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This name for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film was introduced in 1974. For the three preceding years it was known as "Short Subjects, Live Action Films." The term "Short Subjects, Live Action Subjects" was used from 1957 until 1970. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate awards, "Short Subjects, one-reel" and "Short Subjects, two-reel". A third category "Short Subjects, color" was used only for 1936 and 1937.






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This name for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film was introduced in 1974. For the three preceding years it was known as "Short Subjects, Live Action Films." The term "Short Subjects, Live Action Subjects" was used from 1957 until 1970. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate awards, "Short Subjects, one-reel" and "Short Subjects, two-reel". A third category "Short Subjects, color" was used only for 1936 and 1937. From the initiation of short subject awards for 1932 until 1935 the terms were "Short Subjects, comedy" and "Short subjects, novelty". The winning film is listed first, with the other nominated films for that year/category below.

1930s

  • 1932
    • (Comedy) Hal Roach
      Hal Roach

      Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an United States film producer and television producer from the 1910s to the 1990s....
       - The Music Box
      • The Loud Mouth
        The Loud Mouth

        The Loud Mouth is a 1932 in film short subject comedy film directed by Del Lord. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 5th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
      • Scratch-As-Catch-Can
        Scratch-As-Catch-Can

        Scratch-As-Catch-Can is a 1932 in film short subject comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 5th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
      • Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
        Stout Hearts and Willing Hands

        Stout Hearts and Willing Hands is a 1931 in film short subject comedy film directed by Bryan Foy. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 5th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
    • (Novelty) Mack Sennett
      Mack Sennett

      Mack Sennett was a Canadian -born Academy Award-winning director and was known as the innovator of slapstick comedy in film. During his lifetime he was known at times as the "King of Comedy."...
       - Wrestling Swordfish
      Wrestling Swordfish

      Wrestling Swordfish is a 1931 in film short subject adventure film produced by Mack Sennett. It won an Academy Award in 5th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film. ...
      • Screen Souvenirs
        Screen Souvenirs

        Screen Souvenirs is a 1932 in film short subject. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 5th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film. ...
      • Swing High
        Swing High

        Swing High is a 1932 in film short subject documentary film directed by Jack Cummings. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 5th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1933
    • (Comedy) Lou Brock
      Lou Brock (producer)

      Lou Brock , was an American film producer, screenwriter and film director. He produced 79 films between 1930 in film and 1953 in film. He was nominated for two Academy Awards in 6th Academy Awards nominees and winners in the category Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
       - So This Is Harris!
      So This Is Harris!

      So This Is Harris! is a 1933 in film short subject comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich. It won an Academy Award in 6th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
      • Mister Mugg
        Mister Mugg

        Mister Mugg is a 1933 in film short subject comedy film directed by James W. Horne. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 6th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
      • A Preferred List
        A Preferred List

        A Preferred List is a 1933 in film short subject comedy film produced by Lou Brock . It was nominated for an Academy Award in 6th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
    • (Novelty) Joe Rock
      Joe Rock

      Joe Rock was an United States movie producer, director, actor and screenwriter best remembered today for producing a series of 12 two reel comedies starring Stan Laurel in the 1920s....
       - Krakatoa
      Krakatoa (film)

      Krakatoa is a 1933 in film short subject documentary film produced by Joe Rock. It won an Academy Award in 6th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
      • Menu
        Menu (film)

        Menu is a 1933 in film short subject comedy film directed by Nick Grinde. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 6th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
      • Morze
  • 1934
    • (Comedy) Kenneth Macgowan
      Kenneth Macgowan

      Kenneth Macgowan began his career as a drama critic. He wrote many books on the modern theater including The Theatre of Tomorrow and Continental Stagecraft , the latter with Robert Edmond Jones....
       - La Cucaracha
      La Cucaracha (1934 film)

      La Cucaracha is a 1934 in film short subject comedy film directed by Lloyd Corrigan. It was designed by Pioneer Pictures to display the new full-color Technicolor Process No....
      • Men in Black
        Men in Black (1934 film)

        Men in Black is the third short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 in film and 1959 in film....
      • What, No Men!
        What, No Men!

        What, No Men! is a 1934 in film short subject comedy film directed by Ralph Staub. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 7th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
    • (Novelty) Horace Woodard, Stacy Woodard - City of Wax
      City of Wax

      City of Wax is a 1934 in film short subject documentary film produced by Horace and Stacy Woodard. It won an Academy Award in 7th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film. ...
      • Bosom Friends
        Bosom Friends

        Bosom Friends is a 1934 in film short subject produced by E. W. Hammons. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 7th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
      • Strikes and Spares
        Strikes and Spares

        Strikes and Spares is a 1934 in film short subject list of sports films directed by Felix E. Feist. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 7th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1935
    • (Comedy) Jack Chertok
      Jack Chertok

      Jack Chertok was a film and television producer, perhaps best known to modern viewers as producer for the 182 black and white episodes of The Lone Ranger and as executive producer of the series My Favorite Martian....
       - How to Sleep
      How to Sleep

      How to Sleep is a short film by Robert Benchley. Filmed and released by MGM in 1935 in film, it features Benchley as a narrator as well as film subject, discussing four parts of sleep - causes, methods, avoiding sleep, and waking up....
      • Oh, My Nerves
        Oh, My Nerves

        Oh, My Nerves is a 1935 in film short subject comedy film directed by Del Lord. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 8th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
      • Tit for Tat
        Tit for Tat (1935 film)

        Tit for Tat is a 1935 in film short comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy. It was the only direct sequel they made, following the story of the previous year's Them Thar Hills....
    • (Novelty) Gaumont British
      Gaumont British

