# List of Austrian Academy Award winners and nominees

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

## Best Picture

Best Picture :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1955 | Sam Spiegel | On the Waterfront | Won | |
| 1958 | Sam Spiegel | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Won | |
| 1960 | Otto Preminger | Anatomy of a Murder | Nominated | |
| 1961 | Billy Wilder | The Apartment | Won | |
| 1961 | Fred Zinnemann | The Sundowners | Nominated | |
| 1963 | Sam Spiegel | Lawrence of Arabia | Won | |
| 1967 | Fred Zinnemann | A Man for All Seasons | Won | |
| 1971 | Ingo Preminger | M*A*S*H | Nominated | |
| 1972 | Sam Spiegel | Nicholas and Alexandra | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Veit Heiduschka Michael Katz | Amour | Nominated | Shared with Stefan Arndt and Margaret Ménégoz. |

## Best Director

Best Director :
| Year | Name | Film | Status |
| 1930 | Josef von Sternberg | Morocco | Nominated |
| 1931 | Josef von Sternberg | Shanghai Express | Nominated |
| 1944 | Otto Preminger | Laura | Nominated |
| 1944 | Billy Wilder | Double Indemnity | Nominated |
| 1945 | Billy Wilder | The Lost Weekend | Won |
| 1948 | Fred Zinnemann | The Search | Nominated |
| 1950 | Billy Wilder | Sunset Boulevard | Nominated |
| 1952 | Fred Zinnemann | High Noon | Nominated |
| 1953 | Fred Zinnemann | From Here to Eternity | Won |
| 1953 | Billy Wilder | Stalag 17 | Nominated |
| 1954 | Billy Wilder | Sabrina | Nominated |
| 1957 | Billy Wilder | Witness for the Prosecution | Nominated |
| 1959 | Billy Wilder | Some Like It Hot | Nominated |
| 1959 | Fred Zinnemann | The Nun's Story | Nominated |
| 1960 | Fred Zinnemann | The Sundowners | Nominated |
| 1960 | Billy Wilder | The Apartment | Won |
| 1964 | Otto Preminger | The Cardinal | Nominated |
| 1966 | Fred Zinnemann | A Man for All Seasons | Won |
| 1977 | Fred Zinnemann | Julia | Nominated |
| 2012 | Michael Haneke | Amour | Nominated |

## Best Actor in a Leading Role

Best Actor :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1930 | Paul Muni | The Valiant | Nominated | No official nominees were announced that year. |
| 1934 | Paul Muni | I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang | Nominated | |
| 1936 | Paul Muni | Black Fury | Nominated | This was a write-in candidate, who came in second on the final ballots. It was not an official nomination. |
| 1937 | Paul Muni | The Story of Louis Pasteur | Won | |
| 1938 | Paul Muni | The Life of Emile Zola | Nominated | |
| 1960 | Paul Muni | The Last Angry Man | Nominated | |
| 1962 | Maximilian Schell | Judgment at Nuremberg | Won | |
| 1966 | Oskar Werner | Ship of Fools | Nominated | |

## Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Best Supporting Actor :
| Year | Name | Film | Status |
| 1938 | Joseph Schildkraut | The Life of Emile Zola | Won |
| 1949 | Oskar Homolka | I Remember Mama | Nominated |
| 1951 | Erich von Stroheim | Sunset Boulevard | Nominated |
| 1956 | Joe Mantell | Marty | Nominated |
| 1959 | Theodore Bikel | The Defiant Ones | Nominated |
| 1986 | Klaus Maria Brandauer | Out of Africa | Nominated |
| 2009 | Christoph Waltz | Inglourious Basterds | Won |
| 2012 | Christoph Waltz | Django Unchained | Won |

## Best Actress in a Leading Role

Best Actress :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | Ref. |
| 1936 | Elisabeth Bergner | Escape Me Never | Nominated | | |

## Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Best Supporting Actress :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | Ref. |
| 1962 | Lotte Lenya | The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone | Nominated | | |
| 1964 | Lilia Skala | Lilies of the Field | Nominated | | |

## Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Adapted Screenplay :
| Year | Name | Film | Status |
| 1940 | Walter Reisch Billy Wilder | Ninotchka | Nominated |
| 1942 | George Froeschel | Mrs. Miniver | Won |
| 1942 | George Froeschel | Random Harvest | Nominated |
| 1942 | Billy Wilder | Hold Back the Dawn | Nominated |
| 1945 | Walter Reisch | Gaslight | Nominated |
| 1945 | Billy Wilder | Double Indemnity | Nominated |
| 1946 | Billy Wilder | The Lost Weekend | Won |
| 1949 | Billy Wilder | A Foreign Affair | Nominated |
| 1955 | Billy Wilder | Sabrina | Nominated |

