This is a list of Mexican Academy Award winners and nominees. This list details the performances of Mexican filmmakers, actors, actresses and films that have either been submitted, nominated or have won an Academy Award.

List of winners

Name # Academy Awards Title Year
Alfonso Cuarón 5 Best Director Gravity 2013
Best Film Editing
Best Director Roma 2018
Best Cinematography
Best Foreign Language Film
Alejandro González Iñárritu Special Achievement Flesh and Sand 2017
Best Director The Revenant 2015
Best Picture Birdman 2014
Best Director
Best Original Screenplay
Emmanuel Lubezki 3 Best Cinematography The Revenant 2015
Birdman 2014
Gravity 2013
Guillermo del Toro 2 Best Picture The Shape of Water 2017
Best Director
Best Animated Picture Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio 2022
Anthony Quinn Best Supporting Actor Lust for Life 1956
Viva Zapata! 1952
Emile Kuri Best Production Design 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954
The Heiress 1949
Manuel Arango Best Documentary (Short Subject) Sentinels of Silence 1971
Best Live Action Short Film
Lupita Nyong'o 1 Best Supporting Actress 12 Years a Slave 2013
Guillermo Navarro Best Cinematography El Laberinto del Fauno 2006
Eugenio Caballero Best Production Design
Brigitte Broch Moulin Rouge! 2001
Edward Carrere Camelot 1967
Beatrice de Alba Best Makeup and Hairstyling Frida 2002
Jaime Baksht Best Sound Sound of Metal 2020
Michelle Couttolenc
Carlos Cortés

Special Achievement

Special Achievement Academy Award
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
2017Alejandro González IñárrituFlesh and SandRecipientFirst Mexican to receive this award.

Best Picture

This list focuses on Mexican-born producers.

Academy Award for Best Picture
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
2006Alejandro González IñárrituBabelNominatedShared with Steve Golin and Jon Kilik.
2013Alfonso CuarónGravityNominatedShared with David Heyman.
2014Alejandro González IñárrituBirdmanWonShared with John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole.
2015The RevenantNominatedShared with Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Mary Parent and Keith Redmon.
2017Guillermo del ToroThe Shape of WaterWonShared with J. Miles Dale.
2018Alfonso CuarónRomaNominatedShared with Gabriela Rodriguez.
2021Guillermo del ToroNightmare AlleyNominatedShared with J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper.

Best Director

This list focuses on Mexican-born directors.

Academy Award for Best Director
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
2006 Alejandro González Iñárritu Babel Nominated First Mexican to be nominated for Best Director.
2013 Alfonso Cuarón Gravity Won First Mexican and Latin American to win Best Director.
2014 Alejandro González Iñárritu Birdman[1] Won First Mexican and Latin American to be nominated for Best Director twice.
2015 The Revenant Won First Mexican and Latin American to win Best Director two times.
Third director in history to win consecutive Best Director Academy Awards.
First Mexican and Latin American to be nominated for Best Director three times.
2017 Guillermo del Toro The Shape of Water Won
2018 Alfonso Cuarón Roma Won First person to win for Best Director and Best Cinematography.

Best Actor

This list focuses on Mexican-born actors.

Leading

Academy Award for Best Actor
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1957Anthony QuinnWild Is the WindNominated
1964Zorba the GreekNominated
2012Demián BichirA Better LifeNominated

Supporting

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1952Anthony QuinnViva Zapata!Won
1956Lust for LifeWonFirst Mexican-born actor to win two Oscars in the same category.

Best Actress

This list focuses on Mexican-born actresses.

Leading

Academy Award for Best Actress
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
2002 Salma Hayek Frida Nominated First Mexican actress to be nominated for Best Leading Actress.
2018 Yalitza Aparicio Roma Nominated Debut performance.
First Indigenous Latin American (Indigenous Mexican) to be nominated in any category.

Supporting

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1954 Katy Jurado Broken Lance Nominated First Mexican and Hispanic actress to be nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
2006 Adriana Barraza Babel Nominated
2013 Lupita Nyong'o 12 Years a Slave Won Mexican with Kenyan citizenship.
First Mexican-born actress to win an Academy Award.
2018 Marina de Tavira Roma Nominated

Best Animated Feature Film

Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
2021 Carlos López Estrada[2] Raya and the Last Dragon Nominated Shared with Don Hall, Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho.
2022 Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Won Shared with Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley.

