List of Canadian Academy Award winners and nominees
Not to be confused with Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.
This is a list of Canadian Academy Award winners and nominees. This list details the performances of Canadian filmmakers, actors, actresses and films that have either been submitted, nominated or have won an Academy Award.
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Best Actor
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Walter Huston | Dodsworth | Nominated | First Canadian actor to receive a nomination for Best Actor |
| 1940 | Raymond Massey | Abe Lincoln in Illinois | Nominated | |
| 1941 | Walter Huston | The Devil and Daniel Webster | Nominated | |
| 1942 | Walter Pidgeon | Mrs. Miniver | Nominated | |
| 1943 | Madame Curie | Nominated | ||
| 1944 | Alexander Knox | Wilson | Nominated | |
| 2006 | Ryan Gosling | Half Nelson | Nominated |
Best Actress
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928/29 | Mary Pickford | Coquette | Won | First Canadian to win an Oscar. First Canadian actress to win an Oscar. First Canadian to receive an Oscar nomination. First Canadian actress to receive a nomination for Best Actress. |
| 1929/30 | Norma Shearer | The Divorcee | Won | First Canadian to receive multiple nominations. |
| Their Own Desire | Nominated | |||
| 1930/31 | Marie Dressler | Min and Bill | Won | First time multiple Canadians received Oscar nominations. First time multiple Canadians received nominations in the same category. |
| Norma Shearer | A Free Soul | Nominated | ||
| 1931/32 | Marie Dressler | Emma | Nominated | |
| 1934 | Norma Shearer | The Barretts of Wimpole Street | Nominated | |
| 1936 | Romeo and Juliet | Nominated | ||
| 1938 | Marie Antoinette | Nominated | ||
| 1969 | Geneviève Bujold | Anne of the Thousand Days | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Ellen Page | Juno | Nominated |
Best Supporting Actor
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | Gene Lockhart | Algiers | Nominated | Lockhart was a Canadian-American character actor, singer, and playwright. |
| 1942 | Walter Huston | Yankee Doodle Dandy | Nominated | First Canadian actor to be nominated in multiple categories. |
| 1944 | Hume Cronyn | The Seventh Cross | Nominated | |
| 1946 | Harold Russell | The Best Years of Our Lives | Won | Russell was a Canadian born, U.S. veteran. First Canadian actor to win an Oscar. First Canadian actor to win an Oscar for Supporting Actor. |
| 1948 | Walter Huston | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Won | |
| 1949 | John Ireland | All the King's Men | Nominated | Ireland was born in Canada, but raised in the United States |
| 1960 | Jack Kruschen | The Apartment | Nominated | |
| 1970 | Chief Dan George | Little Big Man | Nominated | First First Nations actor to receive a nomination. |
| 1989 | Dan Aykroyd | Driving Miss Daisy | Nominated | |
| 1990 | Graham Greene | Dances With Wolves | Nominated | Second First Nations actor to receive a nomination. |
| 2009 | Christopher Plummer | The Last Station | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Beginners | Won |
Best Supporting Actress
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | Lucile Watson | Watch on the Rhine | Nominated | |
| 1985 | Meg Tilly | Agnes of God | Nominated | Tilly is an American born-Canadian actress. First Canadian actress to be nominated for Supporting Actress. |
| 1991 | Kate Nelligan | The Prince of Tides | Nominated | |
| 1993 | Anna Paquin | The Piano | Won | Paquin is a Canadian born-New Zealand actress. First Canadian actress to win an Oscar for Supporting Actress. |
| 1994 | Jennifer Tilly | Bullets over Broadway | Nominated | Tilly is an American born-Canadian actress. |
| 2015 | Rachel McAdams | Spotlight | Nominated |
Best Animated Film
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Robert Walker | Brother Bear | Nominated | Shared with Aaron Blaise |
| 2010 | Dean DeBlois | How to Train Your Dragon | Nominated | Shared with Chris Sanders |
| 2014 | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Nominated | Shared with Bonnie Arnold | |
| Graham Annable | The Boxtrolls | Nominated | Shared with Anthony Stacchi and Travis Knight | |
Best Animated Short Film
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Stephen Bosustow | The Magic Fluke | Nominated | Stephen Bosustow was a Canadian-born American film Producer |
| 1950 | Trouble Indemnity | Nominated | ||
