List of Asian Academy Award winners and nominees
This is a list of Asian Academy Award winners and nominees.
This list includes Academy Award winners and nominees who have Asian ancestry, which includes South-Western Asia (the Middle East) and Asian Russia (Siberia). Additionally, Pacific Islanders and Hapas (people of mixed Asian descent) appear on this list. It also includes Asian countries for the category of Foreign Language Film. This list is current as of the 80th Academy Awards ceremony held on February 24, 2008.
As with the List of Black Academy Award winners and nominees, this list is an examination of the history of a racial group, specifically those who have been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and therefore does not include Caucasians (or any other non-Asian racial group) who were born in Asia, and who may be considered "Asian" as a matter of nationality or citizenship.
Actor in a Leading Role
Actor in a Leading Role | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Role | Status | Milestone |
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1956 | Yul Brynner | The King and I | The King | Winner | |
1982 | Ben Kingsley | Gandhi | Winner | ||
2003 | Ben Kingsley | House of Sand and Fog | Nominee |
Actor in a Supporting Role
Actor in a Supporting Role | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Role | Status | Milestone |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1957 | Sessue Hayakawa | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Nominee | ||
1966 | Mako | The Sand Pebbles | Po-Han | Nominee | |
1984 | Noriyuki "Pat" Morita | The Karate Kid | Mr. Miyagi | Nominee | |
1984 | Haing S. Ngor | The Killing Fields | Dith Pran | Winner | Debut performance |
1991 | Ben Kingsley | Bugsy | Nominee | ||
2001 | Ben Kingsley | Sexy Beast | Nominee | ||
2003 | Ken Watanabe | The Last Samurai | Nominee |
Actress in a Leading Role
- 1935: Merle Oberon, The Dark Angel
- 1939: Vivien Leigh,[1] Gone with the Wind (winner)
- 1951: Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar Named Desire (winner)
- 2003: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Whale Rider
Actress in a Supporting Role
- 1957: Miyoshi Umeki, Sayonara (winner)
- 1966: Jocelyne LaGarde, Hawaii
- 1985: Meg Tilly, Agnes of God
- 1994: Jennifer Tilly, Bullets Over Broadway
- 2003: Shohreh Aghdashloo, House of Sand and Fog
- 2004: Natalie Portman, Closer
- 2006: Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
Animated Feature
- 2002: Hayao Miyazaki, Spirited Away (winner)
- 2005: Hayao Miyazaki, Howl's Moving Castle
- 2007: Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis
Art Direction
- 1952: So Matsuyama, H. Motsumoto, Rashomon
- 1956: Albert Nozaki (with Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer), The Ten Commandments
- 1957: So Matsuyama, Seven Samurai
- 1970: Yoshiro Muraki, Taizoh Kawashima (with Jack Martin Smith, Richard Day, Walter M. Scott, Norman Rockette, Carl Biddiscombe), Tora! Tora! Tora!
- 1980: Yoshiro Muraki, Kagemusha
- 1985: Yoshiro Muraki, Shinobu Muraki, Ran
- 2000: Timmy Yip, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (winner)
Best Picture
- 1986: Ismail Merchant, A Room with a View
- 1989: A. Kitman Ho (with Oliver Stone), Born on the Fourth of July
- 1992: Ismail Merchant, Howards End
- 1993: Ismail Merchant (with Mike Nichols, John Calley), The Remains of the Day
- 1996: Richard Sakai (with James L. Brooks, Laurence Mark, Cameron Crowe), Jerry Maguire
- 2000: Ang Lee, William Kong, Li-Kong Hsu, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Cinematography
- 1938: James Wong Howe, Algiers
- 1940: James Wong Howe, Abe Lincoln in Illinois
- 1942: James Wong Howe, Kings Row
- 1943: James Wong Howe (with Elmer Dyer, Charles A. Marshall), Air Force
- 1943: James Wong Howe, The North Star
- 1955: James Wong Howe, The Rose Tattoo (winner)
- 1958: James Wong Howe, The Old Man and the Sea
- 1963: James Wong Howe, Hud (winner)
- 1966: James Wong Howe, Seconds
- 1970: Osami Furuya, Sinsaku Himeda, Masamichi Satoh (with Charles F. Wheeler), Tora! Tora! Tora!
- 1975: James Wong Howe, Funny Lady
- 1985: Takao Saito, Masaharu Ueda, Asakazu Nakai, Ran
- 1993: Gu Changwei, Farewell My Concubine
- 1995: Lü Yue, Shanghai Triad
- 2000: Peter Pau, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (winner)
- 2004: Zhao Xiaoding, House of Flying Daggers
Costume Design
- 1954: Sanzo Wada, Gate of Hell (winner)
- 1955: Tadaoto Kainosho, Ugetsu
- 1956: Kohei Ezaki, Seven Samurai
- 1961: Yoshiro Muraki, Yojimbo
- 1982: Bhanu Athaiya (with John Mollo), Gandhi (winner)
- 1985: Emi Wada, Ran (winner)
- 1992: Eiko Ishioka, Bram Stoker's Dracula (winner)
- 2000: Timmy Yip, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- 2006: Yee Chung Man, Curse of the Golden Flower
Director
- 1965: Hiroshi Teshigahara, Woman in the Dunes
- 1985: Akira Kurosawa, Ran
- 1999: M. Night Shyamalan, The Sixth Sense
- 2000: Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- 2005: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain (winner)
Documentary Feature
- 1985: Steven Okazaki, Unfinished Business
- 1988: Rene Tajima-Pena, Christine Choy, Who Killed Vincent Chin?
