List of French Academy Award winners and nominees

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This is a list of French Academy Award winners and nominees. This list details the performances of French actors, actresses, and films that have either been submitted or nominated for, or have won, an Academy Award (The Oscars). This list is current as of the 96th Academy Awards ceremony held on March 10, 2024.

Best Actor[edit]

Leading[edit]

Year Winner Title Status Milestone / Notes
1929 Maurice Chevalier The Big Pond Nominated First French actor to be nominated for Best Actor.
1930 The Love Parade Nominated
1938 Charles Boyer Maria Walewska Nominated
1939 Algiers Nominated
1945 Gaslight Nominated
1961 Fanny Nominated Most Academy Award nominations – 4 nominations for Best Actor.
1987 Max Von Sydow Pelle the Conqueror Nominated Von Sydow is a Swedish-French actor born in Sweden. He acquired the French citizenship in 2002.[1]
1990 Gérard Depardieu Cyrano de Bergerac Nominated First actor to be nominated for a French-speaking role.
2011 Jean Dujardin The Artist Won First French actor to win Best Actor.
2017 Timothée Chalamet Call Me by Your Name Nominated Chalamet is a French-American actor born in the United States. At age 22, it made him the third-youngest Best Actor nominee.[2][3]

Supporting[edit]

Year Winner Title Status Milestone / Notes
2011 Max Von Sydow Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Nominated

Best Actress[edit]

Leading[edit]

Year Winner Film Status Milestone / Notes
1934 Claudette Colbert It Happened One Night Won French-born American actress.
First French actress to be nominated and win Best Actress.
1935 Private Worlds Nominated First French actress to receive more than one Academy Award nomination.
1944 Since You Went Away Nominated Most Academy Award nominations – 3 nominations for Best Actress.
1953 Leslie Caron Lili Nominated
1959 Simone Signoret Room at the Top Won Second French actress to win Best Actress.
1963 Leslie Caron The L-Shaped Room Nominated Second French actress to receive more than one nomination – 2 nominations for Best Actress.
1965 Simone Signoret Ship of Fools Nominated Third French actress to receive more than one nomination.
1966 Anouk Aimée A Man and a Woman Nominated First actress to be nominated for a French-speaking role.
1975 Isabelle Adjani The Story of Adele H. Nominated Second actress to be nominated for a French-speaking role.
1976 Marie-Christine Barrault Cousin, cousine Nominated
1989 Isabelle Adjani Camille Claudel Nominated Fourth French actress to receive more than one nomination – 2 nominations for Best Actress.
The first to be nominated for two French-speaking roles.
1992 Catherine Deneuve Indochine Nominated
2000 Juliette Binoche Chocolat Nominated First and only French actress to be nominated for both Leading and Supporting categories.
Fifth French actress to receive more than one nomination.
2008 Marion Cotillard La Vie en Rose Won First actress to win for a French-speaking role.
Third French actress to win Best Actress.
2012 Emmanuelle Riva Amour Nominated Oldest Best Actress nominee in the history.
2014 Marion Cotillard Two Days, One Night Nominated Sixth French actress to receive more than one nomination, the second to be nominated for two French-speaking roles and the first to be nominated for a Belgian film.
2016 Isabelle Huppert Elle Nominated

Supporting[edit]

Year Winner Title Status Milestone / Notes
1952 Colette Marchand Moulin Rouge Nominated First French actress to be nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
1959 Hermione Baddeley Room at the Top Nominated
1964 Lila Kedrova Zorba the Greek Won Kedrova was a Russian-born French actress.
1966 Jocelyne LaGarde Hawaii Nominated As a Tahitian, LaGarde was the first indigenous person to be nominated in any acting category.
1996 Juliette Binoche The English Patient Won
2011 Bérénice Bejo The Artist Nominated Bejo is a French-Argentine actress born in Argentina.

Best Animated Feature[edit]

This list focuses on French-born directors and producers.

Year Winner Title Status Milestone / Notes
2003 Sylvain Chomet The Triplets of Belleville Nominated
2007 Vincent Paronnaud
Marjane Satrapi 		Persepolis Nominated Satrapi was born in Iran.
2010 Sylvain Chomet The Illusionist Nominated
2011 Alain Gagnol
Jean-Loup Felicioli 		A Cat in Paris Nominated
2013 Pierre Coffin Despicable Me 2 Nominated Shared with Chris Renaud & Chris Meledandri
Didier Brunner
Benjamin Renner 		Ernest & Celestine Nominated
2019 Jérémy Clapin
Marc du Pontavice 		I Lost My Body Nominated
2021 Charlotte De La Gournerie Flee Nominated Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, & Signe Byrge Sørensen.

