# List of Argentine Academy Award winners and nominees

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

## Best International Feature Film

This list focuses on Argentine films.
Best International Feature Film :
| Year | Film | Director | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1974 | The Truce | Sergio Renán | Nominated | (original title: La tregua) |
| 1984 | Camila | María Luisa Bemberg | Nominated | first nomination for Best Foreign Language Film to a film directed by a Latin American woman director |
| 1985 | The Official Story | Luis Puenzo | Won | (original title: La historia oficial) first Latin American film to win for Best Foreign Language Film, the film was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay |
| 1998 | Tango | Carlos Saura | Nominated | (original title: Tango, no me dejes nunca) |
| 2001 | Son of the Bride | Juan José Campanella | Nominated | (original title: El hijo de la novia) |
| 2009 | The Secret in Their Eyes | Juan José Campanella | Won | (original title: El secreto de sus ojos) second nomination for Best Foreign Language Film to a film directed by Juan José Campanella, and first to win; second Argentine, and Latin American, film to win for Best Foreign Language Film |
| 2014 | Wild Tales | Damián Szifron | Nominated | (original title: Relatos salvajes) |
| 2022 | Argentina, 1985 | Santiago Mitre | Nominated | (original title: Argentina, 1985) |

## Best Supporting Actress

This list focuses on Argentine-born actors and actresses.
Supporting Actress :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
| 1987 | Norma Aleandro | Gaby: A True Story | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Bérénice Bejo | The Artist | Nominated | |

## Best Art Direction

This list focuses on Argentine-born art directors.
Art Direction :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
| 1995 | Eugenio Zanetti | Restoration | Won | |
| 1998 | Eugenio Zanetti | What Dreams May Come | Nominated | Shared with Cindy Carr (set decoration) |

## Best Director

This list focuses on Argentine-born directors.
Director :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
| 1985 | Héctor Babenco | Kiss of the Spider Woman | Nominated | |

## Best Visual Effects

This list focuses on Argentine-born visual effects people.
Visual Effects :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
| 2002 | Pablo Helman | Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | Nominated | |
| 2005 | Pablo Helman | War of the Worlds | Nominated | |
| 2019 | Pablo Helman Leandro Estebecorena Nelson Sepulveda-Frauser | The Irishman | Nominated | Shared with Stéphane Grabli |
| 2024 | Nelson Sepulveda-Frauser | Alien: Romulus | Nominated | Shared with Eric Barba, Daniel Macarin, and Shane Mahan |
| 2024 | Pablo Helman | Wicked | Nominated | Shared with Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk, and Paul Corbould |

## Best Original Screenplay

This list focuses on Argentine films.
Original Screenplay :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
| 1985 | Aída Bortnik Luis Puenzo | La historia oficial | Nominated | |
This list focuses on Argentine-born screenwriters.
Original Screenplay :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
| 2014 | Armando Bó Nicolás Giacobone | Birdman | Won | Shared with Alejandro González Iñárritu and Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. |

## Best Story

This list focuses on Argentine-born screenwriters.
Writing-Story :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1930/1931 | Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast | Laughter | Nominated | Nomination shared with Douglas Z. Doty and Donald Ogden Stewart, Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast was an Argentine-born French screenwriter. |

## Best Original Score

This list focuses on Argentine-born composers.
Original Score :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
| 1966 | Luis Enríquez Bacalov | Il vangelo secondo Matteo | Nominated | |
| 1968 | Lalo Schifrin | Cool Hand Luke | Nominated | |
| 1969 | Lalo Schifrin | The Fox | Nominated | the Academy Award category was "Best Music, Original Score for a Motion Picture (not a Musical)" |
| 1977 | Lalo Schifrin | Voyage of the Damned | Nominated | |
| 1980 | Lalo Schifrin | The Amityville Horror | Nominated | |
| 1984 | Lalo Schifrin | The Sting II | Nominated | the Academy Award category was "Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score" |
| 1985 | Jorge Calandrelli | The Color Purple | Nominated | |
| 1995 | Luis Enríquez Bacalov | Il postino | Won | The Academy Award category was "Best Music, Original Dramatic Score" |
| 2005 | Gustavo Santaolalla | Brokeback Mountain | Won | |
| 2006 | Gustavo Santaolalla | Babel | Won | first (and only) Argentine to win two consecutive Oscars in the same category |

## Best Original Song

This list focuses on Argentine-born composers.
Original Song :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
| 1981 | Lalo Schifrin | The Competition | Nominated | for the song "People Alone"; shared with Will Jennings |
| 2000 | Jorge Calandrelli | Wo hu cang long | Nominated | for the song "A Love Before Time"; shared with Tan Dun and James Schamus |

## Best Documentary Feature Film

This list focuses on Argentine films.
Best Documentary Feature :
| Year | Documentary | Award | Filmmaker | Result | Milestone |
| 1985 | The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo | Best Documentary Feature | Susana Blaustein Muñoz | Nominated | Shared with Lourdes Portillo |

## Best Documentary Short Film

This list focuses on films directed by Argentine-born filmmakers.
Best Documentary Short Subject :
| Year | Documentary | Award | Filmmaker | Result |
| 1980 | Luther Metke at 94 | Best Documentary Short Subject | Jorge Preloran | Nominated |

## Best Animated Short Film

This list focuses on films produced by Argentine-born individuals.
Best Animated Short Film :
| Year | Film | Producer | Result |
| 2009 | Logorama | Nicolas Schmerkin | Won |

## Special awards

This list focuses on Argentine-born honorees.
| Recipient | Year | Notes | Award |
| Lalo Schifrin | 2018 | "in recognition of his unique musical style, compositional integrity and influential contributions to the art of film scoring." | Academy Honorary Award |

## Nominees by decade

| Decade | 1930s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s | Total |
| Argentine films | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Argentines in foreign films | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | - | 24 |
| Total | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 35 |