List of Mexican Academy Award winners and nominees

This is a list of Mexican Academy Award winners and nominees. This list details the performances of Mexican filmmakers, actors, actresses and films that have either been submitted, nominated or have won an Academy Award.

Best Picture

This list focuses on Mexican-born producers.

Academy Award for Best Picture
Year Name Film Status Milestone
2006 Alejandro González Iñárritu Babel Nominated Shared with Steve Golin and Jon Kilik
2013 Alfonso Cuarón Gravity Nominated Shared with David Heyman
2014 Alejandro González Iñárritu Birdman Won Shared with John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole
2015 The Revenant Nominated Shared with Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Mary Parent and Keith Redmon

Best Actor

This list focuses on Mexican-born actors.

Leading

Actor
Year Name Film Status Milestone
1957 Anthony Quinn Wild Is the Wind Nominated
1964 Zorba the Greek Nominated
1989 Edward James Olmos Stand and Deliver Nominated First Mexican-American born actor to be nominated
2011 Demián Bichir A Better Life Nominated

Supporting

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Year Name Film Status Milestone
1952 Anthony Quinn Viva Zapata! Won
1956 Lust for Life Won First Mexican-born actor to win two Oscars in the same category

Best Actress

This list focuses on Mexican-born actresses.

Leading

Academy Award for Best Actress
Year Name Film Status Milestone
2002 Salma Hayek Frida Nominated First (and only) Mexican-born actress to be nominated for Best Actress & the second Mexican-Born actress to be nominated for an Academy Award

Supporting

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Year Name Film Status Milestone
1954 Katy Jurado Broken Lance Nominated First Mexican-born and Latin/Hispanic actress to be nominated for an Academy Award
2006 Adriana Barraza Babel Nominated Third Mexican-born actress to be nominated for Academy Award
2013 Lupita Nyong'o 12 Years a Slave Won Mexican-born Kenyan actress. First Mexican-born actress to win an Academy Award.

Best Art Direction

This list focuses on Mexican-born art directors.

Academy Award for Best Art Direction
Year Name Film Status Milestone
1942Emile Kuri Silver Queen Nominated
1949 The Heiress Won
1952 Carrie Nominated
1954 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Won
Executive Suite Nominated
1961 The Absent-Minded Professor Nominated
1964 Mary Poppins Nominated
1971 Bedknobs and Broomsticks Nominated
1996Brigitte Broch Romeo + Juliet Nominated Germany-born Mexican art director
2001 Moulin Rouge! Won
2002 Felipe Fernández del Paso
Hania Robledo
Frida Nominated
2006Eugenio Caballero Pan's Labyrinth Won Original title: El laberinto del fauno
Shared with Pilar Revuelta

Best Cinematography

This list focuses on Mexican-born cinematographers.

Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Year Name Film Status Milestone
1964 Gabriel Figueroa The Night of the Iguana Nominated
1975 John A. Alonzo Chinatown NominatedFirst American-born Latino to be nominated for Best Cinematography
1995Emmanuel Lubezki A Little Princess Nominated
1999 Sleepy Hollow Nominated
2005 The New World Nominated
Rodrigo Prieto Brokeback Mountain Nominated
2006Emmanuel Lubezki Children of Men Nominated
Guillermo Navarro Pan's Labyrinth WonOriginal title: El laberinto del fauno
2011Emmanuel Lubezki The Tree of Life Nominated
2013 Gravity Won
2014 Birdman Won
2015 The Revenant Won First Mexican cinematographer to win three years in a row.

Best Director

This list focuses on Mexican-born directors.

Academy Award for Best Director
Year Name Film Status Milestone
2006 Alejandro González Iñárritu Babel Nominated First Mexican to be nominated for Best Director
2013 Alfonso Cuarón Gravity Won First Mexican and first latino to win Best Director
2014 Alejandro González Iñárritu Birdman Won First Mexican to be nominated for Best Director twice.
2015 The Revenant Won First Mexican to be nominated for Best Director three times.

Best Documentary Feature

This list focuses on documentaries features directed by Mexican-born filmmakers.