Best Production Design[edit]

This list focuses on French-born art directors and set decorators.

Year Name Title Status Milestone / Notes
1931 Lazare Meerson À Nous la Liberté Nominated Meerson was a Russian-born French and English film art director.
1951 Jean d'Eaubonne La Ronde Nominated
1952 Marcel Vertès Moulin Rouge Won Shared with Paul Sheriff
1954 Max Ophüls Le Plaisir Nominated Ophüls was a German-born French.
1960 Alexandre Trauner The Apartment Won Nominated with Edward G. Boyle.
1962 Léon Barsacq
Gabriel Béchir 		The Longest Day Nominated Shared with Ted Haworth and Vincent Korda
1964 Raphaël Bretton Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte Nominated Shared with William Glasgow.
1966 Marc Frédérix
Pierre Guffroy 		Is Paris Burning? Nominated Nominated with Willy Holt.
1969 Raphaël Bretton Hello, Dolly! Won Shared with John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Herman A. Blumenthal, Walter M. Scott, and George James Hopkins.
1970 Pierre-Louis Thévenet Patton Won Shared with Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo, and Antonio Mateos.
1972 Raphaël Bretton The Poseidon Adventure Nominated Shared with William J. Creber.
1974 The Towering Inferno Nominated Shared with William J. Creber, and Ward Preston.
1975 Alexandre Trauner The Man Who Would Be King Nominated Nominated with Tony Inglis, and Peter James.
1980 Pierre Guffroy Tess Won Nominated with Jack Stephens.
1988 Gérard James Dangerous Liaisons Won Shared with Stuart Craig
1990 Jacques Rouxel Cyrano de Bergerac Nominated Nominated with Ezio Frigerio.
1996 Philippe Turlure Evita Nominated Nominated with Brian Morris.
2000 Françoise Benoît-Fresco
Jean Rabasse 		Vatel Nominated
2001 Aline Bonetto
Marie-Laure Valla 		Amélie Nominated
2004 Aline Bonetto A Very Long Engagement Nominated
2011 Anne Seibel
Hélène Dubreuil 		Midnight in Paris Nominated

Best Cinematography[edit]

This list focuses on French-born cinematographers.

Year Winner Title Status Milestone / Notes
1939 Georges Périnal The Four Feathers Nominated Shared with Osmond Borradaile.
1940 The Thief of Bagdad Won First French cinematographer to win Best Cinematography.
First French cinematographer to receive more than one Academy Award nomination.
1953 Henri Alekan Roman Holiday Nominated Shared with Franz Planer.
Joseph C. Brun Martin Luther Nominated
1962 Jean Bourgoin
Walter Wottitz 		The Longest Day Won
1966 Marcel Grignon Is Paris Burning? Nominated
1980 Ghislain Cloquet Tess Won Cloquet was a Belgian-born French cinematographer.
1990 Philippe Rousselot Henry & June Nominated
1992 A River Runs Through It Won
Robert Fraisse The Lover Nominated
1996 Darius Khondji Evita Nominated Khondji is an Iranian-French cinematographer.
2001 Bruno Delbonnel Amélie Nominated
2004 A Very Long Engagement Nominated
2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Nominated
2011 Guillaume Schiffman The Artist Nominated
2013 Philippe Le Sourd The Grandmaster Nominated
Bruno Delbonnel Inside Llewyn Davis Nominated
2017 Darkest Hour Nominated
2021 The Tragedy of Macbeth Nominated Sixth nomination.
2022 Darius Khondji Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths Nominated

Best Costume Design[edit]

This list focuses on French-born costume designers.

