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
This list focuses on Argentine films.
Best International Feature FilmYearFilmDirectorStatusMilestone / Notes 1974 The Truce Sergio Renán (original title: La tregua) 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 1998 Tango Carlos Saura (original title: Tango, no me dejes nunca) 2001 Son of the BrideJuan José Campanella (original title: El hijo de la novia) 2009 The Secret in Their Eyes (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 (original title: Relatos salvajes) 2022 Argentina, 1985 Santiago Mitre (original title: Argentina, 1985)
Best Supporting Actress This list focuses on Argentine-born actors and actresses. Supporting ActressYearNameFilmStatusMilestone 1987 Norma Aleandro Gaby: A True Story 2011 Bérénice Bejo The Artist
Best Art Direction This list focuses on Argentine-born art directors. Art DirectionYearNameFilmStatusMilestone 1995 Eugenio Zanetti Restoration 1998 What Dreams May Come Shared with Cindy Carr (set decoration)
Best Director This list focuses on Argentine-born directors.
DirectorYearNameFilmStatusMilestone 1985 Héctor Babenco Kiss of the Spider Woman
Best Visual Effects This list focuses on Argentine-born visual effects people. Visual EffectsYearNameFilmStatusMilestone 2002 Pablo Helman Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones 2005 War of the Worlds 2019Pablo HelmanLeandro EstebecorenaNelson Sepulveda-FrauserThe Irishman Shared with Stéphane Grabli2024Nelson Sepulveda-FrauserAlien: Romulus Shared with Eric Barba, Daniel Macarin, and Shane MahanPablo HelmanWicked Shared with Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk, and Paul Corbould
Best Original Screenplay This list focuses on Argentine-born screenwriters.
Original ScreenplayYearNameFilmStatusMilestone 1985 Aída BortnikLuis Puenzo La historia oficial 2014 Armando BóNicolás Giacobone Birdman Shared with Alejandro González Iñárritu and Alexander Dinelaris, Jr.
Best Story This list focuses on Argentine-born screenwriters.
Writing-StoryYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1930/1931 Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast Laughter Nomination shared with Douglas Z. Doty and Donald Ogden Stewart. Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast was an Argentine-born French screenwriter. This category was abolished after the 29th Academy Awards.
Best Original Score This list focuses on Argentine-born composers.
Original ScoreYearNameFilmStatusMilestone 1966 Luis Enríquez Bacalov Il vangelo secondo Matteo 1968 Lalo Schifrin Cool Hand Luke 1969 The Fox the Academy Award category was "Best Music, Original Score for a Motion Picture (not a Musical)" 1977 Voyage of the Damned 1980 The Amityville Horror 1984 The Sting II the Academy Award category was "Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score" 1985 Jorge Calandrelli The Color Purple 1995 Luis Enríquez Bacalov Il postino The Academy Award category was "Best Music, Original Dramatic Score" 2005 Gustavo Santaolalla Brokeback Mountain 2006 Babel first (and only) Argentine to win two consecutive Oscars in the same category
Best Original Song This list focuses on Argentine-born composers.
Original SongYearNameFilmStatusMilestone 1981 Lalo Schifrin The Competition for the song "People Alone";shared with Will Jennings 2000 Jorge Calandrelli Wo hu cang long for the song "A Love Before Time";shared with Tan Dun and James Schamus
Best Documentary Feature Film This list focuses on Argentine films.
Best Documentary FeatureYearNameFilm Status Milestone / Notes 1985 Susana Blaustein Muñoz The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Shared with Lourdes Portillo
Best Documentary Short Film This list focuses on films directed by Argentine-born filmmakers.
Best Documentary Short SubjectYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1980 Jorge Preloran Luther Metke at 94
Best Animated Short Film This list focuses on films produced by Argentine-born individuals.
Best Animated Short FilmYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2009 Nicolas Schmerkin Logorama
Special awards This list focuses on Argentine-born honorees.
Academy Honorary AwardYearNameStatusMilestone / Notes 2018 Lalo Schifrin "in recognition of his unique musical style, compositional integrity and influential contributions to the art of film scoring."
Nominees by decade
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
Cinema of Argentina List of Argentine films
References