# List of Swiss Academy Award winners and nominees

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

## Best Actor in a Leading Role

Best Actor :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1962 | Maximilian Schell | Judgment at Nuremberg | Won | |
| 1976 | Maximilian Schell | The Man in the Glass Booth | Nominated | |

## Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Best Supporting Actor :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1978 | Maximilian Schell | Julia | Nominated | First German-speaking actor to be nominated in two different categories. |

## Best Documentary

Documentary Feature :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1961 | Arthur Cohn | Le Ciel et la boue | Won | |
| 1981 | Arthur Cohn | Der Gelbe Stern | Nominated | Shared with Bengt von zur Mühlen. |
| 1991 | Arthur Cohn | American Dream | Won | |
| 2000 | Arthur Cohn | One Day in September | Won | |
| 2002 | Christian Frei | War Photographer | Nominated | |

## Best Animated Feature

Animated Feature :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
| 2016 | Claude Barras Max Karli | My Life as a Courgette | Nominated | |

## Best Original Screenplay

Best Original Screenplay :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1946 | Richard Schweizer | Marie-Louise | Won | First foreign language film to win a writing award. |
| 2024 | Tim Fehlbaum | September 5 | Nominated | Shared with Moritz Binder and Alex David |

## Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Adapted Screenplay :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1949 | Richard Schweizer David Wechsler | The Search | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Edward Berger | All Quiet on the Western Front | Nominated | Berger was born in West Germany and holds Swiss citizenship Shared with Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell |

## Best Story

Best Story :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1949 | Richard Schweizer David Wechsler [de] | The Search | Won | |

## Best Live Action Short

Live Action Short :
| Year | Name | Film | Status |
| 1931/32 | Mack Sennett | The Loud Mouth | Nominated |
| 1931/32 | Mack Sennett | Wrestling Swordfish | Won |
| 1931/32 | Hal Roach | The Music Box | Won |
| 1935 | Hal Roach | Tit for Tat | Nominated |
| 1936 | Hal Roach | Bored of Education | Won |
| 2009 | Reto Caffi | Auf der Strecke | Nominated |
| 2014 | Stefan Eichenberger Talkhon Hamzavi | Parvaneh | Nominated |

## Best Animated Short

Animated Short :
| Year | Name | Film and Song | Status | Notes |
| 2017 | Giacun Caduff Timo von Gunten | La Femme et le TGV | Nominated | |

## Best Costume Design

Costume Design :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1955 | René Hubert | Désirée | Nominated | |
| 1965 | René Hubert | The Visit | Nominated | |

## Best Visual Effects

Visual Effects :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1980 | H. R. Giger | Alien | Won | |

## Best International Feature Film

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

## Honorary Academy Award

Academy Honorary Award :
| Year | Winner | Note |
| 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." |