List of Swiss Academy Award winners and nominees

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

Contents

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Best Actor
YearNameFilmStatusNotes
1962 Maximilian Schell Judgment at Nuremberg Won
1976 The Man in the Glass Booth Nominated

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Best Supporting Actor
YearNameFilmStatusNotes
1978Maximilian Schell Julia NominatedFirst German-speaking actor to be nominated in two different categories.

Best Documentary

Documentary Feature
YearNameFilmStatusNotes
1961 Arthur Cohn Le Ciel et la boue Won
1981 Der Gelbe Stern NominatedShared with Bengt von zur Mühlen.
1991 American Dream Won
2000 One Day in September Won
2002 Christian Frei War Photographer Nominated

Best Animated Feature

Animated Feature
YearNameFilmStatusNotes
2016 Claude Barras
Max Karli 		My Life as a Courgette Nominated

Best Original Screenplay

Best Original Screenplay
YearNameFilmStatusNotes
1946 Richard Schweizer Marie-Louise WonFirst foreign language film to win a writing award.
2024 Tim Fehlbaum September 5 NominatedShared with Moritz Binder and Alex David

Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Adapted Screenplay
YearNameFilmStatusNotes
1949 Richard Schweizer
David Wechsler		 The Search Nominated
2022 Edward Berger All Quiet on the Western Front NominatedBerger was born in West Germany and holds Swiss citizenship
Shared with Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell

Best Story

Best Story
YearNameFilmStatusNotes
1949 Richard Schweizer
David Wechsler  [ de ]		 The Search Won

Best Live Action Short

Live Action Short
YearNameFilmStatusNotes
1931/32 Mack Sennett The Loud Mouth Nominated
Wrestling Swordfish Won
Hal Roach The Music Box Won
1935 Tit for Tat Nominated
1936 Bored of Education Won
2009Reto CaffiAuf der StreckeNominated
2014Stefan Eichenberger
Talkhon Hamzavi 		Parvaneh Nominated

Best Animated Short

Animated Short
YearNameFilm and SongStatusNotes
2017 Giacun Caduff
Timo von Gunten 		La Femme et le TGV Nominated

Best Costume Design

Costume Design
YearNameFilmStatusNotes
1955 René Hubert Désirée Nominated
1965 The Visit

Best Visual Effects

Visual Effects
YearNameFilmStatusNotes
1980 H. R. Giger Alien Won

Best International Feature Film

Best International Feature Film
Year
(Ceremony)		FilmOriginal titleLanguage(s)DirectorResult
1970
(43rd) 		First Love Erste Liebe German Maximilian Schell Nominated [1]
1973
(46th) 		L'Invitation L'Invitation French Claude Goretta Nominated [2]
1981
(54th) 		The Boat Is Full Das Boot ist Voll German Markus Imhoof Nominated [3]
1984
(57th) 		Dangerous Moves La Diagonale du fou French Richard Dembo Won Academy Award [4]
1990
(63rd) 		Journey of Hope Reise der Hoffnung Turkish, Swiss German, Italian Xavier Koller Won Academy Award [5]

Honorary Academy Award

Academy Honorary Award
YearWinnerNote
1938 Mack Sennett For his contribution to Live Action Short films
2010 Jean-Luc Godard "For passion. For confrontation. For a new kind of cinema."

References

  1. ↑ "The 43rd Academy Awards (1971) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "The 46th Academy Awards (1974) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "The 54th Academy Awards (1982) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "The 57th Academy Awards (1985) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "The 63rd Academy Awards (1991) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
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