List of Canadian Academy Award winners and nominees

Summary

This is a list of Canadian Academy Award winners and nominees. This list details the performances of Canadian filmmakers, actors, actresses and films that have either been submitted, nominated or have won an Academy Award.

Best Actor in a Leading Role edit

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1936 Walter Huston Dodsworth Nominated First Canadian actor to receive a nomination for Best Actor.
1940 Raymond Massey Abe Lincoln in Illinois Nominated
1941 Walter Huston The Devil and Daniel Webster Nominated
1942 Walter Pidgeon Mrs. Miniver Nominated
1943 Madame Curie Nominated
1944 Alexander Knox Wilson Nominated
2006 Ryan Gosling Half Nelson Nominated
2016 La La Land Nominated
2022 Brendan Fraser The Whale Won Fraser is an American-born Canadian actor.[1]

Best Actress in a Leading Role edit

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1928–29 Mary Pickford Coquette Won First Canadian to win an Oscar.
First Canadian actress to win an Oscar.
First Canadian to receive an Oscar nomination.
First Canadian actress to receive a nomination for Best Actress.
Inaugural win.
1929–30 Norma Shearer The Divorcee Won First Canadian to receive multiple nominations.
Their Own Desire Nominated
1930–31 Marie Dressler Min and Bill Won First time multiple Canadians received Oscar nominations.
First time multiple Canadians received nominations in the same category.
Norma Shearer A Free Soul Nominated
1931–32 Marie Dressler Emma Nominated
1934 Norma Shearer The Barretts of Wimpole Street Nominated
1936 Romeo and Juliet Nominated
1938 Marie Antoinette Nominated
1969 Geneviève Bujold Anne of the Thousand Days Nominated
2007 Elliot Page Juno Nominated Page was nominated prior to his gender transition in 2020. At age 20, it made him the fourth-youngest Best Actress nominee at the time.[2][3]

Best Actor in a Supporting Role edit

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1938 Gene Lockhart Algiers Nominated Lockhart was a Canadian-American character actor, singer, and playwright.
1942 Walter Huston Yankee Doodle Dandy Nominated First Canadian actor to be nominated in multiple categories.
1944 Hume Cronyn The Seventh Cross Nominated
1946 Harold Russell The Best Years of Our Lives Won Russell was a Canadian born, U.S. veteran.
First Canadian actor to win an Oscar.
First Canadian actor to win an Oscar for Supporting Actor.
1948 Walter Huston The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Won
1949 John Ireland All the King's Men Nominated Ireland was born in Canada, but raised in the United States.
1960 Jack Kruschen The Apartment Nominated
1970 Chief Dan George Little Big Man Nominated First First Nations actor to receive a nomination.
1989 Dan Aykroyd Driving Miss Daisy Nominated
1990 Graham Greene Dances with Wolves Nominated Second First Nations actor to receive a nomination.
2009 Christopher Plummer The Last Station Nominated
2011 Beginners Won Oldest Canadian actor to win an Oscar for Supporting Actor (age 82).
2017 All the Money in the World Nominated Oldest Canadian actor to receive a nomination (age 88).
2023 Ryan Gosling Barbie Nominated

Best Actress in a Supporting Role edit

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1943 Lucile Watson Watch on the Rhine Nominated First Canadian actress to be nominated for Supporting Actress.
1985 Meg Tilly Agnes of God Nominated Tilly is an American born-Canadian actress.
1991 Kate Nelligan The Prince of Tides Nominated
1993 Anna Paquin The Piano Won Paquin is a Canadian actress with a New Zealand citizenship.
Youngest Canadian to win an acting Oscar (age 11).
Second-youngest winner in Oscar history.
1994 Jennifer Tilly Bullets over Broadway Nominated Tilly is an American born-Canadian actress.
2015 Rachel McAdams Spotlight Nominated

