List of female Academy Award winners and nominees for non-gendered categories
This list of female Academy Award winners and nominees for non-gendered categories details women who have won or been nominated for awards in non-gender specific categories.
Best Animated Feature[]
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
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2007 | Marjane Satrapi | Persepolis | Nominated | First woman to be nominated for Best Animated Feature. Shared with Vincent Paronnaud. |
2011 | Jennifer Yuh Nelson | Kung Fu Panda 2 | Nominated | |
2012 | Brenda Chapman | Brave | Won | First woman to win for Best Animated Feature. Shared with Mark Andrews. |
2013 | Jennifer Lee | Frozen | Won | Shared with Chris Buck and Peter Del Vecho. |
Kristine Belson | The Croods | Nominated | Shared with Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders. | |
2014 | Bonnie Arnold | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Nominated | Shared with Dean DeBlois. |
2015 | Rosa Tran | Anomalisa | Nominated | Shared with Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson. |
2016 | Arianne Sutner | Kubo and the Two Strings | Nominated | Shared with Travis Knight. |
Osnat Shurer | Moana | Nominated | Shared with John Musker and Ron Clements. | |
2017[note 1] | Darla K. Anderson | Coco | Won | Shared with Lee Unkrich. |
Ramsey Ann Naito | The Boss Baby | Nominated | Shared with Tom McGrath. | |
Nora Twomey | The Breadwinner | Nominated | Shared with Anthony Leo. | |
Lori Forte | Ferdinand | Nominated | Shared with Carlos Saldanha. | |
Dorota Kobiela | Loving Vincent | Nominated | Shared with Hugh Welchman and Ivan Mactaggart. | |
2018 | Nicole Paradis Grindle | Incredibles 2 | Nominated | Shared with Brad Bird and John Walker. |
2019 | Bonnie Arnold | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Nominated | Shared with Dean DeBlois and Brad Lewis. |
Marisa Román |
Klaus | Nominated | Shared with Sergio Pablos. | |
Arianne Sutner | Missing Link | Nominated | Shared with Chris Butler and Travis Knight. | |
2020 | Dana Murray | Soul | Won | Shared with Pete Docter. |
Kori Rae | Onward | Nominated | Shared with Dan Scanlon. | |
Gennie Rin Peilin Chou |
Over the Moon | Nominated | Shared with Glen Keane. |
Best Cinematography[]
Academy Award for Best Cinematography | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
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2017 | Rachel Morrison | Mudbound | Nominated | First woman to be nominated for Best Cinematography. |
Best Costume Design[]
At least one woman has been nominated for Best Costume Design at every ceremony since the category's inception.
Academy Award for Best Costume Design | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Black and White or Color | Notes |
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1948 | Irene | B.F.'s Daughter | Nominated | Black and White | |
Dorothy Jeakins Karinska |
Joan of Arc | Won | Color | ||
Edith Head | The Emperor Waltz | Nominated | Shared with Gile Steele. | ||
1949 | The Heiress | Won | Black and White | ||
Marjorie Best Leah Rhodes |
The Adventures of Don Juan | Won | Color | Shared with Travilla. | |
Kay Nelson | Mother Is a Freshman | Nominated | |||
1950 | Edith Head | All About Eve | Won | Black and White | Shared with Charles LeMaire. |
Edith Head Dorothy Jeakins Elois Jenssen Gwen Wakeling |
Samson and Delilah | Won | Color | Shared with Charles LeMaire and Gile Steele. | |
1951 | Edith Head | A Place in the Sun | Won | Black and White | |
Renié | The Model and the Marriage Broker | Nominated | Shared with Charles LeMaire. | ||
Margaret Furse | The Mudlark | Nominated | Shared with Edward Stevenson. | ||
Lucinda Ballard | A Streetcar Named Desire | Nominated | |||
Irene Sharaff | An American in Paris | Won | Color | Shared with Orry-Kelly and Walter Plunkett. | |
Helen Rose | The Great Caruso | Nominated | Shared with Gile Steele. | ||
1952 | The Bad and the Beautiful | Won | Black and White | ||
Edith Head | Carrie | Nominated | |||
Dorothy Jeakins | My Cousin Rachel | Nominated | Shared with Charles LeMaire. | ||
Sheila O'Brien | Sudden Fear | Nominated | |||
Edith Head Dorothy Jeakins |
The Greatest Show on Earth | Nominated | Color | Shared with Miles White. | |
Karinska Mary Wills |
Hans Christian Andersen | Nominated | Shared with Clavé. | ||
Helen Rose | The Merry Widow | Nominated | Shared with Gile Steele. | ||
1953 | Edith Head | Roman Holiday | Won | Black and White | |
Helen Rose | Dream Wife | Nominated | Shared with Herschel McCoy. | ||
Renié | The President's Lady | Nominated | Shared with Charles LeMaire. | ||
Mary Ann Nyberg | The Band Wagon | Nominated | Color | ||
Irene Sharaff | Call Me Madam | Nominated | |||
1954 | Edith Head | Sabrina | Won | Black and White | |
Rosine Delamare | The Earrings of Madame de... | Nominated | Shared with Georges Annenkov. | ||
Helen Rose | Executive Suite | Nominated | |||
Irene Sharaff | Brigadoon | Nominated | Color | ||
Mary Ann Nyberg Irene Sharaff |
A Star Is Born | Nominated | Shared with Jean Louis. | ||
1955 | Helen Rose | I'll Cry Tomorrow | Won | Black and White | |
Beatrice Dawson | The Pickwick Papers | Nominated | |||
Edith Head | The Rose Tattoo | Nominated | |||
Irene Sharaff | Guys and Dolls | Nominated | Color | ||
Helen Rose | Interrupted Melody | Nominated | |||
Edith Head | To Catch a Thief | Nominated | |||
Mary Wills | The Virgin Queen | Nominated | Shared with Charles LeMaire. | ||
1956 | Helen Rose | The Power and the Prize | Nominated | Black and White | |
Edith Head | The Proud and Profane | Nominated | |||
Mary Wills | Teenage Rebel | Nominated | Color | Shared with Charles LeMaire. | |
Irene Sharaff | The King and I | Won | |||
Marjorie Best | Giant | Nominated | Shared with Moss Mabry. | ||
Edith Head Dorothy Jeakins |
The Ten Commandments | Nominated | Shared with Ralph Jester, John Jensen, and Arnold Friberg. | ||
Maria De Matteis | War and Peace | Nominated | |||
1957 | Edith Head | Funny Face | Nominated | Shared with Hubert de Givenchy. | |
1958 | The Buccaneer | Nominated | Shared with Ralph Jester and John Jensen. | ||
Mary Wills | A Certain Smile | Nominated | Shared with Charles LeMaire. | ||
1959 [note 2] | Edith Head | Career | Nominated | Black and White | |
Mary Wills | The Diary of Anne Frank | Nominated | Shared with Charles LeMaire. | ||
Helen Rose | The Gazebo | Nominated | |||
Elizabeth Haffenden | Ben-Hur | Won | Color | ||
Adele Palmer | The Best of Everything | Nominated | |||
Renié | The Big Fisherman | Nominated | |||
Edith Head | The Five Pennies | Nominated | |||
Irene Sharaff | Porgy and Bess | Nominated | |||
1960 | Edith Head | The Facts of Life | Won | Black and White | Shared with Edward Stevenson. |
Irene Sharaff | Can-Can | Nominated | Color | ||
Irene | Midnight Lace | Nominated | |||
Edith Head | Pepe | Nominated | |||
Marjorie Best | Sunrise at Campobello | Nominated | |||
1961 | Dorothy Jeakins | The Children's Hour | Nominated | Black and White | |
Irene Sharaff | West Side Story | Won | Color | ||
Flower Drum Song | Nominated | ||||
Edith Head | Pocketful of Miracles | Nominated | Shared with Walter Plunkett. | ||
1962 | Norma Koch | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Won | Black and White | |
Edith Head | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Nominated | |||
Ruth Morley | The Miracle Worker | Nominated | |||
Mary Wills | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | Won | Color | ||
Dorothy Jeakins | The Music Man | Nominated | |||
Edith Head | My Geisha | Nominated | |||
1963 | Love with the Proper Stranger | Nominated | Black and White | ||
Wives and Lovers | Nominated | ||||
Renié Irene Sharaff |
Cleopatra | Won | Color | Shared with Vittorio Nino Novarese. | |
Edith Head | A New Kind of Love | Nominated | |||
1964 | Dorothy Jeakins | The Night of the Iguana | Won | Black and White | |
Edith Head | A House Is Not a Home | Nominated | |||
Norma Koch | Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Nominated | |||
Margaret Furse | Becket | Nominated | Color | ||
Edith Head | What a Way to Go! | Nominated | Shared with Moss Mabry. | ||
1965 | Julie Harris | Darling | Won | Black and White | |
Edith Head | The Slender Thread | Nominated | |||
Phyllis Dalton | Doctor Zhivago | Won | Color | ||
Marjorie Best | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Nominated | Shared with Vittorio Nino Novarese. | ||
Edith Head | Inside Daisy Clover | Nominated | Shared with Bill Thomas. | ||
Dorothy Jeakins | The Sound of Music | Nominated | |||
1966 | Irene Sharaff | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Won | Black and White | |
Helen Rose | Mister Buddwing | Nominated | |||
Jocelyn Rickards | Morgan! | Nominated | |||
Joan Bridge Elizabeth Haffenden |
A Man for All Seasons | Won | Color | ||
Dorothy Jeakins | Hawaii | Nominated | |||
Edith Head | The Oscar | Nominated | |||
1967 | Theadora Van Runkle | Bonnie and Clyde | Nominated | ||
Irene Sharaff | The Taming of the Shrew | Nominated | Shared with Danilo Donati. | ||
1968 | Margaret Furse | The Lion in Winter | Nominated | ||
Phyllis Dalton | Oliver! | Nominated | |||
1969 | Margaret Furse | Anne of the Thousand Days | Won | ||
Irene Sharaff | Hello, Dolly! | Nominated | |||
Edith Head | Sweet Charity | Nominated | |||
1970 | Airport | Nominated | |||
Margaret Furse | Scrooge | Nominated | |||
1971 | Yvonne Blake | Nicholas and Alexandra | Won | Shared with Antonio Castillo. | |
Margaret Furse | Mary, Queen of Scots | Nominated | |||
1972 | Anna Hill Johnstone | The Godfather | Nominated | ||
Norma Koch | Lady Sings the Blues | Nominated | Shared with Ray Aghayan and Bob Mackie. | ||
1973 | Edith Head | The Sting | Won | ||
Dorothy Jeakins | The Way We Were | Nominated | Shared with Moss Mabry. | ||
1974 | Theoni V. Aldredge | The Great Gatsby | Won | ||
Anthea Sylbert | Chinatown | Nominated | |||
Theadora Van Runkle | The Godfather Part II | Nominated | |||
1975 | Milena Canonero Ulla-Britt Söderlund |
Barry Lyndon | Won | ||
Yvonne Blake | The Four Musketeers | Nominated | Shared with Ron Talsky. | ||
Karin Erskine Henny Noremark |
The Magic Flute | Nominated | |||
Edith Head | The Man Who Would Be King | Nominated | |||
1976 | Mary Wills | The Passover Plot | Nominated | ||
1977 | Edith Head | Airport '77 | Nominated | Shared with Burton Miller. | |
Anthea Sylbert | Julia | Nominated | |||
Florence Klotz | A Little Night Music | Nominated | |||
Irene Sharaff | The Other Side of Midnight | Nominated | |||
1978 | Renié | Caravans | Nominated | ||
Patricia Norris | Days of Heaven | Nominated | |||
1979 | Shirley Ann Russell | Agatha | Nominated | ||
Ambra Danon | La cage aux folles | Nominated | Shared with Piero Tosi. | ||
Judy Moorcroft | The Europeans | Nominated | |||
1980 | Patricia Norris | The Elephant Man | Nominated | ||
Anna Senior | My Brilliant Career | Nominated | |||
1981 | Milena Canonero | Chariots of Fire | Won | ||
Anna Hill Johnstone | Ragtime | Nominated | |||
Shirley Ann Russell | Reds | Nominated | |||
1982 | Bhanu Athaiya | Gandhi | Won | Shared with John Mollo. | |
Elois Jenssen Rosanna Norton |
Tron | Nominated | |||
Patricia Norris | Victor/Victoria | Nominated | |||
1983 | Anne-Marie Marchand | The Return of Martin Guerre | Nominated | ||
1984 | Patricia Norris | 2010 | Nominated | ||
Jenny Beavan | The Bostonians | Nominated | Shared with John Bright. | ||
Judy Moorcroft | A Passage to India | Nominated | |||
Ann Roth | Places in the Heart | Nominated | |||
1985 | Emi Wada | Ran | Won | ||
Aggie Guerard Rodgers | The Color Purple | Nominated | |||
Milena Canonero | Out of Africa | Nominated | |||
1986 | Jenny Beavan | A Room with a View | Won | Shared with John Bright. | |
Anna Anni | Otello | Nominated | |||
Theadora Van Runkle | Peggy Sue Got Married | Nominated | |||
1987 | Dorothy Jeakins | The Dead | Nominated | ||
Jenny Beavan | Maurice | Nominated | Shared with John Bright. | ||
Marilyn Vance-Straker | The Untouchables | Nominated | |||
1988 | Deborah Nadoolman | Coming to America | Nominated | ||
Jane Robinson | A Handful of Dust | Nominated | |||
Patricia Norris | Sunset | Nominated | |||
Milena Canonero | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Nominated | |||
1989 | Phyllis Dalton | Henry V | Won | ||
Gabriella Pescucci | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Nominated | |||
Elizabeth McBride | Driving Miss Daisy | Nominated | |||
1990 | Franca Squarciapino | Cyrano de Bergerac | Won | ||
Gloria Gresham | Avalon | Nominated | |||
Elsa Zamparelli | Dances with Wolves | Nominated | |||
Milena Canonero | Dick Tracy | Nominated | |||
1991 | Ruth Myers | The Addams Family | Nominated | ||
Corinne Jorry | Madame Bovary | Nominated | |||
1992 | Eiko Ishioka | Bram Stoker's Dracula | Won | ||
Sheena Napier | Enchanted April | Nominated | |||
Jenny Beavan | Howards End | Nominated | Shared with John Bright. | ||
Ruth Carter | Malcolm X | Nominated | |||
1993[note 3] | Gabriella Pescucci | The Age of Innocence | Won | ||
Sandy Powell | Orlando | Nominated | |||
Janet Patterson | The Piano | Nominated | |||
Jenny Beavan | The Remains of the Day | Nominated | Shared with John Bright. | ||
Anna B. Sheppard | Schindler's List | Nominated | |||
1994 | Lizzy Gardiner | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Won | Shared with Tim Chappel. | |
Colleen Atwood | Little Women | Nominated | |||
April Ferry | Maverick | Nominated | |||
Moidele Bickel | Queen Margot | Nominated | |||
1995 | Julie Weiss | 12 Monkeys | Nominated | ||
Shuna Harwood | Richard III | Nominated | |||
Jenny Beavan | Sense and Sensibility | Nominated | Shared with John Bright. | ||
1996 | Ann Roth | The English Patient | Won | ||
Ruth Myers | Emma | Nominated | |||
Alexandra Byrne | Hamlet | Nominated | |||
Janet Patterson | The Portrait of a Lady | Nominated | |||
1997 | Deborah Lynn Scott | Titanic | Won | ||
Ruth E. Carter | Amistad | Nominated | |||
Janet Patterson | Oscar and Lucinda | Nominated | |||
Sandy Powell | The Wings of the Dove | Nominated | |||
1998[note 3] | Shakespeare in Love | Won | |||
Velvet Goldmine | Nominated | ||||
Colleen Atwood | Beloved | Nominated | |||
Alexandra Byrne | Elizabeth | Nominated | |||
Judianna Makovsky | Pleasantville | Nominated | |||
1999[note 3] | Lindy Hemming | Topsy-Turvy | Won | ||
Jenny Beavan | Anna and the King | Nominated | |||
Colleen Atwood | Sleepy Hollow | Nominated | |||
Ann Roth | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Nominated | Shared with Gary Jones. | ||
Milena Canonero | Titus | Nominated | |||
2000 | Janty Yates | Gladiator | Won | ||
Rita Ryack | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Nominated | |||
Jacqueline West | Quills | Nominated | |||
2001[note 3] | Catherine Martin | Moulin Rouge! | Won | Shared with Angus Strathie. | |
Milena Canonero | The Affair of the Necklace | Nominated | |||
Jenny Beavan | Gosford Park | Nominated | |||
Judianna Makovsky | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | Nominated | |||
Ngila Dickson | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Nominated | Shared with Richard Taylor. | ||
2002[note 3] | Colleen Atwood | Chicago | Won | ||
Julie Weiss | Frida | Nominated | |||
