List of Brazilian Academy Award winners and nominees

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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.
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
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
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.
Fernando Meirelles was the second Brazilian director to be nominated to an Academy Award in 2004.

Best Director[]

Best Director
Year Name Film Status Milestone
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
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
2003 Daniel Rezende City of God (Cidade de Deus) Nominated[4][5][1]

Best International Feature Film[]

See also: List of Brazilian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Best International Feature Film
Year Film Director Status Milestone / Notes
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
2001 Uma História de Futebol Paulo Machline Nominated[1]

Best Animated Short Film[]

Best Animated Short Film
Year Name Director Status Milestone / Notes
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
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
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
2003 Bráulio Mantovani City of God Nominated[4][5][1]

Best Documentary - Short Subject[]

Best Documentary - Short Subject
Year Film Director Status Milestone / Notes
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[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "25 filmes e artistas brasileiros que foram indicados ao Oscar". Claudia (in Portuguese). 8 February 2020. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Actress in a Leading Role". AMPAS. Retrieved 7 June 2013.[dead link]
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "'Lixo extraordinário' perde o Oscar para 'Trabalho interno'". G1 (in Portuguese). 28 February 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  7. ^ "'O sal da terra' perde estatueta e Brasil continua sem Oscar". G1 (in Portuguese). 23 February 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  8. ^ J. R. Guzzo (10 February 2020). "Derrotado, Democracia em Vertigem não deixará traço de existência". Metrópoles (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Oscar Nominations 2016: The Complete List". Oscars.com. Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  10. ^ Milene Saddi (5 March 2018). "Animações do Oscar 2018 trazem mensagens de respeito ao próximo". Revista Crescer (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Canção de Carlinhos Brown e Sergio Mendes não leva o Oscar". g1 (in Portuguese). 27 February 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  12. ^ ""Chegar até aqui é o mais difícil", diz Carlinhos Brown". EXAME (in Portuguese). 28 February 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Oscars Nominations 2022 —— Full List of Nominees". Deadline. February 8, 2022.
  14. ^ 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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