| Gerald McBoing-Boing | Won | |||
| 1951 | Rooty Toot Toot | Nominated | ||
| 1952 | Madeline | Nominated | ||
| Pink and Blue Blues | Nominated | |||
| Tom Daly | The Romance of Transportation in Canada | Nominated | First Canadian film nominated in the category. | |
| 1953 | Stephen Bosustow | Christopher Crumpet | Nominated | |
| The Tell-Tale Heart | Nominated | |||
| 1954 | When Magoo Flew | Won | ||
| 1956 | Magoo's Puddle Jumper | Won | ||
| Gerald McBoing-Boing on Planet Moo | Nominated | |||
| The Jaywalker | Nominated | |||
| 1957 | Trees and Jamaica Daddy | Nominated | ||
| 1963 | Tom Daly Colin Low |
My Financial Career | Nominated | |
| 1964 | National Film Board of Canada | Christmas Cracker | Nominated | |
| 1966 | Robert Verrall | The Drag | Nominated | Wolf Koenig was a German-born Canadian |
| 1967 | What on Earth | Nominated | ||
| 1968 | Wolf Koenig
Jim Mackay |
The House That Jack Built | Nominated | |
| 1969 | Ryan Larkin | Walking | Nominated | |
| 1971 | Michael Mills | Evolution | Nominated | Michael Mills is a British-born Canadian producer and director of short films |
| Murray Shostak | The Selfish Giant | Nominated | Shared with Peter Sander | |
| 1972 | Richard Williams | A Christmas Carol | Won | Richard Williams is a Canadian–British |
| 1974 | René Jodoin | Hunger | Nominated | Shared with Peter Foldes |
| 1975 | Bernard Longpré
André Leduc |
Monsieur Pointu | Nominated | |
| 1976 | Caroline Leaf
Guy Glover |
The Street | Nominated | Caroline Leaf is a Canadian-American filmmaker and animator |
| 1977 | Ishu Patel | Bead Game | Nominated | Ishu Patel is a indian-born Canadian film director and animator. |
| Co Hoedeman | The Sand Castle | Won | Co Hoedeman is a Dutch-Canadian filmmaker | |
| 1980 | Michael Mills | History of the World in Three Minutes Flat | Nominated | |
| Frédéric Back | All Nothing | Nominated | Frédéric Back is a French-born Canadian producer and director of short films | |
| 1981 | Crac | Won | ||
| Janet Perlman | The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin | Nominated | ||
| 1984 | Ishu Patel | Paradise | Nominated | |
| 1985 | Richard Condie | The Big Snit | Nominated | Shared with Michael Scott |
| 1987 | Frédéric Back | The Man Who Planted Trees) | Won | |
| 1988 | Cordell Barker | The Cat Came Back | Nominated | |
| 1991 | Wendy Tilby | Strings | Nominated | |
| Christopher Hinton | Blackfly | Nominated | ||
| 1993 | Frédéric Back
Hubert Tison |
The Mighty River | Nominated | |
| 1996 | Richard Condie | La Salla | Nominated | |
| 1999 | Wendy Tilby | When the Day Breaks | Nominated | |
| Torill Kove | My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts | Nominated | Torill Kove is a Norwegian-born Canadian film director and animator | |
| 2001 | Cordell Barker | Strange Invaders | Nominated | |
| 2003 | Christopher Hinton | Nibbles | Nominated | |
| 2006 | Torill Kove | The Danish Poet | Won | |
| 2011 | Wendy Tilby | Wild Life | Nominated | |
| Patrick Doyon | Dimanche | Nominated | ||
| 2014 | Torill Kove | Me and My Moulton | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Richard Williams | Prologue | Nominated | Richard Williams is a Canadian–British and Imogen Sutton is a Canadian–British |
Best Art Direction
Best Costume Design
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Monique Prudhomme | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Nominated |
Best Director
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Edward Dmytryk | Crossfire | Nominated | First Canadian to be nominated for Best Director |
| 1957 | Mark Robson | Peyton Place | Nominated | |
| 1958 | The Inn of the Sixth Happiness | Nominated | ||
| 1967 | Norman Jewison | In the Heat of the Night | Nominated | |
| 1970 | Arthur Hiller | Love Story | Nominated | |
| 1971 | Norman Jewison | Fiddler on the Roof | Nominated | First director to receive multiple nomination. |
| 1987 | Moonstruck | Nominated | ||
| 1997 | James Cameron | Titanic | Won | First Canadian to win Best Director |
| Atom Egoyan | The Sweet Hereafter | Nominated | Egoyan is an Egyptian born-Canadian filmmaker. | |
| 2005 | Paul Haggis | Crash | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Jason Reitman | Juno | Nominated | |
| 2009 | Up in the Air | Nominated | ||
| James Cameron | Avatar | Nominated |
Best Documentary
| Year | Film | Name | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | The Stratford Adventure | Guy Glover | Nominated | |