Sandy Powell | Gangs of New York | Nominated | |||
Ann Roth | The Hours | Nominated | |||
Anna B. Sheppard | The Pianist | Nominated | |||
2003[note 3] | Ngila Dickson | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Won | Shared with Richard Taylor. | |
The Last Samurai | Nominated | ||||
Dien van Straalen | Girl with a Pearl Earring | Nominated | |||
Wendy Stites | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Nominated | |||
Judianna Makovsky | Seabiscuit | Nominated | |||
2004 | Sandy Powell | The Aviator | Won | ||
Alexandra Byrne | Finding Neverland | Nominated | |||
Colleen Atwood | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Nominated | |||
Sharen Davis | Ray | Nominated | |||
2005[note 3] | Colleen Atwood | Memoirs of a Geisha | Won | ||
Gabriella Pescucci | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Nominated | |||
Sandy Powell | Mrs Henderson Presents | Nominated | |||
Jacqueline Durran | Pride & Prejudice | Nominated | |||
Arianne Phillips | Walk the Line | Nominated | |||
2006 | Milena Canonero | Marie Antoinette | Won | ||
Patricia Field | The Devil Wears Prada | Nominated | |||
Sharen Davis | Dreamgirls | Nominated | |||
Consolata Boyle | The Queen | Nominated | |||
2007 | Alexandra Byrne | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | Won | Twelfth consecutive woman to win in this category. | |
Jacqueline Durran | Atonement | Nominated | |||
Marit Allen | La vie en rose | Nominated | Posthumous nomination. | ||
Colleen Atwood | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Nominated | |||
2008 | Catherine Martin | Australia | Nominated | ||
Jacqueline West | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Nominated | |||
2009[note 3] | Sandy Powell | The Young Victoria | Won | ||
Janet Patterson | Bright Star | Nominated | |||
Catherine Leterrier | Coco Before Chanel | Nominated | |||
Monique Prudhomme | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Nominated | |||
Colleen Atwood | Nine | Nominated | |||
2010[note 3] | Alice in Wonderland | Won | |||
Antonella Cannarozzi | I Am Love | Nominated | |||
Jenny Beavan | The King's Speech | Nominated | |||
Sandy Powell | The Tempest | Nominated | |||
Mary Zophres | True Grit | Nominated | |||
2011 | Lisy Christl | Anonymous | Nominated | ||
Sandy Powell | Hugo | Nominated | |||
Arianne Phillips | W.E. | Nominated | |||
2012 | Jacqueline Durran | Anna Karenina | Won | ||
Joanna Johnston | Lincoln | Nominated | |||
Eiko Ishioka | Mirror Mirror | Nominated | Posthumous nomination. | ||
Colleen Atwood | Snow White and the Huntsman | Nominated | |||
2013 | Patricia Norris | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated | ||
Catherine Martin | The Great Gatsby | Won | |||
2014 | Milena Canonero | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Won | ||
Colleen Atwood | Into the Woods | Nominated | |||
Anna B. Sheppard | Maleficent | Nominated | |||
Jacqueline Durran | Mr. Turner | Nominated | |||
2015 | Jenny Beavan | Mad Max: Fury Road | Won | ||
Sandy Powell | Carol | Nominated | |||
Cinderella | Nominated | ||||
Jacqueline West | The Revenant | Nominated | |||
2016[note 3] | Colleen Atwood | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Won | ||
Joanna Johnston | Allied | Nominated | |||
Consolata Boyle | Florence Foster Jenkins | Nominated | |||
Madeline Fontaine | Jackie | Nominated | |||
Mary Zophres | La La Land | Nominated | |||
2017 | Jacqueline Durran | Beauty and the Beast | Nominated | ||
Darkest Hour | Nominated | ||||
Consolata Boyle | Victoria & Abdul | Nominated | |||
2018[note 3] | Ruth E. Carter | Black Panther | Won | First African-American woman to win for Best Costume Design. | |
Mary Zophres | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Nominated | |||
Sandy Powell | The Favourite | Nominated | |||
Mary Poppins Returns | Nominated | ||||
Alexandra Byrne | Mary Queen of Scots | Nominated | |||
2019 | Jacqueline Durran | Little Women | Won | ||
Sandy Powell | The Irishman | Nominated | Shared with Christopher Peterson. | ||
Mayes C. Rubeo | Jojo Rabbit | Nominated | |||
Arianne Phillips | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Nominated | |||
2020 | Ann Roth | Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom | Won | Oldest woman to win for Best Costume Design. | |
Alexandra Byrne | Emma. | Nominated | |||
Trish Summerville | Mank | Nominated | |||
Bina Daigeler | Mulan | Nominated |
Best Director[]
Academy Award for Best Director | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
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1976 | Lina Wertmüller | Seven Beauties | Nominated | First woman to be nominated for Best Director. |
1993 | Jane Campion | The Piano | Nominated | |
2003 | Sofia Coppola | Lost in Translation | Nominated | |
2009 | Kathryn Bigelow | The Hurt Locker | Won | First woman to win for Best Director. |
2017 | Greta Gerwig | Lady Bird | Nominated | |
2020 | Chloé Zhao | Nomadland | Won | First woman of color to win and be nominated for Best Director. |
Emerald Fennell | Promising Young Woman | Nominated | First time two women to have been nominated for Best Director in a single year. |
Best Documentary Feature[]
Academy Award for Documentary Feature | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1948 | Janice Loeb | The Quiet One | Nominated | |
1955 | Nancy Hamilton | Helen Keller in Her Story | Won | |
1972 | Sarah Kernochan | Marjoe | Won | Shared with Howard Smith. |
1973 | Gertrude Ross Marks | Walls of Fire | Nominated | Shared with Edmund F. Penney. |
1974 | Judy Collins Jill Godmilow |
Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman | Nominated | |
Natalie R. Jones | The Wild and the Brave | Nominated | Shared with Eugene S. Jones. | |
1975 | Shirley MacLaine | The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir | Nominated | |
1976 | Barbara Kopple | Harlan County, U.S.A. | Won | |
1977 | Julia Reichert | Union Maids | Nominated | Shared with Jim Klein and Miles Mogulescu. |
1978 | Joan Root | Mysterious Castles of Clay | Nominated | Shared with Alan Root. |
Anne Bohlen Lyn Goldfarb Lorraine Gray |
With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade | Nominated | ||
1981 | Suzanne Bauman | Against Wind and Tide: A Cuban Odyssey | Nominated | Shared with Paul Neshamkin and Jim Burroughs. |
Mary Benjamin Susanne Simpson |
Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott | Nominated | Shared with Boyd Estus. | |
Tete Vasconcellos | El Salvador: Another Vietnam | Nominated | Shared with Glenn Silber. | |
1982 | Meg Switzgable | In Our Water | Nominated | |
1983 | Robin Anderson | First Contact | Nominated | Shared with Bob Connolly. |
Tina Viljoen | The Profession of Arms | Nominated | Shared with Michael Bryans. | |
Julia Reichert | Seeing Red | Nominated | Shared with James Klein. | |
1984 | Nancy Sloss | High Schools | Nominated | Shared with Charles Guggenheim. |
Cheryl McCall | Streetwise | Nominated | ||
1985 | Maria Florio Victoria Mudd |
Broken Rainbow | Won | |
Susana Blaustein Muñoz Lourdes Portillo |
The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo | Nominated | ||
1986 | Brigitte Berman | Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got | Won | Tied with Joseph Feury and Milton Justice for Down and Out in America. |
Lee Grant (not named) | Down and Out in America | Won | Tied with Brigitte Berman for Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got. The award for Down and Out in America went to the two producers, not Grant, who directed, although she also went onstage to receive the award. Under revised Oscar rules, one of the nominees for Best Documentary must now be the director.[1] | |
Sharon I. Sopher | Witness to Apartheid | Nominated | ||
1987 | Aviva Slesin | The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table | Won | |
Callie Crossley | Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years/Bridge to Freedom 1965 | Nominated | Shared with James A. DeVinney. | |
Barbara Herbich | A Stitch for Time | Nominated | Shared with Cyril Christo. | |
1988 | Nan Bush | Let's Get Lost | Nominated | Shared with Bruce Weber. |
Ginny Durrin | Promises to Keep | Nominated | ||
Renee Tajima-Peña Christine Choy |
Who Killed Vincent Chin? | Nominated | ||
1989 | Yvonne Smith | Adam Clayton Powell | Nominated | Shared with Richard Kilberg. |
Betsy Broyles Breier | For All Mankind | Nominated | Shared with Al Reinert. | |
Judith Leonard | Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren | Nominated | Shared with Bill Jersey. | |
1990 | Barbara Kopple | American Dream | Won | Shared with Arthur Cohn. |
Susan Robinson | Building Bombs | Nominated | Shared with Mark Mori. | |
Judith Montell | Forever Activists: Stories from the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade | Nominated | ||
1991 | Allie Light | In the Shadow of the Stars | Won | Shared with Irving Saraf. |
Susan Raymond | Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House | Nominated | Shared with Alan Raymond. | |
Hava Kohav Beller | The Restless Conscience: Resistance to Hitler Within Germany 1933-1945 | Nominated | ||
Diane Garey | Wild by Law | Nominated | Shared with Lawrence Hott. | |
1992 | Barbara Trent | The Panama Deception | Won | Shared with David Kasper. |
Sally Dundas | Fires of Kuwait | Nominated | ||
Nina Rosenblum | Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II | Nominated | Shared with Bill Miles. | |
Margaret Smilow Roma Baran |
Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann | Nominated | ||
1993 | Susan Raymond | I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School | Won | Shared with Alan Raymond. |
Susan Todd | Children of Fate | Nominated | Shared with Andrew Young. | |
Betsy Thompson | For Better or For Worse | Nominated | Shared with David Collier. | |
Chris Hegedus | The War Room | Nominated | Shared with D.A. Pennebaker. | |
1994 | Freida Lee Mock | Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision | Won | |
Deborah Hoffmann | Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter | Nominated | ||
Connie Field Marilyn Mulford |
Freedom on My Mind | Nominated | ||
Jean Bach | A Great Day in Harlem | Nominated | ||
1995 | Jeanne Jordan | Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern | Nominated | Shared with Steven Ascher. |
1996 | Susan W. Dryfoos | The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story | Nominated | |
Anne Belle Deborah Dickson |
Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse | Nominated | ||
1997 | Michèle Ohayon Julia Schachter |
Colors Straight Up | Nominated | |
1998 | Liz Garbus | The Farm: Angola, U.S.A. | Nominated | Shared with Jonathan Stack. |
Barbara Sonneborn Janet Cole |
Regret to Inform | Nominated | ||
1999 | Nanette Burstein | On the Ropes | Nominated | Shared with Brett Morgen. |
Paola di Florio Lilibet Foster |
Speaking in Strings | Nominated | ||
2000 | Deborah Oppenheimer | Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport | Won | Shared with Mark Jonathan Harris. |
Deborah Hoffmann Frances Reid |
Long Night's Journey into Day | Nominated | ||
2001 | Edet Belzberg | Children Underground | Nominated | |
Deborah Dickson Susan Froemke |
LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton | Nominated | ||
Justine Shapiro | Promises | Nominated | Shared with B.Z. Goldberg. | |
2002 | Gail Dolgin | Daughter from Danang | Nominated | Shared with Vicente Franco. |
2003 | Susan R. Behr | My Architect | Nominated | Shared with Nathaniel Kahn. |
2004 | Zana Briski | Born into Brothels | Won | Shared with Ross Kauffman. |
Byambasuren Davaa | The Story of the Weeping Camel | Nominated | Shared with Luigi Falorni. | |
Karolyn Ali Lauren Lazin |
Tupac: Resurrection | Nominated | ||
2006 | Amy Berg | Deliver Us from Evil | Nominated | Shared with Frank Donner. |
Heidi Ewing Rachel Grady |
Jesus Camp | Nominated | ||
Jocelyn Glatzer Laura Poitras |
My Country, My Country | Nominated} | ||
2007 | Eva Orner | Taxi to the Dark Side | Won | Shared with Alex Gibney. |
Audrey Marrs | No End in Sight | Nominated | Shared with Charles Ferguson. | |
Meghan O'Hara | Sicko | Nominated | Shared with Michael Moore. | |
Andrea Nix Fine | War/Dance | Nominated | Shared with Sean Fine. | |
2008 | Ellen Kuras | The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) | Nominated | Shared with Thavisouk Phrasavath. |
Tia Lessin | Trouble the Water | Nominated | Shared with Carl Deal. | |
2009 | Lise Lense-Møller | Burma VJ | Nominated | Shared with Anders Østergaard. |
Elise Pearlstein | Food, Inc. | Nominated | Shared with Robert Kenner. | |
Judith Ehrlich | The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers | Nominated | Shared with Rick Goldsmith. | |
Rebecca Cammisa | Which Way Home | Nominated | ||
2010 | Audrey Marrs | Inside Job | Won | Shared with Charles Ferguson. |
Trish Adlesic | Gasland | Nominated | Shared with Josh Fox. | |
Lucy Walker | Waste Land | Nominated | Shared with Angus Aynsley. | |
2012 | Philippa Kowarsky Estelle Fialon |
The Gatekeepers | Nominated | Shared with Dror Moreh. |
Amy Ziering | The Invisible War | Nominated | Shared with Kirby Dick. | |
2013 | Caitrin Rogers | 20 Feet from Stardom | Won | Shared with Morgan Neville and Gil Friesen. |
Signe Byrge Sorensen | The Act of Killing | Nominated | Shared with Joshua Oppenheimer. | |
Lydia Dean Pilcher | Cutie and the Boxer | Nominated | Shared with Zachary Heinzerling. | |
Jehane Noujaim | The Square | Nominated | Shared with Karim Amer. | |
2014 | Laura Poitras Mathilde Bonnefoy |
Citizenfour | Won | Shared with Dirk Wilutzky. |
Rory Kennedy | Last Days in Vietnam | Nominated | Shared with Keven McAlester. | |
Joanna Natasegara | Virunga | Nominated | Shared with Orlando von Einsiedel. | |
2015 | Signe Byrge Sorensen | The Look of Silence | Nominated | Shared with Joshua Oppenheimer. |
Liz Garbus Amy Hobby |
What Happened, Miss Simone? | Nominated | Shared with Justin Wilkes. | |
2016 | Caroline Waterlow | O.J.: Made in America | Won | Shared with Ezra Edelman. |
Donatella Palermo | Fire at Sea | Nominated | Shared with Gianfranco Rosi. | |
Julie Goldman | Life, Animated | Nominated | Shared with Roger Ross Williams. | |
Ava DuVernay | 13th | Nominated | Shared with Spencer Averick and Howard Barish. | |
2017 | Julie Goldman | Abacus: Small Enough to Jail | Nominated | Shared with Steve James and Mark Mitten. |
Agnès Varda Rosalie Varda |
Faces Places | Nominated | Shared with JR. | |
Joslyn Barnes | Strong Island | Nominated | Shared with Yance Ford. | |
2018[note 4] | Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Shannon Dill |
Free Solo | Won | Shared with Jimmy Chin and Evan Hayes. |
Joslyn Barnes Su Kim |
Hale County This Morning, This Evening | Nominated | Shared with RaMell Ross. | |
Diane Quon | Minding the Gap | Nominated | Shared with Bing Liu. | |
Eva Kemme | Of Fathers and Sons | Nominated | Shared with Talal Derki, Ansgar Frerich, and Tobias N. Siebert. | |
Betsy West Julie Cohen |
RBG | Nominated | ||
2019[note 4] | Julia Reichert | American Factory | Won | Shared with Steven Bognar and Jeff Reichert. |
Kirstine Barfod Sigrid Dyekjær |
The Cave | Nominated | Shared with Feras Fayyad. | |
Petra Costa Joanna Natasegara |
