List of Canadian Academy Award winners and nominees

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

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Best Actor

Leading Actor
Year Name Film Status Notes
1936 Walter Huston Dodsworth Nominated First Canadian actor to receive a nomination for Best Actor
1940 Raymond Massey Abe Lincoln in Illinois Nominated
1941 Walter Huston The Devil and Daniel Webster Nominated
1942 Walter Pidgeon Mrs. Miniver Nominated
1943 Madame Curie Nominated
1944 Alexander Knox Wilson Nominated
2006 Ryan Gosling Nelson Nominated

Best Actress

Leading Actress
Year Name Film Status Notes
1928/29 Mary Pickford Coquette Won First Canadian to win an Oscar.
First Canadian actress to win an Oscar.
First Canadian to receive an Oscar nomination.
First Canadian actress to receive a nomination for Best Actress.
1929/30 Norma Shearer The Divorcee Won First Canadian to receive multiple nominations.
Their Own Desire Nominated
1930/31 Marie Dressler Min and Bill Won First time multiple Canadians received Oscar nominations.
First time multiple Canadians received nominations in the same category.
Norma Shearer A Free Soul Nominated
1931/32 Marie Dressler Emma Nominated
1934 Norma Shearer The Barretts of Wimpole Street Nominated
1936 Romeo and Juliet Nominated
1938 Marie Antoinette Nominated
1969 Geneviève Bujold Anne of the Thousand Days Nominated
2007 Ellen Page Juno Nominated

Best Supporting Actor

Supporting Actor
Year Name Film Status Notes
1942 Walter Huston Yankee Doodle Dandy Nominated First Canadian actor to be nominated in multiple categories.
1944 Hume Cronyn The Seventh Cross Nominated
1946 Harold Russell The Best Years of Our Lives Won Russell was a Canadian born, U.S. veteran.
First Canadian actor to win an Oscar.
First Canadian actor to win an Oscar for Supporting Actor.
1948 Walter Huston The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Won
1949 John Ireland All the King's Men Nominated Ireland was born in Canada, but raised in the United States
1970 Chief Dan George Little Big Man Nominated First First Nations actor to receive a nomination.
1989 Dan Aykroyd Driving Miss Daisy Nominated
1990 Graham Greene Dances With Wolves Nominated Second First Nations actor to receive a nomination.
2009 Christopher Plummer The Last Station Nominated
2011 Beginners Won

Best Supporting Actress

Supporting Actress
Year Name Film Status Notes
1985 Meg Tilly Agnes of God Nominated Tilly is an American born-Canadian actress.
First Canadian actress to be nominated for Supporting Actress.
1991 Kate Nelligan The Prince of Tides Nominated
1993 Anna Paquin The Piano Won Paquin is a Canadian born-New Zealand actress.
First Canadian actress to win an Oscar for Supporting Actress.
1994 Jennifer Tilly Bullets over Broadway Nominated Tilly is an American born-Canadian actress.
2015 Rachel McAdams Spotlight Nominated

Best Animated Film

Animated Film
Year Name Film Status Notes

Best Animated Short Film

Animated Short Film
Year Name Film Status Notes
1952 Colin Low(Director)
Tom Daly (Producer)
The Romance of Transportation in Canada Nominated First Canadian film nominated in the category.
1963 Tom Daly (Producer)
Colin Low(Producer)
My Financial Career Nominated
1964 National Film Board of Canada Christmas Cracker Nominated

