List of Mexican Academy Award winners and nominees

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This is a list of Mexican Academy Award winners and nominees. This list details the performances of Mexican filmmakers, actors, actresses and films that have either been submitted, nominated or have won an Academy Award.

List of winners[]

Name # Academy Awards Title Year
Alfonso Cuarón 5 Best Director Gravity 2013
Best Film Editing
Best Director Roma 2018
Best Cinematography
Best Foreign Language Film
Alejandro González Iñárritu Special Achievement Flesh and Sand 2017
Best Director The Revenant 2015
Best Picture Birdman 2014
Best Director
Best Original Screenplay
Emmanuel Lubezki 3 Best Cinematography The Revenant 2015
Birdman 2014
Gravity 2013
Guillermo del Toro 2 Best Picture The Shape of Water 2017
Best Director
Anthony Quinn Best Supporting Actor Lust for Life 1956
Viva Zapata! 1952
Emile Kuri Best Production Design 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954
The Heiress 1949
Manuel Arango Best Documentary (Short Subject) Sentinels of Silence 1971
Best Live Action Short Film
Lupita Nyong'o 1 Best Supporting Actress 12 Years a Slave 2013
Guillermo Navarro Best Cinematography El Laberinto del Fauno 2006
Eugenio Caballero Best Production Design
Brigitte Broch Moulin Rouge! 2001
Edward Carrere Camelot 1967
Beatrice de Alba Best Makeup and Hairstyling Frida 2002
Jaime Baksht Best Sound Sound of Metal 2020
Michelle Couttolenc
Carlos Cortés

Special Achievement[]

Special Achievement Academy Award
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
2017 Alejandro González Iñárritu Flesh and Sand Recipient First Mexican to receive this award.

Best Picture[]

This list focuses on Mexican-born producers.

Academy Award for Best Picture
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
2006 Alejandro González Iñárritu Babel Nominated Shared with Steve Golin and Jon Kilik.
2013 Alfonso Cuarón Gravity Nominated Shared with David Heyman.
2014 Alejandro González Iñárritu Birdman Won Shared with John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole.
2015 The Revenant Nominated Shared with Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Mary Parent and Keith Redmon.
2017 Guillermo del Toro The Shape of Water Won Shared with J. Miles Dale.
2018 Alfonso Cuarón Roma Nominated Shared with Gabriela Rodriguez.

Best Director[]

This list focuses on Mexican-born directors.

Academy Award for Best Director
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
2006 Alejandro González Iñárritu Babel Nominated First Mexican to be nominated for Best Director.
2013 Alfonso Cuarón Gravity Won First Mexican and Latin American to win Best Director.
2014 Alejandro González Iñárritu Birdman Won First Mexican and Latin American to be nominated for Best Director twice.
2015 The Revenant Won First Mexican and Latin American to win Best Director two times.
Third director in history to win consecutive Best Director Academy Awards.
First Mexican and Latin American to be nominated for Best Director three times.
2017 Guillermo del Toro The Shape of Water Won
2018 Alfonso Cuarón Roma Won First person to win for Best Director and Best Cinematography.

Best Actor[]

This list focuses on Mexican-born actors.

Leading[]

Academy Award for Best Actor
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1957 Anthony Quinn Wild Is the Wind Nominated
1964 Zorba the Greek Nominated
2012 Demián Bichir A Better Life Nominated

Supporting[]

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1952 Anthony Quinn Viva Zapata! Won
1956 Lust for Life Won First Mexican-born actor to win two Oscars in the same category.

Best Actress[]

This list focuses on Mexican-born actresses.

Leading[]

Academy Award for Best Actress
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
2002 Salma Hayek Frida Nominated First Mexican actress to be nominated for Best Leading Actress.
2018 Yalitza Aparicio Roma Nominated Debut performance.
First Indigenous Latin American (Indigenous Mexican) to be nominated in any category.

Supporting[]

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1954 Katy Jurado Broken Lance Nominated First Mexican and Hispanic actress to be nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
1959 Susan Kohner Imitation of Life Nominated
2006 Adriana Barraza Babel Nominated
2013 Lupita Nyong'o 12 Years a Slave Won Mexican with Kenyan citizenship.
First Mexican-born actress to win an Academy Award.
2018 Marina de Tavira Roma Nominated

Best Production Design[]

This list focuses on Mexican-born art directors/production designers and set decorators.