## Best Original Screenplay

Best Original Screenplay :
| Year | Name | Film | Status |
| 1951 | Billy Wilder | Sunset Boulevard | Won |
| 1952 | Billy Wilder | Ace in the Hole | Nominated |
| 1961 | Billy Wilder | The Apartment | Won |
| 1966 | Billy Wilder | The Fortune Cookie | Nominated |
| 2013 | Michael Haneke | Amour | Nominated |

## Best Story

Best Story :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1946 | Ernst Marischka | A Song to Remember | Nominated | |

## Best International Feature Film

Best International Feature Film :
| Year | Director | Film | Original Title | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1987 | Wolfgang Glück | '38 – Vienna Before the Fall | 38 – Auch das war Wien | Nominated | |
| 2008 | Stefan Ruzowitzky | The Counterfeiters | Die Fälscher | Won | |
| 2009 | Götz Spielmann | Revanche | Revanche | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Michael Haneke | Amour | Amour | Won | French-language film |

## Best Art Direction

Best Art Direction :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1950 | Harry Horner | The Heiress | Won | Nominated in the black-and-white category. |
| 1950 | William Kellner | Saraband for Dead Lovers | Nominated | Nominated in the color category. |
| 1960 | William Kellner | Suddenly, Last Summer | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. |
| 1961 | Harry Horner | Spartacus | Won | Nominated in color category. |
| 1970 | Harry Horner | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | Nominated | |

## Best Cinematography

Best Cinematography :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1950 | Franz Planer | Champion | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. |
| 1952 | Franz Planer | Death of a Salesman | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. |
| 1954 | Franz Planer | Roman Holiday | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. |
| 1960 | Franz Planer | The Nun's Story | Nominated | Nominated in the color category. |
| 1962 | Franz Planer | The Children's Hour | Nominated | |
| 2010 | Christian Berger | The White Ribbon | Nominated | |

## Best Costume Design

Best Costume Design :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1963 | Ruth Morley | The Miracle Worker | Nominated | |

## Best Documentary

Best Documentary :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 2006 | Hubert Sauper | Darwin's Nightmare | Nominated | |
| 2008 | Werner Herzog | Encounters at the End of the World | Nominated | |

## Best Editing

Best Editing :
| Year | Name | Film | Status |
| 1951 | Oswald Hafenrichter | The Third Man | Nominated |
| 1973 | Peter Zinner | The Godfather | Nominated |
| 1979 | Peter Zinner | The Deer Hunter | Won |
| 1983 | Peter Zinner | An Officer and a Gentleman | Nominated |
| 2022 | Monika Willi | Tár | Nominated |

