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List of Argentine Academy Award winners and nominees

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

Best International Feature Film

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This list focuses on Argentine films.

Best International Feature Film
Year Film Director Status Milestone / Notes
1974 The Truce Sergio Renán Nominated (original title: La tregua)
1984 Camila María Luisa Bemberg Nominated first nomination for Best Foreign Language Film to a film directed by a Latin American woman director
1985 The Official Story Luis Puenzo Won (original title: La historia oficial)
first Latin American film to win for Best Foreign Language Film,
the film was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay
1998 Tango Carlos Saura Nominated (original title: Tango, no me dejes nunca)
2001 Son of the Bride Juan José Campanella Nominated (original title: El hijo de la novia)
2009 The Secret in Their Eyes Won (original title: El secreto de sus ojos)
second nomination for Best Foreign Language Film to a film directed by Juan José Campanella, and first to win; second Argentine, and Latin American, film to win for Best Foreign Language Film
2014 Wild Tales Damián Szifron Nominated (original title: Relatos salvajes)
2022 Argentina, 1985 Santiago Mitre Nominated (original title: Argentina, 1985)

Best Supporting Actress

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This list focuses on Argentine-born actors and actresses.

Supporting Actress
Year Name Film Status Milestone
1987 Norma Aleandro Gaby: A True Story Nominated
2011 Bérénice Bejo The Artist Nominated

Best Art Direction

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This list focuses on Argentine-born art directors.

Art Direction
Year Name Film Status Milestone
1995 Eugenio Zanetti Restoration Won
1998 What Dreams May Come Nominated Shared with Cindy Carr (set decoration)

Best Director

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This list focuses on Argentine-born directors.

Director
Year Name Film Status Milestone
1985 Héctor Babenco Kiss of the Spider Woman Nominated

Best Visual Effects

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This list focuses on Argentine-born visual effects people.

Visual Effects
Year Name Film Status Milestone
2002 Pablo Helman Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones Nominated
2005 War of the Worlds Nominated
2019 Pablo Helman
Leandro Estebecorena
Nelson Sepúlveda
The Irishman Nominated Shared with Stéphane Grabli

Best Original Screenplay

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This list focuses on Argentine films.

Original Screenplay
Year Name Film Status Milestone
1985 Aída Bortnik
Luis Puenzo
La historia oficial Nominated

This list focuses on Argentine-born screenwriters.

Original Screenplay
Year Name Film Status Milestone
2014 Armando Bó
Nicolás Giacobone
Birdman Won Shared with Alejandro González Iñárritu and Alexander Dinelaris, Jr.

Best Story

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This list focuses on Argentine-born screenwriters.

Writing-Story
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1930/1931 Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast Laughter Nominated Nomination shared with Douglas Z. Doty and Donald Ogden Stewart, Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast was an Argentine-born French screenwriter.

Best Original Score

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This list focuses on Argentine-born composers.

Original Score
Year Name Film Status Milestone
1966 Luis Enríquez Bacalov Il vangelo secondo Matteo Nominated
1968 Lalo Schifrin Cool Hand Luke Nominated
1969 The Fox Nominated the Academy Award category was "Best Music, Original Score for a Motion Picture (not a Musical)"
1977 Voyage of the Damned Nominated
1980 The Amityville Horror Nominated
1984 The Sting II Nominated the Academy Award category was "Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score"
1985 Jorge Calandrelli The Color Purple Nominated
1995 Luis Enríquez Bacalov Il postino Won The Academy Award category was "Best Music, Original Dramatic Score"
2005 Gustavo Santaolalla Brokeback Mountain Won
2006 Babel Won first (and only) Argentine to win two consecutive Oscars in the same category

Best Original Song

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This list focuses on Argentine-born composers.

Original Song
Year Name Film Status Milestone
1981 Lalo Schifrin The Competition Nominated for the song "People Alone";
shared with Will Jennings
2000 Jorge Calandrelli Wo hu cang long Nominated for the song "A Love Before Time";
shared with Tan Dun and James Schamus

Best Documentary Feature Film

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This list focuses on Argentine films.

Best Documentary Feature
Year Documentary Award Filmmaker Result Milestone
1985 The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Best Documentary Feature Susana Blaustein Muñoz Nominated Shared with Lourdes Portillo

Best Documentary Short Film

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This list focuses on films directed by Argentine-born filmmakers.

Best Documentary Short Subject
Year Documentary Award Filmmaker Result
1980 Luther Metke at 94 Best Documentary Short Subject Jorge Preloran Nominated

Best Animated Short Film

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This list focuses on films produced by Argentine-born individuals.

Best Animated Short Film
Year Film Producer Result
2009 Logorama Nicolas Schmerkin Won

Special awards

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This list focuses on Argentine-born honorees.

Recipient Year Notes Award
Lalo Schifrin 2018 "in recognition of his unique musical style, compositional integrity and influential contributions to the art of film scoring." Academy Honorary Award

Nominees by decade

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Decade 1930s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Total
Argentine films - - 1 4 1 2 1 2 11
Argentines in foreign films 1 3 1 7 3 6 3 - 24
Total 1 3 2 11 4 8 4 2 35

See also

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