The Edge of Democracy | Nominated | Shared with Shane Boris and Tiago Pavan. | |
Waad Al-Kateab | For Sama | Nominated | Shared with Edward Watts. | |
Tamara Kotevska | Honeyland | Nominated | Shared with Ljubo Stefanov and Atanas Georgiev. | |
2020[note 4] | Pippa Ehrlich | My Octopus Teacher | Won | Shared with James Reed and Craig Foster. |
Bianca Oana | Collective | Nominated | Shared with Alexander Nanau. | |
Nicole Newnham Sara Bolder |
Crip Camp | Nominated | Shared with Jim LeBrecht. | |
Maite Alberdi Marcela Santibáñez |
The Mole Agent | Nominated | ||
Garrett Bradley Lauren Domino |
Time | Nominated | Shared with Kellen Quinn. |
Best Documentary Short Subject[]
Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1960 | Altina Schinasi | George Grosz' Interregnum | Nominated | First woman nominated in this category. Shared with Charles Carey. |
1966 | Helen Kristt Radin | The Odds Against | Nominated | Shared with Lee R. Bobker. |
1969 | Joan Horvath | Jenny Is a Good Thing | Nominated | |
Joan Keller Stern | The Magic Machines | Nominated | ||
1970 | Vivien Carey | Oisin | Nominated | Shared with Patrick Carey. |
1972 | Martina Huguenot van der Linden | This Tiny World | Won | First woman to win for Best Documentary Short. Shared with Charles Huguenot van der Linden. |
1973 | June Wayne | Four Stones for Kanemitsu | Nominated | Shared with Terry Sanders. |
1974 | Lesley Foster | John Muir's High Sierra | Nominated | Shared with Dewitt Jones. |
1975 | Claire Wilbur | The End of the Game | Won | Shared with Robin Lehman. |
Kristine Samuelson | Arthur and Lillie | Nominated | Shared with Jon Else and Steven Kovacs. | |
1976 | Lynne Littman Barbara Myerhoff |
Number Our Days | Won | |
1977 | Helen Whitney | First Edition | Nominated | Shared with DeWitt L. Sage, Jr. |
1978 | Jacqueline Phillips Shedd | The Flight of the Gossamer Condor | Won | Shared with Ben Shedd. |
1981 | Linda Chapman Pam LeBlanc Freddi Stevens |
See What I Say | Nominated | |
1982 | Terre Nash | If You Love This Planet | Won | Shared with Edward Le Lorrain. |
Freida Lee Mock | To Live or Let Die | Nominated | ||
1983 | Cynthia Scott | Flamenco at 5:15 | Won | Shared with Adam Symansky. |
Vivienne Verdon-Roe | In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us? | Nominated | Shared with Eric Thiermann. | |
Dea Brokman Ilene Landis |
You Are Free (Ihr Zent Frei) | Nominated | ||
1984 | Marjorie Hunt | The Stone Carvers | Won | Shared with Paul Wagner. |
Joan Sawyer | Code Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing | Nominated | Shared with Ben Achtenberg. | |
Irina Kalinina | Recollections of Pavlovsk | Nominated | ||
1985 | Barbara Willis Sweete | Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra | Nominated | |
1986 | Vivienne Verdon-Roe | Women – for America, for the World | Won | |
Alison Nigh-Strelich | Debonair Dancers | Nominated | ||
Sonya Friedman | The Masters of Disaster | Nominated | ||
Madeline Bell | Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse | Nominated | Shared with Thomas L. Neff. | |
1987 | Sue Marx Pamela Conn |
Young at Heart | Won | |
Deborah Dickson | Frances Steloff: Memoirs of a Bookseller | Nominated | ||
Megan Williams | Language Says It All | Nominated | ||
Lynn Mueller | Silver into Gold | Nominated | ||
1988 | Karen Goodman | The Children's Storefront | Nominated | |
Lise Yasui Ann Tegnell |
Family Gathering | Nominated | ||
Nancy Hale Meg Partridge |
Portrait of Imogen | Nominated | ||
1990 | Karen Goodman | Chimps: So Like Us | Nominated | Shared with Kirk Simon. |
Freida Lee Mock | Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember | Nominated | Shared with Terry Sanders. | |
1991 | Debra Chasnoff | Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment | Won | |
Immy Humes | A Little Vicious | Nominated | ||
1992 | Gerardine Wurzburg | Educating Peter | Won | Shared with the late Thomas C. Goodwin. |
Wendy L. Weinberg | Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the 'Little Review' | Nominated | ||
Sally Bochner | The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein | Nominated | Shared with Richard Elson. | |
Dorothy Fadiman | When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories | Nominated | ||
1993 | Margaret Lazarus | Defending Our Lives | Won | Shared with Renner Wunderlich. |
Elaine Holliman | Chicks in White Satin | Nominated | Shared with Jason Schneider. | |
1994 | Dee Mosbacher Frances Reid |
Straight from the Heart | Nominated | |
1995 | Nancy Dine | Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls | Nominated | Shared with Richard Stilwell. |
Freida Lee Mock | Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper | Nominated | Shared with Terry Sanders. | |
1996 | Jessica Yu | Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien | Won | |
Susanne Simpson | Special Effects: Anything Can Happen | Nominated | Shared with Ben Burtt. | |
1997 | Donna Dewey Carol Pasternak |
A Story of Healing | Won | |
Terri Randall | Daughter of the Bride | Nominated | ||
Andrea Blaugrund | Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies | Nominated | Shared with Mel Damski. | |
1998 | Keiko Ibi | The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years | Won | |
1999 | Susan Hannah Hadary | King Gimp | Won | Shared with William A. Whiteford. |
2000 | Tracy Seretean | Big Mama | Nominated | |
2001[note 5] | Sarah Kernochan Lynn Appelle |
Thoth | Won | |
Lianne Klapper McNally | Artists and Orphans: A True Drama | Nominated | ||
Freida Lee Mock Jessica Sanders |
Sing! | Nominated | ||
2002 | Alice Elliott | The Collector of Bedford Street | Nominated | |
2003[note 5] | Maryann DeLeo | Chernobyl Heart | Won | |
Sandy McLeod Gini Reticker |
Asylum | Nominated | ||
Katja Esson | Ferry Tales | Nominated | ||
2004 | Gerardine Wurzburg | Autism Is a World | Nominated | |
Hanna Polak | The Children of Leningradsky | Nominated | Shared with Andrzej Celinski. | |
Erin Faith Young | Hardwood | Nominated | Shared with Hubert Davis. | |
2005 | Corinne Marrinan | A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin | Won | Shared with Eric Simonson. |
Kimberlee Acquaro Stacy Sherman |
God Sleeps in Rwanda | Nominated | ||
2006[note 5] | Ruby Yang | The Blood of Yingzhou District | Won | Shared with Thomas Lennon. |
Leslie Iwerks | Recycled Life | Nominated | Shared with Mike Glad. | |
Karen Goodman | Rehearsing a Dream | Nominated | Shared with Kirk Simon. | |
Susan Rose Behr | Two Hands | Nominated | Shared with Nathaniel Kahn. | |
2007 | Cynthia Wade Vanessa Roth |
Freeheld | Won | |
Amanda Micheli Isabel Vega |
La Corona | Nominated | ||
2008 | Megan Mylan | Smile Pinki | Won | |
Irene Taylor Brodsky | The Final Inch | Nominated | Shared with Tom Grant. | |
Margaret Hyde | The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306 | Nominated | Shared with Adam Pertofsky. | |
2009 | Elinor Burkett | Music by Prudence | Won | Shared with Roger Ross Williams. |
Julia Reichert | The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant | Nominated | Shared with Steven Bognar. | |
Anna Wydra | Rabbit à la Berlin | Nominated | Shared with Bartek Konopka. | |
2010 | Karen Goodman | Strangers No More | Won | Shared with Kirk Simon. |
Sara Nesson | Poster Girl | Nominated | Shared with Mitchell Block. | |
Jennifer Redfearn | Sun Come Up | Nominated | Shared with Tim Metzger. | |
Ruby Yang | The Warriors of Qiugang | Nominated | Shared with Thomas Lennon. | |
2011 | Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy | Saving Face | Won | Shared with Daniel Junge. |
Robin Fryday Gail Dolgin |
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement | Nominated | ||
Rebecca Cammisa Julie Anderson |
God Is the Bigger Elvis | Nominated | ||
Lucy Walker Kira Carstensen |
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom | Nominated | ||
2012 | Andrea Nix Fine | Inocente | Won | Shared with Sean Fine. |
Sari Gilman | Kings Point | Nominated | Shared with Jedd Wider. | |
Cynthia Wade Robin Honan |
Mondays at Racine | Nominated | ||
Cori Shepherd Stern | Open Heart | Nominated | Shared with Kief Davidson. | |
2013 | Sara Ishaq | Karama Has No Walls | Nominated | |
2014 | Ellen Goosenberg Kent Dana Perry |
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 | Won | |
Aneta Kopacz | Joanna | Nominated | ||
2015 | Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy | A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness | Won | First woman to win twice in this category. |
Courtney Marsh | Chau, Beyond the Lines | Nominated | Shared with Jerry Franck. | |
Dee Hibbert-Jones Nomi Talisman |
Last Day of Freedom | Nominated | ||
2016 | Joanna Natasegara | The White Helmets | Won | Shared with Orlando von Einsiedel. |
Daphne Matziaraki | 4.1 Miles | Nominated | ||
Kahane Cooperman Raphaela Neihausen |
Joe's Violin | Nominated | ||
2017 | Laura Checkoway | Edith+Eddie | Nominated | Shared with Thomas Lee Wright. |
Elaine McMillion Sheldon | Heroin(e) | Nominated | Shared with Kerrin Sheldon. | |
Kate Davis | Traffic Stop | Nominated | Shared with David Heilbroner. | |
2018 | Rayka Zehtabchi Melissa Berton |
Period. End of Sentence. | Won | |
2019 | Carol Dysinger Elena Andreicheva |
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) | Won | |
Kristine Samuelson | Life Overtakes Me | Nominated | Shared with John Haptas. | |
Smriti Mundhra | St. Louis Superman | Nominated | Shared with Sami Khan. | |
Laura Nix Colette Sandstedt |
Walk Run Cha-Cha | Nominated | ||
2020 | Alice Doyard | Colette | Won | Shared with Anthony Giacchino. |
Charlotte Cook | Do Not Split | Nominated | Shared with Anders Hammer. | |
Sophia Nahali Allison Janice Duncan |
A Love Song for Latasha | Nominated |
Best Film Editing[]
Academy Award for Best Film Editing | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1934 | Anne Bauchens | Cleopatra | Nominated | |
1935 | Barbara McLean | Les Misérables | Nominated | |
Margaret Booth | Mutiny on the Bounty | Nominated | ||
1936 | Barbara McLean | Lloyd's of London | Nominated | |
1938 | Alexander's Ragtime Band | Nominated | ||
1939 | The Rains Came | Nominated | ||
Dorothy Spencer | Stagecoach | Nominated | Shared with Otho Lovering. | |
1940 | Anne Bauchens | North West Mounted Police | Won | First woman to win for Best Film Editing. |
1943 | Barbara McLean | The Song of Bernadette | Nominated | |
1944 | Wilson | Won | ||
1947 | Monica Collingwood | The Bishop's Wife | Nominated | |
1950 | Barbara McLean | All About Eve | Nominated | |
1951 | Adrienne Fazan | An American in Paris | Nominated | |
Dorothy Spencer | Decision Before Dawn | Nominated | ||
1952 | Anne Bauchens | The Greatest Show on Earth | Nominated | |
1955 | Alma Macrorie | The Bridges at Toko-Ri | Nominated | |
1956 | Anne Bauchens | The Ten Commandments | Nominated | |
1957 | Viola Lawrence | Pal Joey | Nominated | Shared with Jerome Thoms. |
1958 | Adrienne Fazan | Gigi | Won | |
1960 | Viola Lawrence | Pepe | Nominated | Shared with Al Clark. |
1962 | Anne V. Coates | Lawrence of Arabia | Won | |
1963 | Dorothy Spencer | Cleopatra | Nominated | |
1964 | Anne V. Coates | Becket | Nominated | |
1967 | Marjorie Fowler | Doctor Dolittle | Nominated | Shared with Samuel E. Beetley. |
1968 | Eve Newman | Wild in the Streets | Nominated | Shared with Fred R. Feitshans Jr. |
1969 | Françoise Bonnot | Z | Won | |
1970 | Thelma Schoonmaker | Woodstock | Nominated | |
1973 | Verna Fields Marcia Lucas |
American Graffiti | Nominated | |
1974 | Dorothy Spencer | Earthquake | Nominated | |
1975 | Verna Fields | Jaws | Won | |
Dede Allen | Dog Day Afternoon | Nominated | ||
Lynzee Klingman | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Nominated | Shared with Richard Chew and Sheldon Kahn. | |
1976 | Eve Newman | Two-Minute Warning | Nominated | Shared with Walter Hannemann. |
1977 | Marcia Lucas | Star Wars | Won | Shared with Paul Hirsch and Richard Chew. |
1979 | Lisa Fruchtman | Apocalypse Now | Nominated | Shared with Richard Marks, Walter Murch, and Gerald B. Greenberg. |
1980 | Thelma Schoonmaker | Raging Bull | Won | |
Anne V. Coates | The Elephant Man | Nominated | ||
1981 | Dede Allen | Reds | Nominated | Shared with Craig McKay. |
1982 | Carol Littleton | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Nominated | |
1983 | Lisa Fruchtman | The Right Stuff | Won | Shared with Glenn Farr, Stephen A. Rotter, Douglas Stewart, and Tom Rolf. |
1984 | Nena Danevic | Amadeus | Nominated | Shared with Michael Chandler. |
1985 | Kaja Fehr | Prizzi's Honor | Nominated | Shared with Rudi Fehr. |
1986 | Claire Simpson | Platoon | Won | |
Susan E. Morse | Hannah and Her Sisters | Nominated | ||
1987 | Gabriella Cristiani | The Last Emperor | Won | |
1989 | Noëlle Boisson | The Bear | Nominated | |
1990 | Lisa Fruchtman | The Godfather Part III | Nominated | Shared with Barry Malkin and Walter Murch. |
Thelma Schoonmaker | Goodfellas | Nominated | ||
1992 | Geraldine Peroni | The Player | Nominated | |
1993 | Anne V. Coates | In the Line of Fire | Nominated | |
Veronika Jenet | The Piano | Nominated | ||
1994 | Sally Menke | Pulp Fiction | Nominated | |
1996 | Pip Karmel | Shine | Nominated | |
1998 | Simona Paggi | Life is Beautiful | Nominated | |
Anne V. Coates | Out of Sight | Nominated | ||
Leslie Jones | The Thin Red Line | Nominated | Shared with Billy Weber and Saar Klein. | |
1999 | Lisa Zeno Churgin | The Cider House Rules | Nominated | |
2000 | Dede Allen | Wonder Boys | Nominated | |
2001 | Dody Dorn | Memento | Nominated | |
Jill Bilcock | Moulin Rouge! | Nominated | ||
2002 | Thelma Schoonmaker | Gangs of New York | Nominated | |
2004 | The Aviator | Won | ||
2005 | Claire Simpson | The Constant Gardener | Nominated | |
2006 | Thelma Schoonmaker | The Departed | Won | Third win for Best Editing, tying the record for most wins in this category. |
Clare Douglas | United 93 | Nominated | Shared with Richard Pearson and Christopher Rouse. | |
2007 | Juliette Welfling | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Nominated | |
2009 | Chris Innis | The Hurt Locker | Won | Shared with Bob Murawski. |
Sally Menke | Inglourious Basterds | Nominated | ||
2010 | Pamela Martin | The Fighter | Nominated | |
2011 | Anne-Sophie Bion | The Artist | Nominated | Shared with Michel Hazanavicius. |
Thelma Schoonmaker | Hugo | Nominated | ||
2014 | Sandra Adair | Boyhood | Nominated | |
2015 | Margaret Sixel | Mad Max: Fury Road | Won | |
Maryann Brandon Mary Jo Markey |
Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Nominated | ||
2016 | Joi McMillon | Moonlight | Nominated | First black woman to be nominated for Best Film Editing. Shared with Nat Sanders. |
2017 | Tatiana S. Riegel | I, Tonya | Nominated | |
2019 | Thelma Schoonmaker | The Irishman | Nominated | Eighth nomination for Best Film Editing, tying the record for most nominations in this category. |
2020 | Chloé Zhao | Nomadland | Nominated | First woman (and the first woman of color, overall) to be nominated for directing, editing, writing, and producing. |
Best International Feature Film[]
The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film is awarded to countries, not individuals. This list contains female directors of nominated films, who typically accept the award on behalf of their country.
