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List of Israeli Academy Award winners and nominees

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Topol nominated for 1971's Fiddler on the Roof.

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

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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.
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Best Actress in a Leading Role

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

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

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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

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

Best Original Screenplay

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

Best Animated Feature

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

Best Documentary Feature

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Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes Ref.
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. [2]
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.

Best Documentary Short Film

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

Best Live Action Short

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Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes Ref.
1974 Julian Chagrin The Concert Nominated
1976 The Morning Spider Nominated
2014 Oded Binnun
Mihal Brezis
Aya Nominated [3]
2018 Guy Nattiv Skin Won [4]

Best Animated Short

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

Best Sound

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

Best International Film

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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 Ref.
1964
(37th)
Sallah Sallakh Shabati
(סאלח שבתי)
Ephraim Kishon Nominated [5]
1971
(44th)
The Policeman Hashoter Azulai
(השוטר אזולאי)
Nominated [1]
1972
(45th)
I Love You Rosa Ani Ohev Otakh Rozah
(אני אוהב אותך רוזה)
Moshé Mizrahi Nominated [6]
1973
(46th)
The House on Chelouche Street Habayit Birkhov Chelouche
(הבית ברחוב שלוש)
Nominated [7]
1977
(50th)
Operation Thunderbolt Mivtza Yonatan
(מבצע יונתן)
Menahem Golan Nominated [8]
1984
(57th)
Beyond the Walls Me'akhorei Hasoragim
(מאחורי הסורגים)
Uri Barbash Nominated [9]
2007
(80th)
Beaufort Beaufort
(בופור)
Joseph Cedar Nominated [10]
2008
(81st)
Waltz with Bashir Vals Im Bashir
(ואלס עם באשיר)
Ari Folman Nominated [11]
2009
(82nd)
Ajami Agami
(عجمي / עג'מי)
Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani Nominated [12]
2011
(84th)
Footnote He'arat Shulayyim
(הערת שוליים)
Joseph Cedar Nominated [13]

Nominations and Winners

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No. of wins No. of nominations
3 25

References

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  1. ^ a b "The 44th Academy Awards | 1972".
  2. ^ "The 85th Academy Awards | 2013".
  3. ^ "The 87th Academy Awards | 2015".
  4. ^ "The 91st Academy Awards | 2019".
  5. ^ "The 37th Academy Awards | 1965".
  6. ^ "The 45th Academy Awards | 1973".
  7. ^ "The 46th Academy Awards | 1974".
  8. ^ "The 50th Academy Awards | 1978".
  9. ^ "The 57th Academy Awards | 1985".
  10. ^ "The 80th Academy Awards | 2008".
  11. ^ "The 81st Academy Awards | 2009".
  12. ^ "The 82nd Academy Awards | 2010".
  13. ^ "Oscars 2012: Nominees in full". BBC News. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-24.