Year Winner Title Status Milestone / Notes
1950 Jean Louis Born Yesterday Nominated
1952 Affair in Trinidad Nominated
Marcel Vertès Moulin Rouge Won Vertès was a French costume designer and illustrator of Hungarian origins.
1953 Jean Louis From Here to Eternity Nominated
1954 It Should Happen to You Nominated
A Star Is Born Nominated Shared with Mary Ann Nyberg, and Irene Sharaff.
Rosine Delamare The Earrings of Madame de… Nominated Shared with Yury Annenkov.
Christian Dior Terminal Station Nominated
1955 Jean Louis Queen Bee Nominated
1956 The Solid Gold Cadillac Won
1957 Hubert de Givenchy Funny Face Nominated Shared with Edith Head.
Jean Louis Pal Joey Nominated
1958 Bell, book, and candle Nominated
1961 Back Street Nominated
Judgment at Nuremberg Nominated
1965 Ship of Fools Nominated Shared with Bill Thomas.
1966 Gambit Nominated
1967 Thoroughly Modern Millie Nominated
1979 Albert Wolsky All That Jazz Won Wolsky is a French-born American costume designer.
1980 Jean-Pierre Dorléac Somewhere in Time Nominated
1982 Albert Wolsky Sophie's Choice Nominated
1983 Anne-Marie Marchand The Return of Martin Guerre Nominated
1985 Albert Wolsky The Journey of Natty Gann Nominated
1991 Bugsy Won
Corinne Jorry Madame Bovary Nominated
1992 Albert Wolsky Toys Nominated
2007 Albert Wolsky Across the Universe Nominated
2008 Revolutionary Road Nominated
2009 Catherine Leterrier Coco Before Chanel Nominated
2016 Madeline Fontaine Jackie Nominated

Best Makeup and Hairstyling[edit]

This list focuses on French-born makeup artist.

Year Winner Title Status Milestone / Notes
1990 Jean-Pierre Eychenne Cyrano de Bergerac Nominated Shared with Michèle Burke.
2007 Didier Lavergne La Vie en Rose Won Shared with Jan Archibald.

Best Director[edit]

Year Winner Title Status Milestone / Notes
1945 Jean Renoir The Southerner Nominated
1966 Claude Lelouch A Man and a Woman Nominated
1969 Costa-Gavras Z Nominated Costa-Gavras is a Greek-French director born in Greece.
1974 Roman Polanski Chinatown Nominated Polanski is a French-Polish director born in France.
François Truffaut Day for Night Nominated
1979 Edouard Molinaro La Cage aux Folles Nominated
1980 Roman Polanski Tess Nominated
1981 Louis Malle Atlantic City Nominated
1984 Roland Joffé The Killing Fields Nominated Joffé is an English-French director born in the United Kingdom.
1986 The Mission Nominated
2002 Roman Polanski The Pianist Won
2011 Michel Hazanavicius The Artist Won
2016 Damien Chazelle La La Land Won Chazelle is a French-American director born in the United States.
Youngest winner of Best Director.
2023 Justine Triet Anatomy of a Fall Nominated Triet is the first French woman to be nominated for Best Director.

Best Documentary Feature[edit]

This list focuses on French-born producers/directors.

Year Winner Title Status Milestone / Notes
1955 René Risacher Crèvecoeur Nominated
1956 Jacques-Yves Cousteau The Silent World Won
1961 René Lafuite Sky Above and Mud Beneath Won Shared with Arthur Cohn.
1963 Paul de Roubaix The Link and the Chain Nominated
1964 Jean Aurel 14-18 Nominated Aurel was a Romanian-born French film director and scriptwriter.
Jacques-Yves Cousteau World Without Sun Won
1965 Frédéric Rossif To Die in Madrid Nominated
1966 Haroun Tazieff Le Volcan interdit Nominated
1967 Pierre Schoendoerffer The Anderson Platoon Won
1969 Bernard Chevry Arthur Rubinstein – The Love of Life Won
1971 Marcel Ophüls The Sorrow and the Pity Nominated
1978 Albert Lamorisse The Lovers' Wind Nominated
Michel Gast Raoni Nominated Shared with Jean-Pierre Dutilleux and Barry Hugh Williams.
1979 Jacques Bobet Going the Distance Nominated Shared with Paul Cowan.
1988 Marcel Ophüls Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie Won
2001 Jean-Xavier de Lestrade
Denis Poncet 		Murder on a Sunday Morning Won
2002 Jacques Perrin Winged Migration Nominated
2005 Yves Darondeau
Luc Jacquet 		March of the Penguins Won
2014 Mathilde Bonnefoy Citizenfour Won Shared with Laura Poitras and Dirk Wilutzky.
David Rosier The Salt of the Earth Nominated Shared with Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado.
2016 Rémi Grellety I Am Not Your Negro Nominated Shared with Raoul Peck and Hébert Peck.
2017 Agnès Varda
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Rosalie Varda 		Faces Places Nominated Oldest competitive Oscar nominee.