      Gaumont-British Picture Corporation was the British arm of the France film company Gaumont Film Company. The company became independent of its French parent in 1922, when Isidore Ostrer acquired control of Gaumont-British....
       and Skibo Productions - Wings Over Everest
      Wings Over Everest

      Wings Over Everest is a 1934 in film short subject documentary film directed by Geoffrey Barkas and Ivor Montagu. It won an Academy Award in 8th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
      • Audioscopiks
        Audioscopiks

        Audioscopiks is a 1935 in film short subject documentary film directed by Jacob Leventhal and John Norling. The main point of the short was to show of 3-D film technology....
      • Camera Thrills
        Camera Thrills

        Camera Thrills is a 1935 in film short subject produced by Charles E. Ford. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 8th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film. ...
  • 1936
    • (Color) Warner Bros.
      Warner Bros.

      Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. is one of the world's largest film producer of film and television.It is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank, California and New York City....
       - Give Me Liberty
      Give Me Liberty (1936 film)

      Give Me Liberty is a 1936 in film short subject drama film directed by B. Reeves Eason. It won an Academy Award in 9th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
      • La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
        La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

        La Fiesta de Santa Barbara is a 1935 in film short subject comedy film directed by Louis Lewyn. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 9th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
      • Popular Science
        Popular Science (film)

        Popular Science was a series of short films, produced by Jerry Fairbanks and released by Paramount Pictures.The Popular Science film series is a Hollywood entertainment production - the only attempt by the movie industry to chronicle the progress of science, industry and popular culture during the first half of the 20th Century....
    • (One-Reel) Hal Roach
      Hal Roach

      Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an United States film producer and television producer from the 1910s to the 1990s....
       - Bored of Education
      Bored of Education

      Bored of Education is a 1936 in film Our Gang short subject comedy film directed by Gordon Douglas. Produced by Hal Roach and released to theaters by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it was the 146th entry in the Our Gang series to be released....
      • Moscow Moods
        Moscow Moods

        Moscow Moods is a 1936 in film short subject directed by Fred Waller. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 9th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
      • Wanted - A Master
        Wanted - A Master

        Wanted - A Master is a 1936 in film short subject directed by Arthur J. Ornitz and Gunther von Fritsch. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 9th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
    • (Two-Reel) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - The Public Pays
      The Public Pays

      The Public Pays is a 1936 in film short subject crime film directed by Errol Taggart. It won an Academy Award in 9th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
      • Double or Nothing
        Double or Nothing (1936 film)

        Double or Nothing is a 1936 in film short subject comedy film directed by Joseph Henabery. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 9th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
      • Dummy Ache
        Dummy Ache

        Dummy Ache is a 1936 in film short subject comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 9th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1937
    • (Color) Pete Smith
      Pete Smith (film producer)

      Pete Smith was a film producer and narrator of "short subject" films from 1931 to 1955.Smith was a publicist at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer who was recruited to overdub the actions of trained dogs in the studio's "Dogville" comedies....
       - Penny Wisdom
      Penny Wisdom

      Penny Wisdom is a 1937 in film short subject comedy film directed by David Miller . It won an Academy Award in 10th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
      • The Man Without a Country
        The Man Without a Country (1937 film)

        The Man Without a Country is a 1937 in film short subject drama film directed by Crane Wilbur in Technicolor. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 10th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
      • Popular Science
        Popular Science (film)

        Popular Science was a series of short films, produced by Jerry Fairbanks and released by Paramount Pictures.The Popular Science film series is a Hollywood entertainment production - the only attempt by the movie industry to chronicle the progress of science, industry and popular culture during the first half of the 20th Century....
    • (One-Reel) Skibo Productions - The Private Life of the Gannets
      The Private Life of the Gannets

      The Private Life of the Gannets is a 1937 in film short subject documentary film directed by Julian Huxley. It won an Academy Award in 10th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
      • A Night at the Movies
        A Night at the Movies (film)

        A Night at the Movies is a short subject starring Robert Benchley. It was Benchley's greatest success since How to Sleep, and won him a contract for more short films that would be produced in New York....
      • Romance of Radium
        Romance of Radium

        Romance of Radium is a 1937 in film short subject directed by Jacques Tourneur, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 10th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
    • (Two-Reel) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Torture Money
      Torture Money

      Torture Money is a 1937 in film short subject crime film directed by Harold S. Bucquet. It won an Academy Award in 10th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
      • Deep South
        Deep South (film)

        Deep South is a 1937 in film short subject directed by Leslie Goodwins. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 10th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
      • Should Wives Work?
        Should Wives Work?

        Should Wives Work? is a 1937 in film short subject comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 10th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1938
    • (One-Reel) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - That Mothers Might Live
      That Mothers Might Live

      That Mothers Might Live is a 1938 in film short subject drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann. It won an Academy Award in 11th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
      • The Great Heart
        The Great Heart

        The Great Heart is a 1938 in film short subject directed by David Miller . It was nominated for an Academy Award in 11th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
      • Timber Toppers
    • (Two-Reel) Warner Bros.
      Warner Bros.

      Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. is one of the world's largest film producer of film and television.It is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank, California and New York City....
       - Declaration of Independence
      Declaration of Independence (film)

      Declaration of Independence is a 1938 in film short subject drama film directed by Crane Wilbur. It won an Academy Award in 11th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
      • Swingtime in the Movies
      • They're Always Caught
  • 1939
    • (One-Reel) Paramount
      Paramount Pictures

      Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production company and distribution company, located on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California....
       - Busy Little Bears
      Busy Little Bears

      Busy Little Bears is a 1939 in film short subject family film directed by John A. Haeseler. It won an Academy Award in 12th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
      • Information Please
      • Prophet Without Honor
      • Sword Fishing
    • (Two-Reel) Warner Bros.
      Warner Bros.

      Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. is one of the world's largest film producer of film and television.It is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank, California and New York City....
       - Sons of Liberty
      Sons of Liberty (film)

      Sons of Liberty is a 1939 in film short subject drama film directed by Michael Curtiz. It won an Academy Award in 12th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
      • Drunk Driving
      • Five Times Five


1940s

  • 1940
    • (One-Reel) Pete Smith
      Pete Smith (film producer)

      Pete Smith was a film producer and narrator of "short subject" films from 1931 to 1955.Smith was a publicist at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer who was recruited to overdub the actions of trained dogs in the studio's "Dogville" comedies....
       - Quicker'n a Wink
      Quicker'n a Wink

      Quicker'n a Wink is a 1940 in film short subject documentary film directed by George Sidney. It won an Academy Award in 13th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
    • (Two-Reel) Warner Bros.
      Warner Bros.

      Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. is one of the world's largest film producer of film and television.It is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank, California and New York City....
       - Teddy, the Rough Rider
      Teddy, the Rough Rider

      Teddy, the Rough Rider is a 1940 in film short subject drama film directed by Ray Enright. It won an Academy Award in 13th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1941
    • (One-Reel) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Of Pups and Puzzles
      Of Pups and Puzzles

      Of Pups and Puzzles is a 1941 in film short subject documentary film directed by George Sidney. It won an Academy Award in 14th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
    • (Two-Reel) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Main Street on the March!
  • 1942
    • (One-Reel) Paramount
      Paramount Pictures

      Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production company and distribution company, located on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California....
       - Speaking of Animals and Their Families
      Speaking of Animals and Their Families

      Speaking of Animals and Their Families is a 1942 in film short subject comedy film directed by Robert Carlisle and Jerry Fairbanks. It won an Academy Award in 15th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
    • (Two-Reel) Warner Bros.
      Warner Bros.

      Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. is one of the world's largest film producer of film and television.It is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank, California and New York City....
       - Beyond the Line of Duty
      Beyond the Line of Duty

      Beyond the Line of Duty is a 1942 in film short subject drama film directed by Lewis Seiler. It won an Academy Award in 15th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1943
    • (One-Reel) Grantland Rice
      Grantland Rice

      Grantland Rice was an early 20th century United States sportswriting....
       - Amphibious Fighters
      Amphibious Fighters

      Amphibious Fighters is a 1943 in film short subject directed by Jack Eaton. It won an Academy Award in 16th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
    • (Two-Reel) Jerry Bresler
      Jerry Bresler

      Jerry Bresler was a songwriter, with one of his most famous compositions being "Five Guys Named Moe". He won an Academy Awards and subsequently had two other nominations for his two-reel short films....
      , Sam Coslow
      Sam Coslow

      Sam Coslow was an United States songwriter, singer and film producer. Coslow was born in New York City. He began writing songs as a teenager....
       - Heavenly Music
      Heavenly Music

      Heavenly Music is a 1943 in film short subject fantasy film directed by Josef Berne. It won an Academy Award in 16th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1944
    • (One-Reel) Jerry Fairbanks
      Jerry Fairbanks

      Gerald Bertram Fairbanks was a producer and director in the Hollywood motion picture and television industry.Fairbanks survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and began his career in film as a cameraman on silent movies such as John Barrymore's The Sea Beast ....
       - Who's Who in Animal Land
      Who's Who in Animal Land

      Who's Who in Animal Land is a 1944 in film short subject comedy film directed by Leslie M. Roush. It won an Academy Award in 17th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
    • (Two-Reel) Gordon Hollingshead
      Gordon Hollingshead

      Gordon Hollingshead was an United States movie producer, associate producer and assistant director.Hollingshead began his career as an assistant director, with his first work being the 1916 in film film The Shrine Girl, in which he also had an acting role....
       - I Won't Play
      I Won't Play

      I Won't Play is a 1944 in film short subject drama film directed by Crane Wilbur. It won an Academy Award in 17th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1945
    • (One-Reel) Herbert Moulton
      Herbert Moulton

      Herbert Moulton , was an American film producer and film director. He won two Academy Awards, both for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
      , Jerry Bresler
      Jerry Bresler

      Jerry Bresler was a songwriter, with one of his most famous compositions being "Five Guys Named Moe". He won an Academy Awards and subsequently had two other nominations for his two-reel short films....
       - Stairway to Light
      Stairway to Light

      Stairway to Light is a 1945 in film short subject drama film directed by Sammy Lee. It won an Academy Award in 18th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
    • (Two-Reel) Gordon Hollingshead
      Gordon Hollingshead

      Gordon Hollingshead was an United States movie producer, associate producer and assistant director.Hollingshead began his career as an assistant director, with his first work being the 1916 in film film The Shrine Girl, in which he also had an acting role....
       - Star in the Night
      Star in the Night

      Star in the Night is a 1945 in film short subject drama film directed by Don Siegel. It was Siegel's List of directorial debuts. The film won an Academy Award in 18th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1946
    • (One-Reel) Gordon Hollingshead
      Gordon Hollingshead

      Gordon Hollingshead was an United States movie producer, associate producer and assistant director.Hollingshead began his career as an assistant director, with his first work being the 1916 in film film The Shrine Girl, in which he also had an acting role....
       - Facing Your Danger
      Facing Your Danger