Best Cinematography

This list focuses on Mexican-born cinematographers.

Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1964Gabriel FigueroaThe Night of the IguanaNominated
1975John A. AlonzoChinatownNominatedFirst American-born Latino to be nominated for Best Cinematography.
1995Emmanuel LubezkiA Little PrincessNominated
1999Sleepy HollowNominated
2005The New WorldNominated
Rodrigo PrietoBrokeback MountainNominated
2006Emmanuel LubezkiChildren of MenNominated
Guillermo NavarroPan's LabyrinthWonOriginal title: El laberinto del fauno
2011Emmanuel LubezkiThe Tree of LifeNominated
2013GravityWon
2014BirdmanWon
2015The RevenantWonFirst cinematographer to win three years in a row.
First Mexican and Latin American to win the Oscars three times.
First Mexican Jews to be nominated and to win an Academy Award in any category.
2016Rodrigo PrietoSilenceNominated
2018Alfonso CuarónRomaWonFirst Mexican director to be nominated for Best Cinematography while serving as both director and cinematographer.
First Mexican director to win for Best Director and Best Cinematography in the same year.
2019Rodrigo PrietoThe IrishmanNominated

Best Costume Design

Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
2019Mayes C. RubeoJojo RabbitNominatedFirst Mexican and Latin American costume designer to be nominated for Best Costume Design.[3]

Best Documentary Feature

This list focuses on documentaries features directed by Mexican-born filmmakers.

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
Year Film Name Status Milestone / Notes
1957Torero!Manuel Barbachano PonceNominated
1969The Olympics in MexicoAlberto IsaacNominated
1985 The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Lourdes PortilloNominated Shared with Susana Blaustein Muñoz.
2001PromisesCarlos BoladoNominatedShared with B.Z. Goldberg and Justine Shapiro.

Best Documentary Short Subject

This list focuses on documentaries short subject directed by Mexican-born filmmakers.

Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject
Year Film Name Status Milestone / Notes
1971Sentinels of SilenceManuel ArangoWonOriginal title: Centinelas del silencio
Shared with Robert Amram.
This was the only time that a short film won Oscars in two categories.

Best Film Editing

This list focuses on Mexican-born film editors.

Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
2006 Alfonso Cuarón Children of Men Nominated Shared with Alex Rodriguez.
2013 Gravity Won Shared with Mark Sanger.

Best International Feature Film

This list focuses on Mexican films that won or were nominated for the foreign language film award.

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Year Film Director Status Milestone / Notes
1960 Macario Roberto Gavaldón Nominated First Latin American and Mexican film to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film.
1961 The Important Man Ismael Rodríguez Nominated Original title: Ánimas Trujano
1962 The Pearl of Tlayucan Luis Alcoriza Nominated Original title: Tlayucan
1975 Letters from Marusia Miguel Littín Nominated Original title: Actas de Marusia
2000 Love's a Bitch Alejandro González Iñárritu Nominated Original title: Amores Perros
2002 The Crime of Father Amaro Carlos Carrera Nominated Original title: El Crimen del Padre Amaro
2006 Pan's Labyrinth Guillermo del Toro Nominated Original title: El Laberinto del Fauno
The film was nominated for five other Academy Awards, and won three of them: Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography and Best Makeup.
2010 Biutiful Alejandro González Iñárritu Nominated Second nomination for Best Foreign Language Film to a film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu.
2018 Roma Alfonso Cuarón Won First Mexican film to be nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film and to be simultaneously nominated for Best Picture.

Best Live Action Short Film

This list focuses on live action short-films directed by Mexican-born filmmakers.

Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
Year Film Name Status Milestone / Notes
1971Sentinels of SilenceManuel ArangoWonOriginal title: Centinelas del silencio
Shared with Robert Amram.
This was the only time that a short film won Oscars in two categories.
1996De tripas, corazónAntonio UrrutiaNominated
2022Le pupilleAlfonso CuarónNominatedShared with Alice Rohrwacher

Best Makeup

This list focuses on Mexican-born makeup artists.

Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
2008Mike ElizaldeHellboy II: The Golden ArmyNominated

Best Original Score

Academy Award for Best Original Score
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1970 Bill Melendez A Boy Named Charlie Brown Nominated The category was Best Music, Original Song Score.
Shared with Rod McKuen, John Scott Trotter, Alan Shean, and Vince Guaraldi.

Best Production Design

This list focuses on Mexican-born art directors/production designers and set decorators.

Academy Award for Best Production Design
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1942Emile KuriSilver QueenNominatedMexican-born American set decorator of Lebanese descent.
1949The HeiressWon
Edward Carrere Adventures of Don JuanNominatedShared with Lyle Reifsnider.
1952 Emile KuriCarrieNominated
195420,000 Leagues Under the SeaWon
Executive SuiteNominated
1959John DeCuirThe Big FishermanNominated
1960 Edward Carrere Sunrise at CampobelloNominatedShared with George James Hopkins.
1961 Emile KuriThe Absent-Minded ProfessorNominated
Fernando Carrere The Children's Hour Nominated
1963John DeCuirCleopatraWon
1964Emile KuriMary PoppinsNominated
1967 Edward Carrere CamelotWonShared with John Truscott and John W. Brown.
John DeCuirThe Taming of the ShrewNominated
1969Hello, Dolly!Won
1971 Emile KuriBedknobs and BroomsticksNominated
1996Brigitte BrochRomeo + JulietNominatedGerman-born Mexican art director.
Shared with Catherine Martin.
2001Moulin Rouge!Won
2002Felipe Fernández del Paso
Hania Robledo
FridaNominated
2006Eugenio CaballeroPan's LabyrinthWonOriginal title: El laberinto del fauno
Shared with Pilar Revuelta.
2018Eugenio Caballero
Bárbara Enríquez
RomaNominated

Best Sound

This list focuses on Mexican-born sound editors and mixers.

Prior to the 93rd Academy Awards, the Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing were separate categories.[4]

Academy Award for Best Sound
Year Name Film Category Status Milestone / Notes
2006Fernando Cámara[5]Apocalypto MixingNominated
2012José Antonio GarcíaArgoNominated
2014Martin HernándezBirdman EditingNominatedShared with Aaron Glascock.
2015The RevenantNominatedShared with Lon Bender.
2018José Antonio GarcíaRomaMixingNominatedShared with Skip Lievsay and Craig Henighan.
Sergio DíazEditingNominatedShared with Skip Lievsay.
2020Jaime Baksht
Michelle Couttolenc
Carlos Cortés
Sound of MetalSoundWonShared with Nicolas Becker and Phillip Bladh.

Best Writing (Screenplay)

This list focuses on Mexican-born writers.

Adapted

Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
2006Alfonso CuarónChildren of MenNominatedShared with Hawk Otsby, Timothy J. Sexton and Mark Fergus.

Original

Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
2002Alfonso Cuarón
Carlos Cuarón
And Your Mother TooNominatedOriginal title: Y Tu Mamá También
2006Guillermo ArriagaBabelNominated
Guillermo del ToroPan's LabyrinthNominatedOriginal title: El Laberinto del Fauno
2014Alejandro González IñárrituBirdmanWonShared with Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Nicolás Giacobone and Armando Bo.
2017Guillermo del ToroThe Shape of WaterNominatedShared with Vanessa Taylor.
Story by Guillermo del Toro.
2018Alfonso CuarónRomaNominated

Best Visual Effects

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1947 Paul Lerpae Unconquered Nominated Mexican born-American special effects artist.

See also

References

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  2. "Carlos López Estrada… feliz, emocionado (y sí con mucha presión) por el Oscar". Quién (in Spanish). 2022-03-27. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  3. "Mayes Rubeo is the first Latina to be nominated for the Oscars for the Best Costume Design". IQ Latino. February 14, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  4. Hammond, Pete (April 28, 2020). "Oscars Keeping Show Date But Make Big News As Academy Lightens Eligibility Rules, Combines Sound Categories, Ends DVD Screeners and More". Deadline Hollywood.
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