List of German-speaking Academy Award winners and nominees
Maximilian Schell in Judgement at Nuremberg.
This is a list of Academy Award winners and nominees of German, Austrian or Swiss-German nationality. This list details the performances of Germany's filmmakers, actors, actresses and films that have either been nominated or have won an Academy Award (Oscar).
Acting categories
Actor in a Leading Role
Actor | |||||
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Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes |
1929 | Emil Jannings | ![]() | The Way of All Flesh & The Last Command | Won | Jannings was a Swiss-born German actor. |
1930 | Paul Muni | ![]() | The Valiant | Nominated | No official nominees were announced that year. |
1934 | Paul Muni | ![]() | I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang | Nominated | |
1936 | Paul Muni | ![]() | Black Fury | Nominated | This was a write-in candidate, who came in second on the final ballots. It was not an official nomination. |
1937 | Paul Muni | ![]() | The Story of Louis Pasteur | Won | |
1938 | Paul Muni | ![]() | The Life of Emile Zola | Nominated | |
1960 | Paul Muni | ![]() | The Last Angry Man | Nominated | |
1962 | Maximilian Schell | ![]() ![]() | Judgment at Nuremberg | Won | Schell was an Austro-Swiss actor. |
1966 | Oskar Werner | ![]() | Ship of Fools | Nominated | |
1976 | Maximilian Schell | ![]() ![]() | The Man in the Glass Booth | Nominated | |
2016 | Michael Fassbender | ![]() ![]() | Steve Jobs | Nominated | Fassbender is a German-born Irish actor |
Actor in a Supporting Role
Supporting Actor | |||||
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Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes |
1938 | Joseph Schildkraut | ![]() | The Life of Emile Zola | Won | |
1941 | Albert Bassermann | ![]() | Foreign Correspondent | Nominated | |
1949 | Oskar Homolka | ![]() | I Remember Mama | Nominated | |
1951 | Erich von Stroheim | ![]() | Sunset Boulevard | Nominated | |
1959 | Theodore Bikel | ![]() | The Defiant Ones | Nominated | |
1978 | Maximilian Schell | ![]() ![]() | Julia | Nominated | First German-speaking actor to be nominated in two different categories. |
1986 | Klaus Maria Brandauer | ![]() | Out of Africa | Nominated | |
1997 | Armin Mueller-Stahl | ![]() | Shine | Nominated | |
2009 | Christoph Waltz | ![]() ![]() | Inglourious Bastards | Won | Waltz is an Austrian-German actor. |
2012 | Christoph Waltz | ![]() ![]() | Django Unchained | Won | |
2013 | Michael Fassbender | ![]() ![]() | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated | Fassbender is a German-born Irish actor |
Actress in a Leading Role
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Luise Rainer in The Great Ziegfeld.
Actress | |||||
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Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes |
1931 | Marlene Dietrich | ![]() | Morocco | Nominated | |
1936 | Elisabeth Bergner | ![]() | Escape Me Never | Nominated | |
1937 | Luise Rainer | ![]() | The Great Ziegfeld | Won | Due to the political atmosphere, Rainer was promoted to be Austrian by this time. |
1938 | Luise Rainer | ![]() | The Good Earth | Won | First actor regardless of gender to win two consecutive awards.[1] |
2010 | Sandra Bullock | ![]() ![]() | The Blind Side | Won | Bullock is half German. Until her 18th birthday she retained German citizenship.[2] |
2014 | Sandra Bullock | ![]() ![]() | Gravity | Nominated |
Actress in a Supporting Role
Supporting Actress | |||||
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Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes |
1962 | Lotte Lenya | ![]() | The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone | Nominated | |
1964 | Lilia Skala | ![]() | Lilies of the Field | Nominated |
Best Art Direction
Art Direction | ||||||
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Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes | |
1928 | Rochus Gliese | ![]() | Sunrise | Nominated | ||
1929 | Hans Dreier | ![]() | The Patriot | Nominated | No official nominees had been announced this year. | |
1930 | Hans Dreier | ![]() | The Vagabond King | Nominated | ||
