Oscar for bedste kortfilm

Oscar for bedste kortfilm (Academy Award for Live Action Short Film) er en filmpris, der gives ved den årlige oscaruddeling til instruktøren (eller produceren) af den bedste kortfilm fra det forgangne filmår. 

Ikke-amerikanske kortfilm kan godt nomineres til denne oscar. Danske kortfilm har været nomineret tolv gange og vundet fire for hhv. Valgaften, Der er en yndig mand, De nye lejere og Helium. De nuværende regler fastsætter, at nominerede kortfilm maksimalt må have en spilletid på 40 minutter og ikke må være dokumentarfilm, som har sin egen priskategori for kortfilm. Filmene skal desuden have været vist i biografen, enten i en kommerciel biograf i Californien eller ved en anerkendt filmfestival.

Prisvindere

2010'erne 
 2016 Kristóf Deák og Anna Udvardy - Sting
 2015 Benjamin Cleary og Serena Armitage - Stutterer
 2014 Mat Kirkby og James Lucas - The Phone Call
 2013 Anders Walter og Kim Magnusson – Helium
 2012 Shawn Christensen - Curfew
 2011 Terry George og Oorlagh George – The Shore
 2010 Luke Matheny – God of love

2000'erne 
 2009 Joachim Back og Tivi Magnusson – De nye lejere
 2008 Jochen Alexander Freydank – Spielzeugland
 2007 Phillippe Pollet-Villard – Le Mozart de Pickpockets
 2006 Ari Sandel – West Bank Story
 2005 Martin McDonagh – Six Shooter
 2004 Andrea Arnold – Wasp
 2003 Aaron Schneider, Andrew J. Sacks – Two Soldiers
 2002 Martin Strange-Hansen, Mie Andreasen – Der er en yndig mand
 2001 Ray Mckinnon, Lisa Blount – The Accountant
 2000 Florian Gallenberger – Quiero Ser (I Want to Be...)

1990'erne 
 1999 Barbara Schock, Tamara Tiehel – My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York
 1998 Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas Jensen – Valgaften
 1997 Chris Tashima, Chris Donahue – Visas and Virtue
 1996 David Frankel, Barry Jossen – Dear Diary
 1995 Christine Lahti, Jana Sue Memel – Lieberman in Love
 1994 
 Peter Capaldi, Ruth Kenley-Letts – Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
 Peggy Rajski, Randy Stone – Trevor
 1993 Pepe Danquart – Schwarzfahrer (Black Rider)
 1992 Sam Karmann – Omnibus
 1991 Seth Winston, Rob Fried – Session Man
 1990 Adam Davidson – The Lunch Date

1980'erne 
 1989 James Hendrie – Work Experience
 1988 Dean Parisot, Steven Wright – The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
 1987 Jonathan Sanger, Jana Sue Memel – Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall
 1986 Chuck Workman – Precious Images
 1985 Jeff Brown, Chris Pelzer – Molly's Pilgrim
 1984 Mike Hoover – Up
 1983 Janice L. Platt – Boys and Girls
 1982 Christine Oestreicher – A Shocking Accident
 1981 Paul Kemp, Shelley Levinson – Violet
 1980 Lloyd Phillips – The Dollar Bottom

1970'erne 
 1979 Sarah Pillsbury, Ron Ellis – Board and Care
 1978 Taylor Hackford – Teenage Father
 1977 Beverly Shaffer, Yuki Yoshida – I'll Find a Way 
 1976 Andre Guttfreund, Peter Werner – In the Region of Ice
 1975 Bert Salzman – Angel and Big Joe
 1974 Paul Claudon, Edmond Sechan – One-Eyed Men Are Kings
 1973 Allan Miller, William Fertik – The Bolero
 1972 Richard Barclay – Norman Rockwell's World...An American Dream
 1971 Manuel Arango, Robert Amram -Sentinels Of Silence
 1970 John Longenecker – The Resurrection of Broncho Billy

1960'erne 
 1969 Joan Keller Stern – The Magic Machines
 1968 Charles Guggenheim – Robert Kennedy Remembered
 1967 Christopher Chapman – A Place to Stand 
 1966 Edgar Anstey – Wild Wings
 1964 Edward Schreiber – Casals Conducts: 1964
 1965 Claude Berri – Le Poulet
 1963 Paul De Roubaix, Marcel Ichac – An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
 1962 Pierre Etaix, J. C. Carrière – Heureux Anniversaire 
 1961 Lester A. Schoenfeld Films – Seawards the Great Ships
 1960 Ezra R. Baker – Day of the Painter

