Academy Award for Animated Short Film

The **Academy Award for Animated Short Film** is an award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.  It has been part of the Academy Awards every year since the 5th Academy Awards for 1931-1932.

This category was known as "Short Subjects, Cartoons" from 1932 until 1970.  It was "Short Subjects, Animated Films" from 1971 to 1973. The present title began with the 1974 awards. Only American movies were nominated for the award until 1952.

The Academy defines _short_ as being "not more than 40 minutes, including all credits."

## 1930s

_As **Short Subjects (Cartoons)***

- **1932 (5th) _Flowers and Trees*** - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - Walt Disney
    - _Mickey's Orphans_ - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - Walt Disney
    - _It's Got Me Again!_ - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - Leon Schlesinger
- **1933 (6th) _Three Little Pigs*** - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - Walt Disney
    - _Building a Building_ - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - Walt Disney
    - _The Merry Old Soul_ - Universal - Walter Lantz
- **1934 (7th) - _The Tortoise and the Hare*** - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - Walt Disney
    - _Holiday Land_ - Screen Gems, Columbia - Charles Mintz
    - _Jolly Little Elves_ - Universal - Walter Lantz
- **1935 (8th) _Three Orphan Kittens*** - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - Walt Disney
    - _The Calico Dragon_ - Harman-Ising, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Hugh Harman & Rudolf Ising
    - _Who Killed Cock Robin?_ - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - Walt Disney
- **1936 (9th) _The Country Cousin*** - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - Walt Disney
    - _Old Mill Pond_ - Harman-Ising, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Hugh Harman & Rudolf Ising
    - _Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor_ - Fleischer Studios, Paramount - Max Fleischer
- **1937 (10th) _The Old Mill*** - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney
    - _Educated Fish_ - Fleischer Studios, Paramount- Max Fleischer
    - _The Little Match Girl_ - Screen Gems, Columbia - Charles Mintz
- **1938 (11th) _Ferdinand the Bull*** - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney
    - _Brave Little Tailor_ - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney
    - _Mother Goose Goes Hollywood_ - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney
    - _Good Scouts_ - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney
    - _Hunky and Spunky_ - Fleischer Studios, Paramount - Max Fleischer
- **1939 (12th) _The Ugly Duckling*** - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney
    - _Detouring America_ - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - Leon Schlesinger
    - _Peace on Earth_ - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby & Hugh Harman
    - _The Pointer_ - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney

## 1940s

- **1940 (13th) _The Milky Way*** - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby & Rudolph Ising
    - _Puss Gets the Boot_ - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Rudolph Ising
    - _A Wild Hare_ - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - Leon Schlesinger
- **1941 (14th) _Lend a Paw*** - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney
    - _Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B_ - Walter Lantz Productions, Universal - Walter Lantz
    - _Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt_ - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - Leon Schlesinger
    - _How War Came_ – Screen Gems, Columbia - George Winkler
    - _The Night Before Christmas_ - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby
    - _Rhapsody in Rivets_ - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - Leon Schlesinger
    - _The Rookie Bear_ - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby & Rudolph Ising
    - _Rhythm in the Ranks_ - Paramount - George Pal
    - _Superman_ – Fleischer Studios, Paramount - Max Fleischer
    - _Truant Officer Donald_ - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney
- **1942 (15th) _Der Fuehrer's Face*** - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney
    - _All Out for 'V** - Terrytoons, 20th Century Fox - Paul Terry
    - _Blitz Wolf_ - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby
    - _Juke Box Jamboree_ - Walter Lantz Productions, Universal - Walter Lantz
    - _Pigs in a Polka_ - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - Leon Schlesinger
    - _Tulips Shall Grow_ - Paramount - George Pal
- **1943 (16th) _The Yankee Doodle Mouse*** - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby
    - _The Dizzy Acrobat_ - Walter Lantz Productions, Universal - Walter Lantz
    - _The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins_ - Paramount - George Pal
    - _Greetings Bait_ - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - Leon Schlesinger
    - _Imagination_ – Screen Gems, Columbia - Dave Fleischer
    - _Reason and Emotion_ - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney
- **1944 (17th) _Mouse Trouble***  - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby
    - _And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street_ - Paramount - George Pal
    - _Dog, Cat and Canary_ – Screen Gems, Columbia - Raymond Katz
    - _Fish Fry_ - Walter Lantz Productions, Universal - Walter Lantz
    - _How to Play Football_ - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney
    - _My Boy, Johnny_ – Terrytoons, 20th Century Fox - Paul Terry
    - _Swooner Crooner_ - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer
- **1945 (18th) _Quiet Please!*** - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby
    - _Donald's Crime_ - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney
    - _Jasper and the Beanstalk_ - Paramount - George Pal
    - _Life with Feathers_ - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer
    - _Mighty Mouse in Gypsy Life_ – Terrytoons, 20th Century Fox - Paul Terry
    - _The Poet and Peasant_ - Walter Lantz Productions, Universal - Walter Lantz
    - _Rippling Romance_  - Screen Gems, Columbia - Raymond Katz
- **1946 (19th) _The Cat Concerto*** - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby
    - _Musical Moments from Chopin_ - Walter Lantz Productions, Universal - Walter Lantz
    - _John Henry and the Inky-Poo_ - Paramount - George Pal
    - _Squatter's Rights_ - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney
    - _Walky Talky Hawky_ - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer
- **1947 (20th) _Tweetie Pie*** - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer
    - _Chip an' Dale_ - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney
    - _Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse_ - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Fred Quimby
    - _Pluto's Blue Note_ - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney
    - _Tubby the Tuba_ - Paramount - George Pal
- **1948 (21st) _The Little Orphan***  - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby
    - _Mickey and the Seal_ - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney
    - _Mouse Wreckers_  - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer
    - _Robin Hoodlum_ - UPA, Columbia - John Hubley & Raymond Katz
    - _Tea for Two Hundred_- Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney
- **1949 (22nd) _For Scent-imental Reasons***  - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer
    - _Hatch Up Your Troubles_ - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby
    - _Magic Fluke_ - UPA, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow
    - _Toy Tinkers_ - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney

## 1950s

- **1950 (23rd) _Gerald McBoing-Boing*** - United Productions of America, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow
    - _Jerry's Cousin_ - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby
    - _Trouble Indemnity_ - United Productions of America, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow
- **1951 (24th) _The Two Mouseketeers*** - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby
    - _Lambert the Sheepish Lion_ - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney
    - _Rooty Toot Toot_ - United Productions of America, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow
- **1952 (25th) _Johann Mouse*** - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby
    - _Little Johnny Jet_ - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby
    - _Madeline_ - United Productions of America, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow
    - _Pink and Blue Blues_ - United Productions of America, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow
    - _The Romance of Transportation in Canada_ - National Film Board of Canada - Colin Low
- **1953 (26th) _Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom*** - Walt Disney Productions, Buena Vista Distribution - Walt Disney
    - _Christopher Crumpet_ - United Productions of America, Columbia- Stephen Bosustow
    - _From A to Z-Z-Z-Z_ - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer
    - _Rugged Bear_ - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney
    - _The Tell-Tale Heart_ - United Productions of America, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow
- **1954 (27th) _When Magoo Flew*** - United Productions of America, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow
    - _Crazy Mixed Up Pup_ - Walter Lantz Productions, Universal-International - Walter Lantz
    - _Pigs Is Pigs_ - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney
    - _Sandy Claws_ - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer
    - _Touché, Pussy Cat!_ - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  - Fred Quimby
- **1955 (28th) _Speedy Gonzales*** - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer
    - _Good Will to Men_ - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
    - _The Legend of Rockabye Point_ - Walter Lantz Productions, Universal-International  - Walter Lantz
    - _No Hunting_ - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney
- **1956 (29th) _Magoo's Puddle Jumper*** - United Productions of America, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow
    - _Gerald McBoing-Boing on Planet Moo_ - United Productions of America, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow
    - _The Jaywalker_ - United Productions of America, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow
- **1957 (30th) _Birds Anonymous*** - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer
    - _One Droopy Knight_ - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
    - _Tabasco Road_ - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer
    - _Trees and Jamaica Daddy_ - United Productions of America, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow
    - _The Truth About Mother Goose_ - Walt Disney Productions, Buena Vista Distribution - Walt Disney
- **1958 (31st) _Knighty Knight Bugs*** - Warner Bros. - John W. Burton
    - _Paul Bunyan_ - Walt Disney Productions,., Buena Vista Distribution - Walt Disney
    - _Sidney's Family Tree_ – Terrytoons, 20th Century Fox - William M. Weiss
- **1959 (32nd) _Moonbird*** - Storyboard-Harrison - John Hubley and Faith Elliott Hubley
    - _Mexicali Shmoes_ - Warner Bros. - John W. Burton
    - _Noah's Ark_ - Walt Disney Productions, Buena Vista Distribution - Walt Disney
    - _The Violinist_ - Pintoff Prods., Kingsley International - Ernest Pintoff

