This article is a list of Irish people working in the cinema industry who have been nominated for or won an Academy Award. It includes people from the Republic of Ireland and from Northern Ireland. It does not include members of the Irish diaspora unless they were born in Ireland or hold Irish citizenship.
Best Picture Academy Award for Best PictureYearNameFilmStatusNotesRef. 1989 Noel Pearson My Left Foot 1993 Jim Sheridan In the Name of the Father 2008 Redmond Morris The Reader Shared with Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack and Donna Gigliotti. 2015Ed Guiney Room 2017Martin McDonaghThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Shared with Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin. 2018Ed Guiney The Favourite Shared with Ceci Dempsey, Lee Magiday, and Yorgos Lanthimos. 2021 Kenneth Branagh Belfast Shared with Laura Berwick, Becca Kovacik, and Tamar Thomas. 2022 Martin McDonagh The Banshees of Inisherin Shared with Graham Broadbent and Peter Czernin. 2023 Ed GuineyAndrew Lowe Poor Things Shared with Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone. 2025 Ed GuineyAndrew Lowe Bugonia Shared with Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Lars Knudsen
Best Director Academy Award for Best DirectorYearNameFilmStatusNotesRef. 1928 Herbert Brenon Sorrell and Son Brenon was born in Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire), Co. Dublin and was the first Irish-born person to be nominated for an Academy Award 1948 John Huston The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948 film) He was an Irish Citizen. 1989 Kenneth Branagh Henry V Jim Sheridan My Left Foot 1992 Neil Jordan The Crying Game 1993 Jim Sheridan In the Name of the Father 2015 Lenny Abrahamson Room 2021 Kenneth Branagh Belfast 2022 Martin McDonagh The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Actor in a Leading Role Academy Award for Best ActorYearNameFilmStatusNotesRef. 1944 Barry Fitzgerald Going My Way The only person to be nominated in two different acting categories for the same role in the same movie in the same year. 1949 Richard ToddThe Hasty Heart 1954 Dan O'Herlihy Robinson Crusoe 1963 Richard Harris This Sporting Life 1989 Kenneth Branagh Henry V Branagh is the first Northern Irish person to be nominated in the acting categories. Daniel Day-Lewis My Left Foot Day-Lewis is an English-born actor with joint British/Irish citizenship. 1990 Richard Harris The Field 1992 Stephen Rea The Crying Game Rea is a Northern Ireland native. 1993 Daniel Day-Lewis In the Name of the Father Liam Neeson Schindler's List Neeson is a Northern Ireland native. 2002 Daniel Day-Lewis Gangs of New York 2007 There Will Be Blood 2012 Lincoln 2015 Michael Fassbender Steve Jobs Born in Germany; holds both Irish and German citizenship. 2017 Daniel Day-Lewis Phantom Thread 2022 Colin Farrell The Banshees of Inisherin Paul MescalAftersun 2023 Cillian Murphy Oppenheimer Murphy is the first Irish-born performer to win Best Actor.
