List of Latin American Academy Award winners and nominees

This is a list of Latin American Academy Award winners and nominees by category. Each list details the performances of Latin American-born filmmakers, actors, actresses and films that have either been nominated for or won an Academy Award.

This list is current as of the 98th Academy Awards ceremony held on March 15, 2026.

Best Picture Best Picture Year Nominee Country Film Result 2006 Alejandro González Iñárritu Babel 2013 Alfonso Cuarón Gravity 2014Alejandro González Iñárritu Birdman 2015 The Revenant 2017 Guillermo del Toro The Shape of Water 2018 Alfonso Cuarón Roma Gabriela Rodríguez 2021 Guillermo del Toro Nightmare Alley 2024 Maria Carlota Bruno Rodrigo Teixeira I'm Still Here 2025 Guillermo del Toro Frankenstein

Best Director Best Director Year Nominee Country Film Result 1985 Héctor Babenco / Kiss of the Spider Woman 2003 Fernando Meirelles City of God 2006 Alejandro González Iñárritu Babel 2013 Alfonso Cuarón Gravity 2014Alejandro González Iñárritu Birdman 2015 The Revenant 2017 Guillermo del Toro The Shape of Water 2018Alfonso Cuarón Roma

Acting Best Actor + Best Actor Year Nominee Country Film Result 1950 José Ferrer Cyrano de Bergerac 1952 Moulin Rouge 1957 Anthony Quinn Wild Is the Wind 1964 Zorba the Greek 2011 Demián Bichir A Better Life 2025 Wagner Moura The Secret Agent

Best Actress Best Actress Year Nominee Country Film Result 1998 Fernanda Montenegro Central Station 2002 Salma Hayek Frida 2004 Catalina Sandino Moreno Maria Full of Grace 2018 Yalitza Aparicio Roma 2022 Ana de Armas Blonde 2024 Fernanda Torres I'm Still Here

Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actor Year Nominee Country Film Result 1948 José Ferrer Joan of Arc 1952 Anthony Quinn Viva Zapata! 1956 Lust for Life 1990 Andy García The Godfather Part III 2000 Benicio del Toro Traffic 2003 21 Grams 2025 One Battle After Another

Best Supporting Actress Best Supporting Actress Year Nominee Country Film Result 1954 Katy Jurado Broken Lance 1961 Rita Moreno West Side Story 1987 Norma Aleandro Gaby: A True Story 2006 Adriana Barraza Babel 2011 Bérénice Bejo The Artist 2013 Lupita Nyong'o 12 Years a Slave Alt URL 2018 Marina de Tavira Roma

Best Casting Best CastingYearNomineeCountryFilmStatusNotesRef(s) 2025(98th) Gabriel Domingues The Secret Agent First Brazilian-born and Latino casting director to be nominated for Best Casting.

Best Cinematography This list focuses on Latin American-born cinematographers. Best CinematographyYearNomineeCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1964 Gabriel Figueroa The Night of the Iguana The Academy Award category was "Best Cinematography – Black-and-White". 1995 Emmanuel Lubezki A Little Princess 1999 Sleepy Hollow 2003 César Charlone City of God Charlone is Uruguayan, but is based in Brazil.2005 Emmanuel Lubezki The New World Rodrigo Prieto Brokeback Mountain 2006 Emmanuel Lubezki Children of Men Guillermo Navarro Pan's Labyrinth (original title: El laberinto del fauno) First Latin American and Mexican cinematographer to win an Academy Award.2008 Claudio Miranda The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2011 Emmanuel Lubezki The Tree of Life 2012 Claudio Miranda Life of Pi 2013Emmanuel Lubezki Gravity 2014 Birdman First Latin American cinematographer to win consecutive Academy Awards. 2015 The Revenant First person to win this award in three consecutive years.First Latin American cinematographer to win three Academy Awards. 2016 Rodrigo Prieto Silence 2018 Alfonso Cuarón Roma First Latin American and Mexican director to be nominated for Best Cinematography while serving as both director and cinematographer.First Latin American and Mexican director to win for Best Director and Best Cinematography in the same year. 2019Rodrigo Prieto The Irishman 2023 Killers of the Flower Moon 2025Adolpho VelosoTrain Dreams First Brazilian to be nominated

Best Costume Design This list focuses on Latin American-born costume designers. Best Costume DesignYearNomineeCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2019 Mayes C. Rubeo Jojo Rabbit

Best Documentary Feature This list focuses on documentary features directed by Latin American-born filmmakers. Best Documentary FeatureYearNomineeCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1957 Manuel Barbachano Ponce Torero! 1981 Tetê Vasconcellos El Salvador: Another Vietnam Shared with Glenn Silber. 1985 Susana Blaustein MuñozLourdes Portillo The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo 2014 Juliano Ribeiro Salgado The Salt of the Earth Shared with Wim Wenders and producer David Rosier. 2016 Raoul PeckHébert Peck I Am Not Your Negro Shared with Rémi Grellety 2019 Petra CostaTiago Pavan The Edge of Democracy Shared with Joanna Natasegara and Shane Boris. 2020 Maite AlberdiMarcela Santibáñez The Mole Agent 2023 Maite Alberdi The Eternal Memory

Best Documentary Short Subject This list focuses on documentary short subject directed by Latin American-born filmmakers. Best Documentary Short SubjectYearNomineeCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1971 Manuel Arango Sentinels of Silence This was the only time that a short film won the Academy Award in two categories, having also won for Best Short Subject. 1980 Jorge Preloran Luther Metke at 94 Shared with producer Richard Hawkins. 2007 Isabel Vega The Crown Shared with director Amanda Micheli 2014 Gabriel Serra Argüello The Reaper 2021 Pedro Kos Lead Me Home Shared with director Jon Shenk.