## 1960s

- **1960 (33rd) _Munro*** - Rembrandt Films, Film Representations - William L. Snyder
    - _Goliath II_ - Walt Disney Productions, Buena Vista Distribution - Walt Disney
    - _High Note_ - Warner Bros. - Chuck Jones
    - _Mouse and Garden_ - Warner Bros. - Friz Freleng
    - _A Place in the Sun (short)_ - George K. Arthur-Go Pictures (Czechoslovakian) - Frantisek Vystrecil
- **1961 (34th) _Ersatz (The Substitute)*** - Zagreb Film, Herts-Lion International Corp.
    - _Aquamania_ - Walt Disney Productions, Buena Vista Distribution - Walt Disney
    - _Beep Prepared_ - Warner Bros. - Chuck Jones
    - _Nelly's Folly_ - Warner Bros. - Chuck Jones
    - _The Pied Piper of Guadalupe_ - Warner Bros. - Friz Freleng
- **1962 (35th) _The Hole*** - Storyboard Inc., Brandon Films - John Hubley and Faith Hubley
    - _Icarus Montgolfier Wright_ - Format Films, United Artists - Jules Engel
    - _Now Hear This_ - Warner Bros. - David H. DePatie
    - _Self Defense ... for Cowards_ - Rembrandt Films, Film Representations - William L. Snyder
    - _Symposium on Popular Songs_ - Walt Disney Productions, Buena Vista Distribution - Walt Disney
- **1963 (36th) _The Critic*** - Pintoff-Crossbow Prods., Columbia - Ernest Pintoff
    - _Automania 2000_ - Pathé Contemporary Films - John Halas
    - _The Game_ (_Igra_) - Rembrandt Films, Film Representations - Dušan Vukotic
    - _My Financial Career_ - National Film Board of Canada, Walter Reade-Sterling-Continental Distributing - Gerald Potterton
    - _Pianissimo_ - Cinema 16 - Carmen D'Avino
- **1964 (37th) _The Pink Phink*** - Mirisch Films, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, United Artists - David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng
    - _Christmas Cracker_ - National Film Board of Canada, Favorite Films of California - Norman McLaren, Jeff Hale, Gerald Potterton and Grant Munro
    - _How to Avoid Friendship_ - Rembrandt Films, Film Representations - William L. Snyder
    - _Nudnik No. 2_ - Rembrandt Films, Film Representations - William L. Snyder
- **1965 (38th) _The Dot and the Line*** - Sib Tower 12 Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Chuck Jones and Les Goldman
    - _Clay or the Origin of Species_ - Harvard University, Pathé Contemporary Films - Eliot Noyes, Jr.
    - _The Thieving Magpie_ (_La Gazza Ladra_) - Allied Artists - Emanuele Luzzati
- **1966 (39th) _A Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature*** - Paramount - John Hubley and Faith Hubley
    - _The Drag_ - National Film Board of Canada, Favorite Films - Carlos Marchiori
    - _The Pink Blueprint_ - Mirisch Films, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, United Artists - David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng
- **1967 (40th) _The Box (short)*** - Brandon Films - Fred Wolf
    - _Hypothese Beta_ - Films Orzeaux, Pathé Contemporary Films - Jean-Charles Meunier
    - _What on Earth!_ - National Film Board of Canada, Columbia - Les Drew and Kaj Pindal
- **1968 (41st) _Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day*** - Walt Disney Productions, Buena Vista Distribution - Walt Disney (posthumous win)
    - _The House That Jack Built_ - National Film Board of Canada, Columbia - Ron Tunis
    - _The Magic Pear Tree_ - Bing Crosby Prods. - Jimmy Murakami
    - _Windy Day_ - Hubley Studios, Paramount - John Hubley and Faith Hubley
- **1969 (42nd) _It's Tough to Be a Bird*** - Walt Disney Productions, Buena Vista Distribution - Ward Kimball
    - _Of Men and Demons_ - Hubley Studios, Paramount - John Hubley and Faith Hubley
    - _Walking_ - National Film Board of Canada, Columbia - Ryan Larkin

