Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
| Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) |
| First awarded | 1931 |
| Currently held by | Chris Overton Rachel Shenton The Silent Child (2017) |
| Website | oscars |
This name for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film was introduced in 1974. For the three preceding years it was known as "Short Subjects, Live Action Films". The term "Short Subjects, Live Action Subjects" was used from 1957 until 1970. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate awards, "Best Short Subject, One-reel" and "Best Short Subject, Two-reel". These categories referred to the running time of the short: a reel of film, in this context, being 1000 feet or less, or about 11 minutes. A third category "Best Short Subject, color" was used only for 1936 and 1937. From the initiation of short subject awards for 1932 until 1935 the terms were "Best Short Subject, comedy" and "Best Short Subject, novelty". Below is a list of Oscar-winning short films. The winning film is listed first, with the other nominated films for that year/category below
List of winners and nominees
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
| Year | Film | Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 (43rd) | ||
| The Resurrection of Broncho Billy | John Longenecker | |
| Shut Up... I'm Crying | Robert Siegler | |
| Sticky My Fingers... Fleet My Feet | John Hancock | |
| 1971 (44th) | ||
| Sentinels of Silence | Manuel Arango and Robert Amram | |
| Good Morning | Denny Evans and Ken Greenwald | |
| The Rehearsal | Stephen F. Verona | |
| 1972 (45th) | ||
| Norman Rockwell's World... An American Dream | Richard Barclay | |
| Frog Story | Ron Satlof and Ray Gideon | |
| Solo | David Adams | |
| 1973 (46th) | ||
| The Bolero | Allan Miller and William Fertik | |
| Clockmaker | Richard Gayer | |
| Life Times Nine | Pen Densham and John Watson | |
| 1974 (47th) | ||
| One-Eyed Men Are Kings | Paul Claudon and Edmond Séchan | |
| Climb | Dewitt Jones | |
| The Concert | Lawrence M. Lansburgh and Brian Lansburgh | |
| Planet Ocean | George V. Casey | |
| The Violin | Andrew Welsh and George Pastic | |
| 1975 (48th) | ||
| Angel and Big Joe | Bert Salzman | |
| Conquest of Light | Louis Marcus | |
| Dawn Flight | Lawrence M. Lansburgh and Brian Lansburgh | |
| A Day in the Life of Bonnie Consolo | Barry Spinello | |
| Doubletalk | Alan Beattie | |
| 1976 (49th) | ||
| In the Region of Ice | Andre Guttfreund and Peter Werner | |
| Kudzu | Marjorie Anne Short | |
| The Morning Spider | Julian Chagrin and Claude Chagrin | |
| Nightlife | Claire Wilbur and Robin Lehman | |
| Number One | Dyan Cannon and Vince Cannon | |
| 1977 (50th) | ||
| I'll Find a Way | Beverly Shaffer and Yuki Yoshida | |
| The Absent-Minded Waiter | William E. McEuen | |
| Floating Free | Jerry Butts | |
| Notes on the Popular Arts | Saul Bass | |
| Spaceborne | Philip Dauber | |
| 1978 (51st) | ||
| Teenage Father | Taylor Hackford | |
| A Different Approach | Jim Belcher and Fern Field | |
| Mandy's Grandmother | Andrew Sugerman | |
| Strange Fruit | Seth Pinsker | |
| 1979 (52nd) | ||
| Board and Care | Sarah Pillsbury and Ron Ellis | |
| Bravery in the Field | Roman Kroitor and Stefan Wodoslawsky | |
| Oh Brother, My Brother | Carol Lowell and Ross Lowell | |
| The Solar Film | Saul Bass and Michael Britton | |
| Solly's Diner | Harry Mathias, Jay Zukerman and Larry Hankin |
1980s
| Year | Film | Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 (53rd) | ||
| The Dollar Bottom | Lloyd Phillips | |
| Fall Line | Bob Carmichael and Greg Lowe | |
| A Jury of Her Peers | Sally Heckel | |
| 1981 (54th) | ||
| Violet | Paul Kemp and Shelley Levinson | |
| Couples and Robbers | Christine Oestreicher | |
| First Winter | John N. Smith | |
| 1982 (55th) | ||
| A Shocking Accident | Christine Oestreicher | |
| Ballet Robotique | Bob Rogers | |
| The Silence | Michael Toshiyuki Uno and Joseph Benson | |
| Split Cherry Tree | Jan Saunders | |
| Sredni Vashtar | Andrew Birkin | |
| 1983 (56th) | ||
| Boys and Girls | Janice L. Platt | |
| Goodie-Two-Shoes | Ian Emes | |
| Overnight Sensation | Jon N. Bloom | |
| 1984 (57th) | ||
| Up | Mike Hoover | |
| The Painted Door | Michael MacMillan and Janice L. Platt | |
