Nominations & Winners by Category:
Documentary (Short)

Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners in the category of Documentary (Short). The symbol appears next to the winner for each year. Click on the name of a film or person in the list to display more information about that film or person. Or, click on a category in the column on the right to display the nominees and winners in that category.

1941  (14th)

(Short Subject)

Adventures in the Bronx, Film Associates.

Bomber, United States Office for Emergency Management Film Unit; Motion Picture Committee Cooperating for National Defense.

Christmas Under Fire, British Ministry of Information; Warner Bros. (UK)

Churchill’s Island, National Film Board of Canada; United Artists. (Canada)

Letter from Home, British Ministry of Information; United Artists. (UK)

Life of a Thoroughbred, Truman Talley; 20th Century-Fox. Truman Talley, Producer.

Norway in Revolt, March of Time; RKO Radio.

A Place to Live, Philadelphia Housing Authority; Philadelphia Housing Association.

Russian Soil, Amkino.

Soldiers of the Sky, Truman Talley; 20th Century-Fox. Truman Talley, Producer.

War Clouds in the Pacific, National Film Board of Canada; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (Canada)

1943  (16th)

(Short Subject)

Children of Mars, RKO Radio. [This Is America Series]

December 7th, United States Navy; United States Office of Strategic Services Field Photographic Bureau. [NOTE: Not originally announced as a nominee, but title appeared on the final ballot. No documentation has been found as to why this occurred.]

Plan for Destruction, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Swedes in America, United States Office of War Information Overseas Motion Picture Bureau.

To the People of the United States, Walter Wanger; United States Public Health Service. Walter Wanger, Producer.

Tomorrow We Fly, United States Navy Bureau of Aeronautics. [NOTE: Not originally announced as a nominee, but title appeared on the final ballot. No documentation has been found as to why this occurred.]

Youth in Crisis, March of Time; 20th Century-Fox. [March of Time Series]

1944  (17th)

(Short Subject)

Arturo Toscanini, United States Office of War Information Overseas Motion Picture Bureau.

New Americans, RKO Radio. [This Is America Series]

With the Marines at Tarawa, United States Marine Corps.

1945  (18th)

(Short Subject)

Hitler Lives?, Warner Bros. [Featurette Series] Gordon Hollingshead, Producer.

Library of Congress, United States Office of War Information Overseas Motion Picture Bureau.

To the Shores of Iwo Jima, United States Marine Corps.

1946  (19th)

(Short Subject)

Atomic Power, March of Time; 20th Century-Fox. [March of Time Series]

Life at the Zoo, Artkino; Artkino Pictures. (Soviet Union)

Paramount News Issue #37 (Twentieth Anniversary Issue! 1927 . . . 1947), Paramount.

Seeds of Destiny, United States Department of War.

Traffic with the Devil, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Theatre of Life Series] Herbert Morgan, Producer.

1947  (20th)

(Short Subject)

First Steps, United Nations Division of Films and Visual Information. (Canada)

Passport to Nowhere, RKO Pathe. [This Is America Series] Frederic Ullman, Jr., Producer.

School in the Mailbox, Australian News & Information Bureau. (Australia)

1948  (21st)

(Short Subject)

Heart to Heart, Fact Film Organization. Herbert Morgan, Producer.

Operation Vittles, United States Army Air Force.

Toward Independence, United States Army.

1949  (22nd)

(Short Subject)

A Chance to Live, March of Time; 20th Century-Fox. [March of Time Series] Richard de Rochemont, Producer.

1848, A. F. Films. (France) French Cinema General Cooperative.

The Rising Tide, National Film Board of Canada. (Canada) St. Francis-Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

So Much for So Little, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros. Edward Selzer, Producer.

1950  (23rd)

(Short Subject)

The Fight: Science Against Cancer, National Film Board of Canada in cooperation with the Medical Film Institute of the Association of American Medical Colleges; National Film Board of Canada. (Canada) Guy Glover, Producer.

The Stairs, Film Documents, Inc. (USA, Canada)

Why Korea?, 20th Century-Fox Movietone; 20th Century-Fox. Edmund Reek, Producer.

1951  (24th)

(Short Subject)

Benjy, Paramount. Fred Zinnemann, Producer. [Made by Fred Zinnemann with the cooperation of Paramount Pictures Corporation for the Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital.]

One Who Came Back, United States Department of Defense; Association of Motion Picture Producers. Owen Crump, Producer. [Film sponsored by the Disabled American Veterans, in cooperation with the United States Department of Defense and the Association of Motion Picture Producers.]

The Seeing Eye, Warner Bros. Gordon Hollingshead, Producer.

1952  (25th)

(Short Subject)

Devil Take Us, Theatre of Life Production. [Theatre of Life Series] Herbert Morgan, Producer.

The Garden Spider (Epeira Diadema), Cristallo Films; I.F.E. Releasing Corporation. (Italy) Alberto Ancilotto, Producer.

Man Alive!, UPA (United Productions of America); American Cancer Society. Stephen Bosustow, Executive Producer.