The Love Parade | Nominated | |||||
1931 | Hans Dreier | ![]() | Morocco | Nominated | ||
1934 | Hans Dreier | ![]() | A Farewell to Arms | Nominated | ||
1938 | Hans Dreier | ![]() | Souls at Sea | Nominated | ||
1939 | Carl Jules Weyl | Germany | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Won | ||
Hans Dreier | ![]() | If I Were King | Nominated | |||
1940 | Hans Dreier | ![]() | Beau Geste | Nominated | ||
1941 | Hans Dreier | ![]() | Arise, My Love | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. | |
North West Mounted Police | Nominated | Nominated in the color category. | ||||
1942 | Hans Dreier | ![]() | Hold Back the Dawn | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. | |
1943 | Hans Dreier | ![]() | Take a Letter, Darling | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. | |
Reap the Wild Wind | Nominated | Nominated in the color category. | ||||
Hans Dreier | ![]() | Five Graves to Cairo | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. | ||
For Whom the Bell Tolls | Nominated | Nominated in the color category. | ||||
Hans Dreier | ![]() | No Time for Love | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. | ||
Lady in the Dark | Nominated | Nominated in the color category. | ||||
Paul Huldschinsky | ![]() | Gaslight | Won | |||
1944 | Carl Jules Weyl | Germany | Mission to Moscow | Nominated | ||
Hans Dreier | Germany | Five Graves to Cairo | Nominated | |||
1945 | Walter Holscher | Germany | Address Unknown | Nominated | Holscher was a German-born American art director | |
Ernst Fegté | Germany | The Princess and the Pirate | Nominated | |||
1946 | Hans Dreier | ![]() | Love Letters | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. | |
Hans Dreier
Ernst Fegté |
Frenchman's Creek | Won | Nominated in the color category. | |||
1947 | Hans Dreier | ![]() | Kitty | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. | |
1948 | Alfred Junge | ![]() | Black Narcissus | Won | Nominated in the color category. | |
1949 | Hein Heckroth | ![]() | The Red Shoes | Won | Nominated in the color category. | |
1950 | Harry Horner | ![]() | The Heiress | Won | Nominated in the black-and-white category. | |
William Kellner | ![]() | Saraband for Dead Lovers | Nominated | Nominated in the color category. | ||
1951 | Ernst Fegté | Germany | Destination Moon | Nominated | ||
Hans Dreier | ![]() | Sunset Boulevard | Won | Nominated in the black-and-white category. / First person to win both art direction categories in the same year. | ||
Samson and Delilah | Won | Nominated in the color category. | ||||
1952 | Hein Heckroth | ![]() | The Tales of Hoffmann | Nominated | Nominated in the color category. | |
1954 | Paul Markwitz | ![]() |
Martin Luther | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. | |
Alfred Junge | ![]() | Knights of the Round Table | Nominated | Nominated in the color category. | ||
1955 | Max Ophüls | ![]() | Le Plaisir | Nominated | First person to receive nominations for writing and art direction. | |
1958 | Walter Holscher | Germany | Pal Joey | Nominated | ||
1960 | Franz Bachelin | Germany | Journey to the Center of the Earth | Nominated | ||
William Kellner | ![]() | Suddenly, Last Summer | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. | ||
1961 | Harry Horner | ![]() | Spartacus | Won | Nominated in color category. | |
1969 | Harry Lange | Germany | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Nominated | Lange was a German-born British | |
1970 | Harry Horner | ![]() | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | Nominated | ||
1973 | Hans Jürgen Kiebach Herbert Strabel Rolf Zehetbauer | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Cabaret | Won | ||
1981 | Harry Lange | Germany | Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back | Nominated | ||
1997 | Brigitte Broch | Germany | Romeo + Juliet | Nominated | Broch is a German-Mexican production designer | |
2002 | Brigitte Broch | Germany | Moulin Rouge! | Won | ||
2016 | Bernhard Henrich | Germany | Bridge of Spies | Nominated |
Best Cinematography
Cinematography | |||||
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Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes |
