List of Spanish Academy Award winners and nominees

This is a list of Academy Award winners and nominees of Spanish nationality. This list details the performances of Spain's filmmakers, actors, actresses and films that have either been submitted, nominated or have won an Academy Award (Oscar).

Acting categories

Actor in a Leading Role

This list focuses on Spanish-born actors and actresses.

Actor
Year Name Film Status Milestone/Notes
2000 Javier Bardem Before Night Falls NominatedFirst Spanish actor to be nominated
2010 Javier Bardem Biutiful NominatedFirst Spanish actor to be nominated twice in a leading category

Actor in a Supporting Role

Supporting Actor
Year Name Film Status Milestone/Notes
2007 Javier Bardem No Country for Old Men Won First Spanish actor to win an Academy Award for acting (male or female).

First Spanish actor to be nominated twice for acting (male or female).

Actress in a Leading Role

Actress
Year Name Film Status Milestone/Notes
2006 Penélope Cruz Volver Nominated First Spanish male or female actor to be nominated for a Spanish-produced film

Actress in a Supporting Role

Supporting Actress
Year Name Film Status Milestone/Notes
2008 Penélope Cruz Vicky Cristina Barcelona Won First Spanish female actor to win
2009 Penélope Cruz Nine Nominated First Spanish actor to be nominated twice in the same category

Animated Feature

This list focuses on animated films directed by Spanish-born filmmakers.

Animated Feature
Year Name Film Status Milestone/Notes
2011 Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal Chico & Rita Nominated
2013 Peter Del Vecho Frozen Won Del Vecho is American of Spanish descent. Shared with Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee

Art Direction categories

Art Direction
Year Name Film Status Milestone/Notes
1952 Antoni Clavé Hans Christian Andersen Nominated Nomination shared with Richard Day and Howard Bristol
1970 Gil Parrondo and Antonio Mateos Patton Won Nomination shared with Urie McCleary and Pierre-Louis Thevenet
1971 Gil Parrondo Nicholas and Alexandra Won Nomination shared with John Box, Ernest Archer, Jack Maxsted and Vernon Dixon
1972 Gil Parrondo Travels with My Aunt Nominated Nomination shared with John Box and Robert W. Laing
2006 Pilar Revuelta Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno) Won Nomination shared with Eugenio Caballero

Cinematography

Cinematography
Year Name Film Status Milestone/Notes
1978 Néstor Almendros Days of Heaven Won
1979 Néstor Almendros Kramer vs. Kramer Nominated
1980 Néstor Almendros The Blue Lagoon Nominated
1982 Néstor Almendros Sophie's Choice Nominated

Costume Design

Costume Design
Year Name Film Status Milestone/Notes
1952 Antoni Clavé Hans Christian Andersen Nominated Nominated for Best Costume Design - Color
Nomination shared with Mary Wills and Barbara Karinska
1952 Emile Santiago The Robe Won Santiago is an American costume designer of Spanish descent. Shared with Charles LeMaire.
1971 Yvonne Blake and Antonio Castillo Nicholas and Alexandra Won Yvonne Blake is a British-born Spanish costume designer
1975 Yvonne Blake The Four Musketeers Nominated Nomination shared with Ron Talsky
2012 Paco Delgado Les Misérables Nominated
2015 Paco Delgado The Danish Girl Nominated

Director

This list focuses on Spanish-born directors.

Director
Year Name Film Status Milestone/Notes
2002 Pedro Almodóvar Talk to Her (Hable con ella) Nominated

Documentary Feature

This list focuses on documentaries directed by Spanish-born filmmakers.