## 1970s

- **1970 (43rd) _Is It Always Right to Be Right?*** - Stephen Bosustow Prods., Schoenfeld Films - Nick Bosustow
    - _The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam: Part Two_ - Haboush Company, Goldstone Films - Robert Mitchell and Dale Case
    - _The Shepherd_ - Cameron Guess and Associates, Brandon Films - Cameron Guess

Name of award changed to **Short Subjects (Animated Films)**

- **1971 (44th) _The Crunch Bird*** - Maxwell-Petok, Petrovich Prods., Regency Films - Ted Petok
    - _Evolution_ - National Film Board of Canada, Columbia - Michael Mills
    - _The Selfish Giant_ - Potterton Prods., Pyramid Films - Peter Sander and Gerald Potterton
- **1972 (45th) _A Christmas Carol*** - American Broadcasting Company - Richard Williams
    - _Kama Sutra Rides Again_ - Lion International Films - Bob Godfrey
    - _Tup Tup_ - Zagreb Film, Corona Cinematografica, Manson Distributing - Nedeljko Dragic
- **1973 (46th) _Frank Film*** - Frank Mouris Prod. - Frank Mouris
    - _The Legend of John Henry_ - Bosustow-Pyramid Films - Nick Bosustow and David Adams
    - _Pulcinella_ - Luzzati-Gianini Prod. - Emanuele Luzzati and Guilo Gianini

Name of award changed to **Short Films (Animated Films)**

- **1974 (47th) _Closed Mondays*** - Lighthouse Productions - Will Vinton and Bob Gardiner
    - _The Family That Dwelt Apart_ - National Film Board of Canada - Yvon Mallette and Robert Verrall
    - _Hunger_ - National Film Board of Canada - Peter Foldes and René Jodoin
    - _Voyage to Next_ - Hubley Studio - John Hubley and Faith Hubley
    - _Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too!_ - Walt Disney Productions, Buena Vista Distribution - Wolfgang Reitherman
- **1975 (48th) _Great*** - Grantstern, British Lion Films Ltd. - Bob Godfrey
    - _Kick Me_ - Swarthe Productions - Robert Swarthe
    - _Monsieur Pointu_ - National Film Board of Canada - René Jodoin, Bernard Longpré and André Leduc
    - _Sisyphus_ - Hungarofilms - Marcell Jankovics
- **1976 (49th) _Leisure*** - Film Australia - Suzanne Baker
    - _Dedalo_ - Cineteam Realizzazioni - Manfredo Manfredi
    - _The Street_ - National Film Board of Canada - Caroline Leaf and Guy Glover
- **1977 (50th) _The Sand Castle*** - National Film Board of Canada - Co Hoedeman
    - _Bead Game_ - National Film Board of Canada - Ishu Patel
    - _A Doonesbury Special_ - Hubley Studio - John Hubley (posthumous nomination), Faith Hubley and Garry Trudeau
    - _Jimmy the C_ - Motionpicker Production - James Picker, Robert Grossman and Craig Whitaker
- **1978 (51st) _Special Delivery*** - National Film Board of Canada - Eunice Macauley and John Weldon
    - _Oh My Darling_ - Nico Crama Productions - Nico Crama
    - _Rip Van Winkle_ - Will Vinton/Billy Budd - Will Vinton
- **1979 (52nd) _Every Child*** - National Film Board of Canada - Derek Lamb
    - _Dream Doll_ - Godfrey Films, Zagreb Film, Halas and Batchelor, Film Wright - Bob Godfrey and Zlatko Grgic
    - _It's so Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House_ - AR&T Productions, Learning Corporation of America - Paul Fierlinger

