List of German Academy Award winners and nominees
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This is a list of Academy Award winners and nominees from Germany.
Acting categories
Actor in a Leading Role
| Actor | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
| 1928/29 | Emil Jannings | The Way of All Flesh & The Last Command | Won | Jannings was a Swiss-born German actor. | |
Actor in a Supporting Role
| Supporting Actor | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
| 1940 | Albert Bassermann | Foreign Correspondent | Nominated | ||
| 1996 | Armin Mueller-Stahl | Shine | Nominated | ||
| 2009 | Christoph Waltz | Inglourious Basterds | Won | Waltz is an Austrian-German actor. | |
| 2012 | Django Unchained | Won | |||
Actress in a Leading Role
| Actress | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
| 1930/31 | Marlene Dietrich | Morocco | Nominated | ||
| 1936 | Luise Rainer | The Great Ziegfeld | Won | Due to the political atmosphere, Rainer was promoted to be Austrian by this time. | |
| 1937 | The Good Earth | Won | First actor regardless of gender to win two consecutive awards.[1] | ||
| 2010 | Sandra Bullock | The Blind Side | Won | Bullock's mother is German and she holds dual German-American citizenship. She's fluent in German. | |
| 2014 | Gravity | Nominated | |||
| 2024 | Sandra Hüller | Anatomy of a Fall | Nominated | ||
Actress in a Supporting Role
| Supporting Actress | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
| 2021 | Kirsten Dunst | The Power of the Dog | Nominated | Born in the USA, Dunst has a German father. She obtained German citizenship in 2011.[2] | |
Best Art Direction
| Art Direction | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
| 1927/28 | Rochus Gliese | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | Nominated | ||
| 1928/29 | Hans Dreier | The Patriot | Nominated | No official nominees were announced that year. | |
| 1929 | The Love Parade | Nominated | |||
| 1930 | The Vagabond King | Nominated | |||
| Morocco | Nominated | ||||
| 1932 | A Farewell to Arms | Nominated | Shared with the American-born Roland Anderson. | ||
| 1937 | Souls at Sea | Nominated | |||
| 1938 | Carl Jules Weyl | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Won | ||
| Hans Dreier | If I Were King | Nominated | Shared with the American-born John B. Goodman. | ||
| 1939 | Beau Geste | Nominated | Shared with the American-born Robert Odell. | ||
| 1940 | Arise, My Love | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. Shared with the American-born Robert Usher. | ||
| North West Mounted Police | Nominated | Nominated in the color category. Shared with the American-born Roland Anderson. | |||
| 1941 | Hold Back the Dawn | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. Shared with the American-born Robert Usher, and Samuel M. Comer. | ||
| 1942 | Reap the Wild Wind | Nominated | Nominated in the color category. Shared with the American-born Roland Anderson, and George Sawley. | ||
| Take a Letter, Darling | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. Shared with the American-born Roland Anderson, and Samuel M. Comer. | |||
| 1943 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Nominated | Nominated in the color category. Shared with the American-born Haldane Douglas, and Bertram C. Granger. | ||
| Hans Dreier Ernst Fegté | Five Graves to Cairo | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. Shared with the American-born Bertram C. Granger. | ||
| Carl Jules Weyl | Mission to Moscow | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. Shared with the American-born George James Hopkins. | ||
| 1944 | Paul Huldschinsky | Gaslight | Won | Nominated in the black-and-white category. Shared with the Irish-American Cedric Gibbons, and American-born William Ferrari and Edwin B. Willis. | |
| Walter Holscher | Address Unknown | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. Holscher was a German-born American art director. Shared with the American-born Lionel Banks, and Joseph Kish. | ||
