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List of Academy Award winners and nominees of Asian descent

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This is a list of Academy Award winners and nominees who are of Asian descent. This list is current as of the 96th Academy Awards.

Best Picture

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Best Picture
Year Name Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
1973 William Peter Blatty United States/Lebanon The Exorcist Nominated Lebanese descent.
First American of Asian descent to be nominated for Best Picture.
1980 Ronald L. Schwary Ordinary People Won Lebanese descent.[1]
First American of Asian descent to win for Best Picture.
1984 A Soldier's Story Nominated (Shared with Norman Jewison and Patrick Palmer.)
1986 Ismail Merchant United Kingdom/India A Room with a View Nominated Indian descent.[2]
1988 Hank Moonjean United States/Armenia Dangerous Liaisons Nominated Armenian descent.[3]
(Shared with Norma Heyman.)
1989 Tony Thomas United States/Lebanon Dead Poets Society Nominated Lebanese descent.
1989 A. Kitman Ho Hong Kong/United States Born on the Fourth of July Nominated Chinese descent.
First Asian-American nominated for Best Picture[4]
(Shared with Oliver Stone.)
1991 JFK Nominated (Shared with Oliver Stone.)
1992 Ismail Merchant United Kingdom/India Howards End Nominated Indian descent.[2]
1993 The Remains of the Day Nominated Indian descent.[2]
(Shared with Mike Nichols and John Calley.)
1996 Richard Sakai United States/Japan Jerry Maguire Nominated Japanese-American.[5]
(Shared with James L. Brooks, Laurence Mark, and Cameron Crowe)
2000 Ang Lee
William Kong
Hsu Li-kong 		Taiwan
Hong Kong
China 		Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Nominated All three are of Chinese descent.[6][7][8]
2011 Thomas Langmann France/Lebanon The Artist Won Lebanese descent.[9][10][11]
2012 Ang Lee Taiwan Life of Pi Nominated Taiwanese.[6]
(Shared with Gil Netter and David Womark)
2019 Kwak Sin-ae
Bong Joon-ho 		South Korea Parasite Won Korean.
First Best Picture win by Asian filmmakers.
2020 Christina Oh United States/South Korea Minari Nominated[12] Korean-American.
Chloé Zhao China Nomadland Won Chinese descent.
2021 Teruhisa Yamamoto Japan Drive My Car Nominated Japanese.[13]
Tanya Seghatchian United Kingdom/Armenia The Power of the Dog Nominated Armenian descent.
(Shared with Jane Campion, Iain Canning, Roger Frappier, and Emile Sherman)
2022 Jonathan Wang United States/Taiwan Everything Everywhere All at Once Won Both are of Chinese descent.
(Shared with Daniel Scheinert)
Daniel Kwan United States/Taiwan/Hong Kong

Best Director

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Best Director
Year Name Country Film Status Notes
1965 Hiroshi Teshigahara Japan Woman in the Dunes Nominated Japanese descent.[14]
First Asian nominated for Best Director.
1985 Akira Kurosawa Ran Nominated Japanese descent.[15]
1997 Atom Egoyan United Arab Republic/Armenia/Canada The Sweet Hereafter Nominated Of Armenian descent.[16]
1998 Terrence Malick United States/Lebanon The Thin Red Line Nominated Lebanese and Assyrian descent.[17][18][19]
1999 M. Night Shyamalan United States/India The Sixth Sense Nominated Indian descent.[20]
First Asian-American director to be nominated.
2000 Ang Lee Taiwan Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Nominated
2005 Brokeback Mountain Won First Asian to win Best Director.
2011 Terrence Malick United States/Lebanon The Tree of Life Nominated
2012 Ang Lee Taiwan Life of Pi Won First Asian to win Best Director multiple times.
2019 Bong Joon-ho South Korea Parasite Won First Korean director to be nominated and win Best Director.
2020 Lee Isaac Chung United States/South Korea Minari Nominated Korean descent.
Chloé Zhao China Nomadland Won Chinese descent.
First Asian woman to win Best Director.
2021 Ryusuke Hamaguchi Japan Drive My Car Nominated
2022 Daniel Kwan United States/Taiwan/Hong Kong Everything Everywhere All at Once Won Chinese descent.
(Shared with Daniel Scheinert)

Best Actor

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Best Actor
Year Name Country Film Role Status Milestone / Notes
1956 Yul Brynner Far Eastern Republic
Switzerland
United States 		The King and I King Mongkut Won Buryat (Mongol) descent as well
First Asian (and first Asian-American, overall) to be nominated for Best Actor,
First Asian (and first Asian-American) to win Best Actor.
Brynner became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1943.
1982 Ben Kingsley United Kingdom/India Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi Won Half-Indian descent (father is Indian).[21]
1984 F. Murray Abraham United States/Syria Amadeus Antonio Salieri Won Half-Syrian descent (father is Syrian).
2003 Ben Kingsley United Kingdom/India House of Sand and Fog Massoud Behrani Nominated
2011 Demián Bichir Mexico/Lebanon A Better Life Carlos Galindo Nominated Lebanese descent.
2020 Riz Ahmed United Kingdom/Pakistan Sound of Metal Ruben Stone Nominated Pakistani descent.
First Muslim actor to be nominated for Best Actor.
Steven Yeun United States/South Korea Minari Jacob Yi Nominated Korean descent.
First East Asian actor to be nominated for Best Actor.

