List of French Academy Award winners and nominees
This is a list of French Academy Award winners and nominees. This list details the performances of French actors, actresses, and films that have either been submitted or nominated for, or have won, an Academy Award (The Oscars) This list is current as of the 87th Academy Awards ceremony held on February 22, 2015.
Best Actor
This list focuses on French-born actors.
Leading
| Year | Winner | Title | Status | Milestone/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | Maurice Chevalier | The Big Pond | Nominated | First French actor to be nominated for Best Actor |
| 1930 | The Love Parade | Nominated | ||
| 1938 | Charles Boyer | Maria Walewska | Nominated | |
| 1939 | Algiers | Nominated | ||
| 1945 | Gaslight | Nominated | ||
| 1961 | Fanny | Nominated | Most Academy Award nominations - 4 nominations for Best Actor | |
| 1990 | Gérard Depardieu | Cyrano de Bergerac | Nominated | First actor to be nominated for a French-speaking role. |
| 2011 | Jean Dujardin | The Artist | Won | First French actor to win Best Actor |
Best Actress
This list focuses on French-born actresses.
Leading
| Year | Winner | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Claudette Colbert | It Happened One Night | Won | French-born American actress. First French actress to win Best Actress and to be nominated. |
| 1935 | Private Worlds | Nominated | First French actress to receive more than one Academy Award nomination. | |
| 1944 | Since You Went Away | Nominated | Most Academy Award nominations - 3 nominations for Best Actress. | |
| 1953 | Leslie Caron | Lili | Nominated | |
| 1959 | Simone Signoret | Room at the Top | Won | Second French actress to win Best Actress. |
| 1963 | Leslie Caron | L-Shaped Room, TheThe L-Shaped Room | Nominated | Second French actress to receive more than one nomination - 2 nominations for Best Actress. |
| 1965 | Simone Signoret | Ship of Fools | Nominated | |
| 1966 | Anouk Aimée | Man and a Woman, AA Man and a Woman | Nominated | First actress to be nominated for a French-speaking role. |
| 1975 | Isabelle Adjani | Story of Adele H., TheThe Story of Adele H. | Nominated | Second actress to be nominated for a French-speaking role. |
| 1976 | Marie-Christine Barrault | Cousin, cousine | Nominated | |
| 1989 | Isabelle Adjani | Camille Claudel | Nominated | Third French actress to receive more than one nomination - 2 nominations for Best Actress. The first to be nominated for two French-speaking roles. |
| 1992 | Catherine Deneuve | Indochine | Nominated | |
| 2000 | Juliette Binoche | Chocolat | Nominated | First and only French actress to be nominated for both Leading and Supporting categories. Fourth French actress to receive more than one nomination. |
| 2007 | Marion Cotillard | Vie en Rose, LaLa Vie en Rose | Won | First actress to win for a French-speaking role. Fourth French actress to win Best Actress. |
| 2012 | Emmanuelle Riva | Amour | Nominated | Oldest Best Actress nominee in the history. |
| 2014 | Marion Cotillard | Two Days, One Night | Nominated | Fifth French actress to receive more than one nomination, the second to be nominated for two French-speaking roles and the first to be nominated for a Belgian film. |
Supporting
| Year | Winner | Title | Status | Milestone/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Colette Marchand | Moulin Rouge | Nominated | First French actress to be nominated for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1964 | Lila Kedrova | Zorba the Greek | Won | Lila Kedrova was a Russian-born French actress |
| 1966 | Jocelyne LaGarde | Hawaii | Nominated | |
| 1996 | Juliette Binoche | English Patient, TheThe English Patient | Won | |
| 2011 | Bérénice Bejo | Artist, TheThe Artist | Nominated | Bejo was born in Argentina |
Best Animated Feature
This list focuses on French-born film directors.