1950'erne 
 1959 Jacques-Yves Cousteau – The Golden Fish
 1958 Walt Disney – Grand Canyon
 1957 Larry Lansburgh – The Wetback Hound
 1956
 (One-Reel) Konstantin Kalser – Crashing the Water Barrier
 (Two-Reel) Romulus Films – The Bespoke Overcoat
 1955
 (One-Reel) Edmund Reek – Survival City
 (Two-Reel) Wilbur T. Blume – The Face of Lincoln
 1954
 (One-Reel) Robert Youngson – This Mechanical Age
 (Two-Reel) Denis Sanders, Terry Sanders – A Time Out of War
 1953
 (One-Reel) Johnny Green – The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture
 (Two-Reel) Walt Disney – Bear Country
 1952
 (One-Reel) Boris Vermont – Light in the Window: The Art of Vermeer
 (Two-Reel) Walt Disney – Water Birds
 1951
 (One-Reel) Robert Youngson – World of Kids
 (Two-Reel) Walt Disney – Nature's Half Acre
 1950
 (One-Reel) Gordon Hollingshead – Grandad of Races
 (Two-Reel) Walt Disney – In Beaver Valley

1940'erne 
 1949
 (One-Reel) Jack Eaton – Aquatic House Party
 (Two-Reel) Gaston Diehl, Robert Haessens – Van Gogh
 1948
 (One-Reel) Edmund H. Reek – Symphony of a City
 (Two-Reel) Walt Disney – Seal Island
 1947
 (One-Reel) Herbert Moulton – Good-Bye Miss Turlock
 (Two-Reel) Irving Allen – Climbing the Matterhorn
 1946
 (One-Reel) Gordon Hollingshead – Facing Your Danger
 (Two-Reel) Gordon Hollingshead – A Boy and His Dog 
 1945
 (One-Reel) Herbert Moulton, Jerry Bresler – Stairway to Light'
 (Two-Reel) Gordon Hollingshead – Star in the Night 1944
 (One-Reel) Jerry Fairbanks – Who's Who in Animal Land (Two-Reel) Gordon Hollingshead – I Won't Play 1943
 (One-Reel) Grantland Rice – Amphibious Fighters (Two-Reel) Jerry Bresler, Sam Coslow – Heavenly Music 1942
 (One-Reel) Paramount Pictures – Speaking of Animals and Their Families (Two-Reel) Warner Bros. – Beyond the Line of Duty 1941
 (One-Reel) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – Of Pups and Puzzles (Two-Reel) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – Main Street on the March! 1940
 (One-Reel) Pete Smith – Quicker N a Wink (Two-Reel) Warner Bros. – Teddy, the Rough Rider 1930'erne 
 1939
 (One-Reel) Paramount Pictures – Busy Little Bears (Two-Reel) Warner Bros. – Sons of Liberty 1938
 (One-Reel) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – That Mothers Might Live (Two-Reel) Warner Bros. – Declaration Of Independence 1937
 (farve) Pete Smith – Penny Wisdom (One-Reel) Skibo Productions – The Private Life of the Gannets (Two-Reel) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – Torture Money 1936
 (farve) Warner Bros. – Give Me Liberty (One-Reel) Hal Roach – Bored of Education (Two-Reel) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – The Public Pays 1935
 (komedie) Jack Chertok – How to Sleep (nyhed) Gaumont British, Skibo Productions – Wings Over Mt. Everest 1934
 (komedie) Kenneth Macgowan – La Cucaracha (nyhed) Horace Woodard, Stacy Woodard – City of Wax 1933
 (komedie) Louis Brock – So This Is Harris (nyhed) Joe Rock – Krakatoa 1932
 (komedie) Hal Roach – The Music Box (nyhed) Mack Sennett – Wrestling Swordfish Danske nominerede film 
 1996 – Kim Magnusson og Anders Thomas Jensen for Ernst & Lyset 1997 – Kim Magnusson og Anders Thomas Jensen for Wolfgang 1997 – Birger Larsen og Thomas Lydholm for Skal vi være kærester? 1998 – Kim Magnusson og Anders Thomas Jensen for Valgaften (Vinder)
 1999 – Henrik Ruben Genz og Michael W. Horsten for Bror, min bror 2002 – Martin Strange-Hansen og Mie Andreasen for Der er en yndig mand (Vinder)
 2006 – Søren Pilmark og Kim Magnusson for Helmer & Søn 2007 – Christian E. Christiansen for Om natten 2008 – Dorthe Warnø Høgh og Tivi Magnusson for Grisen 2009 – Joachim Back og Tivi Magnusson for De nye lejere (Vinder)
 2013 – Anders Walter og Kim Magnusson for Helium (Vinder)
 2017 - Aske Bang og Kim Magnusson for Silent Nights''

Eksterne henvisninger 
 Officielle regler for denne oscar 

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