Best Actress

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Best Actress
Year Name Country Film Role Status Milestone / Notes
1935 Merle Oberon British Raj/
United Kingdom 		The Dark Angel Kitty Vane Nominated Part-Sri Lankan and Māori (Polynesian) descent.[22]
First Asian nominated for any Academy Award.
First actress of Asian (Burgher) descent to be nominated for Best Actress.
1987 Cher United States/
Armenia 		Moonstruck Loretta Castorini Won Born in the United States, is of Armenian descent.
2002 Salma Hayek Mexico/
Lebanon 		Frida Frida Kahlo Nominated Lebanese descent.
2010 Natalie Portman United States/
Israel 		Black Swan Nina Won Israeli descent.
2016 Jackie Jacqueline "Jackie" Kennedy Nominated
2022 Michelle Yeoh Malaysia Everything Everywhere All at Once Evelyn Quan Wang Won Malaysian-Chinese descent.
First Southeast Asian actress nominated for and to win Best Actress.
Second person of color to win Best Actress.

Best Supporting Actor

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Best Supporting Actor
Year Name Country Film Role Status Milestone / Notes
1936 Akim Tamiroff United States/Armenia The General Died at Dawn General Yang Nominated Armenian descent.
First Asian to be nominated in a supporting acting category.
First Asian with multiple nominations in acting categories.
1943 For Whom the Bell Tolls Pablo Nominated
1957 Sessue Hayakawa Japan The Bridge on the River Kwai Colonel Saito Nominated Japanese descent.
1962 Omar Sharif Egypt/Syria Lawrence of Arabia Sherif Ali ibn el Kharish Nominated Syrian descent.
1966 Mako Iwamatsu Japan The Sand Pebbles Po-Han Nominated Japanese descent.
1984 Haing S. Ngor Cambodia The Killing Fields Dith Pran Won Cambodian descent.
Pat Morita United States/Japan The Karate Kid Mr. Miyagi Nominated Japanese descent.[23]
First Asian American to be nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
1991 Ben Kingsley United Kingdom/India Bugsy Meyer Lansky Nominated
2001 Sexy Beast Don Logan Nominated Tied for third most Oscar-nominated Asian of all time, with four nominations.
2003 Ken Watanabe Japan The Last Samurai Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu Nominated Japanese descent.
2016 Dev Patel United Kingdom/India Lion Saroo Brierley Nominated Indian descent.[24]
2022 Ke Huy Quan United States/Vietnam Everything Everywhere All at Once Waymond Wang Won Born in Vietnam, is of Chinese descent.

Best Supporting Actress

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Best Supporting Actress
Year Name Country Film Role Status Milestone / Notes
1957 Miyoshi Umeki Japan/United States Sayonara Katsumi Kelly Won She was a shin Issei, or post-1945 immigrant from Japan.
The first Asian woman to win an Academy Award for acting.
1983 Cher United States/Armenia Silkwood Dolly Pelliker Nominated Armenian descent.
1985 Meg Tilly Canada/China Agnes of God Sister Agnes Nominated Half-Chinese descent.[25]
First Asian American and first Chinese American to be nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
1994 Jennifer Tilly Bullets Over Broadway Olive Neal Nominated Half-Chinese descent.[25]
1999 Catherine Keener United States/Lebanon Being John Malkovich Maxine Lund Nominated Lebanese descent.
2003 Shohreh Aghdashloo United States/Iran House of Sand and Fog Nadereh "Nadi" Behrani Nominated Iranian descent.
2004 Natalie Portman United States/
Israel 		Closer Alice Ayres / Jane Jones Nominated Israeli descent.
2005 Catherine Keener United States/Lebanon Capote Nelle Harper Lee Nominated
2006 Rinko Kikuchi Japan Babel Chieko Wataya Nominated First Japanese actress to be nominated for an Academy Award in 50 years.
2010 Hailee Steinfeld United States/Philippines True Grit Mattie Ross Nominated Filipino descent (maternal grandfather was of half Filipino and half African-American descent).[26][27][28]
Youngest Asian American to be nominated for Best Supporting Actress (age 14).
2020 Youn Yuh-jung South Korea Minari Soon-ja Won First South Korean actor to be nominated and win an Academy Award.
2022 Hong Chau United States/Vietnam The Whale Liz Nominated Vietnamese descent.
First time two Asian American actresses nominated in the same year.
Stephanie Hsu United States/Taiwan Everything Everywhere All at Once Joy Wang/Jobu Tupaki Nominated Chinese descent.
First time two Asian American actresses nominated in the same year.

Best Original Screenplay

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Best Original Screenplay
Year Name Country Film Status Notes
1986 Ken Shadie Australia/Lebanon Crocodile Dundee Nominated Lebanese descent.[29]
1986 Hanif Kureishi United Kingdom/Pakistan My Beautiful Laundrette Nominated Half-Pakistani descent (father is Pakistani).[30]
1991 Callie Khouri United States/Lebanon Thelma & Louise Won Lebanese descent
First American of Asian descent to win for Best Original Screenplay.
1999 M. Night Shyamalan United States/India The Sixth Sense Nominated Indian descent.[20]
2002 Steven Zaillian United States/Armenia Gangs of New York Nominated Armenian descent.
2006 Iris Yamashita United States/Japan Letters from Iwo Jima Nominated Japanese descent.[31]
Second time a screenplay written almost entirely in an Asian language (Japanese) was nominated for a screenplay award.
(Shared with Paul Haggis.)
2011 Asghar Farhadi Iran A Separation Nominated Iranian descent.
First screenplay written in Persian to be nominated for a screenplay award.
2015 Alex Garland United Kingdom/Lebanon Ex Machina Nominated Lebanese descent.
Ronnie del Carmen Philippines Inside Out Nominated Filipino descent.[32]
(Shared with Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, and Josh Cooley.)
2017 Kumail Nanjiani Pakistan/United States The Big Sick Nominated Pakistani descent.[33]
(Shared with Emily V. Gordon.)
2019 Bong Joon-ho
Han Jin-won 		South Korea Parasite Won First Asian writers to win any screenwriting Academy Award.[34][35]
2020 Lee Isaac Chung United States/South Korea Minari Nominated Korean descent.
2022 Daniel Kwan United States/Hong Kong Everything Everywhere All at Once Won Chinese descent.
(Shared with Daniel Scheinert)
2023 Celine Song Canada/South Korea Past Lives Nominated Korean descent.