| Year | Winner | Title | Status | Milestone/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Sylvain Chomet | Triplets of Belleville, TheThe Triplets of Belleville | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Vincent Paronnaud Marjane Satrapi |
Persepolis | Nominated | Satrapi was born in Iran |
| 2010 | Sylvain Chomet | Illusionist, TheThe Illusionist | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Alain Gagnol Jean-Loup Felicioli |
A Cat in Paris | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Pierre Coffin | Despicable Me 2 | Nominated | Shared with Chris Renaud & Chris Meledandri |
| Didier Brunner | Ernest & Celestine | Nominated |
Best Art Direction
This list focuses on French-born art directors and set decorators.
| Year | Name | Title | Status | Milestone/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | Lazare Meerson | À Nous la Liberté | Nominated | Lazare Meerson was a Russian-born French and English film art director. |
| 1951 | Jean d'Eaubonne | La Ronde | Nominated | |
| 1952 | Marcel Vertès | Moulin Rouge | Won | Shared with Paul Sheriff |
| 1954 | Max Ophüls | Le Plaisir | Nominated | Max Ophüls was a German-born French |
| 1960 | Alexandre Trauner | The Apartment | Won | Nominated with Edward G. Boyle. |
| 1962 | Léon Barsacq | The Longest Day | Nominated | Shared with Ted Haworth and Vincent Korda |
| 1964 | Raphaël Bretton | Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Nominated | Shared with William Glasgow |
| 1966 | Marc Frédérix Pierre Guffroy |
Is Paris Burning? | Nominated | Nominated with Willy Holt. |
| 1969 | Raphaël Bretton | Hello, Dolly! | Won | Shared with John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Herman A. Blumenthal, Walter M. Scott and George James Hopkins |
| 1970 | Pierre-Louis Thévenet | Patton | Won | Shared with Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo, Antonio Mateos |
| 1972 | Raphaël Bretton | The Poseidon Adventure | Nominated | Shared with William J. Creber |
| 1974 | The Towering Inferno | Nominated | Shared with William J. Creber and Ward Preston | |
| 1975 | Alexandre Trauner | The Man Who Would Be King | Nominated | Nominated with Tony Inglis and Peter James |
| 1980 | Pierre Guffroy | Tess | Won | Nominated with Jack Stephens. |
| 1988 | Gérard James | Dangerous Liaisons | Won | Shared with Stuart Craig |
| 1990 | Jacques Rouxel | Cyrano de Bergerac | Nominated | Nominated with Ezio Frigerio. |
| 1996 | Philippe Turlure | Evita | Nominated | Nominated with Brian Morris. |
| 2000 | Françoise Benoît-Fresco Jean Rabasse |
Vatel | Nominated | |
| 2001 | Aline Bonetto Marie-Laure Valla |
Amélie | Nominated | |
| 2004 | Aline Bonetto | Very Long Engagement, AA Very Long Engagement | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Anne Seibel Hélène Dubreuil |
Midnight in Paris | Nominated | |
Best Cinematography
This list focuses on French-born cinematographers.
| Year | Winner | Title | Status | Milestone/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Georges Périnal | The Four Feathers | Nominated | Shared with Osmond Borradaile |
| 1940 | The Thief of Bagdad | Won | First and only French cinematographer to win Best Cinematography - First French cinematographer to receive more than one Academy Award nomination | |
| 1953 | Henri Alekan | Roman Holiday | Nominated | Shared with Franz Planer |
| Joseph C. Brun | Martin Luther | Nominated | ||
| 1962 | Jean Bourgoin
Walter Wottitz |
The Longest Day | Won | |
| 1966 | Marcel Grignon | Is Paris Burning? | Nominated | |
| 1990 | Philippe Rousselot | Henry & June | Nominated | |
| 1992 | River Runs Through It, AA River Runs Through It | Won | ||
| Robert Fraisse | The Lover | Nominated | ||
| 1996 | Darius Khondji | Evita | Nominated | Darius Khondji is an Iranian-French cinematographer |
| 2001 | Bruno Delbonnel | Amélie | Nominated | |
| 2004 | Very Long Engagement, AA Very Long Engagement | Nominated | ||
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Nominated | ||
| 2011 | Guillaume Schiffman | The Artist | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Bruno Delbonnel | Inside Llewyn Davis | Nominated | Most Academy Award nominations - 4 nominations for Best Cinematography |
| Philippe Le Sourd | The Grandmaster | Nominated | ||
Best Costume Design
This list focuses on French-born costume designers.
