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This is a list of Academy Award winners and nominees from Austria.

Best Picture

Best Picture
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1955 Sam Spiegel On the Waterfront Won
1958 The Bridge on the River Kwai Won
1960 Otto Preminger Anatomy of a Murder Nominated
1961 Billy Wilder The Apartment Won
1961 Fred Zinnemann The Sundowners Nominated
1963 Sam Spiegel Lawrence of Arabia Won
1967 Fred Zinnemann A Man for All Seasons Won
1971 Ingo Preminger M*A*S*H Nominated
1972 Sam Spiegel Nicholas and Alexandra Nominated
2013 Veit Heiduschka
Michael Katz		 Amour Nominated Shared with Stefan Arndt and Margaret Ménégoz.

Best Director

Best Director
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1930 Josef von Sternberg Morocco Nominated
1931 Shanghai Express Nominated
1944 Otto Preminger Laura Nominated
Billy Wilder Double Indemnity Nominated
1945 The Lost Weekend Won
1948 Fred Zinnemann The Search Nominated
1950 Billy Wilder Sunset Boulevard Nominated
1952 Fred Zinnemann High Noon Nominated
1953 From Here to Eternity Won
Billy Wilder Stalag 17 Nominated
1954 Sabrina Nominated
1957 Witness for the Prosecution Nominated
1959 Some Like It Hot Nominated
Fred Zinnemann The Nun's Story Nominated
1960 The Sundowners Nominated
Billy Wilder The Apartment Won
1964 Otto Preminger The Cardinal Nominated
1966 Fred Zinnemann A Man for All Seasons Won
1977 Julia Nominated
2012 Michael Haneke Amour Nominated

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Best Actor
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1930 Paul Muni The Valiant Nominated No official nominees were announced that year.
1934 I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang Nominated
1936 Black Fury Nominated This was a write-in candidate, who came in second on the final ballots. It was not an official nomination.
1937 The Story of Louis Pasteur Won
1938 The Life of Emile Zola Nominated
1960 The Last Angry Man Nominated
1962 Maximilian Schell Judgment at Nuremberg Won
1966 Oskar Werner Ship of Fools Nominated

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Best Supporting Actor
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1938 Joseph Schildkraut The Life of Emile Zola Won
1949 Oskar Homolka I Remember Mama Nominated
1951 Erich von Stroheim Sunset Boulevard Nominated
1956 Joe Mantell Marty Nominated
1959 Theodore Bikel The Defiant Ones Nominated
1986 Klaus Maria Brandauer Out of Africa Nominated
2009 Christoph Waltz Inglourious Basterds Won
2012 Django Unchained Won

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Best Actress
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes Ref.
1936 Elisabeth Bergner Escape Me Never Nominated

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Best Supporting Actress
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes Ref.
1962 Lotte Lenya The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone Nominated
1964 Lilia Skala Lilies of the Field Nominated

Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Adapted Screenplay
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1940 Walter Reisch
Billy Wilder		 Ninotchka Nominated
1942 George Froeschel Mrs. Miniver Won
Random Harvest Nominated
Billy Wilder Hold Back the Dawn Nominated
1945 Walter Reisch Gaslight Nominated
Billy Wilder Double Indemnity Nominated
1946 The Lost Weekend Won
1949 A Foreign Affair Nominated
1955 Sabrina Nominated

Best Original Screenplay

Best Original Screenplay
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1951 Billy Wilder Sunset Boulevard Won
1952 Ace in the Hole Nominated
1961 The Apartment Won
1966 The Fortune Cookie Nominated
2013 Michael Haneke Amour Nominated

Best Story

Best Story
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1946 Ernst Marischka A Song to Remember Nominated

Best International Feature Film

See also: List of Austrian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Best International Feature Film
Year Director Film Original Title Status Milestone / Notes
1987 Wolfgang Glück '38 – Vienna Before the Fall 38 – Auch das war Wien Nominated
2008 Stefan Ruzowitzky The Counterfeiters Die Fälscher Won
2009 Götz Spielmann Revanche Revanche Nominated
2013 Michael Haneke Amour Amour Won French-language film

Best Art Direction

Best Art Direction
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes Ref.
1950 Harry Horner The Heiress Won Nominated in the black-and-white category.
William Kellner Saraband for Dead Lovers Nominated Nominated in the color category.
1960 Suddenly, Last Summer Nominated Nominated in the black-and-white category.
1961 Harry Horner Spartacus Won Nominated in color category.
1970 They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Nominated

Best Cinematography

Best Cinematography
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1950 Franz Planer Champion Nominated Nominated in the black-and-white category.
1952 Death of a Salesman Nominated
1954 Roman Holiday Nominated
1960 The Nun's Story Nominated Nominated in the color category.
1962 The Children's Hour Nominated
2010 Christian Berger The White Ribbon Nominated

Best Costume Design

Best Costume Design
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1963 Ruth Morley The Miracle Worker Nominated