| Ernst Fegté | The Princess and the Pirate | Nominated | Nominated in the color category. Shared with the American-born Howard Bristol. | ||
| Hans Dreier | Lady in the Dark | Nominated | Nominated in the color category. Shared with the American-born Raoul Pene Du Bois, and Ray Moyer. | ||
| No Time for Love | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. Shared with the American-born Robert Usher, and Samuel M. Comer. | |||
| 1945 | Love Letters | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. Shared with the American-born Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer, and Ray Moyer. | ||
| Hans Dreier Ernst Fegté | Frenchman's Creek | Won | Nominated in the color category. Shared with the American-born Samuel M. Comer. | ||
| 1946 | Hans Dreier | Kitty | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. Shared with the American-born Walter H. Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, and Ray Moyer. | |
| 1947 | Alfred Junge | Black Narcissus | Won | Nominated in the color category. | |
| 1948 | Hein Heckroth | The Red Shoes | Won | Nominated in the color category. Shared with the British-born Arthur Lawson. | |
| 1950 | Hans Dreier | Sunset Boulevard | Won | Nominated in the black-and-white category. First person to win both art direction categories in the same year. Shared with the American-born John Meehan, Samuel M. Comer, and Ray Moyer. | |
| Samson and Delilah | Won | Nominated in the color category. Shared with the American-born Walter H. Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, and Ray Moyer. | |||
| Ernst Fegté | Destination Moon | Nominated | Nominated in the color category. Shared with the American-born George Sawley. | ||
| 1951 | Hein Heckroth | The Tales of Hoffmann | Nominated | Nominated in the color category. | |
| 1953 | Alfred Junge | Knights of the Round Table | Nominated | Nominated in the color category. Shared with the British-born Hans Peters, and John Jarvis. | |
| Paul Markwitz Fritz Maurischat | Martin Luther | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. | ||
| 1954 | Max Ophüls | Le Plaisir | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. First person to receive nominations for writing and art direction. | |
| 1957 | Walter Holscher | Pal Joey | Nominated | Shared with the American-born William Kiernan, and Louis Diage. | |
| 1959 | Franz Bachelin | Journey to the Center of the Earth | Nominated | Nominated in the color category. Shared with the American-born Lyle R. Wheeler, Herman A. Blumenthal, Walter M. Scott, and Joseph Kish. | |
| 1968 | Harry Lange | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Nominated | Lange was a German-born British. Shared with the British-born Anthony Masters, and Ernest Archer. | |
| 1972 | Hans Jürgen Kiebach Herbert Strabel Rolf Zehetbauer | Cabaret | Won | ||
| 1980 | Harry Lange | Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back | Nominated | Shared with the British-born Norman Reynolds, Michael D. Ford, and Alan Tomkins, and Welsh-born Leslie Dilley. | |
| 1981 | Patrizia von Brandenstein | Ragtime | Nominated | of German-Russian descent. | |
| 1984 | Amadeus | Won | |||
| 1985 | J. Michael Riva | The Color Purple | Nominated | The grandson of German actress Marlene Dietrich. | |
| 1987 | Patrizia von Brandenstein | The Untouchables | Nominated | of German-Russian descent. | |
| 1996 | Brigitte Broch | Romeo + Juliet | Nominated | Broch is a German-born Mexican production designer. Shared with the Australian-born Catherine Martin. | |
| 2001 | Moulin Rouge! | Won | |||
| 2015 | Bernhard Henrich | Bridge of Spies | Nominated | Shared with the American-born Adam Stockhausen and Rena DeAngelo. | |
Best Cinematography
| Cinematography | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
| 1937 | Karl Freund | The Good Earth | Won | ||
| 1941 | The Chocolate Soldier | Nominated | Nominated in the black-and-white category. | ||
