# List of Academy Award winners and nominees of Asian descent

This is a list of Academy Award winners and nominees who are of Asian descent. This list is current as of the 96th Academy Awards.

## Best Picture

Best Picture :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1973 | William Peter Blatty | / | The Exorcist | Nominated | Lebanese descent. First American of Asian descent to be nominated for Best Picture. |
| 1980 | Ronald L. Schwary | / | Ordinary People | Won | Lebanese descent. First American of Asian descent to win for Best Picture. |
| 1984 | Ronald L. Schwary | / | A Soldier's Story | Nominated | (Shared with Norman Jewison and Patrick Palmer.) |
| 1986 | Ismail Merchant | / | A Room with a View | Nominated | Indian descent. |
| 1988 | Hank Moonjean | / | Dangerous Liaisons | Nominated | Armenian descent. (Shared with Norma Heyman.) |
| 1989 | Tony Thomas | / | Dead Poets Society | Nominated | Lebanese descent. |
| 1989 | A. Kitman Ho | / | Born on the Fourth of July | Nominated | Chinese descent. First Asian-American nominated for Best Picture (Shared with Oliver Stone.) |
| 1991 | A. Kitman Ho | / | JFK | Nominated | (Shared with Oliver Stone.) |
| 1992 | Ismail Merchant | / | Howards End | Nominated | Indian descent. |
| 1993 | Ismail Merchant | / | The Remains of the Day | Nominated | Indian descent. (Shared with Mike Nichols and John Calley.) |
| 1996 | Richard Sakai | / | Jerry Maguire | Nominated | Japanese-American. (Shared with James L. Brooks, Laurence Mark, and Cameron Crowe) |
| 2000 | Ang Lee William Kong Hsu Li-kong | | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Nominated | All three are of Chinese descent. |
| 2011 | Thomas Langmann | / | The Artist | Won | Lebanese descent. |
| 2012 | Ang Lee | | Life of Pi | Nominated | Taiwanese. (Shared with Gil Netter and David Womark) |
| 2019 | Kwak Sin-ae Bong Joon-ho | | Parasite | Won | Korean. First Best Picture win by Asian filmmakers. |
| 2020 | Christina Oh | / | Minari | Nominated | Korean-American. |
| 2020 | Chloé Zhao | | Nomadland | Won | Chinese descent. |
| 2021 | Teruhisa Yamamoto | | Drive My Car | Nominated | Japanese. |
| 2021 | Tanya Seghatchian | / | The Power of the Dog | Nominated | Armenian descent. (Shared with Jane Campion, Iain Canning, Roger Frappier, and Emile Sherman) |
| 2022 | Jonathan Wang | / | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Won | Both are of Chinese descent. (Shared with Daniel Scheinert) |
| 2022 | Daniel Kwan | // | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Won | Both are of Chinese descent. (Shared with Daniel Scheinert) |
| 2024 | Samantha Quan | / | Anora | Won | Vietnamese descent. Shared with Alex Coco and Sean Baker. |

## Best Director

Best Director :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1965 | Hiroshi Teshigahara | | Woman in the Dunes | Nominated | Japanese descent. First Asian nominated for Best Director. |
| 1985 | Akira Kurosawa | | Ran | Nominated | Japanese descent. |
| 1997 | Atom Egoyan | // | The Sweet Hereafter | Nominated | Of Armenian descent. |
| 1998 | Terrence Malick | / | The Thin Red Line | Nominated | Lebanese and Assyrian descent. |
| 1999 | M. Night Shyamalan | / | The Sixth Sense | Nominated | Indian descent. First Asian-American director to be nominated. |
| 2000 | Ang Lee | | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Nominated | |
| 2005 | Ang Lee | | Brokeback Mountain | Won | First Asian to win Best Director. |
| 2011 | Terrence Malick | / | The Tree of Life | Nominated | |
| 2012 | Ang Lee | | Life of Pi | Won | First Asian to win Best Director multiple times. |
| 2019 | Bong Joon-ho | | Parasite | Won | First Korean director to be nominated and win Best Director. |
| 2020 | Lee Isaac Chung | / | Minari | Nominated | Korean descent. |
| 2020 | Chloé Zhao | | Nomadland | Won | Chinese descent. First Asian woman to win Best Director. |
| 2021 | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | | Drive My Car | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Daniel Kwan | // | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Won | Chinese descent. (Shared with Daniel Scheinert) |

## Best Actor

Best Actor :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Role | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1956 | Yul Brynner | | The King and I | King Mongkut | Won | Buryat (Mongol) descent as well First Asian (and first Asian-American, overall) to be nominated for Best Actor, First Asian (and first Asian-American) to win Best Actor. Brynner became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1943. |
| 1982 | Ben Kingsley | / | Gandhi | Mahatma Gandhi | Won | Half-Indian descent (father is Indian). |
| 1984 | F. Murray Abraham | / | Amadeus | Antonio Salieri | Won | Half-Syrian descent (father is Syrian). |
| 2003 | Ben Kingsley | / | House of Sand and Fog | Massoud Behrani | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Demián Bichir | / | A Better Life | Carlos Galindo | Nominated | Lebanese descent. |
| 2020 | Riz Ahmed | / | Sound of Metal | Ruben Stone | Nominated | Pakistani descent. First Muslim actor to be nominated for Best Actor. |
| 2020 | Steven Yeun | / | Minari | Jacob Yi | Nominated | Korean descent. First East Asian actor to be nominated for Best Actor. |

## Best Actress

Best Actress :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Role | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1935 | Merle Oberon | / | The Dark Angel | Kitty Vane | Nominated | Part-Sri Lankan and Māori (Polynesian) descent. First Asian nominated for any Academy Award. First actress of Asian (Burgher) descent to be nominated for Best Actress. |
| 1987 | Cher | / | Moonstruck | Loretta Castorini | Won | Born in the United States, is of Armenian descent. |
| 2002 | Salma Hayek | / | Frida | Frida Kahlo | Nominated | Lebanese descent. |
| 2010 | Natalie Portman | / | Black Swan | Nina | Won | Israeli descent. |
| 2016 | Natalie Portman | / | Jackie | Jacqueline "Jackie" Kennedy | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Michelle Yeoh | | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Evelyn Quan Wang | Won | Malaysian-Chinese descent. First Southeast Asian actress nominated for and to win Best Actress. Second person of color to win Best Actress. |

## Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actor :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Role | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1936 | Akim Tamiroff | / | The General Died at Dawn | General Yang | Nominated | Armenian descent. First Asian to be nominated in a supporting acting category. First Asian with multiple nominations in acting categories. |
| 1943 | Akim Tamiroff | / | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Pablo | Nominated | Armenian descent. First Asian to be nominated in a supporting acting category. First Asian with multiple nominations in acting categories. |
| 1957 | Sessue Hayakawa | | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Colonel Saito | Nominated | Japanese descent. |
| 1962 | Omar Sharif | / | Lawrence of Arabia | Sherif Ali ibn el Kharish | Nominated | Syrian descent. |
| 1966 | Mako Iwamatsu | | The Sand Pebbles | Po-Han | Nominated | Japanese descent. |
| 1984 | Haing S. Ngor | | The Killing Fields | Dith Pran | Won | Born in Cambodia, is of Chinese descent. |
| 1984 | Pat Morita | / | The Karate Kid | Mr. Miyagi | Nominated | Japanese descent. First Asian American to be nominated for Best Supporting Actor. |
| 1991 | Ben Kingsley | / | Bugsy | Meyer Lansky | Nominated | |
| 2001 | Ben Kingsley | / | Sexy Beast | Don Logan | Nominated | Tied for third most Oscar-nominated Asian of all time, with four nominations. |
| 2003 | Ken Watanabe | | The Last Samurai | Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu | Nominated | Japanese descent. |
| 2016 | Dev Patel | / | Lion | Saroo Brierley | Nominated | Indian descent. |
| 2022 | Ke Huy Quan | / | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Waymond Wang | Won | Born in Vietnam, is of Chinese descent. |

## Best Supporting Actress

Best Supporting Actress :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Role | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1957 | Miyoshi Umeki | / | Sayonara | Katsumi Kelly | Won | She was a shin Issei, or post-1945 immigrant from Japan. The first Asian woman to win an Academy Award for acting. |
| 1983 | Cher | / | Silkwood | Dolly Pelliker | Nominated | Armenian descent. |
| 1985 | Meg Tilly | / | Agnes of God | Sister Agnes | Nominated | Half-Chinese descent. First Asian American and first Chinese American to be nominated for Best Supporting Actress. |
| 1994 | Jennifer Tilly | / | Bullets Over Broadway | Olive Neal | Nominated | Half-Chinese descent. |
| 1999 | Catherine Keener | / | Being John Malkovich | Maxine Lund | Nominated | Lebanese descent. |
| 2003 | Shohreh Aghdashloo | / | House of Sand and Fog | Nadereh "Nadi" Behrani | Nominated | Iranian descent. |
| 2004 | Natalie Portman | / | Closer | Alice Ayres / Jane Jones | Nominated | Israeli descent. |
| 2005 | Catherine Keener | / | Capote | Nelle Harper Lee | Nominated | |
| 2006 | Rinko Kikuchi | | Babel | Chieko Wataya | Nominated | First Japanese actress to be nominated for an Academy Award in 50 years. |
| 2010 | Hailee Steinfeld | / | True Grit | Mattie Ross | Nominated | Filipino descent (maternal grandfather was of half Filipino and half African-American descent). Youngest Asian American to be nominated for Best Supporting Actress (age 14). |
| 2020 | Youn Yuh-jung | | Minari | Soon-ja | Won | First South Korean actor to be nominated and win an Academy Award. |
| 2022 | Hong Chau | / | The Whale | Liz | Nominated | Vietnamese descent. First time two Asian American actresses nominated in the same year. |
| 2022 | Stephanie Hsu | / | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Joy Wang/Jobu Tupaki | Nominated | Chinese descent. First time two Asian American actresses nominated in the same year. |

## Best Original Screenplay

Best Original Screenplay :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1986 | Ken Shadie | / | Crocodile Dundee | Nominated | Lebanese descent. |
| 1986 | Hanif Kureishi | / | My Beautiful Laundrette | Nominated | Half-Pakistani descent (father is Pakistani). |
| 1991 | Callie Khouri | / | Thelma & Louise | Won | Lebanese descent First American of Asian descent to win for Best Original Screenplay. |
| 1999 | M. Night Shyamalan | / | The Sixth Sense | Nominated | Indian descent. |
| 2002 | Steven Zaillian | / | Gangs of New York | Nominated | Armenian descent. |
| 2006 | Iris Yamashita | / | Letters from Iwo Jima | Nominated | Japanese descent. Second time a screenplay written almost entirely in an Asian language (Japanese) was nominated for a screenplay award. (Shared with Paul Haggis.) |
| 2011 | Asghar Farhadi | | A Separation | Nominated | Iranian descent. First screenplay written in Persian to be nominated for a screenplay award. |
| 2015 | Alex Garland | / | Ex Machina | Nominated | Lebanese descent. |
| 2015 | Ronnie del Carmen | | Inside Out | Nominated | Filipino descent. (Shared with Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, and Josh Cooley.) |
| 2017 | Kumail Nanjiani | / | The Big Sick | Nominated | Pakistani descent. (Shared with Emily V. Gordon.) |
| 2019 | Bong Joon-ho Han Jin-won | | Parasite | Won | First Asian writers to win any screenwriting Academy Award. |
| 2020 | Lee Isaac Chung | / | Minari | Nominated | Korean descent. |
| 2022 | Daniel Kwan | / | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Won | Chinese descent. (Shared with Daniel Scheinert) |
| 2023 | Celine Song | / | Past Lives | Nominated | Korean descent. |

## Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Adapted Screenplay :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Adapted From | Status | Notes |
| 1973 | William Peter Blatty | / | The Exorcist | The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty | Won | Lebanese descent. First American of Asian descent to win for Best Adapted Screenplay. |
| 1990 | Steven Zaillian | / | Awakenings | Awakenings by Oliver Sacks | Nominated | |
| 1993 | Steven Zaillian | / | Schindler's List | Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally | Won | |
| 1997 | Hossein Amini | / | The Wings of the Dove | The Wings of the Dove by Henry James | Nominated | |
| 1997 | Atom Egoyan | // | The Sweet Hereafter | The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks | Nominated | Of Armenian descent. |
| 1998 | Terrence Malick | / | The Thin Red Line | The Thin Red Line by James Jones | Nominated | Lebanese and Assyrian descent. |
| 2000 | Wang Hui-ling Kuo Jung Tsai | | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Crane-Iron Pentalogy by Wang Dulu | Nominated | Both are of Chinese descent. First Asian-language screenplay to be nominated in a writing category. (Shared with James Schamus.) |
| 2011 | Steven Zaillian | / | Moneyball | Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis | Nominated | (Shared with Aaron Sorkin.) |
| 2019 | Steven Zaillian | / | The Irishman | I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran and Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa by Charles Brandt | Nominated | |
| 2020 | Chloé Zhao | | Nomadland | Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder | Nominated | |
| 2020 | Ramin Bahrani | / | The White Tiger | The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga | Nominated | Iranian descent. |
| 2020 | Nina Pedrad | / | Borat Subsequent Moviefilm | Borat Sagdiyev, created by Sacha Baron Cohen | Nominated | Iranian descent. (Shared with Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Jena Friedman, Anthony Hines, Lee Kern, Dan Mazer, Erica Rivinoja and Dan Swimer.) |
| 2021 | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe | | Drive My Car | Short story of the same name by Haruki Murakami | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Kazuo Ishiguro | / | Living | Ikiru by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni | Nominated | |

## Best Cinematography

Best Cinematography :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1938 | James Wong Howe | / | Algiers | Nominated | Chinese descent. First Asian to be nominated for Best Cinematography. |
| 1940 | James Wong Howe | / | Abe Lincoln in Illinois | Nominated | |
| 1942 | James Wong Howe | / | Kings Row | Nominated | |
| 1943 | James Wong Howe | / | Air Force | Nominated | (nominated with Elmer Dyer and Charles A. Marshall) |
| 1943 | James Wong Howe | / | The North Star | Nominated | |
| 1955 | James Wong Howe | / | The Rose Tattoo | Won | First Asian to win Best Cinematography. |
| 1958 | James Wong Howe | / | The Old Man and the Sea | Nominated | |
| 1963 | James Wong Howe | / | Hud | Won | First Asian to win multiple Academy Awards. |
| 1966 | James Wong Howe | / | Seconds | Nominated | |
| 1970 | Osamu Furuya Shinsaku Himeda Masamichi Satoh | | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Nominated | All three are of Japanese descent. (Shared with Charles F. Wheeler.) |
| 1975 | James Wong Howe | | Funny Lady | Nominated | Most Oscar-nominated Asian of all time, with ten nominations. |
| 1985 | Takao Saito Masaharu Ueda Asakazu Nakai | | Ran | Nominated | All three are of Japanese descent. |
| 1993 | Gu Changwei | | Farewell My Concubine | Nominated | Chinese descent. |
| 1995 | Lü Yue | | Shanghai Triad | Nominated | Chinese descent. |
| 1996 | Darius Khondji | / | Evita | Nominated | Iranian descent. |
| 2000 | Peter Pau | | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Won | Chinese descent. |
| 2004 | Zhao Xiaoding | | House of Flying Daggers | Nominated | Chinese descent. |
| 2010 | Matthew Libatique | / | Black Swan | Nominated | Filipino descent. First Asian American to be nominated for Best Cinematography since Howe. |
| 2018 | Matthew Libatique | / | A Star Is Born | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Darius Khondji | / | Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths | Nominated | Iranian descent. |
| 2023 | Matthew Libatique | / | Maestro | Nominated | Filipino descent. |

## Best Costume Design

Best Costume Design :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1952 | Irene Sharaff | / | An American in Paris | Won | Armenian descent. First designer of Asian descent to win for Best Costume Design. Award shared with Orry-Kelly & Walter Plunkett |
| 1954 | Irene Sharaff | / | Call Me Madam | Nominated | Armenian descent. |
| 1955 | Sanzo Wada | | Gate of Hell | Won | Japanese descent. First designer of East Asian descent to win for Best Costume Design |
| 1955 | Irene Sharaff | / | Brigadoon | Nominated | Armenian descent. |
| 1955 | Irene Sharaff | / | A Star Is Born | Nominated | Armenian descent. |
| 1956 | Tadaoto Kainosho | | Ugetsu | Nominated | Japanese descent. |
| 1956 | Irene Sharaff | / | Guys and Dolls | Nominated | Armenian descent. |
| 1957 | Irene Sharaff | / | The King and I | Won | Armenian descent. |
| 1957 | Kohei Ezaki | | Seven Samurai | Nominated | Japanese descent. |
| 1960 | Irene Sharaff | / | Porgy and Bess | Nominated | Armenian descent. |
| 1961 | Irene Sharaff | / | Can-Can | Nominated | Armenian descent. |
| 1962 | Irene Sharaff | / | West Side Story | Won | Armenian descent. |
| 1962 | Yoshirō Muraki | | Yojimbo | Nominated | Japanese descent. |
| 1964 | Irene Sharaff | / | Cleopatra | Won | Armenian descent. With Renié & Vittorio Nino Novarese |
| 1967 | Irene Sharaff | / | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Nominated | Armenian descent. |
| 1968 | Irene Sharaff | / | The Taming of the Shrew | Nominated | Armenian descent. |
| 1970 | Irene Sharaff | / | Hello, Dolly! | Nominated | Armenian descent. |
| 1978 | Irene Sharaff | / | The Other Side of Midnight | Nominated | Armenian descent. |
| 1982 | Bhanu Athaiya | | Gandhi | Won | First Indian to win an academy award in costume design |
| 1986 | Emi Wada | | Ran | Won | Japanese descent. |
| 1993 | Eiko Ishioka | | Bram Stoker's Dracula | Won | Japanese descent. |
| 2001 | Tim Yip | | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Nominated | Chinese descent from Hong Kong. |
| 2007 | Yee Chung-man | | Curse of the Golden Flower | Nominated | Chinese descent from Hong Kong. |
| 2013 | Eiko Ishioka | | Mirror Mirror | Nominated | Japanese descent. Posthumous nomination. |
| 2014 | William Chang | | The Grandmaster | Nominated | Chinese descent from Hong Kong. |
| 2022 | Shirley Kurata | / | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Nominated | Japanese descent. |

