List of French Academy Award winners and nominees
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 92nd Academy Awards ceremony held on February 9, 2020.
Best Actor
Leading
| 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 | |
| 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. Third youngest nominee of Best Actor. |
Best Actress
Leading
| 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. |
| 2007 | 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
| Year | Winner | Title | Status | Milestone/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Colette Marchand | Moulin Rouge | Nominated | First French actress to be nominated for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1964 | Lila Kedrova | Zorba the Greek | Won | Kedrova was a Russian-born French actress. |
| 1966 | Jocelyne LaGarde | Hawaii | Nominated | LaGarde is Tahitian. 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
This list focuses on French-born film directors.
| 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 |
Best Production Design
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, 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
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 and only 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 | Most Academy Award nominations - 6 nominations for Best Cinematography |
Best Costume Design
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 | Across the Universe | Nominated | ||
| 2008 | Revolutionary Road | Nominated | ||
| 2009 | Catherine Leterrier | Coco Before Chanel | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Madeline Fontaine | Jackie | Nominated | |
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
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
| 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 |
Best Documentary Film
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 JR Rosalie Varda |
Faces Places | Nominated | Oldest competitive Oscar nominee |
Best Editing
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 | Alex 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 | |
Best Picture
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 | |
| 2010 | 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 |
Best Foreign Language Film
| Year | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Monsieur Vincent | Won (Honorary) |
| 1949 | The Walls of Malapaga | Won (Honorary) |
| 1952 | Forbidden Games | Won (Honorary) |
| 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
This list focuses on scores or songs created by French-born composers.
Original Score
Original Song
| 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
Live Action
| 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 | |
| 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
| 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 |
Documentary
| Year | Winner | Title | Status | Milestone/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Marin Karmitz Vladimir Forgency |
Adolescence | Nominated |
Best Sound
| 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 | |
Best Visual Effects
| 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 |
Best Writing
This list focuses on French-born writers.
Adapted Screenplay
| Year | Winner | Title | Status | Milestone/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Jacques Natanson Max Ophüls |
La Ronde | Nominated | |
| 1963 | Serge Bourguignon Antoine Tudal | Sundays and Cybele | Nominated | |
| 1968 | Roman Polanski | Rosemary's Baby | Nominated | |
| 1969 | Costa-Gavras | Z | Nominated | Shared 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 |
Original Screenplay
| 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 | |
Story
| 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 | |
See also
- Cinema of France
- List of English Academy Award nominees and winners
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