1938 | Karl Freund | ![]() | The Good Earth | Won | |
1942 | Karl Freund | ![]() | The Chocolate Soldier | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. |
Blossoms in the Dust | Nominated | Nominated in the color category. | |||
1950 | Franz Planer | ![]() | Champion | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. |
1952 | Franz Planer | ![]() | Death of a Salesman | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. |
1954 | Franz Planer | ![]() | Roman Holiday | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. |
1960 | Franz Planer | ![]() | The Nun's Story | Nominated | Nominated in the color category. |
1962 | Eugen Schüfftan | ![]() | The Hustler | Won | Nominated in the black-and-white category. |
Franz Planer | ![]() | The Children's Hour | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. | |
1965 | Walter Lassally | ![]() |
Zorba the Greek | Won | Lassally is a German-born British cinematographer. |
1981 | Ralf D. Bode | ![]() |
Coal Miner's Daughter | Nominated | Bode was a German-born American cinematographer |
1983 | Jost Vacano | ![]() | Das Boot | Nominated | |
1988 | Michael Ballhaus | ![]() | Broadcast News | Nominated | |
1990 | Michael Ballhaus | ![]() | The Fabulous Baker Boys | Nominated | |
2003 | Michael Ballhaus | ![]() | Gangs of New York | Nominated | |
2010 | Christian Berger | ![]() | The White Ribbon | Nominated |
Best Costume Design
Costume Design | |||||
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Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes |
1952 | Hein Heckroth | ![]() | The Tales of Hoffmann | Nominated | Nominated in the color category. |
1955 | René Hubert | ![]() |
Désirée | Nominated | |
1963 | Ruth Morley | ![]() |
The Miracle Worker | Nominated | Morley was an Austrian-born American costume designer |
1965 | René Hubert | ![]() |
The Visit | Nominated | |
2012 | Lisy Christl | ![]() | Anonymous | Nominated |
Best Documentary
Feature Film
Documentary Feature | |||||
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Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes |
1950 | Curt Oertel | ![]() | The Titan: Story of Michelangelo | Won | |
1960 | Bernhard Grzimek | ![]() | Serengeti darf nicht sterben | Won | |
1961 | Arthur Cohn | ![]() | Le Ciel et la boue | Won | |
1971 | Harald Reinl | ![]() | Erinnerungen an die Zukunft | Nominated | |
1972 | Marcel Ophüls | ![]() ![]() | Le chagrin et la pitié | Nominated | Ophüls is a German-born US-American filmmaker. |
1974 | Bengt von zur Mühlen | ![]() | Schlacht um Berlin | Nominated | |
1981 | Bengt von zur Mühlen Arthur Cohn | ![]() ![]() | Der Gelbe Stern | Nominated | |
1989 | Marcel Ophüls | ![]() ![]() | Hôtel Terminus | Won | |
1991 | Arthur Cohn | ![]() | American Dream | Won | |
2000 | Arthur Cohn | ![]() | One Day in September | Won | |
Wim Wenders | ![]() | Buena Vista Social Club | Nominated | ||
2002 | Christian Frei | ![]() | War Photographer | Nominated | |
2006 | Hubert Sauper | ![]() | Darwin's Nightmare | Nominated | |
2009 | Werner Herzog | ![]() | Encounters at the End of the World | Nominated | |
2012 | Wim Wenders | ![]() | Pina | Nominated | |
2015 | Wim Wenders | ![]() | The Salt of the Earth | Nominated | |
Dirk Wilutzky | ![]() |
Citizenfour | Won |
Short Subject
Documentary (Short Subject) | |||||
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Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes |
1973 | Peter Schamoni | ![]() | Hundertwassers Regentag | Nominated | |
1976 | Manfred Baier | ![]() | Millions of Years Ahead of Man | Nominated | |
2004 | Katja Esson | ![]() | Ferry Tales | Nominated |
Best Director
Director | |||||
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Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes |
1929 | Ernst Lubitsch | ![]() | The Patriot | Nominated | No official nominees were announced that year. |
1930 | Ernst Lubitsch | ![]() | The Love Parade | Nominated | |
1931 | Josef von Sternberg | ![]() | Morocco | Nominated | |
1932 | Josef von Sternberg | ![]() | Shanghai Express | Nominated | |
1936 | Michael Curtiz | ![]() ![]() |
