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 YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / NotesRef. 1971 Chaim Topol Fiddler on the Roof First Israeli nominated in any category. First Middle Eastern person nominated for an acting award.
Best Actress in a Leading Role YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2010 Natalie Portman Black Swan First Israeli to win an award in any category. 2016 Jackie First Israeli to receive three nominations.
Best Actress in a Supporting Role YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2004 Natalie Portman Closer First and (to date) only Israeli woman ever nominated for an acting award.
Best Picture YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1997 Arnon Milchan L.A. Confidential Shared with Curtis Hanson, and Michael Nathanson. 2015 The Revenant Shared with Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent, and Keith Redmon.
Best Original Screenplay YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2009 Oren Moverman The Messenger Shared with Alessandro Camon.
Best Animated Feature YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2016Osnat Shurer Moana Shared with John Musker, and Ron Clements. 2021 Raya and the Last Dragon Shared with Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, and Peter Del Vecho. 2025 Natalie Portman Arco Shared with Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry, and Sophie Mas.
Best Documentary Feature YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / NotesRef. 1974 Haim Gouri The 81st Blow Shared with Jacquot Ehrlich, and David Bergman. 2012 Guy Davidi 5 Broken Cameras Shared with Emad Burnat. Estelle Fialon Philippa Kowarsky Dror Moreh The Gatekeepers 2015 Evgeny Afineevsky Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom Shared with Den Tolmor. 2024Rachel SzorYuval AbrahamNo Other Land Shared with Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal
Best Documentary Short Film YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / NotesRef. 2015 Nomi Talisman Last Day of Freedom Shared with Dee Hibbert-Jones. 2025 Hilla Medalia Children No More: "Were and Are Gone" Shared with Sheila Nevins.
Best Live Action Short YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / NotesRef. 1974Julian Chagrin The Concert 1976 The Morning Spider 2014 Oded Binnun Mihal Brezis Aya 2018 Guy Nattiv Skin 2025Meyer Levinson-BlountOron CaspiButcher's Stain
Best Animated Short YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / NotesRef. 2023 Tal KantorAmit R. Gicelter Letter to a Pig
Best Sound YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2013Niv Adiri Gravity Shared with Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, and Chris Munro. 2021 Belfast Shared with Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, and James Mather.
Best International Film
The following films were submitted by the country of Israel for Best International Feature Film and received a nomination.
Year(Ceremony)English film titleOriginal titleDirectorStatusRef. 1964(37th) Sallah Sallakh Shabati(סאלח שבתי) 1971 (44th) The Policeman Hashoter Azulai(השוטר אזולאי) 1972(45th) I Love You Rosa Ani Ohev Otakh Rozah(אני אוהב אותך רוזה) 1973(46th) The House on Chelouche Street Habayit Birkhov Chelouche(הבית ברחוב שלוש) 1977(50th) Operation Thunderbolt Mivtza Yonatan(מבצע יונתן) 1984(57th) Beyond the Walls Me'akhorei Hasoragim(מאחורי הסורגים) 2007(80th) Beaufort Beaufort(בופור) 2008(81st) Waltz with Bashir Vals Im Bashir(ואלס עם באשיר) 2009(82nd) Ajami Agami(عجمي / עג'מי) and Yaron Shani 2011(84th) Footnote He'arat Shulayyim (הערת שוליים) Joseph Cedar
Nominations and Winners No. of winsNo. of nominations 4 25
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