| Blossoms in the Dust | Nominated | Nominated in the color category. | |||
| 1961 | Eugen Schüfftan | The Hustler | Won | Nominated in the black-and-white category. | |
| 1964 | Walter Lassally | Zorba the Greek | Won | ||
| 1980 | Ralf D. Bode | Coal Miner's Daughter | Nominated | Bode was a German-born American cinematographer. | |
| 1981 | Jost Vacano | Das Boot | Nominated | ||
| 1987 | Michael Ballhaus | Broadcast News | Nominated | ||
| 1989 | The Fabulous Baker Boys | Nominated | |||
| 2002 | Gangs of New York | Nominated | |||
| 2022 | Florian Hoffmeister | Tár | Nominated | ||
Best Costume Design
| Costume Design | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
| 1951 | Hein Heckroth | The Tales of Hoffmann | Nominated | Nominated in the color category. | |
| 1994 | Moidele Bickel | Queen Margot (La reine Margot) | Nominated | ||
| 2011 | Lisy Christl | Anonymous | Nominated | ||
| 2020 | Bina Daigeler | Mulan | Nominated | ||
Best Documentary
Documentary Feature
| Documentary Feature | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
| 1950 | Curt Oertel | The Titan: Story of Michelangelo | Won | ||
| 1959 | Bernhard Grzimek | Serengeti darf nicht sterben | Won | ||
| 1970 | Harald Reinl | Erinnerungen an die Zukunft | Nominated | ||
| 1971 | Marcel Ophüls | Le chagrin et la pitié | Nominated | ||
| 1972 | Eckehard Munck | The Silent Revolution | Nominated | ||
| 1973 | Bengt von zur Mühlen | Schlacht um Berlin | Nominated | ||
| 1980 | Der Gelbe Stern | Nominated | Shared with the Swiss-born Arthur Cohn. | ||
| 1988 | Marcel Ophüls | Hôtel Terminus | Won | ||
| 1999 | Wim Wenders Ulrich Felsberg | Buena Vista Social Club | Nominated | ||
| 2008 | Werner Herzog | Encounters at the End of the World | Nominated | Shared with the American-born Henry Kaiser. | |
| 2011 | Gian-Piero Ringel Wim Wenders | Pina | Nominated | ||
| 2014 | Wim Wenders | The Salt of the Earth | Nominated | Shared with the Brazilian-born Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, and French-born David Rosier. | |
| Dirk Wilutzky | Citizenfour | Won | Shared with the American-born Laura Poitras, and French-born Mathilde Bonnefoy. | ||
Short Documentary
| Documentary (Short Subject) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
| 1949 | Edward Selzer | So Much for So Little | Won | ||
| 1972 | Peter Schamoni | Hundertwassers Regentag | Nominated | ||
| 1974 | Robin Lehman | Don't | Won | ||
| 1975 | The End of the Game | Won | |||
| Manfred Baier | Millions of Years Ahead of Man | Nominated | |||
| 2003 | Katja Esson | Ferry Tales | Nominated | ||
Best Director
| Director | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
| 1928/29 | Ernst Lubitsch | The Patriot | Nominated | No official nominees were announced. | |
| 1929 | The Love Parade | Nominated | |||
| 1937 | William Dieterle | The Life of Emile Zola | Nominated | ||
| 1946 | Robert Siodmak | The Killers | Nominated | ||
| 1947 | Henry Koster | The Bishop's Wife | Nominated | ||
| 1966 | Mike Nichols | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Nominated | Nichols is a German-born American director and producer. | |
| 1967 | The Graduate | Won | |||
| 1982 | Wolfgang Petersen | Das Boot | Nominated | ||
| 1983 | Mike Nichols | Silkwood | Nominated | ||
| 1988 | Working Girl | Nominated | |||
Best Editing
| Editing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
| 1938 | Tom Held | The Great Waltz | Nominated | ||
| Test Pilot | Nominated | ||||
| 1982 | Hannes Nikel | Das Boot | Nominated | ||
| 1985 | Rudi Fehr | Prizzi's Honor | Nominated | Shared with his American-born daughter, Kaja Fehr. | |
Best International Feature Film
| International Feature Film | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Director | Film | Original Title | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
| 1956 | Helmut Käutner | The Captain from Köpenick | Der Hauptmann von Köpenick | Nominated | Producers Gyula Trebitsch and Walter Koppel were officially nominated in 1957. | |