## Best Film Editing

Best Film Editing :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1975 | Richard Chew | / | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Nominated | Chinese descent. First Asian nominated for Best Film Editing. First Asian American nominated for Best Film Editing. (Shared with Lynzee Klingman and Sheldon Kahn.) |
| 1977 | Richard Chew | / | Star Wars | Won | First Asian to win Best Film Editing. First Asian American to win Best Film Editing. (Shared with Paul Hirsch and Marcia Lucas.) |
| 1992 | Kant Pan | | The Crying Game | Nominated | Chinese descent. |
| 1999 | Tariq Anwar | // | American Beauty | Nominated | Half-Indian descent (father is Indian). |
| 2010 | Tariq Anwar | // | The King's Speech | Nominated | Half-Indian descent (father is Indian). |
| 2014 | Tom Cross | / | Whiplash | Won | Half-Vietnamese descent (mother is Vietnamese). |
| 2016 | Tom Cross | / | La La Land | Nominated | Half-Vietnamese descent (mother is Vietnamese). |
| 2019 | Yang Jin-mo | | Parasite | Nominated | |
| 2020 | Chloé Zhao | | Nomadland | Nominated | First Asian (and Asian woman, overall) to be nominated for Best Film Editing while serving as director, producer, writer, and editor. |

## Best International Feature Film

The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film is awarded to countries, not individuals. This list contains directors of nominated films of Asian descent, who typically accept the award on behalf of their country.
Best International Feature Film :
| Year | Director(s) | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1951 | Akira Kurosawa | Rashomon | Won | Honorary Oscar |
| 1954 | Teinosuke Kinugasa | Gate of Hell | Won | Honorary Oscar |
| 1955 | Hiroshi Inagaki | Samurai, The Legend of Musashi | Won | Honorary Oscar |
| 1956 | Kon Ichikawa | Harp of Burma | Nominated | |
| 1957 | Mehboob Khan | Mother India | Nominated | |
| 1961 | Keisuke Kinoshita | Immortal Love | Nominated | |
| 1963 | Noburu Nakamura | Twin Sisters of Kyoto | Nominated | |
| 1964 | Ephraim Kishon | Sallah Shabati | Nominated | |
| 1964 | Hiroshi Teshigahara | Woman in the Dunes | Nominated | |
| 1965 | Masaki Kobayashi | Kwaidan | Nominated | |
| 1967 | Noboru Nakamura | Portrait of Chieko | Nominated | |
| 1971 | Akira Kurosawa | Dodes'ka-den | Nominated | |
| 1971 | Ephraim Kishon | The Policeman | Nominated | |
| 1972 | Moshé Mizrahi | I Love You Rosa | Nominated | |
| 1973 | Moshé Mizrahi | The House on Chelouche Street | Nominated | |
| 1975 | Kei Kumai | Sandakan No. 8 | Nominated | |
| 1977 | Menahem Golan | Operation Thunderbolt | Nominated | |
| 1980 | Akira Kurosawa | Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior) | Nominated | |
| 1981 | Kôhei Oguri | Muddy River | Nominated | |
| 1984 | Uri Barbash | Beyond the Walls | Nominated | |
| 1988 | Mira Nair | Salaam Bombay! | Nominated | |
| 1990 | Zhang Yimou Yang Fengliang | Ju Dou | Nominated | |
| 1991 | Zhang Yimou | Raise the Red Lantern | Nominated | |
| 1993 | Chen Kaige | Farewell My Concubine | Nominated | |
| 1993 | Trần Anh Hùng | The Scent of Green Papaya | Nominated | |
| 1993 | Ang Lee | The Wedding Banquet | Nominated | |
| 1994 | Ang Lee | Eat Drink Man Woman | Nominated | |
| 1996 | Nana Jorjadze | A Chef in Love | Nominated | |
| 1998 | Majid Majidi | Children of Heaven | Nominated | |
| 2000 | Ang Lee | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Won | First Asian film to be nominated for Best International Feature and Best Picture. |
| 2001 | Ashutosh Gowariker | Lagaan | Nominated | |
| 2002 | Zhang Yimou | Hero | Nominated | |
| 2003 | Yoji Yamada | The Twilight Samurai | Nominated | |
| 2005 | Hany Abu-Assad | Paradise Now | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Joseph Cedar | Beaufort | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Sergei Bodrov | Mongol | Nominated | |
| 2008 | Yōjirō Takita | Departures | Won | |
| 2008 | Ari Folman | Waltz with Bashir | Nominated | |
| 2009 | Scandar Copti Yaron Shani | Ajami | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Asghar Farhadi | A Separation | Won | |
| 2011 | Joseph Cedar | Footnote | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Rithy Panh | The Missing Picture | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Hany Abu-Assad | Omar | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Naji Abu Nowar | Theeb | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Asghar Farhadi | The Salesman | Won | |
| 2017 | Ziad Doueiri | The Insult | Nominated | |
| 2018 | Nadine Labaki | Capernaum | Nominated | |
| 2018 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Shoplifters | Nominated | |
| 2019 | Bong Joon-ho | Parasite | Won | First Asian film to win (and second to be nominated for) Best Picture and Best International Feature. |
| 2020 | Derek Tsang | Better Days | Nominated | |
| 2021 | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Drive My Car | Won | Third Asian film to be nominated for Best International Feature and Best Picture. |
| 2021 | Pawo Choyning Dorji | Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom | Nominated | |
| 2023 | Wim Wenders | Perfect Days | Nominated | |

## Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Best Makeup and Hairstyling :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Notes |
| 2006 | Kazu Hiro | / | Click | Nominated | Japanese descent. First Asian to be nominated for Best Makeup and Hairstyling (Shared with Bill Corso.) |
| 2007 | Kazu Hiro | / | Norbit | Nominated | (Shared with Rick Baker.) |
| 2017 | Kazu Hiro | / | Darkest Hour | Won | First Asian to win for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. (Shared with David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick.) |
| 2019 | Kazu Hiro | / | Bombshell | Won | US citizen. (Shared with Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker.) |
| 2021 | Frederic Aspiras | // | House of Gucci | Nominated | Vietnamese-Filipino descent. Second Asian to be nominated for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. (Shared with Göran Lundström and Anna Carin Lock.) |
| 2022 | Judy Chin | | The Whale | Won | The first woman of Asian descent to win the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. (Shared with Adrien Morot and Annemarie Bradley.) |
| 2023 | Kazu Hiro | / | Maestro | Nominated | (Shared with Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell.) |

## Best Production Design

Best Production Design :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1936 | Eddie Imazu | / | The Great Ziegfeld | Nominated | First Asian to be nominated for Best Production Design. (Shared with Cedric Gibbons and Edwin B. Willis.) |
| 1942 | Emile Kuri | // | Silver Queen | Nominated | Lebanese descent. Black and White. |
| 1949 | Emile Kuri | // | The Heiress | Won | Lebanese descent. Black and White. |
| 1952 | So Matsuyama H. Matsumoto | | Rashomon | Nominated | Japanese. Black and White. |
| 1952 | Emile Kuri | // | Carrie | Nominated | Lebanese descent. Black and White. |
| 1954 | Emile Kuri | // | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Won | Lebanese descent. Color |
| 1954 | Emile Kuri | // | Executive Suite | Nominated | Lebanese descent. Black and White. |
| 1956 | So Matsuyama | | Seven Samurai | Nominated | Japanese descent. |
| 1956 | Albert Nozaki | / | The Ten Commandments | Nominated | Japanese descent. Color. (Shared with Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, and Ray Moyer.) |
| 1961 | Emile Kuri | // | The Absent-Minded Professor | Nominated | Black and White. |
| 1964 | Emile Kuri | // | Mary Poppins | Nominated | Color. |
| 1969 | George B. Chan | / | Gaily, Gaily | Nominated | Chinese descent. (Shared with Robert F. Boyle, Edward G. Boyle, and Carl Biddiscombe.) |
| 1971 | Yoshirō Muraki and Taizô Kawashima | | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Nominated | Japanese descent. (Shared with Jack Martin Smith and Richard Day.) |
| 1972 | Emile Kuri | // | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Nominated | |
| 1981 | Yoshirō Muraki | | Kagemusha | Nominated | Japanese descent. |
| 1986 | Yoshirō Muraki and Shinobu Muraki | | Ran | Nominated | Japanese descent. |
| 2001 | Tim Yip | | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Won | Hong Kong Chinese. |
| 2008 | James J. Murakami | / | Changeling | Nominated | Japanese descent. (Shared with Gary Fettis.) |
| 2013 | Ra Vincent | | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Nominated | Maori descent. (Production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright.) |
| 2017 | Paul Denham Austerberry | // | The Shape of Water | Won | Filipino descent. (Shared with Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin.) |
| 2020 | Lee Ha-jun Cho Won-woo | | Parasite | Nominated | |

## Best Original Score

Best Original Score :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1966 | Toshiro Mayuzumi | | The Bible | Nominated | Japanese descent. First Asian to be nominated for Best Original Score. |
| 1982 | Ravi Shankar | | Gandhi | Nominated | Indian descent. First Asian to be nominated for both Academy and Grammy Awards. (Shared with George Fenton) |
| 1987 | Cong Su Ryuichi Sakamoto | | The Last Emperor | Won | Su is of Chinese descent. Sakamoto is of Japanese descent. First Asians to win Best Original Score. (Shared with David Byrne.) |
| 1996 | Gabriel Yared | / | The English Patient | Won | Lebanese descent. |
| 1999 | Gabriel Yared | / | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Nominated | Lebanese descent. |
| 2000 | Tan Dun | | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Won | Chinese descent. |
| 2003 | Gabriel Yared | / | Cold Mountain | Nominated | |
| 2008 | A. R. Rahman | | Slumdog Millionaire | Won | First Indian to win two Oscars in one night. |
| 2010 | A. R. Rahman | | 127 Hours | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Ian Chang Rafiq Bhatia | / | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Nominated | Nominated as the group Son Lux, with Ryan Lott. |

