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This is a list of Academy Award winners and nominees from Switzerland.

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Best Actor
Year Name Film Status Notes
1962 Maximilian Schell Judgment at Nuremberg Won
1976 The Man in the Glass Booth Nominated

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Best Supporting Actor
Year Name Film Status Notes
1978 Maximilian Schell Julia Nominated First German-speaking actor to be nominated in two different categories.

Best Documentary

Documentary Feature
Year Name Film Status Notes
1961 Arthur Cohn Le Ciel et la boue Won
1981 Der Gelbe Stern Nominated Shared with Bengt von zur Mühlen.
1991 American Dream Won
2000 One Day in September Won
2002 Christian Frei War Photographer Nominated

Best Animated Feature

Animated Feature
Year Name Film Status Notes
2016 Claude Barras
Max Karli		 My Life as a Courgette Nominated

Best Original Screenplay

Best Original Screenplay
Year Name Film Status Notes
1946 Richard Schweizer Marie-Louise Won First foreign language film to win a writing award.

Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Adapted Screenplay
Year Name Film Status Notes
1949 Richard Schweizer
David Wechsler		 The Search Nominated
2022 Edward Berger All Quiet on the Western Front Nominated Berger was born in West Germany and holds Swiss citizenship
Shared with Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell

Best Story

Best Story
Year Name Film Status Notes
1949 Richard Schweizer
David Wechsler [ de]		 The Search Won

Best Live Action Short

Live Action Short
Year Name Film Status Notes
1931/32 Mack Sennett The Loud Mouth Nominated
Wrestling Swordfish Won
Hal Roach The Music Box Won
1935 Tit for Tat Nominated
1936 Bored of Education Won
2009 Reto Caffi Auf der Strecke Nominated
2014 Stefan Eichenberger
Talkhon Hamzavi		 Parvaneh Nominated

Best Animated Short

Animated Short
Year Name Film and Song Status Notes
2017 Giacun Caduff
Timo von Gunten 		La Femme et le TGV Nominated

Best Costume Design

Costume Design
Year Name Film Status Notes
1955 René Hubert Désirée Nominated
1965 The Visit

Best Visual Effects

Visual Effects
Year Name Film Status Notes
1980 H. R. Giger Alien Won

Best International Feature Film

See also: List of Swiss submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Best International Feature Film
Year
(Ceremony)		 Film Original title Language(s) Director Result
1970
(43rd) 		First Love Erste Liebe German Maximilian Schell Nominated [1]
1973
(46th) 		L'Invitation L'Invitation French Claude Goretta Nominated [2]
1981
(54th) 		The Boat Is Full Das Boot ist Voll German Markus Imhoof Nominated [3]
1984
(57th) 		Dangerous Moves La Diagonale du fou French Richard Dembo Won Academy Award [4]
1990
(63rd) 		Journey of Hope Reise der Hoffnung Turkish, Swiss German, Italian Xavier Koller Won Academy Award [5]

Honorary Academy Award

Academy Honorary Award
Year Winner Note
1938 Mack Sennett For his contribution to Live Action Short films
2010 Jean-Luc Godard "For passion. For confrontation. For a new kind of cinema."

References

  1. ^ "The 43rd Academy Awards (1971) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  2. ^ "The 46th Academy Awards (1974) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  3. ^ "The 54th Academy Awards (1982) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  4. ^ "The 57th Academy Awards (1985) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  5. ^ "The 63rd Academy Awards (1991) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
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