Best Editing[edit]

This list focuses on French-born film editors.

Year Winner Title Status Milestone / Notes
1969 Françoise Bonnot Z Won
1989 Noëlle Boisson The Bear Nominated
2002 Hervé de Luze The Pianist Nominated
2006 Álex Rodríguez Children of Men Nominated Rodríguez is a French-born Mexican editor.
Nominated with Alfonso Cuarón.
2007 Juliette Welfling The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Nominated
2011 Anne-Sophie Bion
Michel Hazanavicius 		The Artist Nominated
2020 Frédéric Thoraval Promising Young Woman Nominated Thoraval is a French-American film editor.
Yorgos Lamprinos The Father Nominated Lamprimos is a Greek-French film editor.
2023 Laurent Sénéchal Anatomy of a Fall Nominated

Best Picture[edit]

This list focuses on French-born producers.

Year Winner Title Status Milestone / Notes
1938 Réalisation d'art cinématographique Grand Illusion Nominated
1969 Jacques Perrin Z Nominated Shared with Ahmed Rachedi.
1980 Claude Berri Tess Nominated Shared with Timothy Burrill.
2002 Robert Benmussa
Roman Polanski
Alain Sarde		 The Pianist Nominated
2009 Nicolas Chartier The Hurt Locker Won First French-produced film to win Best Picture.
Shared with Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, and Greg Shapiro.
2011 Thomas Langmann The Artist Won Second French-produced film to win Best Picture.
2012 Margaret Ménégoz Amour Nominated Margaret Ménégoz is a German-French film producer. Shared with Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, and Michael Katz.
2017 Emilie Georges Call Me by Your Name Nominated Shared with Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, and Marco Morabito.
2020 Jean-Louis Livi
Philippe Carcassonne 		The Father Nominated Shared with David Parfitt.
Sacha Ben Harroche
 Sound of Metal Nominated Shared with Bert Hamelinick.
2021 Philippe Rousselet CODA Won First US remake of a French film (La Famille Bélier) to win this award.
Shared with Fabrice Gianfermi, and Patrick Wachsberger.
2022 Philippe Bober Triangle of Sadness Nominated
Alexandra Milchan Tár Nominated Alexandra Milchan is a French-American film and television producer. Shared with Todd Field, and Scott Lamber.
2023 Marie-Ange Luciani
David Thion 		Anatomy of a Fall Nominated

Best International Feature Film[edit]

Main article: List of French submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Year Film Result
1948 Monsieur Vincent Honorary Award
1949 The Walls of Malapaga Honorary Award
1952 Forbidden Games Honorary Award
1956 Gervaise Nominated
1957 Gates of Paris Nominated
1958 Mon Oncle Won
1959 Orfeu Negro Won
1960 The Truth Nominated
1962 Sundays and Cybele Won
1964 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Nominated
1966 A Man and a Woman Won
1967 Live for Life Nominated
1968 Stolen Kisses Nominated
1969 My Night at Maud's Nominated
1970 Hoa-Binh Nominated
1972 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie Won
1973 Day for Night Won
1974 Lacombe, Lucien Nominated
1976 Cousin Cousine Nominated
1977 Madame Rosa Won
1978 Get Out Your Handkerchiefs Won
1979 A Simple Story Nominated
1980 The Last Metro Nominated
1982 Coup de Torchon Nominated
1983 Entre Nous Nominated
1985 Three Men and a Cradle Nominated
1986 Betty Blue Nominated
1987 Au revoir les enfants Nominated
1989 Camille Claudel Nominated
1990 Cyrano de Bergerac Nominated
1992 Indochine Won
1996 Ridicule Nominated
1999 East/West Nominated
2000 The Taste of Others Nominated
2001 Amélie Nominated
2004 The Chorus Nominated
2005 Joyeux Noël Nominated
2008 The Class Nominated
2009 A Prophet Nominated
2015 Mustang Nominated
2019 Les Misérables Nominated

Best Music[edit]

This list focuses on scores or songs created by French-born composers.