| Tales of Meeting and Parting | Sharon Oreck and Lesli Linka Glatter | |
| 1985 (58th) | ||
| Molly's Pilgrim | Jeffrey D. Brown and Chris Pelzer | |
| Graffiti | Dianna Costello | |
| Rainbow War | Bob Rogers | |
| 1986 (59th) | ||
| Precious Images | Chuck Workman | |
| Exit | Stefano Reali and Pino Quartullo | |
| Love Struck | Fredda Weiss | |
| 1987 (60th) | ||
| Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall | Jonathan Sanger and Jana Sue Memel | |
| Making Waves | Ann Wingate | |
| Shoeshine | Robert A. Katz | |
| 1988 (61st) | ||
| The Appointments of Dennis Jennings | Dean Parisot and Steven Wright | |
| Cadillac Dreams | Matia Karrell and Abbee Goldstein | |
| Gullah Tales | George deGolian and Gary Moss | |
| 1989 (62nd) | ||
| Work Experience | James Hendrie | |
| Amazon Diary | Robert Nixon | |
| The Childeater | Jonathan Tammuz |
1990s
| Year | Film | Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 (63rd) | ||
| The Lunch Date | Adam Davidson | |
| Bronx Cheers | Raymond De Felitta and Matthew Gross | |
| Dear Rosie | Peter Cattaneo and Barnaby Thompson | |
| Senzeni Na? (What Have We Done?) | Bernard Joffa and Anthony E. Nicholas | |
| 12:01 PM | Hillary Ripps and Jonathan Heap | |
| 1991 (64th) | ||
| Session Man | Seth Winston and Robert N. Fried | |
| Birch Street Gym | Stephen Kessler and Thomas R. Conroy | |
| Last Breeze of Summer | David M. Massey | |
| 1992 (65th) | ||
| Omnibus | Sam Karmann | |
| Contact | Jonathan Darby and Jana Sue Memel | |
| Cruise Control | Matt Palmieri | |
| The Lady in Waiting | Christian M. Taylor | |
| Swan Song | Kenneth Branagh and David Parfitt | |
| 1993 (66th) | ||
| Black Rider (Schwarzfahrer) | Pepe Danquart | |
| Down on the Waterfront | Stacy Title and Jonathan Penner | |
| The Dutch Master | Susan Seidelman and Jonathan Brett | |
| Partners | Peter Weller and Jana Sue Memel | |
| The Screw (La Vis) | Didier Flamand | |
| 1994 (67th) [note 3] | ||
| Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (TIE) | Peter Capaldi and Ruth Kenley-Letts | |
| Trevor (TIE) | Peggy Rajski and Randy Stone | |
| Kangaroo Court | Sean Astin and Christine Astin | |
| On Hope | JoBeth Williams and Michele McGuire | |
| Syrup | Paul Unwin and Nick Vivian | |
| 1995 (68th) | ||
| Lieberman in Love | Christine Lahti and Jana Sue Memel | |
| Brooms | Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas | |
| Duke of Groove | Griffin Dunne and Thom Colwell | |
| Little Surprises | Jeff Goldblum and Tikki Goldberg | |
| Tuesday Morning Ride | Dianne Houston and Joy Ryan | |
| 1996 (69th) | ||
| Dear Diary | David Frankel and Barry Jossen | |
| De Tripas, Corazon | Antonio Urrutia | |
| Ernst & Lyset | Kim Magnusson and Anders Thomas Jensen | |
| Esposados | Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | |
| Wordless | Bernadette Carranza and Antonello De Leo | |
| 1997 (70th) | ||
| Visas and Virtue | Chris Tashima and Chris Donahue | |
| Dance Lexie Dance | Pearse Moore and Tim Loane | |
| It's Good to Talk | Roger Goldby and Barney Reisz | |
| Sweethearts? | Birger Larsen and Thomas Lydholm | |
| Wolfgang | Kim Magnusson and Anders Thomas Jensen | |
| 1998 (71st) | ||
| Election Night (Valgaften) | Kim Magnusson and Anders Thomas Jensen | |
| Culture | Will Speck and Josh Gordon | |
| Holiday Romance | Alexander Jovy and JJ Keith | |
| La Carte Postale (The Postcard) | Vivian Goffette | |
| Victor | Simon Sandquist and Joel Bergvall | |
| 1999 (72nd) | ||
| My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York | Barbara Schock and Tamara Tiehel | |
| Bror, Min Bror (Teis and Nico) | Henrik Ruben Genz and Michael W. Horsten | |
| Killing Joe | Mehdi Norowzian and Steve Wax | |
| Kleingeld (Small Change) | Marc-Andreas Bochert and Gabriele Lins | |
| Major and Minor Miracles | Marcus Olsson |
2000s
| Year | Film | Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 (73rd) | ||
| Quiero Ser (I want to be...) | Florian Gallenberger | |
| By Courier | Peter Riegert and Ericka Frederick | |
| One Day Crossing | Joan Stein and Christina Lazaridi | |
| Seraglio | Gail Lerner and Colin Campbell | |
| A Soccer Story (Uma Historia de Futebol) | Paulo Machline | |
| 2001 (74th) | ||
| The Accountant | Ray McKinnon and Lisa Blount | |
