This article is a list of list ofRussian people working in Russian cinema industry, who were born or were longtime residents of Russian Empire, Soviet Union or Russia who have been nominated for or have won an Academy Award.
Best Actor | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
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1956 | Yul Brynner | The King and I | Won | Brynner was a Soviet citizen who later became a naturalized US citizen. | |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role | ||||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | ||
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1936 | Mischa Auer | My Man Godfrey | Nominated | First Russian to be nominated for an acting Oscar. | ||
1945 | Michael Chekhov | Spellbound | Nominated | |||
1977 | Mikhail Baryshnikov | The Turning Point | Nominated | |||
2024 | Yura Borisov | Anora | Nominated | |||
Best Actress in a Supporting Role | ||||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | ||
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1936 | Maria Ouspenskaya | Dodsworth | Nominated | First Russian actress to be nominated for an Oscar | ||
1939 | Love Affair | Nominated | ||||
1964 | Lila Kedrova | Zorba the Greek | Won | Kedrova was a Russian-born French actress. | ||
Best Director | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes | |
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1927/1928 | Lewis Milestone | Two Arabian Knights | Won | Russian-Jewish; First Russian to win an Oscar. | |
1929/1930 | All Quiet on the Western Front | Won | First Russian to win multiple Oscars. First director to win Best Director twice. | ||
1930/1931 | The Front Page | Nominated | |||
Best Original Screenplay | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
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1955 | Sonya Levien | Interrupted Melody | Won | Shared with William Ludwig. | |
1961 | Valentin Yezhov Grigory Chukhray | Ballad of a Soldier | Nominated | ||
Best Story | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
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1946 | Victor Trivas | The Stranger | Nominated | ||
1955 | Henri Troyat | The Sheep Has Five Legs | Nominated | Shared with Jean Marsan, Jacques Perret, Henri Verneuil & Raoul Ploquin. | |
Best Cinematography | |||||
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Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
1953 | Joseph Ruttenberg | Julius Caesar | Nominated | ||
1954 | Boris Kaufman | On the Waterfront | Won | ||
1956 | Baby Doll | Nominated | |||
Joseph Ruttenberg | Somebody Up There Likes Me | Won | |||
1958 | Gigi | Won | |||
1960 | BUtterfield 8 | Nominated | |||
Best Documentary Feature | |||||
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Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
1942 | Ilya Kopalin and Leonid Varlamov | Moscow Strikes Back | Won | ||
1942 | Victor Stoloff | Little Isles of Freedom | Nominated | ||
2015 | Den Tolmor Evgeny Afineevsky | Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom | Nominated |
Best Animated Short Film | |||||
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Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
1989 | Aleksandr Petrov | The Cow | Nominated | ||
1995 | Alexiy Kharitidi | Gagarin | Nominated | ||
1997 | Aleksandr Petrov | The Mermaid | Nominated | ||
1999 | The Old Man and the Sea | Won | |||
2007 | My Love | Nominated | |||
2008 | Konstantin Bronzit | Lavatory – Lovestory | Nominated | ||
2015 | We Can't Live Without Cosmos | Nominated | |||
2021 | Anton Dyakov | Boxballet | Nominated |
Best Live Action Short Film | ||||||
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1952 | Boris Vermont | Light in the Window [19] | Won | |||
1953 | Joy of Life | Nominated | ||||
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No. of wins | No. of nominations |
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32 | 161 |