Best Adapted Screenplay

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Best Adapted Screenplay
Year Name Country Film Adapted From Status Notes
1973 William Peter Blatty United States/Lebanon The Exorcist The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty Won Lebanese descent.
First American of Asian descent to win for Best Adapted Screenplay.
1990 Steven Zaillian United States/Armenia Awakenings Awakenings by Oliver Sacks Nominated
1993 Schindler's List Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally Won
1997 Hossein Amini Iran/United Kingdom The Wings of the Dove The Wings of the Dove by Henry James Nominated
Atom Egoyan United Arab Republic/Armenia/Canada The Sweet Hereafter The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks Nominated Of Armenian descent.[16]
1998 Terrence Malick United States/Lebanon The Thin Red Line The Thin Red Line by James Jones Nominated Lebanese and Assyrian descent.
2000 Wang Hui-ling
Kuo Jung Tsai 		Taiwan
China 		Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Crane-Iron Pentalogy by Wang Dulu Nominated Both are of Chinese descent.[6]
First Asian-language screenplay to be nominated in a writing category.
(Shared with James Schamus.)
2011 Steven Zaillian United States/Armenia Moneyball Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis Nominated (Shared with Aaron Sorkin.)
2019 The Irishman I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran and Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa by Charles Brandt Nominated
2020 Chloé Zhao China Nomadland Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder Nominated
Ramin Bahrani United States/Iran The White Tiger The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga Nominated Iranian descent.
Nina Pedrad Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Borat Sagdiyev, created by Sacha Baron Cohen Nominated Iranian descent.
(Shared with Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Jena Friedman, Anthony Hines, Lee Kern, Dan Mazer, Erica Rivinoja and Dan Swimer.)
2021 Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe Japan Drive My Car Short story of the same name by Haruki Murakami Nominated
2022 Kazuo Ishiguro Japan/United Kingdom Living Ikiru by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni Nominated

Best Cinematography

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Best Cinematography
Year Name Country Film Status Notes
1938 James Wong Howe United States/China Algiers Nominated Chinese descent.[36]
First Asian to be nominated for Best Cinematography.
1940 Abe Lincoln in Illinois Nominated
1942 Kings Row Nominated
1943 Air Force Nominated (nominated with Elmer Dyer and Charles A. Marshall)
The North Star Nominated
1955 The Rose Tattoo Won First Asian to win Best Cinematography.
1958 The Old Man and the Sea Nominated
1963 Hud Won First Asian to win multiple Academy Awards.
1966 Seconds Nominated
1970 Osamu Furuya
Shinsaku Himeda
Masamichi Satoh 		Japan Tora! Tora! Tora! Nominated All three are of Japanese descent.[37]
(Shared with Charles F. Wheeler.)
1975 James Wong Howe China
United States 		Funny Lady Nominated Most Oscar-nominated Asian of all time, with ten nominations.
1985 Takao Saito
Masaharu Ueda
Asakazu Nakai 		Japan Ran Nominated All three are of Japanese descent.[38][39]
1993 Gu Changwei China Farewell My Concubine Nominated Chinese descent.[40]
1995 Lü Yue Shanghai Triad Nominated Chinese descent.[41]
1996 Darius Khondji Iran/France Evita Nominated Iranian descent.
2000 Peter Pau China Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Won Chinese descent.[6]
2004 Zhao Xiaoding House of Flying Daggers Nominated Chinese descent.
2010 Matthew Libatique United States/Philippines Black Swan Nominated Filipino descent.[42]
First Asian American to be nominated for Best Cinematography since Howe.
2018 A Star Is Born Nominated
2022 Darius Khondji Iran/France Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths Nominated Iranian descent.
2023 Matthew Libatique United States/Philippines Maestro Nominated Filipino descent.