Best Animated Feature edit

Best Animated Feature
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
2003 Robert Walker Brother Bear Nominated Shared with Aaron Blaise.
2010 Dean DeBlois How to Train Your Dragon Nominated Shared with Chris Sanders.
2014
Chris Williams Big Hero 6 Won Shared with Don Hall and Roy Conli
Dean DeBlois How to Train Your Dragon 2 Nominated Shared with Bonnie Arnold.
Graham Annable The Boxtrolls Nominated Shared with Anthony Stacchi and Travis Knight.
2017 Anthony Leo The Breadwinner Nominated Shared with Nora Twomey.
2018 Jeremy Dawson Isle of Dogs Nominated Shared with Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin and Steven Rales.
2019 Dean DeBlois How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Nominated Shared with Bradford Lewis and Bonnie Arnold.
2022 Domee Shi Turning Red Nominated Shared with Lindsey Collins
Chris Williams The Sea Beast Nominated Shared with Jed Schlanger

Best Animated Short Film edit

Best Animated Short Film
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1949 Stephen Bosustow The Magic Fluke Nominated Bosustow was a Canadian-born American film producer.
1950 Trouble Indemnity Nominated
Gerald McBoing-Boing Won
1951 Rooty Toot Toot Nominated
1952 Madeline Nominated
Pink and Blue Blues Nominated
Tom Daly The Romance of Transportation in Canada Nominated First Canadian film nominated in the category.
1953 Stephen Bosustow Christopher Crumpet Nominated
The Tell-Tale Heart Nominated
1954 When Magoo Flew Won
1956 Magoo's Puddle Jumper Won
Gerald McBoing-Boing on Planet Moo Nominated
The Jaywalker Nominated
1957 Trees and Jamaica Daddy Nominated
1963 Gerald Potterton
Tom Daly
Colin Low
My Financial Career Nominated Potterton is a British–Canadian.
1964 National Film Board of Canada Christmas Cracker Nominated
1966 Robert Verrall
Wolf Koenig
The Drag Nominated Koenig was a German-born Canadian.
1967 What on Earth Nominated
1968 Wolf Koenig
Jim Mackay
The House That Jack Built Nominated
1969 Ryan Larkin Walking Nominated
1971 Michael Mills Evolution Nominated Mills is a British-born Canadian producer and director of short films.
Murray Shostak The Selfish Giant Nominated Shared with Peter Sander.
1972 Richard Williams A Christmas Carol Won Williams is a Canadian–British.
1974 René Jodoin Hunger Nominated Shared with Peter Foldes.
1975 Bernard Longpré
André Leduc
Monsieur Pointu Nominated
1976 Caroline Leaf
Guy Glover
The Street Nominated Leaf is a Canadian-American filmmaker and animator.
1977 Ishu Patel Bead Game Nominated Patel is an Indian-born Canadian film director and animator.
Co Hoedeman The Sand Castle Won Hoedeman is a Dutch-Canadian filmmaker.
1978 John Weldon Special Delivery Won Shared with Eunice Macauley.
1980 Michael Mills History of the World in Three Minutes Flat Nominated
Frédéric Back All Nothing Nominated Back is a French-born Canadian producer and director of short films.
1981 Crac Won
Janet Perlman The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin Nominated
1984 Jon Minnis Charade Won Minnis is a Canadian animator and scriptwriter of British origin.
Ishu Patel Paradise Nominated
1985 Richard Condie The Big Snit Nominated Shared with Michael Scott.
1986 Bill Reeves Luxo Jr. Nominated Shared with John Lasseter.
1987 Frédéric Back The Man Who Planted Trees Won
1988 Bill Reeves Tin Toy Won Shared with John Lasseter.
Cordell Barker The Cat Came Back Nominated
1991 Wendy Tilby Strings Nominated
Christopher Hinton Blackfly Nominated
1993 Frédéric Back
Hubert Tison
The Mighty River Nominated
1994 David Fine Bob's Birthday Won Shared with Alison Snowden.
1996 Richard Condie La Salla Nominated
1999 Wendy Tilby
Amanda Forbis
When the Day Breaks Nominated
Torill Kove My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts Nominated Kove is a Norwegian-born Canadian film director and animator.
2001 Cordell Barker Strange Invaders Nominated
2002 Eric Armstrong The ChubbChubbs! Won
2003 Christopher Hinton Nibbles Nominated
2006 Torill Kove The Danish Poet Won
Mike Thurmeier No Time for Nuts Nominated Shared with Chris Renaud
2007 Chris Lavis
Maciek Szczerbowski
Madame Tutli-Putli Nominated Szczerbowski is a Polish-born Canadian animator.
Josh Raskin I Met the Walrus Nominated
2011 Wendy Tilby
Amanda Forbis
Wild Life Nominated
Patrick Doyon Sunday (Dimanche) Nominated
2014 Torill Kove Me and My Moulton Nominated
2015 Richard Williams
Imogen Sutton
Prologue Nominated Both Williams and Sutton are Canadian–British.
2016 Alan Barillaro Piper Won Shared with Marc Sondheimer.
Theodore Ushev Blind Vaysha Nominated [4]
Robert Valley Pear Cider and Cigarettes Nominated Shared with Cara Speller.[4]
2018 David Fine Animal Behaviour Nominated Shared with Alison Snowden.[5]
Trevor Jimenez Weekends Nominated [5]
Domee Shi Bao Won Shi is a Chinese-born Canadian.[5]
2022 Wendy Tilby
Amanda Forbis
The Flying Sailor Nominated

