List of Australian Academy Award winners and nominees
This list details Australian people working in the film industry who have been nominated for, or won, Academy Awards. These awards honour outstanding achievements in theatrically released motion pictures and were first presented by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1929., a total of 43 awards from 154 nominations have been won by Australians. Additionally, awards for Scientific and Engineering achievements have been given to Australians four times.
Art director and costume designer Catherine Martin has received more awards than any other Australian with four wins from six nominations in the Best Costume Design and Best Production Design categories. Cate Blanchett is the most nominated individual in this list with seven nominations, which resulted in a win for Best Leading Actress and Best Supporting Actress. Peter Weir has received five nominations in the Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay categories without a win.
May Robson was the first Australian-born person to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in 1933 for Lady for a Day. In 1942, Ken G. Hall became the first Australian to win an Academy Award for his documentary Kokoda Front Line! in the Best Documentary category. Suzanne Baker was the first Australian woman to win an Oscar, which was given to her in 1977 for Best Animated Short for Leisure. Cate Blanchett was the first Australian actor to win more than one award in the acting categories. Peter Finch was the first actor to be awarded an Oscar posthumously, winning the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Network in 1976. The only other acting Oscar awarded posthumously was to fellow Australian Heath Ledger 32 years later when his performance in The Dark Knight earned him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2008.
Australians have been nominated at least once in all categories. The Oscar for Best Costume Design has been the most successful category for Australians with seven wins from 17 nominations. The Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Original Score, and the Best Documentary are the only categories in this list where Australians have been nominated without winning.Nominees and winners
In the following tables, the years correspond to the year in which the films were released; the Academy Award ceremony is held the following year.Production
Best Picture
Best Documentary Feature
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
Best Animated Film
Performance
Best Actress
Best Actor
Craft
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Director
Best Editing
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Best Production Design
Note: Before 2012, the category was called Best Art Direction-Set Decoration.Best Sound Mixing
Best Visual Effects
Scientific and Engineering
