# List of Greek Academy Award winners and nominees

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

## Best Picture

Academy Award for Best Picture :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1963 | Elia Kazan | America, America | Nominated | |
| 1964 | Michael Cacoyannis | Zorba the Greek | Nominated | Cacoyannis is Cypriot-born Greek. |
| 1995 | George Miller | Babe | Nominated | Miller is an Australia of Greek descent. Shared with Doug Mitchell and Bill Miller. |
| 2011 | Alexander Payne | The Descendants | Nominated | Payne is American-born Greek. Shared with Jim Burke and Jim Taylor. |
| 2013 | Anthony Katagas | 12 Years a Slave | Won | Katagas is an American of Greek descent. Shared with Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner & Steve McQueen. |
| 2015 | George Miller | Mad Max: Fury Road | Nominated | Shared with Doug Mitchell. |
| 2018 | Yorgos Lanthimos | The Favourite | Nominated | Shared with Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney and Lee Magiday. |
| 2023 | Yorgos Lanthimos | Poor Things | Nominated | Shared with Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, and Emma Stone. |

## Best Director

Academy Award for Best Director :
| Year | Name | Film | Status |
| 1947 | Elia Kazan | Gentleman's Agreement | Won |
| 1951 | Elia Kazan | A Streetcar Named Desire | Nominated |
| 1954 | Elia Kazan | On the Waterfront | Won |
| 1955 | Elia Kazan | East of Eden | Nominated |
| 1963 | Elia Kazan | America, America | Nominated |
| 1964 | Michael Cacoyannis | Zorba the Greek | Nominated |
| 1969 | Costa-Gavras | Z | Nominated |
| 1974 | John Cassavetes | A Woman Under the Influence | Nominated |
| 2004 | Alexander Payne | Sideways | Nominated |
| 2011 | Alexander Payne | The Descendants | Nominated |
| 2013 | Alexander Payne | Nebraska | Nominated |
| 2015 | George Miller | Mad Max: Fury Road | Nominated |
| 2018 | Yorgos Lanthimos | The Favourite | Nominated |
| 2023 | Yorgos Lanthimos | Poor Things | Nominated |

## Best Actress

Academy Award for Best Actress :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1960 | Melina Mercouri | Never on Sunday | Nominated | Only person nominated for a Greek-language role. |

## Best Supporting Actor

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
| 1961 | George Chakiris | West Side Story | Won | Chakiris is an American of Greek descent. |
| 1962 | Telly Savalas | Birdman of Alcatraz | Nominated | Savalas is an American of Greek descent. |
| 1967 | John Cassavetes | The Dirty Dozen | Nominated | |
| 1975 | Chris Sarandon | Dog Day Afternoon | Nominated | Sarandon is an American of Greek descent. |

## Best Supporting Actress

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1943 | Katina Paxinou | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Won | First Greek person to win an Oscar. |
| 1987 | Olympia Dukakis | Moonstruck | Won | Dukakis is an American of Greek descent. |

## Best Original Screenplay

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1968 | John Cassavetes | Faces | Nominated | |
| 1992 | George Miller | Lorenzo's Oil | Nominated | Shared with Nick Enright. |
| 2002 | Nia Vardalos | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Nominated | Vardalos is a Canadian of Greek descent. |
| 2015 | Yorgos Lanthimos Efthimis Filippou | The Lobster | Nominated | |

## Best Adapted Screenplay

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1963 | Elia Kazan | America, America | Nominated | |
| 1964 | Michael Cacoyannis | Zorba the Greek | Nominated | |
| 1969 | Costa-Gavras | Z | Nominated | Shared with Jorge Semprún. |
| 1982 | Costa-Gavras | Missing | Won | Shared with Donald E. Stewart. |
| 1990 | Nicholas Kazan | Reversal of Fortune | Nominated | |
| 1995 | George Miller | Babe | Nominated | Shared with Chris Noonan. |
| 1999 | Alexander Payne | Election | Nominated | Shared with Jim Taylor. |
| 2004 | Alexander Payne | Sideways | Won | Shared with Jim Taylor. |
| 2011 | Alexander Payne | The Descendants | Won | Shared with Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. |

## Best Production Design

Academy Award for Best Production Design :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1964 | Vassilis Fotopoulos | Zorba the Greek | Won | Black & White category. |
| 1974 | Dean Tavoularis | The Godfather Part II | Won | American of Greek descent. Shared with Angelo P. Graham and George R. Nelson. |
| 1978 | Dean Tavoularis | The Brink's Job | Nominated | American of Greek descent. Shared with Angelo P. Graham and George R. Nelson. |
| 1979 | Dean Tavoularis | Apocalypse Now | Nominated | American of Greek descent. Shared with Angelo P. Graham and George R. Nelson. |
| 1988 | Dean Tavoularis | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Nominated | Shared with Armin Ganz. |
| 1990 | Dean Tavoularis | The Godfather Part III | Nominated | Shared with Gary Fettis. |

## Best Cinematography

Academy Award for Best Cinematography :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 2013 | Phedon Papamichael | Nebraska | Nominated | |
| 2020 | Phedon Papamichael | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Nominated | |

## Best Film Editing

Academy Award for Best Film Editing :
| Year | Name | Film | Status |
| 2018 | Yorgos Mavropsaridis | The Favourite | Nominated |
| 2020 | Yorgos Lamprinos | The Father | Nominated |
| 2023 | Yorgos Mavropsaridis | Poor Things | Nominated |