## Best Original Song

Best Original Song :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Song | Status | Notes |
| 1978 | Paul Jabara | / | Thank God It's Friday | "Last Dance" | Won | Lebanese descent. |
| 2000 | Tan Dun | | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | "A Love Before Time" | Nominated | Chinese. (Shared with Jorge Calandrelli and James Schamus.) |
| 2008 | Gulzar A.R. Rahman | | Slumdog Millionaire | "Jai Ho" | Won | Indian. |
| 2008 | M.I.A. A.R. Rahman | / | Slumdog Millionaire | "O Saya" | Nominated | M.I.A. is of Sri Lankan descent. |
| 2012 | Bombay Jayashri | | Life of Pi | "Pi's Lullaby" | Nominated | Indian. (Shared with Mychael Danna.) |
| 2013 | Robert Lopez | / | Frozen | "Let It Go" | Won | Part-Filipino descent (paternal grandfather is Filipino, paternal grandmother is part-Filipino). First Asian American to be nominated for Best Original Song. First Asian American to win Best Original Song. (Shared with Kristen Anderson-Lopez.) |
| 2013 | Karen O | // | Her | "The Moon Song" | Nominated | Half-Korean descent (mother is Korean, father is Polish). (Shared with Spike Jonze.) |
| 2015 | Belly | / | Fifty Shades of Grey | "Earned It" | Nominated | Palestinian-born Canadian. (nominated with DaHeala, Stephan Moccio and The Weeknd) |
| 2017 | Robert Lopez | / | Coco | "Remember Me" | Won | (Shared with Kristen Anderson-Lopez.) |
| 2019 | Robert Lopez | / | Frozen II | "Into the Unknown" | Nominated | (Shared with Kristen Anderson-Lopez.) |
| 2020 | H.E.R. | / | Judas and the Black Messiah | "Fight for You" | Won | American born, of Filipino descent. (Shared with D'Mile & Tiara Thomas.) |
| 2020 | Savan Kotecha | / | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga | "Husavik" | Nominated | American born, of Indian descent. (Shared with Rickard Göransson & Fat Max Gsus.) |
| 2022 | M. M. Keeravani Chandrabose | | RRR | "Naatu Naatu" | Won | Indian (Telugu) descent. |
| 2022 | Mitski | / | Everything Everywhere All at Once | "This is a Life" | Nominated | Japanese descent. (Shared with Ryan Lott & David Byrne.) |

## Best Sound

Prior to the 93rd Academy Awards, the Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing were separate categories.
Best Sound :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Category | Status | Notes |
| 1999 | Ren Klyce | / | Fight Club | Editing | Nominated | Japanese descent. First Asian to be nominated for Best Sound Editing. First Asian American to be nominated for Best Sound Editing. (Shared with Richard Hymns.) |
| 2006 | Kami Asgar | / | Apocalypto | Editing | Nominated | Iranian descent. First and only Middle Eastern to date to be nominated for Best Sound Editing. (Shared with Sean McCormack.) |
| 2008 | Ren Klyce | / | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Mixing | Nominated | Japanese descent. First Asian to be nominated for Best Sound Mixing. First Asian American nominated for Best Sound Mixing. (Shared with David Parker, Michael Semanick & Mark Weingarten.) |
| 2010 | Ren Klyce | / | The Social Network | Mixing | Nominated | (Shared with David Parker, Michael Semanick & Mark Weingarten.) |
| 2011 | Ren Klyce | / | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Mixing | Nominated | (Shared with David Parker, Michael Semanick & Bo Persson.) |
| 2011 | Ren Klyce | / | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Editing | Nominated | |
| 2017 | Ren Klyce | / | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Mixing | Nominated | (Shared with David Parker, Michael Semanick & Stuart Wilson.) |
| 2017 | Ren Klyce | / | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Editing | Nominated | (Shared with Matthew Wood.) |
| 2020 | Ren Klyce | / | Mank | Sound | Nominated | (Shared with Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance & Drew Kunin.) |
| 2020 | Ren Klyce | / | Soul | Sound | Nominated | (Shared with Coya Elliot & David Parker.) |

## Best Visual Effects

Best Visual Effects :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1977 | Greg Jein | / | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Nominated | Chinese descent. First Asian nominated for Best Visual Effects. First Asian American nominated for Best Visual Effects. (Shared with Roy Arbogast, Douglas Trumbull, Matthew Yuricich, and Richard Yuricich.) |
| 1979 | Greg Jein | / | 1941 | Nominated | (Shared with William A. Fraker and A. D. Flowers.) |
| 1992 | Doug Chiang | / | Death Becomes Her | Won | Chinese descent. First Asian to win Best Visual Effects. (Shared with Ken Ralston, Douglas Smythe, and Tom Woodruff Jr.) |
| 1993 | Ariel Velasco Shaw | / | The Nightmare Before Christmas | Nominated | Filipino descent. First person of Filipino descent to be nominated for Best Visual Effects. (Shared with Pete Kozachik, Eric Leighton, and Gordon Baker.) |
| 1999 | Jerome Chen | / | Stuart Little | Nominated | Chinese descent. (Shared with John Dykstra, Henry F. Anderson III, & Eric Allard.) |
| 2023 | Takashi Yamazaki Kiyoko Shibuya Masaki Takahashi Tatsuji Nojima | | Godzilla Minus One | Won | First Japanese production to win for Best Visual Effects. |