Neighbours, National Film Board of Canada; Arthur Mayer-Edward Kingsley, Inc. (Canada) Norman McLaren, Producer.

1953  (26th)

(Short Subject)

The Alaskan Eskimo, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. [People and Places Series] Walt Disney, Producer.

The Living City, Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc. John Barnes, Producer.

Operation Blue Jay, United States Army Signal Corps.

They Planted a Stone, World Wide Pictures; British Information Services. (UK) James Carr, Producer.

The Word, 20th Century-Fox. John Healy and John Adams, Producers.

1954  (27th)

(Short Subject)

Jet Carrier, 20th Century-Fox. Otto Lang, Producer.

Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait, Morrie Roizman Production; Distributors Corporation of America. Morrie Roizman, Producer.

Thursday’s Children, World Wide Pictures and Morse Films; British Information Services. (UK)

1955  (28th)

(Short Subject)

The Battle of Gettysburg, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Special Series] Dore Schary, Producer.

The Face of Lincoln, University of Southern California Presentation; Cavalcade Pictures, Inc. Wilbur T. Blume, Producer.

Men Against the Arctic, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. [People and Places Series] Walt Disney, Producer.

1956  (29th)

(Short Subject)

A City Decides, Charles Guggenheim & Associates, Inc.

The Dark Wave, 20th Century-Fox. John Healy, Producer.

The House Without a Name, Universal-International. Valentine Davies, Producer.

Man in Space, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. Ward Kimball, Producer.

The True Story of the Civil War, Camera Eye Pictures, Inc. Louis Clyde Stoumen, Producer.

1958  (31st)

(Short Subject)

Ama Girls, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. [People and Places Series] Ben Sharpsteen, Producer.

Employees Only, Hughes Aircraft Company. Kenneth G. Brown, Producer.

Journey into Spring, British Transport Films; Lester A. Schoenfeld Films. (UK) Ian Ferguson, Producer.

The Living Stone, National Film Board of Canada. (Canada) Tom Daly, Producer.

Overture, United Nations Film Services; Kingsley International Pictures. (Canada) Thorold Dickinson, Producer.

1959  (32nd)

(Short Subject)

Donald in Mathmagic Land, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. Walt Disney, Producer.

From Generation to Generation, Cullen Associates; Maternity Center Association. Edward F. Cullen, Producer.

Glass, The Netherlands Government; George K. Arthur-Go Pictures, Inc. (Netherlands) Bert Haanstra, Producer.

1960  (33rd)

(Short Subject)

Beyond Silence, United States Information Agency.

A City Called Copenhagen, Statens Filmcentral, The Danish Government Film Office. (Denmark)

George Grosz’ Interregnum, Educational Communications Corporation. Charles Carey and Altina Carey, Producers.

Giuseppina, James Hill Production; Lester A. Schoenfeld Films. (UK) James Hill, Producer.

Universe, National Film Board of Canada; Lester A. Schoenfeld Films. (Canada) Colin Low, Producer.

1961  (34th)

(Short Subject)

Breaking the Language Barrier, United States Air Force. [Travel Adventure Series]

Cradle of Genius, Plough Productions; Irving M. Lesser Film Presentation. (Ireland) Jim O’Connor and Tom Hayes, Producers.

Kahl, Dido Film GmbH; AEG-Filmdienst. (West Germany)

L’Uomo in Grigio (The Man in Gray), Benedetto Benedetti Production. (Italy) Benedetto Benedetti, Producer.

Project Hope, MacManus, John & Adams, Inc./Klaeger Film Production; Ex-Cell-O Corporation. Frank P. Bibas, Producer.

1962  (35th)

(Short Subject)

Dylan Thomas, TWW Ltd.; Janus Films. (UK) Jack Howells, Producer.

The John Glenn Story, United States Navy; Warner Bros. William L. Hendricks, Producer.

The Road to the Wall, CBS Films, Inc.; United States Department of Defense. Robert Saudek, Producer.

1963  (36th)

(Short Subject)

Chagall, Auerbach Film Enterprises, Ltd.-Flag Films; Union Films. (France) Simon Schiffrin, Producer.

The Five Cities of June, United States Information Agency. George Stevens, Jr., Producer.

The Spirit of America, Spotlight News, Inc. Algernon G. Walker, Producer.

Thirty Million Letters, British Transport Films. (UK) Edgar Anstey, Producer.

To Live Again, Wilding, Inc.; St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, NY. Mel London, Producer.

1964  (37th)

(Short Subject)

Breaking the Habit, American Cancer Society; Modern Talking Picture Service. Henry Jacobs and John Korty, Producers.

Children Without, Guggenheim Productions; National Education Association. Charles Guggenheim, Producer.

Kenojuak, National Film Board of Canada. (Canada)

Nine from Little Rock, Guggenheim Productions; United States Information Agency. Charles Guggenheim, Producer.

