This article is a list of list of Russian-born people working in the cinema industry who have been nominated for or won an Academy Award. It includes people with origins from Russian Empire, Soviet Union and Russia.
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Best ActorYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1956 Yul Brynner The King and I Brynner was a Soviet citizen who later became a naturalised US citizen.
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Best Actor in a Supporting RoleYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1936 Mischa AuerMy Man Godfrey First Russian to be nominated for an acting Oscar. 1945 Michael ChekhovSpellbound 1977 Mikhail BaryshnikovThe Turning Point 2024 Yura BorisovAnora
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Actress in a Supporting RoleYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1936Maria OuspenskayaDodsworth First Russian actress to be nominated for an Oscar. 1939Love Affair 1964 Lila Kedrova Zorba the Greek Kedrova was a Russian-born French actress.
Best Director
Best DirectorYearNameFilmStatusNotes 1927/1928 Lewis Milestone Two Arabian Knights Russian-Jewish; First Russian to win an Oscar. 1929/1930 All Quiet on the Western Front First Russian to win multiple Oscars.First director to win Best Director twice. 1930/1931 The Front Page
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Adapted ScreenplayYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1931-32 Samuel Hoffenstein Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Shared with Percy Heath. 1932-33 Robert Riskin Lady for a Day Sonya Levien State Fair Shared with Paul Green. 1934 Robert Riskin It Happened One Night Ben HechtTablet Magazine: "BDS AND THE OSCARS: HOW SCREENWRITER BEN HECHT DEFIED AN ANTI-ISRAEL BOYCOTT" By Rafael Medoff February 26, 2014 Viva Villa! 1936 Robert Riskin Mr. Deeds Goes to Town 1937 Morrie Ryskind Stage Door Shared with Anthony Veiller. 1938 Robert Riskin You Can't Take It with You 1939 Ben Hecht Wuthering Heights Shared with Charles MacArthur. 1944 Samuel Hoffenstein Laura Shared with Jay Dratler & Elizabeth Reinhardt. 1945 Albert Maltz Pride of the Marines 1949 Robert Rossen All the King's Men 1950 Albert Maltz Broken Arrow Michael Blankfort was originally nominated as the screenwriter of Broken Arrow. In 1991, research proved blacklisted Albert Maltz was the screenwriter and his credit was restored. Blankfort was removed from the nomination and it was given to Maltz. 1955 Paddy Chayefsky Marty 1961 Abby Mann Judgment at Nuremberg Robert Rossen The Hustler Shared with Sidney Carroll. 1962 Vladimir Nabokov Lolita 1973 Alvin Sargent Paper Moon Robert Towne The Last Detail 1977Alvin Sargent Julia 1980 Ordinary People 1984 Robert Towne Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Shared with Michael Austin.Towne was credited under the pseudonym P.H. Vazak due to unhappiness with co-writer Austin's alterations and the finished film itself. 2005 Tony Kushner Munich Shared with Eric Roth. 2012 Lincoln
Best Original Screenplay
Best Original ScreenplayYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1955 Sonya Levien Interrupted Melody Shared with William Ludwig. 1961 Valentin YezhovGrigory Chukhray Ballad of a Soldier
Best Story
Best StoryYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1946 Victor Trivas The Stranger 1955 Henri Troyat The Sheep Has Five Legs Shared with Jean Marsan, Jacques Perret, Henri Verneuil & Raoul Ploquin.
Best International Feature Film
Best International Feature FilmYearFilmRussian TitleStatusDirector(s)NotesRef 1968 War and Peace Война и мир Sergei Bondarchuk 1969 The Brothers Karamazov Братья Карамазовы Kirill Lavrov, Ivan Pyryev & Mikhail Ulyanov 1971 Tchaikovsky Чайкoвский Igor Talankin 1972 The Dawns Here Are Quiet А зори здесь тихие Stanislav Rostotsky 1975 Dersu Uzala Дерсу Узала Akira Kurosawa Soviet-Japanese co-production 1978 White Bim Black Ear Белый Бим Черное ухо Stanislav Rostotsky 1980 Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears Москва слезам не верит Vladimir Menshov 1982 Private Life Частная жизнь Yuli Raizman 1984 Wartime Romance Военно-полевой роман Pyotr Todorovsky Soviet Ukrainian production 1992 Close to Eden Урга Nikita Mikhalkov First nomination for Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. 1994 Burnt by the Sun Утомлённые солнцем 1996 Prisoner of the Mountains Кавказский пленник Sergei Bodrov 1997 The Thief Вор Pavel Chukhray 2007 12 12 Nikita Mikhalkov 2014 Leviathan Левиафан Andrey Zvyagintsev 2017 Loveless Нелюбовь
Best Art Direction