      Facing Your Danger is a 1946 in film short subject directed by Edwin E. Olsen. It won an Academy Award in 19th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
    • (Two-Reel) Gordon Hollingshead
      Gordon Hollingshead

      Gordon Hollingshead was an United States movie producer, associate producer and assistant director.Hollingshead began his career as an assistant director, with his first work being the 1916 in film film The Shrine Girl, in which he also had an acting role....
       - A Boy and His Dog
      A Boy and His Dog (1946 film)

      A Boy and His Dog is a 1946 in film short subject drama film directed by LeRoy Prinz. It won an Academy Award in 19th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1947
    • (One-Reel) Herbert Moulton - Good-Bye Miss Turlock
    • (Two-Reel) Irving Allen
      Irving Allen

      Irving Allen was a theatrical and cinematic producer and director. He won an Academy Awards in 1948 for producing the short movie Climbing the Matterhorn....
       - Climbing the Matterhorn
      Climbing the Matterhorn

      Climbing the Matterhorn is a 1947 in film short subject documentary film directed by Irving Allen. It won an Academy Award in 20th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film. ...
  • 1948
    • (One-Reel) Edmund H. Reek - Symphony of a City
      Symphony of a City

      Symphony of a City is a 1948 in film short subject Sweden documentary film directed by Arne Sucksdorff. It won an Academy Award in 21st Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film. ...
    • (Two-Reel) Walt Disney
      Walt Disney

      Walter Elias Disney was a multiple Academy Award-winning American film producer, film director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur and philanthropist....
       - Seal Island
      Seal Island (film)

      Seal Island is a 1948 in film short subject documentary film directed by James Algar. It won an Academy Award in 21st Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1949
    • (One-Reel) Jack Eaton
      Jack Eaton

      Jack Eaton , was an American film producer and film director. He produced 78 films between 1918 in film and 1953 in film. He also directed 38 films between 1918 and 1953....
       - Aquatic House Party
      Aquatic House Party

      Aquatic House Party is a 1949 in film short subject produced by Jack Eaton. It won an Academy Award for 22nd Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film. ...
    • (Two-Reel) Gaston Diehl
      Gaston Diehl

      Gaston Diehl was a France professor of art history and an art critic....
      , Robert Haessens - Van Gogh
      Van Gogh (1948 film)

      Van Gogh is a 1948 in film short subject France film directed by Alain Resnais. It won an Academy Award in 22nd Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....


1950s

  • 1950
    • (One-Reel) Gordon Hollingshead
      Gordon Hollingshead

      Gordon Hollingshead was an United States movie producer, associate producer and assistant director.Hollingshead began his career as an assistant director, with his first work being the 1916 in film film The Shrine Girl, in which he also had an acting role....
       - Grandad of Races
      Grandad of Races

      Grandad of Races is a 1950 in film short subject documentary film directed by Andr? de la Varre. It won an Academy Award in 23rd Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
    • (Two-Reel) Walt Disney
      Walt Disney

      Walter Elias Disney was a multiple Academy Award-winning American film producer, film director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur and philanthropist....
       - In Beaver Valley
      In Beaver Valley

      In Beaver Valley is a 1950 in film short subject documentary film directed by James Algar. It won an Academy Award in 23rd Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1951
    • (One-Reel) Robert Youngson
      Robert Youngson

      Robert Youngson was a film producer, film director, and screenwriter.Born in Brooklyn, New York, he was responsible for reacquainting movie audiences with the work of the great silent comedians....
       - World of Kids
      World of Kids

      World of Kids is a 1951 in film short subject documentary film directed by Robert Youngson. It won an Academy Award in 24th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film. ...
    • (Two-Reel) Walt Disney
      Walt Disney

      Walter Elias Disney was a multiple Academy Award-winning American film producer, film director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur and philanthropist....
       - Nature's Half Acre
      Nature's Half Acre

      Nature's Half Acre is a 1951 in film short subject documentary film directed by James Algar. It won an Academy Award in 24th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1952
    • (One-Reel) Boris Vermont - Light in the Window: The Art of Vermeer
    • (Two-Reel) Walt Disney
      Walt Disney

      Walter Elias Disney was a multiple Academy Award-winning American film producer, film director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur and philanthropist....
       - Water Birds
      Water Birds

      Water Birds is a 1952 in film short subject documentary film directed by Ben Sharpsteen. It won an Academy Award in 25th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1953
    • (One-Reel) Johnny Green
      Johnny Green

      Johnny Green was an USA songwriter, composer, musical arranger, and conducting. He was given the nickname "Beulah" by colleague Conrad Salinger....
       - The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture
    • (Two-Reel) Walt Disney
      Walt Disney

      Walter Elias Disney was a multiple Academy Award-winning American film producer, film director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur and philanthropist....
       - Bear Country
      Bear Country (film)

      Bear Country is a 1953 in film short subject documentary film directed by James Algar. It won an Academy Award in 26th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1954
    • (One-Reel) Robert Youngson
      Robert Youngson

      Robert Youngson was a film producer, film director, and screenwriter.Born in Brooklyn, New York, he was responsible for reacquainting movie audiences with the work of the great silent comedians....
       - This Mechanical Age
      This Mechanical Age

      This Mechanical Age is a 1954 in film short subject documentary film produced by Robert Youngson. It won an Academy Award in 27th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film. ...
    • (Two-Reel) Denis Sanders, Terry Sanders
      Terry Sanders

      Terry Sanders is a two-time Academy Awards winner, having film producer and/or film director more than 70 dramatic features, televisions specials, Documentary film and portrait films....
       - A Time Out of War
      A Time Out of War

