List of Argentine Academy Award winners and nominees

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

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Best International Feature Film

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

Best International Feature Film
YearFilmDirectorStatusMilestone / Notes
1974 The Truce Sergio Renán Nominated(original title: La tregua)
1984 Camila María Luisa Bemberg Nominatedfirst nomination for Best Foreign Language Film to a film directed by a Latin American woman director
1985 The Official Story Luis Puenzo Won(original title: La historia oficial)
first Latin American film to win for Best Foreign Language Film,
the film was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay
1998 Tango Carlos Saura Nominated(original title: Tango, no me dejes nunca)
2001 Son of the Bride Juan José Campanella Nominated(original title: El hijo de la novia)
2009 The Secret in Their Eyes Won(original title: El secreto de sus ojos)
second nomination for Best Foreign Language Film to a film directed by Juan José Campanella, and first to win; second Argentine, and Latin American, film to win for Best Foreign Language Film
2014 Wild Tales Damián Szifron Nominated(original title: Relatos salvajes)
2022 Argentina, 1985 Santiago Mitre Nominated(original title: Argentina, 1985)

Acting

This list focuses on Argentine-born actors and actresses.

Supporting Actress

Supporting Actress
YearNameFilmStatus Milestone
1987 Norma Aleandro Gaby: A True Story Nominated
2011 Bérénice Bejo The Artist Nominated

Art Direction

Art Direction
YearNameFilmStatus Milestone
1995 Eugenio Zanetti Restoration Won
1998 What Dreams May Come NominatedShared with Cindy Carr

Director

This list focuses on Argentine-born directors.

Director
YearNameFilmStatus Milestone
1985 Héctor Babenco Kiss of the Spider Woman Nominated

Visual Effects

Visual Effects
YearNameFilmStatus Milestone
2002 Pablo Helman Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones Nominated
2005 War of the Worlds Nominated
2019Pablo Helman
Leandro Estebecorena
Nelson Sepúlveda
The Irishman NominatedShared with Stéphane Grabli

Writing categories

Original Screenplay

This list focuses on Argentine-born screenplay writers.

Original Screenplay
YearNameFilmStatus Milestone
1985 Aída Bortnik
Luis Puenzo
La historia oficial Nominated
2014 Armando Bó
Nicolás Giacobone
Birdman WonShared with Alejandro González Iñárritu and Alexander Dinelaris, Jr.

Best Story

Writing-Story
YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes
1930/1931 Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast Laughter NominatedNomination shared with Douglas Z. Doty and Donald Ogden Stewart, Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast was an Argentine-born French screenwriter.

Music

This list focuses on scores or songs created by Argentine-born composers.

Original Score

Original Score
YearNameFilmStatus Milestone
1966 Luis Enríquez Bacalov Il vangelo secondo Matteo Nominated
1968 Lalo Schifrin Cool Hand Luke Nominated
1969 The Fox Nominatedthe Academy Award category was "Best Music, Original Score for a Motion Picture (not a Musical)"
1977 Voyage of the Damned Nominated
1980 The Amityville Horror Nominated
1984 The Sting II Nominatedthe Academy Award category was "Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score"
1985 Jorge Calandrelli The Color Purple Nominated
1995 Luis Enríquez Bacalov Il postino WonThe Academy Award category was "Best Music, Original Dramatic Score"
2005 Gustavo Santaolalla Brokeback Mountain Won
2006 Babel Wonfirst (and only) Argentine to win two consecutive Oscars in the same category

Original Song

Original Song
YearNameFilmStatus Milestone
1981 Lalo Schifrin The Competition Nominatedfor the song "People Alone";
shared with Will Jennings
2000 Jorge Calandrelli Wo hu cang long Nominatedfor the song "A Love Before Time";
shared with Tan Dun and James Schamus

Documentary categories

This list focuses on documentaries directed by Argentine-born filmmakers.

Documentary Feature

Best Documentary Feature
YearDocumentaryAwardFilmmakerResult Milestone
1985 The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Best Documentary Feature Susana Blaustein Muñoz NominatedShared with Lourdes Portillo

Documentary Short Subject

Best Documentary Short Subject
YearDocumentaryAwardFilmmakerResult
1980 Luther Metke at 94 Best Documentary Short Subject Jorge Preloran Nominated

Short Film categories

Short Film, Animated

Best Animated Short Film
YearFilmProducerResult
2009 Logorama Nicolas SchmerkinWon

Special awards

This list focuses on Argentine-born honorees

RecipientYearNotesAward
Lalo Schifrin 2018"in recognition of his unique musical style, compositional integrity and influential contributions to the art of film scoring." Academy Honorary Award

Nominations and Winners

No. of winsNo. of nominations
826

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