# List of Iranian Academy Award winners and nominees

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

## Best Supporting Actress

Actress in a Supporting Role :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 2003 | Shohreh Aghdashloo | House of Sand and Fog | Nominated | First Iranian to be nominated for an acting award. |

## Best Writing, Original Screenplay

Original Screenplay :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 2012 | Asghar Farhadi | A Separation | Nominated | First time that a screenplay entirely written in an Asian language (Persian) is nominated for Original Screenplay. |

## Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Adapted Screenplay :
| Year | Name | Film | Adapted From | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1998 | Hossein Amini | The Wings of the Dove | The Wings of the Dove by Henry James | Nominated | First Asian nominated in this category. |
| 2020/21 | Ramin Bahrani | The White Tiger | The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga | Nominated | |

## Best Cinematography

Cinematography :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1997 | Darius Khondji | Evita | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Darius Khondji | Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths | Nominated | |

## Best Costume Design

Costume Design :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1970 | Ray Aghayan | Gaily, Gaily | Nominated | First Iranian to nominate for an Academy Award. |
| 1973 | Ray Aghayan | Lady Sings the Blues | Nominated | First Iranian to nominate for an Academy Award twice. |
| 1976 | Ray Aghayan | Funny Lady | Nominated | First Iranian to nominate for an Academy Award thrice. |

## Best Sound Editing

Sound Editing :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 2007 | Kami Asgar | Apocalypto | Nominated | First and only Middle Eastern person nominated for Sound Editing. |

## Best Visual Effects

Visual Effects :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1997 | Habib Zargarpour | Twister | Nominated | Nominated with Stefan Fangmeier, John Frazier and Henry LaBounta. |
| 2001 | Habib Zargarpour | The Perfect Storm | Nominated | Nominated with Stefan Fangmeier, John Frazier, Walt Conti. |

## Best Animated Feature

Animated Feature :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 2008 | Marjane Satrapi | Persepolis | Nominated | Shared nomination with Vincent Paronnaud |

## Best International Feature Film

Best International Feature Film :
| Year | Film | Director | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1999 | Children of Heaven (بچه های آسمان) | Majid Majidi | Nominated | |
| 2012 | A Separation (جدایی نادر از سیمین) | Asghar Farhadi | Won | First Iranian movie to win an Oscar. |
| 2017 | The Salesman (فروشنده) | Asghar Farhadi | Won | |
| 2025 | The Seed of the Sacred Fig (دانه‌ی انجیر معابد) | Mohammad Rasoulof | Nominated | The film was submitted by Germany. |

## Best Documentary Short Subject

Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 2019 | Rayka Zehtabchi | Period. End of Sentence. | Won | Iranian-American Shared with Melissa Berton. |

## Best Short Film Live Action

Live Action Short Film :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 2000 | Mehdi Norowzian | Killing Joe | Nominated | Nominated as Director; Shares nomination with producer, Steve Wax |
| 2015 | Talkhon Hamzavi | Parvaneh | Nominated | Nominated as Director; Shares nomination with producer, Stefan Eichenberger |
| 2022 | Cyrus Neshvad | The Red Suitcase | Nominated | |

## Best Short Film Animated

Animated Short Film :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 2009 | Emud Mokhberi | Oktapodi | Nominated | Nominated as Director; Shares nomination with co-director Thierry Marchand, |
| 2023 | Yegane Moghaddam | Our Uniform | Nominated | |
| 2024 | Shirin Sohani Hossein Molayemi | In the Shadow of the Cypress | Won | |

## Nominations and Winners

| No. of wins | No. of nominations |
| 4 | 22 |