List of Czech Academy Award winners and nominees

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This is a list of Czech Academy Award winners and nominees. This list details the performances of Czech actors, actresses, and films that have either been submitted or nominated for, or have won, an Academy Award.

Best International Feature Film[edit]

This list focuses on essentially Czech films and directors and producers of other non-English language films, including submissions from the Czech Socialist Republic prior to the dissolution of Czechoslovakia.

International Feature Film
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1965 Ján Kadár & Elmar Klos The Shop on Main Street Won First Czech win for the Category.[1]
1965 Miloš Forman Loves of a Blonde Nominated
1966 Jiří Menzel Closely Watched Trains Won
1967 Miloš Forman The Firemen's Ball Nominated
1985 Jiří Menzel My Sweet Little Village Nominated
1991 Jan Svěrák The Elementary School Nominated
1996 Kolya Won
2000 Jan Hřebejk Divided We Fall Nominated
2003 Ondřej Trojan Želary Nominated

Best Supporting Actress[edit]

Supporting Actress
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1959 Susan Kohner Imitation of Life Nominated American actress born to Czech and Mexican parents.

Best Director[edit]

Best Director
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1975 Miloš Forman One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Won Forman is a Czech director who immigrated to the United States in 1968 and obtained American citizenship.
1984 Amadeus Won
1996 The People vs. Larry Flynt Nominated

Best Juvenile Acting[edit]

Juvenile Award
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1948 Ivan Jandl The Search Won First Czech to ever win an Academy Award.[2]

Best Screenwriting[edit]

Original Screenplay
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
2007 Jan Pinkava Ratatouille Nominated Czech with a British citizenship.
Shared with Brad Bird and Jim Capobianco.

Best Production Design[edit]

Production Design
Year Name Film Status Notes
1984 Karel Černý Amadeus Won Shared with Patrizia von Brandenstein.
2014 Maria Djurkovic The Imitation Game Nominated Czech-British.
Shared with Tatiana Macdonald.
2019 Nora Sopková Jojo Rabbit Nominated Shared with Ra Vincent.[3]

Best Cinematography[edit]

Cinematography
Year Name Film Status Notes
1981 Miroslav Ondříček Ragtime Nominated
1984 Amadeus Nominated

Best Costume Design[edit]

Costume Design
Year Name Film Status Notes
1984 Theodor Pištěk Amadeus Won
1989 Valmont Nominated

Best Makeup and Hairstyling[edit]

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Year Name Film Status Notes
2022 Linda Eisenhamerová All Quiet on the Western Front Nominated

Best Animated Short Film[edit]

Animated Short Film
Year Name Film Status Notes
1997 Jan Pinkava Geri's Game Won
2019 Daria Kashcheeva Daughter Nominated

Best Documentary Feature[edit]

Documentary Feature
Year Name Film Status Notes
1999 Roko Belic Genghis Blues Nominated

Best Original Score[edit]

Original Score
Year Name Film Status Notes
1944 Jerome Kern Can't Help Singing Nominated
1961 Irwin Kostal West Side Story Won
1964 Mary Poppins Nominated
1965 The Sound of Music Won
1971 Bedknobs and Broomsticks Nominated
1977 Pete's Dragon Nominated

Best Original Song[edit]

Original Song
Year Name Song Film Status Notes
1935 Jerome Kern "Lovely to Look At" Roberta Nominated Shared with Dorothy Fields & Jimmy McHugh
1936 "The Way You Look Tonight" Swing Time Won Shared with Dorothy Fields
1941 "The Last Time I Saw Paris" Lady Be Good Won Shared with Oscar Hammerstein II
1942 "Dearly Beloved" You Were Never Lovelier Nominated Shared with Johnny Mercer
1944 "Long Ago (and Far Away)" Cover Girl Nominated Shared with Ira Gershwin
1945 "More and More" Can't Help Singing Nominated (p.n.) Shared with Yip Harburg
1946 "All Through The Day" Centennial Summer Nominated (p.n.) Shared with Oscar Hammerstein II
2007 Markéta Irglová "Falling Slowly" Once Won Shared with Glen Hansard

Best Sound[edit]

Best Sound
Year Name Film Status Notes
2008 Petr Forejt Wanted Nominated
2022 Viktor Prášil All Quiet on the Western Front Nominated

Best Visual Effects[edit]

Best Visual Effects
Year Name Film Status Notes
1963 Emil Kosa Jr. Cleopatra Won
2022 Viktor Müller All Quiet on the Western Front Nominated
Kamil Jafar Nominated

Nominations and Winners[edit]

No. of wins No. of nominations
15

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Obchod na korze (1965)". Filmový přehled (in Czech). Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Zachován pro potřeby čs filmu. První Čech s Oscarem dožil zcela osamocen". iDNES.cz. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  3. ^ Soukeníková, Eva. "Korzo, Kolja i málo známý malý Ivan. Kdy Češi zářili na Oscarech - Seznam Zprávy". www.seznamzpravy.cz. Retrieved 9 February 2020.