List of Hispanic Academy Award winners and nominees

The following are people of Hispanic descent born outside of Latin America and Spain who have been nominated for or have won an Academy Award, along with the flag of the country of their Hispanic ancestry. All people listed were born in the United States.

Acting categories[]

Best Actor[]

Year	Nominee	Country/ territory	Film	Status	Notes	Ref(s)
Academy Award for Best Actor
1988 (61st)	Edward James Olmos	Mexico	Stand and Deliver	Nominated	First and (to date) only American actor of Hispanic descent to be nominated for Best Actor. Born in California to Mexican parents.

Best Supporting Actor[]

Year	Nominee	Country/ territory	Film	Status	Notes	Ref(s)
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
1947 (20th)	Thomas Gomez	Spain	Ride the Pink Horse	Nominated	First and (to date) only American actor of Hispanic descent to be nominated for Best Supporting Actor. Born in New York to Spanish-born parents.

Best Supporting Actress[]

Year	Nominee	Country/ territory	Film	Status	Notes
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1959 (32nd)	Susan Kohner	Mexico	Imitation of Life	Nominated	Born in California to a Mexican mother.
1991 (64th)	Mercedes Ruehl	Cuba	The Fisher King	Won	Maternal grandfather was Cuban.
1993 (66th)	Rosie Perez	Puerto Rico	Fearless	Nominated	Born in New York to Puerto Rican parents.

Animated categories[]

Best Animated Feature[]

Year	Nominee	Country/ territory	Film	Status	Notes	Ref(s)
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
2015 (88th)	Jonas Rivera	Mexico	Inside Out	Won	Born in California of Mexican descent. Shared with Pete Docter.	^[1]
2018 (91st)	Phil Lord	Cuba	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse	Won	Born in Miami, Florida to a Cuban-born mother.	^[2]
2019 (92nd)	Jonas Rivera	Mexico	Toy Story 4	Won	Shared with Josh Cooley and

Best Cinematography[]

Year	Nominee	Country/ territory	Film	Status	Notes	Ref(s)
Academy Award for Best Cinematography
1974 (47th)	John A. Alonzo	Mexico	Chinatown	Nominated	Born in Texas of Mexican descent. First American of Hispanic descent to be nominated for Best Cinematography.
1977 (50th)	William A. Fraker		Looking for Mr. Goodbar	Nominated	Born in California to a Mexico-born mother. First American of Hispanic descent to be nominated for Best Cinematography.
1978 (51st)			Heaven Can Wait	Nominated	First American of Hispanic descent to be nominated for Best Cinematography more than once.
1979 (52nd)			1941	Nominated	First American of Hispanic descent to earn three consecutive nominations for Best Cinematography.
1983 (56th)			WarGames	Nominated
1985 (58th)			Murphy's Romance	Nominated	First and (to date) only American of Hispanic descent to be earn five Best Cinematography nominations.	^[3]

Documentary categories[]

Best Documentary (Short Subject)[]

Year	Nominee	Country/ territory	Film	Status	Notes	Ref(s)
Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)
1977 (50th)	Moctesuma Esparza	Mexico	Agueda Martinez: Our People, Our Country	Nominated	Born in California to Mexican-born parents.

Best Makeup and Hairstyling[]

Year	Name	Country/ territory	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
2020	Sergio Lopez-Rivera		Ma Rainey's Black Bottom	Won	First Hispanic person to be nominated for Makeup and Hairstyling. Shared with Mia Neal and Jameika Wilson

Music categories[]

Best Original Score[]

Year	Nominee	Country/ territory	Film	Status	Notes	Ref(s)
Academy Award for Best Original Score
1944 (17th)	Carmen Dragon	Spain	Cover Girl	Won	The category was Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture. Born in California of Spanish descent. Shared with Morris Stoloff.

Best Original Song[]

Year	Nominee	Country/ territory	Film	Song	Status	Notes	Ref(s)
Academy Award for Best Original Song
1983 (56th)	Irene Cara	Puerto Rico Cuba	Flashdance	"Flashdance... What a Feeling"	Won	First Hispanic/Latino American songwriter to win Best Original Song. Born in New York to a Puerto Rican-born father and a Cuban- American mother. Shared with Giorgio Moroder and Keith Forsey.
1988 (61st)	Carly Simon	Cuba	Working Girl	"Let the River Run"	Won	Maternal grandmother was Cuban.
2002 (75th)	Luis Resto	Puerto Rico	8 Mile	"Lose Yourself"	Won	Born in Michigan to Puerto Rican-born parents. Shared with Eminem and Jeff Bass.	^[4]
2016 (89th)	Lin-Manuel Miranda	Puerto Rico	Moana	"How Far I'll Go"	Nominated	Born in New York to Puerto Rican-born parents.

Best Visual Effects category[]

Year	Nominee	Country/ territory	Film	Status	Notes	Ref(s)
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
1979 (52nd)	William A. Fraker	Mexico	1941	Nominated	Born in California to a Mexican-born mother. Shared with A. D. Flowers and Greg Jein.

Screenplay categories[]

Best Original Screenplay[]

Year	Nominee	Country/ territory	Film	Status	Notes	Ref(s)
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
1983 (55th)	Gregory Nava	Mexico	El Norte	Nominated	Born in California to a Mexican-American father First American of Hispanic descent to be nominated for Best Screenplay. Shared with Anna Thomas.
2014 (87th)	Alexander Dinelaris Jr.	Puerto Rico Cuba	Birdman	Won	Born in New York to a mother of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent. First American of Hispanic descent to win for Best Screenplay. Shared with Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, and Armando Bó.	^[5] ^[6]

References[]

^ "The 88th Academy Awards (2016) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Archived from the original on January 25, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
^ "The 91st Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^ "The 58th Academy Awards (1986) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
^ "The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
^ "The 87th Academy Awards (2015) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 10, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
^ Dinelaris, Alexander [@alexdinelaris] (5 March 2015). "While I very much love the Greek people and culture I am not Greek. My father's side is Armenian, my Mother's is Cuban/Puerto Rican #Birdman" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 February 2020 – via Twitter.

[Oscars88-1] "The 88th Academy Awards (2016) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Archived from the original on January 25, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2016.

[2] "The 91st Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 22 January 2019.

[Oscars58-3] "The 58th Academy Awards (1986) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved August 27, 2013.

[Oscars2003-4] "The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2011.

[Oscars87-5] "The 87th Academy Awards (2015) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 10, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2015.

[6] Dinelaris, Alexander [@alexdinelaris] (5 March 2015). "While I very much love the Greek people and culture I am not Greek. My father's side is Armenian, my Mother's is Cuban/Puerto Rican #Birdman" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 February 2020 – via Twitter.

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