| Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) |
| First award | November 18, 1932; 92 years ago (1932-11-18) (for films released during the1931/1932 film season) |
| Most recent winner | Victoria Warmerdam and Trent I'm Not a Robot (2024) |
| Website | oscars |
TheAcademy Award for Best Live Action Short Film is an award presented at the annualAcademy Awards ceremony. The award has existed, under numerous names, since 1957.
From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate awards,Best Short Subject, One-reel andBest Short Subject, Two-reel, referring to the running time of eligibleshort films: a standardreel of 35 mm film is 1000 feet, or about 11 minutes of run time. A third category "Best Short Subject, color" was used only for 1936 and 1937. From the initiation of short subject awards for 1932 until 1935 the terms were "Best Short Subject, comedy" and "Best Short Subject, novelty".
These categories were merged starting with the 1957 awards, under the name "Short Subjects, Live Action Subjects", which was used until 1970. For the next three years after that, it was known as "Short Subjects, Live Action Films". The current name for theAcademy Award for Live Action Short Film was introduced in 1974.
Current Academy rules call for the award to be presented to "the individual person most directly responsible for the concept and the creative execution of the film. In the event that more than one individual has been directly and importantly involved in creative decisions, a second statuette may be awarded".[1] The Academy definesshort as being "not more than 40 minutes, including all credits".[2] Fifteen films are shortlisted before nominations are announced.
| Year | Film | Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 (43rd) | The Resurrection of Broncho Billy | John Longenecker |
| Shut Up... I'm Crying | Robert Siegler | |
| Sticky My Fingers... Fleet My Feet | John Hancock | |
| 1971 (44th) | ||
| Sentinels of Silence | Manuel Arango and Robert Amram | |
| Good Morning | Denny Evans and Ken Greenwald | |
| The Rehearsal | Stephen F. Verona | |
| 1972 (45th) | ||
| Norman Rockwell's World... An American Dream | Richard Barclay | |
| Frog Story | Ron Satlof and Ray Gideon | |
| Solo | David Adams | |
| 1973 (46th) | ||
| The Bolero | Allan Miller and William Fertik | |
| Clockmaker | Richard Gayer | |
| Life Times Nine | Pen Densham andJohn Watson | |
| 1974 (47th) | ||
| One-Eyed Men Are Kings | Paul Claudon andEdmond Séchan | |
| Climb | Dewitt Jones | |
| The Concert | Julian Chagrin and Claude Chagrin | |
| Planet Ocean | George V. Casey | |
| The Violin | Andrew Welsh and George Pastic | |
| 1975 (48th) | ||
| Angel and Big Joe | Bert Salzman | |
| Conquest of Light | Louis Marcus | |
| Dawn Flight | Lawrence M. Lansburgh and Brian Lansburgh | |
| A Day in the Life of Bonnie Consolo | Barry Spinello | |
| Doubletalk | Alan Beattie | |
| 1976 (49th) | ||
| In the Region of Ice | Andre R. Guttfreund andPeter Werner | |
| Kudzu | Marjorie Anne Short | |
| The Morning Spider | Julian Chagrin and Claude Chagrin | |
| Nightlife | Claire Wilbur andRobin Lehman | |
| Number One | Dyan Cannon and Vince Cannon | |
| 1977 (50th) | ||
| I'll Find a Way | Beverly Shaffer andYuki Yoshida | |
| The Absent-Minded Waiter | William E. McEuen | |
| Floating Free | Jerry Butts | |
| Notes on the Popular Arts | Saul Bass | |
| Spaceborne | Philip Dauber | |
| 1978 (51st) | ||
| Teenage Father | Taylor Hackford | |
| A Different Approach | Jim Belcher and Fern Field | |
| Mandy's Grandmother | Andrew Sugerman | |
| Strange Fruit | Seth Pinsker | |
| 1979(52nd) | ||
| Board and Care | Sarah Pillsbury and Ron Ellis | |
| Bravery in the Field | Roman Kroitor andStefan Wodoslawsky | |
| Oh Brother, My Brother | Carol Lowell andRoss Lowell | |
| The Solar Film | Saul Bass and Michael Britton | |
| Solly's Diner | Harry Mathias, Jay Zukerman andLarry Hankin |
| Year | Film | Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 (63rd) | The Lunch Date | Adam Davidson |
| 12:01 PM | Hillary Ripps and Jonathan Heap | |
| Bronx Cheers | Raymond De Felitta and Matthew Gross | |
| Dear Rosie | Peter Cattaneo andBarnaby Thompson | |
| Senzeni Na? (What Have We Done?) | Bernard Joffa and Anthony E. Nicholas | |
| 1991 (64th) | ||
| Session Man | Seth Winston andRobert N. Fried | |
| Birch Street Gym | Stephen Kessler and Thomas R. Conroy | |
| Last Breeze of Summer | David M. Massey | |
| 1992 (65th) | ||
| Omnibus | Sam Karmann | |
| Contact | Jonathan Darby andJana Sue Memel | |
| Cruise Control | Matt Palmieri | |
| The Lady in Waiting | Christian M. Taylor | |
| Swan Song | Kenneth Branagh | |
| 1993 (66th) | ||
| Black Rider (Schwarzfahrer) | Pepe Danquart | |
| Down on the Waterfront | Stacy Title andJonathan Penner | |
| The Dutch Master | Susan Seidelman and Jonathan Brett | |
| Partners | Peter Weller andJana Sue Memel | |
| The Screw (La Vis) | Didier Flamand | |
| 1994 (67th) [note 3] | ||
| Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life(TIE) | Peter Capaldi and Ruth Kenley-Letts | |
| Trevor(TIE) | Peggy Rajski andRandy Stone | |
| Kangaroo Court | Sean Astin and Christine Astin | |
| On Hope | JoBeth Williams and Michele McGuire | |
| Syrup | Paul Unwin and Nick Vivian | |
| 1995 (68th) | ||
| Lieberman in Love | Christine Lahti andJana Sue Memel | |
| Brooms | Luke Cresswell andSteve McNicholas | |
| Duke of Groove | Griffin Dunne and Thom Colwell | |
| Little Surprises | Jeff Goldblum and Tikki Goldberg | |
| Tuesday Morning Ride | Dianne Houston and Joy Ryan | |
| 1996 (69th) | ||
| Dear Diary | David Frankel and Barry Jossen | |
| De Tripas, Corazon | Antonio Urrutia | |
| Ernst & Lyset | Kim Magnusson andAnders Thomas Jensen | |
| Esposados | Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | |
| Wordless | Bernadette Carranza and Antonello De Leo | |
| 1997 (70th) | ||
| Visas and Virtue | Chris Tashima andChris Donahue | |
| Dance Lexie Dance | Pearse Moore andTim Loane | |
| It's Good to Talk | Roger Goldby and Barney Reisz | |
| Sweethearts? | Birger Larsen and Thomas Lydholm | |
| Wolfgang | Kim Magnusson andAnders Thomas Jensen | |
| 1998 (71st) | ||
| Election Night (Valgaften) | Kim Magnusson andAnders Thomas Jensen | |
| Culture | Will Speck and Josh Gordon | |
| Holiday Romance | Alexander Jovy and JJ Keith | |
| La Carte Postale (The Postcard) | Vivian Goffette | |
| Victor | Simon Sandquist andJoel Bergvall | |
| 1999(72nd) | ||
| My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York | Barbara Schock and Tamara Tiehel | |
| Bror, Min Bror (Teis and Nico) | Henrik Ruben Genz and Michael W. Horsten | |
| Killing Joe | Mehdi Norowzian and Steve Wax | |
| Kleingeld (Small Change) | Marc-Andreas Bochert and Gabriele Lins | |
| Major and Minor Miracles | Marcus A. Olsson |
| Year | Film | Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 (73rd) | Quiero Ser (I want to be...) | Florian Gallenberger |
| By Courier | Peter Riegert and Ericka Frederick | |
| One Day Crossing | Joan Stein and Christina Lazaridi | |
| Seraglio | Gail Lerner and Colin Campbell | |
| A Soccer Story (Uma Historia de Futebol) | Paulo Machline | |
| 2001 (74th) | ||
| The Accountant | Ray McKinnon andLisa Blount | |
| Copy Shop | Virgil Widrich | |
| Gregor's Greatest Invention | Johannes Kiefer | |
| Meska Sprawa (A Man Thing) | Sławomir Fabicki and Bogumil Godfrejow | |
| Speed for Thespians | Kalman Apple and Shameela Bakhsh | |
| 2002 (75th) | ||
| This Charming Man (Der Er En Yndig Mand) | Martin Strange-Hansen and Mie Andreasen | |
| Fait d'hiver (Gridlock) | Dirk Beliën and Anja Daelemans | |
| J'attendrai le suivant... (I'll Wait for the Next One...) | Philippe Orreindy and Thomas Gaudin | |
| Inja (Dog) | Steven Pasvolsky and Joe Weatherstone | |
| Johnny Flynton | Lexi Alexander and Alexander Buono | |
| 2003 (76th) | ||
| Two Soldiers | Aaron Schneider and Andrew J. Sacks | |
| Die Rote Jacke (The Red Jacket) | Florian Baxmeyer | |
| Most (The Bridge) | Bobby Garabedian andWilliam Zabka | |
| Squash | Lionel Bailliu | |
| (A) Torzija [(A) Torsion] | Stefan Arsenijević | |
| 2004 (77th) | ||
| Wasp | Andrea Arnold | |
| 7:35 de la Mañana (7:35 in the Morning) | Nacho Vigalondo | |
| Everything in This Country Must | Gary McKendry | |
| Little Terrorist | Ashvin Kumar | |
| Two Cars, One Night | Taika Waititi andAinsley Gardiner | |
| 2005 (78th) | ||
| Six Shooter | Martin McDonagh | |
| Ausreisser (The Runaway) | Ulrike Grote | |
| Cashback | Sean Ellis and Lene Bausager | |
| The Last Farm | Rúnar Rúnarsson and Thor S. Sigurjónsson | |
| Our Time Is Up | Rob Pearlstein andPia Clemente | |
| 2006 (79th) | ||
| West Bank Story | Ari Sandel | |
| Binta and the Great Idea (Binta y la Gran Idea) | Javier Fesser and Luis Manso | |
| Éramos Pocos (One Too Many) | Borja Cobeaga | |
| Helmer & Son | Søren Pilmark andKim Magnusson | |
| The Saviour | Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn | |
| 2007 (80th) | ||
| Le Mozart des pickpockets | Philippe Pollet-Villard | |
| At Night | Christian E. Christiansen andLouise Vesth | |
| Il Supplente (The Substitute) | Andrea Jublin | |
| Tanghi Argentini | Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans | |
| The Tonto Woman | Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown | |
| 2008 (81st) | ||
| Toyland | Jochen Alexander Freydank | |
| Auf der Strecke (On the Line) | Reto Caffi | |
| Manon on the Asphalt | Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont | |
| New Boy | Steph Green and Tamara Anghie | |
| The Pig | Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh | |
| 2009(82nd) | ||
| The New Tenants | Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson | |
| The Door | Juanita Wilson andJames Flynn | |
| Instead of Abracadabra | Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström | |
| Kavi | Gregg Helvey | |
| Miracle Fish | Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey |
For this Academy Award category, the following superlatives emerge:[8]
