List of Romanian Academy Award winners and nominees

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This is a list of Academy Award winners and nominees from Romania.

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Romanian-born French director Marin Karmitz was nominated for Best Live Action Short Film. Bayrou Bercy 2007-04-18 n14.jpg
Romanian-born French director Marin Karmitz was nominated for Best Live Action Short Film.

Best Picture

Best Picture
YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes
1953 John Houseman Julius Caesar NominatedRomanian-born British-American producer and actor.

Best Actor

Best Actor
YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes
2024 Sebastian Stan The Apprentice NominatedRomanian-born Romanian-American actor.

Best Supporting Actor

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes
1973 John Houseman The Paper Chase WonHouseman was a Romanian-born British-American actor and producer.

Best Supporting Actress

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes
1996 Lauren Bacall The Mirror Has Two Faces NominatedAmerican actress born to Romanian and Belarusian heritage.

Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Adapted Screenplay
YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes
1973 Robert Towne The Last Detail NominatedAmerican-born of Romanian and Russian descent.
1984 Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes NominatedShared with Michael Austin.
1992 Michael Tolkin The Player NominatedAmerican-born of Romanian-jewish and Ukrainian-jewish descent.

Best Original Screenplay

Best Original Screenplay
YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes
1974 Robert Towne Chinatown WonFather Romanian jew
1975 Shampoo NominatedShared with Warren Beatty.

Best Story

Best Story
YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes
1934 Arthur Caesar [1] Manhattan Melodrama [2] Nominated
1940 Bella and Samuel Spewack My Favorite Wife [3] Nominated
1955 Henri Troyat The Sheep Has Five Legs Nominated

Best International Feature Film

Best International Feature Film
YearFilmOriginal TitleStatusDirector(s)Notes
2020/21 Collective ColectivNominated Alexander Nanau

Best Documentary Feature

Best Documentary Feature
YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes
1977 Miles Mogulescu Union Maids NominatedShared with Jim Klein and Julia Reichert.
2020/21 Alexander Nanau
Bianca Oana
Collective Nominated

Best Production Design

Best Production Design
YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes
1941 Nathan Juran How Green Was My Valley WonBorn in Austrian part of Austro-Hungarian Empire
1946 The Razor's Edge Nominated
1966 Richard Sylbert Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? WonBorn in Brooklyn, U S
1974 Chinatown Nominated
1975 Shampoo Nominated
1981 Reds Nominated
1984 The Cotton Club Nominated
1990 Dick Tracy Won

Best Live Action Short Film

Best Live Action Short Film
YearDirectorFilmStatusMilestone / Notes
1966 Marin Karmitz Turkey the Bridge [4] Nominated
1974 Julian Chagrin The ConcertNominated(father romanian-jewish)
1976The Morning SpiderNominated
Andre R. Guttfreund In the Region of Ice Won(mother romanian)

Honorary Award

Honorary Academy Award
YearNameNotesMilestone
2009 Lauren Bacall "in recognition of her central place in the Golden Age of motion pictures."First person of Romanian origin to be awarded an Honorary Academy Award.

Nominations and winners

No. of winsNo. of nominations
422

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