This article is a list oflist ofRussian-born people working in thecinema industry who have been nominated for or won anAcademy Award. It includes people with origins fromRussian Empire,Soviet Union andRussia.
| Best Actor | |||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Yul Brynner | The King and I | Won | Brynner was a Soviet citizen who later became a naturalized US citizen. | |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | ||||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Mischa Auer | My Man Godfrey | Nominated | First Russian to be nominated for an acting Oscar. | ||
| 1945 | Michael Chekhov | Spellbound | Nominated | |||
| 1977 | Mikhail Baryshnikov | The Turning Point | Nominated | |||
| 2024 | Yura Borisov | Anora | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | ||||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Maria Ouspenskaya | Dodsworth | Nominated | First Russian actress to be nominated for an Oscar | ||
| 1939 | Love Affair | Nominated | ||||
| 1964 | Lila Kedrova | Zorba the Greek | Won | Kedrova was a Russian-born French actress. | ||
| Best Director | |||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927/1928 | Lewis Milestone | Two Arabian Knights | Won | Russian-Jewish; First Russian to win an Oscar. | |
| 1929/1930 | All Quiet on the Western Front | Won | First Russian to win multiple Oscars. First director to win Best Director twice. | ||
| 1930/1931 | The Front Page | Nominated | |||
| Best Original Screenplay | |||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Sonya Levien | Interrupted Melody | Won | Shared withWilliam Ludwig. | |
| 1961 | Valentin Yezhov Grigory Chukhray | Ballad of a Soldier | Nominated | ||
| Best Story | |||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Victor Trivas | The Stranger | Nominated | ||
| 1955 | Henri Troyat | The Sheep Has Five Legs | Nominated | Shared withJean Marsan,Jacques Perret,Henri Verneuil &Raoul Ploquin. | |
| Best Cinematography | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
| 1953 | Joseph Ruttenberg | Julius Caesar | Nominated | ||
| 1954 | Boris Kaufman | On the Waterfront | Won | ||
| 1956 | Baby Doll | Nominated | |||
| Joseph Ruttenberg | Somebody Up There Likes Me | Won | |||
| 1958 | Gigi | Won | |||
| 1960 | BUtterfield 8 | Nominated | |||
| Best Documentary Feature | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
| 1942 | Ilya Kopalin andLeonid Varlamov | Moscow Strikes Back | Won | ||
| 1942 | Victor Stoloff | Little Isles of Freedom | Nominated | ||
| 2015 | Den Tolmor Evgeny Afineevsky | Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom | Nominated | ||
| Best Animated Short Film | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
| 1989 | Aleksandr Petrov | The Cow | Nominated | ||
| 1995 | Alexiy Kharitidi | Gagarin | Nominated | ||
| 1997 | Aleksandr Petrov | The Mermaid | Nominated | ||
| 1999 | The Old Man and the Sea | Won | |||
| 2007 | My Love | Nominated | |||
| 2008 | Konstantin Bronzit | Lavatory – Lovestory | Nominated | ||
| 2015 | We Can't Live Without Cosmos | Nominated | |||
| 2021 | Anton Dyakov | Boxballet | Nominated | ||
| Best Live Action Short Film | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Boris Vermont | Light in the Window[19] | Won | |||
| 1953 | Joy of Life | Nominated | ||||
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| No. of wins | No. of nominations |
|---|---|
| 32 | 161 |