List of Mexican Academy Award winners and nominees
This is a list of Mexican Academy Award winners and nominees. This list details the performances of Mexican filmmakers, actors, actresses and films that have either been submitted, nominated or have won an Academy Award.
Special Achievement
| Special Achievement Academy Award | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Alejandro González Iñárritu | Flesh and Sand | Recipient | First Mexican to receive this award. |
Best Picture
This list focuses on Mexican-born producers.
| Academy Award for Best Picture | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Alejandro González Iñárritu | Babel | Nominated | Shared with Steve Golin and Jon Kilik |
| 2013 | Alfonso Cuarón | Gravity | Nominated | Shared with David Heyman |
| 2014 | Alejandro González Iñárritu | Birdman | Won | Shared with John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole |
| 2015 | The Revenant | Nominated | Shared with Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Mary Parent and Keith Redmon | |
| 2017 | Guillermo del Toro | The Shape of Water | Won | Shared with J. Miles Dale |
Best Director
This list focuses on Mexican-born directors.
| Academy Award for Best Director | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Alejandro González Iñárritu | Babel | Nominated | First Mexican to be nominated for Best Director |
| 2013 | Alfonso Cuarón | Gravity | Won | First Mexican and first latino to win Best Director |
| 2014 | Alejandro González Iñárritu | Birdman | Won | First Mexican to be nominated for Best Director twice. |
| 2015 | The Revenant | Won | First Mexican to be nominated for Best Director three times. | |
| 2017 | Guillermo del Toro | The Shape of Water | Won | |
Best Actor
This list focuses on Mexican-born actors.
Leading
| Actor | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Anthony Quinn | Wild Is the Wind | Nominated | |
| 1964 | Zorba the Greek | Nominated | ||
| 2012 | Demián Bichir | A Better Life | Nominated | |
Supporting
| Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Anthony Quinn | Viva Zapata! | Won | |
| 1956 | Lust for Life | Won | First Mexican-born actor to win two Oscars in the same category | |
Best Actress
This list focuses on Mexican-born actresses.
Leading
| Academy Award for Best Actress | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Salma Hayek | Frida | Nominated | First (and only) Mexican-born actress to be nominated for Best Actress & the second Mexican-Born actress to be nominated for an Academy Award |
Supporting
| Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Katy Jurado | Broken Lance | Nominated | First Mexican-born and Latin/Hispanic actress to be nominated for an Academy Award |
| 2006 | Adriana Barraza | Babel | Nominated | Third Mexican-born actress to be nominated for Academy Award |
| 2013 | Lupita Nyong'o | 12 Years a Slave | Won | Mexican-born Kenyan actress. First Mexican-born actress to win an Academy Award. |
Best Art Direction
This list focuses on Mexican-born art directors.
| Academy Award for Best Art Direction | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | Emile Kuri | Silver Queen | Nominated | |
| 1949 | The Heiress | Won | ||
| Edward Carrere | Adventures of Don Juan | Nominated | Shared with Lyle Reifsnider | |
| 1952 | Emile Kuri | Carrie | Nominated | |
| 1954 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Won | ||
| Executive Suite | Nominated | |||
| 1960 | Edward Carrere | Sunrise at Campobello | Nominated | Shared with George James Hopkins |
| 1961 | Emile Kuri | The Absent-Minded Professor | Nominated | |
| 1964 | Mary Poppins | Nominated | ||
| 1967 | Edward Carrere | Camelot | Won | Shared with John Truscott and John W. Brown |
| 1971 | Emile Kuri | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Nominated | |
| 1996 | Brigitte Broch | Romeo + Juliet | Nominated | Germany-born Mexican art director |
| 2001 | Moulin Rouge! | Won | ||
| 2002 | Felipe Fernández del Paso Hania Robledo | Frida | Nominated | |
| 2006 | Eugenio Caballero | Pan's Labyrinth | Won | Original title: El laberinto del fauno Shared with Pilar Revuelta |
Best Cinematography
This list focuses on Mexican-born cinematographers.
| Academy Award for Best Cinematography | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Gabriel Figueroa | The Night of the Iguana | Nominated | |
| 1975 | John A. Alonzo | Chinatown | Nominated | First American-born Latino to be nominated for Best Cinematography |
| 1995 | Emmanuel Lubezki | A Little Princess | Nominated | |
| 1999 | Sleepy Hollow | Nominated | ||
| 2005 | The New World | Nominated | ||
| Rodrigo Prieto | Brokeback Mountain | Nominated | ||
| 2006 | Emmanuel Lubezki | Children of Men | Nominated | |
| Guillermo Navarro | Pan's Labyrinth | Won | Original title: El laberinto del fauno | |
| 2011 | Emmanuel Lubezki | The Tree of Life | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Gravity | Won | ||
| 2014 | Birdman | Won | ||
| 2015 | The Revenant | Won | First Mexican cinematographer to win three years in a row. | |
| 2016 | Rodrigo Prieto | Silence | Nominated | |
Best Documentary Feature
This list focuses on documentaries features directed by Mexican-born filmmakers.
| Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature | ||||
| Year | Film | Name | Status | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Torero! | Manuel Barbachano Ponce | Nominated | |
| 1969 | The Olympics in Mexico | Alberto Isaac | Nominated | |
| 2001 | Promises | Carlos Bolado | Nominated | Shared with B.Z. Goldberg and Justine Shapiro |
Best Documentary Short Subject
This list focuses on documentaries short subject directed by Mexican-born filmmakers.
| Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject | ||||
| Year | Film | Name | Status | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Sentinels of Silence | Robert Amram | Won | Original title: Centinelas del silencio This was the only time that a short film won Oscars in two categories |
| 2014 | The Reaper | Gabriel Serra Argüello | Nominated | Original title: La Parka Mexican production: Nicaragua-born director. |
Best Film Editing
This list focuses on Mexican-born film editors.
| Academy Award for Best Film Editing | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Alfonso Cuarón | Children of Men | Nominated | Shared with Alex Rodriguez |
| 2013 | Gravity | Won | Shared with Mark Sanger | |
Best Foreign Language Film
This list focuses on Mexican films that won or were nominated for the foreign language film award.
| Best Foreign Language Film | |||||
| Year | Film | Director | Status | Milestone/Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Macario | Roberto Gavaldón | Nominated | First Latin American and Mexican film to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film | |
| 1961 | The Important Man | Ismael Rodríguez | Nominated | Original title: Ánimas Trujano | |
| 1962 | The Pearl of Tlayucan | Luis Alcoriza | Nominated | Original title: Tlayucan | |
| 1975 | Letters from Marusia | Miguel Littín | Nominated | Original title: Actas de Marusia | |
| 2000 | Love's a Bitch | Alejandro González Iñárritu | Nominated | Original title: Amores Perros | |
| 2002 | The Crime of Father Amaro | Carlos Carrera | Nominated | Original title: El Crimen del Padre Amaro | |
| 2006 | Pan's Labyrinth | Guillermo del Toro | Nominated | Original title: El Laberinto del Fauno The film was nominated for other five Academy Awards, and won three of them: Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography and Best Makeup | |
| 2010 | Biutiful | Alejandro González Iñárritu | Nominated | Second nomination for Best Foreign Language Film to a film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu | |
Best Live Action Short Film
This list focuses on live action short-films directed by Mexican-born filmmakers.
| Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film | ||||
| Year | Film | Name | Status | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Sentinels of Silence | Robert Amram | Won | Original title: Centinelas del silencio this was the only time that a short film won Oscars in two categories |
| 1996 | De tripas, corazón | Antonio Urrutia | Nominated | |
Best Makeup
This list focuses on Mexican-born makeup artists.
| Academy Award for Best Makeup | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Beatrice De Alba | Frida | Won | |
| 2008 | Mike Elizalde | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | Nominated | |
Best Music- Score
| Academy Award for Best Original Score | ||||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Bill Melendez | A Boy Named Charlie Brown | Nominated | The category was Best Music, Original Song Score. Shared with Rod McKuen, John Scott Trotter, Alan Shean, and Vince Guaraldi. | ||
Best Sound
Editing
This list focuses on Mexican-born sound editors.
| Academy Award for Best Sound Editing | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Martin Hernández | Birdman | Nominated | Shared with Aaron Glascock |
| 2015 | The Revenant | Nominated | Shared with Lon Bender | |
Mixing
This list focuses on Mexican-born sound mixers.
| Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Fernando Cámara | Apocalypto | Nominated | |
| 2012 | José Antonio García | Argo | Nominated | |
Best Writing (Screenplay)
This list focuses on Mexican-born writers.
Adapted
| Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Alfonso Cuarón | Children of Men | Nominated | Shared with Hawk Otsby, Timothy J. Sexton and Mark Fergus |
Original
| Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Alfonso Cuarón Carlos Cuarón | And Your Mother Too | Nominated | Original title: Y Tu Mamá También |
| 2006 | Guillermo Arriaga | Babel | Nominated | |
| Guillermo del Toro | Pan's Labyrinth | Nominated | Original title: El Laberinto del Fauno | |
| 2014 | Alejandro González Iñárritu | Birdman | Won | Shared with American Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Argentineans Nicolás Giacobone and Armando Bo |
| 2017 | Guillermo del Toro | The Shape of Water | Nominated | Shared with Vanessa Taylor Story by: Guillermo del Toro |
Best Visual Effects
| Academy Award for Best Visual Effects | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Paul Lerpae | Unconquered | Nominated | Mexican born-American special effects artist. |
See also
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