This article is a list of Korean Academy Award winners and nominees.
Best Picture | |||||
Year | Film | Nominee | Status | Notes | |
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2019 | Parasite | Bong Joon-ho Kwak Sin-ae | Won | First East Asians to win Best Picture. First non-English language film to win Best Picture. | |
Best Actor in a Leading Role | ||||||
Year | Name | Film | Role | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
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2020 | Steven Yeun | Minari | Jacob Yi | Nominated | First East Asian and Asian American actor to be nominated for Best Actor. | |
Best Actress in a Supporting Role | ||||||
Year | Name | Film | Role | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
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2020 | Youn Yuh-jung | Minari | Soon-ja | Won | First Korean actress to win an acting award. [1] | |
Director | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes | |
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2019 | Bong Joon-ho | Parasite | Won | First Korean to be nominated and win. Second director to win for a non-English speaking film. | |
Original Screenplay | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes | |
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2019 | Bong Joon-ho Han Jin-won | Parasite | Won | First Asian writers to win any screenwriting Academy Award. [2] [3] | |
2023 | Celine Song | Past Lives | Pending | South Korean-Canadian |
Film Editing | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes | |
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2019 | Yang Jin-mo | Parasite | Nominated | ||
Production Design | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes | |
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2019 | Lee Ha-jun Cho Won-woo | Parasite | Nominated | ||
Original Song | ||||||
Year | Name | Film | Song | Status | Notes | |
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2013 | Karen O | Her | "The Moon Song" | Nominated | O is an American of Polish and South Korean descent. (Shared with Spike Jonze.) | |
Documentary Feature | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes | |
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1988 | Christine Choy | Who Killed Vincent Chin? | Nominated | Choi is American born of Korean and Chinese descent. | |
2018 | Su Kim | Hale County This Morning, This Evening | Nominated | Kim is American born of Korean descent. (Shared with RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes.) | |
Documentary Short Subject | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes | |
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2019 | Yi Seung-Jun | In the Absence | Nominated | ||
Gary Byung-Seok Kam | |||||
Animated Short Film | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes | |
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2004 | Sejong Park | Birthday Boy | Nominated | Australian born of Korean descent. [4] (Shared with Andrew Gregory.) | |
2020 | Erick Oh | Opera | Nominated | American born of Korean descent. | |
International Feature Film | |||||
Year | Film | Director | Status | Notes | |
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2019 | Parasite (Gisaengchung) 기생충 | Bong Joon-ho | Won | First South Korean film to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film and to be simultaneously nominated for Best Picture.[ citation needed ] First South Korean film to win for Best Foreign Language Film and the first non-English language film to win Best Picture.[ citation needed ] | |
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