Documentary Feature
Year Name Film Status Milestone/Notes
2003 Carles Bosch and Josep Maria Domènech Balseros Nominated

Foreign Language Film

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

Foreign Language Film
Year Film Director Status Milestone/Notes
1958 Vengeance
(La venganza)
Juan Antonio Bardem Nominated First Spanish language film to be nominated
1961 Plácido Luis García Berlanga Nominated
1963 Los Tarantos Francisco Rovira Beleta Nominated
1967 El amor brujo Francisco Rovira Beleta Nominated
1970 Tristana Luis Buñuel Nominated
1972 My Dearest Señorita
(Mi querida señorita)
Jaime de Armiñán Nominated
1977 That Obscure Object of Desire
(Ese oscuro objeto del deseo)
Luis Buñuel Nominated
1979 Mama Turns a Hundred
(Mamá cumple cien años)
Carlos Saura Nominated
1980 The Nest
(El nido)
Jaime de Armiñán Nominated
1982 Begin the Beguine
(Volver a empezar)
José Luis Garci Won First Spanish language film to win
1983 Carmen Carlos Saura Nominated
1984 Double Feature
(Sesión continua)
José Luis Garci Nominated
1987 Course Completed
(Asignatura aprobada)
José Luis Garci Nominated
1988 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
(Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios)
Pedro Almodóvar Nominated
1993 Belle Époque Fernando Trueba Won
1997 Secrets of the Heart
(Secretos del corazón)
Montxo Armendáriz Nominated
1998 The Grandfather
(El abuelo)
José Luis Garci Nominated
1999 All About My Mother
(Todo sobre mi madre)
Pedro Almodóvar Won
2004 The Sea Inside
(Mar adentro)
Alejandro Amenábar Won

Makeup

Makeup
Year Name Film Status Milestone/Notes
2004 Manolo García The Sea Inside (Mar adentro) Nominated Nomination shared with Jo Allen
First Spanish-produced film to be nominated for a craft/technical category
2006 David Martí and Montse Ribé Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno) Won

Music categories

This list focuses on scores or songs created by Spanish-born composers.

Original Song

Original Song
Year Name Film and Song Status Milestone/Notes
1988 Carly Simon Working Girl
for the song: "Let the River Run"
Won Simon is American of Spanish descent.

Original Score

Original Score
Year Name Film Status Milestone/Notes
1944 Carmen Dragon Cover Girl Won Dragon was American (born in Antioch, California) of Spanish descent. Shared with Morris Stoloff.
2005 Alberto Iglesias The Constant Gardener Nominated
2006 Javier Navarrete Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno) Nominated
2007 Alberto Iglesias The Kite Runner Nominated
2011 Alberto Iglesias Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Nominated

Short-film categories

This list focuses on short-films directed by Spanish-born filmmakers.

Animated Short Film

Animated Short Film
Year Name Film Status Milestone/Notes
2009 Javier Recio The Lady and the Reaper (La dama y la Muerte) Nominated
2013 Alexandre Espigares Mr. Hublot Won Nomination shared with Laurent Witz.
Espigares is a Spanish-Luxembourgish film maker.

Live Action Short Film

Live Action Short Film
Year Name Film Status Milestone/Notes
1996 Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Esposados Nominated
2004 Nacho Vigalondo 7:35 in the Morning (7:35 de la mañana) Nominated
2006 Javier Fesser Binta and the Great Idea (Binta y la gran idea) Nominated
Borja Cobeaga Éramos pocos Nominated
2013 Esteban Crespo That Wasn't Me (Aquel no era yo) Nominated

Writing categories

This list focuses on screenplays written by Spanish-born writers.

Original Screenplay

Original
Year Name Film Status Milestone/Notes
1967 Jorge Semprún The War Is Over (La Guerre est finie)Nominated
1972 Luis Buñuel The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie) Nominated Nomination shared with Jean-Claude Carrière
2002 Pedro Almodóvar Talk to Her (Hable con ella) Won First Spanish-language screenplay to win

Adapted Screenplay

Adapted
Year Name Film Status Milestone/Notes
1969 Jorge Semprún Z Nominated Nomination shared with Costa-Gavras
1977 Luis Buñuel That Obscure Object of Desire (Ese oscuro objeto del deseo) Nominated Nomination shared with Jean-Claude Carrière

See also

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