## Best Documentary Feature

Best Documentary Feature :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1985 | Steven Okazaki | / | Unfinished Business | Nominated | Japanese descent. First Asian nominated for Best Documentary Feature. First Asian American nominated for Best Documentary Feature. |
| 1988 | Renee Tajima-Peña | / | Who Killed Vincent Chin? | Nominated | Tajima-Peña is of Japanese descent. (Shared with Christine Choy.) |
| 1994 | Freida Lee Mock | / | Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision | Won | Chinese descent. First Asian to win Best Documentary Feature. First Asian American to win Best Documentary Feature. (Shared with Terry Sanders.) |
| 2010 | Audrey Marrs | / | Inside Job | Won | Half-Japanese descent (mother is Japanese) |
| 2011 | Jehane Noujaim | / | The Square | Nominated | Lebanese descent |
| 2014 | Joanna Natasegara | // | Virunga | Nominated | Malaysian and Japanese descent. (Shared with Orlando von Einsiedel.) |
| 2014 | John Maloof | / | Finding Vivian Maier | Nominated | Lebanese descent. |
| 2015 | Asif Kapadia | / | Amy | Won | Indian descent (Shared with James Gay-Rees.) |
| 2018 | Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Jimmy Chin | | Free Solo | Won | Vasarhelyi is of Chinese, Hong Kong, Hungarian, and Brazilian descent. Chin is of Chinese and Taiwanese descent. They are the first married couple of Asian descent to share a nomination. (Shared with Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill.) |
| 2018 | Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Jimmy Chin | // | Free Solo | Won | Vasarhelyi is of Chinese, Hong Kong, Hungarian, and Brazilian descent. Chin is of Chinese and Taiwanese descent. They are the first married couple of Asian descent to share a nomination. (Shared with Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill.) |
| 2018 | Bing Liu Diane Moy Quon | / | Minding the Gap | Nominated | Liu and Moy Quon are of Chinese descent. |
| 2018 | Su Kim | / | Hale County This Morning, This Evening | Nominated | Korean descent. (nominated with RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes.) |
| 2019 | Joanna Natasegara | // | The Edge of Democracy | Nominated | (Shared with Petra Costa, Shane Boris and Tiago Pavan.) |
| 2019 | Waad Al-Kateab | | For Sama | Nominated | (Shared with Edward Watts.) |
| 2021 | Joseph Patel | / | Summer of Soul | Won | (Shared with Questlove, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein) |
| 2021 | Jessica Kingdon | / | Ascension | Nominated | (Shared with Kira Simon-Kennedy and Nathan Truesdell) |
| 2022 | Aman Mann | / | All That Breathes | Nominated | Canadian of Indian descent. |
| 2023 | Nisha Pahuja | / | To Kill a Tiger | Nominated | Canadian of Indian descent. (Shared with Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim) |
| 2024 | Shiori Itō | | Black Box Diaries | Nominated | (Shared with Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin.) |
| 2024 | Basel Adra Rachel Szor Hamdan Ballal Yuval Abraham | | No Other Land | Won | Adra and Ballal are the first Palestinians to win Academy Awards. |

## Best Animated Feature

Best Animated Feature :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Notes |
| 2002 | Hayao Miyazaki | | Spirited Away | Won | Japanese descent. |
| 2005 | Hayao Miyazaki | | Howl's Moving Castle | Nominated | Japanese descent. |
| 2007 | Marjane Satrapi | | Persepolis | Nominated | Iranian descent. (Shared with Vincent Paronnaud.) |
| 2011 | Jennifer Yuh Nelson | / | Kung Fu Panda 2 | Nominated | Korean descent. First woman to direct a Hollywood animated feature film. |
| 2013 | Hayao Miyazaki Toshio Suzuki | | The Wind Rises | Nominated | Japanese descent. |
| 2014 | Isao Takahata Yoshiaki Nishimura | | The Tale of the Princess Kaguya | Nominated | Japanese descent. |
| 2015 | Rosa Tran | / | Anomalisa | Nominated | Vietnamese descent. (Shared with Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson.) |
| 2015 | Hiromasa Yonebayashi Yoshiaki Nishimura | | When Marnie Was There | Nominated | Japanese descent. |
| 2016 | Toshio Suzuki | | The Red Turtle | Nominated | Japanese descent. (Shared with Michaël Dudok de Wit.) |
| 2017 | Ramsey Naito | / | The Boss Baby | Nominated | Japanese descent. (Shared with Tom McGrath.) |
| 2018 | Mamoru Hosoda Yuichiro Saito | | Mirai | Nominated | Japanese descent. |
| 2019 | Jinko Gotoh | / | Klaus | Nominated | Born in Japan and raised in California. (Shared with Sergio Pablos and Marisa Román.) |
| 2020 | Gennie Rim | / | Over the Moon | Nominated | Chinese descent. |
| 2020 | Peilin Chou | / | Over the Moon | Nominated | Chinese descent. |
| 2022 | Domee Shi | / | Turning Red | Nominated | Chinese descent. (Shared with Lindsey Collins) |
| 2023 | Hayao Miyazaki Toshio Suzuki | | The Boy and the Heron | Won | |
| 2023 | Peter Sohn | / | Elemental | Nominated | Korean descent (Shared with Denise Ream) |

## Best Documentary Short Subject

Best Documentary Short Subject :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1982 | Freida Lee Mock | / | To Live or Let Die | Nominated | First Asian American nominated for Best Documentary Short Subject. |
| 1983 | Arthur Dong | / | Sewing Woman | Nominated | Chinese descent. |
| 1984 | Paul T.K. Lin | / | The Children of Soong Ching Ling | Nominated | Chinese descent. (Shared with Gary Bush.) |
| 1988 | Lise Yasui | / | Family Gathering | Nominated | Japanese descent. (Shared with Ann Tegnell.) |
| 1990 | Freida Lee Mock | / | Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember | Nominated | (Shared with Terry Sanders.) |
| 1990 | Steven Okazaki | / | Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo | Won | First Asian to win Best Documentary Short Subject. First Asian American to win Best Documentary Short Subject. |
| 1995 | Freida Lee Mock | / | Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper | Nominated | (Shared with Terry Sanders.) |
| 1996 | Jessica Yu | / | Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien | Won | Chinese descent. |
| 1998 | Keiko Ibi | / | The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years | Won | Japanese descent. |
| 1998 | Shui-Bo Wang | / | Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square | Nominated | Chinese descent. (Shared with Donald McWilliams.) |
| 2001 | Freida Lee Mock | / | Sing! | Nominated | Tied for second most Oscar-nominated Asian of all time, with five nominations. (Shared with Jessica Sanders.) |
| 2005 | Steven Okazaki | / | The Mushroom Club | Nominated |
| 2006 | Ruby Yang | / | The Blood of Yingzhou District | Won | (Shared with Thomas Lennon.) |
| 2008 | Steven Okazaki | / | The Conscience of Nhem En | Nominated | Tied for third most Oscar-nominated Asian of all time, with four nominations. |
| 2011 | Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy | / | Saving Face | Won | Pakistani descent. (Shared with Daniel Junge.) |
| 2015 | Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy | / | A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness | Won | |
| 2016 | Joanna Natasegara | // | The White Helmets | Won | Malaysian and Japanese descent. (Shared with Orlando von Einsiedel.) |
| 2018 | Rayka Zehtabchi | / | Period. End of Sentence. | Won | Iranian descent. (Shared with Melissa Berton.) |
| 2019 | Smriti Mundhra Sami Khan | / | St. Louis Superman | Nominated | Indian descent. |
| 2022 | Kartiki Gonsalves Guneet Monga | | The Elephant Whisperers | Won | |
| 2023 | S. Leo Chiang Jean Tsien | | Island in Between | Nominated | |
| 2023 | Sean Wang | | Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó | Nominated | Shared with Sam Davis. |
| 2024 | Smriti Mundhra | / | I Am Ready, Warden | Nominated | Indian descent. (Shared with Maya Gnyp.) |
| 2024 | Ema Ryan Yamazaki | / | Instruments of a Beating Heart | Nominated | (Shared with Eric Nyari.) |