Original Score[edit]

Year Writer Award Film Result
1945 Alexandre Tansman Best Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture Paris Underground Nominated
1962 Michel Magne Best Scoring of Music – Adaptation or Treatment Gigot Nominated
Maurice Jarre Best Score – Substantially Original Lawrence of Arabia Won
1963 Best Scoring of Music – Adaptation or Treatment Sundays and Cybele Nominated
1964 Leo Arnaud The Unsinkable Molly Brown Nominated
1965 Michel Legrand The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Nominated
Jacques Demy
Michel Legrand		 Best Score – Substantially Original Nominated
Maurice Jarre Doctor Zhivago Won
1968 Michel Legrand The Thomas Crown Affair Nominated
Jacques Demy
Michel Legrand		 Best Score – Musical Picture (Original or Adaptation) The Young Girls of Rochefort Nominated
1969 Georges Delerue Best Original Score Anne of the Thousand Days Nominated
1970 Francis Lai Love Story Won
1971 Michel Legrand Best Original Dramatic Score Summer of '42 Won
1973 Georges Delerue The Day of the Dolphin Nominated
1977 Best Original Score Julia Nominated
Maurice Jarre Mohammad, Messenger of God Nominated
1979 Georges Delerue A Little Romance Won
1980 Philippe Sarde Tess Nominated
1983 Michel Legrand Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score Yentl Won
1984 Maurice Jarre Best Original Score A Passage to India Won
1985 Witness Nominated
Georges Delerue Agnes of God Nominated
1988 Maurice Jarre Gorillas in the Mist Nominated
1990 Ghost Nominated
1996 Gabriel Yared Best Original Score – Dramatic The English Patient Won
1999 Best Original Score The Talented Mr. Ripley Nominated
2003 Cold Mountain Nominated
2006 Alexandre Desplat The Queen Nominated
2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Nominated
2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox Nominated
2010 The King's Speech Nominated
2011 Ludovic Bource The Artist Won
2012 Alexandre Desplat Argo Nominated
2013 Philomena Nominated
2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel Won
The Imitation Game Nominated
2017 The Shape of Water Won
2018 Isle of Dogs Nominated
2019 Little Women Nominated

Original Song[edit]

Year Winner Song and Film Status Milestone / Notes
1965 Jacques Demy
Michel Legrand		 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
for the song: "I Will Wait for You"		 Nominated
1968 Michel Legrand The Thomas Crown Affair
for the song: "The Windmills of Your Mind"		 Won
1969 The Happy Ending
for the song: "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?"		 Nominated
1970 Pieces of Dreams
for the song: "Pieces of Dream"		 Nominated
1972 Maurice Jarre The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
for the song: "Marmalade, Molasses & Honey"		 Nominated
2003 Sylvain Chomet The Triplets of Belleville
for the song: "Belleville Rendez-vous"		 Nominated Nomination shared with Benoit Charest
2004 Christophe Barratier
Bruno Coulais		 The Chorus
for the song: "Look to Your Path (Vois sur ton chemin)"		 Nominated
2009 Reinhardt Wagner
Frank Thomas		 Paris 36
for the song: "Loin de Paname"		 Nominated
2012 Claude-Michel Schönberg
Alain Boublil		 Les Misérables
for the song: "Suddenly"		 Nominated Nomination shared with Herbert Kretzmer

Best Short Film[edit]

Live Action[edit]

Year Winner Title Status Milestone / Notes
1949 Gaston Diehl
Robert Hessens 		Van Gogh Won
1951 Les Films du Compass Balzac Nominated
1959 Jacques Cousteau The Golden Fish Won
1962 Jean-Claude Carrière
Pierre Étaix		 Heureux Anniversaire Won
1963 Marcel Ichac
Paul de Roubaix 		An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Won
1965 Claude Berri The Chicken Won
1966 Marin Karmitz
Vladimir Florency 		Turkey on the Bridge Nominated
1974 Paul Claudon
Edmond Séchan 		One-Eyed Men Are Kings Won
1992 Sam Karmann Omnibus Won
1993 Didier Flamand The Screw Nominated
2002 Philippe Orreindy
Thomas Gaudin 		J'attendrai le suivant Nominated
2003 Lionel Bailliu Squash Nominated
2007 Philippe Pollet-Villard Le Mozart des Pickpockets Won
2008 Elizabeth Marre
Olivier Pont 		Manon on the Asphalt Nominated
2013 Xavier Legrand
Alexandre Gavras 		Just Before Losing Everything Nominated
2014 Julien Féret Butter Lamp Nominated Shared with Hu Wei
2015 Eric Dupont Ave Maria Nominated Shared with Basil Khalil
2016 Selim Azzazi Ennemis intérieurs Nominated

Animated[edit]

