| Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film | |
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.jpg) 2024 co-recipient: Wes Anderson | |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) |
| First awarded | 1931 |
| Most recent winner | Wes Anderson Steven Rales The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023) |
| Website | oscars |
The Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film is an award presented at the annual Academy Awards ceremony. The award has existed, under numerous names, since 1957.
From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate awards, Best Short Subject, One-reel and Best Short Subject, Two-reel, referring to the running time of eligible short films: a standard reel of 35 mm film is 1000 feet, or about 11 minutes of run time. A third category "Best Short Subject, color" was used only for 1936 and 1937. From the initiation of short subject awards for 1932 until 1935 the terms were "Best Short Subject, comedy" and "Best Short Subject, novelty".
These categories were merged starting with the 1957 awards, under the name "Short Subjects, Live Action Subjects", which was used until 1970. For the next three years after that, it was known as "Short Subjects, Live Action Films". The current name for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film was introduced in 1974.
Current Academy rules call for the award to be presented to "the individual person most directly responsible for the concept and the creative execution of the film. In the event that more than one individual has been directly and importantly involved in creative decisions, a second statuette may be awarded". The Academy defines short as being "not more than 40 minutes, including all credits". Fifteen films are shortlisted before nominations are announced.
List of winners and nominees
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
| Year | Film | Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 (43rd) |
The Resurrection of Broncho Billy | John Longenecker |
| Shut Up... I'm Crying | Robert Siegler | |
| Sticky My Fingers... Fleet My Feet | John Hancock | |
| 1971 (44th) | ||
| Sentinels of Silence | Manuel Arango and Robert Amram | |
| Good Morning | Denny Evans and Ken Greenwald | |
| The Rehearsal | Stephen F. Verona | |
| 1972 (45th) | ||
| Norman Rockwell's World... An American Dream | Richard Barclay | |
| Frog Story | Ron Satlof and Ray Gideon | |
| Solo | David Adams | |
| 1973 (46th) | ||
| The Bolero | Allan Miller and William Fertik | |
| Clockmaker | Richard Gayer | |
| Life Times Nine | Pen Densham and John Watson | |
| 1974 (47th) | ||
| One-Eyed Men Are Kings | Paul Claudon and Edmond Séchan | |
| Climb | Dewitt Jones | |
| The Concert | Julian Chagrin and Claude Chagrin | |
| Planet Ocean | George V. Casey | |
| The Violin | Andrew Welsh and George Pastic | |
| 1975 (48th) | ||
| Angel and Big Joe | Bert Salzman | |
| Conquest of Light | Louis Marcus | |
| Dawn Flight | Lawrence M. Lansburgh and Brian Lansburgh | |
| A Day in the Life of Bonnie Consolo | Barry Spinello | |
| Doubletalk | Alan Beattie | |
| 1976 (49th) | ||
| In the Region of Ice | Andre R. Guttfreund and Peter Werner | |
| Kudzu | Marjorie Anne Short | |
| The Morning Spider | Julian Chagrin and Claude Chagrin | |
| Nightlife | Claire Wilbur and Robin Lehman | |
| Number One | Dyan Cannon and Vince Cannon | |
| 1977 (50th) | ||
| I'll Find a Way | Beverly Shaffer and Yuki Yoshida | |
| The Absent-Minded Waiter | William E. McEuen | |
| Floating Free | Jerry Butts | |
| Notes on the Popular Arts | Saul Bass | |
| Spaceborne | Philip Dauber | |
| 1978 (51st) | ||
| Teenage Father | Taylor Hackford | |
| A Different Approach | Jim Belcher and Fern Field | |
| Mandy's Grandmother | Andrew Sugerman | |
| Strange Fruit | Seth Pinsker | |
| 1979 (52nd) | ||
| Board and Care | Sarah Pillsbury and Ron Ellis | |
| Bravery in the Field | Roman Kroitor and Stefan Wodoslawsky | |
| Oh Brother, My Brother | Carol Lowell and Ross Lowell | |
| The Solar Film | Saul Bass and Michael Britton | |
| Solly's Diner | Harry Mathias, Jay Zukerman and Larry Hankin |
1980s