Best Costume Design

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Best Costume Design
Year Name Country Film Status Notes
1952 Irene Sharaff United States/Armenia An American in Paris Won Armenian descent.
First designer of Asian descent to win for Best Costume Design.
Award shared with Orry-Kelly & Walter Plunkett[43]
1954 Call Me Madam Nominated Armenian descent.[44]
1955 Sanzo Wada Japan Gate of Hell Won Japanese descent.
First designer of East Asian descent to win for Best Costume Design[45]
Irene Sharaff United States/Armenia Brigadoon Nominated Armenian descent.[46]
A Star Is Born Nominated
1956 Tadaoto Kainosho Japan Ugetsu Nominated Japanese descent.[47]
Irene Sharaff United States/Armenia Guys and Dolls Nominated Armenian descent.[48]
1957 The King and I Won Armenian descent.[49]
Kohei Ezaki Japan Seven Samurai Nominated Japanese descent.[50]
1960 Irene Sharaff United States/Armenia Porgy and Bess Nominated Armenian descent.[51]
1961 Can-Can Nominated Armenian descent.[52]
1962 West Side Story Won Armenian descent.[53]
Yoshirō Muraki Japan Yojimbo Nominated Japanese descent.[54]
1964 Irene Sharaff United States/Armenia Cleopatra Won Armenian descent.
With Renié & Vittorio Nino Novarese[55]
1967 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Nominated Armenian descent.[56]
1968 The Taming of the Shrew Nominated Armenian descent.[57]
1970 Hello, Dolly! Nominated Armenian descent.[58]
1978 The Other Side of Midnight Nominated Armenian descent.[59]
1982 Bhanu Athaiya India Gandhi Won First Indian to win an academy award in costume design
1986 Emi Wada Japan Ran Won Japanese descent.[60]
1993 Eiko Ishioka Bram Stoker's Dracula Won Japanese descent.[61]
2001 Tim Yip Hong Kong Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Nominated Chinese descent from Hong Kong.[62]
2007 Yee Chung-man Curse of the Golden Flower Nominated Chinese descent from Hong Kong.[63]
2013 Eiko Ishioka Japan Mirror Mirror Nominated Japanese descent.[64]
2014 William Chang Hong Kong The Grandmaster Nominated Chinese descent from Hong Kong.[65]
2022 Shirley Kurata United States/Japan Everything Everywhere All at Once Nominated Japanese descent.[66]

Best Film Editing

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Best Film Editing
Year Name Country Film Status Notes
1975 Richard Chew United States/China One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Nominated Chinese descent.[36]
First Asian nominated for Best Film Editing.
First Asian American nominated for Best Film Editing.
(Shared with Lynzee Klingman and Sheldon Kahn.)
1977 Star Wars Won First Asian to win Best Film Editing.
First Asian American to win Best Film Editing.
(Shared with Paul Hirsch and Marcia Lucas.)
1992 Kant Pan Hong Kong
Malaysia
Singapore 		The Crying Game Nominated Chinese descent.[67]
1999 Tariq Anwar India/United Kingdom/United States American Beauty Nominated Half-Indian descent (father is Indian).[68]
2010 The King's Speech Nominated
2014 Tom Cross United States/Vietnam Whiplash Won Half-Vietnamese descent (mother is Vietnamese).[69]
2016 La La Land Nominated
2019 Yang Jin-mo South Korea Parasite Nominated
2020 Chloé Zhao China Nomadland Nominated First Asian (and Asian woman, overall) to be nominated for Best Film Editing while serving as director, producer, writer, and editor.

Best International Feature Film

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The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film is awarded to countries, not individuals. This list contains directors of nominated films of Asian descent, who typically accept the award on behalf of their country.

Best International Feature Film
Year Director(s) Country Film Status Notes
1951 Akira Kurosawa Japan Rashomon Won Honorary Oscar
1954 Teinosuke Kinugasa Gate of Hell Won Honorary Oscar
1955 Hiroshi Inagaki Samurai, The Legend of Musashi Won Honorary Oscar
1956 Kon Ichikawa Harp of Burma Nominated
1957 Mehboob Khan India Mother India Nominated
1961 Keisuke Kinoshita Japan Immortal Love Nominated
1963 Noburu Nakamura Twin Sisters of Kyoto Nominated
1964 Ephraim Kishon Israel Sallah Shabati Nominated
Hiroshi Teshigahara Japan Woman in the Dunes Nominated
1965 Masaki Kobayashi Kwaidan Nominated
1967 Noboru Nakamura Portrait of Chieko Nominated
1971 Akira Kurosawa Dodes'ka-den Nominated
Ephraim Kishon Israel The Policeman Nominated
1972 Moshé Mizrahi I Love You Rosa Nominated
1973 The House on Chelouche Street Nominated
1975 Kei Kumai Japan Sandakan No. 8 Nominated
1977 Menahem Golan Israel Operation Thunderbolt Nominated
1980 Akira Kurosawa Japan Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior) Nominated
1981 Kôhei Oguri Muddy River Nominated
1984 Uri Barbash Israel Beyond the Walls Nominated
1988 Mira Nair India Salaam Bombay! Nominated
1990 Zhang Yimou
Yang Fengliang 		China Ju Dou Nominated
1991 Zhang Yimou Raise the Red Lantern Nominated
1993 Chen Kaige Farewell My Concubine Nominated
Trần Anh Hùng Vietnam The Scent of Green Papaya Nominated
Ang Lee Taiwan The Wedding Banquet Nominated
1994 Eat Drink Man Woman Nominated
1996 Nana Jorjadze Georgia (country) A Chef in Love Nominated
1998 Majid Majidi Iran Children of Heaven Nominated
2000 Ang Lee Taiwan Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Won First Asian film to be nominated for Best International Feature and Best Picture.
2001 Ashutosh Gowariker India Lagaan Nominated
2002 Zhang Yimou China Hero Nominated
2003 Yoji Yamada Japan The Twilight Samurai Nominated
2005 Hany Abu-Assad State of Palestine Paradise Now Nominated
2007 Joseph Cedar Israel Beaufort Nominated
Sergei Bodrov Kazakhstan Mongol Nominated
2008 Yōjirō Takita Japan Departures Won
Ari Folman Israel Waltz with Bashir Nominated
2009 Scandar Copti
Yaron Shani 		Ajami Nominated
2011 Asghar Farhadi Iran A Separation Won
Joseph Cedar Israel Footnote Nominated
2013 Rithy Panh Cambodia The Missing Picture Nominated
Hany Abu-Assad State of Palestine Omar Nominated
2015 Naji Abu Nowar Jordan Theeb Nominated
2016 Asghar Farhadi Iran The Salesman Won
2017 Ziad Doueiri Lebanon The Insult Nominated
2018 Nadine Labaki Capernaum Nominated
Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan Shoplifters Nominated
2019 Bong Joon-ho South Korea Parasite Won First Asian film to win (and second to be nominated for) Best Picture and Best International Feature.
2020 Derek Tsang Hong Kong Better Days Nominated
2021 Ryusuke Hamaguchi Japan Drive My Car Won Third Asian film to be nominated for Best International Feature and Best Picture.
Pawo Choyning Dorji Bhutan Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom Nominated
2023 Wim Wenders Japan Perfect Days Nominated