| 1957 | Robert Siodmak | The Devil Strikes at Night | Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam | Nominated | ||
| 1958 | Franz Peter Wirth | Arms and the Man | Helden | Nominated | ||
| 1959 | Bernhard Wicki | Die Brücke | Die Brücke | Nominated | ||
| 1973 | Maximilian Schell | The Pedestrian | Der Fußgänger | Nominated | First filmmaker to have two of his films nominated for different countries. | |
| 1976 | Frank Beyer | Jacob the Liar | Jakob der Lügner | Nominated | First and only film from East Germany to be nominated for an Academy Award. | |
| 1978 | Hans W. Geißendörfer | The Glass Cell | Die gläserne Zelle | Nominated | ||
| 1979 | Volker Schlöndorff | The Tin Drum | Die Blechtrommel | Won | ||
| 1985 | Agnieszka Holland | Angry Harvest | Bittere Ernte | Nominated | First female filmmaker to direct a German-language nominated film. | |
| 1990 | Michael Verhoeven | The Nasty Girl | Das schreckliche Mädchen | Nominated | First submission of United Germany to be nominated. | |
| 1992 | Helmut Dietl | Schtonk! | Schtonk! | Nominated | ||
| 1997 | Caroline Link | Beyond Silence | Jenseits der Stille | Nominated | Some parts in English, German Sign Language & Spanish. | |
| 2002 | Nowhere in Africa | Nirgendwo in Afrika | Won | Second female filmmaker to direct a Foreign-Language-Film winner. | ||
| 2004 | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Downfall | Der Untergang | Nominated | ||
| 2005 | Marc Rothemund | Sophie Scholl – The Final Days | Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage | Nominated | ||
| 2006 | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | The Lives of Others | Das Leben der Anderen | Won | ||
| 2008 | Uli Edel | The Baader Meinhof Complex | Der Baader-Meinhof-Komplex | Nominated | ||
| 2009 | Michael Haneke | The White Ribbon | Das weiße Band | Nominated | ||
| 2016 | Maren Ade | Toni Erdmann | Toni Erdmann | Nominated | Some parts in English and Romanian. | |
| 2018 | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | Never Look Away | Werk ohne Autor | Nominated | ||
| 2022 | Edward Berger | All Quiet on the Western Front | Im Westen nichts Neues | Won | ||
| 2023 | İlker Çatak | The Teachers' Lounge | Das Lehrerzimmer | Nominated | ||
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
| Makeup and Hairstyling | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
| 2019 | Nicki Ledermann | Joker | Nominated | Shared with the American-born Kay Georgiou. | |
| 2020 | Claudia Stolze | Emma. | Nominated | Stolze is a German-born British make-up artist. Shared with British-born Marese Langan and American-born Laura Allen. | |
Music categories
Best Original Score
| Original Music Score | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
| 1934 | Victor Schertzinger | One Night of Love | Won | ||
| 1937 | Something to Sing About | Nominated | |||
| Franz Waxman | The Young in Heart | Nominated | |||
| 1940 | Rebecca | Nominated | |||
| 1941 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Nominated | |||
| Suspicion | Nominated | ||||
| Ernst Toch | Ladies in Retirement | Nominated | |||
| 1942 | Ray Heindorf Heinz Roemheld | Yankee Doodle Dandy | Won | ||
| Friedrich Hollaender | The Talk of the Town | Nominated | |||
| Werner Heymann | To Be or Not to Be | Nominated | |||
| 1943 | Ray Heindorf | This Is the Army | Won | ||
| Hanns Eisler | Hangmen Also Die! | Nominated | |||
| 1944 | Kurt Weill Werner R. Heymann | Knickerbocker Holiday | Nominated | ||
| Ferde Grofe | Minstrel Man | Nominated | |||
| Ernst Toch | Address Unknown | Nominated | |||
| 1945 | Jerome Kern | Can't Help Singing | Nominated | ||
| 1946 | Ray Heindorf | Night and Day | Nominated | Shared with the American-born Max Steiner. | |
| Franz Waxman | Humoresque | Nominated | |||
| 1947 | Hugo Friedhofer | The Bishop's Wife | Nominated | ||
| 1948 | Joan of Arc | Nominated | |||
