List of Russian Academy Award winners and nominees
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This article is a list of list of Russian-born people working in the cinema industry who have been nominated for or won an Academy Award. It includes people with origins from Russian Empire, Soviet Union and Russia.
Best Actor in a Leading Role
| Best Actor | |||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Yul Brynner | The King and I | Won | Brynner was a Soviet citizen who later became a naturalized US citizen. | |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | ||||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Mischa Auer | My Man Godfrey | Nominated | First Russian to be nominated for an acting Oscar. | ||
| 1945 | Michael Chekhov | Spellbound | Nominated | |||
| 1977 | Mikhail Baryshnikov | The Turning Point | Nominated | |||
| 2024 | Yura Borisov | Anora | Nominated | |||
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | ||||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Maria Ouspenskaya | Dodsworth | Nominated | First Russian actress to be nominated for an Oscar | ||
| 1939 | Love Affair | Nominated | ||||
| 1964 | Lila Kedrova | Zorba the Greek | Won | Kedrova was a Russian-born French actress. | ||
Best Director
| Best Director | |||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927/1928 | Lewis Milestone | Two Arabian Knights | Won | Russian-Jewish; First Russian to win an Oscar. | |
| 1929/1930 | All Quiet on the Western Front | Won | First Russian to win multiple Oscars. First director to win Best Director twice. | ||
| 1930/1931 | The Front Page | Nominated | |||
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Original Screenplay
| Best Original Screenplay | |||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Sonya Levien | Interrupted Melody | Won | Shared with William Ludwig. | |
| 1961 | Valentin Yezhov Grigory Chukhray |
Ballad of a Soldier | Nominated | ||
Best Story
| Best Story | |||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Victor Trivas | The Stranger | Nominated | ||
| 1955 | Henri Troyat | The Sheep Has Five Legs | Nominated | Shared with Jean Marsan, Jacques Perret, Henri Verneuil & Raoul Ploquin. | |
Best International Feature Film
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
| Best Cinematography | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
| 1953 | Joseph Ruttenberg | Julius Caesar | Nominated | ||
| 1954 | Boris Kaufman | On the Waterfront | Won | ||
| 1956 | Baby Doll | Nominated | |||
| Joseph Ruttenberg | Somebody Up There Likes Me | Won | |||
| 1958 | Gigi | Won | |||
| 1960 | BUtterfield 8 | Nominated | |||
Best Documentary Feature Film
| Best Documentary Feature | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
| 1942 | Ilya Kopalin and Leonid Varlamov | Moscow Strikes Back | Won | ||
| 1942 | Victor Stoloff | Little Isles of Freedom | Nominated | ||
| 2015 | Den Tolmor Evgeny Afineevsky | Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom | Nominated | ||
| 2025 | Pavel Talankin | Mr Nobody Against Putin | Won | Shared with David Borenstein, Helle Faber and Alžběta Karásková | |
Best Animated Short Film
| Best Animated Short Film | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
| 1989 | Aleksandr Petrov | The Cow | Nominated | ||
| 1995 | Alexiy Kharitidi | Gagarin | Nominated | ||
| 1997 | Aleksandr Petrov | The Mermaid | Nominated | ||
| 1999 | The Old Man and the Sea | Won | |||
| 2007 | My Love | Nominated | |||
| 2008 | Konstantin Bronzit | Lavatory – Lovestory | Nominated | ||
| 2015 | We Can't Live Without Cosmos | Nominated | |||
| 2021 | Anton Dyakov | Boxballet | Nominated | ||
| 2025 | Konstantin Bronzit | The Three Sisters | Nominated | Credited as "Timur Kognov"[19] | |
Best Live Action Short Film
| Best Live Action Short Film | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | ||
| 1952 | Boris Vermont | Light in the Window[20] | Won | |||
| 1953 | Joy of Life | Nominated | ||||
Best Original Score
Best Original Song
Nominations and winners
| No. of wins | No. of nominations |
|---|---|
| 32 | 161 |
See also
Notes
- Michael Blankfort was originally nominated as the screenwriter of Broken Arrow. In 1991, research proved blacklisted Albert Maltz was the screenwriter and his credit was restored. Blankfort was removed from the nomination and it was given to Maltz.