List of Hungarian Academy Award winners and nominees

This is a list of Academy Award winners and nominees born in Hungary or as Hungarians according to Hungarian nationality law-people who hold Hungarian citizenship acquired by descent from a Hungarian parent or by naturalisation.[1]

Best Director

Director
Year Name Film Status Notes
1935 Michael Curtiz[2] Captain Blood Nominated
1938 Angels with Dirty Faces Nominated
Four Daughters Nominated
1942 Yankee Doodle Dandy Nominated
1943 Casablanca Won
1964 George Cukor My Fair Lady Won US-born

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Best Actor
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1932-33 Leslie Howard Berkeley Square Nominated László Steiner, UK-born
1938 Leslie Howard Pygmalion Nominated Co-directed by Leslie Howard Produced by Gabriel Pascal
1943 Paul Lukas Watch on the Rhine Won Was against possible communist influences in Hollywood.
1945 Cornel Wilde A Song to Remember Nominated Dir:Charles Vidor, music:Miklós Rózsa
1958 Tony Curtis* The Defiant One Nominated Hungarian speaker. Mother Helen Klein[3] b. in Valkó
1986 Paul Newman* The Color of Money Won 3/4-Hungarian
2002 Adrien Brody* The Pianist Won Hungarian mother

"*"=US-born

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Best Actor
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1969 Goldie Hawn* Cactus Flower Won Hungarian mother, US-born
2005 Rachel Weisz The Constant Gardener Won Hungarian father, UK-born
2022 Jamie Lee Curtis*[4] Everything Everywhere All at Once Won Hungarian father Tony Curtis, US-born

"*"= US-born

Best Short Subject

Best Short Subject
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1934 Jules White Men in Black Nominated Born as Gyula Weisz in Budapest
1935 Oh, My Nerves Nominated
1939 Michael Curtiz Sons of Liberty Won
1945 Jules White The Jury Goes Round 'N' Round Nominated
1946 Hiss and Yell Nominated

Best Documentary (Long Subject)

Best Documentary Feature Film
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1977 Robert Dornhelm The Children of Theatre Street Nominated Born in Temesvár.Hungarian-Jewish father.[5][6] Mother a German speaker.
1993 Chris Hegedus[7][8] The War Room Nominated
2000[9] Kevin MacDonald One Day In September Won Hungarian citizen/grand-father Imre Pressburger
2018* Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Free Solo Won Hungarian father
2019 Steven Bognar* American Factory Won Hungarian father (Escaped 1956)

* = US-born

Best Documentary (Short Subject)

Best Short Subject
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1965 Mafilm Overture Nominated
1966 Saint Matthew Passion Nominated
1969 Joan Horvath Jenny Is a Good Thing Nominated
1971 Robert Amram Sentinels of Silence Won Shared with Manuel Arango
1975 Steven Kovacs Artur and Lillie Nominated Shared with Jon Else and Kristine Samuelson
1979 Phillip Borsos Nails Nominated
2009 Steven Bognar The Last Truck Nominated Hungarian father (Escaped 1956)

Best Picture

Best Picture
Year Producer Film Status Milestone / Notes
1927-28 William Fox (producer) Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans Won Directed by F. W. Murnau
1932-33 Alexander Korda The Private Life of Henry VIII Nominated
1938 Gabriel Pascal Pygmalion Nominated Born in Arad, Arad County
1968 Paul Newman Rachel, Rachel Nominated
1993 Branko Lustig[10] Schindler's List Won Parents Hungarian Jews from Újvidék
1999 Frank Darabont[11] The Green Mile Nominated
2000 Branko Lustig Gladiator Won Parents Hungarian Jews from Újvidék
2009 Ivan Reitman Up in the Air Nominated Hungarian Jew from Komárom
2012 Margaret Menegoz (born Baranyai) Amour Nominated Most EFA-awarded Hungarian: 3 wins/4 nominations (out of ca 16 wins)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Adapted Screenplay
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1930-31 Francis Edward Faragoh Little Caesar Nominated
1937 Geza Herczeg [de] The Life of Emile Zola Won
1942 Emeric Pressburger 49th Parallel Nominated
1948 Frank Partos The Snake Pit Nominated
1971 Ernest Tidyman The French Connection Won Hungarian mother
1994 Frank Darabont The Shawshank Redemption Nominated (Parents escaped 1956.)
1999 The Green Mile Nominated