140 Days Under the World, New Zealand National Film Unit; Rank Film Distributors of New Zealand. (New Zealand) Geoffrey Scott and Oxley Hughan, Producers.

1965  (38th)

(Short Subject)

Mural on Our Street, Henry Street Settlement; Pathe Contemporary Films. Kirk Smallman, Producer.

Ouverture, Mafilm Studios Production; Hungarofilm-Pathe Contemporary Films. (Hungary)

Point of View, Vision Associates Production; National Tuberculosis Association.

To Be Alive!, Johnson Wax. Francis Thompson, Producer.

Yeats Country, Aengus Films, Ltd. for the Department of External Affairs of Ireland. (Ireland) Patrick Carey and Joe Mendoza, Producers.

1966  (39th)

(Short Subject)

Adolescence, M.K. Productions. (France) Marin Karmitz and Vladimir Forgency, Producers.

Cowboy, Ahnemann/Schlosser Productions; United States Information Agency. Michael Ahnemann and Gary Schlosser, Producers.

The Odds Against, Vision Associates Production; American Foundation Institute of Corrections. Lee R. Bobker and Helen Kristt Radin, Producers.

Saint Matthew Passion, Mafilm Studios Production; Hungarofilm. (Hungary)

A Year Toward Tomorrow, Sun Dial Films, Inc.; Office of Economic Opportunity. Edmond A. Levy, Producer.

1967  (40th)

(Short Subject)

Monument to the Dream, Guggenheim Productions. Charles E. Guggenheim, Producer.

A Place to Stand, T.D.F. Production for The Ontario Department of Economics and Development; Columbia. (Canada) Christopher Chapman, Producer.

The Redwoods, King Screen Productions. Mark Harris and Trevor Greenwood, Producers.

See You at the Pillar, Associated British-Pathe Production. (UK) Robert Fitchett, Producer.

While I Run This Race, Sun Dial Films for VISTA, An Economic Opportunity Program. Carl V. Ragsdale, Producer.

1968  (41st)

(Short Subject)

The House That Ananda Built, Films Division, Government of India. (India) Fali Bilimoria, Producer.

The Revolving Door, Vision Associates Production for The American Foundation Institute of Corrections. Lee R. Bobker, Producer.

A Space to Grow, Office of Economic Opportunity for Project Upward Bound. Thomas P. Kelly, Jr., Producer.

A Way out of the Wilderness, John Sutherland Productions. Dan E. Weisburd, Producer.

Why Man Creates, Saul Bass & Associates. Saul Bass, Producer.

1969  (42nd)

(Short Subject)

Czechoslovakia 1968, Sanders-Fresco Film Makers for The United States Information Agency. Denis Sanders and Robert M. Fresco, Producers.

An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer, Donald Wrye Productions for The United States Information Agency. Donald Wrye, Producer.

Jenny Is a Good Thing, A.C.I. Production for Project Head Start. Joan Horvath, Producer.

Leo Beuerman, Centron Production. Arthur H. Wolf and Russell A. Mosser, Producers.

The Magic Machines, Fly-By-Night Productions; Manson Distributing Corporation. Joan Keller Stern, Producer.

1970  (43rd)

(Short Subject)

The Gifts, Richter-McBride Productions for the Water Quality Office of the Environmental Protection Agency. Robert McBride, Producer.

Interviews with My Lai Veterans, Laser Film Corporation. Joseph Strick, Producer.

A Long Way from Nowhere, Robert Aller Productions. Bob Aller, Producer.

Oisin, Aengus Film. (Ireland) Vivien Carey and Patrick Carey, Producers.

Time Is Running Out, Gesellschaft fur bildende Filme. (West Germany) Horst Dallmayr and Robert Menegoz, Producers.

1971  (44th)

(Short Subject)

Adventures in Perception, Hans van Gelder Filmproduktie; The Netherlands Information Bureau/Service. (Netherlands) Han van Gelder, Producer.

Art Is . . ., Henry Strauss Associates; The Sears Roebuck Foundation. Julian Krainin and DeWitt L. Sage, Jr., Producers.

The Numbers Start with the River, WH Picture; United States Information Agency. Donald Wrye, Producer.

Sentinels of Silence, Producciones Concord; Paramount. (Mexico, USA) Manuel Arango and Robert Amram, Producers.

Somebody Waiting, Snider Productions; University of California Medical Film Library. Hal Riney, Dick Snider and Sherwood Omens, Producers.

1972  (45th)

(Short Subject)

Hundertwasser’s Rainy Day, Argos Films-Peter Schamoni Filmproduktion. (West Germany, France) Peter Schamoni, Producer.

K-Z, Nexus Film S.r.L Production. (Italy) Giorgio Treves, Producer.

Selling Out, Unit Productions Film. (Canada) Tadeusz Jaworski, Producer.

This Tiny World, Charles Huguenot van der Linden Production. (Netherlands) Charles Huguenot van der Linden and Martina Huguenot van der Linden, Producers.

The Tide of Traffic, BP-Greenpark Production. (UK) Humphrey Swingler, Producer.

