List of Academy Award winners and nominees from Hungary

This is a list of Academy Award winners and nominees born in Hungary or as Hungarians according to Hungarian nationality law-people who hold Hungarian citizenship acquired by descent from a Hungarian parent or by naturalisation.

Best Director DirectorYearNameFilmStatusNotes 1935Michael Curtiz Captain Blood 1938 Angels with Dirty Faces Four Daughters 1942 Yankee Doodle Dandy 1943 Casablanca 1964 George Cukor My Fair Lady US-born

Best Actor in a Leading Role Best ActorYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1932-33 Leslie Howard Berkeley Square László Steiner, UK-born1938 Pygmalion Co-directed by Leslie Howard Produced by Gabriel Pascal1943 Paul Lukas Watch on the Rhine Was against possible communist influences in Hollywood. 1945 Cornel Wilde A Song to Remember Dir:Charles Vidor, music:Miklós Rózsa 1958 Tony Curtis* The Defiant One Hungarian speaker. Mother Helen Klein b. in Valkó Paul Newman*Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Hungarian father. US-born 1961The Hustler 1963Hud 1967Cool Hand Luke 1981Absence of Malice 1982The Verdict 1986The Color of Money 1994Nobody's Fool 2002 Adrien Brody* The Pianist Hungarian mother 2024The Brutalist "*"=US-born

Best Actor in a Supporting Role Best Supporting ActorYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2002 Paul Newman* Road to Perdition Hungarian father, US-born "*"= US-born

Best Actress in a Leading Role Best ActressYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1970 Ali MacGraw* Love Story Hungarian mother, US-born 2016 Isabelle Huppert Elle Hungarian grandfather, French-born "*"= US-born

Best Actress in a Supporting Role Best Supporting ActressYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1969Goldie Hawn* Cactus Flower Hungarian mother, US-born 2005 Rachel Weisz The Constant Gardener Hungarian father, UK-born 2018 The Favourite 2022 Jamie Lee Curtis*"It's very touching to be in Hungary. From the moment I arrived, I met a lot of people who look like me, or my brothers or sisters.", posted Jamie Lee Curtis in a social media post, who uncovered her Hungarian origins during the filming of Borderlands Everything Everywhere All at Once Hungarian father Tony Curtis, US-born "*"= US-born

Best Short Subject Best Short SubjectYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1934Jules WhiteMen in Black Born as Gyula Weisz in Budapest 1935Oh, My Nerves 1939 Michael CurtizSons of Liberty 1945Jules WhiteThe Jury Goes Round 'N' Round 1946Hiss and Yell

Best Documentary (Long Subject)

Best Documentary Feature FilmYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1977 Robert DornhelmThe Children of Theatre Street Born in Temesvár.Hungarian-Jewish father.spoke German with his mother, Hungarian with his father Mother a German speaker.1993Chris HegedusThe War Room 2000 Kevin MacDonaldOne Day In September Hungarian citizen/grand-father Imre Pressburger 2018* Elizabeth Chai VasarhelyiFree Solo Hungarian father 2019 Steven Bognar*American Factory Hungarian father (Escaped 1956) * = US-born

Best Documentary (Short Subject) Best Short SubjectYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes1965Mafilm Overture 1966Saint Matthew Passion 1969Joan HorvathJenny Is a Good Thing 1971 Robert AmramSentinels of Silence Shared with Manuel Arango 1975 Steven KovacsArtur and Lillie Shared with Jon Else and Kristine Samuelson 1979 Phillip BorsosNails 2009 Steven BognarThe Last Truck Hungarian father (Escaped 1956)

Best Picture Best PictureYearProducerFilmStatusMilestone / Notes1927-28William Fox (producer) Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans Directed by F. W. Murnau1932-33Alexander Korda The Private Life of Henry VIII 1938Gabriel Pascal Pygmalion Born in Arad, Arad County1968Paul NewmanRachel, Rachel 1993 Branko Lustig Schindler's List Parents Hungarian Jews from Újvidék1999 Frank Darabont The Green Mile 2000 Branko Lustig Gladiator Parents Hungarian Jews from Újvidék2009Ivan Reitman Up in the Air Hungarian Jew from Komárom2012 Margaret Menegoz (born Baranyai) Amour Most EFA-awarded Hungarian: 3 wins/4 nominations (out of ca 16 wins)

