List of Iranian Academy Award winners and nominees

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

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Best Supporting Actress

Actress in a Supporting Role
YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes
2003 Shohreh Aghdashloo House of Sand and Fog NominatedFirst Iranian to be nominated for an acting award.

Best Writing, Original Screenplay

Original Screenplay
YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes
2012 Asghar Farhadi A Separation NominatedFirst time that a screenplay entirely written in an Asian language (Persian) is nominated for Original Screenplay.

Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Adapted Screenplay
YearNameFilmAdapted FromStatusMilestone / Notes
1998 Hossein Amini The Wings of the Dove The Wings of the Dove by Henry James NominatedFirst Asian nominated in this category.
2020/21 Ramin Bahrani The White Tiger The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga Nominated

Best Cinematography

Cinematography
YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes
1997 Darius Khondji Evita Nominated
2022 Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths Nominated

Best Costume Design

Costume Design
YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes
1970 Ray Aghayan Gaily, Gaily NominatedFirst Iranian to nominate for an Academy Award.
1973 Lady Sings the Blues NominatedFirst Iranian to nominate for an Academy Award twice.
1976 Funny Lady NominatedFirst Iranian to nominate for an Academy Award thrice.

Best Sound Editing

Sound Editing
YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes
2007 Kami Asgar Apocalypto NominatedFirst and only Middle Eastern person nominated for Sound Editing.

Best Visual Effects

Visual Effects
YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes
1997 Habib Zargarpour Twister NominatedNominated with Stefan Fangmeier, John Frazier and Henry LaBounta.
2001 The Perfect Storm NominatedNominated with Stefan Fangmeier, John Frazier, Walt Conti.

Best Animated Feature

Animated Feature
YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes
2008 Marjane Satrapi Persepolis NominatedShared nomination with Vincent Paronnaud

Best International Feature Film

Best International Feature Film
YearFilmDirectorStatusMilestone / Notes
1999 Children of Heaven
(بچه های آسمان)
Majid Majidi Nominated
2012 A Separation
(جدایی نادر از سیمین)
Asghar Farhadi WonFirst Iranian movie to win an Oscar.
2017 The Salesman
(فروشنده)
Won
2025 The Seed of the Sacred Fig
(دانه‌ی انجیر معابد)
Mohammad Rasoulof NominatedThe film was submitted by Germany.

Best Documentary Short Subject

Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)
YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes
2019 Rayka Zehtabchi Period. End of Sentence. Won Iranian-American
Shared with Melissa Berton.

Best Short Film Live Action

Live Action Short Film
YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes
2000 Mehdi Norowzian Killing JoeNominatedNominated as Director; Shares nomination with producer, Steve Wax
2015 Talkhon Hamzavi Parvaneh NominatedNominated as Director; Shares nomination with producer, Stefan Eichenberger
2022 Cyrus Neshvad The Red Suitcase Nominated

Best Short Film Animated

Animated Short Film
YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes
2009 Emud Mokhberi Oktapodi NominatedNominated as Director; Shares nomination with co-director Thierry Marchand,
2023 Yegane Moghaddam Our Uniform Nominated
2024 Shirin Sohani
Hossein Molayemi
In the Shadow of the Cypress Won

Nominations and Winners

No. of winsNo. of nominations
422

See also

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