Captain Blood | Nominated | This was a write-in candidate, who came in second on the final ballots. It was not an official nomination. |
1937 | William Wyler | ![]() | Dodsworth | Nominated | |
1938 | William Dieterle | ![]() | The Life of Emile Zola | Nominated | |
1939 | Michael Curtiz | ![]() ![]() |
Four Daughters | Nominated | |
![]() ![]() |
Angels with Dirty Faces | Nominated | |||
1940 | William Wyler | ![]() | Wuthering Heights | Nominated | |
1941 | William Wyler | ![]() | The Letter | Nominated | |
1942 | William Wyler | ![]() | The Little Foxes | Nominated | |
1943 | William Wyler | ![]() | Mrs. Miniver | Won | |
1943 | Michael Curtiz | ![]() ![]() |
Yankee Doodle Dandy | Nominated | |
1944 | Michael Curtiz | ![]() ![]() | Casablanca | Won | Curtiz was a Hungarian immigrant to Austria before moving to the US. |
1945 | Billy Wilder | ![]() | Double Indemnity | Nominated | |
Otto Preminger | ![]() | Laura | Nominated | ||
1946 | Billy Wilder | ![]() | The Lost Weekend | Won | |
1947 | Robert Siodmak | ![]() | The Killers | Nominated | |
William Wyler | ![]() | The Best Years of Our Lives | Won | ||
1948 | Henry Koster | ![]() | The Bishop's Wife | Nominated | |
1949 | Fred Zinnemann | ![]() | The Search | Nominated | |
1950 | William Wyler | ![]() | The Heiress | Nominated | |
1951 | Billy Wilder | ![]() | Sunset Boulevard | Nominated | |
1952 | William Wyler | ![]() | Detective Story | Nominated | |
1953 | Fred Zinnemann | ![]() | High Noon | Nominated | |
1954 | William Wyler | ![]() | Roman Holiday | Nominated | |
Billy Wilder | ![]() | Stalag 17 | Nominated | ||
Fred Zinnemann | ![]() | From Here to Eternity | Won | ||
1955 | Billy Wilder | ![]() | Sabrina | Nominated | |
1957 | William Wyler | ![]() | Friendly Persuasion | Nominated | |
1958 | Billy Wilder | ![]() | Witness for the Prosecution | Nominated | |
1960 | William Wyler | ![]() | Ben Hur | Won | |
Billy Wilder | ![]() | Some Like It Hot | Nominated | ||
Fred Zinnemann | ![]() | The Nun's Story | Nominated | ||
1961 | Billy Wilder | ![]() | The Apartment | Won | |
Fred Zinnemann | ![]() | The Sundowners | Nominated | ||
1964 | Otto Preminger | ![]() | The Cardinal | Nominated | |
1966 | William Wyler | ![]() | The Collector | Nominated | Holding the record for the most nominations in this category (12). |
1967 | Fred Zinnemann | ![]() | A Man for All Seasons | Won | |
1967 | Mike Nichols | Germany | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Nominated | |
1968 | Mike Nichols | ![]() | The Graduate | Won | |
1978 | Fred Zinnemann | ![]() | Julia | Nominated | |
1983 | Wolfgang Petersen | ![]() | Das Boot | Nominated | |
1984 | Mike Nichols | Germany | Silkwood | Nominated | |
1989 | Mike Nichols | Germany | Working Girl | Nominated | |
2012 | Michael Haneke | ![]() | Amour | Nominated | Haneke is a German-born Austrian filmmaker. |
Best Editing
Editing | |||||
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Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes |
1939 | Tom Held | ![]() | The Great Waltz | Nominated | |
Test Pilot | Nominated | ||||
1951 | Oswald Hafenrichter | Austria | The Third Man | Nominated | |
1973 | Peter Zinner | ![]() | The Godfather | Nominated | |
1979 | Peter Zinner | ![]() | The Deer Hunter | Won | |
1983 | Hannes Nikel | ![]() | Das Boot | Nominated | |
Peter Zinner | ![]() | An Officer and a Gentleman | Nominated | ||
1985 | Rudi Fehr Kaja Fehr | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Prizzi's Honor | Nominated | Kaja Fehr is the US-born daughter of Rudi Fehr. |
Best Foreign Language Film
See also: List of Austrian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, List of German submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and List of Swiss submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
This list contains nominated films that were primary shot in German. Therefore submissions from Hungary, Belgium and the Netherlands are as well considered. Furthermore all nominated films from Switzerland that were primary shot in French are omitted such as La Diagonale du fou (which won in 1985) as well as Amour, the Austrian submission for 2013 with all of its dialogue in French.