Best Original Screenplay

Best Original Screenplay
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1927-28 Lajos Bíró The Last Command Nominated Born in Nagyvárad
1940 János Székely Arise, My Love Won
1942 Emeric Pressburger One of Our Aircraft Is Missing Nominated Born in Miskolcz
1949 Robert Pirosh* Battleground Won US-born
1951 Robert Pirosh* Go for Broke! Nominated US-born
2015 Dan Gilroy* Nightcrawler Nominated US-born, mother HUN

* = US-born

Best Original Story

Best Story
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1937 Geza Herczeg [de] The Life of Emile Zola Nominated Born in Nagykanizsa
1939 Melchior Lengyel Ninotchka Nominated
1942 Emeric Pressburger 49th Parallel Won Most awarded Hungarian in screenplay categories: 1 AA out of 4 nominations.
1945 László Görög The Affairs of Susan Nominated Shared with Thomas Monroe
1948 Emeric Pressburger The Red Shoes Nominated Born in Miskolcz.
1950 André de Toth The Gunfighter Nominated Shared with William Bowers

Best Dance Direction

Academy Award for Best Dance Direction
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1935 Dave Gould Folies Bergère de Paris Won Born as Dezsö Guttman in Cigánd
Broadway Melody of 1936 Won
1936 Born to Dance Nominated
1937 A Day at the Races Nominated

Best Art Direction

Best Art Direction
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1932–33 William S. Darling Cavalcade Won Born in Sandorháza, Banat, Transylvania; Kingdom of Hungary as Vilmos Sándorházy
1936 Lloyd's of London Nominated
1937 Wee Willie Winkie Nominated
1939 The Rains Came Nominated
1940 Vincent Korda The Thief of Bagdad Won Color
Paul Groesse Pride and Prejudice Won Black & White
1941 Vincent Korda That Hamilton Woman Nominated
1942 Jungle Book Nominated
1943 Paul Groesse Madame Curie Nominated
1943 William S. Darling The Song of Bernadette Won shared with James Basevi
1945 The Keys of the Kingdom Nominated
1946 Anna and the King of Siam Won Black & White, shared with Lyle R. Wheeler
1946 Paul Groesse The Yearling Won Color
1949 Little Women Won
1950 Annie Get Your Gun Nominated
1951 Too Young to Kiss Nominated
1952 The Merry Widow Nominated
1953 Lili Nominated
1952 Marcel Vertès Moulin Rouge Won
1959 Joseph Kish Journey to the Center of the Earth Nominated
1960 Alexandre Trauner The Apartment Won
1962 Paul Groesse The Music Man Nominated
Vincent Korda The Longest Day Nominated
1963 Paul Groesse Twilight of Honor Nominated
1966 Mister Buddwing Nominated
1965 Joseph Kish The Slender Thread Nominated
1965 Joseph Kish Ship of Fools Won
1976 Alexandre Trauner[12] The Man Who Would Be King Nominated
2021 Zsuzsanna Sipos Dune Won won BAFTA
2023 Zsuzsa Mihalek[13] Poor Things Won [14] won BAFTA