Best Art Direction

Art Direction
Year Name Film Status Notes

Best Costume Design

Costume Design
Year Name Film Status Notes

Best Director

Director
Year Name Film Status Notes
1947 Edward Dmytryk Crossfire Nominated First Canadian to be nominated for Best Director
1957 Mark Robson Peyton Place Nominated
1958 The Inn of the Sixth Happiness Nominated
1967 Norman Jewison In the Heat of the Night Nominated
1970 Arthur Hiller Love Story Nominated
1971 Norman Jewison Fiddler on the Roof Nominated First director to receive multiple nomination.
1987 Moonstruck Nominated
1997 James Cameron Titanic Won First Canadian to win Best Director
Atom Egoyan The Sweet Hereafter Nominated Egoyan is an Egyptian born-Canadian filmmaker.
2005 Paul Haggis Crash Nominated
2007 Jason Reitman Juno Nominated
2009 Up in the Air Nominated
James Cameron Avatar Nominated

Best Documentary

Best Documentary
Year Film Name Status Notes
1954 The Stratford Adventure Guy Glover(producer) Nominated

Best Documentary (Short Subject)

Best Documentary (Short Subject)
Year Film Name Status Notes
1941 Churchill's Island National Film Board of Canada Won First Canadian film to win an Oscar.
First film to win Best Documentary (Short Subject)
Warclouds in the Pacific Nominated
1942 Inside Fighting China Nominated Received a nomination in the Best Documentary category.
High over the Borders Nominated
1949 The Rising Tide Nominated
1950 The Fight: Science Against Cancer Nominated
1952 Neighbours Norman McLaren Won
1958 The Living Stone Tom Daly(producer) Nominated
1961 Universe Colin Low(director) Nominated

Best Film Editing

Editing
Year Name Film Status Notes

Best Foreign Language Film

Foreign Language Film
Year Film Director Status Notes
1986 The Decline of the American Empire Denys Arcand Nominated (original title: Le Déclin de l'empire américain)
First film to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film.
1989 Jesus of Montreal Nominated (original title: Jésus de Montréal)
2003 The Barbarian Invasions Won (original title: Les Invasions barbares)
First Canadian film to win Best Foreign Language Film.
2006 Water Deepa Mehta Nominated (original title: Water वाटर)
First Canadian film to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film that is NOT spoken in French.
2010 Incendies Denis Villeneuve Nominated
2011 Monsieur Lazhar Philippe Falardeau Nominated
2012 War Witch Kim Nguyen Nominated (original title: Rebelle)

Best Live Action Short Film

Live Action Short Film
Year Film Name Status Notes
1952 Neighbours Norman McLaren Nominated Nominated for Best Short Subject, One-reel
1953 Herring Hunt National Film Board of Canada Nominated
1961 Very Nice, Very Nice Nominated

Best Picture

Picture
Year Name Film Status Notes

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Makeup and Hairstyling
Year Name Film Status Notes

Best Music – Original Song

Original Song
Year Name Film Song Status Notes

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Best Music – Original Score

Original Score
Year Name Film Status
2003 Howard Shore The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Won
2012 Mychael Danna Life of Pi Won

Best Short Film - Live Action

Live Action Short Film
Year Name Film Status Notes

Best Sound or Sound Mixing

Sound
Year Name Film Status Notes

Best Visual Effects

Visual Effects
Year Name Film Status Notes

Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay

Adapted Screenplay
Year Name Film Status Notes
1930 John Meehan The Divorcee Nominated
1965 Stanley Mann The Collector Nominated
1974 Lionel Chetwynd
Mordecai Richler
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Nominated
1978 Bernard Slade Same Time, Next Year Nominated
1997 Atom Egoyan The Sweet Hereafter Nominated
2004 Paul Haggis Million Dollar Baby Nominated
2007 Sarah Polley Away from Her Nominated
2009 Jason Reitman Up in the Air Nominated
Terri Tatchell District 9 Nominated
2016 Emma Donoghue Room Nominated

Best Writing – Original Screenplay

Original Screenplay
Year Name Film Status Notes
1975 Ted Allan Lies My Father Told Me Nominated
1994 Roger Avary Pulp Fiction Won
2003 Denys Arcand The Barbarian Invasions Nominated
2005 Paul Haggis Crash Won
2006 Letters from Iwo Jima Nominated

See also

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