Best Actress in a Leading Role Academy Award for Best ActressYearNameFilmStatusNotesRef. 2015 Saoirse Ronan Brooklyn At age 21, Ronan became eighth-youngest nominee at that time in the category. 2016 Ruth Negga Loving First black Irish actress to be nominated in any category. 2017 Saoirse Ronan Lady Bird 2019 Little Women At age 25 and six months of age, Ronan became the second youngest person to score four Academy Award nominations in both acting categories (Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress). 2025 Jessie Buckley Hamnet First Irish actress to win in this category
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorYearNameFilmStatusNotesRef. 1944 Barry Fitzgerald Going My Way The only person to be nominated in two different acting categories for the same role in the same movie in the same year. 2011 Kenneth Branagh My Week with Marilyn Branagh is the first Northern Irish actor to be nominated in this category. 2013 Michael Fassbender 12 Years a Slave 2021 Ciarán Hinds Belfast Hinds hails from Northern Ireland. 2022 Brendan GleesonThe Banshees of Inisherin Barry Keoghan
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressYearNameFilmStatusNotesRef. 1939 Geraldine Fitzgerald Wuthering Heights 1941 Sara Allgood How Green Was My Valley Patricia Collinge The Little Foxes 1989 Brenda Fricker My Left Foot 2007 Saoirse Ronan Atonement Ronan holds the record as the seventh-youngest nominee in the category (aged 13 at the time). 2021 Jessie Buckley The Lost Daughter 2022 Kerry Condon The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for Best Original ScreenplayYearNameFilmStatusNotesRef. 1992 Neil Jordan The Crying Game 2003 Jim Sheridan Kirsten Sheridan Naomi Sheridan In America Father-daughters team. 2004 Terry George Hotel Rwanda Shared with Keir Pearson. 2008Martin McDonagh In Bruges Born in London to Irish parents, McDonagh holds only an Irish citizenship. 2017 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2021 Kenneth Branagh Belfast
Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for Best Adapted ScreenplayYearNameFilmSource MaterialStatusNotesRef. 1938 George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion Based on the play of the same name by Shaw. Shared with Ian Dalrymple, Cecil Arthur Lewis, and W. P. Lipscomb.Shaw was the first person to win both a Nobel Prize and an Academy Award and was the first Irish recipient of an Academy Award. 1948 John Huston The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948 film) Based on The Treasure of the Sierra Madre by B. Traven. 1966 Bill Naughton Alfie Based on the play of the same name by Naughton. 1989 Shane Connaughton Jim Sheridan My Left Foot Based on the autobiography of the same name by Christy Brown. 1993 Terry George Jim Sheridan In the Name of the Father Based on the book Proved Innocent: The Story of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four by Gerry Conlon. 1996 Kenneth Branagh Hamlet Based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare. 2015 Emma Donoghue Room Based on the novel of the same name by Donoghue. 2025 Maggie O'Farrell Hamnet Based on the novel of the same name by O'Farrell Shared with Chloé Zhao. O'Farrell was born in Coleraine to a Dublin father and raised in both Ireland and the UK.
Best Animated Feature Academy Award for Best Animated FeatureYearNameFilmStatusNotesRef. 2009 Tomm Moore The Secret of Kells 2014 Tomm Moore Paul Young Song of the Sea 2017 Nora Twomey The Breadwinner Shared nomination with Anthony Leo. 2021 Tomm Moore Paul Young Wolfwalkers Shared with Ross Stewart and Stéphan Roelants.
Best International Feature Film
Academy Award for Best International Feature FilmYearNameFilmStatusNotesRef. 2022 Colm Bairéad The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin) In the Irish language.
Best Documentary Short Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)YearNameFilmStatusNotesRef. 1961 Tom Hayes Jim O'Connor Cradle of Genius 1965 Patrick Carey Yeats Country Shared with Joe Mendoza. 1970 Patrick Carey Vivien Carey Oisin 1973Louis Marcus Children at Work Original title: Páistí ag obair Irish-language film 2005Corinne Marrinan A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin Born in the United States; holds both Irish and American citizenship.Shared with Eric Simonson.
Best Live Action Short Academy Award for Best Live Action Short FilmYearNameFilmStatusNotesRef. 1975Louis Marcus Conquest of Light 1992 Kenneth Branagh Swan Song Shared with David Parfitt. 1997 Tim LoanePearse MooreDave Duggan Dance Lexie Dance 2004 Gary McKendry Everything in This Country Must 2005 Martin McDonagh Six Shooter 2008 Steph Green New Boy Shared with Tamara Anghie. 2009 James FlynnJuanita Wilson The Door Husband-wife team. 2010 Michael Creagh The Crush 2011 Peter McDonald Eimear O'Kane Pentecost Oorlagh GeorgeTerry George The Shore Father-daughter team. 2014 Ronan BlaneyMichael Lennox Boogaloo and Graham 2015 Benjamin Cleary Stutterer Shared with Shan Christopher Ogilvie and Serena Armitage. 2018 Vincent Lambe Darren Mahon Detainment 2022 Tom Berkeley and Ross White An Irish Goodbye Tom Berkeley is a native of Gloucester based in Belfast.
