brazilian and Latin-American songwriter to be nominated. Nominated with Ned Washington |
2011 | Sergio Mendes Carlinhos Brown |
Rio | Real in Rio | Nominated[11][12] | First two Brazilian songwriters to be nominated together. Brown is the first black Latin songwriter to be nominated. Nominated with Siedah Garrett. |
Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay[]
Best Adapted Screenplay | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
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2003 | Bráulio Mantovani | City of God | Nominated[4][5][1] |
Best Documentary - Short Subject[]
Best Documentary - Short Subject | |||||
Year | Film | Director | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
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2021 | Lead Me Home | Pedro Kos Jon Shenk |
Pending[13] | Pedro Kos is a Brazilian director.[14] Jon Shenk is a US-born director. |
References[]
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- ^ "Actress in a Leading Role". AMPAS. Retrieved 7 June 2013.[dead link]
- ^ Marcelo Diego (10 February 1999). "Folha de S.Paulo - Oscar 99: "Não acredito ainda", diz Fernanda" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Folha Online. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Senhor dos Anéis derruba Cidade de Deus e entra para a história do cinema". Correio do Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). 1 March 2004. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d "NARCOTRAFICO Y MARGINALIDAD: Violencia en Cidade de Deus, la favela estrella del filme que peleó por un Oscar". Clarín (in Spanish). 2 March 2004. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "'Lixo extraordinário' perde o Oscar para 'Trabalho interno'". G1 (in Portuguese). 28 February 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "'O sal da terra' perde estatueta e Brasil continua sem Oscar". G1 (in Portuguese). 23 February 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ J. R. Guzzo (10 February 2020). "Derrotado, Democracia em Vertigem não deixará traço de existência". Metrópoles (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Oscar Nominations 2016: The Complete List". Oscars.com. Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ^ Milene Saddi (5 March 2018). "Animações do Oscar 2018 trazem mensagens de respeito ao próximo". Revista Crescer (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Canção de Carlinhos Brown e Sergio Mendes não leva o Oscar". g1 (in Portuguese). 27 February 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ ""Chegar até aqui é o mais difícil", diz Carlinhos Brown". EXAME (in Portuguese). 28 February 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Oscars Nominations 2022 —— Full List of Nominees". Deadline. February 8, 2022.
- ^ Klock, Cleide (February 8, 2022). "Com documentário sobre sem-teto, Pedro Kos é o único brasileiro indicado ao Oscar" [With a documentary about homeless people, Pedro Kos is the only Brazilian nominated to the Oscars]. CNN Brasil (in Portuguese).
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