| 1950 | Adolph Deutsch | Annie Get Your Gun | Won | ||
| Franz Waxman | Sunset Boulevard | Won | |||
| 1951 | A Place in the Sun | Won | |||
| Adolph Deutsch | Show Boat | Nominated | |||
| 1953 | The Band Wagon | Nominated | |||
| Friedrich Hollaender | The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T | Nominated | |||
| Hugo Friedhofer | Above and Beyond | Nominated | |||
| André Previn | Kiss Me Kate | Nominated | Shared with the American-born Saul Chaplin. | ||
| 1954 | Franz Waxman | The Silver Chalice | Nominated | ||
| Adolph Deutsch | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Won | |||
| 1955 | Oklahoma! | Won | |||
| André Previn | It's Always Fair Weather | Nominated | |||
| 1956 | Hugo Friedhofer | Between Heaven and Hell | Nominated | ||
| 1957 | Boy on a Dolphin | Nominated | |||
| An Affair to Remember | Nominated | ||||
| 1958 | The Young Lions | Nominated | |||
| André Previn | Gigi | Won | |||
| 1959 | Porgy and Bess | Won | Shared with the American-born Ken Darby. | ||
| Franz Waxman | The Nun's Story | Nominated | |||
| 1962 | Taras Bulba | Nominated | |||
| Ray Heindorf | The Music Man | Won | First winner of Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment. | ||
| 1963 | André Previn | Irma la Douce | Won | Winner of Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment. | |
| 1964 | My Fair Lady | Won | |||
| 1973 | Jesus Christ Superstar | Nominated | Nominated for Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation. Shared with the English-born Andrew Lloyd Webber and Chilean-born American Herbert W. Spencer. | ||
| 1975 | Jack Nitzsche | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Nominated | ||
| 1982 | An Officer and a Gentleman | Nominated | |||
| 1988 | Hans Zimmer | Rain Man | Nominated | ||
| 1994 | The Lion King | Won | |||
| 1996 | The Preacher's Wife | Nominated | Nominated in the Musical or Comedy Score category. | ||
| 1997 | As Good as It Gets | Nominated | |||
| 1998 | The Thin Red Line | Nominated | Nominated in the Dramatic Score category. | ||
| The Prince of Egypt | Nominated | Nominated in the Musical or Comedy Score category. Shared with the American-born Stephen Schwartz. | |||
| 2000 | Gladiator | Nominated | |||
| 2009 | Sherlock Holmes | Nominated | |||
| 2010 | Inception | Nominated | |||
| 2014 | Interstellar | Nominated | |||
| 2016 | Hauschka | Lion | Nominated | Shared with the American-born Dustin O'Halloran. | |
| 2017 | Hans Zimmer | Dunkirk | Nominated | ||
| 2021 | Dune | Won | |||
| 2022 | Volker Bertelmann | All Quiet on the Western Front | Won | ||
Best Original Song
| Original Song | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Film and Song | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
| 1935 | Jerome Kern | Roberta for the song: "Lovely to Look at" | Nominated | ||
| 1936 | Swing Time for the song: "The Way You Look Tonight" | Won | |||
| 1937 | Friedrich Hollaender | Artists and Models for the song: "Whispers in the Dark" | Nominated | Shared with the American-born Leo Robin. | |
| 1941 | Jerome Kern | Lady Be Good for the song: "The Last Time in Paris" | Won | ||
| 1942 | You Were Never Lovelier for the song: "Dearly Beloved" | Nominated | |||
| 1944 | Cover Girl for the song: "Long Ago (and Far Away)" | Nominated | |||
| 1945 | "Can't Help Singing" for the song: "More and More" | Nominated | |||
| 1946 | Centennial Summer for the song: "All Through The Day" | Nominated | |||
| 1948 | Friedrich Hollaender | That Lady in Ermine for the song: "This Is the Moment" | Nominated | Shared with the American-born Leo Robin. | |
| 1987 | Harold Faltermeyer | Beverly Hills Cop II for the song: "Shakedown" | Nominated | Shared with the British-born Keith Forsey and American-born Bob Seger. | |
Best Picture
| Best Picture | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
| 1928/29 | Ernst Lubitsch | The Patriot | Nominated | ||
| 1929 | The Love Parade | Nominated | |||
| 1931 | The Smiling Lieutenant | Nominated | |||