      A Time Out of War is a 1954 in film short subject war film directed by Denis Sanders. It won an Academy Award in 27th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film, first prize at the Venice Film Festival Live Action Short Film category, and a special BAFTA Award....
  • 1955
    • (One-Reel) Edmund Reek - Survival City
      Survival City

      Survival City is a 1955 in film short subject documentary film directed by Anthony Muto. It won an Academy Award in 28th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film. ...
    • (Two-Reel) Wilbur T. Blume - The Face of Lincoln
      The Face of Lincoln

      The Face of Lincoln is a live action short film produced in 1955 in film. It won an Academy Award in 28th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1956
    • (One-Reel) Konstantin Kalser - Crashing the Water Barrier
      Crashing the Water Barrier

      Crashing the Water Barrier is a 1956 in film short subject documentary film directed by Konstantin Kaiser. It won an Academy Award in 29th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
    • (Two-Reel) Romulus Films - The Bespoke Overcoat
      The Bespoke Overcoat

      The Bespoke Overcoat is a British film short directed by Jack Clayton, based on a 1953 play of the same name by Wolf Mankowitz. The story is an adaptation of Gogol's short story The Overcoat with the action relocated from Russia to the East End of London....
  • 1957 Larry Lansburgh - The Wetback Hound
    The Wetback Hound

    The Wetback Hound is a 1957 in film short subject family film produced by Larry Lansburgh. It won an Academy Award in 30th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film. ...
  • 1958 Walt Disney
    Walt Disney

    Walter Elias Disney was a multiple Academy Award-winning American film producer, film director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur and philanthropist....
     - Grand Canyon
    Grand Canyon (1958 film)

    Grand Canyon is a 1958 in film short subject documentary film directed by James Algar and produced by Walt Disney Productions. It was shown as a supplemental on Sleeping Beauty initial run, and it won an Academy Award in 31st Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1959 Jacques-Yves Cousteau
    Jacques-Yves Cousteau

    Jacques-Yves Cousteau was a France naval officer, exploration, ecologist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water....
     - The Golden Fish
    The Golden Fish (film)

    The Golden Fish is a 1959 in film short subject directed by Edmond S?chan. It won an Academy Award in 32nd Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film. ...


1960s

  • 1960 Ezra R. Baker - Day of the Painter
    Day of the Painter

    Day of the Painter is a 1960 in film short subject directed by Robert P. Davis. It was filmed at Mamaroneck Harbor in Mamaroneck, NY. It won an Academy Award in 33rd Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1961 Lester A. Schoenfeld Films - Seawards the Great Ships
    Seawards the Great Ships

    Seawards the Great Ships is a 1961 in film short subject documentary film directed by Hilary Harris. It won an Academy Award in 34th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1962 Pierre Étaix
    Pierre Étaix

    Pierre ?taix is an award-winning French clown, comedian and filmmaker. ?taix made a series of acclaimed short film- and feature film-length films in the 1960s, many of them co-written by influential screenwriter Jean-Claude Carri?re....
    , Jean-Claude Carrière
    Jean-Claude Carrière

    Jean-Claude Carri?re is an award-winning screenwriter and actor. Alumnus of the ?cole normale sup?rieure de Saint-Cloud, he was a frequent collaborator with Luis Bu?uel....
     - Heureux Anniversaire
    Heureux Anniversaire

    Heureux Anniversaire is a 1962 in film short subject comedy film directed by Pierre ?taix. It won an Academy Award in 35th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
     (Happy Anniversary)
  • 1963 Paul De Roubaix, Marcel Ichac
    Marcel Ichac

    Marcel Ichac was a French alpinist, explorer, photographer and film director. Born in Rueil-Malmaison, France, Ichac was one of the first people to introduce electronic music in cinema with Ondes Martenot for Karakoram and released the first French movie in Cinemascope, Nouveaux Horizons ....
     - An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
  • 1964 Edward Schreiber - Casals Conducts: 1964
    Casals Conducts: 1964

    Casals Conducts: 1964 is a 1964 in film short subject directed by Larry Sturhahn. It won an Academy Award in 37th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1965 Claude Berri
    Claude Berri

    Claude Berri was a French film director, actor, screenwriter and Film producer....
     - The Chicken
    The Chicken (film)

    The Chicken is a 1965 in film short subject comedy film directed by Claude Berri. It won an Academy Award in 38th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
     (Le Poulet)
  • 1966 Edgar Anstey
    Edgar Anstey

    Edgar Anstey, , was a leading United Kingdom Documentary film film-maker.Anstey was educated at Watford Grammar School for Boys and Birkbeck, University of London....
     - Wild Wings
    Wild Wings

    Wild Wings is a 1966 in film short subject documentary film directed by Patrick Carey and John Taylor. It won an Academy Award in 39th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1967 Christopher Chapman - A Place to Stand
    A Place to Stand, A Place to Grow

    A Place to Stand, A Place to Grow was an unofficial anthem of the Canada province of Ontario. The song was written as the signature tune for a movie of the same name that was featured at the Expo 67 Ontario pavilion....
     - An Expo 67
    Expo 67

    The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, or Expo 67 as it was commonly known, was the World's Fair held in Montreal, Canada from April 27 to October 29, 1967....
     movie at the Ontario Pavilion.
  • 1968 Charles Guggenheim
    Charles Guggenheim

    Charles Guggenheim was an United States film director and producer.He was born into a prominent German Jews family in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ohio....
     - Robert Kennedy Remembered
    Robert Kennedy Remembered

    Robert Kennedy Remembered is a 1968 in film short subject documentary film produced by Charles Guggenheim. It won an Academy Award in 41st Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1969 Joan Keller Stern - The Magic Machines
    The Magic Machines

    The Magic Machines is a 1969 in film short subject documentary film directed by Bob Curtis. It won an Academy Award in 42nd Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film and was nominated for Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject....