Best Cinematography edit

Best Cinematography
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1939 Osmond Borradaile The Four Feathers Nominated Shared with Georges Périnal.

Best Costume Design edit

Best Costume Design
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
2009 Monique Prudhomme The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Nominated
2017 Luis Sequeira The Shape of Water Nominated Sequeira is a Canadian costume designer of Portuguese descent.
2021 Nightmare Alley Nominated

Best Director edit

Best Director
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1947 Edward Dmytryk Crossfire Nominated First Canadian to be nominated for Best Director.
1957 Mark Robson Peyton Place Nominated
1958 The Inn of the Sixth Happiness Nominated First Canadian director to receive multiple nominations.
1967 Norman Jewison In the Heat of the Night Nominated
1970 Arthur Hiller Love Story Nominated
1971 Norman Jewison Fiddler on the Roof Nominated
1987 Moonstruck Nominated
1997 James Cameron Titanic Won First Canadian to win Best Director.
Atom Egoyan The Sweet Hereafter Nominated Egoyan is an Egyptian-born Canadian filmmaker.
2005 Paul Haggis Crash Nominated
2007 Jason Reitman Juno Nominated
2009 Up in the Air Nominated
James Cameron Avatar Nominated
2016 Denis Villeneuve Arrival Nominated

Best Documentary Feature edit

Best Documentary Feature
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1954 Guy Glover The Stratford Adventure Nominated
1966 Tom Daly Helicopter Canada Nominated Shared with Peter Jones.
1975 F. R. Crawley The Man Who Skied Down Everest Won Shared with James Hager and Dale Hartleben.
1976 Donald Brittain Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry Nominated Shared with Robert A. Duncan.
1977 Tony Ianzelo High Grass Circus Nominated Shared with Bill Brind and Torben Schioler.
Harry Rasky Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love Nominated
1979 Paul Cowan Going the Distance Nominated Shared with Jacques Bobet.
1982 John Zaritsky Just Another Missing Kid Won
1987 Brigitte Berman Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got Won
1992 Roma Baran Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann Nominated Shared with Margaret Smilow.
2002 Michael Donovan Bowling for Columbine Won Shared with Michael Moore.
2016 Howard Barish[4] 13th Nominated Shared with Ava DuVernay and Spencer Averick.
2022 Daniel Roher
Odessa Rae
Navalny Won Shared with Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris.
Ina Fichman Fire of Love Nominated Shared with Sara Dosa and Shane Boris.
2023 Nisha Pahuja
Cornelia Principe
David Oppenheim
To Kill a Tiger Nominated