## Best Costume Design

Academy Award for Best Costume Design :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1960 | Theoni V. Aldredge | Never on Sunday | Nominated | American-born Greek. Black & White Category |
| 1962 | Theoni V. Aldredge | Phaedra | Nominated | American-born Greek. Black & White Category |
| 1974 | Theoni V. Aldredge | The Great Gatsby | Won | American-born Greek. Black & White Category |
| 2006 | Patricia Field | The Devil Wears Prada | Nominated | American of Greek descent. |
| 2010 | Mary Zophres | True Grit | Nominated | American of Greek descent. |
| 2016 | Mary Zophres | La La Land | Nominated | American of Greek descent. |
| 2018 | Mary Zophres | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Nominated | American of Greek descent. |
| 2022 | Mary Zophres | Babylon | Nominated | American of Greek descent. |

## Best Original Song

Academy Award for Best Original Song :
| Year | Name | Film | Song | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1960 | Manos Hatzidakis | Never on Sunday | For the song "Ta Paidia Tou Piraia" ("Never on Sunday"). | Won | |
| 2017 | Sufjan Stevens | Call Me by Your Name | For the song "Mystery of Love". | Nominated | |

## Best Original Score

Academy Award for Best Original Score :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1981 | Vangelis | Chariots of Fire | Won | |
| 2006 | Alexandre Desplat | The Queen | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Marco Beltrami | 3:10 to Yuma | Nominated | |
| 2008 | Alexandre Desplat | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Nominated | |
| 2009 | Marco Beltrami | The Hurt Locker | Nominated | Shared with Buck Sanders. |
| 2009 | Alexandre Desplat | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Nominated | French of Greek descent. |
| 2010 | Alexandre Desplat | The King's Speech | Nominated | French of Greek descent. |
| 2012 | Alexandre Desplat | Argo | Nominated | French of Greek descent. |
| 2013 | Alexandre Desplat | Philomena | Nominated | French of Greek descent. |
| 2014 | Alexandre Desplat | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Won | French of Greek descent. |
| 2014 | Alexandre Desplat | The Imitation Game | Nominated | French of Greek descent. |
| 2017 | Alexandre Desplat | The Shape of Water | Won | French of Greek descent. |
| 2018 | Alexandre Desplat | Isle of Dogs | Nominated | French of Greek descent. |
| 2019 | Alexandre Desplat | Little Women | Nominated | French of Greek descent. |

## Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 2014 | Elizabeth Gianni-Georgiou | Guardians of the Galaxy | Nominated | Shared with David White |

## Best Animated Feature

Academy Award for Best Animated Feature :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
| 2006 | George Miller | Happy Feet | Won | |

## Best Documentary Feature

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
| 2009 | Louie Psihoyos | The Cove | Won | American of Greek descent. Shared with Fisher Stevens. |
| 2017 | Agnès Varda | Faces Places | Nominated | Shared with JR. |
| 2017 | Rosalie Varda | Faces Places | Nominated | Shared with JR. |

## Best Documentary Short Subject

Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 2016 | Daphne Matziaraki | 4.1 Miles | Nominated | |

## Best Live Action Short Film

Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
| 2000 | Christina Lazaridi | One Day Crossing | Nominated | Shared with Joan Stein Schimke. |

## Best Sound

Academy Award for Best Sound Editing :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 2016 | Mildred Iatrou | La La Land | Nominated | Shared with Ai-Ling Lee |
| 2018 | Mildred Iatrou | First Man | Nominated | Shared with Ai-Ling Lee |

## Best Visual Effects

| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
| 2021 | Nikos Kalaitzidis | Free Guy | Nominated | Shared with Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, and Daniel Sudick. |

## Best Dance Direction

Academy Award for Best Dance Direction :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
| 1935 | Hermes Pan | Top Hat | Nominated | For "Piccolino" and "Top Hat". |
| 1936 | Hermes Pan | Swing Time | Nominated | For "Bojangles of Harlem". |
| 1937 | Hermes Pan | A Damsel in Distress | Won | For "Fun House". |

## Special Achievement

| Year | Name | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1961 | Petro Vlahos | Recipient | Technical Achievement Award: "For a camera flicker indicating device." |
| 1965 | Petro Vlahos | Recipient | Academy Award: "For the conception and perfection of techniques for Color Traveling Matte Composite Cinematography." Shared with Ub Iwerks |
| 1993 | Petro Vlahos | Recipient | Medal of Commendation: "In appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences." |
| 1994 | Petro Vlahos | Recipient | Gordon E. Sawyer Award |
| 1995 | Petro Vlahos | Recipient | Academy Award: "For the conception and development of the Ultimatte blue screen compositing process for motion pictures." |
| 1998 | Elia Kazan | Recipient | Honorary Award: "In appreciation of a long, distinguished and unparalleled career during which he has influenced the very nature of filmmaking through his creation of cinematic masterpieces." |
| 2017 | Agnès Varda | Recipient | Honorary Award: "Whose compassion and curiosity inform a uniquely personal cinema." |

## Best International Feature Film

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film :
| Year | Film | Director(s) | Status |
| 1962 | Electra | Michael Cacoyannis | Nominated |
| 1963 | The Red Lanterns | Vasilis Georgiadis | Nominated |
| 1966 | Blood on the Land | Vasilis Georgiadis | Nominated |
| 1977 | Iphigenia | Michael Cacoyannis | Nominated |
| 2009 | Dogtooth | Yorgos Lanthimos | Nominated |

## Nominations and Winners

| No. of wins | No. of nominations |
| 15 | 81 |