| 1932 | One Hour with You | Nominated | |||
| 1935 | Henry Blanke | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Nominated | ||
| 1936 | Anthony Adverse | Nominated | |||
| The Story of Louis Pasteur | Nominated | ||||
| 1937 | The Life of Emile Zola | Won | |||
| 1938 | Jezebel | Nominated | Shared with the American-born Hal B. Wallis. | ||
| 1943 | Ernst Lubitsch | Heaven Can Wait | Nominated | ||
| 1948 | Henry Blanke | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Nominated | ||
| 1959 | The Nun's Story | Nominated | |||
| 1993 | Mike Nichols | The Remains of the Day | Nominated | Nichols is a German-born American director and producer. Shared with the American-born John Calley and Indian-born Ismail Merchant. | |
| 2005 | Michael Ohoven | Capote | Nominated | Shared with the American-born Caroline Baron and Canadian-born William Vince. | |
| 2012 | Stefan Arndt Margaret Ménégoz | Amour | Nominated | Shared with the Austrian-born Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz. | |
| 2015 | Michael Schaefer | The Martian | Nominated | Shared with the British-born Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott and Mark Huffam. | |
| 2022 | Malte Grunert | All Quiet on the Western Front | Nominated | First German speaking film nominated in Best Picture. | |
Best Short Film
Live Action
| Live Action Short Film | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Film and Song | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
| 1956 | Konstantin Kalser | Crashing the Water Barrier | Won | ||
| 1965 | Lothar Wolff | Fortress of Peace | Nominated | ||
| 1976 | Andre R. Guttfreund | In the Region of Ice | Won | ||
| 1993 | Pepe Danquardt | Schwarzfahrer | Won | ||
| 1998 | Alexander Jovy | Holiday Romance | Nominated | Shared with the British-born JJ Keith. | |
| 1999 | Marc-Andreas Bochert Gabriele Lins | Kleingeld | Nominated | ||
| 2000 | Florian Gallenberger | Quiero ser (I want to be...) | Won | ||
| 2001 | Johannes Kiefer | Gregors größte Erfindung | Nominated | ||
| 2002 | Lexi Alexander | Johnny Flynton | Nominated | Shared with the American-born Alexander Buono. | |
| 2003 | Florian Baxmeyer | Die Rote Jacke | Nominated | ||
| 2006 | Ulrike Grote | Ausreißer | Nominated | ||
| 2008 | Jochen Alexander Freydank | Spielzeugland | Won | ||
| 2011 | Max Zähle Stefan Gieren | Raju | Nominated | ||
| 2015 | Patrick Vollrath | Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut) | Nominated | ||
Animated
| Animated Short Film | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Film and Song | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
| 1931-32 | Leon Schlesinger | It's Got Me Again! | Nominated | ||
| 1935 | Rudolf Ising | The Calico Dragon | Nominated | ||
| 1936 | The Old Mill Pond | Nominated | |||
| 1939 | Leon Schlesinger | Detouring America | Nominated | ||
| 1940 | A Wild Hare | Nominated | |||
| Rudolf Ising | The Milky Way | Won | |||
| 1941 | Leon Schlesinger | Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunts | Nominated | ||
| Rhapsody in Rivets | Nominated | ||||
| Max Fleischer | Superman | Nominated | |||
| Rudolf Ising | The Calico Dragon | Nominated | |||
| 1942 | Leon Schlesinger | Pigs in a Polka | Nominated | ||
| 1943 | Greetings Bait | Nominated | |||
| 1944 | Leon Schlesinger | Swooner Crooner | Nominated | ||
| 1945 | Edward Selzer | Life with Feathers | Nominated | ||
| 1946 | Walky Talky Hawky | Nominated | |||
| 1948 | Mouse Wreckers | Nominated | |||
| 1949 | For Cent-imental Reasons | Won | |||
| Canary Row | Nominated | ||||
| 1953 | Edward Selzer | From A to Z-Z-Z-Z | Nominated | ||
| 1954 | Sandy Claws | Nominated | |||
| 1957 | Birds Anonymous | Won | |||
| Tabasco Road | Nominated | ||||
| 1966 | Wolf Koenig | The Drag | Nominated | ||
| What on Earth! | Nominated | ||||
| 1967 | The House That Jack Built | Nominated | |||
| 1974 | Wolfgang Reitherman | Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! | Nominated | ||