Best Adapted Screenplay Best Adapted ScreenplayYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1930-31 Francis Edward FaragohLittle Caesar 1937 The Life of Emile Zola 1942 Emeric Pressburger49th Parallel 1948 Frank Partos The Snake Pit 1971 Ernest Tidyman The French Connection Hungarian mother 1994Frank DarabontThe Shawshank Redemption (Parents escaped 1956.) 1999The Green Mile

Best Original Screenplay Best Original ScreenplayYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes1927-28 Lajos BíróThe Last Command Born in Nagyvárad 1940János SzékelyArise, My Love 1942 Emeric PressburgerOne of Our Aircraft Is Missing Born in Miskolcz 1949 Robert Pirosh*Battleground US-born 1951 Robert Pirosh*Go for Broke! US-born2015 Dan Gilroy*Nightcrawler US-born, mother HUN * = US-born

Best Original Story Best StoryYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes1937 The Life of Emile Zola Born in Nagykanizsa1939 Melchior LengyelNinotchka 1942 Emeric Pressburger 49th Parallel Most awarded Hungarian in screenplay categories: 1 AA out of 4 nominations. 1945 László Görög The Affairs of Susan Shared with Thomas Monroe 1948 Emeric Pressburger The Red Shoes Born in Miskolcz. 1950 André de Toth The Gunfighter Shared with William Bowers

Best Dance Direction Academy Award for Best Dance DirectionYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes1935Dave GouldFolies Bergère de ParisBorn as Dezsö Guttman in CigándBroadway Melody of 19361936Born to Dance1937A Day at the Races

Best Art Direction Best Art DirectionYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1932–33 William S. Darling Cavalcade Born in Sandorháza, Banat, Transylvania; Kingdom of Hungary as Vilmos Sándorházy 1936 Lloyd's of London 1937 Wee Willie Winkie 1939 The Rains Came 1940Vincent KordaThe Thief of Bagdad Color Paul Groesse Pride and Prejudice Black & White 1941 Vincent Korda That Hamilton Woman 1942 Jungle Book 1943 Paul Groesse Madame Curie 1943William S. Darling The Song of Bernadette shared with James Basevi 1945The Keys of the Kingdom 1946Anna and the King of Siam Black & White, shared with Lyle R. Wheeler 1946 Paul Groesse The Yearling Color 1949 Little Women 1950 Annie Get Your Gun 1951 Too Young to Kiss 1952 The Merry Widow 1953 Lili 1952 Marcel Vertès Moulin Rouge 1959 Joseph Kish Journey to the Center of the Earth 1960 Alexandre Trauner The Apartment 1962 Paul Groesse The Music Man Vincent Korda The Longest Day 1963 Paul Groesse Twilight of Honor 1966 Mister Buddwing 1965 Joseph Kish The Slender Thread 1965 Joseph Kish Ship of Fools 1976Alexandre TraunerThe Man Who Would Be King 2021 Zsuzsanna Sipos Dune won BAFTA 2023 Zsuzsa Mihalek Poor Things Poor Things James Price, Shona Heath, Zsuzsa Mihalek won BAFTA

Best Costume Design Costume DesignYearNameFilmStatusNotes 1952 Marcel Vertès Moulin Rouge

Best Makeup MakeupYearNameFilmStatusNotes 1985 Zoltan Elek Mask

Best International Feature film

Best International Feature FilmYearFilmDirectorStatus Milestone / Notes 1956 The Captain from Köpenick (for Western Germany) Gyula Trebitsch (producer) (for West Germany)Co-producer for Germany 1966 The Shop on Main Street (for Czechoslovakia) Jan Kadar (Born in Budapest as János Kádár) (for Czechoslovakia) Shared with Elmar Klos 1964 Sallah Shabati (for Israel) Ephraim Kishon (Born in Budapest as Ferenc Hoffman) (for Israel) First ever Israeli film in category Best Foreign Film 1971 The Policeman (for Israel) Ephraim Kishon (for Israel) 1968 The Boys of Paul Street Zoltán Fábri 1974 Cats' Play Károly Makk 1978 Hungarians Zoltán Fábri 1978 Madame Rosa (for France) Jean Bolvary co-producer (For France)For France 1980 Confidence István Szabó 1981 Mephisto István Szabó 1983 Job's Revolt Imre Gyöngyössy and Barna Kabay 1985 Colonel Redl István Szabó 1988 Hanussen István Szabó 2004Ondskan (for Sweden)Mikael Håfström (for Sweden)Hungarian mother from Pozsony2014 The NotebookJanos Szász 2015 Son of Saul László Nemes 2017 On Body and Soul Ildikó Enyedi 2019Those Who RemainedBarnabás Tóth