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
Year Film Name Status Milestone
1957 Torero! Manuel Barbachano Ponce Nominated
1969 The Olympics in Mexico Alberto Isaac Nominated
2001 Promises Carlos Bolado Nominated Shared with B.Z. Goldberg and Justine Shapiro

Best Documentary Short Subject

This list focuses on documentaries short subject directed by Mexican-born filmmakers.

Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject
Year Film Name Status Milestone
1971 Sentinels of Silence Robert Amram Won Original title: Centinelas del silencio
This was the only time that a short film won Oscars in two categories
2014 The Reaper Gabriel Serra Argüello Nominated Original title: La Parka
Mexican production: Nicaragua-born director.

Best Film Editing

This list focuses on Mexican-born film editors.

Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Year Name Film Status Milestone
2006 Alfonso Cuarón Children of Men Nominated Shared with Alex Rodriguez
2013 Gravity Won Shared with Mark Sanger

Best Foreign Language Film

This list focuses on Mexican films that won or were nominated for the foreign language film award.

Best Foreign Language Film
Year Film Director Status Milestone/Notes
1960 Macario Roberto Gavaldón Nominated First Latin American and Mexican film to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film
1961 The Important Man Ismael Rodríguez Nominated Original title: Ánimas Trujano
1962 The Pearl of Tlayucan Luis Alcoriza Nominated Original title: Tlayucan
1975 Letters from Marusia Miguel Littín Nominated Original title: Actas de Marusia
2000 Love's a Bitch Alejandro González Iñárritu Nominated Original title: Amores Perros
2002 The Crime of Father Amaro Carlos Carrera Nominated Original title: El Crimen del Padre Amaro
2006 Pan's Labyrinth Guillermo del Toro Nominated Original title: El Laberinto del Fauno
The film was nominated for other five Academy Awards, and won three of them: Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography and Best Makeup
2010 Biutiful Alejandro González Iñárritu Nominated Second nomination for Best Foreign Language Film to a film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu

Best Live Action Short Film

This list focuses on live action short-films directed by Mexican-born filmmakers.

Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
Year Film Name Status Milestone
1971 Sentinels of Silence Robert Amram Won Original title: Centinelas del silencio
this was the only time that a short film won Oscars in two categories
1996 De tripas, corazón Antonio Urrutia Nominated

Best Makeup

This list focuses on Mexican-born makeup artists.

Academy Award for Best Makeup
Year Name Film Status Milestone
2002 Beatrice De Alba Frida Won
2008 Mike Elizalde Hellboy II: The Golden Army Nominated

Best Music- Score

Academy Award for Best Original Score
Year Name Film Status Milestone/Notes
1970 Bill Melendez A Boy Named Charlie Brown Nominated The category was Best Music, Original Song Score. Shared with Rod McKuen, John Scott Trotter, Alan Shean, and Vince Guaraldi.

Best Sound

Editing

This list focuses on Mexican-born sound editors.

Academy Award for Best Sound Editing
Year Name Film Status Milestone
2014 Martin Hernández Birdman Nominated Shared with Aaron Glascock
2015 The Revenant Nominated Shared with Lon Bender

Mixing

This list focuses on Mexican-born sound mixers.

Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing
Year Name Film Status Milestone
2006 Fernando Cámara Apocalypto Nominated
2012 José Antonio García Argo Nominated

Best Writing (Screenplay)

This list focuses on Mexican-born writers.

Adapted

Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Year Name Film Status Milestone
2006 Alfonso Cuarón Children of Men Nominated Shared with Hawk Otsby, Timothy J. Sexton and Mark Fergus

Original

Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Year Name Film Status Milestone
2002 Alfonso Cuarón
Carlos Cuarón
And Your Mother Too Nominated Original title: Y Tu Mamá También
2006 Guillermo Arriaga Babel Nominated
Guillermo del Toro Pan's Labyrinth Nominated Original title: El Laberinto del Fauno
2014 Alejandro González Iñárritu BirdmanWon Shared with American Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Argentineans Nicolás Giacobone and Armando Bo

Best Visual Effects

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
Year Name Film Status Milestone
1947 Paul Lerpae Unconquered Nominated Mexican born-American special effects artist.

See also

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