Best Director
This list focuses on French-born directors.
| Year | Winner | Title | Status | Milestone/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Jean Renoir | Southerner, TheThe Southerner | Nominated | |
| 1966 | Claude Lelouch | Man and a Woman, AA Man and a Woman | Nominated | |
| 1969 | Costa-Gavras | Z | Nominated | Costa-Gavras is a Greek-French director |
| 1974 | Roman Polanski | Chinatown | Nominated | Polanski is a French-born Polish director. |
| François Truffaut | Day for Night | Nominated | ||
| 1979 | Edouard Molinaro | Cage aux Folles, LaLa Cage aux Folles | Nominated | |
| 1980 | Roman Polanski | Tess | Nominated | |
| 1981 | Louis Malle | Atlantic City | Nominated | |
| 1984 | Roland Joffé | The Killing Fields | Nominated | Roland Joffé is an English-born French director |
| 1986 | The Mission | Nominated | ||
| 1990 | Barbet Schroeder | Reversal of Fortune | Nominated | Schroeder is an Iranian-born French director. |
| 2002 | Roman Polanski | Pianist, TheThe Pianist | Won | |
| 2011 | Michel Hazanavicius | Artist, TheThe Artist | Won | |
Best Documentary Film
This list focuses on French-born producers/directors.
Best Editing
This list focuses on French-born film editors.
| Year | Winner | Title | Status | Milestone/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Françoise Bonnot | Z | Won | |
| 1989 | Noëlle Boisson | The Bear | Nominated | |
| 2002 | Hervé de Luze | Pianist, TheThe Pianist | Nominated | |
| 2006 | Alex Rodríguez | Children of Men | Nominated | Rodríguez is a French-born Mexican editor Nominated with Alfonso Cuarón |
| 2007 | Juliette Welfling | Diving Bell and the Butterfly, TheThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Anne-Sophie Bion Michel Hazanavicius |
Artist, TheThe Artist | Nominated | |
Best Film
This list focuses on French-born producers.
| Year | Winner | Title | Status | Milestone/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Jacques Perrin | Z | Nominated | Shared with Ahmed Rachedi |
| 1980 | Claude Berri | Tess | Nominated | Shared with Timothy Burrill. |
| 2002 | Robert Benmussa Roman Polanski Alain Sarde | Pianist, TheThe Pianist | Nominated | |
| 2009 | Nicolas Chartier | The Hurt Locker | Won | First French-produced film to win Best Picture. Shared with Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal and Greg Shapiro |
| 2011 | Thomas Langmann | Artist, TheThe Artist | Won | Second French-produced film to win Best Picture |
| 2012 | Margaret Ménégoz | Amour | Nominated | Margaret Ménégoz is a German-French film Producer. Shared with Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz |
Best Foreign Language Film
| Year | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Monsieur Vincent | Won (Honorary) |
| 1949 | The Walls of Malapaga | Won (Honorary) |
| 1952 | Forbidden Games | Won (Honorary) |
| 1956 | Gervaise | Nominated |
| 1957 | Gates of Paris | Nominated |
| 1958 | Mon Oncle | Won |
| 1959 | Orfeu Negro | Won |
| 1960 | The Truth | Nominated |
| 1962 | Sundays and Cybele | Won |
| 1964 | The Umbrellas of Cherbourg | Nominated |
| 1966 | A Man and a Woman | Won |
| 1967 | Live for Life | Nominated |
| 1968 | Stolen Kisses | Nominated |
| 1969 | My Night at Maud's | Nominated |
| 1970 | Hoa-Binh | Nominated |
| 1972 | The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | Won |
| 1973 | Day for Night | Won |
| 1974 | Lacombe, Lucien | Nominated |
| 1976 | Cousin Cousine | Nominated |
| 1977 | Madame Rosa | Won |
| 1978 | Get Out Your Handkerchiefs | Won |
| 1979 | A Simple Story | Nominated |
| 1980 | Last Metro, TheThe Last Metro | Nominated |
| 1982 | Coup de Torchon | Nominated |
| 1983 | Entre Nous | Nominated |
| 1985 | Three Men and a Cradle | Nominated |
| 1986 | Betty Blue | Nominated |
| 1987 | Au revoir les enfants | Nominated |
| 1989 | Camille Claudel | Nominated |
| 1990 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Nominated |
| 1992 | Indochine | Won |
| 1996 | Ridicule | Nominated |
| 1999 | East/West | Nominated |
| 2000 | Taste of Others, TheThe Taste of Others | Nominated |
| 2001 | Amélie | Nominated |
| 2004 | The Chorus | Nominated |
| 2005 | Joyeux Noël | Nominated |
| 2008 | Class, TheThe Class | Nominated |
| 2009 | Prophet, AA Prophet | Nominated |
| 2015 | Mustang | Nominated |
Best Music
This list focuses on scores or songs created by French-born composers.
