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

Best Picture

Academy Award for Best Picture
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1963 Elia Kazan America, America Nominated
1964 Michael Cacoyannis Zorba the Greek Nominated Cacoyannis is Cypriot-born Greek.
1995 George Miller Babe Nominated Miller is an Australia of Greek descent.
Shared with Doug Mitchell and Bill Miller.
2011 Alexander Payne The Descendants Nominated Payne is American-born Greek.
Shared with Jim Burke and Jim Taylor.
2013 Anthony Katagas 12 Years a Slave Won Katagas is an American of Greek descent.
Shared with Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner & Steve McQueen.
2015 George Miller Mad Max: Fury Road Nominated Shared with Doug Mitchell.
2018 Yorgos Lanthimos The Favourite Nominated Shared with Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney and Lee Magiday.
2023 Poor Things Nominated Shared with Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, and Emma Stone.

Best Director

Academy Award for Best Director
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1947 Elia Kazan Gentleman's Agreement Won
1951 A Streetcar Named Desire Nominated
1954 On the Waterfront Won
1955 East of Eden Nominated
1963 America, America Nominated
1964 Michael Cacoyannis Zorba the Greek Nominated
1969 Costa-Gavras Z Nominated
1974 John Cassavetes A Woman Under the Influence Nominated
2004 Alexander Payne Sideways Nominated
2011 The Descendants Nominated
2013 Nebraska Nominated
2015 George Miller Mad Max: Fury Road Nominated
2018 Yorgos Lanthimos The Favourite Nominated
2023 Poor Things Nominated

Best Actress

Academy Award for Best Actress
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1960 Melina Mercouri Never on Sunday Nominated Only person nominated for a Greek-language role.

Best Supporting Actor

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Year Name Film Status Milestone
1961 George Chakiris West Side Story Won Chakiris is an American of Greek descent.
1962 Telly Savalas Birdman of Alcatraz Nominated Savalas is an American of Greek descent.
1967 John Cassavetes The Dirty Dozen Nominated
1975 Chris Sarandon Dog Day Afternoon Nominated Sarandon is an American of Greek descent.

Best Supporting Actress

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1943 Katina Paxinou For Whom the Bell Tolls Won First Greek person to win an Oscar.[1]
1987 Olympia Dukakis Moonstruck Won Dukakis is an American of Greek descent.

Best Original Screenplay

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1968 John Cassavetes Faces Nominated
1992 George Miller Lorenzo's Oil Nominated Shared with Nick Enright.
2002 Nia Vardalos My Big Fat Greek Wedding Nominated Vardalos is a Canadian of Greek descent.
2015 Yorgos Lanthimos
Efthimis Filippou 		The Lobster Nominated

Best Adapted Screenplay

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1963 Elia Kazan America, America Nominated
1964 Michael Cacoyannis Zorba the Greek Nominated
1969 Costa-Gavras Z Nominated Shared with Jorge Semprún.
1982 Missing Won Shared with Donald E. Stewart.
1990 Nicholas Kazan Reversal of Fortune Nominated
1995 George Miller Babe Nominated Shared with Chris Noonan.
1999 Alexander Payne Election Nominated Shared with Jim Taylor.
2004 Sideways Won
2011 The Descendants Won Shared with Nat Faxon and Jim Rash.

Best Production Design

Academy Award for Best Production Design
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1964 Vassilis Fotopoulos Zorba the Greek Won Black & White category.
1974 Dean Tavoularis The Godfather Part II Won American of Greek descent.
Shared with Angelo P. Graham and George R. Nelson.
1978 The Brink's Job Nominated
1979 Apocalypse Now Nominated
1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream Nominated Shared with Armin Ganz.
1990 The Godfather Part III Nominated Shared with Gary Fettis.