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

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Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Year Name Country Film Status Notes
2006 Kazu Hiro United States/Japan Click Nominated Japanese descent.[70]
First Asian to be nominated for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
(Shared with Bill Corso.)
2007 Norbit Nominated (Shared with Rick Baker.)
2017 Darkest Hour Won First Asian to win for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
(Shared with David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick.)
2019 Bombshell Won US citizen.[71][72]
(Shared with Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker.)
2021 Frederic Aspiras United States/Philippines/Vietnam House of Gucci Nominated Vietnamese-Filipino descent.[73]
Second Asian to be nominated for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
(Shared with Göran Lundström and Anna Carin Lock.)
2022 Judy Chin
United States 		The Whale Won The first woman of Asian descent to win the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.[74] (Shared with Adrien Morot and Annemarie Bradley.)
2023 Kazu Hiro United States/Japan Maestro Nominated (Shared with Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell.)

Best Production Design

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Best Production Design
Year Name Country Film Status Notes
1936 Eddie Imazu United States/Japan The Great Ziegfeld Nominated First Asian to be nominated for Best Production Design.
(Shared with Cedric Gibbons and Edwin B. Willis.)
1942 Emile Kuri Mexico/United States/Lebanon Silver Queen Nominated Lebanese descent.
Black and White.
1949 Mexico/United States/Lebanon The Heiress Won Lebanese descent.
Black and White.
1952 So Matsuyama
H. Matsumoto 		Japan Rashomon Nominated Japanese.
Black and White.
Emile Kuri Mexico/United States/Lebanon Carrie Nominated Lebanese descent.
Black and White.
1954 Mexico/United States/Lebanon 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Won Lebanese descent.
Color
Mexico/United States/Lebanon Executive Suite Nominated Lebanese descent.
Black and White.
1956 So Matsuyama Japan Seven Samurai Nominated Japanese descent.[75]
Albert Nozaki United States/Japan The Ten Commandments Nominated Japanese descent.[76]
Color.
(Shared with Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, and Ray Moyer.)
1961 Emile Kuri Mexico/United States/Lebanon The Absent-Minded Professor Nominated Black and White.
1964 Mary Poppins Nominated Color.
1969 George B. Chan United States/China Gaily, Gaily Nominated Chinese descent.[77]
(Shared with Robert F. Boyle, Edward G. Boyle, and Carl Biddiscombe.)
1971 Yoshirō Muraki and Taizô Kawashima Japan Tora! Tora! Tora! Nominated Japanese descent.[78]
(Shared with Jack Martin Smith and Richard Day.)
1972 Emile Kuri Mexico/United States/Lebanon Bedknobs and Broomsticks Nominated
1981 Yoshirō Muraki Japan Kagemusha Nominated Japanese descent.[79]
1986 Yoshirō Muraki and Shinobu Muraki Japan Ran Nominated Japanese descent.[80]
2001 Tim Yip Hong Kong Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Won Hong Kong Chinese.[81]
2008 James J. Murakami United States/Japan Changeling Nominated Japanese descent.[82]
(Shared with Gary Fettis.)
2013 Ra Vincent New Zealand The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Nominated Maori descent.[83]
(Production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright.)
2017 Paul Denham Austerberry Canada/United Kingdom/Philippines The Shape of Water Won Filipino descent.[84]
(Shared with Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin.)
2020 Lee Ha-jun
Cho Won-woo 		South Korea Parasite Nominated

Best Original Score

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Best Original Score
Year Name Country Film Status Notes
1966 Toshiro Mayuzumi Japan The Bible Nominated Japanese descent.[85]
First Asian to be nominated for Best Original Score.
1982 Ravi Shankar India Gandhi Nominated Indian descent.[86]
First Asian to be nominated for both Academy and Grammy Awards.
(Shared with George Fenton)
1987 Cong Su
Ryuichi Sakamoto 		China
Japan 		The Last Emperor Won Su is of Chinese descent.[36]
Sakamoto is of Japanese descent.[87]
First Asians to win Best Original Score.
(Shared with David Byrne.)
1996 Gabriel Yared France/Lebanon The English Patient Won Lebanese descent.
1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley Nominated
2000 Tan Dun China Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Won Chinese descent.[6]
2003 Gabriel Yared France/Lebanon Cold Mountain Nominated
2008 A. R. Rahman India Slumdog Millionaire Won First Indian to win two Oscars in one night.[88]
2010 127 Hours Nominated
2022 Ian Chang
Rafiq Bhatia 		Hong Kong
United States/IndiaKenya 		Everything Everywhere All at Once Nominated Nominated as the group Son Lux, with Ryan Lott.