1973  (46th)

(Short Subject)

Background, D’Avino and Fucci-Stone Productions. Carmen D’Avino, Producer.

Children at Work (Paisti ag Obair), Gael-Linn Films. (Ireland) Louis Marcus, Producer.

Christo’s Valley Curtain, Maysles Films Production. Albert Maysles and David Maysles, Producers.

Four Stones for Kanemitsu, Tamarind Production. Terry Sanders and June Wayne, Producers.

Princeton: A Search for Answers, Krainin-Sage Productions. Julian Krainin and DeWitt L. Sage, Jr., Producers.

1974  (47th)

(Short Subject)

City out of Wilderness, Francis Thompson Inc. Francis Thompson, Producer.

Don’t, R.A. Films. Robin Lehman, Producer.

Exploratorium, Jon Boorstin Production. Jon Boorstin, Producer.

John Muir’s High Sierra, Dewitt Jones Productions. Dewitt Jones and Lesley Foster, Producers.

Naked Yoga, Filmshop Production. (UK) Ronald S. Kass and Mervyn Lloyd, Producers.

1975  (48th)

(Short Subject)

Arthur and Lillie, Stanford University Department of Communications. Jon Else, Steven Kovacs and Kristine Samuelson, Producers.

The End of the Game, Opus Films Limited. Claire Wilbur and Robin Lehman, Producers.

Millions of Years Ahead of Man, BASF. (West Germany) Manfred Baier, Producer.

Probes in Space, Graphic Films. George V. Casey, Producer.

Whistling Smith, National Film Board of Canada. (Canada) Barrie Howells and Michael Scott, Producers.

1976  (49th)

(Short Subject)

American Shoeshine, Titan Films. Sparky Greene, Producer.

Blackwood, National Film Board of Canada. (Canada) Tony Ianzelo and Andy Thompson, Producers.

The End of the Road, Pelican Films. (UK) John Armstrong, Producer.

Number Our Days, Community Television of Southern California. Lynne Littman, Producer.

Universe, Graphic Films Corporation for NASA. Lester Novros, Producer.

1977  (50th)

(Short Subject)

Agueda Martinez: Our People, Our Country, Moctesuma Esparza Production. Moctesuma Esparza, Producer.

First Edition, D. L. Sage Productions. Helen Whitney and DeWitt L. Sage, Jr., Producers.

Gravity Is My Enemy, John Joseph Production. John Joseph and Jan Stussy, Producers.

Of Time, Tombs and Treasure, Charlie/Papa Productions, Inc. James R. Messenger and Paul N. Raimondi, Producers.

The Shetland Experience, Balfour Films. (UK) Douglas Gordon, Producer.

1978  (51st)

(Short Subject)

The Divided Trail: A Native American Odyssey, Jerry Aronson Production. Jerry Aronson, Producer.

An Encounter with Faces, Films Division, Government of India. (India) K. K. Kapil, Producer.

The Flight of the Gossamer Condor, Shedd Production. Jacqueline Phillips Shedd and Ben Shedd, Producers.

Goodnight Miss Ann, August Cinquegrana Films Production. August Cinquegrana, Producer.

Squires of San Quentin, The J. Gary Mitchell Film Company. J. Gary Mitchell, Producer.

1979  (52nd)

(Short Subject)

Dae, Vardar Film/Skopje. (Yugoslavia) Risto Teofilovski, Producer.

Koryo Celadon, Charlie/Papa Productions, Inc. Donald A. Connolly and James R. Messenger, Producers.

Nails, National Film Board of Canada. (Canada) Phillip Borsos, Producer.

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist, Janus Films Inc. Saul J. Turell, Producer.

Remember Me, Dick Young Productions, Ltd. Dick Young, Producer.

1980  (53rd)

(Short Subject)

Don’t Mess with Bill, John Watson and Pen Densham’s Insight Productions Inc. John Watson and Pen Densham, Producers.

The Eruption of Mount St. Helens, Graphic Films Corporation. George Casey, Producer.

It’s the Same World, Dick Young Productions, Ltd. Dick Young, Producer.

Karl Hess: Toward Liberty, Hallé/Ladue, Incorporated. Roland Hallé and Peter W. Ladue, Producers.

Luther Metke at 94, U.C.L.A. Ethnographic Film Project. (Argentina) Richard Hawkins and Jorge Preloran, Producers.

1981  (54th)

(Short Subject)

Americas in Transition, Americans in Transition, Inc. Obie Benz, Producer.

Close Harmony, Noble Enterprise. Nigel Noble, Producer.

Journey for Survival, Dick Young Productions, Ltd. Dick Young, Producer.

See What I Say, Michigan Women Filmmakers Productions. Linda Chapman, Pam LeBlanc and Freddi Stevens, Producers.

Urge to Build, Roland Hallé Productions, Inc. Roland Hallé and John Hoover, Producers.

1982  (55th)

(Short Subject)

Gods of Metal, A Richter Productions Film. (USA, Canada) Robert Richter, Producer.