| Copy Shop | Virgil Widrich | |
| Gregor's Greatest Invention | Johannes Kiefer | |
| A Man Thing (Meska Sprawa) | Sławomir Fabicki and Bogumil Godfrejow | |
| Speed for Thespians | Kalman Apple and Shameela Bakhsh | |
| 2002 (75th) | ||
| This Charming Man (Der Er En Yndig Mand) | Martin Strange-Hansen and Mie Andreasen | |
| Fait D'Hiver | Dirk Beliën and Anja Daelemans | |
| I'll Wait for the Next One (J'Attendrai Le Suivant...) | Philippe Orreindy and Thomas Gaudin | |
| Inja (Dog) | Steven Pasvolsky and Joe Weatherstone | |
| Johnny Flynton | Lexi Alexander and Alexander Buono | |
| 2003 (76th) | ||
| Two Soldiers | Aaron Schneider and Andrew J. Sacks | |
| Die Rote Jacke (The Red Jacket) | Florian Baxmeyer | |
| Most (The Bridge) | Bobby Garabedian and William Zabka | |
| Squash | Lionel Bailliu | |
| (A) Torzija [(A) Torsion] | Stefan Arsenijević | |
| 2004 (77th) | ||
| Wasp | Andrea Arnold | |
| Everything in This Country Must | Gary McKendry | |
| Little Terrorist | Ashvin Kumar | |
| 7:35 in the Morning (7:35 de la Mañana) | Nacho Vigalondo | |
| Two Cars, One Night | Taika Waititi and Ainsley Gardiner | |
| 2005 (78th) | ||
| Six Shooter | Martin McDonagh | |
| Ausreisser (The Runaway) | Ulrike Grote | |
| Cashback | Sean Ellis and Lene Bausager | |
| The Last Farm | Rúnar Rúnarsson and Thor S. Sigurjónsson | |
| Our Time Is Up | Rob Pearlstein and Pia Clemente | |
| 2006 (79th) | ||
| West Bank Story | Ari Sandel | |
| Binta and the Great Idea (Binta y la Gran Idea) | Javier Fesser and Luis Manso | |
| Éramos Pocos (One Too Many) | Borja Cobeaga | |
| Helmer & Son | Søren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson | |
| The Saviour | Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn | |
| 2007 (80th) | ||
| Le Mozart des pickpockets | Philippe Pollet-Villard | |
| At Night | Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth | |
| Il Supplente (The Substitute) | Andrea Jublin | |
| Tanghi Argentini | Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans | |
| The Tonto Woman | Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown | |
| 2008 (81st) | ||
| Toyland | Jochen Alexander Freydank | |
| Auf der Strecke (On the Line) | Reto Caffi | |
| Manon on the Asphalt | Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont | |
| New Boy | Steph Green and Tamara Anghie | |
| The Pig | Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh | |
| 2009 (82nd) | ||
| The New Tenants | Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson | |
| The Door | Juanita Wilson and James Flynn | |
| Instead of Abracadabra | Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström | |
| Kavi | Gregg Helvey | |
| Miracle Fish | Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey |
2010s
See also
Notes
- ^ RKO Radio was announced as a nominee for Stout Hearts and Willing Hands in Best Short Subject (Comedy), but the nomination was disqualified and replaced with RKO's Scratch-As-Catch-Can. The reason for the disqualification is unknown.
- ^ Academy records note that The Cliff Dwellers was previously titled One Plus One.
- ^ A tie in voting resulted in two winners.
- ^ Hallvar Witzø was announced as a nominee for Tuba Atlantic, but the nomination was rescinded by the Academy's Board of Governors in July 2012. The film was ineligible because it aired on Norwegian television in 2010.
Superlatives
For this Academy Award category, the following superlatives emerge:[5]
- Most awards: Walt Disney – 6 awards (resulting from 12 nominations)
- Most nominations: Gordon Hollingshead – 20 nominations (resulting in 5 awards)
References
- ^ "The Official Academy Awards Database". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
- ^ Miller, Julie (January 30, 2014). "Controversial Oscar Nomination Revoked by Academy". Vanity Fair. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ "Academy Awards 2017: Complete list of Oscar winners and nominees". Los Angeles Times. February 26, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
- ^ Hipes, Patrick (January 23, 2018). "Oscar Nominations: 'The Shape Of Water' Leads Way With 13". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
- ^ Academy Award Statistics Archived 2009-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