1970s

  • 1970 John Longenecker
    John Longenecker

    'John Longenecker' is an United States film producer, Directors Guild of America member, screenwriter and cinematographer who won an Academy Award for producing the live action short film, The Resurrection of Broncho Billy ....
     - The Resurrection of Broncho Billy
    The Resurrection of Broncho Billy

    The Resurrection of Broncho Billy is a 1970 live action short subject. It won an Academy Award for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1971 Manuel Arango, Robert Amram -Sentinels of Silence
    Sentinels of Silence

    Sentinels of Silence is a 1971 in film short subject documentary film on Maya civilization civilization. The film was directed and written by Mexican filmmaker Robert Amram, and is notable for being the first and only short film to win two Academy Awards....
  • 1972 Richard Barclay - Norman Rockwell's World... An American Dream
    Norman Rockwell's World... An American Dream

    Norman Rockwell's World... An American Dream is a 1972 in film short subject documentary film directed by Robert Deubel. It won an Academy Award in 45th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1973 Allan Miller
    Allan Miller

    'Allan Miller' is an United States actor.Miller was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Anna and Benedict Miller.He is best known for his appearances on television, including Kojak, The Rockford Files, The Streets of San Francisco, Hawaii Five-0, Lou Grant , Wonder Woman , Starsky and Hutch, Barnaby Jones'...
    , William Fertik - The Bolero
    The Bolero

    The Bolero is a 1973 in film short subject documentary film directed by William Fertik. It won an Academy Award in 46th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1974 Paul Claudon, Edmond Sechan - One-Eyed Men Are Kings
    One-Eyed Men Are Kings

    One-Eyed Men Are Kings is a 1974 in film short subject directed by Michel Leroy and Edmond S?chan. It won an Academy Award in 47th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1975 Bert Salzman - Angel and Big Joe
    Angel and Big Joe

    Angel and Big Joe is a 1975 in film short subject drama film directed by Edmond S?chan. It won an Academy Award in 48th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1976 Andre Guttfreund, Peter Werner - In the Region of Ice
    In the Region of Ice

    In the Region of Ice is a 1976 in film short subject directed by Peter Werner. It won an Academy Award in 49th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1977 Beverly Shaffer, Yuki Yoshida - I'll Find a Way
    I'll Find a Way

    I'll Find a Way is a 1977 in film short subject documentary film directed by Beverly Shaffer. It won an Academy Award in 50th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film. ...
     - National Film Board of Canada
    National Film Board of Canada

    The National Film Board of Canada is Canada's public film producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes innovative, socially relevant documentary, animation, alternative drama and digital media productions....
  • 1978 Taylor Hackford
    Taylor Hackford

    Taylor Edwin Hackford is an Academy Award-winning United States film director....
     - Teenage Father
    Teenage Father

    Teenage Father is a 1978 in film short subject directed by Taylor Hackford. It won an Academy Award in 51st Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1979 Sarah Pillsbury, Ron Ellis
    Ron Ellis

    Ronald John Edward Ellis is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey Winger who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs....
     - Board and Care
    Board and Care

    Board and Care is a 1979 in film short subject directed by Ron Ellis. It won an Academy Award in 52nd Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....


1980s

  • 1980 Lloyd Phillips - The Dollar Bottom
    The Dollar Bottom

    The Dollar Bottom is a 1980 in film short subject directed by Roger Christian . It won an Academy Award in 53rd Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1981 Paul Kemp, Shelley Levinson - Violet
    Violet (film)

    Violet is a 1981 in film short subject directed by Shelley Levinson. It won an Academy Award in 54th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1982 Christine Oestreicher - A Shocking Accident
    A Shocking Accident

    A Shocking Accident is a 1982 in film short subject comedy film directed by James Scott. It won an Academy Award in 55th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1983 Janice L. Platt - Boys and Girls
    Boys and Girls (1983 film)

    Boys and Girls is a 1983 in film short subject directed by Don McBrearty. It won an Academy Award in 56th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1984 Mike Hoover - Up
    Up (1984 film)

    Up is a 1984 in film short subject directed by Mike Hoover and Tim Huntley. It won an Academy Award in 57th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film. ...
  • 1985 Jeff Brown
    Jeff Brown

    "Downtown" Jeff Brown is a Canada former professional hockey player who played in the National Hockey League from the mid 1980s to late 1990s....
    , Chris Pelzer - Molly's Pilgrim
    Molly's Pilgrim

    Molly's Pilgrim is a 1985 in film short subject directed by Jeffrey D. Brown. It won an Academy Award in 58th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1986 Chuck Workman
    Chuck Workman

    Chuck Workman is a documentary filmmaker from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. His 1986 film Precious Images won an Academy Award for Live Action Short Film; his work has also been nominated for Emmy Awards, Sundance Film Festival awards, and the Taos Talking Film Festival awards....
     - Precious Images
    Precious Images

    Precious Images is a 1986 in film short film directed by Chuck Workman. It features approximately 470 half-second-long splices of classic movies and movie moments through the history of American film....
  • 1987 Jonathan Sanger, Jana Sue Memel - Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall
    Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall

    Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall is a 1987 in film short subject comedy film directed by Bryan Gordon. It was Gordon's List of directorial debuts....
  • 1988 Dean Parisot
    Dean Parisot

    Dean Parisot is an Academy Award winning United States film director and television director. He is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and also took part in the Sundance Institute's June Lab....
    , Steven Wright
    Steven Wright

    Steven Alexander Wright is an Academy Award-winning United States comedian, actor and writer. He is known for his distinctly lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery of irony, witty, philosophical and sometimes confusing or nonsensical jokes and one-liner joke with intentionally overly-contrived situations....
     - The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
    The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

    The Appointments of Dennis Jennings is a short film directed by Dean Parisot, co-written by Mike Armstrong and Steven Wright and starring Steven Wright and Rowan Atkinson....
  • 1989 James Hendrie - Work Experience
    Work Experience (film)

    Work Experience is a 1989 in film short subject comedy film directed by James Hendrie. It won an Academy Award in 62nd Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....


