List of Brazilian Academy Award winners and nominees
A list of Brazilian Academy Award winners and nominees appears below. The first Brazilian to be nominated for an Academy Award was Ary Barroso, one of Música Popular Brasileira greatest composers, in 1945. Until today, no Brazilian has been awarded.
Fernanda Montenegro became the first Portuguese-speaking actress to be nominated to an Academy Award in 1998.
Best Actress – Leading Role
| Actor | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Fernanda Montenegro[1] | Central Station | Nominated | First Latin American to be nominated for Best Actress and first actress to be nominated for a Portuguese-speaking role. |
Best Cinematography
| Cinematography | |||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | César Charlone | City of God | Nominated | César Charlone is an Uruguayan-born Brazilian director. | |
Fernando Meirelles was the second Brazilian director to be nominated to an Academy Award in 2004.
Best Director
| Director | |||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Héctor Babenco | Kiss of the Spider Woman | Nominated | Babenco is an Argentine-born Brazilian director. | |
| 2003 | Fernando Meirelles | City of God | Nominated | ||
Best Documentary Feature
| Best Documentary Feature | |||||
| Year | Film | Director | Status | Milestone/Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Waste Land | João Jardim Lucy Walker Karen Harley |
Nominated | ||
| 2015 | The Salt of the Earth | Juliano Ribeiro Salgado Wim Wenders |
Nominated | Salgado is a French-born Brazilian director. | |
Best Film Editing
| Film Editing | |||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Daniel Rezende | City of God (Cidade de Deus) | Nominated | ||
Best Foreign Language Film
| Best Foreign Language Film | |||||
| Year | Film | Director | Status | Milestone/Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Black Orpheus | Marcel Camus | Won | Marcel Camus was a French film director, but the film was a co-production among Brazil, France and Italy. However, France submitted the film and therefore that country received the award. | |
| 1962 | Keeper of Promises | Anselmo Duarte | Nominated | (original title: O Pagador de Promessas) | |
| 1995 | O Quatrilho | Fábio Barreto | Nominated | Second Brazilian film nominated to the award in over 30 years. | |
| 1997 | Four Days in September | Bruno Barreto | Nominated | (original title: O Que É Isso Companheiro?) | |
| 1998 | Central Station | Walter Salles | Nominated | (original title: Central do Brasil) The film was also nominated for Best Actress. | |
Best Live Action Short Film
| Best Live Action Short Film | |||||
| Year | Film | Director | Status | Milestone/Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Uma História de Futebol | Paulo Machline | Nominated | ||
Best Animated Short Film
| Animated Short Film | |||||
| Year | Name | Director | Status | Milestone/Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Gone Nutty | Carlos Saldanha | Nominated | First animated short film directed by a Latin-American director to be nominated to the award. Saldanha was nominated with John C. Donkin. | |
Best Animated Feature
| Animated Feature | |||||
| Year | Name | Director | Status | Milestone/Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Boy & the World | Alê Abreu | Nominated[2] | First Brazilian nominee in this category | |
Best Original Song
| Original Song | |||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Ary Barroso | Brazil | Nominated | First Brazilian and Latin-American songwriter to be nominated Nominated with Ned Washington | |
| 2011 | Sergio Mendes Carlinhos Brown |
Rio | Nominated | First two Brazilian songwriters to be nominated together. Brown is the first black Latin songwriter to be nominated. Nominated with Siedah Garrett. | |
Best Picture
| Picture | ||||
| Year | Film | Producer | Status | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | Nominated | First Brazilian and Latin-American film nominated for the Best Picture. American producer David Weisman was the only Academy Award nominee, but there were many associate producers from Latin-American background. | |
Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay
| Adapted Screenplay | |||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Bráulio Mantovani | City of God | Nominated | ||
References
- ↑ "Actress in a Leading Role". AMPAS. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
- ↑ "Oscar Nominations 2016: The Complete List". Oscars.com. Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
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