## Best Original Score

Best Original Music Score :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1935 | Max Steiner | The Lost Patrol | Nominated | |
| 1935 | Max Steiner | The Gay Divorcee | Nominated | |
| 1936 | Max Steiner | The Informer | Won | |
| 1936 | Ernst Toch | Peter Ibbetson | Nominated | |
| 1936 | Leo F. Forbstein | Captain Blood | Nominated | This was a write-in candidate, who came in third on the final ballots. It was not an official nomination. |
| 1936 | Erich Wolfgang Korngold | Captain Blood | Nominated | |
| 1937 | Max Steiner | The Garden of Allah | Nominated | father Hungarian-Jewish Gábor, born in Temesvár |
| 1937 | Erich Wolfgang Korngold | Anthony Adverse | Won | |
| 1937 | Leo F. Forbstein | Anthony Adverse | Nominated | |
| 1937 | Leo F. Forbstein | The Charge of the Light Brigade | Nominated | |
| 1938 | Leo F. Forbstein | The Life of Emile Zola | Nominated | |
| 1938 | Hugo Riesenfeld | Make a Wish | Nominated | |
| 1939 | Erich Wolfgang Korngold | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Won | |
| 1939 | Erich Wolfgang Korngold | The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex | Nominated | |
| 1939 | Max Steiner | Jezebel | Nominated | |
| 1940 | Max Steiner | Dark Victory | Nominated | |
| 1940 | Max Steiner | Gone with the Wind | Nominated | |
| 1941 | Robert Stolz | Spring Parade | Nominated | |
| 1941 | Erich Wolfgang Korngold | The Sea Hawk | Nominated | |
| 1941 | Artie Shaw | Second Chorus | Nominated | |
| 1941 | Max Steiner | The Letter | Nominated | |
| 1942 | Max Steiner | Sergeant York | Nominated | |
| 1943 | Max Steiner | Now, Voyager | Won | |
| 1943 | Ernst Toch | Address Unknown | Nominated | |
| 1943 | Hans J. Salter | It Started with Eve | Nominated | |
| 1944 | Hans J. Salter | The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | Nominated | |
| 1944 | Hanns Eisler | Hangmen Also Die! | Nominated | |
| 1944 | Max Steiner | Casablanca | Nominated | |
| 1945 | Max Steiner | Since You Went Away | Won | |
| 1945 | Max Steiner | The Adventures of Mark Twain | Nominated | |
| 1945 | Robert Stolz | It Happened Tomorrow | Nominated | |
| 1945 | Hanns Eisler | None but the Lonely Heart | Nominated | |
| 1945 | Hans J. Salter | Christmas Holiday The Merry Monahans | Nominated | |
| 1946 | Hans J. Salter | This Love of Ours | Nominated | |
| 1946 | Hans J. Salter | Can't Help Singing | Nominated | |
| 1946 | Max Steiner | Rhapsody in Blue | Nominated | |
| 1947 | Max Steiner | Night and Day | Nominated | Shared with Ray Heindorf. |
| 1948 | Max Steiner | Life with Father | Nominated | |
| 1948 | Max Steiner | My Wild Irish Rose | Nominated | |
| 1949 | Max Steiner | Johnny Belinda | Nominated | |
| 1950 | Max Steiner | Beyond the Forest | Nominated | |
| 1951 | Max Steiner | The Flame and the Arrow | Nominated | |
| 1952 | Max Steiner | A Place in the Sun | Won | |
| 1953 | Max Steiner | The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima | Nominated | |
| 1953 | Max Steiner | The Jazz Singer | Nominated | |
| 1955 | Max Steiner | The Caine Mutiny | Nominated | |
| 1956 | Max Steiner | Battle Cry | Nominated | |
| 1960 | Ernest Gold | On the Beach | Nominated | |
| 1961 | Ernest Gold | Exodus | Won | |
| 1964 | Ernest Gold | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Nominated | |
| 1967 | Elmer Bernstein | Thoroughly Modern Millie | Won | |
| 1970 | Ernest Gold | The Secret of Santa Vittoria | Nominated | |
| 1974 | Marvin Hamlisch | The Sting | Won | |
| 1974 | Marvin Hamlisch | The Way We Were | Won | |
| 1975 | Frederick Loewe | The Little Prince | Nominated | Nominated for Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation. Shared nomination with American-born Alan Jay Lerner, English-born Angela Morley and Australian-born Douglas Gamley. |
| 1977 | Marvin Hamlisch | The Spy Who Loved Me | Nominated |
| 1982 | Marvin Hamlisch | Sophie's Choice | Nominated |

## Best Original Song

Best Original Song :
| Year | Name | Film | Song | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1942 | Robert Stolz | Spring Parade | "Waltzing in the Clouds" | Nominated | |
| 1959 | Frederick Loewe | Gigi | "Gigi" | Won | |
| 1964 | Ernest Gold | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" | Nominated | Shared with Mack David. |
| 1975 | Frederick Loewe | The Little Prince | "Little Prince" | Nominated | |

## Best Sound Mixing

Best Sound Mixing :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1935 | Carl Dreher | The Gay Divorcee | Nominated | |
| 1936 | Carl Dreher | I Dream Too Much | Nominated | |

## Technical & Scientifical

Technical/Scientifical Awards :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1988 | Fritz Gabriel Bauer | ... | Won | Science |
| 1992 | Otto Nemenz | | Won | (Technical Achievement Award) |
| 1994 | Fritz Gabriel Bauer | ... | Won | Science |
| 2000 | Fritz Gabriel Bauer | ... | Won | Science |
| 2007 | Martin Waitz | | Won | (Technical Achievement Award) |
| 1998 | Markus Kurtz | Titanic | Won | Best visual effects |
| 2002 | Markus Kurtz | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Won | (Best Visual Effects) |
| 2013 | Markus Kurtz | The Life of Pi | Won | |

## Nominations and Winners

| No. of wins | No. of nominations |
| 41 | 145 |