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Country | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1959 | Astrid Henning-Jensen | Paw | Nominated | ||
1976 | Lina Wertmüller | Seven Beauties | Nominated | ||
1983 | Diane Kurys | Entre Nous | Nominated | ||
1984 | María Luisa Bemberg | Camila | Nominated | ||
1985 | Agnieszka Holland | Angry Harvest | Nominated | ||
Coline Serreau | Three Men and a Cradle | Nominated | |||
1988 | Mira Nair | Salaam Bombay! | Nominated | ||
1995 | Marleen Gorris | Antonia's Line | Won | ||
1996 | Nana Jorjadze | A Chef in Love | Nominated | ||
Berit Nesheim | The Other Side of Sunday | Nominated | |||
1997 | Caroline Link | Beyond Silence | Nominated | ||
2000 | Agnès Jaoui | The Taste of Others | Nominated | ||
2002 | Caroline Link | Nowhere in Africa | Won | ||
Paula van der Oest | Zus & Zo | Nominated | |||
2005 | Cristina Comencini | The Beast in the Heart | Nominated | ||
2006 | Susanne Bier | After the Wedding | Nominated | ||
Deepa Mehta | Water | Nominated | |||
2009 | Claudia Llosa | The Milk of Sorrow | Nominated | ||
2010 | Susanne Bier | In a Better World | Won | ||
2011 | Agnieszka Holland | In Darkness | Nominated | ||
2015 | Deniz Gamze Ergüven | Mustang | Nominated | ||
2016 | Maren Ade | Toni Erdmann | Nominated | ||
2017 | Ildikó Enyedi | On Body and Soul | Nominated | ||
2018 | Nadine Labaki | Capernaum | Nominated | ||
2019 | Tamara Kotevska | Honeyland | Nominated | Shared with Ljubomir Stefanov. | |
2020 | Kaouther Ben Hania | The Man Who Sold His Skin | Nominated | ||
Jasmila Žbanić | Quo Vadis, Aida? | Nominated |
Best Makeup and Hairstyling[]
Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1982 | Sarah Monzani Michèle Burke |
Quest for Fire | Won | First women to win for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. |
1986 | Michèle Burke | The Clan of the Cave Bear | Nominated | Shared with Michael Westmore. |
1988 | Ve Neill | Beetlejuice | Won | Shared with Steve La Porte and Robert Short. |
Bari Dreiband-Burman | Scrooged | Nominated | Shared with Thomas R. Burman. | |
1989 | Lynn Barber | Driving Miss Daisy | Won | Shared with Manlio Rocchetti and Kevin Haney. |
Maggie Weston | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Nominated | Shared with Fabrizio Sforza. | |
1990 | Michèle Burke | Cyrano de Bergerac | Nominated | Shared with Jean-Pierre Eychenne. |
Ve Neill | Edward Scissorhands | Nominated | Shared with Stan Winston. | |
1991 | Christina Smith | Hook | Nominated | Shared with Monty Westmore and Greg Cannom. |
1992 | Michèle Burke | Bram Stoker's Dracula | Won | Shared with Greg Cannom and Matthew W. Mungle. |
Ve Neill | Batman Returns | Nominated | Shared with Ronnie Specter and Stan Winston. | |
Hoffa | Nominated | Shared with Greg Cannom and John Blake. | ||
1993 | Christina Smith Judy Alexander Cory |
Schindler's List | Nominated | Shared with Matthew W. Mungle. |
Ve Neill Yolanda Toussieng |
Mrs. Doubtfire | Won | Shared with Greg Cannom. | |
1994[note 6] | Ed Wood | Won | Shared with Rick Baker. | |
Hallie D'Amore Judith A. Cory |
Forrest Gump | Nominated | Shared with Daniel C. Striepeke. | |
Carol Hemming | Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | Nominated | Shared with Daniel Parker and Paul Engelen. | |
1995 | Lois Burwell | Braveheart | Won | Shared with Peter Frampton and Paul Pattison. |
Colleen Callaghan | Roommates | Nominated | Shared with Greg Cannom and Bob Laden. | |
1996 | Deborah La Mia Denaver | Ghosts of Mississippi | Nominated | Shared with Matthew W. Mungle. |
1997 | Lisa Westcott Veronica Brebner Beverley Binda |
Mrs Brown | Nominated | |
Tina Earnshaw | Titanic | Nominated | Shared with Greg Cannom and Simon Thompson. | |
1998[note 6] | Jenny Shircore | Elizabeth | Won | |
Lois Burwell | Saving Private Ryan | Nominated | Shared with Conor O'Sullivan and Daniel C. Striepeke. | |
Lisa Westcott Veronica Brebner |
Shakespeare in Love | Nominated | ||
1999 | Christine Blundell | Topsy-Turvy | Won | Shared with Trefor Proud. |
Michèle Burke | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Nominated | Shared with Mike Smithson. | |
2000[note 6] | Gail Ryan | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Won | Shared with Rick Baker. |
Michèle Burke | The Cell | Nominated | Shared with Edouard F. Henriques. | |
Ann Buchanan Amber Sibley |
Shadow of the Vampire | Nominated | ||
2001 | Colleen Callaghan | A Beautiful Mind | Nominated | Shared with Greg Cannom. |
2002[note 6] | Beatrice De Alba | Frida | Won | Shared with John E. Jackson. |
Barbara Lorenz | The Time Machine | Nominated | Shared with John M. Elliott Jr. | |
2003 | Yolanda Toussieng | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Nominated | Shared with Edouard F. Henriques. |
Ve Neill | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Nominated | Shared with Martin Samuel. | |
2004 | Valli O'Reilly | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Won | Shared with Bill Corso. |
Jo Allen | The Sea Inside | Nominated | Shared with Manolo García. | |
2005 | Tami Lane | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Won | Shared with Howard Berger. |
Nikki Gooley | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | Nominated | Shared with Dave Elsey. | |
2006 | Montse Ribé | Pan's Labyrinth | Won | Shared with David Martí. |
2007 | Jan Archibald | La Vie en Rose | Won | Shared with Didier Lavergne. |
Ve Neill | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Nominated | Shared with Martin Samuel. | |
2009 | Mindy Hall | Star Trek | Won | Shared with Barney Burman and Joel Harlow. |
Jenny Shircore | The Young Victoria | Nominated | Shared with Jon Henry Gordon. | |
2010 | Yolanda Toussieng | The Way Back | Nominated | Shared with Gregory Funk and Edouard F. Henriques. |
2011 | Lynn Johnson | Albert Nobbs | Nominated | Shared with Martial Corneville and Matthew W. Mungle. |
Amanda Knight Lisa Tomblin |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Nominated | Shared with Nick Dudman. | |
2012 | Lisa Westcott Julie Dartnell |
Les Misérables | Won | |
Tami Lane | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Nominated | Shared with Peter Swords King and Rick Findlater. | |
2013 | Adruitha Lee Robin Mathews |
Dallas Buyers Club | Won | |
Gloria Pasqua-Casny | The Lone Ranger | Nominated | Shared with Joel Harlow. | |
2014 | Frances Hannon | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Won | Shared with Mark Coulier. |
Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou | Guardians of the Galaxy | Nominated | Shared with David White. | |
2015[note 6] | Lesley Vanderwalt Elka Wardega |
Mad Max: Fury Road | Won | Shared with Damian Martin. |
Siân Grigg | The Revenant | Nominated | Shared with Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini. | |
Eva von Bahr | The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared | Nominated | Shared with Love Larson. | |
2016 | A Man Called Ove | Nominated | ||
2017 | Lucy Sibbick | Darkest Hour | Won | Shared with Kazuhiro Tsuji and David Malinowski. |
Lou Sheppard | Victoria & Abdul | Nominated | Shared with Daniel Phillips. | |
2018[note 6] | Kate Biscoe Patricia DeHaney |
Vice | Won | Shared with Greg Cannom. |
Pamela Goldammer | Border | Nominated | Shared with Göran Lundström. | |
Jenny Shircore Jessica Brooks |
Mary Queen of Scots | Nominated | Shared with Marc Pilcher. | |
2019 | Anne Morgan Vivian Baker |
Bombshell | Won | Shared with Kazu Hiro. |
Naomi Donne Rebecca Cole |
1917 | Nominated | Shared with Tristan Versluis. | |
Nicki Ledermann Kay Georgiou |
Joker | Nominated | ||
2020[note 6] | Mia Neal Jamika Wilson |
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Won | First black women to be nominated for and to win for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. Shared with Sergio Lopez-Rivera. |
Marese Langan Laura Allen Claudia Stolze |
Emma. | Nominated | ||
Eryn Krueger Mekash Patricia Dehaney |
Hillbilly Elegy | Nominated | Shared with Matthew Mungle. | |
Gigi Williams Kimberley Spiteri Colleen LaBaff |
Mank | Nominated | ||
Dalia Colli | Pinocchio | Nominated | Shared with Mark Coulier and Francesco Pegoretti. |
Best Original Score[]
Academy Award for Best Original Score [note 7] | ||||||
Best Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation | ||||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes | ||
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1974 | Angela Morley | The Little Prince | Nominated | First transgender woman to be nominated in any category. | ||
1977 | The Slipper and the Rose | Nominated | ||||
Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score | ||||||
1983 | Marilyn Bergman | Yentl | Won | Shared with Michel Legrand and Alan Bergman. | ||
Original Musical or Comedy Score | ||||||
1996 | Rachel Portman | Emma | Won | |||
1997 | Anne Dudley | The Full Monty | Won | |||
Lynn Ahrens | Anastasia | Nominated | Shared with Stephen Flaherty and David Newman. | |||
Original Score | ||||||
1999 | Rachel Portman | The Cider House Rules | Nominated | |||
2000 | Chocolat | Nominated | ||||
2016 | Mica Levi | Jackie | Nominated | |||
2019 | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Joker | Won |
Best Original Song[]
Academy Award for Best Original Song | ||||||
Year | Name | Film | Song | Status | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1935 | Dorothy Fields (lyrics) | Roberta | "Lovely to Look At" | Nominated | Shared with Jerome Kern (music); Jimmy McHugh (lyrics). | |
1936 | Swing Time | "The Way You Look Tonight" | Won | Shared with Jerome Kern (music). | ||
1945 | Ann Ronell (music and lyrics) | G.I. Joe | "Linda" | Nominated | ||
1953 | Sylvia Fine (lyrics) | The Moon Is Blue | "The Moon Is Blue" | Nominated | Shared with Herschel Burke Gilbert (music). | |
1959 | Sylvia Fine (music and lyrics) | The Five Pennies | "The Five Pennies" | Nominated | ||
1960 | Dory Langdon (lyrics) | Pepe | "Faraway Part of Town" | Nominated | Shared with André Previn (music). | |
1962 | Two for the Seesaw | "Song from Two for the Seesaw (Second Chance)" | Nominated | |||
1968 | Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) | The Thomas Crown Affair | "The Windmills of Your Mind" | Won | Shared with Michel Legrand (music); Alan Bergman (lyrics). | |
1969 | The Happy Ending | "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" | Nominated | |||
Dory Langdon (lyrics) | The Sterile Cuckoo | Come Saturday Morning" | Nominated | Shared with Fred Karlin (music). | ||
1970 | Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) | Pieces of Dreams | "Pieces of Dreams" | Nominated | Shared with Michel Legrand (music); Alan Bergman (lyrics). | |
1971 | Sometimes a Great Notion | "All His Children" | Nominated | Shared with Henry Mancini (music); Alan Bergman (lyrics). | ||
1972 | The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | "Marmalade, Molasses & Honey" | Nominated | Shared with Maurice Jarre (music); Alan Bergman (lyrics). | ||
Marsha Karlin (lyrics) | The Little Ark | "Come Follow, Follow Me" | Nominated | Shared with Fred Karlin (music). | ||
1973 | Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) | The Way We Were | "The Way We Were" | Won | Shared with Marvin Hamlisch (music); Alan Bergman (lyrics). | |
Linda McCartney (music and lyrics) | Live and Let Die | "Live and Let Die" | Nominated | Shared with Paul McCartney (music and lyrics). | ||
1974 | Betty Box (lyrics) | Benji | "I Feel Love" | Nominated | Shared with Euel Box (music). | |
1976 | Barbra Streisand (music) | A Star Is Born | "Evergreen" | Won | Shared with Paul Williams (lyrics). | |
Carol Connors & Ayn Robbins (lyrics) | Rocky | "Gonna Fly Now" | Nominated | Shared with Bill Conti (music). | ||
1977 | The Rescuers | "Someone's Waiting for You" | Nominated | Shared with Sammy Fain (music). | ||
Carole Bayer Sager (lyrics) | The Spy Who Loved Me | "Nobody Does It Better" | Nominated | Shared with Marvin Hamlisch (music). | ||
1978 | Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) | Same Time, Next Year | "The Last Time I Felt Like This" | Nominated | Shared with Marvin Hamlisch (music); Alan Bergman (lyrics). | |
1979 | Carole Bayer Sager (lyrics) | Ice Castles | "Through the Eyes of Love" | Nominated | Shared with Marvin Hamlisch (music). | |
Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) | The Promise | "I'll Never Say Goodbye" | Nominated | Shared with David Shire (music); Alan Bergman (lyrics). | ||
1980 | Lesley Gore (lyrics) | Fame | "Out Here on My Own" | Nominated | First openly LGBT woman nominated for Best Original Song. Shared with Michael Gore (music). | |
Dolly Parton (music and lyrics) | Nine to Five | "9 to 5" | Nominated | |||
1981 | Carole Bayer Sager (music and lyrics) | Arthur | "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" | Won | Shared with Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross, and Peter Allen (music and lyrics). | |
1982 | Buffy Sainte-Marie (music) | An Officer and a Gentleman | "Up Where We Belong" | Won | First Indigenous person to win a competitive award. Shared with Jack Nitzche (music); Will Jennings (lyrics). | |
Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) | Best Friends | "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" | Nominated | Shared with Michel Legrand (music); Alan Bergman (lyrics). | ||
Tootsie | "It Might Be You" | Nominated | Shared with Dave Grusin (music); Alan Bergman (lyrics). | |||
Yes, Giorgio | "If We Were in Love" | Nominated | Shared with John Williams (music); Alan Bergman (lyrics). | |||
1983 | Irene Cara (lyrics) | Flashdance | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | Won | First black woman to win in a non-acting category. Shared with Giorgio Moroder (music); Keith Forsey (lyrics). | |
Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) | Yentl | "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" | Nominated | Shared with Michel Legrand (music); Alan Bergman (lyrics). | ||
"The Way He Makes Me Feel" | Nominated | |||||
1986 | Cynthia Weil (lyrics) | An American Tail | "Somewhere Out There" | Nominated | Shared with James Horner & Barry Mann (music). | |
Diane Nini (lyrics) | The Karate Kid Part II | "Glory of Love" | Nominated | Shared with David Foster (music); Peter Cetera (music and lyrics). | ||
1987 | Diane Warren (music and lyrics) | Mannequin | "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" | Nominated | Shared with Albert Hammond (music and lyrics). | |
1988 | Carly Simon (music and lyrics) | Working Girl | "Let the River Run" | Won | ||
1989 | Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) | Shirley Valentine | "The Girl Who Used to Be Me" | Nominated | Shared with Marvin Hamlisch (music); Alan Bergman (lyrics). | |
1992 | Linda Thompson (lyrics) | The Bodyguard | "I Have Nothing" | Nominated | Shared with David Foster (music). | |
1993 | Carole Bayer Sager (music and lyrics) | Beethoven's 2nd | "The Day I Fall in Love" | Nominated | Shared with James Ingram and Clif Magness (music and lyrics). | |
Janet Jackson (music and lyrics) | Poetic Justice | "Again" | Nominated | Shared with James Harris III & Terry Lewis (music and lyrics). | ||
1994 | Carole Bayer Sager & Patty Smyth (music and lyrics) | Junior | "Look What Love Has Done" | Nominated | Shared with James Ingram and James Newton Howard (music and lyrics). | |
1995 | Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) | Sabrina | "Moonlight" | Nominated | Shared with John Williams (music); Alan Bergman (lyrics). | |
1996 | Barbra Streisand (music and lyrics) | The Mirror Has Two Faces | "I Finally Found Someone" | Nominated | Shared with Bryan Adams, Marvin Hamlisch, and Mutt Lange (music and lyrics) | |
Diane Warren (music and lyrics) | Up Close and Personal | "Because You Loved Me" | Nominated | |||
1997 | Con Air | "How Do I Live?" | Nominated | |||
Lynn Ahrens (lyrics) | Anastasia | "Journey to the Past" | Nominated | Shared with Stephen Flaherty (music). | ||
