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This is a list of Spanish Academy Award winners and nominees. This list details the performances of filmmakers, actors, actresses and films that have either been submitted, nominated or have won an Academy Award. The people included are either from Spain or of Spanish descent.

Acting categories

Actor in a Leading Role

Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
Actor
2000	Javier Bardem	Before Night Falls	Nominated	First Spanish actor to be nominated.
2010	Javier Bardem	Biutiful	Nominated	First Spanish actor to be nominated twice in a leading category.
2019	Antonio Banderas	Pain and Glory (Dolor y gloria)	Nominated
2021	Javier Bardem	Being the Ricardos	Nominated

Actor in a Supporting Role

Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
Supporting Actor
2007	Javier Bardem	No Country for Old Men	Won	First Spanish actor to win an Academy Award for acting (male or female). First Spanish actor to be nominated twice for acting (male or female).

Actress in a Leading Role

Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
Actress
2006	Penélope Cruz	Volver	Nominated	First Spanish male or female actor to be nominated for a Spanish-produced film.
2021	Penélope Cruz	Parallel Mothers (Madres paralelas)	Nominated
2022	Ana de Armas	Blonde	Nominated	De Armas is a Cuban-born actress with Spanish citizenship.

Actress in a Supporting Role

Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
Supporting Actress
2008	Penélope Cruz	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	Won	First Spanish female actor to win.
2009	Penélope Cruz	Nine	Nominated	First Spanish actor to be nominated twice in the same category.

Animated Feature

Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
Animated Feature
2011	Fernando Trueba Javier Mariscal	Chico & Rita	Nominated
2019	Sergio Pablos Marisa Román	Klaus	Nominated	Shared with Jinko Gotoh.
2023	Pablo Berger Ibon Cormenzana Ignasi Estapé Sandra Tapia Díaz	Robot Dreams	Nominated

Cinematography

Year	Name	Film	Status
Cinematography
1978	Néstor Almendros	Days of Heaven	Won
1979		Kramer vs. Kramer	Nominated
1980		The Blue Lagoon	Nominated
1982		Sophie's Choice	Nominated

Costume Design

Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
Costume Design
1952	Antoni Clavé	Hans Christian Andersen	Nominated	Nominated for Best Costume Design – Color. Shared with Mary Wills and Barbara Karinska.
1971	Yvonne Blake Antonio Castillo	Nicholas and Alexandra	Won	Blake is a British-born Spanish costume designer.
1975	Yvonne Blake	The Four Musketeers	Nominated	Shared with Ron Talsky.
2012	Paco Delgado	Les Misérables	Nominated
2015	Paco Delgado	The Danish Girl	Nominated

Director

Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
Director
2002	Pedro Almodóvar	Talk to Her (Hable con ella)	Nominated

Documentary Feature

Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
Documentary Feature
2003	Carles Bosch Josep Maria Domènech	Balseros	Nominated

International Feature Film

This list focuses on Spanish films that won or were nominated for the Best International Feature Film.

Year	Film	Director	Status	Milestone / Notes
International Feature Film
1958	Vengeance (La venganza)	Juan Antonio Bardem	Nominated	First Spanish language film to be nominated.
1961	Plácido	Luis García Berlanga	Nominated
1963	Los Tarantos	Francisco Rovira Beleta	Nominated
1967	El amor brujo	Francisco Rovira Beleta	Nominated
1970	Tristana	Luis Buñuel	Nominated
1972	My Dearest Señorita (Mi querida señorita)	Jaime de Armiñán	Nominated
1977	That Obscure Object of Desire (Ese oscuro objeto del deseo)	Luis Buñuel	Nominated
1979	Mama Turns a Hundred (Mamá cumple cien años)	Carlos Saura	Nominated
1980	The Nest (El nido)	Jaime de Armiñán	Nominated
1983^[1]	Begin the Beguine (Volver a empezar)	José Luis Garci	Won	First Spanish language film to win.
1984^[2]	Carmen	Carlos Saura	Nominated
1985^[3]	Double Feature (Sesión continua)	José Luis Garci	Nominated
1987	Course Completed (Asignatura aprobada)	José Luis Garci	Nominated
1988	Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios)	Pedro Almodóvar	Nominated
1993	Belle Époque	Fernando Trueba	Won
1997	Secrets of the Heart (Secretos del corazón)	Montxo Armendáriz	Nominated
1998	The Grandfather (El abuelo)	José Luis Garci	Nominated
1999	All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre)	Pedro Almodóvar	Won
2004	The Sea Inside (Mar adentro)	Alejandro Amenábar	Won
2019	Pain and Glory (Dolor y gloria)	Pedro Almodóvar	Nominated
2023	Society of the Snow (La sociedad de la nieve)	J. A. Bayona	Nominated

