List of Muslim Academy Award winners and nominees

This is a list of Muslim Academy Award winners and nominees. It includes both practicing Muslims and those who have a Muslim background.

Academy Awards, popularly known as Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for artistic and technical merit in the film industry.

This list is current as of the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony, which was held on April 25, 2021.

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Ceremony Year Name Country Film Status Notes 93rd 2020 Riz Ahmed / Sound of Metal First Muslim to be nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Ceremony Year Name Country Film Status Notes 35th 1962 Omar Sharif Lawrence of Arabia First Egyptian to be nominated for an Academy Award in any category 89th 2016Mahershala Ali Moonlight First Muslim to win an Academy Award in an acting category 91st 2018 Green Book First Black actor to win Best Actor in a Supporting Role twice

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Ceremony Year Name Country Film Status Notes 76th 2003 Shohreh Aghdashloo / House of Sand and Fog First Iranian to be nominated for an Academy Award in an acting category

Best Animated Short Film Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film Ceremony Year Name Country Film Status Notes 97th 2024 Shirin SohaniHossein Molayemi In the Shadow of the Cypress First Muslims to be nominated for -and win- Best Animated Short Film

Best Documentary (Feature) Academy Award for Best Documentary (Feature) Ceremony Year Name Country Film Status Notes 39th 1965 Haroun Tazieff / / Le Volcan interdit Muslim father 85th 2012 Emad Burnat 5 Broken Cameras Nomination shared with Guy Davidi 86th 2013 Jehane Noujaim The Square Muslim father and possibly converted mother Karim Amer / 88th 2015 Asif Kapadia Amy Award shared with James Gay-Rees 90th 2017 Feras FayyadKareem Abeed Last Men in Aleppo Nomination shared with Søren Steen Jespersen 91st 2018 Talal Derki Of Fathers and Sons Nomination shared with Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme, and Tobias N. Siebert 92nd 2019 Feras Fayyad The Cave Nomination shared with Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjær Waad Al-Kateab For Sama Nomination shared with Edward Watts97th2024Basel AdraHamdan BallalNo Other Land Nomination shared with Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham

Best Documentary (Short Subject)

Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) Ceremony Year Name Country Film Status Notes 84th 2011 Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy / Saving Face First Pakistani to be nominated for and to win an Academy Award in any category;Award shared with Daniel Junge 86th 2013 Sara Ishaq / Karama Has No Walls 88th 2015 Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy / A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness First Muslim to win two Academy Awards;First female to win Best Documentary (Short Subject) twice

Best Live Action Short Film

Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film Ceremony Year Name Country Film Status Notes 33rd 1960 Ismail Merchant The Creation of Woman Nomination shared with Charles F. Schwep 72nd 1999 Mehdi Norowzian / Killing Joe Nomination shared with Steve Wax 74th 2001 Shameela Bakhsh Speed for Thespians Nomination shared with Kalman Apple 75th 2002 Lexi Alexander / Johnny Flynton Muslim father;Nomination shared with Alexander Buono 87th 2014 Talkhon Hamzavi Parvaneh Nomination shared with Stefan Eichenberger 92nd 2019 Meryam Joobeur / Brotherhood Nomination shared with Marcia Gracia Turgeon 94th 2021 Riz Ahmed / The Long Goodbye Nominated shared with Aneil Karia

Best Original Score

Academy Award for Best Original Score Ceremony Year Name Country Film Status Notes 81st 2008A. R. Rahman Slumdog Millionaire First Indian to be nominated for and to win Best Original Score 83rd 2010 127 Hours First Asian to be nominated for Best Original Score twice

Best Original Song

Academy Award for Best Original Song Ceremony Year Name Country Film Song Status Notes 81st 2008 A. R. Rahman Slumdog Millionaire "Jai Ho" Award shared with Gulzar;First Asian along with Gulzar to win Best Original Song;First Asian to be nominated for three Academy Awards in the same year;First Asian to win two Academy Awards in the same year Slumdog Millionaire "O... Saya" Nomination shared with Mathangi "M.I.A." Arulpragasam;First Asian to be nominated for three Academy Awards in the same year 83rd 2010 127 Hours "If I Rise" Nomination shared with Rollo Armstrong and Dido 91st 2018 SZA Black Panther "All the Stars" Nomination shared with Kendrick Lamar, Mark "Sounwave" Spears and Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith

Best Picture

Academy Award for Best Picture Ceremony Year Name Country Film Status Notes 59th 1986 Ismail Merchant A Room with a View 65th 1992 Howards End 66th 1993 The Remains of the Day Nomination shared with John Calley and Mike Nichols

Best Sound

Academy Award for Best Sound Ceremony Year Name Country Film Status Notes 79th 2006 Kami Asgar Apocalypto First and only Middle Eastern to be nominated for Best Sound 81st 2009 Resul Pookutty Slumdog Millionaire First Indian to win Oscar in this category.

Best Visual Effects

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Ceremony Year Name Country Film Status Notes 69th 1996 Habib Zargarpour Twister Nomination shared with Stefan Fangmeier, John Frazier, and Henry LaBounta 73rd 2000 The Perfect Storm Nomination shared with Walt Conti, Stefan Fangmeier, and John Frazier

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Ceremony Year Name Country Film Status Notes 8th 1935 Achmed Abdullah The Lives of a Bengal Lancer Adapted from the autobiography of the same name by Francis Yeats-Brown;First Muslim to be nominated for an Academy Award in any category;Nomination shared with John L. Balderston, Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt, and Waldemar Young 70th 1997 Hossein Amini / The Wings of the Dove Adapted from the novel of the same name by Henry James;First Asian to be nominated for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) Ceremony Year Name Country Film Status Notes 84th 2011 Asghar Farhadi A Separation First screenplay written entirely in Persian to be nominated for an Academy Award in a writing category 90th 2017 Kumail Nanjiani / The Big Sick Nomination shared with Emily V. Gordon (his wife) 98th 2025 Jafar PanahiShadmehr RastinNader SaïvarMehdi Mahmoudian It Was Just an Accident

See also

List of Academy Award records List of Jewish Academy Award winners and nominees

References