1998 | Allison Moorer (music and lyrics) | The Horse Whisperer | "A Soft Place to Fall" | Nominated | Shared with Gwil Owen (music and lyrics). | |
Carole Bayer Sager (music and lyrics) | Quest for Camelot | "The Prayer" | Nominated | Shared with David Foster (music and lyrics); Tony Renis & Alberto Testa (lyrics). | ||
Diane Warren (music and lyrics) | Armageddon | "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing" | Nominated | |||
1999 | Music of the Heart | "Music of My Heart" | Nominated | |||
Aimee Mann (music and lyrics) | Magnolia | "Save Me" | Nominated | |||
2000 | Björk (music) | Dancer in the Dark | "I've Seen It All" | Nominated | Shared with Lars von Trier & Sjón Sigurdsson (lyrics). | |
2001 | Diane Warren (music and lyrics) | Pearl Harbor | "There You'll Be" | Nominated | ||
Enya & Roma Ryan (music and lyrics) | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | "May It Be" | Nominated | Shared with Nicky Ryan (music and lyrics). | ||
2002 | Julie Taymor (lyrics) | Frida | "Burn It Blue" | Nominated | Shared with Elliot Goldenthal (music). | |
2003 | Annie Lennox & Fran Walsh (music and lyrics) | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | "Into the West" | Won | Shared with Howard Shore (music and lyrics). | |
Annette O'Toole (music and lyrics) | A Mighty Wind | "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" | Nominated | Shared with Michael McKean (music and lyrics). | ||
2005 | Kathleen "Bird" York (music and lyrics) | Crash | "In the Deep" | Nominated | Shared with Michael Becker (music). | |
Dolly Parton (music and lyrics) | Transamerica | "Travellin' Thru" | Nominated | |||
2006 | Melissa Etheridge (music and lyrics) | An Inconvenient Truth | "I Need to Wake Up | Won | First song from a documentary to win. First openly gay woman to win. | |
Siedah Garrett (lyrics) | Dreamgirls | "Love You I Do" | Nominated | Shared with Henry Krieger (music). | ||
Anne Preven (lyrics) | "Listen" | Nominated | Shared with Scott Cutler & Henry Krieger (music). | |||
2007 | Markéta Irglová (music and lyrics) | Once | "Falling Slowly" | Won | Shared with Glen Hansard (music and lyrics). | |
2008 | M.I.A. (music and lyrics) | Slumdog Millionaire | "O... Saya" | Nominated | Shared with A. R. Rahman (music and lyrics). | |
2010 | Hillary Lindsey (music and lyrics) | Country Strong | "Coming Home" | Nominated | Shared with Troy Verges and Tom Douglas (music and lyrics). | |
Dido (lyrics) | 127 Hours | "If I Rise" | Nominated | Shared with A.R. Rahman (music); Rollo Armstrong (lyrics). | ||
2011 | Siedah Garrett (lyrics) | Rio | "Real In Rio" | Nominated | Shared with Sérgio Mendes & Carlinhos Brown (music). | |
2012 | Adele (music and lyrics) | Skyfall | "Skyfall" | Won | Shared with Paul Epworth (music and lyrics). | |
Bombay Jayashri (lyrics) | Life of Pi | "Pi's Lullaby" | Nominated | Shared with Mychael Danna (music). | ||
2013 | Kristen Anderson-Lopez (music and lyrics) | Frozen | "Let It Go" | Won | Shared with Robert Lopez (music and lyrics). | |
Karen O (music and lyrics) | Her | "The Moon Song" | Nominated | Shared with Spike Jonze (lyrics). | ||
2014 | Danielle Brisebois (music and lyrics) | Begin Again | "Lost Stars" | Nominated | Shared with Gregg Alexander (music and lyrics). | |
Diane Warren (music and lyrics) | Beyond the Lights | "Grateful" | Nominated | |||
2015 | Anohni (lyrics) | Racing Extinction | "Manta Ray" | Nominated | First transgender woman to nominated for Best Original Song. Second transgender woman to be nominated in any category. Shared with J. Ralph (music). | |
Diane Warren & Lady Gaga (music and lyrics) | The Hunting Ground | "Till It Happens to You" | Nominated | |||
2017 | Kristen Anderson-Lopez (music and lyrics) | Coco | "Remember Me" | Won | Shared with Robert Lopez (music and lyrics). | |
Diane Warren (music and lyrics) | Marshall | "Stand Up for Something" | Nominated | Shared with Lonnie Lynn (lyrics). | ||
Mary J. Blige & Taura Stinson (music and lyrics) | Mudbound | "Mighty River" | Nominated | Shared with Raphael Saadiq (music and lyrics). Blige is the first person to be nominated for acting and songwriting in the same year. | ||
2018 | Lady Gaga (music and lyrics) | A Star is Born | "Shallow" | Won | Shared with Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt (music and lyrics) Second person to be nominated for acting and songwriting in the same year | |
SZA (lyrics) | Black Panther | "All the Stars" | Nominated | Shared with Sounwave (music); Kendrick Lamar & Anthony Tiffith (music and lyrics). | ||
Diane Warren (music and lyrics) | RBG | "I'll Fight" | Nominated | |||
Gillian Welch (music and lyrics) | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | "When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings" | Nominated | Shared with David Rawlings (music and lyrics). | ||
2019 | Diane Warren (music and lyrics) | Breakthrough | "I'm Standing with You" | Nominated | ||
Kristen Anderson-Lopez (music and lyrics) | Frozen II | "Into the Unknown" | Nominated | Shared with Robert Lopez (music and lyrics). | ||
Cynthia Erivo (music and lyrics) | Harriet | "Stand Up" | Nominated | Third person to be nominated for acting and songwriting in the same year. Shared with Joshuah Brian Campbell (music and lyrics). | ||
2020 | H.E.R. (music and lyrics) & Tiara Thomas (lyrics) | Judas and the Black Messiah | "Fight for You" | Won | Shared with Dernst Emile II (music). | |
Celeste Waite (lyrics) | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | "Hear My Voice" | Nominated | Shared with Daniel Pemberton (music and lyrics). | ||
Diane Warren (music and lyrics) & Laura Pausini (lyrics) | The Life Ahead | "Io Sì (Seen)" | Nominated |
Best Picture[]
Academy Award for Best Picture | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1973 | Julia Phillips | The Sting | Won | Shared with Tony Bill and Michael Phillips. |
1976 | Taxi Driver | Nominated | Shared with Michael Phillips. | |
1979 | Tamara Asseyev Alex Rose |
Norma Rae | Nominated | |
1982 | Kathleen Kennedy | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Nominated | Shared with Steven Spielberg. |
1984 | Arlene Donovan | Places in the Heart | Nominated | |
1985 | Kathleen Kennedy | The Color Purple | Nominated | Shared with Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall, and Quincy Jones. |
1987 | Sherry Lansing | Fatal Attraction | Nominated | Shared with Stanley R. Jaffe. |
1988 | Norma Heyman | Dangerous Liaisons | Nominated | Shared with Hank Moonjean. |
1989 | Lili Fini Zanuck | Driving Miss Daisy | Won | Shared with Richard D. Zanuck. |
1990 | Lisa Weinstein | Ghost | Nominated | |
1991 | Barbra Streisand | The Prince of Tides | Nominated | Shared with Andrew S. Karsch. |
1993 | Jan Chapman | The Piano | Nominated | |
1994 | Wendy Finerman | Forrest Gump | Won | Shared with Steve Tisch and Steve Starkey. |
Niki Marvin | The Shawshank Redemption | Nominated | ||
1995 | Lindsay Doran | Sense and Sensibility | Nominated | |
1996 | Jane Scott | Shine | Nominated | |
1997 | Bridget Johnson Kristi Zea |
As Good as It Gets | Nominated | Shared with James L. Brooks. |
1998 | Donna Gigliotti | Shakespeare in Love | Won | Shared with David Parfitt, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick, and Marc Norman. |
Alison Owen | Elizabeth | Nominated | Shared with Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan. | |
Elda Ferri | Life Is Beautiful | Nominated | Shared with Gianluigi Braschi. | |
1999 | Kathleen Kennedy | The Sixth Sense | Nominated | Shared with Frank Marshall and Barry Mendel. |
2000 | Kit Golden Leslie Holleran |
Chocolat | Nominated | Shared with David Brown. |
Stacey Sher | Erin Brockovich | Nominated | Shared with Danny DeVito and Michael Shamberg. | |
Laura Bickford | Traffic | Nominated | Shared with Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz. | |
2001 | Fran Walsh | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Nominated | Shared with Peter Jackson and Barrie M. Osborne. |
2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Nominated | ||
2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Won | ||
Sofia Coppola | Lost in Translation | Nominated | Shared with Ross Katz. | |
Judie G. Hoyt | Mystic River | Nominated | Shared with Robert Lorenz and Clint Eastwood. | |
Kathleen Kennedy | Seabiscuit | Nominated | Shared with Frank Marshall and Gary Ross. | |
2004 | Nellie Bellflower | Finding Neverland | Nominated | Shared with Richard N. Gladstein. |
2005 | Cathy Schulman | Crash | Won | Shared with Paul Haggis. |
Diana Ossana | Brokeback Mountain | Nominated | Shared with James Schamus. | |
Caroline Baron | Capote | Nominated | Shared with William Vince and Michael Ohoven. | |
Kathleen Kennedy | Munich | Nominated | Shared with Steven Spielberg and Barry Mendel. | |
2006 | Christine Langan Tracey Seaward |
The Queen | Nominated | Shared with Andy Harries. |
2007 | Lianne Halton | Juno | Nominated | Shared with Mason Novick and Russell Smith. |
Jennifer Fox | Michael Clayton | Nominated | Shared with Kerry Orent and Sydney Pollack. | |
JoAnne Sellar | There Will Be Blood | Nominated | Shared with Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi. | |
2008 | Kathleen Kennedy Ceán Chaffin |
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Nominated | Shared with Frank Marshall. |
Donna Gigliotti | The Reader | Nominated | Shared with Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, and Redmond Morris. | |
2009[note 8] | Kathryn Bigelow | The Hurt Locker | Won | Shared with Mark Boal, Greg Shapiro, and Nicolas Chartier. |
Carolynne Cunningham | District 9 | Nominated | Shared with Peter Jackson. | |
Finola Dwyer Amanda Posey |
An Education | Nominated | ||
Sarah Siegel-Magness | Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire | Nominated | Shared with Lee Daniels and Gary Magness. | |
2010 | Emma Thomas | Inception | Nominated | Shared with Christopher Nolan. |
Celine Rattray | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated | Shared with Gary Gilbert and Jeffrey Levy-Hinte. | |
Ceán Chaffin | The Social Network | Nominated | Shared with Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, and Scott Rudin. | |
Darla K. Anderson | Toy Story 3 | Nominated | ||
Alix Madigan Anne Rosellini |
Winter's Bone | Nominated | ||
2011 | Rachael Horovitz | Moneyball | Nominated | Shared with Michael De Luca and Brad Pitt. |
Letty Aronson | Midnight in Paris | Nominated | Shared with Stephen Tenenbaum. | |
Sarah Green Dede Gardner |
The Tree of Life | Nominated | Shared with Bill Pohlad and Grant Hill. | |
Kathleen Kennedy | War Horse | Nominated | Shared with Steven Spielberg. | |
2012 | Margaret Menegoz | Amour | Nominated | Shared with Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, and Michael Katz. |
Stacey Sher Pilar Savone |
Django Unchained | Nominated | Shared with Reginald Hudlin. | |
Debra Hayward | Les Misérables | Nominated | Shared with Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Cameron Mackintosh. | |
Kathleen Kennedy | Lincoln | Nominated | Shared with Steven Spielberg. | |
Donna Gigliotti | Silver Linings Playbook | Nominated | Shared with Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon. | |
Kathryn Bigelow Megan Ellison |
Zero Dark Thirty | Nominated | Shared with Mark Boal. | |
2013 | Dede Gardner | 12 Years a Slave | Won | Shared with Brad Pitt, Jeremy Kleiner, Steven McQueen, and Anthony Katagas. |
Megan Ellison | American Hustle | Nominated | Shared with Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, and Jonathan Gordon. | |
Her | Nominated | Shared with Vincent Landay and Spike Jones. | ||
Robbie Brenner Rachel Winter |
Dallas Buyers Club | Nominated | ||
Gabrielle Tana Tracey Seaward |
Philomena | Nominated | Shared with Steve Coogan. | |
Emma Tillinger Koskoff | The Wolf of Wall Street | Nominated | Shared with Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Joey McFarland. | |
2014 | Cathleen Sutherland | Boyhood | Nominated | Shared with Richard Linklater. |
Nora Grossman | The Imitation Game | Nominated | Shared with Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman. | |
Oprah Winfrey Dede Gardner |
Selma | Nominated | Shared with Christian Colson and Jeremy Kleiner. | |
Lisa Bruce | The Theory of Everything | Nominated | Shared with Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Anthony McCarten. | |
Helen Estabrook | Whiplash | Nominated | Shared with Jason Blum and David Lancaster. | |
2015 | Blye Pagon Faust Nicole Rocklin |
Spotlight | Won | Shared with Steve Golin and Michael Sugar. |
Dede Gardner | The Big Short | Nominated | Shared with Jeremy Kleiner and Brad Pitt. | |
Kristie Macosko Krieger | Bridge of Spies | Nominated | Shared with Marc Platt and Steven Spielberg. | |
Finola Dwyer Amanda Posey |
Brooklyn | Nominated | ||
Mary Parent | The Revenant | Nominated | Shared with Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Steve Golin, Arnon Milchan, and Keith Redmon. | |
2016 | Adele Romanski Dede Gardner |
Moonlight | Won | Shared with Jeremy Kleiner. |
Carla Hacken Julie Yorn |
Hell or High Water | Nominated | ||
Donna Gigliotti Jenno Topping |
Hidden Figures | Nominated | Shared with Peter Chernin, Pharrell Williams, and Theodore Melfi. | |
Angie Fielder | Lion | Nominated | Shared with Emile Sherman and Iain Canning. | |
Kimberly Steward Lauren Beck |
Manchester by the Sea | Nominated | Shared with Matt Damon, Chris Moore, and Kevin J. Walsh. | |
2017 | Emilie Georges | Call Me by Your Name | Nominated | Shared with Luca Guadagnino, Peter Spears, and Marco Morabito. |
Lisa Bruce | Darkest Hour | Nominated | Shared with Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anthony McCarten, and Douglas Urbanski. | |
Emma Thomas | Dunkirk | Nominated | Shared with Christopher Nolan. | |
Evelyn O'Neill | Lady Bird | Nominated | Shared with Eli Bush and Scott Rudin. | |
Megan Ellison JoAnne Sellar |
Phantom Thread | Nominated | Shared with Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi. | |
Kristie Macosko Krieger Amy Pascal |
The Post | Nominated | Shared with Steven Spielberg. | |
2018 | Ceci Dempsey Lee Magiday |
The Favourite | Nominated | Shared with Ed Guiney and Yorgos Lanthimos. |
Gabriela Rodríguez | Roma | Nominated | Shared with Alfonso Cuarón. | |
Lynette Howell Taylor | A Star is Born | Nominated | Shared with Bill Gerber and Bradley Cooper. | |
Dede Gardner | Vice | Nominated | Shared with Jeremy Kleiner, Adam McKay, and Kevin J. Messick. | |
2019 | Kwak Sin-ae | Parasite | Won | Shared with Bong Joon-ho. |
Pippa Harris Jayne-Ann Tenggren |
1917 | Nominated | Shared with Sam Mendes and Callum McDougal. | |
Jenno Topping | Ford v Ferrari | Nominated | Shared with Peter Chernin and James Mangold. | |
Jane Rosenthal Emma Tillinger Koskoff |
The Irishman | Nominated | Shared with Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro. | |
Chelsea Winstanley | Jojo Rabbit | Nominated | Shared with Carthew Neal and Taika Waititi. | |
Emma Tillinger Koskoff | Joker | Nominated | Shared with Todd Phillips and Bradley Cooper. | |
Amy Pascal | Little Women | Nominated | ||
Shannon McIntosh | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Nominated | Shared with David Heyman and Quentin Tarantino. | |
2020 | Frances McDormand Mollye Asher Chloé Zhao |
Nomadland | Won | Shared with Peter Spears and Dan Janvey. |
Ceán Chaffin | Mank | Nominated | Shared with Eric Roth and Douglas Urbanski. | |
Christina Oh | Minari | Nominated | ||
Ashley Fox Emerald Fennell |
Promising Young Woman | Nominated | Shared with Josey McNamara and Ben Browning. |
Best Production Design[]
Academy Award for Best Production Design | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1941 | Julia Heron | That Hamilton Woman | Nominated | Shared with Vincent Korda. |
1942 | Jungle Book | Nominated | ||
Fay Babcock | The Talk of the Town | Nominated | Shared with Lionel Banks and Rudolph Sternad. | |
1943 | Julia Heron | Casanova Brown | Nominated | Shared with Perry Ferguson. |