Best Documentary Short Film edit

Best Documentary Short Film
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1941 National Film Board of Canada Churchill's Island Won First Canadian film to win an Oscar.
First film to win Best Documentary (Short Subject).
Warclouds in the Pacific Nominated
1942 Inside Fighting China Nominated In 1942, documentary features and short subjects competed together for Best Documentary.
High over the Borders Nominated
1949 The Rising Tide Nominated
1950 The Fight: Science Against Cancer Nominated
1952 Stephen Bosustow Man Alive! Nominated
Norman McLaren Neighbours Won
1958 Tom Daly The Living Stone Nominated
1960 Colin Low Universe Nominated
1976 Tony Ianzelo Blackwood Nominated Shared with Andy Thomson.
1982 Terre Nash If You Love This Planet Won Shared with Edward Le Lorrain.
1983 Cynthia Scott Flamenco at 5:15 Won Shared with Adam Symansky.
2006 Hubert Davis Hardwood Nominated
2020 Sami Khan St. Louis Superman Nominated Shared with Smriti Mundhra.
2021 Ben Proudfoot A Concerto Is a Conversation Nominated Shared with Kris Bowers.
2022 The Queen of Basketball Won First win for New York Times Op-Docs
2023 The Last Repair Shop Won Shared with Kris Bowers.

Best Film Editing edit

Best Editing
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1947 Harmon Jones Gentleman's Agreement Nominated
1950 Ralph E. Winters King Solomon's Mines Won Shared with Conrad A. Nervig.
1951 Quo Vadis Nominated
1954 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Nominated
1959 Ben-Hur Won Shared with John Dunning.
1960 Robert Lawrence Spartacus Nominated
1965 Ralph E. Winters The Great Race Nominated
1971 Kotch Nominated
1983 Douglas Stewart The Right Stuff Won Shared with Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter, and Tom Rolf.
1997 James Cameron Titanic Won Shared with Conrad Buff and Richard A. Harris.
2009 Avatar Nominated Shared with John Refoua and Stephen E. Rivkin.
Julian Clarke District 9 Nominated
2013 Jean-Marc Vallée
Martin Pensa
Dallas Buyers Club Nominated
2017 Sidney Wolinsky The Shape of Water Nominated

Best International Feature Film edit

Best International Feature
Year Film Director Status Milestone / Notes
1986 The Decline of the American Empire Denys Arcand Nominated (original title: Le Déclin de l'empire américain).
First Canadian film to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film.
1989 Jesus of Montreal Nominated (original title: Jésus de Montréal).
2003 The Barbarian Invasions Won (original title: Les Invasions barbares).
First Canadian film to win Best Foreign Language Film.
2006 Water Deepa Mehta Nominated (original title: Water वाटर).
First Canadian film to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film that is not spoken in French (predominantly in Hindi).
2010 Incendies Denis Villeneuve Nominated
2011 Monsieur Lazhar Philippe Falardeau Nominated
2012 War Witch Kim Nguyen Nominated (original title: Rebelle).

The 2018 nominee Capernaum was directed by a Canadian citizen,[6] Nadine Labaki, but the film represented Lebanon at the Oscars and was in no way a Canadian film.

Best Live Action Short Film edit

Best Live Action Short
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1952 Norman McLaren Neighbours Nominated Nominated for Best Short Subject, One-reel.
1953 National Film Board of Canada Herring Hunt Nominated
1957 Tom Daly City of Gold Nominated
Norman McLaren A Chairy Tale Nominated
1961 National Film Board of Canada Very Nice, Very Nice Nominated
1967 Julian Biggs Paddle to the Sea Nominated
1968 Christopher Chapman A Place to Stand Won Commissioned by the Ontario Department of Economics and Development for Expo 67.
National Film Board of Canada Pas de deux Nominated
1969 Douglas Jackson Blake Nominated
1977 Beverly Shaffer
Yuki Yoshida
I'll Find a Way Won Yoshida was a Japanese-born Canadian.
1979 Roman Kroitor Bravery in the Field Nominated
Stefan Wodoslawsky Nominated
1982 John N. Smith First Winter Nominated
1984 Michael MacMillan
Janice L. Platt
The Painted Door Nominated
1989 Jonathan Tammuz The Childeater Nominated Tammuz is a British-Canadian film director.
2012 Ariel Nasr Buzkashi Boys Nominated Shared with Sam French.
Yan England Henry Nominated
2018 Jérémy Comte Fauve Nominated
Marianne Farley Marguerite Nominated
2019 Meryam Joobeur
Maria Gracia Turgeon
Brotherhood Nominated Joobeur is a Tunisian-born Canadian.
2023 Vincent René-Lortie
Samuel Caron
Invincible Nominated