Best Documentary

Best Documentary
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
2006 Hubert Sauper Darwin's Nightmare Nominated
2008 Werner Herzog Encounters at the End of the World Nominated

Best Editing

Best Editing
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1951 Oswald Hafenrichter The Third Man Nominated
1973 Peter Zinner The Godfather Nominated
1979 The Deer Hunter Won
1983 An Officer and a Gentleman Nominated
2022 Monika Willi Tár Nominated

Best Original Score

Best Original Music Score
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1935 Max Steiner The Lost Patrol Nominated
The Gay Divorcee Nominated
1936 The Informer Won
Ernst Toch Peter Ibbetson Nominated
Leo F. Forbstein Captain Blood Nominated This was a write-in candidate, who came in third on the final ballots. It was not an official nomination.
Erich Wolfgang Korngold Nominated
1937 Max Steiner The Garden of Allah Nominated father Hungarian-Jewish Gábor, born in Temesvár
Erich Wolfgang Korngold Anthony Adverse Won
Leo F. Forbstein Nominated
The Charge of the Light Brigade Nominated
1938 The Life of Emile Zola Nominated
Hugo Riesenfeld Make a Wish Nominated
1939 Erich Wolfgang Korngold The Adventures of Robin Hood Won
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex Nominated
Max Steiner Jezebel Nominated
1940 Dark Victory Nominated
Gone with the Wind Nominated
1941 Robert Stolz Spring Parade Nominated
Erich Wolfgang Korngold The Sea Hawk Nominated
Artie Shaw Second Chorus Nominated
Max Steiner The Letter Nominated
1942 Sergeant York Nominated
1943 Now, Voyager Won
Ernst Toch Address Unknown Nominated
Hans J. Salter It Started with Eve Nominated
1944 The Amazing Mrs. Holliday Nominated
Hanns Eisler Hangmen Also Die! Nominated
Max Steiner Casablanca Nominated
1945 Since You Went Away Won
The Adventures of Mark Twain Nominated
Robert Stolz It Happened Tomorrow Nominated
Hanns Eisler None but the Lonely Heart Nominated
Hans J. Salter Christmas Holiday
The Merry Monahans		 Nominated
1946 This Love of Ours Nominated
Can't Help Singing Nominated
Max Steiner Rhapsody in Blue Nominated
1947 Night and Day Nominated Shared with Ray Heindorf.
1948 Life with Father Nominated
My Wild Irish Rose Nominated
1949 Johnny Belinda Nominated
1950 Beyond the Forest Nominated
1951 The Flame and the Arrow Nominated
1952 A Place in the Sun Won
1953 The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima Nominated
The Jazz Singer Nominated
1955 The Caine Mutiny Nominated
1956 Battle Cry Nominated
1960 Ernest Gold On the Beach Nominated
1961 Exodus Won
1964 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Nominated
1967 Elmer Bernstein Thoroughly Modern Millie Won
1970 Ernest Gold The Secret of Santa Vittoria Nominated
1974 Marvin Hamlisch The Sting Won
The Way We Were Won
1975 Frederick Loewe The Little Prince Nominated Nominated for Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation. Shared nomination with American-born Alan Jay Lerner, English-born Angela Morley and Australian-born Douglas Gamley.
1977 Marvin Hamlisch The Spy Who Loved Me Nominated
1982 Sophie's Choice Nominated

Best Original Song

Best Original Song
Year Name Film Song Status Milestone / Notes Ref.
1942 Robert Stolz Spring Parade "Waltzing in the Clouds" Nominated
1959 Frederick Loewe Gigi "Gigi" Won
1964 Ernest Gold It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" Nominated Shared with Mack David.
1975 Frederick Loewe The Little Prince "Little Prince" Nominated

Best Sound Mixing

Best Sound Mixing
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1935 Carl Dreher The Gay Divorcee Nominated
1936 I Dream Too Much Nominated

Technical & Scientifical

Technical/Scientifical Awards
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1988 Fritz Gabriel Bauer ... Won Science
1992 Otto Nemenz Won

(Technical Achievement Award)

1994 Fritz Gabriel Bauer ... Won Science
2000 Fritz Gabriel Bauer ... Won Science
2007 Martin Waitz Won (Technical Achievement Award)
1998 Markus Kurtz Titanic Won Best visual effects
2002 Markus Kurtz The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Won (Best Visual Effects)
2013 Markus Kurtz The Life of Pi Won

Nominations and Winners

No. of wins No. of nominations
41 145

References

  1. "The 8th Academy Awards | 1936".
  2. "The 34th Academy Awards | 1962".
  3. "The 36th Academy Awards | 1964".
  4. "The 22nd Academy Awards | 1950".
  5. "The 32nd Academy Awards | 1960".
  6. "The 33rd Academy Awards | 1961".
  7. "The 42nd Academy Awards | 1970".
  8. "The 13th Academy Awards | 1941".
  9. "The 31st Academy Awards | 1959".
  10. "The 36th Academy Awards | 1964".
  11. "The 47th Academy Awards | 1975".
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