Foreign Language Film | |||||
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Year | Director | Country | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes |
1957 | Helmut Käutner | ![]() | Der Hauptmann von Köpenick | Nominated | Producers Gyula Trebitsch and Walter Koppel were officially nominated in 1957. |
1958 | Robert Siodmak | ![]() | Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam | Nominated | |
1959 | Franz Peter Wirth | ![]() | Helden | Nominated | |
1960 | Bernhard Wicki | ![]() | Die Brücke | Nominated | |
1971 | Maximilian Schell | ![]() | Erste Liebe | Nominated | |
1974 | Maximilian Schell | ![]() | Der Fußgänger | Nominated | First filmmaker to have two of his films nominated for different countries. |
1977 | Frank Beyer | ![]() | Jakob der Lügner | Nominated | First and only film from East Germany to be nominated for an Academy Award. |
1979 | Hans W. Geißendörfer | ![]() | Die gläserne Zelle | Nominated | |
1980 | Volker Schlöndorff | ![]() | Die Blechtrommel | Won | |
1982 | István Szabó | ![]() | Mephisto | Won | Shot entirely in German, this was the first film that won for being in another language than the one of the country that submitted it. |
Markus Imhoof | ![]() | Das Boot ist voll | Nominated | ||
1986 | Agnieszka Holland | ![]() | Bittere Ernte | Nominated | First female filmmaker to direct a German-language nominated film. |
István Szabó | ![]() | Oberst Redl | Nominated | ||
1987 | Wolfgang Glück | ![]() | 38 – Auch das war Wien | Nominated | |
1989 | Gérard Corbiau | ![]() | Le maître de musique | Nominated | Some parts in English, French & Italian. |
1991 | Michael Verhoeven | ![]() | Das schreckliche Mädchen | Nominated | First subimission of United Germany to be nominated. |
Xavier Koller | ![]() | Reise der Hoffnung | Won | Some parts in Turkish | |
1993 | Helmut Dietl | ![]() | Schtonk! | Nominated | |
1998 | Caroline Link | ![]() | Jenseits der Stille | Nominated | Some parts in English, German Sign Language & Spanish |
2003 | Caroline Link | ![]() | Nirgendwo in Afrika | Won | Second female filmmaker to direct a Foreign-Language-Film winner. |
2004 | Ben Sombogaart | ![]() | De tweeling | Nominated | Half and half spoken in German & Dutch. |
2005 | Oliver Hirschbiegel | ![]() | Der Untergang | Nominated | |
2006 | Marc Rothemund | ![]() | Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage | Nominated | |
2007 | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | ![]() ![]() | Das Leben der Anderen | Won | |
2008 | Stefan Ruzowitzky | ![]() | Die Fälscher | Won | |
2009 | Uli Edel | ![]() | Der Baader-Meinhof-Komplex | Nominated | |
Götz Spielmann | ![]() | Revanche | Nominated | ||
2010 | Michael Haneke | ![]() | Das weiße Band | Nominated | |
2012 | Michael Haneke | ![]() | Amour | Won |
Best Music, Original Score
Original Music Score | |||||
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Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes |
1935 | Max Steiner | ![]() | The Lost Patrol | Nominated | |
The Gay Divorcee | Nominated | ||||
1936 | Max Steiner | ![]() | The Informer | Won | |
Leo F. Forbstein | ![]() | Captain Blood | Nominated | This was a write-in candidate, who came in third on the final ballots. It was not an official nomination. | |
1937 | Max Steiner | ![]() | The Garden of Allah | Nominated | |
Leo F. Forbstein | ![]() | Anthony Adverse | Won | ||
The Charge of the Light Brigade | Nominated | ||||
1938 | Leo F. Forbstein | ![]() | The Life of Emile Zola | Nominated | |
Hugo Riesenfeld | ![]() | Make a Wish | Nominated | ||
1939 | Erich Wolfgang Korngold | ![]() | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Won | |
Franz Waxman | ![]() | The Young in Heart | Nominated | ||
Max Steiner | ![]() | Jezebel | Nominated | ||
1940 | Max Steiner | ![]() | Dark Victory | Nominated | |
Gone with the Wind | Nominated | ||||
1941 | Robert Stolz | ![]() |
Spring Parade | Nominated | |
Erich Wolfgang Korngold | ![]() | The Sea Hawk | Nominated | ||
Franz Waxman | ![]() | Rebecca | Nominated | ||
Max Steiner | ![]() | The Letter | Nominated | ||
1942 | Franz Waxman | ![]() | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Nominated | |
Suspicion | Nominated | ||||
Max Steiner | ![]() | Sergeant York | Nominated | ||
Ernst Toch | ![]() | Ladies in Retirement | Nominated | ||
1943 | Max Steiner | ![]() | Now, Voyager | Won | |
Ray Heindorf Heinz Roemheld | ![]() | Yankee Doodle Dandy | Won | ||