1990s

  • 1990 Adam Davidson
    Adam Davidson

    Adam Davidson born 1964 in Los Angeles, California is an United States actor and film director. Davidson has appeared in the following films, The Day Trippers, A Match Made in Heaven, N?vrat ztracen?ho r?je , Way Past Cool, Nature Boy and Pop Life....
     - The Lunch Date
    The Lunch Date

    The Lunch Date is a 1990 in film short subject directed by Adam Davidson. It was Davidson's List of directorial debuts. It won an Academy Award in 63rd Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1991 Seth Winston, Rob Fried - Session Man
    Session Man

    Session Man is a 1991 in film short subject drama film directed by Seth Winston. It won an Academy Award in 64th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1992 Sam Karmann - Omnibus
    Omnibus (film)

    Omnibus is a 1992 in film short subject comedy film directed by Sam Karmann. It won an Academy Award in 65th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1993 Pepe Danquart - Black Rider
    Schwarzfahrer

    Schwarzfahrer is a 1993 Germany 12-minute short film directed by Pepe Danquart. It won an Academy Award in 66th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
     (Schwarzfahrer}
  • 1994 (tie)
    • Peter Capaldi
      Peter Capaldi

      Peter Capaldi is a Scotland Academy Award and BAFTA Award-winning film director and actor....
      , Ruth Kenley-Letts - Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
      Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life

      Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life is a short comic film for BBC Scotland. It was written and directed by Peter Capaldi, it stars Richard E Grant as Franz Kafka, and co-stars Ken Stott....
    • Peggy Rajski, Randy Stone
      Randy Stone

      Randy Stone was an United States actor and casting , and Academy Award winner....
       - Trevor
      Trevor (film)

      Trevor is a 1994 in film short subject comedy film directed by Peggy Rajski. It tied for an Academy Award in 67th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film with Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life....
  • 1995 Christine Lahti
    Christine Lahti

    Christine Lahti is an United States Emmy Award- and two-time Golden Globe Award-winning actress and Academy Awards-winning film director....
    , Jana Sue Memel - Lieberman in Love
    Lieberman in Love

    Lieberman in Love is a 1995 in film short subject directed by Christine Lahti. It won an Academy Award in 68th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 1996 David Frankel
    David Frankel

    David Frankel is a United States film director, screenwriter and executive producer. He is the son of Max Frankel, a former executive editor of The New York Times....
    , Barry Jossen - Dear Diary
    Dear Diary

    Dear Diary was a failed TV pilot, starring Bebe Neuwirth, written and directed by David Frankel and produced by Frankel and Barry Jossen for the new film studio DreamWorks....
  • 1997 Chris Tashima
    Chris Tashima

    Chris Tashima is a Japanese American actor and director. He is co-founder of the entertainment company Cedar Grove Productions and Artistic Director of its Asian American theatre company, Cedar Grove OnStage....
    , Chris Donahue
    Chris Donahue

    Chris Donahue is an award-winning American film and television producer. He was born in Dallas, Texas, attended Jesuit College Preparatory, and currently resides in Los Angeles....
     - Visas and Virtue
    Visas and Virtue

    Visas and Virtue is a narrative short film inspired by the true story of Holocaust rescuer Chiune Sugihara, who is known as "The Japanese people Oskar Schindler"....
  • 1998 Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas Jensen
    Anders Thomas Jensen

    Anders Thomas Jensen is a Denmark screenwriter and film director.Jensen won the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film for his 1998 film Election Night ....
     - Election Night
    Election Night (film)

    Election Night is a 1998 in film short subject comedy film directed by Anders Thomas Jensen. It won an Academy Award in 71st Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
     (Valgaften)
  • 1999 Barbara Schock, Tamara Tiehel - My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York
    My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York

    My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York is a 1999 in film short subject directed by Barbara Schock. It won an Academy Award in 72nd Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....


2000s

  • 2000
    2000 in film

    The year 2000 in film involved some significant events....
     (73rd
    73rd Academy Awards

    The 73rd Academy Awards ceremony was the last to take place at the Los Angeles, California Shrine Auditorium. It was hosted by first-time host Steve Martin, who was nominated for an Emmy Awards for his presentation....
    )     Florian Gallenberger
    Florian Gallenberger

    Florian Gallenberger is an Academy Award-winning German movie director....
     - Quiero ser (I want to be ...)
    Quiero ser (I want to be ...)