Year Winner Title Status Milestone / Notes
1967 Jean-Charles Meunier Hypothese Beta Nominated
1980 Frédéric Back All Nothing Nominated Back is a French-born Canadian producer and director of short films
1981 Crac Won
1987 The Man Who Planted Trees Won
1993 The Mighty River Nominated Shared with Hubert Tison
1997 Sylvain Chomet The Old Lady and the Pigeons Nominated
2007 Samuel Tourneux
Simon Vanesse 		Even Pigeons Go to Heaven Nominated
2008 Thierry Marchand Oktapodi Nominated Shared with Emud Mokhberi
2009 Nicolas Schmerkin Logorama Won Schmerkin is an Argentinian-born French producer.
Fabrice O. Joubert French Roast Nominated
2010 Bastien Dubois Madagascar, a Journey Diary Nominated
2013 Laurent Witz
Alexandre Espigares		 Mr Hublot Won
2017 Victor Caire
Gabriel Grapperon		 Garden Party Nominated
2023 Stéphanie Clément
Marc Rius 		Pachyderme Nominated

Documentary[edit]

Year Winner Title Status Milestone / Notes
1966 Marin Karmitz
Vladimir Forgency 		Adolescence Nominated

Best Sound[edit]

Year Winner Title Status Milestone / Notes
1977 Jean-Louis Ducarme Sorcerer Nominated Shared with Robert Knudson, Robert Glass and Richard Tyler
2001 Guillaume Leriche
Vincent Arnardi
Jean Umansky 		Amélie Nominated
2020 Nicolas Becker Sound of Metal Won Shared with Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortes and Philip Bladh

Best Visual Effects[edit]

Year Winner Title Status Milestone / Notes
1962 Jacques Maumont The Longest Day Won Shared with Robert MacDonald.
Last to win before the name changed.
1963 Emil Kosa, Jr. Cleopatra Won First person to win Visual effects after the name change
1969 Eugène Lourié Krakatoa, East of Java Nominated Shared with Alex Weldon
1994 Jacques Stroweis True Lies Nominated Nomination shared with John Bruno, Thomas L. Fisher and Patrick McClung
2010 Nicolas Aithadi Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Nominated Shared with Tim Burke, John Richardson and Christian Manz.
2012 Cedric Nicolas-Troyan Snow White and the Huntsman Nominated Nomination shared with Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson
Guillaume Rocheron Life of Pi Won Nomination shared with Bill Westenhofer, Erik De Boer, and Donald Elliot
2014 Stephane Ceretti
Nicolas Aithadi		 Guardians of the Galaxy Nominated Nomination shared with Paul Corbould and Jonathan Fawkner
2016 Stephane Ceretti Doctor Strange Nominated Shared with Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould
2019 Stephane Grabli The Irishman Nominated Shared with Pablo Helman, Leandro Estebecorena and Nelson Sepulveda
Guillaume Rocheron 1917 Won Shared with Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy
2023 Stéphane Ceretti
Alexis Wajsbrot 		Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Nominated Shared with Guy Williams and Theo Bialek.
Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenoillet Napoleon Nominated Shared with Charley Henley, Simone Coco, and Neil Corbould

Best Writing[edit]

This list focuses on French-born writers.

Adapted Screenplay[edit]

Year Winner Title Status Milestone / Notes
1951 Jacques Natanson
Max Ophüls 		La Ronde Nominated
1957 Pierre Boulle The Bridge on the River Kwai Won Pierre Boulle was credited as the screenwriter of The Bridge on the River Kwai and ultimately won the award. Blacklisted writers Michael Wilson and Carl Foreman, who actually wrote the screenplay, were awarded posthumous Oscars by the Academy's Board of Governors in 1984.
1963 Serge Bourguignon
Antoine Tudal		 Sundays and Cybele Nominated
1968 Roman Polanski Rosemary's Baby Nominated
1969 Costa-Gavras Z Nominated Nominated with Jorge Semprún
1977 Jean-Claude Carrière That Obscure Object of Desire Nominated Nominated with Luis Buñuel
1979 Edouard Molinaro
Jean Poiret
Francis Veber		 La Cage aux Folles Nominated Nominated with Marcello Danon
1982 Costa-Gavras Missing Won Shared with Donald E. Stewart
1988 Christine Edzard Little Dorrit Nominated
Jean-Claude Carrière The Unbearable Lightness of Being Nominated
2004 Julie Delpy Before Sunset Nominated Nominated with Americans Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke and Kim Krizan
2013 Before Midnight Nominated Nominated with Americans Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke
2020 Florian Zeller The Father Won Nominated with Christopher Hampton