Friedrich Hollaender | ![]() | The Talk of the Town | Nominated | ||
Werner Heymann | ![]() | To Be or Not to Be | Nominated | ||
Hans J. Salter | ![]() | It Started with Eve | Nominated | ||
1944 | Max Steiner | ![]() | Casablanca | Nominated | |
Hanns Eisler | ![]() | Hangmen Also Die! | Nominated | ||
Hans J. Salter | ![]() | The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | Nominated | ||
Ray Heindorf | ![]() | This Is the Army | Won | ||
1945 | Max Steiner | ![]() | Since You Went Away | Won | |
The Adventures of Mark Twain | Nominated | ||||
Robert Stolz | Austria | It Happened Tomorrow | Nominated | ||
Hanns Eisler | ![]() | None but the Lonely Heart | Nominated | ||
Kurt Weill Werner R. Heymann | ![]() | Knickerbocker Holiday | Nominated | ||
Ernst Toch | ![]() | Address Unknown | Nominated | ||
Hans J. Salter | ![]() | Christmas Holiday The Merry Monahans | Nominated | ||
1946 | Max Steiner | ![]() | Rhapsody in Blue | Nominated | |
Franz Waxman | ![]() | Objective, Burma! | Nominated | ||
Hans J. Salter | ![]() | This Love of Ours | Nominated | ||
Can't Help Singing | Nominated | ||||
1947 | Max Steiner Ray Heindorf | ![]() ![]() | Night and Day | Nominated | |
Franz Waxman | ![]() | Humoresque | Nominated | ||
1948 | Max Steiner | ![]() | Life with Father | Nominated | |
My Wild Irish Rose | Nominated | ||||
1949 | Max Steiner | ![]() | Johnny Belinda | Nominated | |
1950 | Max Steiner | ![]() | Beyond the Forest | Nominated | |
1951 | Max Steiner | ![]() | The Flame and the Arrow | Nominated | |
Franz Waxman | ![]() | Sunset Boulevard | Won | ||
1952 | Franz Waxman | ![]() | A Place in the Sun | Won | |
1953 | Max Steiner | ![]() | The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima | Nominated | |
The Jazz Singer | Nominated | ||||
1954 | Friedrich Hollaender | ![]() | The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T | Nominated | |
André Previn | ![]() | Kiss Me Kate | Nominated | Shared with the American-born Saul Chaplin. | |
1955 | Max Steiner | ![]() | The Caine Mutiny | Nominated | |
Franz Waxman | ![]() | The Silver Chalice | Nominated | ||
1956 | Max Steiner | ![]() | Battle Cry | Nominated | |
André Previn | ![]() | It's Always Fair Weather | Nominated | ||
1959 | André Previn | ![]() | Gigi | Won | |
1960 | Franz Waxman | ![]() | The Nun's Story | Nominated | |
Ernest Gold | ![]() | On the Beach | Nominated | ||
André Previn | ![]() | Porgy and Bess | Won | Shared with the American-born Ken Darby. | |
1961 | Ernest Gold | ![]() | Exodus | Won | |
1963 | Franz Waxman | ![]() | Taras Bulba | Nominated | |
1963 | Ray Heindorf | ![]() | The Music Man | Won | First winner of Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment. |
1964 | Ernest Gold | ![]() | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Nominated | |
1964 | André Previn | ![]() | Irma la Douce | Won | Winner of Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment. |
1965 | André Previn | ![]() | My Fair Lady | Won | Winner of Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment. |
1970 | Ernest Gold | ![]() | The Secret of Santa Vittoria | Nominated | |
1974 | André Previn | ![]() | Jesus Christ Superstar | Nominated | Nominated for Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation. Shared nomination with English-born Andrew Lloyd Webber and Chilean-born American Herbert W. Spencer. |
1975 | Frederick Loewe | ![]() | The Little Prince | Nominated | Nominated for Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation. Shared nomination with American-born Alan Jay Lerner, English-born Angela Morley and Australian-born Douglas Gamley. |
1989 | Hans Zimmer | ![]() | Rain Man | Nominated | |
1995 | Hans Zimmer | ![]() | The Lion King | Won | |
1997 | Hans Zimmer | ![]() | The Preacher's Wife | Nominated | Nominated in the Musical or Comedy Score category. |
1998 | Hans Zimmer | ![]() | As Good as It Gets | Nominated | Nominated in the Musical or Comedy Score category. |
1999 | Hans Zimmer | ![]() | The Thin Red Line | Nominated | Nominated in the Dramatic Score category. |
The Prince of Egypt | Nominated | Nominated in the Musical or Comedy Score category. Shared nomination with American-born Stephen Schwartz. | |||
2001 | Hans Zimmer | ![]() | Gladiator | Nominated | |
2010 | Hans Zimmer | ![]() | Sherlock Holmes | Nominated | |
2011 | Hans Zimmer | ![]() | Inception | Nominated | |
2015 | Hans Zimmer | ![]() | Interstellar | Nominated |
Best Music, Original Song
Original Song | |||||