1944 | Fay Babcock | Cover Girl | Nominated | Shared with Lionel Banks and Cary Odell. |
1945 | Mildred Griffiths | National Velvet | Nominated | Shared with Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary, and Edwin B. Willis. |
1946 | Carmen Dillon | Henry V | Nominated | Shared with Paul Sheriff. |
1948 | Hamlet | Won | First woman to win for Best Production Design. Shared with Roger K. Furse. | |
1954 | Grace Gregory | This Country Girl | Nominated | Shared with Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, and Samuel M. Comer. |
Irene Sharaff | A Star Is Born | Nominated | Shared with Malcolm Bert, Gene Allen, and George James Hopkins. | |
1959 | Julia Heron | The Big Fisherman | Nominated | Shared with John DeCuir. |
Ruby R. Levitt | Pillow Talk | Nominated | Shared with Richard H. Riedel and Russell A. Gausman. | |
1960 | Julia Heron | Spartacus | Won | Shared with Harry Horner and Russell A. Gausman. |
1963 | Grace Gregory | Love with the Proper Stranger | Nominated | Shared with Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, and Samuel M. Comer. |
Jocelyn Herbert Josie MacAvin |
Tom Jones | Nominated | Shared with Ralph Brinton and Ted Marshall. | |
1965 | Ruby R. Levitt | The Sound of Music | Nominated | Shared with Boris Leven and Walter M. Scott. |
Josie MacAvin | The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | Nominated | Shared with Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, and Ted Marshall. | |
1970 | Pamela Cornell | Scrooge | Nominated | Shared with Terence Marsh and Bob Cartwright. |
1971 | Ruby R. Levitt | The Andromeda Strain | Nominated | Shared with Boris Leven and William Tuntke. |
1974 | Chinatown | Nominated | Shared with Richard Sylbert and W. Stewart Campbell. | |
1979 | Linda DeScenna | Star Trek: The Motion Picture | Nominated | Shared with Harold Michelson, Joe Jennings, Leon Harris, and John Vallone. |
1981 | Ann Mollo | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Nominated | Shared with Assheton Gorton. |
Patrizia von Brandenstein | Ragtime | Nominated | Shared with John Graysmark, Tony Reading, George DeTitta Sr., George DeTitta Jr., and Peter Howitt. | |
1982 | Linda DeScenna | Blade Runner | Nominated | Shared with Lawrence G. Paull and David L. Snyder. |
1983 | Anna Asp | Fanny and Alexander | Won | |
Polly Platt | Terms of Endearment | Nominated | Shared with Harold Michelson, Tom Pedigo, and Anthony Mondell. | |
Tessa Davies | Yentl | Nominated | Shared with Roy Walker and Leslie Tomkins. | |
1984 | Patrizia von Brandenstein | Amadeus | Won | Shared with Karel Černý. |
1985 | Josie MacAvin | Out of Africa | Won | Shared with Stephen B. Grimes. |
Maggie Gray | Brazil | Nominated | Shared with Norman Garwood. | |
Linda DeScenna | The Color Purple | Nominated | Shared with J. Michael Riva and Bo Welch. | |
Shinobu Muraki | Ran | Nominated | Shared with Yoshiro Muraki. | |
1986 | Karen O'Hara | The Color of Money | Nominated | Shared with Boris Leven. |
Carol Joffe | Hannah and Her Sisters | Nominated | Shared with Stuart Wurtzel. | |
1987 | Joanne Woollard | Hope and Glory | Nominated | Shared with Anthony Pratt. |
Carol Joffe | Radio Days | Nominated | Shared with Santo Loquasto, Leslie Bloom, and George DeTitta Jr. | |
Patrizia von Brandenstein | The Untouchables | Nominated | Shared with William A. Elliott and Hal Gausman. | |
1988 | Ida Random Linda DeScenna |
Rain Man | Nominated | |
1989 | Anne Kuljian | The Abyss | Nominated | Shared with Leslie Dilley. |
Francesca Lo Schiavo | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Nominated | Shared with Dante Ferretti. | |
1990 | Hamlet | Nominated | ||
Lisa Dean | Dances with Wolves | Nominated | Shared with Jeffrey Beecroft. | |
1991 | Nancy Haigh | Bugsy | Won | Shared with Dennis Gassner. |
Barton Fink | Nominated | |||
Cindy Carr | The Fisher King | Nominated | Shared with Mel Bourne. | |
Caryl Heller | The Prince of Tides | Nominated | Shared with Paul Sylbert. | |
1992 | Luciana Arrighi | Howards End | Won | Shared with Ian Whittaker. |
Linda DeScenna | Toys | Nominated | Shared with Ferdinando Scarfiotti. | |
Janice Blackie-Goodine | Unforgiven | Nominated | Shared with Henry Bumstead. | |
1993 | Ewa Braun | Schindler's List | Won | Shared with Allan Starski. |
Luciana Arrighi | The Remains of the Day | Nominated | Shared with Ian Whittaker. | |
1994[note 9] | Carolyn Scott | The Madness of King George | Won | Shared with Ken Adam. |
Susan Bode | Bullets over Broadway | Nominated | Shared Santo Loquasto. | |
Nancy Haigh | Forrest Gump | Nominated | Shared with Rick Carter. | |
Francesca Lo Schiavo | Interview with the Vampire | Nominated | Shared with Dante Ferretti. | |
Lilly Kilvert Dorree Cooper |
Legends of the Fall | Nominated | ||
1995 | Merideth Boswell | Apollo 13 | Nominated | Shared with Michael Corenblith. |
Kerrie Brown | Babe | Nominated | Shared with Roger Ford. | |
Cheryl Carasik | A Little Princess | Nominated | Shared with Bo Welch. | |
1996 | Stephenie McMillan | The English Patient | Won | Shared with Stuart Craig. |
Catherine Martin Brigitte Broch |
Romeo + Juliet | Nominated | ||
Cheryl Carasik | The Birdcage | Nominated | Shared with Bo Welch. | |
1997 | Men in Black | Nominated | ||
Nancy Nye | Gattaca | Nominated | Shared with Jan Roelfs. | |
Francesca Lo Schiavo | Kundun | Nominated | Shared with Dante Ferretti. | |
Jeannine Oppewall | L.A. Confidential | Nominated | Shared with Jay Hart. | |
1998 | Jill Quertier | Shakespeare in Love | Won | Shared with Martin Childs. |
Jeannine Oppewall | Pleasantville | Nominated | Shared with Jay Hart. | |
Lisa Dean Kavanaugh | Saving Private Ryan | Nominated | Shared with Tom Sanders. | |
Cindy Carr | What Dreams May Come | Nominated | Shared with Eugenio Zanetti. | |
1999 | Luciana Arrighi | Anna and the King | Nominated | Shared with Ian Whittaker. |
Beth Rubino | The Cider House Rules | Nominated | Shared with David Gropman. | |
Eve Stewart | Topsy-Turvy | Nominated | Shared with John Bush. | |
2000 | Merideth Boswell | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Nominated | Shared with Michael Corenblith. |
Jill Quertier | Quills | Nominated | Shared with Martin Childs. | |
Françoise Benoît-Fresco | Vatel | Nominated | Shared with Jean Rabasse. | |
2001 | Catherine Martin Brigitte Broch |
Moulin Rouge! | Won | |
Aline Bonetto Marie-Laure Valla |
Amélie | Nominated | ||
Anna Pinnock | Gosford Park | Nominated | Shared with Stephen Altman. | |
Stephenie McMillan | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Nominated | Shared with Stuart Craig. | |
2002 | Hania Robledo | Frida | Nominated | Shared with Felipe Fernández del Paso. |
Francesca Lo Schiavo | Gangs of New York | Nominated | Shared with Dante Ferretti. | |
Nancy Haigh | Road to Perdition | Nominated | Shared with Dennis Gassner. | |
2003 | Cecile Heideman | Girl with a Pearl Earring | Nominated | Shared with Ben Van Os. |
Lilly Kilvert Gretchen Rau |
The Last Samurai | Nominated | ||
Jeannine Oppewall Leslie Pope |
Seabiscuit | Nominated | ||
2004[note 9] | Francesca Lo Schiavo | The Aviator | Won | Shared with Dante Ferretti. |
Gemma Jackson Trisha Edwards |
Finding Neverland | Nominated | ||
Cheryl Carasik | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Nominated | Shared with Rick Heinrichs. | |
Celia Bobak | The Phantom of the Opera | Nominated | Shared with Anthony Pratt. | |
Aline Bonetto | A Very Long Engagement | Nominated | ||
2005 | Gretchen Rau | Memoirs of a Geisha | Won | Shared with John Myhre. |
Jan Pascale | Good Night, and Good Luck. | Nominated | Shared with Jim Bissell. | |
Stephenie McMillan | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Nominated | Shared with Stuart Craig. | |
Sarah Greenwood Katie Spencer |
Pride & Prejudice | Nominated | ||
2006 [note 9] | Pilar Revuelta | Pan's Labyrinth | Won | Shared with Eugenio Caballero. |
Nancy Haigh | Dreamgirls | Nominated | Shared with John Myhre. | |
Jeannine Claudia Oppewall Gretchen Rau |
The Good Shepherd | Nominated | Shared with Leslie E. Rollins. | |
Cheryl Carasik | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Nominated | Shared with Rick Heinrichs. | |
Julie Ochipinti | The Prestige | Nominated | Shared with Nathan Crowley. | |
2007 | Francesca Lo Schiavo | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Won | Shared with Dante Ferretti. |
Beth A. Rubino | American Gangster | Nominated | Shared with Arthur Max. | |
Sarah Greenwood Katie Spencer |
Atonement | Nominated | ||
Anna Pinnock | The Golden Compass | Nominated | Shared with Dennis Gassner. | |
2008 | Rebecca Alleway | The Duchess | Nominated | Shared with Michael Carlin. |
Kristi Zea Debra Schutt |
Revolutionary Road | Nominated | ||
2009 | Anastasia Masaro Caroline Smith |
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Nominated | Shared with Dave Warren. |
Sarah Greenwood Katie Spencer |
Sherlock Holmes | Nominated | ||
Maggie Gray | The Young Victoria | Nominated | Shared with Patrice Vermette. | |
2010 | Karen O'Hara | Alice in Wonderland | Won | Shared with Robert Stromberg. |
Stephenie McMillan | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | Nominated | Shared with Stuart Craig. | |
Eve Stewart Judy Farr |
The King's Speech | Nominated | ||
Nancy Haigh | True Grit | Nominated | Shared with Jess Gonchor. | |
2011 | Francesca Lo Schiavo | Hugo | Won | Shared with Dante Ferretti. |
Stephenie McMillan | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Nominated | Shared with Stuart Craig. | |
Anne Seibel Hélène Dubreuil |
Midnight in Paris | Nominated | ||
2012 | Sarah Greenwood Katie Spencer |
Anna Karenina | Nominated | |
Eve Stewart Anna Lynch-Robinson |
Les Misérables | Nominated | ||
Anna Pinnock | Life of Pi | Nominated | Shared with David Gropman. | |
2013 | Catherine Martin Beverley Dunn |
The Great Gatsby | Won | |
Alice Baker | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated | Shared with Adam Stockhausen. | |
Judy Becker Heather Loeffler |
American Hustle | Nominated | ||
Rosie Goodwin Joanne Woollard |
Gravity | Nominated | Shared with Andy Nicholson. | |
2014 | Anna Pinnock | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Won | Shared with Adam Stockhausen. |
Into the Woods | Nominated | Shared with Dennis Gassner. | ||
Maria Djurkovic Tatiana Macdonald |
The Imitation Game | Nominated | ||
Suzie Davies Charlotte Watts |
Mr. Turner | Nominated | ||
2015 | Lisa Thompson | Mad Max: Fury Road | Won | Shared with Colin Gibson. |
Rena DeAngelo | Bridge of Spies | Nominated | Shared with Adam Stockhausen and Bernhard Henrich. | |
Eve Stewart | The Danish Girl | Nominated | Shared with Michael Standish. | |
Celia Bobak | The Martian | Nominated | Shared with Arthur Max. | |
2016 | Sandy Reynolds-Wasco | La La Land | Won | Shared with David Wasco. |
Anna Pinnock | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Nominated | Shared with Stuart Craig. | |
Nancy Haigh | Hail, Caesar! | Nominated | Shared with Jess Gonchor. | |
2017 | Sarah Greenwood Katie Spencer |
Beauty and the Beast | Nominated | |
Darkest Hour | Nominated | |||
Alessandra Querzola | Blade Runner 2049 | Nominated | Shared with Dennis Gassner. | |
2018 | Hannah Beachler | Black Panther | Won | First black woman to be nominated for and to win for Best Production Design. Shared with Jay Hart. |
Fiona Crombie Alice Felton |
The Favourite | Nominated | ||
Kathy Lucas | First Man | Nominated | Shared with Nathan Crowley. | |
Bárbara Enríquez | Roma | Nominated | Shared with Eugenio Caballero. | |
2019 | Barbara Ling Nancy Haigh |
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Won | |
Regina Graves | The Irishman | Nominated | Shared with Bob Shaw. | |
Nora Sopková | Jojo Rabbit | Nominated | Shared with Ra Vincent. | |
2020[note 9] | Jan Pascale | Mank | Won | Shared with Donald Graham Burt. |
Cathy Featherstone | The Father | Nominated | Shared with Peter Francis. | |
Karen O'Hara Diana Sroughton |
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Nominated | Shared with Mark Ricker. | |
Elizabeth Keenan | News of the World | Nominated | Shared with David Crank. | |
Kathy Lucas | Tenet | Nominated | Shared with Nathan Crowley. |
Best Short Film (Animated)[]
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1962 | Faith Hubley | The Hole | Won | Shared with John Hubley. |
1966 | Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature | Won | ||
1968 | Windy Day | Nominated | ||
1969 | Of Men and Demons | Nominated | ||
1974 | Voyage to Next | Nominated | ||
1976 | Suzanne Baker | Leisure | Won | |
Caroline Leaf | The Street | Nominated | Shared with Guy Glover. | |
1977 | Faith Hubley | The Doonesbury Special | Nominated | Shared with John Hubley and Garry Trudeau. |
1978 | Eunice Macaulay | Special Delivery | Won | Shared with John Weldon. |
1981 | Janet Perlman | The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin | Nominated | |
1982 | Dianne Jackson | The Snowman | Nominated | |
1983 | Eda Godel Hallinan | Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain | Nominated | |
1985 | Cilia van Dijk | Anna & Bella | Won | |
Alison Snowden | Second Class Mail | Nominated | ||
1986 | Linda Van Tulden | A Greek Tragedy | Won | Shared with Willem Thijsen. |
1987 | Eunice Macaulay | George and Rosemary | Nominated | |
1991 | Wendy Tilby | Strings | Nominated | |
1992 | Joan C. Gratz | Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase | Won | |
Michaela Pavlátová | Reci, Reci, Reci... | Nominated | ||
1994 | Alison Snowden | Bob's Birthday | Won | Shared with David Fine. |
Erica Russell | Triangle | Nominated | ||
Vanessa Schwartz | The Janitor | Nominated | ||
1997 | Joanna Quinn | Famous Fred | Nominated | |
1999 | Torill Kove | My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts | Nominated | |
Wendy Tilby Amanda Forbis |
When the Day Breaks | Nominated | ||
2000 | Annette Schäffler | Periwig Maker | Nominated | Shared with Steffen Schäffler. |
2002 | Heidi Wittlinger | Das Rad | Nominated | Shared with Chris Stenner. |
2005 | Peggy Stern | The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation | Won | Shared with John Canemaker. |
Sharon Colman | Badgered | Nominated | ||
2006 | Torill Kove | The Danish Poet | Won | |
2007 | Suzie Templeton | Peter & the Wolf | Won | Shared with Hugh Welchman. |
2011 | Sue Goffe | A Morning Stroll | Nominated | |
Wendy Tilby Amanda Forbis |
Wild Life | Nominated | ||
2012 | Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly | Head Over Heels | Nominated | Shared with Timothy Reckart. |
2013 | Lauren MacMullan Dorothy McKim |
Get a Horse! | Nominated | |
2014 | Kristina Reed | Feast | Won | Shared with Patrick Osborne. |
Torill Kove | Me and My Moulton | Nominated | ||
Daisy Jacobs | The Bigger Picture | Nominated | Shared with Christopher Hees. | |
2015 | Imogen Sutton | Prologue | Nominated | Shared with Richard Williams. |
Nicole Paradis Grindle | Sanjay's Super Team | Nominated | Shared with Sanjay Patel. | |
2016 | Cara Speller | Pear Cider and Cigarettes | Nominated | Shared with Robert Valley. |
2017 | Dana Murray | Lou | Nominated | Shared with Dave Mullins. |
Ru Kuwahata | Negative Space | Nominated | Shared with Max Porter. | |
2018 | Domee Shi Becky Neiman-Cobb |
Bao | Won | |
Alison Snowden | Animal Behaviour | Nominated | Shared with David Fine. | |
Louise Bagnall Nuria González-Blanco |
Late Afternoon | Nominated | ||
2019 | Karen Rupert Toliver | Hair Love | Won | Shared with Matthew A. Cherry. |
Daria Kashcheeva | Dcera (Daughter) | Nominated | ||
Rosana Sullivan Kathryn Hendrickson |
Kitbull | Nominated | ||
Siqi Song | Sister | Nominated | ||
2020 | Madeline Sharafian | Burrow | Nominated | Shared with Michael Capbarat. |
Best Short Film (Live Action)[]
Academy Award for Live Action Short Film | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1959 | Shirley Clarke | Skyscraper | Nominated | Shared with Willard Van Dyke and Irving Jacoby. |
1962 | Martina Huguenot van der Linden | Big City Blues | Nominated | Shared with Charles Huguenot van der Linden. |