If You Love This Planet, National Film Board of Canada. (Canada) Edward Le Lorrain and Terri Nash, Producers.

The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America, Guggenheim Productions. Charles Guggenheim and Werner Schumann, Producers.

To Live or Let Die, American Film Foundation. (USA, Canada) Freida Lee Mock, Producer.

Traveling Hopefully, Arnuthfonyus Films, Inc. John G. Avildsen, Producer.

1983  (56th)

(Short Subject)

Flamenco at 5:15, National Film Board of Canada. (Canada) Cynthia Scott and Adam Symansky, Producers.

In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us?, Impact Production. Vivienne Verdon-Roe and Eric Thiermann, Producers.

Sewing Woman, DeepFocus Production. Arthur Dong, Producer.

Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph, Eisenhardt Production. Robert Eisenhardt, Producer.

You Are Free (Ihr Zent Frei), Brokman/Landis Production. (West Germany, Canada, USA) Dea Brokman and Ilene Landis, Producers.

1984  (57th)

(Short Subject)

The Children of Soong Ching Ling, UNICEF and the Soong Ching Ling Foundation. (Canada) Gary Bush and Paul T. K. Lin, Producers.

Code Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing, The Nursing Ethics Project/Fanlight Productions. Ben Achtenberg and Joan Sawyer, Producers.

The Garden of Eden, Florentine Films Production. Lawrence R. Hott and Roger M. Sherman, Producers.

Recollections of Pavlovsk, Leningrad Documentary Film Studio. (Soviet Union) Irina Kalinina, Producer.

The Stone Carvers, Paul Wagner Productions. Marjorie Hunt and Paul Wagner, Producers.

1985  (58th)

(Short Subject)

The Courage to Care, United Way Production. Robert Gardner, Producer.

Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date, Production of the Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities. Michael Crowley and James Wolpaw, Producers.

Making Overtures—The Story of a Community Orchestra, Rhombus Media, Inc. Production. (Canada) Barbara Willis Sweete, Producer.

Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements, Skylight Picture Production. David Goodman, Producer.

The Wizard of the Strings, Seventh Hour Production. Alan Edelstein, Producer.

1986  (59th)

(Short Subject)

Debonair Dancers, Alison Nigh-Strelich Production. (Canada) Alison Nigh-Strelich, Producer.

The Masters of Disaster, Indiana University Audio Visual Center. Sonya Friedman, Producer.

Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse, Polaris Entertainment Production. Thomas L. Neff and Madeline Bell, Producers.

Sam, Film by Aaron D. Weisblatt. Aaron D. Weisblatt, Producer.

Women—For America, for the World, Educational Film & Video Project. Vivienne Verdon-Roe, Producer.

1987  (60th)

(Short Subject)

Frances Steloff: Memoirs of a Bookseller, Winterlude Films, Inc. Production. Deborah Dickson, Producer.

In the Wee Wee Hours . . ., University of Southern California School of Cinema/Television. Dr. Frank Daniel and Izak Ben-Meir, Producers.

Language Says It All, Tripod Production. (USA, Canada) Megan Williams, Producer.

Silver into Gold, Stanford University Department of Communications. Lynn Mueller, Producer.

Young at Heart, Sue Marx Films, Inc. Production. Sue Marx and Pamela Conn, Producers.

1988  (61st)

(Short Subject)

The Children’s Storefront, Simon and Goodman Picture Company Production. Karen Goodman, Producer.

Family Gathering, Lise Yasui Production. Lise Yasui and Ann Tegnell, Producers.

Gang Cops, University of Southern California Center for Visual Anthropology and the School of Cinema/Television. Thomas B. Fleming and Daniel J. Marks, Producers.

Portrait of Imogen, Pacific Pictures Production. Nancy Hale and Meg Partridge, Producers.

You Don’t Have to Die, Tiger Rose Production in association with Filmworks, Inc. William Guttentag and Malcolm Clarke, Producers.

1989  (62nd)

(Short Subject)

Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 to 9, David Petersen Productions. David Petersen, Producer.

The Johnstown Flood, Guggenheim Productions. Charles Guggenheim, Producer.

Yad Vashem: Preserving the Past to Ensure the Future, Ray Errol Fox Production. Ray Errol Fox, Producer.

1990  (63rd)

(Short Subject)

Burning Down Tomorrow, Interscope Communications Inc. Production. Kit Thomas, Producer.

Chimps: So Like Us, Simon and Goodman Picture Company Production. Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon, Producers.

Days of Waiting, Mouchette Films Production. Steven Okazaki, Producer.

Journey into Life: The World of the Unborn, ABC/Kane Productions International, Inc. Production. Derek Bromhall, Producer.

Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember, Sanders & Mock Productions and American Film Foundation. (USA, Canada) Freida Lee Mock and Terry Sanders, Producers.

1991  (64th)

(Short Subject)

Birdnesters of Thailand, Antenne 2/National Geographic Society/M.D.I./Wind Horse Production. (France) Eric Valli and Alain Majani, Producers.

Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment, Women’s Educational Media, Inc. Production. Debra Chasnoff, Producer.

A Little Vicious, Film and Video Workshop, Inc. Production. Immy Humes, Producer.

The Mark of the Maker, McGowan Film and Video, Inc. Production. David McGowan, Producer.

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers, Couturie Company Production. Bill Couturie and Bernard Edelman, Producers.

1992  (65th)

(Short Subject)

At the Edge of Conquest: The Journey of Chief Wai-Wai, Realis Pictures Inc. Production. (Canada, USA) Geoffrey O’Connor, Producer.

Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the “Little Review”, Wendy L. Weinberg Production. Wendy L. Weinberg, Producer.

The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein, Imageries P.B. Ltd. Production in coproduction with the National Film Board of Canada. (Canada) Richard Elson and Sally Bochner, Producers.

Educating Peter, State of the Art, Inc. Production. Thomas C. Goodwin and Gerardine Wurzburg, Producers.

When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories, Concentric Media Production. Dorothy Fadiman, Producer.

1993  (66th)

(Short Subject)

Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann, Moving Target Production. Steven Cantor and Peter Spirer.

Chicks in White Satin, University of Southern California School of Cinema/Television. Elaine Holliman and Jason Schneider.

Defending Our Lives, Cambridge Documentary Films Production. Margaret Lazarus and Renner Wunderlich.

1994  (67th)

(Short Subject)

Blues Highway, Half-Court Pictures, Ltd./National Geographic Society Production. Vince DiPersio and Bill Guttentag.

89mm od Europy (89mm from Europe), Studio Filmowe “Kalejdoskop”/Telewizja Polska Production. (Poland) Marcel Lozinski.

School of the Americas Assassins, A Richter Productions Film. Robert Richter.

Straight from the Heart, Woman Vision Production. Dee Mosbacher and Frances Reid.

A Time for Justice, Guggenheim Productions, Inc. Production for the Southern Poverty Law Center. Charles Guggenheim.

1995  (68th)

(Short Subject)

Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls, Outside in July, Inc. Production. Nancy Dine and Richard Stilwell.

The Living Sea, MacGillivray Freeman Films Production. Greg MacGillivray and Alec Lorimore.

Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper, American Film Foundation. (USA, Canada) Terry Sanders and Freida Lee Mock.

One Survivor Remembers, Home Box Office and The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Production. Kary Antholis.

The Shadow of Hate, Guggenheim Productions, Inc. Production for the Southern Poverty Law Center. Charles Guggenheim.

1996  (69th)

(Short Subject)

Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O’Brien, Inscrutable Films/Pacific News Service Production. Jessica Yu.

Cosmic Voyage, Cosmic Voyage Inc. Production. Jeffrey Marvin and Bayley Silleck.

An Essay on Matisse, Great Projects Film Company, Inc. Production. Perry Wolff.

Special Effects, NOVA/WGBH Boston Production. Susanne Simpson and Ben Burtt.

The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage, Tyrus Entertainment Production. Paul Seydor and Nick Redman.

1997  (70th)

(Short Subject)

Alaska: Spirit of the Wild, Graphic Films Corporation. George Casey and Paul Novros.

Amazon, Ogden Entertainment Production. Kieth Merrill and Jonathan Stern.

Daughter of the Bride, Terri Randall Film and Video Production. Terri Randall.

Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies, Little Apple Film Production. Mel Damski and Andrea Blaugrund.

A Story of Healing, Dewey-Obenchain Films Production. Donna Dewey and Carol Pasternak.

1998  (71st)

(Short Subject)

The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in The Golden Years, Keiko Ibi Film Production. Keiko Ibi.

A Place in the Land, Guggenheim Productions. Charles Guggenheim.

Sunrise over Tiananmen Square, National Film Board of Canada. (Canada) Shui-Bo Wang and Donald McWilliams.

1999  (72nd)

(Short Subject)

Eyewitness, Marbert Art Foundation Production; Seventh Art. Bert Van Bork.

King Gimp, Whiteford-Hadary/University of Maryland/Tapestry International Production. Susan Hannah Hadary and William A. Whiteford.

The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo, Gabriel Films Production; Seventh Art. Simeon Soffer and Jonathan Stack.

2000  (73rd)

(Short Subject)

Big Mama, Birthmark Production. Tracy Seretean.

Curtain Call, NJN/White Whale Production. Chuck Braverman and Steve Kalafer.

Dolphins, MacGillivray Freeman Films Production. Greg MacGillivray and Alec Lorimore.

The Man on Lincoln’s Nose, Adama Films Production. Daniel Raim.

On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom, On Tip Toe Production. Eric Simonson and Leelai Demoz.

2001  (74th)

(Short Subject)

Artists and Orphans: A True Drama, Not by Chance Production. (USA, Georgia) Lianne Klapper McNally.

Sing!, KCET/Hollywood and American Film Foundation Production. Freida Lee Mock and Jessica Sanders.