## 1980s

- **1980 (53rd) _The Fly*** - PannóniaFilm, Budapest - Ferenc Rófusz
    - _All Nothing_ - Société Radio-Canada - Frédéric Back
    - _History of the World in Three Minutes Flat_ - Michael Mills Productions Ltd. - Michael Mills
- **1981 (54th) _Crac*** - Société Radio-Canada - Frédéric Back
    - _The Creation_ - Will Vinton Productions - Will Vinton
    - _The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin_ - National Film Board of Canada - Janet Perlman
- **1982 (55th) _Tango*** - Film Polski - Zbigniew Rybczyński
    - _The Great Cognito_ - Will Vinton Productions - Will Vinton
    - _The Snowman_ - Snowman Enterprises Ltd., Channel 4 - Dianne Jackson
- **1983 (56th) _Sundae in New York*** - Motionpicker Production - Jimmy Picker
    - _Mickey's Christmas Carol_ - Walt Disney Productions, Buena Vista Distribution - Burny Mattinson
    - _Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain_ - Hallinan Plus - Eda Hallinan
- **1984 (57th) _Charade*** - Michael Mills Productions, Sheridan College - Jon Minnis
    - _Doctor DeSoto_ - Sporn Animation - Morton Schindel and Michael Sporn
    - _Paradise_ - National Film Board of Canada - Ishu Patel
- **1985 (58th) _Anna & Bella*** - The Netherlands - Børge Ring
    - _The Big Snit_ - National Film Board of Canada - Richard Condie and Michael Scott
    - _Second Class Mail_ - National Film & Television School - Alison Snowden
- **1986 (59th) _A Greek Tragedy*** - CineTe pvba - Linda Van Tulden and Willem Thijsen
    - _The Frog, The Dog and The Devil_ - New Zealand National Film Unit - Bob Stenhouse (Director/animator), Hugh MacDonald and Martin Townsend
    - _Luxo Jr._ - Pixar - John Lasseter and William Reeves
- **1987 (60th) _The Man Who Planted Trees*** - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Frédéric Back
    - _George and Rosemary_ - National Film Board of Canada - Eunice Macaulay - Alison Snowden - David Fine
    - _Your Face_ - Bill Plympton
- **1988 (61st) _Tin Toy*** - Pixar - John Lasseter and William Reeves
    - _The Cat Came Back_ - National Film Board of Canada - Cordell Barker
    - _Technological Threat_ - Bill Kroyer
- **1989 (62nd) _Balance*** - Wolfgang and Christoph Lauenstein
    - _The Cow_ - Aleksandr Petrov
    - _The Star Child_ - Klaybow Films - Ted Berenson
    - _The Hill Farm_ - Mark Baker

