List of Iranian Academy Award winners and nominees

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

List of Academy Award-winning and/or nominated Iranian films
Academy Award-winning and/or nominated Iranian films
Year Film Director Category Recipient Status Country
1978 Le Vent des amoureux
(باد صبا)		 Albert Lamorisse Documentary Feature Albert Lamorisse Nominated [1]
Caravans
(کاروان ها)		 James Fargo Costume Design Renié Nominated [2]
1998 Children of Heaven
(بچه های آسمان)		 Majid Majidi Foreign Language Film Children of Heaven, Iran
Majid Majidi		 Nominated [3]
2011 A Separation
(جدایی نادر از سیمین)		 Asghar Farhadi A Separation, Iran
Asghar Farhadi		 Won [4]
Original Screenplay Asghar Farhadi Nominated
2016 The Salesman
(فروشنده)		 Foreign Language Film The Salesman, Iran
Asghar Farhadi		 Won [4]

Best Supporting Actress
Actress in a Supporting Role
Year Name Film Status Milestone
2003 Shohreh Aghdashloo House of Sand and Fog Nominated First Iranian to be nominated for an acting award.

Best Writing, Original Screenplay
Original Screenplay
Year Name Film Status Milestone
2011 Asghar Farhadi A Separation Nominated First time that a screenplay entirely written in an Asian language (Persian) is nominated for Original Screenplay.

Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Adapted Screenplay
Year Name Film Adapted From Status Milestone
1997 Hossein Amini The Wings of the Dove The Wings of the Dove by Henry James Nominated First Asian nominated in this category.

Best Cinematography
Cinematography
Year Name Film Status Milestone
1996 Darius Khondji Evita Nominated

Best Costume Design
Costume Design
Year Name Film Status Milestone
1970 Ray Aghayan Gaily, Gaily Nominated First Iranian to nominate for an Academy Award
1973 Lady Sings the Blues Nominated First Iranian to nominate for an Academy Award twice
1976 Funny Lady Nominated First Iranian to nominate for an Academy Award thrice

Best Sound Editing
Sound Editing
Year Name Film Status Milestone
2006 Kami Asgar Apocalypto Nominated First and only Middle Eastern person nominated for Sound Editing.

Best Visual Effects
Visual Effects
Year Name Film Status Milestone
1996 Habib Zargarpour Twister Nominated Nominated with Stefan Fangmeier, John Frazier and Henry LaBounta
2000 The Perfect Storm Nominated Nominated with Stefan Fangmeier, John Frazier, Walt Conti

Best Animated Feature
Animated Feature
Year Name Film Status Milestone
2007 Marjane Satrapi Persepolis Nominated Shared nomination with Vincent Paronnaud

Best Foreign Language Film
Foreign Language Film
Year Film Director Status Milestone
1998 Children of Heaven
(Bacheha-Ye aseman)
بچه های آسمان		 Majid Majidi Nominated
2012 A Separation
جدایی نادر از سیمین
 Asghar Farhadi Won First Iranian movie to win an Oscar.
2017 The Salesman
فروشنده
 Won

Best Documentary, Short Subject
Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)
Year Name Film Status Milestone
2018 Rayka Zehtabchi Period. End of Sentence. Won Iranian-American
Shares win with Melissa Berton.

Best Short Film, Live Action
Live Action Short Film
Year Name Film Status Milestone
1999 Mehdi Norowzian Killing Joe Nominated Nominated as Director; Shares nomination with producer, Steve Wax
2012 Talkhon Hamzavi Parvaneh Nominated Nominated as Director; Shares nomination with producer, Stefan Eichenberger

Best Short Film, Animated
Animated Short Film
Year Name Film Status Milestone
2009 Emud Mokhberi Oktapodi Nominated Nominated as Director; Shares nomination with co-director Thierry Marchand,

See also

References
  1. "The Lovers' Wind". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  2. "Caravans". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  3. "Children of Heaven". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  4. "A Separation". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
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