| 1966 | Helicopter Canada | Tom Daly | Nominated | Shared with Peter Jones |
| 1975 | The Man Who Skied Down Everest | F. R. Crawley | Won | Shared with James Hager and Dale Hartleben |
| 1976 | Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry | Donald Brittain | Nominated | Shared with Robert A. Duncan |
| 1977 | High Grass Circus | Tony Ianzelo | Nominated | Shared with Bill Brind and Torben Schioler |
| Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love | Harry Rasky | Nominated | ||
| 1979 | Going the Distance | Paul Cowan | Nominated | Shared with Jacques Bobet |
| 1992 | Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann | Roma Baran | Nominated | Shared with Margaret Smilow |
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
| Year | Film | Name | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Churchill's Island | National Film Board of Canada | Won | First Canadian film to win an Oscar. First film to win Best Documentary (Short Subject) |
| Warclouds in the Pacific | Nominated | |||
| 1942 | Inside Fighting China | Nominated | Received a nomination in the Best Documentary category. | |
| High over the Borders | Nominated | |||
| 1949 | The Rising Tide | Nominated | ||
| 1950 | The Fight: Science Against Cancer | Nominated | ||
| 1952 | Madeline | Stephen Bosustow | Nominated | |
| Neighbours | Norman McLaren | Won | ||
| 1958 | The Living Stone | Tom Daly | Nominated | |
| 1960 | Universe | Colin Low | Nominated | |
| 1976 | Blackwood | Tony Ianzelo | Nominated | Shared with Andy Thomson |
Best Film Editing
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Harmon Jones | Gentleman's Agreement | Nominated | |
| 1950 | Ralph E. Winters | King Solomon's Mines | Won | Shared with Conrad A. Nervig |
| 1951 | Quo Vadis | Nominated | ||
| 1954 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Nominated | ||
| 1959 | Ben-Hur | Won | Shared with John Dunning | |
| 1960 | Robert Lawrence | Spartacus | Nominated | |
| 1965 | Ralph E. Winters | The Great Race | Nominated | |
| 1971 | Kotch | Nominated | ||
| 1983 | Douglas Stewart | The Right Stuff | Won | Shared with Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter and Tom Rolf |
| 1997 | James Cameron | Titanic | Won | Shared with Conrad Buff and Richard A. Harris |
| 2009 | Avatar | Nominated | Shared with John Refoua and Stephen E. Rivkin | |
| Julian Clarke | District 9 | Nominated | ||
| 2013 | Jean-Marc Vallée | Dallas Buyers Club | Nominated |
Best Foreign Language Film
| Year | Film | Director | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | The Decline of the American Empire | Denys Arcand | Nominated | (original title: Le Déclin de l'empire américain) First film to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. |
| 1989 | Jesus of Montreal | Nominated | (original title: Jésus de Montréal) | |
| 2003 | The Barbarian Invasions | Won | (original title: Les Invasions barbares) First Canadian film to win Best Foreign Language Film. | |
| 2006 | Water | Deepa Mehta | Nominated | (original title: Water वाटर) First Canadian film to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film that is NOT spoken in French. |
| 2010 | Incendies | Denis Villeneuve | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Monsieur Lazhar | Philippe Falardeau | Nominated | |
| 2012 | War Witch | Kim Nguyen | Nominated | (original title: Rebelle) |
Best Live Action Short Film
| Year | Film | Name | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Neighbours | Norman McLaren | Nominated | Nominated for Best Short Subject, One-reel |
| 1953 | Herring Hunt | National Film Board of Canada | Nominated | |
| 1957 | City of Gold | Tom Daly | Nominated | |
| A Chairy Tale | Norman McLaren | Nominated | ||
| 1961 | Very Nice, Very Nice | National Film Board of Canada | Nominated | |
| 1967 | Paddle to the Sea | Julian Biggs | Nominated | |
| 1968 | Pas de deux | National Film Board of Canada | Nominated | |
| 1969 | Blake | Douglas Jackson | Nominated | |
| 1977 | I'll Find a Way | Beverly Shaffer
Yuki Yoshida |
Won | Yuki Yoshida was a japonese-born canadian |
| 1979 | Bravery in the Field | Roman Kroitor | Nominated | Shared with Stefan Wodoslawsky |
| 1984 | The Painted Door | Michael MacMillan | Nominated | Shared with Janice L. Platt |
| 2012 | Henry | Yan England | Nominated |
Best Picture