Best Original Song

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Best Original Song
Year Name Country Film Song Status Notes
1978 Paul Jabara United States/Lebanon Thank God It's Friday "Last Dance" Won Lebanese descent.
2000 Tan Dun China Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon "A Love Before Time" Nominated Chinese.
(Shared with Jorge Calandrelli and James Schamus.)
2008 Gulzar
A.R. Rahman 		India Slumdog Millionaire "Jai Ho" Won Indian.
M.I.A.
A.R. Rahman 		United Kingdom/Sri Lanka
India 		"O Saya" Nominated M.I.A. is of Sri Lankan descent.[89]
2012 Bombay Jayashri India Life of Pi "Pi's Lullaby" Nominated Indian.
(Shared with Mychael Danna.)
2013 Robert Lopez United States/Philippines Frozen "Let It Go" Won Part-Filipino descent (paternal grandfather is Filipino, paternal grandmother is part-Filipino).[90]
First Asian American to be nominated for Best Original Song.
First Asian American to win Best Original Song.
(Shared with Kristen Anderson-Lopez.)
Karen O United States/Poland/South Korea Her "The Moon Song" Nominated Half-Korean descent (mother is Korean, father is Polish).[91]
(Shared with Spike Jonze.)
2015 Belly State of Palestine/Canada Fifty Shades of Grey "Earned It" Nominated Palestinian-born Canadian.
(nominated with DaHeala, Stephan Moccio and The Weeknd)
2017 Robert Lopez United States/Philippines Coco "Remember Me" Won (Shared with Kristen Anderson-Lopez.)
2019 Frozen II "Into the Unknown" Nominated
2020 H.E.R. Judas and the Black Messiah "Fight for You" Won American born, of Filipino descent.
(Shared with D'Mile & Tiara Thomas.)
Savan Kotecha United States/India Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga "Husavik" Nominated American born, of Indian descent.
(Shared with Rickard Göransson & Fat Max Gsus.)
2022 M. M. Keeravani
Chandrabose 		India RRR "Naatu Naatu" Won Indian (Telugu) descent.
Mitski Japan/United States Everything Everywhere All at Once "This is a Life" Nominated Japanese descent.
(Shared with Ryan Lott & David Byrne.)

Best Sound

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Prior to the 93rd Academy Awards, the Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing were separate categories.[92]

Best Sound
Year Name Country Film Category Status Notes
1999 Ren Klyce United States/Japan Fight Club Editing Nominated Japanese descent.
First Asian to be nominated for Best Sound Editing.
First Asian American to be nominated for Best Sound Editing.
(Shared with Richard Hymns.)
2006 Kami Asgar United States/Iran Apocalypto Nominated Iranian descent.
First and only Middle Eastern to date to be nominated for Best Sound Editing.
(Shared with Sean McCormack.)
2008 Ren Klyce United States/Japan The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Mixing Nominated Japanese descent.
First Asian to be nominated for Best Sound Mixing.
First Asian American nominated for Best Sound Mixing.
(Shared with David Parker, Michael Semanick & Mark Weingarten.)
2010 The Social Network Nominated (Shared with David Parker, Michael Semanick & Mark Weingarten.)
2011 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Nominated (Shared with David Parker, Michael Semanick & Bo Persson.)
Editing Nominated
2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi Mixing Nominated (Shared with David Parker, Michael Semanick & Stuart Wilson.)
Editing Nominated (Shared with Matthew Wood.)
2020 Mank Sound Nominated (Shared with Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance & Drew Kunin.)
Soul Nominated (Shared with Coya Elliot & David Parker.)

Best Visual Effects

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Best Visual Effects
Year Name Country Film Status Notes
1977 Greg Jein United States/China Close Encounters of the Third Kind Nominated Chinese descent.[93]
First Asian nominated for Best Visual Effects.
First Asian American nominated for Best Visual Effects.
(Shared with Roy Arbogast, Douglas Trumbull, Matthew Yuricich, and Richard Yuricich.)
1979 1941 Nominated (Shared with William A. Fraker and A. D. Flowers.)
1992 Doug Chiang Taiwan/United States Death Becomes Her Won Chinese descent.[36]
First Asian to win Best Visual Effects.
(Shared with Ken Ralston, Douglas Smythe, and Tom Woodruff Jr.)
1993 Ariel Velasco Shaw United States/Philippines The Nightmare Before Christmas Nominated Filipino descent.[94]
First person of Filipino descent to be nominated for Best Visual Effects.
(Shared with Pete Kozachik, Eric Leighton, and Gordon Baker.)
1999 Jerome Chen United States/China Stuart Little Nominated Chinese descent.[95]
(Shared with John Dykstra, Henry F. Anderson III, & Eric Allard.)
2023 Takashi Yamazaki
Kiyoko Shibuya
Masaki Takahashi
Tatsuji Nojima 		Japan Godzilla Minus One Won First Japanese production to win for Best Visual Effects.