## Best Animated Short Film

Best Animated Short Film :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1968 | Jimmy T. Murakami | / | The Magic Pear Tree | Nominated | Japanese descent. First Asian nominated for Best Animated Short Film. First Asian American nominated for Best Animated Short Film. |
| 2002 | Kōji Yamamura | | Mt. Head | Nominated | |
| 2008 | Kunio Kato | | La maison en petits cubes | Won | Japanese descent first Asian to win for Best Animated short film |
| 2010 | Shaun Tan | / | The Lost Thing | Won | Half-Chinese descent (father is Chinese) (Shared with Andrew Ruhemann.) |
| 2011 | Minkyu Lee | / | Adam and Dog | Nominated | Korean descent. |
| 2014 | Robert Kondo | / | The Dam Keeper | Nominated | Japanese descent. (Shared with Daisuke Tsutsumi.) |
| 2015 | Sanjay Patel | / | Sanjay's Super Team | Nominated | Indian descent. (Shared with Nicole Paradis Grindle.) |
| 2017 | Ru Kuwahata | / | Negative Space | Nominated | Japanese descent. (Shared with her husband, Max Porter.) |
| 2018 | Domee Shi | / | Bao | Won | Chinese descent. (Shared with Becky Neiman-Cobb.) |
| 2018 | Trevor Jimenez | / | Weekends | Nominated | Filipino descent. |
| 2018 | Bobby Pontillas | / | One Small Step | Nominated | Filipino descent. (Shared with Andrew Chesworth.) |
| 2019 | Siqi Song | | Sister | Nominated | Chinese descent. |
| 2020 | Madeline Sharafian | / | Burrow | Nominated | Armenian descent. (Shared with Michael Capbarat.) |
| 2023 | Tal Kantor Amit R. Gicelter | | Letter to a Pig | Nominated | |
| 2023 | Yegane Moghaddam | | Our Uniform | Nominated | |
| 2024 | Shirin Sohani Hossein Molayemi | | In the Shadow of the Cypress | Won | |
| 2024 | Daisuke Nishio Takashi Washio | | Magic Candies | Nominated | |

## Best Live Action Short Film

Best Live Action Short Film :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Notes |
| 1977 | Yuki Yoshida | / | I'll Find a Way | Won | Japanese descent. (Shared with Beverly Shaffer.) |
| 1982 | Michael Toshiyuki Uno | / | The Silence | Nominated | Japanese descent. First Asian American nominated for Best Live Action Short Film. (Shared with Joseph Benson.) |
| 1988 | Matia Karrell | / | Cadillac Dreams | Nominated | Lebanese descent. |
| 1997 | Chris Tashima | / | Visas and Virtue | Won | Japanese descent (father is Japanese). First Asian American to win Best Live Action Short Film. (Shared with Chris Donahue.) |
| 1999 | Mehdi Norowzian | / | Killing Joe | Won | Iranian descent. (Shared with Steve Wax.) |
| 2002 | Lexi Alexander | / | Johnny Flynton | Nominated | Half-Palestinian descent (mother is German, father is Palestinian). (Shared with Alexander Buono.) |
| 2005 | Pia Clemente | / | Our Time is Up | Nominated | Filipino descent. (Shared with Rob Pearlstein.) |
| 2013 | Baldwin Li | / | The Voorman Problem | Nominated | (Shared with Mark Gill.) |
| 2020 | Farah Nabulsi | / | The Present | Nominated | Palestinian descent (mother is Palestinian, father is Palestinian-Egyptian). |
| 2021 | Riz Ahmed Aneil Karia | / / | The Long Goodbye | Won | |
| 2023 | Nazrin Choudhury | / | Red, White, and Blue | Nominated | Bangladeshi descent (Shared with Sara McFarlane.) |
| 2024 | Suchitra Mattai | // | Anuja | Nominated | Guyanese-born and Indian descent (Shared with Adam J. Graves.) |

## Honorary Awards

Academy Honorary Awards :
| Year | Name | Award |
| 1989 | Akira Kurosawa | Academy Honorary Award for cinematic accomplishments that have inspired, delighted, enriched and entertained worldwide audiences and influenced filmmakers throughout the world. |
| 1991 | Satyajit Ray | Academy Honorary Award in recognition of his rare mastery of the art of motion pictures, and of his profound humanitarian outlook, which has had an indelible influence on filmmakers and audiences throughout the world. |
| 2014 | Hayao Miyazaki | Academy Honorary Award has deeply influenced animation forever, inspiring generations of artists to work in our medium and illuminate its limitless potential. |
| 2016 | Jackie Chan | Academy Honorary Award Chan starred in – and sometimes wrote, directed and produced – more than 30 martial arts features in his native Hong Kong, charming audiences with his dazzling athleticism, inventive stunt work and boundless charisma. |

## Non-Competitive Awards

Non-Competitive Awards :
| Year | Name | Country | Award |
| 2004 | Takuo Miyagishima | / | Gordon E. Sawyer Award Takuo Miyagishima, one of the most notable design engineers in the motion picture industry, has been voted the Gordon E. Sawyer Award by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. |