| 1989 | Christoph Lauenstein Wolfgang Lauenstein | Balance | Won | ||
| 1996 | Thomas Stellmach Tyron Montgomery | Quest | Won | Montgomery is an Irish-born German. | |
| 2000 | Steffen Schäffler Anette Schäffler | Periwig Maker | Nominated | ||
| 2002 | Chris Stenner Heidi Wittlinger | Das Rad | Nominated | Arvid Uibel directed the film alongside Stenner and Wittlinger, but died in 2000 and was not nominated. | |
| 2010 | Max Lang Jakob Schuh | Der Grüffelo | Nominated | ||
| 2013 | Max Lang Jan Lachauer | Room on the Broom | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | Jakob Schuh Jan Lachauer | Revolting Rhymes | Nominated | ||
Best Sound Mixing
| Sound Mixing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
| 1982 | Milan Bor | Das Boot | Nominated | Shared with the British-born Trevor Pyke and American-born Mike Le Mare. | |
Best Visual Effects
| Visual Effects | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
| 1996 | Volker Engel | Independence Day | Won | Shared with the American-born Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney and Joseph Viskocil. | |
| 2010 | Stephan Trojansky | Hereafter | Nominated | Shared with the American-born Michael Owens and Bryan Grill, and Australian-born Joe Farrell. | |
| 2017 | Gerd Nefzer | Blade Runner 2049 | Won | Shared with the American-born John Nelson and Richard R. Hoover, and British-born Paul Lambert. | |
| 2021 | Dune | Won | Shared with the British-born Paul Lambert, and American-born Tristan Myles and Brian Connor. | ||
Writing categories
Best Adapted Screenplay
| Adapted Screenplay | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
| 1928/29 | Hanns Kräly | The Patriot | Won | No official nominees have been announced that year. | |
| The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | Nominated | ||||
| 1948 | Irma von Cube | Johnny Belinda | Nominated | First German woman to be nominated for a writing award. Shared with the American-born Allen Vincent. | |
| 1951 | Max Ophüls | La Ronde | Nominated | Shared with the French-born Jacques Natanson. | |
| 1958 | Don Mankiewicz | I Want to Live! | Nominated | Mankiewicz is a German-born American screenwriter. Shared with the American-born Nelson Gidding. | |
| 1982 | Wolfgang Petersen | Das Boot | Nominated | ||
| 1986 | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | A Room with a View | Won | Jhabvala is a German-born British screenwriter, with an Indian citizenship before moving to the US. | |
| 1992 | Howards End | Won | |||
| 1993 | The Remains of the Day | Nominated | |||
| 2022 | Edward Berger | All Quiet on the Western Front | Nominated | Shared with the British Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell. | |
Best Original Screenplay
| Original Screenplay | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
| 1940 | Heinz Herald | Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet | Nominated | ||
| 1962 | Wolfgang Reinhardt | Freud | Nominated | ||
Best Story (1928–1958)
| Best Story | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
| 1937 | Heinz Herald | The Life of Emile Zola | Won | Shared with the Hungarian-American Geza Herczeg. | |
| Hanns Kräly | One Hundred Men and a Girl | Nominated | Shared with the American-born Charles Kenyon, Bruce Manning and James Mulhauser. | ||
| 1938 | Frederick Kohner | Mad About Music | Nominated | Shared with the American-born Marcella Burke. | |
| 1940 | Walter Reisch | Comrade X | Nominated | ||
| 1944 | Alfred Neumann | None Shall Escape | Nominated | Shared with the Austrian-born Joseph Than. | |
Honorary Awards
This list focuses on German-born recipients of the Honorary Award
| Year | Recipient | Milestone / Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Ernst Lubitsch | "for his distinguished contributions to the art of the motion picture." |
Nominations and Winners
| No. of wins | No. of nominations |
|---|---|
| 54 | 228 |
See also
References
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