Original Screenplay[edit]

Year Winner Title Status Milestone / Notes
1946 Jacques Prévert Children of Paradise Nominated
1949 Marcello Pagliero Paisan Nominated Pagliero was an Italian-French director, actor, and screenwriter.
Shared with Alfred Hayes, Federico Fellini, Sergio Amidei and Roberto Rossellini
1955 Jacques Tati
Henri Marquet 		Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot Nominated
1956 Albert Lamorisse The Red Balloon Won
1959 Marcel Moussy
François Truffaut 		The 400 Blows Nominated Moussy is an Algerian-born French writer.
1960 Marguerite Duras Hiroshima, My Love Nominated Duras was born in French Cochinchina (now Vietnam).
1962 Alain Robbe-Grillet Last Year at Marienbad Nominated
1964 Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Ariane Mnouchkine
Daniel Boulanger
Philippe de Broca 		That Man from Rio Nominated
1965 Jacques Demy The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Nominated
1966 Claude Lelouch
Pierre Uytterhoeven 		A Man and a Woman Won
1970 Eric Rohmer My Night at Maud's Nominated
1972 Jean-Claude Carrière The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie Nominated Nominated with Luis Buñuel
Louis Malle Murmur of the Heart Nominated
1974 Jean-Louis Richard
Suzanne Schiffman
François Truffaut 		Day for Night Nominated
1975 Claude Lelouch
Pierre Uytterhoeven 		And Now My Love Nominated
1976 Jean Charles Tacchella
Danièle Thompson 		Cousin, cousine Nominated Thompson was born in Monaco.
1980 Jean Gruault My American Uncle Nominated
1987 Louis Malle Goodbye, Children Nominated
2001 Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Guillaume Laurant 		Amélie Nominated
2004 Pierre Bismuth
Michel Gondry 		Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Won Nominated with Charlie Kaufman.
2011 Michel Hazanavicius The Artist Nominated
2023 Justine Triet
Arthur Harari 		Anatomy of a Fall Won Triet and Harari are partners

Story[edit]

Year Winner Title Status Milestone / Notes
1931 Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast Laughter Nominated d'Arrast was an Argentinean born, French screenwriter and director.
Shared with Douglas Doty, Donald Stewart
1946 Vladimir Pozner The Dark Mirror Nominated Pozner is a Russian-born French writer and translator
1947 Georges Chaperot
René Wheeler 		A Cage of Nightingales Nominated
1954 François Boyer Forbidden Games Nominated
1955 Jean Marsan
Henri Troyat
Jacques Perret
Henri Verneuil
Raoul Ploquin 		The Sheep Has Five Legs Nominated Troyat was a Russian-born French author, biographer, historian and novelist.
Verneuil was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker.
1956 Jean-Paul Sartre The Proud and the Beautiful Nominated

Honorary Awards[edit]

This list focuses on French-born recipients of the Honorary Award

Year Recipient Milestone / Notes
1942 Charles Boyer "for his progressive cultural achievement in establishing the French Research Foundation in Los Angeles as a source of reference for the Hollywood Motion Picture Industry"
1958 Maurice Chevalier "for his contributions to the world of entertainment for more than half a century."
1973 Henri Langlois "for his devotion to the art of film, his massive contributions in preserving its past and his unswerving faith in its future."
1974 Jean Renoir "a genius who, with grace, responsibility and enviable devotion through silent film, sound film, feature, documentary and television, has won the world's admiration."
2010 Jean-Luc Godard "For passion. For confrontation. For a new kind of cinema."
2014 Jean-Claude Carrière "Whose elegantly crafted screenplays elevate the art of screenwriting to the level of literature."
2017 Agnès Varda "Her compassion and curiosity inform a uniquely personal cinema."

Nominations and Winners[edit]

No. of wins No. of nominations
95 345

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Saad, Nardine (March 9, 2020). "Max von Sydow, Swedish star of Bergman films, 'The Exorcist,' dies at 90". Los Angeles Times.
  2. ^ Renfro, Kim. "The 31 youngest Oscar nominees of all time". Insider. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  3. ^ Evry, Max. "The 25 Youngest Oscar Nominees of All Time". MTV News. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
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