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929/30 | Jack L. Warner | Disraeli | Nominated | Jack L. Warner was a Canadian-American film executive. Shared with Darryl F. Zanuck |
| 1934 | Flirtation Walk | Nominated | Shared with Hal B. Wallis and Robert Lord | |
| 1940 | All This, and Heaven Too | Nominated | Shared with Hal B. Wallis and David Lewis | |
| 1942 | Yankee Doodle Dandy | Nominated | Shared with Hal B. Wallis and William Cagney | |
| 1958 | Auntie Mame | Nominated | ||
| 1964 | My Fair Lady | Won | ||
| 1966 | Norman Jewison | The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming | Nominated | |
| 1971 | Fiddler on the Roof | Nominated | ||
| 1972 | Albert S. Ruddy | The Godfather | Won | |
| 1981 | Denis Héroux John Kemeny |
Atlantic City | Nominated | John Kemeny a Hungarian-born canadian film producer |
| 1984 | Norman Jewison | A Soldier's Story | Nominated | Shared with Ronald L. Schwary and Patrick J. Palmer |
| 1987 | Moonstruck | Nominated | Shared with Patrick J. Palmer | |
| 1997 | James Cameron | Titanic | Won | Shared with Jon Landau |
| 2004 | Albert S. Ruddy | Million Dollar Baby | Won | Shared with Clint Eastwood and Tom Rosenberg |
| 2005 | Paul Haggis | Crash | Won | Shared with Cathy Schulman |
| William Vince | Capote | Nominated | Shared with Caroline Baron and Michael Ohoven | |
| 2009 | James Cameron | Avatar | Nominated | Shared with Jon Landau |
| Ivan Reitman Jason Reitman |
Up in the Air | Nominated | Shared with Daniel Dubiecki |
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Michèle Burke | Quest for Fire | Won | Michèle Burke is an Irish naturalized Canadian. Shared with Sarah Monzani |
| 1984 | Paul LeBlanc | Amadeus | Won | Shared with Dick Smith |
| 1986 | Stephan Dupuis | The Fly | Won | Shared with Chris Walas |
| Michèle Burke | The Clan of the Cave Bear | Nominated | Shared with Michael Westmore | |
| 1990 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Nominated | Shared with Jean-Pierre Eychenne | |
| 1992 | Bram Stoker's Dracula | Won | Shared with Greg Cannom and Matthew W. Mungle | |
| 1999 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Nominated | Shared with Mike Smithson | |
| 2000 | The Cell | Nominated | Shared with Edouard F. Henriques | |
| 2015 | Robert Pandini | The Revenant | Nominated | Shared with Siân Grigg and Duncan Jarman |
Best Music – Original Song
Best Music – Score
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Louis Applebaum | Story of G.I. Joe | Nominated | |
| 1955 | Percy Faith | Love Me or Leave Me | Nominated | |
| 2001 | Howard Shore | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Won | |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Won | First Canadian to win two Oscars in this category. | |
| 2011 | Hugo | Nominated | ||
| 2012 | Mychael Danna | Life of Pi | Won | |
| 2013 | Owen Pallett | Her | Nominated | |
Best Cinematography
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Osmond Borradaile | The Four Feathers | Nominated | Shared with Georges Périnal |
Best Sound or Sound Mixing
Best Visual Effects
Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | John Meehan | The Divorcee | Nominated | |
| 1965 | Stanley Mann | The Collector | Nominated | |
| 1974 | Lionel Chetwynd Mordecai Richler |
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | Nominated | |
| 1978 | Bernard Slade | Same Time, Next Year | Nominated | |
| 1997 | Atom Egoyan | The Sweet Hereafter | Nominated | |
| 2004 | Paul Haggis | Million Dollar Baby | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Sarah Polley | Away from Her | Nominated | |
| 2009 | Jason Reitman | Up in the Air | Nominated | Shared with Sheldon Turner |
| Neill Blomkamp | District 9 | Nominated | Neill Blomkamp is a South African-Canadian | |
| 2016 | Emma Donoghue | Room | Nominated |
Best Writing – Original Screenplay
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Ted Allan | Lies My Father Told Me | Nominated | |
| 1984 | Daniel Petrie Jr. | Beverly Hills Cop | Nominated | Shared with Danilo Bach |
| 1994 | Roger Avary | Pulp Fiction | Won | Shared with Quentin Tarantino |
| 2003 | Denys Arcand | The Barbarian Invasions | Nominated | |
| 2005 | Paul Haggis | Crash | Won | Shared with Robert Moresco |
| 2006 | Letters from Iwo Jima | Nominated | Shared with Iris Yamashita |
See also
External links
- A brief history of Canadian actors at the Oscars, Peter Knegt, CBC Arts
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