Thoth, Amateur Rabbit Production. Sarah Kernochan and Lynn Appelle.

2002  (75th)

(Short Subject)

The Collector of Bedford Street, An Alice Elliott Production. Alice Elliott.

Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks, Tell the Truth Pictures Production. Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston.

Twin Towers, Wolf Films/Shape Pictures/Universal/Mopo Entertainment Production. Bill Guttentag and Robert David Port.

Why Can’t We Be a Family Again?, Public Policy Production. Roger Weisberg and Murray Nossel.

2003  (76th)

(Short Subject)

Asylum, Constant Communication & Make-do Production. Sandy McLeod and Gini Reticker.

Chernobyl Heart, Downtown TV Documentaries Production. Maryann DeLeo.

Ferry Tales, Penelope Pictures Production. Katja Esson.

2004  (77th)

(Short Subject)

Autism Is a World, State of the Art, Inc. Production. Gerardine Wurzburg.

The Children of Leningradsky, Hanna Polak Production. (Poland) Hanna Polak and Andrzej Celinski.

Hardwood, Hardwood Pictures and National Film Board of Canada Production. (Canada) Hubert Davis and Erin Faith Young.

Mighty Times: The Children’s March, Tell the Truth Pictures Production. Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston.

Sister Rose’s Passion, New Jersey Studios Production. Oren Jacoby and Steve Kalafer.

2005  (78th)

(Short Subject)

The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club, Dan Krauss Production. Dan Krauss.

God Sleeps in Rwanda, Acquaro/Sherman Production. Kimberlee Acquaro and Stacy Sherman.

The Mushroom Club, Farallon Films Production. Steven Okazaki.

A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin, NomaFilms Production. Corinne Marrinan and Eric Simonson.

2006  (79th)

(Short Subject)

The Blood of Yingzhou District, Thomas Lennon Films Production. (China, USA) Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon.

Recycled Life, Iwerks/Glad Production. Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad.

Rehearsing a Dream, Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production. Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon.

Two Hands, Crazy Boat Pictures Production. Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr.

2007  (80th)

(Short Subject)

Freeheld, Lieutenant Films Production. Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth.

La Corona (The Crown), Runaway Films and Vega Films Production. Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega.

Salim Baba, Ropa Vieja Films and Paradox Smoke Production. Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello.

Sari’s Mother, Daylight Factory Production; Cinema Guild. (Iraq, USA) James Longley.

2008  (81st)

(Short Subject)

The Conscience of Nhem En, Farallon Films Production. Steven Okazaki.

The Final Inch, Vermilion Films in association with Google.org Production. Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant.

Smile Pinki, Principe Production. Megan Mylan.

The Witness—From the Balcony of Room 306, Rock Paper Scissors Production. Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde.

2009  (82nd)

(Short Subject)

China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province, Downtown Community Television Center Production. Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill.

The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner, Just Media Production. Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher.

The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant, Community Media Production. Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert.

Music by Prudence, iThemba Production. (USA, Zimbabwe) Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett.

Rabbit à la Berlin, MS Films Production; Deckert Distribution. (Poland, Germany) Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra.

2010  (83rd)

(Short Subject)

Killing in the Name, Moxie Firecracker Films Production. Jed Rothstein.

Poster Girl, Portrayal Films Production. Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block.

Strangers No More, Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production. (USA, Israel) Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon.

Sun Come Up, Sun Come Up Production. (USA, Papua New Guinea) Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger.

The Warriors of Qiugang, Thomas Lennon Films Production. Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon.

2011  (84th)

(Short Subject)

The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement, Purposeful Production. Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin.

God Is the Bigger Elvis, Documentress Films Production. Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson.

Incident in New Baghdad, Morninglight Films Production. James Spione.

Saving Face, Milkhaus/Jungefilm Production. (USA, Pakistan) Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.

The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom, Supply & Demand Integrated Production. Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen.

2012  (85th)

(Short Subject)

Inocente, Shine Global Production. Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine.

Kings Point, Kings Point Documentary Production. Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider.

Mondays at Racine, Cynthia Wade Production. Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan.

Open Heart, Urban Landscapes Production. Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern.

Redemption, Downtown Docs Production. Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill.

2013  (86th)

(Short Subject)

CaveDigger, A Karoffilms Production. Jeffrey Karoff.

Facing Fear, A Jason Cohen Production. Jason Cohen.

Karama Has No Walls, A Hot Spot Films Production; Mudhouse Films. (United Arab Emirates, UK, Yemen) Sara Ishaq.

The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life, A Reed Entertainment Production. (Canada, USA, UK) Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed.

Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall, A Prison Terminal LLC Production. Edgar Barens.

2014  (87th)

(Short Subject)

Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1. Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry.

Joanna. (Poland) Aneta Kopacz.

Our Curse. (Poland) Tomasz Śliwiński and Maciej Ślesicki.

The Reaper (La parka). (Mexico) Gabriel Serra Arguello.

White Earth. J. Christian Jensen.