## 1990s

- **1990 (63rd) _Creature Comforts*** - Aardman Animations, Channel 4 - Nick Park
    - _A Grand Day Out_ - Aardman Animations, National Film & Television School - Nick Park
    - _Grasshoppers_ - Bruno Bozzetto
- **1991 (64th) _Manipulation*** - Daniel Greaves
    - _Blackfly_ - National Film Board of Canada - Christopher Hinton
    - _Strings_ - National Film Board of Canada - Wendy Tilby
- **1992 (65th) _Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase*** - Joan C. Gratz
    - _Adam_ - Aardman Animations - Peter Lord
    - _Reci, Reci, Reci..._ - Michaela Pavlátová
    - _The Sandman_ - Paul Berry
    - _Screen Play_ - Barry Purves
- **1993 (66th) _The Wrong Trousers*** - Aardman Animations, BBC - Nick Park
    - _Blindscape_ - National Film & Television School - Stephen Palmer
    - _The Mighty River_ - Société Radio-Canada - Frédéric Back and Hubert Tison
    - _Small Talk_ - Bob Godfrey and Kevin Baldwin
    - _The Village_ - Mark Baker
- **1994 (67th) _Bob's Birthday*** -  Snowden Fine Animation, National Film Board of Canada, Channel 4 - Alison Snowden and David Fine
    - _The Big Story_ - Tim Watts and David Stoten
    - _The Janitor_ - Vanessa Schwartz
    - _The Monk and the Fish_ - Michael Dudok de Wit
    - _Triangle_ - Erica Russell
- **1995 (68th) _A Close Shave*** - Aardman Animations, BBC - Nick Park
    - _Dexter's Laboratory_ - Hanna-Barbera, Cartoon Network - Genndy Tartakovsky
    - _The End_ - Alias/Wavefront - Chris Landreth and Robin Barger
    - _Gagarin_ - Alexiy Kharitidi
    - _Runaway Brain_ - Walt Disney Animation Studios - Chris Bailey
- **1996 (69th) _Quest*** - Tyron Montgomery and Thomas Stellmach
    - _Canhead_ - Timothy Hittle
    - _La Salla_ - National Film Board of Canada - Richard Condie
    - _Wat's Pig_ - Aardman Animations, Channel 4 - Peter Lord
- **1997 (70th) _Geri's Game*** - Pixar - Jan Pinkava
    - _Famous Fred_ - Joanna Quinn
    - _Mermaid_ - Aleksandr Petrov
    - _Redux Riding Hood_ - Walt Disney Television Animation - Steve Moore
    - _La Vieille dame et les pigeons_ - Sylvain Chomet
- **1998 (71st) _Bunny*** - Blue Sky Studios - Chris Wedge
    - _The Canterbury Tales_ - S4C, BBC Wales, HBO -Christopher Grace and Jonathan Myerson
    - _Jolly Roger_ - Astley Baker Davies, Silver Bird Productions, Channel 4 - Mark Baker
    - _More_ - Bad Clams Productions, Swell Productions - Mark Osborne  and Steven B. Kalafer
    - _When Life Departs_ - Karsten Kiilerich and Stefan Fjeldmark
- **1999 (72nd) _The Old Man and the Sea*** - Aleksandr Petrov
    - _3 Misses_ - CineTe  - Paul Driessen
    - _Humdrum_ - Aardman Animations, Canal+, Channel 4 - Peter Peake
    - _My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts_ - Studio Magica, National Film Board of Canada - Torill Kove
    - _When the Day Breaks_ - National Film Board of Canada - Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis

## 2000s

- **2000 (73rd) _Father and Daughter*** - Michaël Dudok de Wit
    - _Periwig Maker_ - Ideal Standard Film - Steffen Schäffler and Annette Schäffler
    - _Rejected_ - Bitter Films - Don Hertzfeldt

- **2001 (74th) _For the Birds*** - Pixar - Ralph Eggleston
    - _Fifty Percent Grey_ - Ruairi Robinson and Seamus Byrne
    - _Give Up Yer Aul Sins_ - Brown Bag Films - Cathal Gaffney and Darragh O'Connell
    - _Strange Invaders_ - National Film Board of Canada - Cordell Barker
    - _Stubble Trouble_ - Calabash Animation - Joseph E. Merideth

- **2002 (75th) _The ChubbChubbs!*** - Sony Pictures Animation, Columbia - Jacquie Barnbrook, Eric Armstrong and Jeff Wolverton
    - _Katedra_ - Tomek Baginski
    - _Mike's New Car_ - Pixar - Pete Docter and Roger Gould
    - _Mt. Head_ - Kōji Yamamura
    - _Das Rad_ - Film Academy Baden-Württemberg - Chris Stenner, Arvid Uibel and Heidi Wittlinger