Academy Award for Best Production Design
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1942 Emile Kuri Silver Queen Nominated Mexican-born American set decorator of Lebanese descent.
1949 The Heiress Won
Edward Carrere Adventures of Don Juan Nominated Shared with Lyle Reifsnider.
1952 Emile Kuri Carrie Nominated
1954 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Won
Executive Suite Nominated
1959 John DeCuir The Big Fisherman Nominated
1960 Edward Carrere Sunrise at Campobello Nominated Shared with George James Hopkins.
1961 Emile Kuri The Absent-Minded Professor Nominated
Fernando Carrere The Children's Hour Nominated
1963 John DeCuir Cleopatra Won
1964 Emile Kuri Mary Poppins Nominated
1967 Edward Carrere Camelot Won Shared with John Truscott and John W. Brown.
John DeCuir The Taming of the Shrew Nominated
1969 Hello, Dolly! Won
1971 Emile Kuri Bedknobs and Broomsticks Nominated
1996 Brigitte Broch Romeo + Juliet Nominated German-born Mexican art director.
Shared with Catherine Martin.
2001 Moulin Rouge! Won
2002 Felipe Fernández del Paso
Hania Robledo		 Frida Nominated
2006 Eugenio Caballero Pan's Labyrinth Won Original title: El laberinto del fauno
Shared with Pilar Revuelta.
2018 Eugenio Caballero
Bárbara Enríquez		 Roma Nominated

Best Cinematography[]

This list focuses on Mexican-born cinematographers.

Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1964 Gabriel Figueroa The Night of the Iguana Nominated
1975 John A. Alonzo Chinatown Nominated First American-born Latino to be nominated for Best Cinematography.
1995 Emmanuel Lubezki A Little Princess Nominated
1999 Sleepy Hollow Nominated
2005 The New World Nominated
Rodrigo Prieto Brokeback Mountain Nominated
2006 Emmanuel Lubezki Children of Men Nominated
Guillermo Navarro Pan's Labyrinth Won Original title: El laberinto del fauno
2011 Emmanuel Lubezki The Tree of Life Nominated
2013 Gravity Won
2014 Birdman Won
2015 The Revenant Won First cinematographer to win three years in a row.
First Mexican and Latin American to win the Oscars three times.
First Mexican Jews to be nominated and to win an Academy Award in any category.
2016 Rodrigo Prieto Silence Nominated
2018 Alfonso Cuarón Roma Won First Mexican director to be nominated for Best Cinematography while serving as both director and cinematographer.
First Mexican director to win for Best Director and Best Cinematography in the same year.
2019 Rodrigo Prieto The Irishman Nominated

Best Costume Design[]

Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
2019 Mayes C. Rubeo Jojo Rabbit Nominated First Mexican and Latin American costume designer to be nominated for Best Costume Design.[1]

Best Documentary Feature[]

This list focuses on documentaries features directed by Mexican-born filmmakers.

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
Year Film Name Status Milestone / Notes
1957 Torero! Manuel Barbachano Ponce Nominated
1969 The Olympics in Mexico Alberto Isaac Nominated
1985 The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Lourdes Portillo Nominated Shared with Susana Blaustein Muñoz.
2001 Promises Carlos Bolado Nominated Shared with B.Z. Goldberg and Justine Shapiro.

Best Documentary Short Subject[]

This list focuses on documentaries short subject directed by Mexican-born filmmakers.

Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject
Year Film Name Status Milestone / Notes
1971 Sentinels of Silence Manuel Arango Won Original title: Centinelas del silencio
Shared with Robert Amram.
This was the only time that a short film won Oscars in two categories.
1977 Agueda Martinez: Our People, Our Country Nominated

Best Film Editing[]

This list focuses on Mexican-born film editors.

Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
2006 Alfonso Cuarón Children of Men Nominated Shared with Alex Rodriguez.
2013 Gravity Won Shared with Mark Sanger.

Best International Feature Film[]

Main article: List of Mexican submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

This list focuses on Mexican films that won or were nominated for the foreign language film award.