Best Documentary Feature

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Best Documentary Feature
Year Name Country Film Status Notes
1985 Steven Okazaki United States/Japan Unfinished Business Nominated Japanese descent.[96]
First Asian nominated for Best Documentary Feature.
First Asian American nominated for Best Documentary Feature.
1988 Renee Tajima-Peña Who Killed Vincent Chin? Nominated Tajima-Peña is of Japanese descent.[97]
(Shared with Christine Choy.)
1994 Freida Lee Mock United States/China Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision Won Chinese descent.[98]
First Asian to win Best Documentary Feature.
First Asian American to win Best Documentary Feature.
(Shared with Terry Sanders.)
2010 Audrey Marrs United States/Japan Inside Job Won Half-Japanese descent (mother is Japanese)[99]
2011 Jehane Noujaim United States/Lebanon The Square Nominated Lebanese descent
2014 Joanna Natasegara United Kingdom/Malaysia/Japan Virunga Nominated Malaysian and Japanese descent.
(Shared with Orlando von Einsiedel.)
John Maloof Lebanon/United States Finding Vivian Maier Nominated Lebanese descent.[100]
2015 Asif Kapadia United Kingdom/India Amy Won Indian descent[101]
(Shared with James Gay-Rees.)
2018 Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Jimmy Chin 		Hong Kong
Hungary
Brazil
United States 		Free Solo Won Vasarhelyi is of Chinese, Hong Kong, Hungarian, and Brazilian descent.[102]
Chin is of Chinese and Taiwanese descent.[103]
They are the first married couple of Asian descent to share a nomination.
(Shared with Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill.)
China/Taiwan/United States Won
Bing Liu
Diane Moy Quon 		United States/China Minding the Gap Nominated Liu and Moy Quon are of Chinese descent.[104]
Su Kim United States/South Korea Hale County This Morning, This Evening Nominated Korean descent.[105]
(nominated with RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes.)
2019 Joanna Natasegara United Kingdom/Malaysia/Japan The Edge of Democracy Nominated (Shared with Petra Costa, Shane Boris and Tiago Pavan.)
2019 Waad Al-Kateab Syria For Sama Nominated (Shared with Edward Watts.)
2021 Joseph Patel India/United States Summer of Soul Won (Shared with Questlove, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein)
Jessica Kingdon Taiwan/United States Ascension Nominated (Shared with Kira Simon-Kennedy and Nathan Truesdell)
2022 Aman Mann Canada/India All That Breathes Nominated Canadian of Indian descent.
2023 Nisha Pahuja Canada/India To Kill a Tiger Nominated Canadian of Indian descent.
(Shared with Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim)

Best Animated Feature

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Best Animated Feature
Year Name Country Film Status Notes
2002 Hayao Miyazaki Japan Spirited Away Won Japanese descent.
2005 Howl's Moving Castle Nominated
2007 Marjane Satrapi Iran
France 		Persepolis Nominated Iranian descent.
(Shared with Vincent Paronnaud.)
2011 Jennifer Yuh Nelson South Korea/United States Kung Fu Panda 2 Nominated Korean descent.[106]
First woman to direct a Hollywood animated feature film.
2013 Hayao Miyazaki
Toshio Suzuki 		Japan The Wind Rises Nominated Japanese descent.
2014 Isao Takahata
Yoshiaki Nishimura 		The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Nominated
2015 Rosa Tran United States/Vietnam Anomalisa Nominated Vietnamese descent.[32]
(Shared with Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson.)
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Yoshiaki Nishimura 		Japan When Marnie Was There Nominated Japanese descent.
2016 Toshio Suzuki The Red Turtle Nominated Japanese descent.
(Shared with Michaël Dudok de Wit.)
2017 Ramsey Naito United States/Japan The Boss Baby Nominated Japanese descent.[107]
(Shared with Tom McGrath.)
2018 Mamoru Hosoda
Yuichiro Saito 		Japan Mirai Nominated Japanese descent.
2019 Jinko Gotoh United States/Japan Klaus Nominated Born in Japan and raised in California.[108]
(Shared with Sergio Pablos and Marisa Román.)
2020 Gennie Rim United States/China Over the Moon Nominated Chinese descent.
Peilin Chou Nominated
2022 Domee Shi Canada/China Turning Red Nominated Chinese descent.
(Shared with Lindsey Collins)
2023 Hayao Miyazaki
Toshio Suzuki 		Japan The Boy and the Heron Won
Peter Sohn United States/South Korea Elemental Nominated Korean descent
(Shared with Denise Ream)

Best Documentary Short Subject

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Best Documentary Short Subject
Year Name Country Film Status Notes
1982 Freida Lee Mock United States/China To Live or Let Die Nominated First Asian American nominated for Best Documentary Short Subject.
1983 Arthur Dong Sewing Woman Nominated Chinese descent.[36]
1984 Paul T.K. Lin Canada/China The Children of Soong Ching Ling Nominated Chinese descent.[109]
(Shared with Gary Bush.)
1988 Lise Yasui United States/Japan Family Gathering Nominated Japanese descent.[110]
(Shared with Ann Tegnell.)
1990 Freida Lee Mock United States/China Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember Nominated (Shared with Terry Sanders.)
Steven Okazaki United States/Japan Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo Won First Asian to win Best Documentary Short Subject.
First Asian American to win Best Documentary Short Subject.
1995 Freida Lee Mock United States/China Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper Nominated (Shared with Terry Sanders.)
1996 Jessica Yu Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien Won Chinese descent.[111]
1998 Keiko Ibi United States/Japan The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years Won Japanese descent.[112]
Shui-Bo Wang Canada/China Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square Nominated Chinese descent.[113]
(Shared with Donald McWilliams.)
2001 Freida Lee Mock United States/China Sing! Nominated Tied for second most Oscar-nominated Asian of all time, with five nominations.
(Shared with Jessica Sanders.)
2005 Steven Okazaki United States/Japan The Mushroom Club Nominated
2008 The Conscience of Nhem En Nominated Tied for third most Oscar-nominated Asian of all time, with four nominations.
2011 Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Pakistan/Canada Saving Face Won Pakistani descent.[114]
(Shared with Daniel Junge.)
2015 A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness Won
2016 Joanna Natasegara United Kingdom/Malaysia/Japan The White Helmets Won Malaysian and Japanese descent.
(Shared with Orlando von Einsiedel.)
2018 Rayka Zehtabchi United States/Iran Period. End of Sentence. Won Iranian descent.[115]
(Shared with Melissa Berton.)
2019 Smriti Mundhra
Sami Khan 		United States/India St. Louis Superman Nominated Indian descent.[116]
2022 Kartiki Gonsalves
Guneet Monga 		India The Elephant Whisperers Won
2023 S. Leo Chiang
Jean Tsien 		United States
Taiwan 		Island in Between Nominated
Sean Wang United States
Taiwan 		Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó Nominated Shared with Sam Davis.