Original Score
Original Song
| Year | Winner | Song and Film | Status | Milestone/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Jacques Demy Michel Legrand | Umbrellas of Cherbourg, TheThe Umbrellas of Cherbourg for the song: "I Will Wait for You" | Nominated | |
| 1968 | Michel Legrand | The Thomas Crown Affair for the song: "The Windmills of Your Mind" | Won | |
| 1969 | The Happy Ending for the song: "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" | Nominated | ||
| 1970 | Pieces of Dreams for the song: "Pieces of Dream" | Nominated | ||
| 1972 | Maurice Jarre | Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, TheThe Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean for the song: "Marmalade, Molasses & Honey" | Nominated | |
| 2003 | Sylvain Chomet | The Triplets of Belleville for the song: "Belleville Rendez-vous | Nominated | Nomination shared with Benoit Charest |
| 2004 | Christophe Barratier Bruno Coulais | Chorus, TheThe Chorus for the song: "Look to Your Path (Vois sur ton chemin)" | Nominated | |
| 2009 | Reinhardt Wagner Frank Thomas | Paris 36 for the song: "Loin de Paname" | Nominated | |
| 2012 | Claude-Michel Schönberg Alain Boublil | Les Misérables for the song: "Suddenly" | Nominated | Nomination shared with Herbert Kretzmer |
Best Short Film
Live Action
| Year | Winner | Title | Status | Milestone/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Gaston Diehl
Robert Hessens |
Van Gogh | Won | |
| 1951 | Les Films du Compass | Balzac | Nominated | |
| 1959 | Jacques Cousteau | The Golden Fish | Won | |
| 1962 | Jean-Claude Carrière Pierre Étaix | Heureux Anniversaire | Won | |
| 1963 | Marcel Ichac
Paul de Roubaix |
Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, AnAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge | Won | |
| 1965 | Claude Berri | Chicken, TheThe Chicken | Won | |
| 1974 | Paul Claudon | One-Eyed Men Are Kings | Won | |
| 1992 | Sam Karmann | Omnibus | Won | |
| 1993 | Didier Flamand | The Screw | Nominated | |
| 2002 | Philippe Orreindy
Thomas Gaudin |
J'attendrai le suivant | Nominated | |
| 2003 | Lionel Bailliu | Squash | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Philippe Pollet-Villard | Le Mozart des Pickpockets | Won | |
| 2008 | Elizabeth Marre
Olivier Pont |
Manon on the Asphalt | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Xavier Legrand | Just Before Losing Everything | Nominated | |
| 2014 | Julien Féret | Butter Lamp | Nominated | Shared with Hu Wei |
| 2015 | Eric Dupont | Ave Maria | Nominated | Shared with Basil Khalil |
Animated
| Year | Winner | Title | Status | Milestone/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Jean-Charles Meunier | Hypothese Beta | Nominated | |
| 1980 | Frédéric Back | All Nothing | Nominated | Frédéric Back is a French-born Canadian producer and director of short films |
| 1981 | Crac | Won | ||
| 1987 | The Man Who Planted Trees | Won | ||
| 1993 | The Mighty River | Nominated | Shared with Hubert Tison | |
| 1997 | Sylvain Chomet | The Old Lady and the Pigeons | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Samuel Tourneux
Simon Vanesse |
Even Pigeons Go to Heaven | Nominated | |
| 2008 | Thierry Marchand | Oktapodi | Nominated | Shared with Emud Mokhberi |
| 2009 | Nicolas Schmerkin | Logorama | Won | Schmerkin is an Argentinian-born French producer. |
| Fabrice O. Joubert | French Roast | Nominated | ||
| 2010 | Bastien Dubois | Madagascar, a Journey Diary | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Laurent Witz Alexandre Espigares | Mr Hublot | Won |
