Animation historian Jerry Beck had posted on Cartoon Research lists of animated shorts from various studios considered for nomination of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, beginning with 1948 and ending for the time being with 1986. [1] [2]
According to Jerry, each film submitted to the Academy fall into one or more of these categories: “Craft”, “Heart” or “Humor”. [3]
Missing gaps on that site are 1949, 1950, 1976, 1981, 1982 and 1985. [4] [5] [2]
Note: ± means the film was nominated for the award.
Film (studio) | References |
---|---|
Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (Fleischer Studios) | [6] |
Zula Hulu (Fleischer Studios) | |
The Wayward Pups (MGM) | |
September in the Rain (Warner Bros) | |
The Dog and the Bone (aka Puddy Picks a Bone!) (Terrytoons) | |
Hawaiian Holiday (Disney) | |
Pluto's Quin-puplets (Disney) | |
Donald's Ostrich (Disney) |
Film (studio) | Reference |
---|---|
Snubbed By a Snob (Fleischer Studios) | [7] |
You Ought to Be in Pictures (Warner Bros) | |
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy (Fleischer Studios) | |
Knock Knock (Walter Lantz/Universal) | |
Billy Mouse’s Akwakade (Terrytoons) | |
Mad Hatter (Screen Gems) | |
Western Daze (George Pal) | |
Wimmin Is a Myskery (Fleischer Studios) | |
The Early Worm Gets the Bird (Warner Bros) | |
Cross Country Detors (Warner Bros) | |
Recruiting Daze (Walter Lantz/Universal) |
Film (studio) | Reference |
---|---|
Terror on the Midway (Fleischer Studios) | [8] |
The Ducktators (Warner Bros) | |
The Olympic Champ (Disney) | |
Woodman, Spare That Tree (Screen Gems) |
Film (studio) | Reference |
---|---|
What's Cookin' Doc? (Warner Bros) | [9] |
Film (studio) | Reference |
---|---|
Rhapsody Rabbit (Warner Bros) | [10] |
Film (studio) | Reference |
---|---|
Buccaneer Bunny (Warner Bros) | [11] |
Hop, Look and Listen (Warner Bros) | |
Scaredy Cat (Warner Bros) |
Title | Studio | Director | Producer | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
Base Brawl | Famous Studios | Seymour Kneitel | Sam Buchwald | Not nominated [1] |
Hep Cat Symphony | Not nominated [1] | |||
The Little Orphan | MGM Cartoons | William Hanna and Joseph Barbera | Fred Quimby | Won Academy Award [1] |
Mickey and the Seal | Walt Disney Productions | Charles Nichols | Walt Disney | Nominated [1] |
Mouse Wreckers | Warner Bros. Cartoons | Charles M. Jones | Edward Selzer | Nominated [1] |
Robin Hoodlum | United Productions of America | John Hubley | Stephen Bosustow | Nominated [1] |
Taming the Cat | Terrytoons | Connie Rasinski | Paul Terry | Not nominated [1] |
Tea for Two Hundred | Walt Disney Productions | Jack Hannah | Walt Disney | Nominated [1] |
The 3 Minnies | Impossible Pictures/Republic | Leonard Levinson | Leonard Levinson | Not nominated [1] |
Wags to Riches | MGM Cartoons | Tex Avery | Fred Quimby | Not nominated [1] |
Wild and Woody! | Walter Lantz Productions | Dick Lundy | Walter Lantz | Not nominated [1] |
Year | Film (studio) | Reference |
---|---|---|
1951 (23rd) |
| [12] |
1952 |
| [13] |
1953 |
| [14] |
1954 |
| [15] |
1955 |
| [16] |
1956 |
| [17] |
1957 |
| [18] |
1958 |
| [19] |
1959 |
| [20] |
Year | Film (studio) | Reference |
---|---|---|
1960 (33rd) |
| [21] |
1961 |
| [22] |
1962 |
| [23] |
1963 |
| [24] |
1964 |
| [25] |
1965 |
| [26] |
1966 |
| [28] |
1967 |
| [29] |
1968 |
| [31] |
1969 |
| [32] |
Year | Film (studio) | Reference |
---|---|---|
1970 (43rd) |
| [33] |
1971 (44th) |
| [34] |
1972 (45th) |
| [35] |
1973 (46th) |
| [36] |
1974 (47th) |
| [37] |
1975 (48th) |
| [38] |
1977 (50th) |
| [2] |
1978 (51st) |
| [41] |
1979 (52nd) |
| [42] |
Year | Film (studio) | Reference |
---|---|---|
1980 (53rd) |
| [44] |
1983 (56th) |
| [45] |
1984 (57th) |
| [46] |
1986 (59th) |
| [47] |
Film (studio) | Reference |
---|---|
Daffy Duck for President (Warner Bros) | [48] |
Year | Film (studio) | Reference |
---|---|---|
2009 (82nd) |
| [49] |
2010 (83rd) |
| [49] |
2011 (84th) |
| [49] [50] |
2012 (85th) |
| [51] |
2013 (86th) |
| [52] |
2014 (87th) |
| [53] |
2015 (88th) |
| [54] |
2016 (89th) |
| [55] |
2017 (90th) |
| [56] |
2018 (91st) |
| [57] [58] |
2019 (92nd) |
| [59] [60] |
2020 (93rd) |
| [61] [62] |
2021 (94th) |
| [63] [64] |
2022 (95th) |
| [65] [66] |
2023 (96th) |
| [67] [68] |
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