Best Animated Short Film

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Best Animated Short Film
Year Name Country Film Status Notes
1968 Jimmy T. Murakami United States/Japan The Magic Pear Tree Nominated Japanese descent.[117]
First Asian nominated for Best Animated Short Film.
First Asian American nominated for Best Animated Short Film.
2008 Kunio Kato 🇯🇵 La maison en petits cubes Won Japanese descent first Asian to win for Best Animated short film
2010 Shaun Tan Australia/China The Lost Thing Won Half-Chinese descent (father is Chinese)[118]
(Shared with Andrew Ruhemann.)
2011 Minkyu Lee United States/South Korea Adam and Dog Nominated Korean descent.[119]
2014 Robert Kondo United States/Japan The Dam Keeper Nominated Japanese descent.
(Shared with Daisuke Tsutsumi.)
2015 Sanjay Patel United States/India Sanjay's Super Team Nominated Indian descent.[120]
(Shared with Nicole Paradis Grindle.)
2017 Ru Kuwahata United States/Japan Negative Space Nominated Japanese descent.[121]
(Shared with her husband, Max Porter.)[122]
2018 Domee Shi Canada/China Bao Won Chinese descent.[123]
(Shared with Becky Neiman-Cobb.)
Trevor Jimenez Canada/Philippines Weekends Nominated Filipino descent.[124]
Bobby Pontillas United States/Philippines One Small Step Nominated Filipino descent.[125]
(Shared with Andrew Chesworth.)
2019 Siqi Song China Sister Nominated Chinese descent.
2020 Madeline Sharafian United States/Armenia Burrow Nominated Armenian descent.[126]
(Shared with Michael Capbarat.)
2023 Tal Kantor

Amit R. Gicelter

Israel Letter to a Pig Nominated
Yegane Moghaddam Iran Our Uniform Nominated

Best Live Action Short Film

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Best Live Action Short Film
Year Name Country Film Status Notes
1977 Yuki Yoshida Japan/Canada I'll Find a Way Won Japanese descent.[127]
(Shared with Beverly Shaffer.)
1982 Michael Toshiyuki Uno Japan/United States The Silence Nominated Japanese descent.[128]
First Asian American nominated for Best Live Action Short Film.
(Shared with Joseph Benson.)
1988 Matia Karrell United States/Lebanon Cadillac Dreams Nominated Lebanese descent.
1997 Chris Tashima Japan/United States Visas and Virtue Won Japanese descent (father is Japanese).[129]
First Asian American to win Best Live Action Short Film.
(Shared with Chris Donahue.)
1999 Mehdi Norowzian Iran/United Kingdom Killing Joe Won Iranian descent.
(Shared with Steve Wax.)
2002 Lexi Alexander Germany/State of Palestine Johnny Flynton Nominated Half-Palestinian descent (mother is German, father is Palestinian).
(Shared with Alexander Buono.)
2005 Pia Clemente Philippines/United States Our Time is Up Nominated Filipino descent.[130]
(Shared with Rob Pearlstein.)
2013 Baldwin Li China/United Kingdom The Voorman Problem Nominated (Shared with Mark Gill.)
2020 Farah Nabulsi State of Palestine/United Kingdom The Present Nominated Palestinian descent (mother is Palestinian, father is Palestinian-Egyptian).[131]
2021 Riz Ahmed
Aneil Karia 		United Kingdom/Pakistan
United Kingdom/India 		The Long Goodbye Won
2023 Nazrin Choudhury Bangladesh/United Kingdom Red, White, and Blue Nominated Bangladeshi descent
(Shared with Sara McFarlane.)

Honorary Awards

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Academy Honorary Awards
Year Name Country Award
1989 Akira Kurosawa Japan Academy Honorary Award
for cinematic accomplishments that have inspired, delighted, enriched and entertained worldwide audiences and influenced filmmakers throughout the world.
1991 Satyajit Ray India Academy Honorary Award
in recognition of his rare mastery of the art of motion pictures, and of his profound humanitarian outlook, which has had an indelible influence on filmmakers and audiences throughout the world.
2014 Hayao Miyazaki Japan Academy Honorary Award
has deeply influenced animation forever, inspiring generations of artists to work in our medium and illuminate its limitless potential.
2016 Jackie Chan Hong Kong Academy Honorary Award
Chan starred in – and sometimes wrote, directed and produced – more than 30 martial arts features in his native Hong Kong, charming audiences with his dazzling athleticism, inventive stunt work and boundless charisma.

Non-Competitive Awards

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Non-Competitive Awards
Year Name Country Award
2004 Takuo Miyagishima Japan/United States Gordon E. Sawyer Award[132]
Takuo Miyagishima, one of the most notable design engineers in the motion picture industry, has been voted the Gordon E. Sawyer Award by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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