Best Picture edit

Best Picture
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1929–30 Jack L. Warner Disraeli Nominated Warner was a Canadian-American film executive.
Shared with Darryl F. Zanuck.
1934 Flirtation Walk Nominated Shared with Hal B. Wallis and Robert Lord.
1940 All This, and Heaven Too Nominated Shared with Hal B. Wallis and David Lewis.
1942 Yankee Doodle Dandy Nominated Shared with Hal B. Wallis and William Cagney.
1958 Auntie Mame Nominated
1964 My Fair Lady Won
1966 Norman Jewison The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming Nominated
1971 Fiddler on the Roof Nominated
1972 Albert S. Ruddy The Godfather Won
1981 Denis Héroux
John Kemeny
Atlantic City Nominated Kemeny a Hungarian-born Canadian film producer.
1984 Norman Jewison A Soldier's Story Nominated Shared with Ronald L. Schwary and Patrick J. Palmer.
1987 Moonstruck Nominated Shared with Patrick J. Palmer.
1997 James Cameron Titanic Won Shared with Jon Landau.
2004 Albert S. Ruddy Million Dollar Baby Won Shared with Clint Eastwood and Tom Rosenberg.
2005 Paul Haggis Crash Won Shared with Cathy Schulman.
William Vince Capote Nominated Shared with Caroline Baron and Michael Ohoven.
2009 James Cameron Avatar Nominated Shared with Jon Landau.
Ivan Reitman
Jason Reitman
Up in the Air Nominated Shared with Daniel Dubiecki.
2013 Vincent Landay Her Nominated Shared with Megan Ellison and Spike Jonze.
2016 Shawn Levy[4] Arrival Nominated Shared with Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder, and David Linde.
2017 J. Miles Dale The Shape of Water Won Shared with Guillermo del Toro.
2021 Nightmare Alley Nominated Shared with Guillermo del Toro and Bradley Cooper.
Roger Frappier The Power of the Dog Nominated Shared with Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Iain Canning, and Emile Sherman.
Denis Villeneuve Dune Nominated Shared with Mary Parent and Cale Boyter.
2022 James Cameron Avatar: The Way of Water Nominated Shared with Jon Landau

Best Makeup and Hairstyling edit

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1982 Michèle Burke Quest for Fire Won Burke is an Irish naturalized Canadian.
Shared with Sarah Monzani.
1984 Paul LeBlanc Amadeus Won Shared with Dick Smith.
1986 Stephan Dupuis The Fly Won Shared with Chris Walas.
Michèle Burke The Clan of the Cave Bear Nominated Shared with Michael Westmore.
1990 Cyrano de Bergerac Nominated Shared with Jean-Pierre Eychenne.
1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula Won Shared with Greg Cannom and Matthew W. Mungle.
1999 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Nominated Shared with Mike Smithson.
2000 The Cell Nominated Shared with Edouard F. Henriques.
2010 Adrien Morot Barney's Version Nominated
2015 Robert Pandini The Revenant Nominated Shared with Siân Grigg and Duncan Jarman.
2021 Stephanie Ingram The Eyes of Tammy Faye Won Shared with Linda Dowds and Justin Raleigh.
Donald Mowat Dune Nominated Mowat is a Canadian-born British[7] with an American citizenship.
Shared with Eva von Bahr and Love Larson.
2022 Adrien Morot The Whale Won Shared with Judy Chin and Anne Marie Bradley