- **2003 (76th) _Harvie Krumpet*** - Australian Film Commission, Film Victoria, SBS Independent - Adam Elliot
    - _Boundin** - Pixar - Bud Luckey
    - _Gone Nutty_ - Blue Sky Studios - Carlos Saldanha and John C. Donkin
    - _Nibbles_ - Chris Hinton
    - _Destino_ - Walt Disney Animation Studios - Dominique Monféry and Roy E. Disney

- **2004 (77th) _Ryan*** - Chris Landreth - National Film Board of Canada
    - _Birthday Boy_ - Australian Film Television and Radio School - Sejong Park and Andrew Gregory
    - _Gopher Broke_ - Blur Studio - Jeff Fowler and Tim Miller
    - _Guard Dog_ - Bill Plympton
    - _Lorenzo_ - Walt Disney Animation Studios - Mike Gabriel and Baker Bloodworth

- **2005 (78th) _The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation*** - John Canemaker
    - _Badgered_ - National Film & Television School - Sharon Colman
    - _The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello_ - 3d Films Pty Ltd., Australian Film Commission, Film Victoria, SBS Independent - Anthony Lucas
    - _9_ - UCLA Animation Workshop, Thinkart Films - Shane Acker
    - _One Man Band_ - Pixar - Andrew Jimenez and Mark Andrews

- **2006 (79th) _The Danish Poet*** - Torill Kove - Mikrofilm AS, National Film Board of Canada
    - _Lifted_ - Pixar - Gary Rydstrom
    - _The Little Matchgirl_ - Walt Disney Animation Studios   - Roger Allers and Don Hahn
    - _Maestro_ - Géza M. Tóth
    - _No Time for Nuts_ - Blue Sky Studios, - Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier

- **2007 (80th) _Peter & the Wolf_ - Se-ma-for, BreakThru Films - Suzie Templeton
    - _Even Pigeons Go To Heaven_ - BUF - Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse
    - _I Met the Walrus_ - Josh Raskin
    - _Madame Tutli-Putli_ - National Film Board of Canada - Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
    - _My Love_ - Aleksandr Petrov

- **2008 (81st) _La Maison en petits cubes_ - Robot & Oh! Production - Kunio Katō
    - _Lavatory - Lovestory_ - Melnitsa Animation Studio - Konstantin Bronzit
    - _Oktapodi_ - Gobelins L'École de L'Image - Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
    - _Presto_ - Pixar - Doug Sweetland
    - _This Way Up_ - Nexus Productions - Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

- **2009 (82nd) _Logorama_ - H5, Autour de Minuit Productions - Nicolas Schmerkin
    - _Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty_ - Brown Bag Films - Nicky Phelan and Darragh O'Connell
    - _French Roast_ - Fabrice Joubert
    - _The Lady and the Reaper_ - Kandor Graphics - Javier Recio Gracia
    - _A Matter of Loaf and Death_ - Aardman Animations - Nick Park

## 2010s

- **2010 (83rd) _The Lost Thing*** - Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
    - _Day & Night_ - Pixar - Teddy Newton
    - _The Gruffalo_ - Magic Light Pictures, Studio Soi - Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
    - _Let's Pollute_ - Geefwee Boedoe
    - _Madagascar, a Journey Diary_ - Bastien Dubois

- _'2011 (84th) _The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore*** – Moonbot Studios - William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
    - _Dimanche_ – National Film Board of Canada - Patrick Doyon
    - _La Luna_ – Pixar - Enrico Casarosa
    - _A Morning Stroll_ – Studio AKA - Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
    - _Wild Life'' – National Film Board of Canada - Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis

## Infobox (award)

- **name**: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
- **presenter**: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
- **country**: United States
- **year**: 1932
- **holder label**: Most recent winner
- **holder**: Michael Govier
 Will McCormack
 _If Anything Happens I Love You_ (93rd Academy Awards, 2020)