2015  (88th)

(Short Subject)

Body Team 12, a RYOT Films and Vulcan Production. (Liberia) David Darg and Bryn Mooser.

Chau, Beyond the Lines, a Cynasty Films Production; 7th Art Releasing. (USA, Vietnam) Courtney Marsh and Jerry Franck.

Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah, a Jet Black Iris America Production. (USA, Germany, UK) Adam Benzine.

A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness, an SOC Films Production. (USA, Pakistan) Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.

Last Day of Freedom, a Living Condition Production. Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman.

2016  (89th)

(Short Subject)

Extremis, Netflix. Dan Krauss.

4.1 Miles. Daphne Matziaraki.

Joe’s Violin. Kahane Cooperman and Raphaela Neihausen.

Watani: My Homeland, ITN Productions. (UK) Marcel Mettelsiefen and Stephen Ellis.

The White Helmets, Netflix. (UK) Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara.

2017  (90th)

(Short Subject)

Edith+Eddie, A Heart is Red/Kartemquin Films Production; Kartemquin Films. Laura Checkoway and Thomas Lee Wright.

Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405, A Stiefel & Co. Production. Frank Stiefel.

Heroin(e), A Netflix Original Documentary in assoc. with The Center for Investigative Reporting/Requisite Media Production; Netflix. Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Kerrin Sheldon.

Knife Skills, A TFL Films Production. Thomas Lennon.

Traffic Stop, A Q-Ball Production; HBO Documentary Films. Kate Davis and David Heilbroner.

2018  (91st)

(Short Subject)

Black Sheep, A Lightbox Production; The Guardian. (UK) Ed Perkins and Jonathan Chinn.

End Game, Netflix. Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.

Lifeboat, A Spin Film Production; The New Yorker. Skye Fitzgerald and Bryn Mooser.

A Night at The Garden, A Field of Vision and Marshall Curry Production; Field of Vision. Marshall Curry.

Period. End of Sentence., A Pad Project Production; Netflix. Rayka Zehtabchi and Melissa Berton.

2019  (92nd)

(Short Subject)

In the Absence, A Field of Vision Production. (South Korea, USA) Yi Seung-Jun and Gary Byung-Seok Kam.

Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl), A Grain Media Production; A+E Networks. (UK) Carol Dysinger and Elena Andreicheva.

Life Overtakes Me, A Stylo Films Production; Netflix. (Sweden, USA) John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson.

St. Louis Superman, An AJE Witness and Meralta Films Production; MTV Documentary Films/AJE Witness. Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan.

Walk Run Cha-Cha, A Concordia Studio Production; The New York Times Op-Docs. Laura Nix and Colette Sandstedt.

2020  (93rd)

(Short Subject)

Colette, A Respawn Entertainment/Oculus Studios/Time Travel Unlimited Production. Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard.

A Concerto Is a Conversation, A Breakwater Studios Production; New York Times Ops-Docs. Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers.

Do Not Split, A Field of Vision Production. (Norway, USA) Anders Hammer and Charlotte Cook.

Hunger Ward, A Spin Film/Vulcan Production; MTV Documentary Films. Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Scheuerman.

A Love Song for Latasha, A Black Dreams LLC Production; Netflix. Sophia Nahli Allison and Janice Duncan.

2021  (94th)

(Short Subject)

Audible, A Film 45 in assoc. with Forager and Vision Film Co. Production; Netflix. Matt Ogens and Geoff McLean.

Lead Me Home, An Actual Films Production; Netflix. Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk.

The Queen of Basketball, A Breakwater Studios Production; The New York Times Op-Docs. Ben Proudfoot.

Three Songs for Benazir, A Mirzaei Films Production; Netflix. (Afghanistan) Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei.

When We Were Bullies, A Jay Rosenblatt Films Production. (Germany, USA) Jay Rosenblatt.

2022  (95th)

(Short Film)

The Elephant Whisperers, Netflix Documentary/Sikhya Entertainment Prod.; Netflix. (India) Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga.

Haulout, Albireo Films Prod.; The New Yorker Studios. (UK, Russia) Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev.

How Do You Measure a Year?, Jay Rosenblatt Films Prod. Jay Rosenblatt.

The Martha Mitchell Effect, Outspoken Films Prod.; Netflix. Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison.

Stranger at the Gate, Smartypants Pictures Prod.; The New Yorker Studios. Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones.

2023  (96th)

(Short Film)

The ABCs of Book Banning, MTV Documentary Films/Ruby River Production; MTV Documentary Films. Sheila Nevins and Trish Adlesic.

The Barber of Little Rock, Story Syndicate/59th & Prairie Entertainment Production; The New Yorker. John Hoffman and Christine Turner.

Island in Between, CNEX Studio Production; The New York Times Op-Docs. (Taiwan) S. Leo Chiang and Jean Tsien.

The Last Repair Shop, Breakwater Studios/Et Al. Studios Production; Searchlight/L.A. Times Studios. Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers.

Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó, Even/Odd/Junk Drawer Production; Disney+. Sean Wang and Sam Davis.