Best Art DirectionYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1937 Alexander Toluboff Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 Black and White1938 Boris Leven Alexander's Ragtime Band Nominated in the black and white category Alexander Toluboff Algiers Black and White 1939 Alexander Toluboff Stagecoach Black and White 1940 Alexander Golitzen Foreign Correspondent 1941 Alexander Golitzen Sundown 1942 Alexander Golitzen Arabian Nights 1943 Alexander Golitzen Phantom of the Opera 1944 Alexander Golitzen The Climax 1956 Boris Leven Giant 1960 Alexander Golitzen Spartacus 1961 Boris Leven West Side Story Nominated in the black-and-white category Alexander Golitzen Flower Drum Song 1962 Alexander Golitzen To Kill a Mockingbird Alexander Golitzen That Touch of Mink 1965 Boris Leven The Sound of Music 1966 Alexander Golitzen Gambit 1966 Boris Leven The Sand Pebbles 1967 Alexander Golitzen Thoroughly Modern Millie 1968 Mikhail BogdanovGennady Myasnikov War and Peace Boris Leven Star! 1969 Alexander Golitzen Sweet Charity 1970 Alexander Golitzen Airport 1971 Boris Leven The Andromeda Strain 1974 Alexander Golitzen Earthquake 1981 Patrizia von Brandenstein Ragtime of German-Russian descent 1984 Amadeus 1986 Boris Leven The Color of Money 1987 Patrizia von Brandenstein The Untouchables of German-Russian descent 2014 Maria Djurkovic The Imitation Game
Best Cinematography
Best CinematographyYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1953 Joseph Ruttenberg Julius Caesar 1954 Boris Kaufman On the Waterfront 1956 Baby Doll Joseph Ruttenberg Somebody Up There Likes Me 1958 Gigi 1960 BUtterfield 8
Best Documentary Feature Film
Best Documentary FeatureYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1942 Ilya Kopalin and Leonid Varlamov Moscow Strikes Back 1942 Victor Stoloff Little Isles of Freedom 2015 Den Tolmor Evgeny Afineevsky Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom 2025 Pavel Talankin Mr Nobody Against Putin Shared with David Borenstein, Helle Faber and Alžběta Karásková
Best Animated Short Film
Best Animated Short FilmYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1989 Aleksandr Petrov The Cow 1995 Alexiy Kharitidi Gagarin 1997 Aleksandr Petrov The Mermaid 1999 The Old Man and the Sea 2007 My Love 2008 Konstantin Bronzit Lavatory – Lovestory 2015 We Can't Live Without Cosmos 2021 Anton Dyakov Boxballet 2025 Konstantin Bronzit The Three Sisters Credited as "Timur Kognov"
Best Live Action Short Film
Best Live Action Short FilmYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1952Boris VermontLight in the WindowBoris Vermont acceptance speech at 25th Academy Awards 1953Joy of Life
Best Original Score
Best Original Music ScoreYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes1937Constantin Bakaleinikoff Something to Sing About Dimitri Tiomkin Lost Horizon Boris Morros Souls at Sea 1938 Tropic Holiday 1939Lud Gluskin The Man in the Iron Mask Dimitri Tiomkin Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Aaron Copland Of Mice and Men 1940 Our Town Artie Shaw Second Chorus 1941 Bernard Herrmann The Devil and Daniel Webster Citizen Kane 1942 Max Terr The Gold Rush Dimitri Tiomkin The Corsican Brothers 1943 The Moon and Sixpence Aaron Copland The North Star Constantin Bakaleinikoff The Fallen Sparrow 1944 None But the Lonely Heart Higher and Higher Dimitri Tiomkin The Bridge of San Luis Rey 1945Daniele AmfitheatrofGuest WifeHe was an Italian composer of Russian origin 1946 Bernard Herrmann Anna and the King of Siam 1947Daniele AmfitheatrofSong of the SouthShared nomination with Paul J. Smith and Charles WolcottDavid RaksinForever Amber1949 Aaron Copland The Heiress Dimitri Tiomkin Champion 1952 High Noon Herschel Burke Gilbert The Thief 1954Dimitri Tiomkin The High and the Mighty 1956 Giant 1958 The Old Man and the Sea Yuri Fayer Gennady Rozhdestvensky The Bolshoi Ballet 1960Dimitri Tiomkin The Alamo 1961 The Guns of Navarone Dmitri Shostakovich Khovanshchina 1963Dimitri Tiomkin 55 Days at Peking 1964 The Fall of the Roman Empire 1971 Tchaikovsky 1976 Bernard Herrmann Obsession Taxi Driver
Best Original Song
Best Original SongYearNameFilm SongStatusMilestone / Notes1935Al Dubin Gold Diggers of 1935 "Lullaby of Broadway" 1937 Mr. Dodd Takes the Air "Remember Me" Ira Gershwin and George Gershwin Shall We Dance "They Can't Take That Away from Me" 1943 Al Dubin Stage Door Canteen "We Mustn't Say Goodbye" 1944 Ira Gershwin Cover Girl "Long Ago (and Far Away)" 1947Josef Myrow Mother Wore Tights "You Do" 1950 Wabash Avenue "Wilhelmina" Al Hoffman Cinderella "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" 1952 Dimitri Tiomkin High Noon "The Ballad of High Noon" 1954 Ira Gershwin A Star Is Born "The Man That Got Away" Dimitri Tiomkin The High and the Mighty "The High and the Mighty" 1955 Hy Zaret Unchained "Unchained Melody" 1956Dimitri Tiomkin Friendly Persuasion "Friendly Persuasion" 1957 Wild Is the Wind "Wild Is the Wind" 1959 The Young Land "Strange Are the Ways of Love" 1960 The Alamo "The Green Leaves of Summer" 1961 Town Without Pity "Town Without Pity" 1963 55 Days at Peking "So Little Time"
Nominations and winners
No. of winsNo. of nominations 32 161
See also List of Russian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film List of Soviet submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film Cinema of Russia Cinema of the Russian Empire Cinema of the Soviet Union
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