- 1990: Mark Mori (with Susan Robinson), Building Bombs
- 1994: Freida Lee Mock (with Terry Sanders), Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision (winner)
Documentary Short Subject
- 1982: Freida Lee Mock, To Live or Let Die
- 1983: Arthur Dong, Sewing Woman
- 1984: Paul T.K. Lin (with Gary Bush), The Children of Soong Ching Ling
- 1988: Lise Yasui (with Ann Tegnell), Family Gathering
- 1990: Freida Lee Mock (with Terry Sanders), Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember
- 1990: Steven Okazaki, Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo (winner)
- 1995: Freida Lee Mock (with Terry Sanders), Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper
- 1996: Jessica Yu, Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien (winner)
- 1998: Keiko Ibi, The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years (winner)
- 1998: Shui-Bo Wang (with Donald McWilliams), Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square
- 2001: Freida Lee Mock, Jessica Sanders, Sing!
- 2005: Steven Okazaki, The Mushroom Club
- 2006: Ruby Yang (with Thomas Lennon), The Blood of Yingzhou District (winner)
Film Editing
- 1975: Richard Chew (with Lynzee Klingman, Sheldon Kahn), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- 1977: Richard Chew (with Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas), Star Wars (winner)
Foreign Language Film
- 1951: Japan, Rashomon (winner – Special Honorary Award)
- 1954: Japan, Gate of Hell (winner – Special Honorary Award)
- 1955: Japan, Samurai, The Legend of Musashi (winner – Special Honorary Award)
- 1956: Japan, Masayuki Takagi, Harp of Burma
- 1957: India, Mother India
- 1961: Japan, Immortal Love
- 1963: Japan, Twin Sisters of Kyoto
- 1964: Japan, Woman in the Dunes
- 1965: Japan, Kwaidan
- 1967: Japan, Portrait of Chieko
- 1971: Japan, Dodes'ka-Den
- 1975: Japan, Sandakan No. 8
- 1980: Japan, Kagemusha
- 1981: Japan, Muddy River
- 1988: India, Salaam Bombay
- 1990: China, Ju Dou
- 1991: Hong Kong, Raise the Red Lantern
- 1993: Hong Kong, Farewell My Concubine
- 1993: Vietnam, The Scent of Green Papaya
- 1993: Taiwan, The Wedding Banquet
- 1994: Taiwan, Eat Drink Man Woman
- 1998: Iran, Children of Heaven
- 2000: Taiwan, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (winner; accepted by Ang Lee)
- 2001: India, Lagaan
- 2002: China, Hero
- 2003: Japan, The Twilight Samurai
- 2006: Canada, Water (Indo-Canadian Hindi-language film)
Gordon E. Sawyer Award
- 2004: Takuo Miyagishima, Gordon E. Sawyer Award
Honorary Award
- 1989: Akira Kurosawa
- 1991: Satyajit Ray
Makeup
- 2006: Kazuhiro Tsuji (with Bill Corso), Click
- 2007: Kazuhiro Tsuji (with Rick Baker), Norbit
Music, Original Score
- 1966: Toshiro Mayuzumi, The Bible
- 1987: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Cong Su (with David Byrne), The Last Emperor (winner)
- 2000: Tan Dun, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (winner)
Music, Original Song
- 2000: Tan Dun (with Jorge Calandrelli, James Schamus), "A Love Before Time" – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Screenplay, Adaptation
- 2000: Hui-Ling Wang, Kuo Jung Tsai (with James Schamus), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Screenplay, Original
- 1999: M. Night Shyamalan, The Sixth Sense
- 2006: Iris Yamashita (with Paul Haggis), Letters from Iwo Jima
Short Film, Animated
- 1968: Jimmy Murakami, The Magic Pear Tree
- 1977: Ishu Patel, The Bead Game
- 1984: Ishu Patel, Paradise
- 2002: Koji Yamamura, Mt. Head
- 2004: Sejong Park (with Andrew Gregory), Birthday Boy
Short Film, Live Action
- 1960: Ismail Merchant (with Charles F. Schwep), The Creation of Woman
- 1977: Yuki Yoshida (with Beverly Shaffer), I'll Find a Way
- 1982: Michael Toshiyuki Uno (with Joseph Benson), The Silence
- 1997: Chris Tashima (with Chris Donahue), Visas and Virtue (winner)
- 2001: Shameela Bakhsh (with Kalman Apple), Speed for Thespians
- 2004: Ashvin Kumar, Little Terrorist
- 2004: Taika Waititi (with Ainsley Gardiner), Two Cars, One Night
- 2005: Pia Clemente (with Rob Pearlstein), Our Time Is Up
Sound
- None
Visual Effects
- 1977: Gregory Jein (with Roy Arbogast, Douglas Trumbull, Matthew Yuricich, Richard Yuricich), Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- 1992: Doug Chiang (with Ken Ralston, Douglas Smythe, Tom Woodruff Jr.), Death Becomes Her (winner)
- 1996: Habib Zargarpour (with Stefan Fangmeier, John Frazier ahd Henry LaBounta), Twister
- 1999: Jerome Chen (with John Dykstra, Henry F. Anderson III, Eric Allard), Stuart Little
- 2000: Habib Zargarpour (with Stefan Fangmeier, John Frazier and Walt Conti) for The Perfect Storm