Best Sound
| Year | Winner | Title | Status | Milestone/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Jean-Louis Ducarme | Sorcerer | Nominated | Shared with Robert Knudson, Robert Glass and Richard Tyler |
| 2001 | Guillaume Leriche | Amélie | Nominated | |
Best Visual Effects
| Year | Winner | Title | Status | Milestone/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Jacques Maumont | The Longest Day | Won | Shared with Robert MacDonald. Last to win before the name changed. |
| 1963 | Emil Kosa, Jr. | Cleopatra | Won | First person to win Visual effects after the name change |
| 1969 | Eugène Lourié | Krakatoa, East of Java | Nominated | Shared with Alex Weldon |
| 1994 | Jacques Stroweis | True Lies | Nominated | Nomination shared with John Bruno, Thomas L. Fisher and Patrick McClung |
| 2010 | Nicolas Aithadi | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | Nominated | Shared with Tim Burke, John Richardson and Christian Manz. |
| 2012 | Cedric Nicolas-Troyan | Snow White and the Huntsman | Nominated | Nomination shared with Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson |
| Guillaume Rocheron | Life of Pi | Won | Nomination shared with Bill Westenhofer, Erik De Boer, and Donald Elliot | |
| 2014 | Stephane Ceretti Nicolas Aithadi | Guardians of the Galaxy | Nominated | Nomination shared with Paul Corbould and Jonathan Fawkner |
Best Writing
This list focuses on French-born writers.
Adapted Screenplay
| Year | Winner | Title | Status | Milestone/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Jacques Natanson | La Ronde | Nominated | |
| 1963 | Serge Bourguignon Antoine Tudal | Sundays and Cybele | Nominated | |
| 1968 | Roman Polanski | Rosemary's Baby | Nominated | |
| 1969 | Costa-Gavras | Z | Nominated | Shared with Jorge Semprún |
| 1977 | Jean-Claude Carrière | That Obscure Object of Desire | Nominated | Nominated with Luis Buñuel |
| 1979 | Edouard Molinaro Jean Poiret Francis Veber | Cage aux Folles, LaLa Cage aux Folles | Nominated | Nominated with Marcello Danon |
| 1982 | Costa-Gavras | Missing | Won | Shared with Donald E. Stewart |
| 1988 | Christine Edzard | Little Dorrit | Nominated | |
| Jean-Claude Carrière | Unbearable Lightness of Being, TheThe Unbearable Lightness of Being | Nominated | ||
| 2004 | Julie Delpy | Before Sunset | Nominated | Nominated with Americans Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke and Kim Krizan |
| 2013 | Before Midnight | Nominated | Nominated with Americans Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke |
Original Screenplay
Story
| Year | Winner | Title | Status | Milestone/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast | Laughter | Nominated | Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast was an Argentinean born, French screenwriter and director. Shared with Douglas Doty, Donald Stewart |
| 1946 | Vladimir Pozner | The Dark Mirror | Nominated | Vladimir Pozner is a Russian-born French writer and translator |
| 1947 | Georges Chaperot | A Cage of Nightingales | Nominated | |
| 1954 | François Boyer | Forbidden Games | Nominated | |
| 1955 | Jean Marsan | The Sheep Has Five Legs | Nominated | Henri Troyat was a Russian-born French author, biographer, historian and novelist. Henri Verneuil was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker |
| 1956 | Jean-Paul Sartre | The Proud and the Beautiful | Nominated | |
See also
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