List of Chilean Academy Award winners and nominees
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This is a list of Chilean Academy Award winners and nominees. It includes both Chilean films and individuals from Chile who have been nominated for or have won an Academy Award.
Seven Chilean films have been nominated, resulting in two wins. Additionally, Chilean individuals have received eight nominations for non-Chilean productions, securing two victories.
Best Animated Short
This list focuses on Chilean films that won or were nominated for the Animated Short award.
| Best Animated Short | |||||
| Year | Film | Name | Status | Milestone / Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 (88th) | Bear Story | Gabriel Osorio Vargas Pato Escala Pierart | Won | First Latin American-produced animated short film to be nominated for and win an Academy Award. | [1] |
| 2021 (94th) | Bestia | Hugo Covarrubias Tevo Díaz | Nominated | [2] | |
This list focuses on animated short films directed by Chilean-born filmmakers.
| Best Animated Short | |||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 (67th) | Vanessa Schwartz | The Janitor | Nominated | Canadian-produced film. | [3] |
Best Cinematography
This list focuses on Chilean films that won or were nominated for the Best Cinematography award.
| Best Cinematography | |||||
| Year | Film | Name | Status | Milestone / Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 (96th) | El Conde | Edward Lachman | Nominated | [4] | |
This list focuses on Chilean-born cinematographers.
| Best Cinematography | |||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 (81st) | Claudio Miranda | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Nominated | [5] | |
| 2012 (85th) | Life of Pi | Won | [6] | ||
Best Documentary Feature Film
This list focuses on Chilean films that won or were nominated for the Documentary Feature award.
| Best Documentary Feature | |||||
| Year | Film | Name | Status | Milestone / Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (93rd) | The Mole Agent | Maite Alberdi Marcela Santibáñez | Nominated | [7] | |
| 2023 (96th) | The Eternal Memory | Maite Alberdi | Nominated | [8] | |
Best International Feature Film
This list focuses on Chilean films that won or were nominated for the Best International Feature Film award.
| Best International Feature Film | |||||
| Year | Film | Director | Status | Milestone / Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 (85th) | No | Pablo Larraín | Nominated | [9] | |
| 2017 (90th) | A Fantastic Woman | Sebastián Lelio | Won | Lelio was born in Argentina to a Chilean mother, but was raised in Chile. | [10] |
This list focuses on Chilean-born directors that won or were nominated for the Best International Feature Film award for a film submitted by a different country.
| Best International Feature Film | |||||
| Year | Director | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 (48th) | Miguel Littin | Letters from Marusia | Nominated | Submitted by Mexico. | [11] |
| 1982 (55th) | Alsino and the Condor | Nominated | Submitted by Nicaragua. Second nomination for Best Foreign Language Film to a film directed by Littín. Only Latin American director to receive nominations for films directed in two different countries. | [12] | |
| 2004 (77th) | Alejandro Amenábar | The Sea Inside | Won | Submitted by Spain. Amenábar was born in Chile to a Chilean father, but was raised in Spain. | [13] |
Best Original Score
This list focuses on scores by Chilean-born composers.
| Best Original Score | |||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 (43rd) | Herbert W. Spencer | Scrooge | Nominated | Spencer was a Chilean-born American composer and orchestrator. Nominated for Best Music, Original Song Score. Shared nomination with English-born Leslie Bricusse and Ian Fraser. | [14] |
| 1973 (46th) | Jesus Christ Superstar | Nominated | Nominated for Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation. Shared nomination with English-born Andrew Lloyd Webber and German-American André Previn. | [15] | |
Nominations by decade
| Decade | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chilean films | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Chileans in foreign films | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 |
| Total | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