1969 | Joan Keller Stern | The Magic Machines | Won | First woman to win for Best Live Action Short Film. |
1976 | Marjorie Anne Short | Kudzu | Nominated | |
Claire Wilbur | Nightlife | Nominated | Shared with Robin Lehman. | |
Dyan Cannon | Number One | Nominated | Shared with Vince Cannon. | |
1977 | Beverly Shaffer Yuki Yoshida |
I'll Find a Way | Won | |
1978 | Fern Field | A Different Approach | Nominated | Shared with Jim Belcher. |
1979 | Sarah Pillsbury | Board and Care | Won | Shared with Ron Ellis. |
Carol Lowell | Oh Brother, My Brother | Nominated | Shared with Ross Lowell. | |
1980 | Sally Heckel | A Jury of Her Peers | Nominated | |
1981 | Shelley Levinson | Violet | Won | Shared with Paul Kemp. |
Christine Oestreicher | Couples and Robbers | Nominated | ||
1982 | A Shocking Accident | Won | ||
1983 | Janice L. Platt | Boys and Girls | Won | |
1984 | The Painted Door | Nominated | Shared with Michael MacMillan. | |
Sharon Oreck Lesli Linka Glatter |
Tales of Meeting and Parting | Nominated | ||
1985 | Dianna Costello | Graffiti | Nominated | |
1986 | Fredda Weiss | Love Struck | Nominated | |
1987 | Jana Sue Memel | Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall | Won | Shared with Jonathan Sanger. |
Ann Wingate | Making Waves | Nominated | ||
1988 | Matia Karrell Abbee Goldstein |
Cadillac Dreams | Nominated | |
1990 | Hillary Ripps | 12:01 PM | Nominated | Shared with Jonathan Heap. |
1992 | Jana Sue Memel | Contact | Nominated | Shared with Jonathan Darby. |
1993 | Partners | Nominated | Shared with Peter Weller. | |
Stacy Title | Down on the Waterfront | Nominated | Shared with Jonathan Penner. | |
Susan Seidelman | The Dutch Master | Nominated | Shared with Jonathan Brett. | |
1994[note 10] | Ruth Kenley-Letts | Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life | Won | Shared with Peter Capaldi. |
Peggy Rajski | Trevor | Won | Shared with Randy Stone. | |
Christine Astin | Kangaroo Court | Nominated | Shared with Sean Astin. | |
JoBeth Williams Michele McGuire |
On Hope | Nominated | ||
1995 | Christine Lahti Jana Sue Memel |
Lieberman in Love | Won | |
Tikki Goldberg | Little Surprises | Nominated | Shared with Jeff Goldblum. | |
Dianne Houston Joy Ryan |
Tuesday Morning Ride | Nominated | ||
1996 | Bernadette Carranza | Wordless | Nominated | Shared with Antonello De Leo. |
1998 | Vivian Goffette | La Carte Postale (The Postcard) | Nominated | |
1999 | Barbara Schock Tamara Tiehel |
My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York | Won | |
Gabriele Lins | Kleingeld | Nominated | Shared with Marc-Andreas Bochert. | |
2000 | Ericka Frederick | By Courier | Nominated | Shared with Peter Riegert. |
Joan Stein Christina Lazaridi |
One Day Crossing | Nominated | ||
Gail Lerner | Seraglio | Nominated | Shared with Colin Campbell. | |
2001 | Lisa Blount | The Accountant | Won | Shared with Ray McKinnon. |
Shameela Bakhsh | Speed for Thespians | Nominated | Shared with Kalman Apple. | |
2002 | Mie Andreasen | Der Er En Yndig Man (This Charming Man) | Won | Shared with Martin Strange-Hansen. |
Anja Daelemans | Fait D'Hiver | Nominated | Shared with Dirk Beliën. | |
Lexi Alexander | Johnny Flynton | Nominated | Shared with Alexander Buono. | |
2004 | Andrea Arnold | Wasp | Won | |
Ainsley Gardiner | Two Cars, One Night | Nominated | Shared with Taika Waititi. | |
2005 | Ulrike Grote | Ausreisser (The Runaway) | Nominated | |
Lene Bausager | Cashback | Nominated | Shared with Sean Ellis. | |
Pia Clemente | Our Time Is Up | Nominated | Shared with Rob Pearlstein. | |
2007 | Louise Vesth | At Night | Nominated | Shared with Christian E. Christiansen. |
Anja Daelemans | Tanghi Argentini | Nominated | Shared with Guido Thys. | |
2008 | Elizabeth Marre | Manon on the Asphalt | Nominated | Shared with Olivier Pont. |
Steph Green Tamara Anghie |
New Boy | Nominated | ||
Dorte Høgh | The Pig | Nominated | Shared with Tivi Magnusson. | |
2009 | Juanita Wilson | The Door | Nominated | Shared with James Flynn. |
2010 | Samantha Waite | Wish 143 | Nominated | Shared with Ian Barnes. |
2011 | Oorlagh George | The Shore | Won | Shared with Terry George. |
Eimear O'Kane | Pentecost | Nominated | Shared with Peter McDonald. | |
Gigi Causey | Time Freak | Nominated | Shared with Andrew Bowler. | |
2012 | Ellen De Waele | Dood van een Schaduw (Death of a Shadow) | Nominated | Shared with Tom Van Avermaet. |
2013 | Selma Vilhunen Kirsikka Saari |
Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?) | Nominated | |
2014 | Mihal Brezis | Aya | Nominated | Shared with Oded Binnun. |
Talkhon Hamzavi | Parvaneh | Nominated | Shared with Stefan Eichenberger. | |
2015 | Serena Armitage | Stutterer | Won | Shared with Benjamin Cleary. |
2016 | Anna Udvardy | Sing | Won | Shared with Kristóf Deák. |
2017 | Rachel Shenton | The Silent Child | Won | Shared with Chris Overton. |
Katja Benrath | Watu Wore: All of Us | Nominated | Shared with Tobias Rosen. | |
2018 | Jaime Ray Newman | Skin | Won | Shared with Guy Nattiv. |
Maria Gracia Turgeon | Fauve | Nominated | Shared with Jeremy Comte. | |
Marianne Farley Marie-Hélène Panisset |
Marguerite | Nominated | Shared with Tobias Rosen. | |
María del Puy Alvarado | Mother | Nominated | Shared with Rodrigo Sorogoyen. | |
2019 | Meryam Joobeur Maria Gracia Turgeon |
Brotherhood | Nominated | |
Delphine Girard | A Sister | Nominated | ||
2020 | Susan Ruzenski | Feeling Through | Nominated | Shared with Doug Roland. |
Elvira Lind Sofia Sondervan |
The Letter Room | Nominated | ||
Farah Nabulsi | The Present | Nominated | ||
Shira Hochman | White Eye | Nominated | Shared with Tomer Shushan. |
Best Sound Editing[]
Academy Award for Best Sound Editing | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1984[note 11] | Kay Rose | The River | Won | First woman to win for Best Sound Editing. |
1986 | Cecelia Hall | Top Gun | Nominated | Shared with George Watters II. |
1990 | The Hunt for Red October | Won | ||
1991 | Gloria Borders | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Won | Shared with Gary Rydstrom. |
1994 | Forrest Gump | Nominated | Shared with Randy Thom. | |
2007 | Karen Baker Landers | The Bourne Ultimatum | Won | Shared with Per Hallberg. |
2009 | Gwendolyn Yates Whittle | Avatar | Nominated | Shared with Christopher Boyes. |
2010 | Tron: Legacy | Nominated | Shared with Addison Teague. | |
2012 | Karen Baker Landers | Skyfall | Won | Shared with Per Hallberg. |
2014 | Becky Sullivan | Unbroken | Nominated | Shared with Andrew DeCristofaro. |
2016 | Renée Tondelli | Deepwater Horizon | Nominated | Shared with Wylie Stateman. |
Ai-Ling Lee Mildred Iatrou Morgan |
La La Land | Nominated | ||
2018 | Nina Hartstone | Bohemian Rhapsody | Won | Shared with John Warhurst. |
Ai-Ling Lee Mildred Iatrou Morgan |
First Man | Nominated | ||
2019 | Rachael Tate | 1917 | Nominated | Shared with Oliver Tarney. |
Best Sound[]
Academy Award for Best Sound [note 12] | ||||||
Best Sound Mixing | ||||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1995 | Anna Behlmer | Braveheart | Nominated | Shared with Andy Nelson, Scott Millan, and Brian Simmons. | ||
1996 | Evita | Nominated | Shared with Andy Nelson and Ken Weston. | |||
1997 | L.A. Confidential | Nominated | Shared with Andy Nelson and Kirk Francis. | |||
1998 | Pud Cusack | The Mask of Zorro | Nominated | Shared with Kevin O'Connell and Greg P. Russell. | ||
Anna Behlmer | The Thin Red Line | Nominated | Shared with Andy Nelson and Paul Brincat. | |||
2001 | Moulin Rouge! | Nominated | Shared with Andy Nelson, Roger Savage, and Guntis Sics. | |||
2003 | The Last Samurai | Nominated | Shared with Andy Nelson and Jeff Wexler. | |||
Seabiscuit | Nominated | Shared with Andy Nelson and Tod A. Maitland. | ||||
2005 | War of the Worlds | Nominated | Shared with Andy Nelson and Ron Judkins. | |||
2006 | Blood Diamond | Nominated | Shared with Andy Nelson and Ivan Sharrock. | |||
2008 | Lora Hirschberg | The Dark Knight | Nominated | Shared with Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick. | ||
2009 | Anna Behlmer | Star Trek | Nominated | Shared with Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin. | ||
2010 | Lora Hirschberg | Inception | Won | First woman to win for Best Sound Mixing. Shared with Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick. | ||
2011 | Deb Adair | Moneyball | Nominated | Shared with Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco, and Ed Novick. | ||
2016 | Ai-Ling Lee | La La Land | Nominated | Shared with Andy Nelson and Steven A. Morrow. | ||
2017 | Mary H. Ellis | Baby Driver | Nominated | Shared with Julian Slater and Tim Cavagin. | ||
2018 | Ai-Ling Lee Mary H. Ellis |
First Man | Nominated | Shared with Jon Taylor and Frank A. Montaño. | ||
Best Sound | ||||||
2020 | Michelle Couttolenc | Sound of Metal | Won | Shared with Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Carlos Cortés Navarrete, and Phillip Bladh. | ||
Coya Elliott | Soul | Nominated | Shared with Ren Klyce and David Parker. |
Best Visual Effects[]
Academy Award for Visual Effects | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1986 | Suzanne M. Benson | Aliens | Won | Shared with Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, and John Richardson. |
1993 | Pamela Easley | Cliffhanger | Nominated | Shared with Neil Krepela, John Richardson, and John Bruno. |
2015 | Sara Bennett | Ex Machina | Won | Shared with Mark Williams Ardington, Paul Norris, and Andrew Whitehurst. |
2020 | Genevieve Camilleri | Love and Monsters | Nominated | Shared with Matt Sloan, Brian Cox, and Matt Everitt. |
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)[]
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Source Material | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1928-29 [note 13] | Bess Meredyth | A Woman of Affairs | The novel The Green Hat by Michael Arlen | Nominated | |
Wonder of Women | The novel Die Frau des Steffen Tromholt by Hermann Sudermann | Nominated | |||
1932-33 | Sarah Y. Mason | Little Women | The novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott | Won | Shared with Victor Heerman. |
Sonya Levien | State Fair | The novel of the same name by Phil Stong | Nominated | Shared with Paul Green. | |
1934 | Frances Goodrich | The Thin Man | The novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett | Nominated | Shared with Albert Hackett. |
1936 | After the Thin Man | A story by Dashiell Hammett | Nominated | ||
1937 | Viña Delmar | The Awful Truth | The play of the same name by Arthur Richman | Nominated | |
Dorothy Parker | A Star Is Born | A story by William A. Wellman & Robert Carson | Nominated | Shared with Alan Campbell and Robert Carson. | |
1938 | Elizabeth Hill | The Citadel | The novel of the same name by A. J. Cronin | Nominated | Shared with Ian Dalrymple and Frank Wead. |
Lenore Coffee | Four Daughters | The short story Sister Act by Fannie Hurst | Nominated | Shared with Julius J. Epstein. | |
1939 | Claudine West | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | The novel of the same name by James Hilton | Nominated | Shared with R.C. Sherriff and Eric Maschwitz. |
1940 | Joan Harrison | Rebecca | The novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier | Nominated | First woman nominated for Original Screenplay and Adapted Screenplay (both 1940). Shared with Robert E. Sherwood. |
1941 | Lillian Hellman | The Little Foxes | Her play of the same name | Nominated | |
1942 | Claudine West | Mrs. Miniver | The character Mrs. Miniver from the newspaper columns by Jan Struther | Won | Shared with George Froeschel, James Hilton, and Arthur Wimperis. |
Random Harvest | Based on the novel by James Hilton | Nominated | Shared with George Froeschel and Arthur Wimperis. | ||
1944 | Betty Reinhardt | Laura | The novel of the same name by Vera Caspary | Nominated | Shared with Jay Dratler and Samuel Hoffenstein. |
1945 | Tess Slesinger | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | the novel of the same name by Betty Smith | Nominated | Posthumous nomination. Shared with Frank Davis. |
1946 | Sally Benson | Anna and the King of Siam | the novel of the same name by Margaret Landon | Nominated | Shared with Talbot Jennings. |
1948 | Irma von Cube | Johnny Belinda | The play of the same name by Elmer Blaney Harris | Nominated | Shared with Allen Vincent. |
1950 | Frances Goodrich | Father of the Bride | The novel of the same name by Edward Streeter | Nominated | Shared with Albert Hackett. |
1953 | Helen Deutsch | Lili | The story Love of Seven Dolls by Paul Gallico | Nominated | |
1954 | Frances Goodrich Dorothy Kingsley |
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | The story The Sobbin' Women by Stephen Vincent Benét | Nominated | Shared with Albert Hackett. |
1955 | Isobel Lennart | Love Me or Leave Me | A story by Daniel Fuchs | Nominated | Shared with Daniel Fuchs. |
1960 | The Sundowners | The novel of the same name by Jon Cleary | Nominated | ||
1962 | Eleanor Perry | David and Lisa | The story Lisa and David by Theodore Isaac Rubin | Nominated | |
1963 | Phoebe Ephron | Captain Newman, M.D. | The novel of the same name by Leo Rosten | Nominated | Shared with Richard L. Breen and Henry Ephron. |
Harriet Frank Jr. | Hud | The novel Horseman, Pass By by Larry McMurtry | Nominated | Shared with Irving Ravetch. | |
1969 | Bridget Boland | Anne of the Thousand Days | The play of the same name by Maxwell Anderson | Nominated | Shared with John Hale and Richard Sokolove. |
1970 | Renée Taylor | Lovers and Other Strangers | The play of the same name by Joseph Bologna & Renée Taylor | Nominated | Shared with Joseph Bologna and David Zelag Goodman. |
1972 | Jay Presson Allen | Cabaret | The musical of the same name, book by Joe Masteroff | Nominated | |
1975 | Gladys Hill | The Man Who Would Be King | The story of the same name by Rudyard Kipling | Nominated | Shared with John Huston. |
1978 | Elaine May | Heaven Can Wait | The play of the same name by Harry Segall | Nominated | Shared with Warren Beatty. |
1979 | Harriet Frank Jr. | Norma Rae | The novel Crystal Lee, a Woman of Inheritance by Hank Leiferman | Nominated | Shared with Irving Ravetch. |
1981 | Jay Presson Allen | Prince of the City | The book Prince of the City: The True Story of a Cop Who Knew Too Much by Robert Daley | Nominated | Shared with Sidney Lumet. |
1985 | Janet Roach | Prizzi's Honor | The novel of the same name by Richard Condon | Nominated | Shared with Richard Condon. |
1986 | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | A Room with a View | The novel of the same name by E.M. Forster | Won | |
Hesper Anderson | Children of a Lesser God | The play of the same name by Mark Medoff | Nominated | Shared with Mark Medoff. | |
Beth Henley | Crimes of the Heart | Her play of the same name | Nominated | ||
1988 | Anna Hamilton Phelan | Gorillas in the Mist | An article by Harold Hayes | Nominated | Shared with Tab Murphy. |
Christine Edzard | Little Dorrit | The novel of the same name by Charles Dickens | Nominated | ||
1991 | Agnieszka Holland | Europa Europa | The book I Was Hitler Youth Salomon by Solomon Perel | Nominated | |
Fannie Flagg Carol Sobieski |
Fried Green Tomatoes | The novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Flagg | Nominated | ||
Becky Johnston | The Prince of Tides | The novel of the same name by Pat Conroy | Nominated | Shared with Pat Conroy. | |
1992 | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | Howards End | The novel of the same name by E.M. Forster | Won | First woman to win twice for Best Adapted Screenplay. |
1993 | The Remains of the Day | The novel of the same name by Kazuo Ishiguro | Nominated | ||
1995 | Emma Thompson | Sense and Sensibility | The novel of the same name by Jane Austen | Won | The only actress to win an Academy award for both acting (of which Thompson previously won an Academy Award for Best Actress for Howards End) and writing categories (Best Adapted Screenplay). |