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Year | Name | Country | Film and Song | Status | Milestone/Notes |
1938 | Friedrich Hollaender | ![]() | Artists and Models for the song: "Whispers in the Dark" | Nominated | Shared with Leo Robin |
1949 | Friedrich Hollaender | ![]() | That Lady in Ermine for the song: "This Is the Moment" | Nominated | Shared with Leo Robin |
1959 | Frederick Loewe | ![]() |
Gigi
for the song: "Gigi" |
Won | |
1964 | Ernest Gold | ![]() |
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
For the song: "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" |
Nominated | Shared with Mack David |
1975 | Frederick Loewe | ![]() |
The Little Prince
For the song: "Little Prince" |
Nominated | |
1988 | Harold Faltermeyer | ![]() | Beverly Hills Cop II for the song: "Shakedown" | Nominated | Shared with Keith Forsey and Bob Seger |
Best Picture
Best Picture | |||||
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Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes |
1929 | Ernst Lubitsch | ![]() | The Patriot | Nominated | |
1930 | Ernst Lubitsch | ![]() | The Love Parade | Nominated | |
1931 | Ernst Lubitsch | ![]() | The Smiling Lieutenant | Nominated | |
1932 | Ernst Lubitsch | ![]() |
One Hour with You | Nominated | |
1936 | Henry Blanke | ![]() |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | Nominated | |
1937 | Henry Blanke | ![]() |
The Story of Louis Pasteur | Nominated | |
1937 | Henry Blanke | ![]() | Anthony Adverse | Nominated | |
1938 | Henry Blanke | ![]() | The Life of Emile Zola | Won | |
1939 | Henry Blanke | ![]() |
Jezebel | Nominated | Shared with Hal B. Wallis |
1944 | Ernst Lubitsch | ![]() |
Heaven Can Wait | Nominated | |
1949 | Henry Blanke | ![]() |
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Nominated | |
1950 | William Wyler | ![]() | The Heiress | Nominated | |
1954 | William Wyler | ![]() | Roman Holiday | Nominated | |
1955 | Sam Spiegel | ![]() | On the Waterfront | Won | |
1957 | William Wyler | ![]() | Friendly Persuasion | Nominated | |
1958 | Sam Spiegel | ![]() | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Won | |
1960 | Henry Blanke | ![]() |
The Nun's Story | Nominated | |
1960 | Otto Preminger | ![]() | Anatomy of a Murder | Nominated | |
1961 | Billy Wilder | ![]() | The Apartment | Won | |
1961 | Fred Zinnemann | ![]() | The Sundowners | Nominated | |
1963 | Sam Spiegel | ![]() | Lawrence of Arabia | Won | |
1967 | Fred Zinnemann | ![]() | A Man for All Seasons | Won | |
1971 | Ingo Preminger | ![]() | M*A*S*H | Nominated | |
1972 | Sam Spiegel | ![]() | Nicholas and Alexandra | Nominated | |
1994 | Mike Nichols | Germany | The Remains of the Day | Nominated | Shared with John Calley and Ismail Merchant |
2006 | Michael Ohoven | ![]() | Capote | Nominated | |
2013 | Stefan Arndt Margaret Ménégoz Veit Heiduschka Michael Katz | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Amour | Nominated |
Best Short Film
Live Action
Live Action Short Film | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Name | Country | Film and Song | Status | Milestone/Notes |
1957 | Konstantin Kalser | ![]() | Crashing the Water Barrier | Won | |
1994 | Pepe Danquardt | ![]() | Schwarzfahrer | Won | |
1999 | Alexander Jovy | Germany | Holiday Romance | Nominated | |
2000 | Marc-Andreas Bochert Gabriele Lins | ![]() ![]() | Kleingeld | Nominated | |
2001 | Florian Gallenberger | ![]() | Quiero ser (I want to be ...) | Won | |
2002 | Johannes Kiefer | ![]() | Gregors größte Erfindung | Nominated | |
Virgil Widrich | ![]() | Copy Shop | Nominated | ||
2003 | Lexi Alexander | Germany | Johnny Flynton | Nominated | Shared with Alexander Buono |
2004 | Florian Baxmeyer | ![]() | Die Rote Jacke | Nominated | |
2006 | Ulrike Grote | ![]() | Der Ausreißer | Nominated | |
2009 | Jochen Alexander Freydank | ![]() | Spielzeugland | Won | |
Reto Caffi | ![]() | Auf der Strecke | Nominated | ||
2012 | Max Zähle Stefan Gieren | ![]() ![]() | Raju | Nominated |
Animated
Animated Short Film | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Name | Country | Film and Song | Status | Milestone/Notes |
1942 | Max Fleischer | ![]() | Superman | Nominated | |
1975 | Wolfgang Reitherman | ![]() | Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! | Nominated | |
1990 | Christoph Lauenstein Wolfgang Lauenstein | ![]() ![]() | Balance | Won | |
1997 | Thomas Stellmach Tyron Montgomery | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Quest | Won | Montgomery is an Irish-born German. |