Best Original Song edit

Best Original Song
Year Name Film Song Status Milestone / Notes
1982 Buffy Sainte-Marie An Officer and a Gentleman "Up Where We Belong" Won American of alledged First Nations descent (since disproven).[8]
Once thought to be the first Indigenous person to win an Academy Award.
Shared with Jack Nitzsche and Will Jennings.
1986 David Foster The Karate Kid, Part II "Glory of Love" Nominated Shared with Peter Cetera.
1991 Bryan Adams Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" Nominated Shared with Michael Kamen and Mutt Lange.
1992 David Foster The Bodyguard "I Have Nothing" Nominated Shared with Linda Thompson.
1993 Neil Young Philadelphia "Philadelphia" Nominated
1995 Bryan Adams Don Juan DeMarco "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" Nominated Shared with Michael Kamen and Mutt Lange.
1996 The Mirror Has Two Faces "I Finally Found Someone" Nominated Shared with Barbra Streisand, Marvin Hamlisch, and Mutt Lange.
1998 David Foster Quest for Camelot "The Prayer" Nominated Shared with Carole Bayer Sager, Tony Renis, and Alberto Testa.
2003 Benoît Charest The Triplets of Belleville "Belleville Rendez-Vous" Nominated Shared with Sylvain Chomet.
Howard Shore The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King "Into the West" Won Shared with Fran Walsh and Annie Lennox.
2012 Mychael Danna Life of Pi "Pi's Lullaby" Nominated Shared with Bombay Jayashri.
2015 Belly
DaHeala
Stephan Moccio
The Weeknd
Fifty Shades of Grey "Earned It" Nominated First Black Canadians to be nominated in any category.
The Weeknd is the first person of Ethiopian descent to be nominated in any category.

Best Original Score edit

Best Original Score
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1945 Louis Applebaum The Story of G.I. Joe Nominated
1955 Percy Faith Love Me or Leave Me Nominated
2001 Howard Shore The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Won First Canadian to win two Oscars in this category.
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Won
2011 Hugo Nominated
2012 Mychael Danna Life of Pi Won
2013 Owen Pallett Her Nominated Shared with Will Butler.
2023 Robbie Robertson Killers of the Flower Moon Nominated Posthumous release

Best Production Design edit

Best Production Design
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1930 Richard Day Whoopee! Nominated
1931 Arrowsmith Nominated
1934 The Affairs of Cellini Nominated
1935 The Dark Angel Won
1936 Dodsworth Won
1937 Dead End Nominated
1938 The Goldwyn Follies Nominated
1940 Down Argentine Way Nominated Shared with Joseph C. Wright.
Lillian Russell Nominated
1941 Blood and Sand Nominated Shared with Joseph C. Wright and Thomas Little.
How Green Was My Valley Won Shared with Nathan Juran and Thomas Little.
Edward G. Boyle The Son of Monte Cristo Nominated Shared with John DuCasse Schulze.
1942 Richard Day My Gal Sal Won Shared with Joseph C. Wright and Thomas Little.
This Above All Won
1946 The Razor's Edge Nominated Shared with Nathan Juran, Thomas Little, and Paul S. Fox.
1948 Joan of Arc Nominated Shared with Casey Roberts and Joseph Kish.
1951 A Streetcar Named Desire Won Shared with George James Hopkins.
1952 Hans Christian Andersen Nominated Shared with Antoni Clave and Howard Bristol.
Charles S. Thompson The Quiet Man Nominated Shared with Frank Hotaling and John McCarthy, Jr.
1954 Richard Day On the Waterfront Won
1959 Edward G. Boyle Some Like It Hot Nominated Shared with Ted Haworth.
1960 The Apartment Won Shared with Alexandre Trauner.
1961 The Children's Hour Nominated Shared with Fernando Carrere.
1964 Seven Days in May Nominated Shared with Cary Odell.
1965 Charles S. Thompson A Patch of Blue Nominated Shared with George Davis, Urie McCleary, and Henry Grace.
Richard Day The Greatest Story Ever Told Nominated Shared with William J. Creber, David S. Hall, Ray Moyer, Fred M. MacLean, and Norman Rockett.
1966 Edward G. Boyle The Fortune Cookie Nominated Shared with Robert Luthardt
1969 Edward G. Boyle
Carl Biddiscombe
Gaily, Gaily Nominated Shared with Robert F. Boyle and George B. Chan.
1970 Richard Day
Carl Biddiscombe
Tora! Tora! Tora! Nominated Shared with Jack Martin Smith, Yoshirô Muraki, Taizô Kawashima, Walter M. Scott, and Norman Rockett.
1991 Dennis Gassner Bugsy Won Gassner is a Canadian-American production designer.
Shared with Nancy Haigh.
Barton Fink Nominated
1992 Janice Blackie-Goodine Unforgiven Nominated Shared with Henry Bumstead.
2002 Gordon Sim Chicago Won Shared with John Myhre.
Dennis Gassner Road to Perdition Nominated Shared with Nancy Haigh.
2007 The Golden Compass Nominated Shared with Anna Pinnock.
Jim Erickson There Will Be Blood Nominated Shared with Jack Fisk.
2008 Peter Lando The Dark Knight Nominated Shared with Nathan Crowley.
2009 Anastasia Masaro The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Nominated Shared with Dave Warren and Caroline Smith.
Gordon Sim Nine Nominated Shared with John Myhre.
Patrice Vermette The Young Victoria Nominated Shared with Maggie Gray.
2012 Jim Erickson Lincoln Won Shared with Rick Carter.
2014 Dennis Gassner Into the Woods Nominated Shared with Anna Pinnock.
2015 Hamish Purdy The Revenant Nominated Shared with Jack Fisk.
2016 Patrice Vermette
Paul Hotte
Arrival Nominated [9]
2017 Dennis Gassner Blade Runner 2049 Nominated Shared with Alessandra Querzola.
Paul Denham Austerberry
Shane Vieau
Jeff Melvin
The Shape of Water Won Austerberry is a Canadian production designer of English/Filipino descent.
2018 Gordon Sim Mary Poppins Returns Nominated Shared with John Myhre.
2019 Dennis Gassner 1917 Nominated Shared with Lee Sandales.
2021 Patrice Vermette Dune Won Shared with Zsuzsanna Sipos.
Tamara Deverell
Shane Vieau
Nightmare Alley Nominated