1990s
| Year | Film | Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 (63rd) |
The Lunch Date | Adam Davidson |
| 12:01 PM | Hillary Ripps and Jonathan Heap | |
| Bronx Cheers | Raymond De Felitta and Matthew Gross | |
| Dear Rosie | Peter Cattaneo and Barnaby Thompson | |
| Senzeni Na? (What Have We Done?) | Bernard Joffa and Anthony E. Nicholas | |
| 1991 (64th) | ||
| Session Man | Seth Winston and Robert N. Fried | |
| Birch Street Gym | Stephen Kessler and Thomas R. Conroy | |
| Last Breeze of Summer | David M. Massey | |
| 1992 (65th) | ||
| Omnibus | Sam Karmann | |
| Contact | Jonathan Darby and Jana Sue Memel | |
| Cruise Control | Matt Palmieri | |
| The Lady in Waiting | Christian M. Taylor | |
| Swan Song | Kenneth Branagh | |
| 1993 (66th) | ||
| Black Rider (Schwarzfahrer) | Pepe Danquart | |
| Down on the Waterfront | Stacy Title and Jonathan Penner | |
| The Dutch Master | Susan Seidelman and Jonathan Brett | |
| Partners | Peter Weller and Jana Sue Memel | |
| The Screw (La Vis) | Didier Flamand | |
| 1994 (67th) | ||
| Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (TIE) | Peter Capaldi and Ruth Kenley-Letts | |
| Trevor (TIE) | Peggy Rajski and Randy Stone | |
| Kangaroo Court | Sean Astin and Christine Astin | |
| On Hope | JoBeth Williams and Michele McGuire | |
| Syrup | Paul Unwin and Nick Vivian | |
| 1995 (68th) | ||
| Lieberman in Love | Christine Lahti and Jana Sue Memel | |
| Brooms | Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas | |
| Duke of Groove | Griffin Dunne and Thom Colwell | |
| Little Surprises | Jeff Goldblum and Tikki Goldberg | |
| Tuesday Morning Ride | Dianne Houston and Joy Ryan | |
| 1996 (69th) | ||
| Dear Diary | David Frankel and Barry Jossen | |
| De Tripas, Corazon | Antonio Urrutia | |
| Ernst & Lyset | Kim Magnusson and Anders Thomas Jensen | |
| Esposados | Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | |
| Wordless | Bernadette Carranza and Antonello De Leo | |
| 1997 (70th) | ||
| Visas and Virtue | Chris Tashima and Chris Donahue | |
| Dance Lexie Dance | Pearse Moore and Tim Loane | |
| It's Good to Talk | Roger Goldby and Barney Reisz | |
| Sweethearts? | Birger Larsen and Thomas Lydholm | |
| Wolfgang | Kim Magnusson and Anders Thomas Jensen | |
| 1998 (71st) | ||
| Election Night (Valgaften) | Kim Magnusson and Anders Thomas Jensen | |
| Culture | Will Speck and Josh Gordon | |
| Holiday Romance | Alexander Jovy and JJ Keith | |
| La Carte Postale (The Postcard) | Vivian Goffette | |
| Victor | Simon Sandquist and Joel Bergvall | |
| 1999 (72nd) | ||
| My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York | Barbara Schock and Tamara Tiehel | |
| Bror, Min Bror (Teis and Nico) | Henrik Ruben Genz and Michael W. Horsten | |
| Killing Joe | Mehdi Norowzian and Steve Wax | |
| Kleingeld (Small Change) | Marc-Andreas Bochert and Gabriele Lins | |
| Major and Minor Miracles | Marcus A. Olsson |
2000s
| Year | Film | Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 (73rd) |
Quiero Ser (I want to be...) | Florian Gallenberger |
| By Courier | Peter Riegert and Ericka Frederick | |
| One Day Crossing | Joan Stein and Christina Lazaridi | |
| Seraglio | Gail Lerner and Colin Campbell | |
| A Soccer Story (Uma Historia de Futebol) | Paulo Machline | |
| 2001 (74th) | ||
| The Accountant | Ray McKinnon and Lisa Blount | |
| Copy Shop | Virgil Widrich | |
| Gregor's Greatest Invention | Johannes Kiefer | |
| Meska Sprawa (A Man Thing) | Sławomir Fabicki and Bogumil Godfrejow | |
| Speed for Thespians | Kalman Apple and Shameela Bakhsh | |
| 2002 (75th) | ||
| This Charming Man (Der Er En Yndig Mand) | Martin Strange-Hansen and Mie Andreasen | |
| Fait d'hiver (Gridlock) | Dirk Beliën and Anja Daelemans | |
| J'attendrai le suivant... (I'll Wait for the Next One...) | Philippe Orreindy and Thomas Gaudin | |
| Inja (Dog) | Steven Pasvolsky and Joe Weatherstone | |
| Johnny Flynton | Lexi Alexander and Alexander Buono | |
| 2003 (76th) | ||
| Two Soldiers | Aaron Schneider and Andrew J. Sacks | |
| Die Rote Jacke (The Red Jacket) | Florian Baxmeyer | |
| Most (The Bridge) | Bobby Garabedian and William Zabka | |