    Quiero ser is a 2000 in film short subject drama film directed by Florian Gallenberger. It won an Academy Award in 73rd Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 2001
    2001 in film

    The year 2001 in film involved some significant events. ...
     (74th
    74th Academy Awards

    The 74th Academy Awards honored the 2001 in film and were held on March 24 2002, for the first time at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California....
    )     Ray McKinnon
    Ray McKinnon (actor)

    Ray McKinnon is an United States actor, screenwriter, film director and Film producer. He has been married to actress and producer Lisa Blount since 1998....
    , Lisa Blount
    Lisa Blount

    Lisa Blount is an US film and television actress and Oscar-winning producer.Born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Arkansas and raised in Jacksonville, Arkansas, Blount started working in show business with her debut in Sam's Song ....
     - The Accountant
    The Accountant (2001 film)

    "The Accountant" is a 2001 in film short subject comedy film directed by Ray McKinnon . It won an Academy Award in 74th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 2002
    2002 in film

    The year '2002 in film' involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, Stuart Litt...
     (75th
    75th Academy Awards

    The 75th Academy Awards honored the 2002 in film, were held on March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It was produced by Gilbert Cates and hosted by Steve Martin, who also hosted the 73rd Academy Awards....
    )     Martin Strange-Hansen - This Charming Man
    This Charming Man (film)

    This Charming Man is a 2002 in film short subject comedy film directed by Martin Strange-Hansen. It won an Academy Award in 75th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
     (Der er en yndig mand)


  • 2003
    2003 in film

    The year '2003 in film' involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King , Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Freddy vs Jason, X2: X-Men Uni...
     (76th
    76th Academy Awards

    The 76th Academy Awards ceremony honored the 2003 in film and was broadcast from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on American Broadcasting Company beginning at 5:30 p.m....
    )     Aaron Schneider, Andrew J. Sacks - Two Soldiers
    Two Soldiers

    Two Soldiers is a 2003 in film short subject drama film directed by Aaron Schneider with a score by Alan Silvestri. It won an Academy Award in 76th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film....
  • 2004
    2004 in film

    The year '2004 in film' involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ,The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Shrek 2, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs....
     (77th
    77th Academy Awards

    The 77th Academy Awards honored the 2004 in film and were held on February 27, 2005, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. They were hosted by comedian Chris Rock....
    )     Andrea Arnold
    Andrea Arnold

    Andrea Arnold is an Academy Award winning filmmaker and former actress from England, who made her feature length directorial debut in 2006 with Red Road ....
     - Wasp
    Wasp (film)

    Wasp is a short film written and directed by Andrea Arnold. Released in 2003, it stars Nathalie Press as a struggling single mother determined not to let her four young children prove an obstacle in the pursuit of rekindling a relationship with an old ex-boyfriend Danny Dyer....
  • 2005
    2005 in film

    The year 2005 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,The Devil's Rejects, Saw II, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, ''The Ring Two, ''Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, ''xXx: State of the Union, ''Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous...
     (78th
    78th Academy Awards

    The 78th Academy Awards honored the 2005 in film and were held on March 5 2006 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by The Daily Show host Jon Stewart....
    )     Martin McDonagh
    Martin McDonagh

    Martin McDonagh is a contemporary English-born Irish people playwright and film director....
     - Six Shooter
    Six Shooter (film)

    Six Shooter is an Irish 2005 in film live action short subject starring Brendan Gleeson and R?aidhr? Conroy....
  • 2006
    2006 in film

    The year '2006 in film' involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with Saw III, Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Casino Royale , Clerks II, X-Men: The Last Stand, Mission: Impossible III, Final Destination 3 and Scary Movie 4....
     (79th
    79th Academy Awards

    The 79th Academy Awards ceremony , honored the 2006 in film and took place on February 25, 2007 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California on American Broadcasting Company....
    )     Ari Sandel
    Ari Sandel

    Ari Sandel is the director of the short film, West Bank Story, which won the 79th Academy Awards in the category Best Short Film .Sandel was raised in Calabasas, California and studied Media Arts at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona where he also received a special certificate in Middle Eastern Studies....
     - West Bank Story
    West Bank Story

    West Bank Story is a comedy/musical film short film, directed by Ari Sandel, co-written by Sandel and Kim Ray, produced by Pascal Vaguelsy, Amy Kim, Ashley Jordan, Ravi Malhotra, and featuring choreography by Ramon Del Barrio....
  • 2007
    2007 in film

    The year '2007 in film' saw major releases such as Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ,The Simpsons Movie, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Transformers , TMNT , Saw IV, and Live Free or Die Hard as well as releases of third installment films, such as: The Bourne Ultimatum , Pirates of the Caribbean:...
     (80th
    80th Academy Awards

    The 80th Academy Awards ceremony honored the best films in 2007 in film and was broadcast from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California on American Broadcasting Company beginning at 5:30 p.m....
    )     Philippe Pollet-Villard - Le Mozart des Pickpockets
    Le Mozart des Pickpockets

    Le Mozart des pickpockets , written and directed by Philippe Pollet-Villard, won the 2007 Academy Award for Live Action Short Film. It was the only Cinema of France submission in the category....
  • 2008
    2008 in film

    The year '2008 in film' saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels such as Rambo , The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, The Dark Knight , The X-Files: I...
     (81st
    81st Academy Awards

    The 81st Academy Awards ceremony was held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor its selection of the best 2008 in film on February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California....
    )     Jochen Alexander Freydank - Spielzeugland (Toyland)


See also


  • Academy Award for Best Short Film - Live Action - 2 Reels
    Academy Award for Best Short Film - Live Action - 2 Reels

    This is a list of short films that have received an Academy Awards or a nomination for best live action short film that consists of 2 reels....
  • Academy Award for Animated Short Film
    Academy Award for Animated Short Film

    The Academy Award for Animated Short Film is an award which has been given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as part of the Academy Awards every year since the 5th Academy Awards, covering the year 1931-32, to the present....
  • Short Film