Best Cinematography Best Cinematography Year Name Film Status Notes 1941Rudolph Maté Foreign Correspondent 1942Rudolph Maté That Hamilton Woman Dir: Alexander Korda Music: Miklós Rózsa 1943Rudolph Maté The Pride of the Yankees 1944Rudolph Maté Sahara Directed by Korda. Music by Rózsa. 1945Rudolph Maté Cover Girl Shared with Allen M. DaveyDirector: Charles Vidor 1951 John Alton An American in Paris Born as János/Johann Altmann in SopronColor. Shared with Alfred Gilks 1960Ernest Laszlo Inherit the Wind Music by 1/2- Hungarian Gold. 1961 Judgment at Nuremberg Music by Ernest Gold. 1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1965 Ship of Fools Black-and-White 1966 Fantastic Voyage 1968 Star! 1970 Airport 1976 Logan's Run 1977Vilmos Zsigmond Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1978 The Deer Hunter 1984 The River 2001 Lajos KoltaiMalèna 2006 Vilmos Zsigmond The Black Dahlia

Best Animated Short film Best Animated Short FilmYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1941 George Pal Rhythm in the Ranks 1942 Tulips Shall Grow 1943 The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins 1944 And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street 1945 Jasper and the Beanstalk 1946 John Henry and the Inky-Poo 1947 Tubby the Tuba 1963 Jules Engel Icarus Montgolfier Wright 1964 John Halas Automania 2000 1975 Peter Foldes Hunger 1976 Marcell Jankovics Sisyphus 1980 Ferenc Rofusz The Fly 2007 Géza M. Tóth Maestro 2014 Réka BucsiSymphony no.42 2023 Flóra Anna Buda 27

Best Live Action Short film Best Live Action Short FilmYearDirectorFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1963 Istvan Szabo Concert 1971 Robert Amram Sentinels of Silence Shared with Manuel Arango 2016 Kristóf Deák Sing

Best Original Score Best Original Music ScoreYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1935Max Steiner The Informer Father Gábor was born in Temesvár, Kingdom of Hungary. 1936 The Garden of Allah 1938 Jezebel 1939 Dark Victory 1939 Gone With the Wind 1940Miklós Rózsa The Thief of Baghdad Producer: Alexander Korda1941 Lydia Sundown 1942 Jungle Book 1943 Max SteinerNow, Voyager 1944Miklós Rózsa Double Indemnity The Woman of the Town Karl Hajos Summer Storm 1945 The Man Who Walked Alone Leo Erdody The Minstrel Man Max Steiner Since You Went Away Miklós Rózsa Spellbound The Lost Weekend A Song to Remember 1946 The Killers 1947 Double Life 1951 Quo Vadis 1952 Ivanhoe 1953 Julius Caesar 1959 Ben-Hur 1961 El Cid 1961 Ernest GoldFather's mother Jaiteles born in SzegedSchurmann orchestrated(both Hungarians)Exodus Ernest Gold's paternal grandmother: Jaiteles/Szmetan from Szegedand his maternal grandmother:(Sprung/Slazka) from Temesvár (Spitzer/Gross) from Budapest1963Oscar to Jarre but Gerard Schurmann orchestratedLawrence of Arabia {won} (association to only)Hungarian mother studied with Béla Bartók

Best Film Editing Best Film EditingYearDirectorFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2024 Dávid Jancsó The Brutalist First Hungarian nominated for Best Film Editing

Technical and scientific

Technical/Scientific AwardsYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1941Joe Lapis Best special effects 1944 George Pal For the development of novel methods and techniques in the production of short subjects known as Puppetoons 1949Steve Csillag 1950George Pal Productions Destination Moon Academy Award for Best Visual Effects 1951 George Pal (produced by) When Worlds Collide Won Special Achievements Award 1953 George Pal (produced by) The War of the WorldsWon Academy Award for Best Visual Effects 1985 Chuck Gaspar* Ghostbustersshared Technical Award