Best Sound edit

Best Sound [note 1]
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
Best Sound Recording
1929 Douglas Shearer The Big House Won
1934 Viva Villa Nominated
1935 Naughty Marietta Won
1936 San Francisco Won
1937 Maytime Nominated
1938 Sweethearts Nominated
1939 Balalaika Nominated
1940 Strike Up the Band Won
1941 The Chocolate Soldier Nominated
1942 Mrs. Miniver Nominated
1943 Madame Curie Nominated
1944 Kismet Nominated
1945 They Were Expendable Nominated
1947 Green Dolphin Street Nominated
1951 The Great Caruso Won
Best Sound
1992 Rob Young Unforgiven Nominated Shared with Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore, and Rick Alexander.
Best Sound Mixing
2007 Craig Berkey No Country for Old Men Nominated Shared with Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff, and Peter Kurland.
2010 True Grit Nominated
Best Sound Editing
2010 Craig Berkey True Grit Nominated Shared with Skip Lievsay.
Best Sound Mixing
2013 Andy Koyama Lone Survivor Nominated Shared with Beau Borders and David Brownlow.
2014 Craig Mann Whiplash Won Shared with Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley.
2015 Chris Duesterdiek The Revenant Nominated Shared with Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, and Randy Thom.
2016 Bernard Gariépy Strobl
Claude La Haye
Arrival Nominated
Best Sound Editing
2016 Sylvain Bellemare Arrival Won
2017 Nathan Robitaille
Nelson Ferreira
The Shape of Water Nominated
Best Sound Mixing
2017 Christian Cooke
Brad Zoern
Glen Gauthier
The Shape of Water Nominated
2018 Paul Massey Bohemian Rhapsody Won Massey is an English-Canadian.
Shared with Tim Cavagin and John Casali.[5]
Craig Henighan Roma Nominated Shared with Skip Livesay and Jose Antonio Garcia.
Best Sound
2021 Paul Massey No Time to Die Nominated Shared with Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, and Mark Taylor.