Makeup & Hairstyling

Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
Makeup & Hairstyling
2004	Manolo García	The Sea Inside (Mar adentro)	Nominated	Shared with Jo Allen. First Spanish-produced film to be nominated for a craft/technical category.
2006	David Martí Montse Ribé	Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)	Won
2020	Sergio López-Rivera	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom	Won	Shared with Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson.
2023	Ana López-Puigcerver David Martí Montse Ribé	Society of the Snow	Nominated

Music categories

Original Score

Year	Name	Film	Status
Original Score
2005	Alberto Iglesias	The Constant Gardener	Nominated
2006	Javier Navarrete	Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)	Nominated
2007	Alberto Iglesias	The Kite Runner	Nominated
2011		Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Nominated
2021		Parallel Mothers (Madres paralelas)	Nominated

Production Design

Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
Production Design
1952	Antoni Clavé	Hans Christian Andersen	Nominated	Shared with Richard Day and Howard Bristol.
1970	Gil Parrondo Antonio Mateos	Patton	Won	Shared with Urie McCleary and Pierre-Louis Thevenet.
1971	Gil Parrondo	Nicholas and Alexandra	Won	Shared with John Box, Ernest Archer, Jack Maxsted, and Vernon Dixon.
1972	Gil Parrondo	Travels with My Aunt	Nominated	Shared with John Box and Robert W. Laing.
2006	Pilar Revuelta	Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)	Won	Shared with Eugenio Caballero.

Short-film categories

Animated Short Film

Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
Animated Short Film
2009	Javier Recio	The Lady and the Reaper (La dama y la Muerte)	Nominated
2018	Nuria González Blanco	Late Afternoon	Nominated	Shared with Louise Bagnall.
2021	Alberto Mielgo Leo Sánchez	The Windshield Wiper	Won

Live Action Short Film

Year	Name	Film	Status
Live Action Short Film
1996	Juan Carlos Fresnadillo	Esposados	Nominated
2004	Nacho Vigalondo	7:35 in the Morning (7:35 de la mañana)	Nominated
2006	Javier Fesser	Binta and the Great Idea (Binta y la gran idea)	Nominated
2006	Borja Cobeaga	One Too Many (Éramos pocos)	Nominated
2013	Esteban Crespo	That Wasn't Me (Aquél no era yo)	Nominated
2016	Juanjo Giménez	Timecode	Nominated
2018	Rodrigo Sorogoyen María del Puy Alvarado	Mother (Madre)	Nominated

Visual Effects

Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
2020	Santiago Colomo Martínez	The One and Only Ivan	Nominated	Shared with Nick Davis, Greg Fisher & Ben Jones. First Spanish animator to be nominated for Best Visual Effects.

Writing categories

Original Screenplay

Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
Original
1967	Jorge Semprún	The War Is Over (La Guerre est finie)	Nominated
1972	Luis Buñuel	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie)	Nominated	Shared with Jean-Claude Carrière.
2002	Pedro Almodóvar	Talk to Her (Hable con ella)	Won	First Spanish-language screenplay to win.

Adapted Screenplay

Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
Adapted
1969	Jorge Semprún	Z	Nominated	Shared with Costa-Gavras.
1977	Luis Buñuel	That Obscure Object of Desire (Ese oscuro objeto del deseo)	Nominated	Shared with Jean-Claude Carrière.

Nominations and Winners

No. of wins	No. of nominations
15	61

References

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^ "The 56th Academy Awards (1984) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
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[Oscars1983-1] "The 55th Academy Awards (1983) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2020-10-05.

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[Oscars1985-3] "The 57th Academy Awards (1985) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2020-10-05.

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