List of Israeli Academy Award winners and nominees

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Topol nominated for 1971's Fiddler on the Roof. Chaim Topol 1971.jpg
Topol nominated for 1971's Fiddler on the Roof .

The following is a list of Israeli people and films that have been nominated for or won Academy Awards .

Contents

Best Actor in a Leading Role

YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / NotesRef.
1971 Chaim Topol Fiddler on the Roof NominatedFirst Israeli nominated in any category.
First Middle Eastern person nominated for an acting award.
[1]

Best Actress in a Leading Role

YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes
2010 Natalie Portman Black Swan WonFirst Israeli to win an award in any category.
2016 Jackie NominatedFirst Israeli to receive three nominations.

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes
2004 Natalie Portman Closer NominatedFirst and (to date) only Israeli woman ever nominated for an acting award.

Best Picture

YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes
1997 Arnon Milchan L.A. Confidential NominatedShared with Curtis Hanson, and Michael Nathanson.
2015 The Revenant NominatedShared with Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent, and Keith Redmon.

Best Original Screenplay

YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes
2009 Oren Moverman The Messenger NominatedShared with Alessandro Camon.

Best Animated Feature

YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes
2016 Osnat Shurer Moana NominatedShared with John Musker, and Ron Clements.
2021 Raya and the Last Dragon NominatedShared with Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, and Peter Del Vecho.

Best Documentary Feature

YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / NotesRef.
1974 Haim Gouri The 81st Blow NominatedShared with Jacquot Ehrlich, and David Bergman.
2012 Guy Davidi 5 Broken Cameras NominatedShared with Emad Burnat. [2]
Estelle Fialon
Philippa Kowarsky
Dror Moreh
The Gatekeepers Nominated
2015 Evgeny Afineevsky Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom NominatedShared with Den Tolmor.
2024Rachel Szor
Yuval Abraham
No Other Land WonShared with Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal

Best Documentary Short Film

YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / NotesRef.
2015 Nomi Talisman Last Day of Freedom NominatedShared with Dee Hibbert-Jones.

Best Live Action Short

YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / NotesRef.
1974 Julian Chagrin The ConcertNominated
1976The Morning SpiderNominated
2014Oded Binnun
Mihal Brezis
Aya Nominated [3]
2018 Guy Nattiv Skin Won [4]

Best Animated Short

YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / NotesRef.
2023 Tal Kantor
Amit R. Gicelter
Letter to a Pig Nominated

Best Sound

YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes
2013 Niv Adiri Gravity WonShared with Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, and Chris Munro.
2021 Belfast NominatedShared with Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, and James Mather.

Best International Film

The following films were submitted by the country of Israel for Best International Feature Film and received a nomination.

Year
(Ceremony)
English film titleOriginal titleDirectorStatusRef.
1964
(37th)
Sallah Sallakh Shabati
(סאלח שבתי)
Ephraim Kishon Nominated [5]
1971
(44th)
The Policeman Hashoter Azulai
(השוטר אזולאי)
Nominated [1]
1972
(45th)
I Love You Rosa Ani Ohev Otakh Rozah
(אני אוהב אותך רוזה)
Moshé Mizrahi Nominated [6]
1973
(46th)
The House on Chelouche Street Habayit Birkhov Chelouche
(הבית ברחוב שלוש)
Nominated [7]
1977
(50th)
Operation Thunderbolt Mivtza Yonatan
(מבצע יונתן)
Menahem Golan Nominated [8]
1984
(57th)
Beyond the Walls Me'akhorei Hasoragim
(מאחורי הסורגים)
Uri Barbash Nominated [9]
2007
(80th)
Beaufort Beaufort
(בופור)
Joseph Cedar Nominated [10]
2008
(81st)
Waltz with Bashir Vals Im Bashir
(ואלס עם באשיר)
Ari Folman Nominated [11]
2009
(82nd)
Ajami Agami
(عجمي / עג'מי)
Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani Nominated [12]
2011
(84th)
Footnote He'arat Shulayyim
(הערת שוליים)
Joseph CedarNominated [13]

Nominations and Winners

No. of winsNo. of nominations
425

References

  1. 1 2 "The 44th Academy Awards | 1972". 5 October 2014.
  2. "The 85th Academy Awards | 2013". 7 October 2014.
  3. "The 87th Academy Awards | 2015". 10 March 2015.
  4. "The 91st Academy Awards | 2019". 15 April 2019.
  5. "The 37th Academy Awards | 1965". 5 October 2014.
  6. "The 45th Academy Awards | 1973". 5 October 2014.
  7. "The 46th Academy Awards | 1974". 4 October 2014.
  8. "The 50th Academy Awards | 1978". 5 October 2014.
  9. "The 57th Academy Awards | 1985". 5 October 2014.
  10. "The 80th Academy Awards | 2008". 7 October 2014.
  11. "The 81st Academy Awards | 2009". 7 October 2014.
  12. "The 82nd Academy Awards | 2010". 4 December 2015.
  13. "Oscars 2012: Nominees in full". BBC News. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-24.