2001 | Steffen Schäffler Anette Schäffler | ![]() ![]() | Periwig Maker | Nominated | |
2003 | Chris Stenner Heidi Wittlinger | ![]() ![]() | Das Rad | Nominated | Arvid Uibel directed the film alongside Stenner and Wittlinger, but died in 2000 and was not nominated |
2011 | Max Lang Jakob Schuh | ![]() ![]() | Der Grüffelo | Nominated | |
2014 | Max Lang Jan Lachauer | ![]() ![]() | Room on the Broom | Nominated |
Sound categories
Best Sound Mixing
Sound | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes |
1935 | Carl Dreher | ![]() | The Gay Divorcee | Nominated | |
1936 | Carl Dreher | ![]() | I Dream Too Much | Nominated | |
1983 | Milan Bor | ![]() | Das Boot | Nominated |
Best Sound Editing
Sound Editing | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes |
Best Visual Effects
Visual Effects | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes |
1980 | H. R. Giger | Switzerland | Alien | Won | |
1997 | Volker Engel | ![]() | Independence Day | Won |
Writing categories
Best Adapted Screenplay
Adapted Screenplay | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes |
1929 | Hanns Kräly | ![]() | The Patriot | Won | No official nominees have been announced that year. |
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | Nominated | No official nominees have been announced that year. | |||
1940 | Walter Reisch Billy Wilder | ![]() ![]() | Ninotchka | Nominated | |
1942 | Billy Wilder | ![]() | Hold Back the Dawn | Nominated | |
1943 | George Froeschel | ![]() | Mrs. Miniver | Won | |
Random Harvest | Nominated | ||||
1945 | Billy Wilder | ![]() | Double Indemnity | Nominated | |
Walter Reisch | ![]() | Gaslight | Nominated | ||
1946 | Billy Wilder | ![]() | The Lost Weekend | Won | |
1949 | Billy Wilder | ![]() | A Foreign Affair | Nominated | |
Irma von Cube | ![]() | Johnny Belinda | Nominated | First German-speaking female to be nominated for a writing award. | |
Richard Schweizer David Wechsler | ![]() ![]() | The Search | Nominated | ||
1952 | Robert Wyler | ![]() | Detective Story | Nominated | |
Max Ophüls | ![]() | La Ronde | Nominated | ||
1955 | Billy Wilder | ![]() | Sabrina | Nominated | |
1959 | Don Mankiewicz | Germany | I Want to Live! | Nominated | |
1983 | Wolfgang Petersen | ![]() | Das Boot | Nominated | |
1987 | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | Germany | A Room with a View | Won | |
1993 | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | Germany | Howards End | Won | |
1994 | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | Germany | The Remains of the Day | Nominated |
Best Original Screenplay
Original Screenplay | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes |
1938 | Heinz Herald | ![]() | The Life of Emile Zola | Nominated | |
1941 | Heinz herald | Germany | Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet | Nominated | |
1946 | Richard Schweizer | ![]() | Marie-Louise | Won | First time a foreign screenplay won the award. |
1951 | Billy Wilder | ![]() | Sunset Boulevard | Won | |
1952 | Billy Wilder | ![]() | Ace in the Hole | Nominated | |
1961 | Billy Wilder | ![]() | The Apartment | Won | |
1963 | Wolfgang Reinhardt | ![]() | Freud | Nominated | |
1966 | Billy Wilder | ![]() | The Fortune Cookie | Nominated | |
2013 | Michael Haneke | ![]() | Amour | Nominated |
Best Story (1928-1958)
Best Story | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes |
1938 | Heinz Herald | ![]() | The Life of Emile Zola | Won | |
Hanns Kräly | ![]() | One Hundred Men and a Girl | Nominated | ||
1939 | Frederick Kohner | ![]() | Mad About Music | Nominated | |
1941 | Walter Reisch | ![]() | Comrade X | Nominated | |
1942 | Billy Wilder | ![]() | Ball of Fire | Nominated | |
1945 | Alfred Neumann | ![]() | None Shall Escape | Nominated | |
1946 | Ernst Marischka | ![]() | A Song to Remember | Nominated | |
1949 | Richard Schweizer David Wechsler | ![]() ![]() | The Search | Won |
See also
- Cinema of Austria
- Cinema of Belgium
- Cinema of Germany
- Cinema of Luxembourg
- Cinema of Switzerland
- List of German films
References
- ↑ "And the Oscar goes to: Luise Rainer | Boulevard der Stars". Boulevard-der-stars-berlin.de. 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2015-03-10.
- ↑ "Oscar für Sandra Bullock: Zimtzicke mit Haltung | Dossier - Frankfurter Rundschau" (in German). Fr-online.de. Retrieved 2015-03-10.
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