Best Animated Short Academy Award for Best Animated Short FilmYearNameFilmStatusNotesRef. 1996 Tyron Montgomery Quest Shared with Thomas Stellmach 2001 Seamus Byrne Ruairí Robinson Fifty Percent Grey Cathal Gaffney Darragh O'Connell Give Up Yer Aul Sins 2009 Darragh O'Connell Nicky Phelan Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty 2012 Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly Head Over Heels Shared with Timothy Reckart. 2018 Louise Bagnall Late Afternoon Shared with Nuria González Blanco. 2025 John KellyAndrew Freedman Retirement Plan Lead character voiced by Domhnall Gleeson
Best Original Song Academy Award for Best Original SongYearNameFilmSongStatusNotesRef. 2001 Enya Nicky Ryan Roma Ryan The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring "May It Be" 2002 U2 Gangs of New York "The Hands That Built America" 2007 Glen Hansard Once "Falling Slowly" Shared with Markéta Irglová. 2013 Bono (lyrics) U2 (music) Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom "Ordinary Love" 2021 Van Morrison Belfast "Down to Joy"
Best Sound Academy Award for Best SoundYearNameFilmStatusNotesRef. 2001 Peter J. Devlin Pearl Harbor Shared with Kevin O'Connell and Greg P. Russell. 2007 Transformers 2009 Star Trek Shared with Anna Behlmer and Andy Nelson. 2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon Shared with Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, and Gary Summers. 2018 Black Panther Shared with Steve Boeddeker and Brandon Proctor.
Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Production DesignYearNameFilmStatusNotesRef. 1963Josie MacAvin (set decorator) Tom Jones Nominated in the Color category. Shared with Jocelyn Herbert (set decorator); Ralph W. Brinton and Ted Marshall (art directors). 1965 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Nominated in the Black-and-White category. Shared with Ted Marshall (set decorator); Tambi Larsen and Hal Pereira (art directors). 1985 Out of Africa Shared with Stephen B. Grimes (art director).
Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best CinematographyYearNameFilmStatusNotesRef. 2007Seamus McGarvey Atonement 2012 Anna Karenina 2018 Robbie Ryan The Favourite 2023 Poor Things
Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Film EditingYearNameFilmStatusNotesRef. 2022 Jonathan Redmond Elvis Shared with Matt Villa. 2024 Nick Emerson Conclave
Best Makeup and Hairstyling Academy Award for Best Makeup and HairstylingYearNameFilmStatusNotesRef. 1982Michèle Burke Quest for Fire Shared with Sarah Monzani. 1986 The Clan of the Cave Bear Shared with Michael Westmore. 1990 Cyrano de Bergerac French-language film. Shared with Jean-Pierre Eychenne. 1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula Shared with Greg Cannom and Matthew W. Mungle. 1999 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Shared with Mike Smithson. 2000 The Cell Shared with Edouard F. Henriques. 2011 Lynn Johnston Albert Nobbs Shared with Martial Corneville and Matthew W. Mungle.
Best Costume Design Academy Award for Best Costume DesignYearNameFilmStatusNotesRef. 2006Consolata Boyle The Queen 2016 Florence Foster Jenkins 2017 Victoria & Abdul
Best Visual Effects Academy Award for Best Visual EffectsYearNameFilmStatusNotesRef. 2009Richard Baneham Avatar Shared with Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, and Andrew R. Jones. 2022 Avatar: The Way of Water Shared with Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett.2025 Avatar: Fire and Ash Shared with Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett.
Special awards YearNameAward 2014 Maureen O'Hara Honorary Academy Award.
Most Nominations People with three or more nominations for Academy Awards. Years of wins shown in bold.