Best Cinematography

Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
2013 Phedon Papamichael Nebraska Nominated
2020 The Trial of the Chicago 7 Nominated

Best Film Editing

Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
2018 Yorgos Mavropsaridis The Favourite Nominated
2020 Yorgos Lamprinos The Father Nominated
2023 Yorgos Mavropsaridis Poor Things Nominated

Best Costume Design

Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1960 Theoni V. Aldredge Never on Sunday Nominated American-born Greek.
Black & White Category
1962 Phaedra Nominated
1974 The Great Gatsby Won
2006 Patricia Field The Devil Wears Prada Nominated American of Greek descent.
2010 Mary Zophres True Grit Nominated
2016 La La Land Nominated
2018 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Nominated
2022 Babylon Nominated

Best Original Song

Academy Award for Best Original Song
Year Name Film Song Status Milestone / Notes
1960 Manos Hatzidakis Never on Sunday For the song "Ta Paidia Tou Piraia" ("Never on Sunday"). Won
2017 Sufjan Stevens Call Me by Your Name For the song "Mystery of Love". Nominated

Best Original Score

Academy Award for Best Original Score
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1981 Vangelis Chariots of Fire Won
2006 Alexandre Desplat The Queen Nominated
2007 Marco Beltrami 3:10 to Yuma Nominated
2008 Alexandre Desplat The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Nominated
2009 Marco Beltrami The Hurt Locker Nominated Shared with Buck Sanders.
2009 Alexandre Desplat Fantastic Mr. Fox Nominated French of Greek descent.[2][3]
2010 The King's Speech Nominated
2012 Argo Nominated
2013 Philomena Nominated
2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel Won
The Imitation Game Nominated
2017 The Shape of Water Won
2018 Isle of Dogs Nominated
2019 Little Women Nominated

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
2014 Elizabeth Gianni-Georgiou Guardians of the Galaxy Nominated Shared with David White

Best Animated Feature

Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
Year Name Film Status Milestone
2006 George Miller Happy Feet Won

Best Documentary Feature

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
Year Name Film Status Milestone
2009 Louie Psihoyos The Cove Won American of Greek descent.
Shared with Fisher Stevens.
2017 Agnès Varda Faces Places Nominated Shared with JR.
Rosalie Varda Nominated

Best Documentary Short Subject

Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
2016 Daphne Matziaraki 4.1 Miles Nominated

Best Live Action Short Film

Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
Year Name Film Status Milestone
2000 Christina Lazaridi One Day Crossing Nominated Shared with Joan Stein Schimke.

Best Sound

Academy Award for Best Sound Editing
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
2016 Mildred Iatrou La La Land Nominated Shared with Ai-Ling Lee
2018 First Man Nominated

Best Visual Effects

Year Name Film Status Milestone
2021 Nikos Kalaitzidis Free Guy Nominated Shared with Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, and Daniel Sudick.

Best Dance Direction

Academy Award for Best Dance Direction
Year Name Film Status Milestone
1935 Hermes Pan Top Hat Nominated For "Piccolino" and "Top Hat".
1936 Swing Time Nominated For "Bojangles of Harlem".
1937 A Damsel in Distress Won For "Fun House".

Special Achievement

Year Name Status Milestone / Notes
1961 Petro Vlahos Recipient Technical Achievement Award: "For a camera flicker indicating device."
1965 Recipient Academy Award: "For the conception and perfection of techniques for Color Traveling Matte Composite Cinematography."
Shared with Ub Iwerks
1993 Recipient Medal of Commendation: "In appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences."
1994 Recipient Gordon E. Sawyer Award
1995 Recipient Academy Award: "For the conception and development of the Ultimatte blue screen compositing process for motion pictures."
1998 Elia Kazan Recipient Honorary Award: "In appreciation of a long, distinguished and unparalleled career during which he has influenced the very nature of filmmaking through his creation of cinematic masterpieces."
2017 Agnès Varda Recipient Honorary Award: "Whose compassion and curiosity inform a uniquely personal cinema."

Best International Feature Film

See also: List of Greek submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Year Film Director(s) Status Milestone / Notes
1962
 Electra Michael Cacoyannis Nominated
1963
 The Red Lanterns Vasilis Georgiadis Nominated
1966
 Blood on the Land Nominated
1977
 Iphigenia Michael Cacoyannis Nominated
2009
 Dogtooth Yorgos Lanthimos Nominated

Nominations and Winners

No. of wins No. of nominations
15 81

See also

References

  1. ^ On the trail of Greek filmmakers who won an Oscar
  2. ^ Burlingame, Jon (2007-01-07). "Alexandre Desplat Movie Scores - Film - Report". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
  3. ^ Burlingame, Jon (7 January 2007). "Thinking in Colors and Textures, Then Writing in Music". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
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