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Year Film Director Status Milestone / Notes
1960 Macario Roberto Gavaldón Nominated First Latin American and Mexican film to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film.
1961 The Important Man Ismael Rodríguez Nominated Original title: Ánimas Trujano
1962 The Pearl of Tlayucan Luis Alcoriza Nominated Original title: Tlayucan
1975 Letters from Marusia Miguel Littín Nominated Original title: Actas de Marusia
2000 Love's a Bitch Alejandro González Iñárritu Nominated Original title: Amores Perros
2002 The Crime of Father Amaro Carlos Carrera Nominated Original title: El Crimen del Padre Amaro
2006 Pan's Labyrinth Guillermo del Toro Nominated Original title: El Laberinto del Fauno
The film was nominated for five other Academy Awards, and won three of them: Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography and Best Makeup.
2010 Biutiful Alejandro González Iñárritu Nominated Second nomination for Best Foreign Language Film to a film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu.
2018 Roma Alfonso Cuarón Won First Mexican film to be nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film and to be simultaneously nominated for Best Picture.

Best Live Action Short Film[]

This list focuses on live action short-films directed by Mexican-born filmmakers.

Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
Year Film Name Status Milestone / Notes
1971 Sentinels of Silence Manuel Arango Won Original title: Centinelas del silencio
Shared with Robert Amram.
This was the only time that a short film won Oscars in two categories.
1996 De tripas, corazón Antonio Urrutia Nominated

Best Makeup[]

This list focuses on Mexican-born makeup artists.

Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
2002 Beatrice De Alba Frida Won
2008 Mike Elizalde Hellboy II: The Golden Army Nominated

Best Original Score[]

Academy Award for Best Original Score
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1970 Bill Melendez A Boy Named Charlie Brown Nominated The category was Best Music, Original Song Score.
Shared with Rod McKuen, John Scott Trotter, Alan Shean, and Vince Guaraldi.

Best Sound[]

This list focuses on Mexican-born sound editors and mixers.

Prior to the 93rd Academy Awards, the Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing were separate categories.[2]

Academy Award for Best Sound
Year Name Film Category Status Milestone / Notes
2006 Fernando Cámara Apocalypto Mixing Nominated
2012 José Antonio García Argo Nominated
2014 Martin Hernández Birdman Editing Nominated Shared with Aaron Glascock.
2015 The Revenant Nominated Shared with Lon Bender.
2018 José Antonio García Roma Mixing Nominated Shared with Skip Lievsay and Craig Henighan.
Sergio Díaz Editing Nominated Shared with Skip Lievsay.
2020 Jaime Baksht
Michelle Couttolenc
Carlos Cortés		 Sound of Metal Sound Won Shared with Nicolas Becker and Phillip Bladh.

Best Writing (Screenplay)[]

This list focuses on Mexican-born writers.

Adapted[]

Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
2006 Alfonso Cuarón Children of Men Nominated Shared with Hawk Otsby, Timothy J. Sexton and Mark Fergus.

Original[]

Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
2002 Alfonso Cuarón
Carlos Cuarón		 And Your Mother Too Nominated Original title: Y Tu Mamá También
2006 Guillermo Arriaga Babel Nominated
Guillermo del Toro Pan's Labyrinth Nominated Original title: El Laberinto del Fauno
2014 Alejandro González Iñárritu Birdman Won Shared with Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Nicolás Giacobone and Armando Bo.
2017 Guillermo del Toro The Shape of Water Nominated Shared with Vanessa Taylor.
Story by Guillermo del Toro.
2018 Alfonso Cuarón Roma Nominated

Best Visual Effects[]

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1947 Paul Lerpae Unconquered Nominated Mexican born-American special effects artist.

See also[]

  • Cinema of Mexico
  • List of Mexican films

References[]

  1. ^ "Mayes Rubeo is the first Latina to be nominated for the Oscars for the Best Costume Design". IQ Latino. February 14, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  2. ^ Hammond, Pete (April 28, 2020). "Oscars Keeping Show Date But Make Big News As Academy Lightens Eligibility Rules, Combines Sound Categories, Ends DVD Screeners and More". Deadline Hollywood.
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