Best Film Editing This list focuses on Latin American-born film editors. Best Film EditingYearNomineeCountryFilmStatusNotesRef(s) 2003(76th) Daniel Rezende City of God First Brazilian-born and Latino editor to be nominated for Best Film Editing. 2006(79th) Alfonso CuarónÁlex Rodríguez Children of Men First Mexican editors to be nominated.French-born Mexican editor (Rodríguez). 2013(86th)Alfonso Cuarón Gravity First Mexican-born editor to win Best Film Editing.Shared with Mark Sanger.

Best International Feature Film Best Foreign Language FilmYearFilmDirectorCountryStatusMilestone / Notes 1960 Macario Roberto Gavaldón First Latin American film to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. 1961 The Important Man Ismael Rodríguez (original title: Ánimas Trujano)1962 Keeper of Promises Anselmo Duarte (original title: O Pagador de Promessas) The Pearl of Tlayucan Luis Alcoriza (original title: Tlayucan) 1974 The Truce Sergio Renán (original title: La tregua) 1975 Letters from Marusia Miguel Littin (original title: Actas de Marusia) 1982 Alsino and the Condor (original title: Alsino y el cóndor)Second nomination for Best Foreign Language Film to a film directed by Chilean Miguel Littín.Only Latin American director to receive nominations for films directed in two different countries. 1984 Camila María Luisa Bemberg First nomination for Best Foreign Language Film to a film directed by a Latin American woman director. 1985 The Official Story Luis Puenzo (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. 1989 What Happened to Santiago Jacobo Morales (original title: Lo que le pasó a Santiago) 1992 A Place in the World Adolfo Aristarain (Disqualified) (original title: Un lugar en el mundo)After nominations were announced, information came to light that showed that the film was wholly produced in Argentina, and had insufficient Uruguayan artistic control. The film was declared ineligible and removed from the final ballot. 1994 Strawberry and Chocolate Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío (original title: Fresa y chocolate)First and only Cuban film to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. 1995 O Quatrilho Fábio Barreto Second Brazilian film nominated to the award in over 30 years. 1997 Four Days in September Bruno Barreto (original title: O Que É Isso Companheiro?)1998 Central Station Walter Salles (original title: Central do Brasil)The film was also nominated for Best Actress. Tango Carlos Saura (original title: Tango, no me dejes nunca) 2000 Amores perros Alejandro González Iñárritu 2001 Son of the Bride Juan José Campanella (original title: El hijo de la novia) 2002 El crimen del padre Amaro Carlos Carrera 2004 The Sea Inside Alejandro Amenábar (original title: Mar adentro) 2006 Pan's Labyrinth Guillermo del Toro (original title: El laberinto del fauno)The film was nominated for other five Academy Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography and Best Makeup, and won the last three of them.2009 The Milk of Sorrow Claudia Llosa (original title: La teta asustada)First, and only, Peruvian Film to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. The Secret in Their Eyes Juan José Campanella (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. 2010 Biutiful Alejandro González Iñárritu Second nomination for Best Foreign Language Film to a film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu.The film was also nominated for Best Actor. 2012 No Pablo Larraín First Chilean Film to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. 2014 Wild Tales Damián Szifron (original title: Relatos salvajes) 2015 Embrace of the Serpent Ciro Guerra (original title: El abrazo de la serpiente)First Colombian film to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. 2017 A Fantastic Woman Sebastián Lelio (original title: Una mujer fantástica)First Chilean film to win the Best Foreign Language Film award. 2018 Roma Alfonso Cuarón First Latin American film to be simultaneously nominated for Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film. 2022 Argentina, 1985 Santiago Mitre 2024 I'm Still Here Walter Salles (original title: Ainda estou aqui)First Academy Award for Brazil.The film was also nominated for Best Picture and Best Actress.First Portuguese-language film to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture. 2025 The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho (original title: O Agente Secreto)The film was also nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Casting.Second Portuguese-language film to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture.

Best Animated Feature This list focuses on animated features directed by Latin American-born filmmakers. Best Animated FeatureYearNomineeCountryFilmStatusNotesRef(s) 2015(88th) Alê Abreu Boy and the World First Latin American film to be nominated for Best Animated Feature. 2017(90th) Carlos Saldanha Ferdinand 2021(94th) Carlos López Estrada Raya and the Last Dragon 2022(95th) Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio 2025(95th)Nidia SantiagoLittle Amélie or the Character of Rain Shared with Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, and Henri Magalon

Best Live Action Short Film This list focuses on live action short films directed/produced by Latin American-born filmmakers. Best Live Action Short FilmYearNomineeCountryFilmStatusNotesRef(s) 1971(44th)Manuel Arango Sentinels of Silence First and only time a short film won Academy Awards in two different categories. 1976(49th)André Gutffreund In the Region of Ice Shared with director Peter Werner. 1996(69th)Antonio Urrutia De tripas, corazón 2000(73rd)Paulo Machline Uma História de Futebol 2021(94th) K.D. Dávila Please Stay 2022(95th) Alfonso CuarónLe pupille Shared with Alice Rohrwacher

Best Animated Short Film This list focuses on animated short films directed by Latin American-born filmmakers. Best Animated Short FilmYearNomineeCountryFilmStatusNotesRef(s) 1994(67th) Vanessa Schwartz The Janitor 2003(76th) Carlos Saldanha Gone Nutty First Animated Short Film directed by a Latin American director to receive an Academy Award nomination. 2009(82nd) Nicolas Schmerkin Logorama 2015(88th) Pato Escala PierartGabriel Osorio Vargas Bear Story First Latin American Animated Short to be nominated for and win an Academy Award. 2021(94th) Hugo Covarrubias Tevo Díaz Bestia

Best Makeup This list focuses on Latin American-born makeup artists.