Best Visual Effects edit

Best Visual Effects
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
Best Special Effects [vfx 1]
1939 Douglas Shearer The Wizard of Oz Nominated Shared with A. Arnold Gillespie.
1940 Boom Town Nominated
1941 Flight Command Nominated
1942 Mrs. Miniver Nominated Shared with A. Arnold Gillespie and Warren Newcombe.
1944 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo Won Shared with A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus, and Warren Newcombe.
1947 Green Dolphin Street Won Shared with A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe, and Michael Steinore.
Special Achievement Award [vfxspec 1]
1978 Les Bowie Superman Won Shared with Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, and Zoran Perisic.
Best Visual Effects
1984 Lorne Peterson Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Won Shared with Dennis Muren, Michael J. McAlister, and George Gibbs.
1988 Richard Williams Who Framed Roger Rabbit Won Williams is a Canadian–British animator, voice artist, and writer.
Shared with Ken Ralston, Edward Jones, and George Gibbs.
1994 Steve Williams The Mask Nominated Shared with Scott Squires, Tom Bertino, and Jon Farhat.
1999 Rob Coleman Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Nominated Shared with John Knoll, Dennis Muren, and Scott Squires.
2002 Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones Nominated Shared with Pablo Helman, John Knoll, and Ben Snow.
2014 Cameron Waldbauer X-Men: Days of Future Past Nominated Shared with Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, and Tim Crosbie.
2015 The Revenant Nominated Shared with Richard McBride, Matt Shumway, and Jason Smith.
2017 Joel Whist War for the Planet of the Apes Nominated Shared with Joe Letteri, Daniel Barrett, and Dan Lemmon.
2018 Tristan Myles First Man Won Myles is a British-born Canadian.[10]
Shared with Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, and J. D. Schwalm.
2021 Tristan Myles
Brian Connor
Dune Won Shared with Paul Lambert and Gerd Nefzer.

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) edit

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1930 John Meehan The Divorcee Nominated
1965 Stanley Mann The Collector Nominated
1974 Lionel Chetwynd
Mordecai Richler
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Nominated
1978 Bernard Slade Same Time, Next Year Nominated
1997 Atom Egoyan The Sweet Hereafter Nominated
1999 John Irving The Cider House Rules Won
2004 Paul Haggis Million Dollar Baby Nominated
2007 Sarah Polley Away from Her Nominated
2009 Jason Reitman Up in the Air Nominated Shared with Sheldon Turner.
Neill Blomkamp
Terri Tatchell
District 9 Nominated Blomkamp is a South African-Canadian.
2015 Emma Donoghue Room Nominated Donoghue is an Irish-Canadian.
2021 Denis Villeneuve Dune Nominated Shared with Jon Spaihts and Eric Roth.
2022 Sarah Polley Women Talking Won

Best Writing (Original Screenplay) edit

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1975 Ted Allan Lies My Father Told Me Nominated
1984 Daniel Petrie Jr. Beverly Hills Cop Nominated Shared with Danilo Bach.
1994 Roger Avary Pulp Fiction Won Shared with Quentin Tarantino.
2003 Denys Arcand The Barbarian Invasions Nominated
2005 Paul Haggis Crash Won Shared with Robert Moresco.
2006 Letters from Iwo Jima Nominated Shared with Iris Yamashita.
2023 Celine Song Past Lives Nominated Celine Song is a South Korean-Canadian director and screenwriter.

Special Awards edit

Special Awards
Year Name Award
1937 Mack Sennett Honorary Academy Award.
1946 Harold Russell Honorary Academy Award "for bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance in The Best Years of Our Lives".
1958 Jack L. Warner The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.
1968 Onna White Honorary Academy Award "for her outstanding choreography achievement for Oliver!".
1975 Mary Pickford Honorary Academy Award "in recognition of her unique contributions to the film industry and the development of film as an artistic medium."
1988 National Film Board of Canada Academy Honorary Award "in recognition of its 50th anniversary and its dedicated commitment to originate artistic, creative and technological activity and excellence in every area of film making."
1997 Norman Jewison Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.
2001 Arthur Hiller Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
2017 Donald Sutherland Honorary Academy Award "for a lifetime of indelible characters, rendered with unwavering truthfulness."
2022 Michael J. Fox Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Nominations and Winners edit

No. of wins No. of nominations
94 359

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ This category is currently known as Best Sound, but has various name changes and split into two separate categories for a period of time. See the Best Sound page for more details
  1. ^ From 1939 until 1962, visual effects and sound effects artists competed in a combined Best Special Effects category.
  1. ^ This was presented as a Special Achievement Award, not as a competitive Academy Award of Merit.

References edit

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External links edit

  • A brief history of Canadian actors at the Oscars, Peter Knegt, CBC Arts