| Squash | Lionel Bailliu | |
| (A) Torzija | Stefan Arsenijević | |
| 2004 (77th) | ||
| Wasp | Andrea Arnold | |
| 7:35 de la Mañana (7:35 in the Morning) | Nacho Vigalondo | |
| Everything in This Country Must | Gary McKendry | |
| Little Terrorist | Ashvin Kumar | |
| Two Cars, One Night | Taika Waititi and Ainsley Gardiner | |
| 2005 (78th) | ||
| Six Shooter | Martin McDonagh | |
| Ausreisser (The Runaway) | Ulrike Grote | |
| Cashback | Sean Ellis and Lene Bausager | |
| The Last Farm | Rúnar Rúnarsson and Thor S. Sigurjónsson | |
| Our Time Is Up | Rob Pearlstein and Pia Clemente | |
| 2006 (79th) | ||
| West Bank Story | Ari Sandel | |
| Binta and the Great Idea (Binta y la Gran Idea) | Javier Fesser and Luis Manso | |
| Éramos Pocos (One Too Many) | Borja Cobeaga | |
| Helmer & Son | Søren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson | |
| The Saviour | Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn | |
| 2007 (80th) | ||
| Le Mozart des pickpockets | Philippe Pollet-Villard | |
| At Night | Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth | |
| Il Supplente (The Substitute) | Andrea Jublin | |
| Tanghi Argentini | Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans | |
| The Tonto Woman | Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown | |
| 2008 (81st) | ||
| Toyland | Jochen Alexander Freydank | |
| Auf der Strecke (On the Line) | Reto Caffi | |
| Manon on the Asphalt | Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont | |
| New Boy | Steph Green and Tamara Anghie | |
| The Pig | Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh | |
| 2009 (82nd) | ||
| The New Tenants | Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson | |
| The Door | Juanita Wilson and James Flynn | |
| Instead of Abracadabra | Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström | |
| Kavi | Gregg Helvey | |
| Miracle Fish | Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey |
2010s
2020s
See also
- Short film
- BAFTA Award for Best Short Film
- Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
- List of Academy Award–nominated films
Notes
- RKO Radio was announced as a nominee for Stout Hearts and Willing Hands in Best Short Subject (Comedy), but the nomination was disqualified and replaced with RKO's Scratch-As-Catch-Can. The reason for the disqualification is unknown.
- Academy records note that The Cliff Dwellers was previously titled One Plus One.
- A tie in voting resulted in two winners.
- Hallvar Witzø was announced as a nominee for Tuba Atlantic, but the nomination was rescinded by the Academy's Board of Governors in July 2012. The film was ineligible because it aired on Norwegian television in 2010.
Superlatives
For this Academy Award category, the following superlatives emerge:
- Most awards: Walt Disney – 6 awards (resulting from 13 nominations)
- Most nominations: Gordon Hollingshead – 20 nominations (resulting in 5 awards)
References
- (2007). Rule 19, Section III, Paragraph 7 80th Academy Award Rules for Distinguished Achievements Archived April 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 29, 2008.
- Rule Nineteen: Short Films Awards Archived 2007-10-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
- "The Official Academy Awards Database". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on February 27, 2009. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
- Anthony Breznican (2014-01-29). "'Alone, Yet Not Alone': The OTHER Oscars nominees who lost their bids". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- "Norway's Oscar film candidate 'should never have been nominated'". NEWSinENGLISH.no. 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- "Academy Awards 2017: Complete list of Oscar winners and nominees". Los Angeles Times. February 26, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
- Hipes, Patrick (January 23, 2018). "Oscar Nominations: 'The Shape Of Water' Leads Way With 13". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
- Academy Award Statistics Archived 2009-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
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