# List of Israeli Academy Award winners and nominees

The following is a list of Israeli people and films that have been nominated for or won Academy Awards.

## Best Actor in a Leading Role

| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | Ref. |
| 1971 | Chaim Topol | Fiddler on the Roof | Nominated | First Israeli nominated in any category. First Middle Eastern person nominated for an acting award. | |

## Best Actress in a Leading Role

| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 2010 | Natalie Portman | Black Swan | Won | First Israeli to win an award in any category. |
| 2016 | Natalie Portman | Jackie | Nominated | First Israeli to receive three nominations. |

## Best Actress in a Supporting Role

| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 2004 | Natalie Portman | Closer | Nominated | First and (to date) only Israeli woman ever nominated for an acting award. |

## Best Picture

| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1997 | Arnon Milchan | L.A. Confidential | Nominated | Shared with Curtis Hanson, and Michael Nathanson. |
| 2015 | Arnon Milchan | The Revenant | Nominated | Shared with Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent, and Keith Redmon. |

## Best Original Screenplay

| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 2009 | Oren Moverman | The Messenger | Nominated | Shared with Alessandro Camon. |

## Best Animated Feature

| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 2016 | Osnat Shurer | Moana | Nominated | Shared with John Musker, and Ron Clements. |
| 2021 | Osnat Shurer | Raya and the Last Dragon | Nominated | Shared with Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, and Peter Del Vecho. |

## Best Documentary Feature

| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1974 | Haim Gouri | The 81st Blow | Nominated | Shared with Jacquot Ehrlich, and David Bergman. |
| 2012 | Guy Davidi | 5 Broken Cameras | Nominated | Shared with Emad Burnat. |
| 2012 | Estelle Fialon Philippa Kowarsky Dror Moreh | The Gatekeepers | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Evgeny Afineevsky | Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom | Nominated | Shared with Den Tolmor. |
| 2024 | Rachel Szor Yuval Abraham | No Other Land | Won | Shared with Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal |

## Best Documentary Short Film

| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | Ref. |
| 2015 | Nomi Talisman | Last Day of Freedom | Nominated | Shared with Dee Hibbert-Jones. | |

## Best Live Action Short

| Year | Name | Film | Status |
| 1974 | Julian Chagrin | The Concert | Nominated |
| 1976 | Julian Chagrin | The Morning Spider | Nominated |
| 2014 | Oded Binnun Mihal Brezis | Aya | Nominated |
| 2018 | Guy Nattiv | Skin | Won |

## Best Animated Short

| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | Ref. |
| 2023 | Tal Kantor Amit R. Gicelter | Letter to a Pig | Nominated | | |

## Best Sound

| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 2013 | Niv Adiri | Gravity | Won | Shared with Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, and Chris Munro. |
| 2021 | Niv Adiri | Belfast | Nominated | Shared with Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, and James Mather. |

## Best International Film

The following films were submitted by the country of Israel for Best International Feature Film and received a nomination.
| Year (Ceremony) | English film title | Original title | Director | Status |
| 1964 (37th) | Sallah | Sallakh Shabati (סאלח שבתי) | Ephraim Kishon | Nominated |
| 1971 (44th) | The Policeman | Hashoter Azulai (השוטר אזולאי) | Ephraim Kishon | Nominated |
| 1972 (45th) | I Love You Rosa | Ani Ohev Otakh Rozah (אני אוהב אותך רוזה) | Moshé Mizrahi | Nominated |
| 1973 (46th) | The House on Chelouche Street | Habayit Birkhov Chelouche (הבית ברחוב שלוש) | Moshé Mizrahi | Nominated |
| 1977 (50th) | Operation Thunderbolt | Mivtza Yonatan (מבצע יונתן) | Menahem Golan | Nominated |
| 1984 (57th) | Beyond the Walls | Me'akhorei Hasoragim (מאחורי הסורגים) | Uri Barbash | Nominated |
| 2007 (80th) | Beaufort | Beaufort (בופור) | Joseph Cedar | Nominated |
| 2008 (81st) | Waltz with Bashir | Vals Im Bashir (ואלס עם באשיר) | Ari Folman | Nominated |
| 2009 (82nd) | Ajami | Agami (عجمي / עג'מי) | Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani | Nominated |
| 2011 (84th) | Footnote | He'arat Shulayyim (הערת שוליים) | Joseph Cedar | Nominated |

## Nominations and Winners

| No. of wins | No. of nominations |
| 4 | 25 |