Anna Pavignano | Il Postino | The novel Ardiente Paciencia by Antonio Skármeta | Nominated | Shared with Michael Radford, Massimo Troisi, Furio Scarpelli, and Giacomo Scarpelli. | |
1997 | Hilary Henkin | Wag the Dog | The novel American Hero by Larry Beinhart | Nominated | Shared with David Mamet. |
1998 | Elaine May | Primary Colors | The novel of the same name by Joe Klein | Nominated | |
2000 | Wang Hui-ling | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | The novel of the same name by Wang Dulu | Nominated | Shared with James Schamus and Kuo Jung Tsai. |
2001 | Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | The novel of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien | Nominated | Shared with Peter Jackson. |
2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | The novel of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien | Won | ||
Shari Springer Berman | American Splendor | The comic book series of the same name by Harvey Pekar & Our Cancer Year by Joyce Brabner | Nominated | Shared with Robert Pulcini. | |
2004 | Julie Delpy Kim Krizan |
Before Sunset | Characters from the film Before Sunrise created by Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan | Nominated | Shared with Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater. |
2005 | Diana Ossana | Brokeback Mountain | The short story of the same name by Annie Proulx | Won | Shared with Larry McMurtry. |
2007 | Sarah Polley | Away from Her | The short story "The Bear Went Over the Mountain" by Alice Munro | Nominated | |
2008 | Robin Swicord | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | The short story "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" by F. Scott Fitzgerald | Nominated | Shared with Eric Roth. |
2009 | Terri Tatchell | District 9 | The short film Alive in Joburg written by Neill Blomkamp | Nominated | Shared with Neill Blomkamp. |
2010 | Debra Granik Anne Rosellini |
Winter's Bone | The novel of the same name by Daniel Woodrell | Nominated | |
2011 | Bridget O'Connor | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | The novel of the same name by John le Carré | Nominated | Posthumous nomination. Shared with Peter Straughan. |
2012 | Lucy Alibar | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Her play Juicy and Delicious | Nominated | Shared with Benh Zeitlin. |
2013 | Julie Delpy | Before Midnight | Characters from the film Before Sunrise created by Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan | Nominated | Shared with Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater. |
2015 | Phyllis Nagy | Carol | The novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith | Nominated | |
Emma Donoghue | Room | Her novel of the same name | Nominated | ||
2016 | Allison Schroeder | Hidden Figures | The book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly | Nominated | Shared with Theodore Melfi. |
2017 | Dee Rees | Mudbound | The novel of the same name by Hillary Jordan | Nominated | First black woman to be nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. Shared with Virgil Williams. |
2018 | Nicole Holofcener | Can You Ever Forgive Me? | The autobiography of the same name by Lee Israel | Nominated | Shared with Jeff Whitty. |
2019 | Greta Gerwig | Little Women | The novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott | Nominated | |
2020 | Erica Rivinoja Jena Friedman Nina Pedrad |
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm | Based on the character Borat Sagdiyev by Sacha Baron Cohen | Nominated | Shared with Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer, and Lee Kern. |
Chloé Zhao | Nomadland | Based on the book of the same name by Jessica Bruder | Nominated |
Best Writing (Original Screenplay)[]
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
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1928-29 [note 13] | Josephine Lovett | Our Dancing Daughters | Nominated | |
1929-30[note 13] | Frances Marion | The Big House | Won | |
1932[note 14] | Frances Marion | The Champ | Won | |
Adela Rogers St. Johns Jane Murfin |
What Price Hollywood? | Nominated | ||
1933[note 14] | Frances Marion | The Prizefighter and the Lady | Nominated | |
1936[note 14] | Adele Comandini | Three Smart Girls | Nominated | |
1938[note 14] | Eleanore Griffin | Boys Town | Won | Shared with Dore Schary. |
Marcella Burke | Mad About Music | Nominated | Shared with Frederick Kohner. | |
1939[note 15] | Mildred Cram | Love Affair | Nominated | Shared with Leo McCarey. |
1940[note 14] | Joan Harrison | Foreign Correspondent | Nominated | First woman nominated for Original Screenplay and Adapted Screenplay (both 1940). Shared with Charles Bennett. |
Bella Spewack | My Favorite Wife | Nominated | Shared with Leo McCarey and Samuel Spewack. | |
1943 | Lillian Hellman | The North Star | Nominated | |
1944 | Gladys Lehman | Two Girls and a Sailor | Nominated | Shared with Richard Connell. |
1946 | Muriel Box | The Seventh Veil | Won | Shared with Sydney Box. |
1947[note 16] | Ruth Gordon | A Double Life | Nominated | Shared with Garson Kanin. |
Dorothy Parker | Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman | Nominated | Shared with Frank Cavett. | |
1948 | Frances H. Flaherty | Louisiana Story | Nominated | Shared with Robert J. Flaherty.[2] |
1949[note 16] | Helen Levitt Janice Loeb |
The Quiet One | Nominated | Shared with Sidney Meyers. |
Clare Booth Luce | Come to the Stable | Nominated | ||
Virginia Kellogg | White Heat | Nominated | ||
1950[note 16] | Ruth Gordon | Adam's Rib | Nominated | Shared with Garson Kanin. |
Virginia Kellogg | Caged | Nominated | Shared with Bernard C. Schoenfeld. | |
Edna Anhalt | Panic in the Streets | Won | Shared with Edward Anhalt. | |
1952[note 15] | Ruth Gordon | Pat and Mike | Nominated | Shared with Garson Kanin. |
Edna Anhalt | The Sniper | Nominated | Shared with Edward Anhalt. | |
1953[note 15] | Betty Comden | The Band Wagon | Nominated | Shared with Adolph Green. |
Ruth Orkin | Little Fugitive | Nominated | Shared with Ray Ashley and Morris Engel. | |
1955 | Sonya Levien | Interrupted Melody | Won | Shared with William Ludwig. |
Betty Comden | It's Always Fair Weather | Nominated | Shared with Adolph Green. | |
Isobel Lennart | Love Me or Leave Me | Nominated | Shared with Daniel Fuchs. | |
1958 | Fay Kanin | Teacher's Pet | Nominated | Shared with Michael Kanin. |
1960 | Marguerite Duras | Hiroshima, Mon Amour | Nominated | |
1964 | Ariane Mnouchkine | That Man from Rio | Nominated | Shared with Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Daniel Boulanger, and Philippe de Broca. |
1965 | Suso Cecchi d'Amico | Casanova 70 | Nominated | Shared with Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli, Tonino Guerra, and Giorgio Salvioni. |
1970 | Adrien Joyce | Five Easy Pieces | Nominated | Shared with Bob Rafelson. |
1971 | Penelope Gilliatt | Sunday Bloody Sunday | Nominated | |
1972 | Chris Clark Suzanne de Passe |
Lady Sings the Blues | Nominated | Shared with Terrence McCloy. |
1973 | Gloria Katz | American Graffiti | Nominated | Shared with George Lucas and Willard Huyck. |
1974 | Suzanne Schiffman | Day for Night | Nominated | Shared with François Truffaut and Jean-Louis Richard. |
1976 | Daniele Thompson | Cousin, Cousine | Nominated | Shared with Jean-Charles Tacchella. |
Lina Wertmüller | Seven Beauties | Nominated | ||
1978 | Nancy Dowd | Coming Home | Won | Shared with Robert C. Jones and Waldo Salt. |
1979 | Valerie Curtin | ...And Justice for All | Nominated | Shared with Barry Levinson. |
1980 | Nancy Meyers | Private Benjamin | Nominated | Shared with Charles Shyer and Harvey Miller. |
1982 | Melissa Mathison | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Nominated | |
1983 | Barbara Benedek | The Big Chill | Nominated | Shared with Lawrence Kasdan. |
Nora Ephron Alice Arlen |
Silkwood | Nominated | ||
1984 | Anna Thomas | El Norte | Nominated | Shared with Gregory Nava. |
1985 | Pamela Wallace | Witness | Won | Shared with Earl W. Wallace and William Kelley. |
Aida Bortnik | The Official Story | Nominated | Shared with Luis Puenzo. | |
1988 | Anne Spielberg | Big | Nominated | Shared with Gary Ross. |
Naomi Foner | Running on Empty | Nominated | ||
1989 | Nora Ephron | When Harry Met Sally... | Nominated | |
1991 | Callie Khouri | Thelma & Louise | Won | |
Meg Kasdan | Grand Canyon | Nominated | Shared with Lawrence Kasdan. | |
1993 | Jane Campion | The Piano | Won | |
Nora Ephron | Sleepless in Seattle | Nominated | Shared with Jeff Arch and David S. Ward. | |
1994 | Fran Walsh | Heavenly Creatures | Nominated | Shared with Peter Jackson. |
2000 | Susannah Grant | Erin Brockovich | Nominated | |
2002 | Nia Vardalos | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Nominated | |
2003 | Sofia Coppola | Lost in Translation | Won | |
Kirsten Sheridan Naomi Sheridan |
In America | Nominated | Shared with Jim Sheridan. | |
2006 | Iris Yamashita | Letters from Iwo Jima | Nominated | Shared with Paul Haggis. |
2007 | Diablo Cody | Juno | Won | |
Nancy Oliver | Lars and the Real Girl | Nominated | ||
Tamara Jenkins | The Savages | Nominated | ||
2008 | Courtney Hunt | Frozen River | Nominated | |
2010 | Lisa Cholodenko | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated | Shared with Stuart Blumberg. |
2011 | Annie Mumolo Kristen Wiig |
Bridesmaids | Nominated | |
2013 | Melisa Wallack | Dallas Buyers Club | Nominated | Shared with Craig Borten. |
2015 | Meg LeFauve | Inside Out | Nominated | Shared with Pete Docter, Josh Cooley, and Ronnie del Carmen. |
Andrea Berloff | Straight Outta Compton | Nominated | Shared with Jonathan Herman, S. Leigh Savidge, and Alan Wenkus. | |
2017 | Greta Gerwig | Lady Bird | Nominated | |
Vanessa Taylor | The Shape of Water | Nominated | Shared with Guillermo del Toro. | |
Emily V. Gordon | The Big Sick | Nominated | Shared with Kumail Nanjiani. | |
2018 | Deborah Davis | The Favourite | Nominated | Shared with Tony McNamara. |
2019 | Krysty Wilson-Cairns | 1917 | Nominated | Shared with Sam Mendes. |
2020 | Emerald Fennell | Promising Young Woman | Won |
Special awards[]
Academy Honorary Award | ||
Year | Name | Notes |
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1954 | Greta Garbo | "for her unforgettable screen performances." |
1968 | Onna White | "for her outstanding choreography achievement for Oliver!" |
1970 | Lillian Gish | "for superlative artistry and for distinguished contribution to the progress of motion pictures." |
1975 | Mary Pickford | "in recognition of her unique contributions to the film industry and the development of film as an artistic medium." |
1977 | Margaret Booth | "for her exceptional contribution to the art of film editing in the motion picture industry." |
1981 | Barbara Stanwyck | "for superlative creativity and unique contribution to the art of screen acting." |
1990 | Sophia Loren | "one of the genuine treasures of world cinema who, in a career rich with memorable performances, has added permanent luster to our art form." |
Myrna Loy | "in recognition of her extraordinary qualities both on screen and off, with appreciation for a lifetime's worth of indelible performances." | |
1993 | Deborah Kerr | "in appreciation for a full career's worth of elegant and beautifully crafted performances." |
2009 | Lauren Bacall | "in recognition of her central place in the Golden Age of motion pictures." |
2013 | Angela Lansbury | "an entertainment icon who has created some of cinema's most memorable characters, inspiring generations of actors." |
2014 | Maureen O'Hara | "One of Hollywood's brightest stars, whose inspiring performances glowed with passion, warmth and strength." |
2015 | Gena Rowlands | "an original talent whose devotion to her craft has earned her worldwide recognition as an independent film icon" |
2016 | Anne V. Coates | "In her more than 60 years as a film editor, she has worked side by side with many leading directors on an impressive range of films" |
2017 | Agnès Varda | "her compassion and curiosity inform a uniquely personal cinema" |
2018 | Cicely Tyson | "whose unforgettable performances and personal integrity have inspired generations of filmmakers, actors and audiences" |
2019 | Lina Wertmüller | "for her provocative disruption of political and social norms delivered with bravery through her weapon of choice: the camera lens." |
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | ||
Year | Name | Notes |
---|---|---|
1968 | Martha Raye | |
1972 | Rosalind Russell | |
1992 | Audrey Hepburn | |
Elizabeth Taylor | ||
2006 | Sherry Lansing | |
2011 | Oprah Winfrey | |
2013 | Angelina Jolie | |
2015 | Debbie Reynolds | |
2019 | Geena Davis |
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award | ||
Year | Name | Notes |
---|---|---|
2018 | Kathleen Kennedy | First female producer to receive the honorary Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award |
Academy Juvenile Award [note 17] | ||
Year | Name | Notes |
---|---|---|
1934 | Shirley Temple | "in grateful recognition of her outstanding contribution to screen entertainment during the year 1934." |
1938 | Deanna Durbin | "for [her] significant contribution in bringing to the screen the spirit and personification of youth, and as juvenile players setting a high standard of ability and achievement." |
1939 | Judy Garland | "for her outstanding performance as a screen juvenile during the past year." |
1944 | Margaret O'Brien | "outstanding child actress of 1944." |
1945 | Peggy Ann Garner | "outstanding child actress of 1945." |
1960 | Hayley Mills | "for Pollyanna, the most outstanding juvenile performance during 1960." |
Notes[]
- ^ For the first time in Academy history, all five films nominated for Best Animated Feature in this year were produced by both female and male producers
- ^ For the first time, all five nominees for Best Costume Design, Color in this year were exclusively female
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k All five films nominated for Best Costume Design this year featured female costume designers
- ^ a b c All five films nominated for Best Documentary Feature this year featured female nominees
- ^ a b c All films nominated for Best Documentary Short Subject this year featured female nominees (on each occasion in a year with less than five films nominated)
- ^ a b c d e f g All films nominated for Best Makeup and Hairstyling this year featured female make-up artists
- ^ This category has had numerous name changes and demarcations throughout its history, as detailed on the award's page
- ^ In 2009, the Academy expanded the number of nominees for Best Picture from five nominees to (potentially) ten nominees. In every subsequent year, there has been at least four films with female producers nominated for the award
- ^ a b c d All five films nominated for Best Production Design this year featured female production designers and/or set decorators
- ^ A tie in voting this year resulted in two winners
- ^ This was presented as a Special Achievement Award, not competitively.
- ^ This category was formerly known as Best Sound Mixing until the 93rd Academy Awards, when the two sound categories were merged into one Best Sound award
- ^ a b c At these Academy Awards, the award was bestowed as Best Writing and included original and adapted screenplays
- ^ a b c d e At these Academy Awards, the award was bestowed as Best Original Story.
- ^ a b c At these Academy Awards, the award was bestowed as Best Story.
- ^ a b c At these Academy Awards, the award was bestowed as Best Motion Picture Story.
- ^ The Juvenile Oscar was intermittently awarded between 1934 and 1960, recognizing performers under the age of eighteen. It was not gender-specific.
References[]
- General
- "Winners and Nominees". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
- Specific
- ^ "92nd Academy Awards" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- ^ "Louisiana Story". IMDB. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
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