Best Costume Design

Costume Design
Year Name Film Status Notes
1952 Marcel Vertès Moulin Rouge Won

Best Makeup

Makeup
Year Name Film Status Notes
1985 Zoltan Elek Mask Won

Best International Feature film

See also: List of Hungarian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Best International Feature Film
Year Film Director Status Milestone / Notes
1956 The Captain from Köpenick (for Western Germany) Gyula Trebitsch (producer) Nominated (for West Germany) Co-producer for Germany
1966 The Shop on Main Street (for Czechoslovakia) Jan Kadar (Born in Budapest as János Kádár) Won (for Czechoslovakia) Shared with Elmar Klos
1964 Sallah Shabati (for Israel) Ephraim Kishon (Born in Budapest as Ferenc Hoffman) Nominated (for Israel) First ever Israeli film in category Best Foreign Film
1971 The Policeman (for Israel) Ephraim Kishon Nominated (for Israel)
1968 The Boys of Paul Street Zoltán Fábri Nominated[15]
1974 Cats' Play Károly Makk Nominated[16]
1978 Hungarians Zoltán Fábri Nominated[17]
1978 Madame Rosa (for France) Jean Bolvary co-producer Won (For France) For France
1980 Confidence István Szabó Nominated[18]
1981 Mephisto István Szabó Won[19]
1983 Job's Revolt Imre Gyöngyössy and Barna Kabay Nominated[20]
1985 Colonel Redl István Szabó Nominated[21]
1988 Hanussen István Szabó Nominated[22]
2004 Ondskan (for Sweden) Mikael Håfström Nominated (for Sweden) Hungarian mother from Pozsony
2014 The Notebook[23][24] Janos Szász Shortlisted
2015 Son of Saul[25] László Nemes Won[26]
2017 On Body and Soul[27] Ildikó Enyedi Nominated[28]
2019 Those Who Remained Barnabás Tóth Shortlisted

Best Cinematography

Best Cinematography
Year Name Film Status Notes
1941 Rudolph Maté[29] Foreign Correspondent Nominated
1942 Rudolph Maté That Hamilton Woman Nominated Dir: Alexander Korda Music: Miklós Rózsa
1943 Rudolph Maté The Pride of the Yankees Nominated
1944 Rudolph Maté Sahara Nominated Directed by Korda. Music by Rózsa.
1945 Rudolph Maté Cover Girl Nominated Shared with Allen M. Davey
Director: Charles Vidor
1951 John Alton An American in Paris Won Born as János/Johann Altmann in Sopron
Color. Shared with Alfred Gilks
1960 Ernest Laszlo Inherit the Wind Nominated Music by 1/2- Hungarian Gold.
1961 Judgment at Nuremberg Nominated Music by Ernest Gold.
1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Nominated
1965 Ship of Fools Won Black-and-White
1966 Fantastic Voyage Nominated
1968 Star! Nominated
1970 Airport Nominated
1976 Logan's Run Nominated
1977 Vilmos Zsigmond Close Encounters of the Third Kind Won
1978 The Deer Hunter Nominated
1984 The River Nominated
2001 Lajos Koltai Malèna Nominated
2006 Vilmos Zsigmond The Black Dahlia Nominated

Best Animated Short film

Best Animated Short Film
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1941 George Pal[30] Rhythm in the Ranks Nominated
1942 Tulips Shall Grow Nominated
1943 The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins Nominated
1944 And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street Nominated
1945 Jasper and the Beanstalk Nominated
1946 John Henry and the Inky-Poo Nominated
1947 Tubby the Tuba Nominated
1963 Jules Engel Icarus Montgolfier Wright Nominated
1964 John Halas Automania 2000 Nominated
1975 Peter Foldes Hunger Nominated
1976 Marcell Jankovics Sisyphus Nominated
1980 Ferenc Rofusz The Fly Won
2007 Géza M. Tóth Maestro Nominated
2014 Réka Bucsi[31] Symphony no.42 Shortlisted
2023 Flóra Anna Buda 27[32] Shortlisted

Best Live Action Short film

Best Live Action Short Film
Year Director Film Status Milestone / Notes
1963 Istvan Szabo Concert[33] Nominated
1971 Robert Amram Sentinels of Silence Won Shared with Manuel Arango
2016 Kristóf Deák Sing[33] Won

Best Original Score

Best Original Music Score
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1935 Max Steiner The Informer Won Father Gábor was born in Temesvár, Kingdom of Hungary.
1936 The Garden of Allah Nominated
1938 Jezebel Nominated
1939 Dark Victory Nominated
1939 Gone With the Wind Nominated
1940 Miklós Rózsa The Thief of Baghdad Nominated Producer: Alexander Korda
1941 Lydia Nominated
Sundown Nominated
1942 Jungle Book Nominated
1943 Max Steiner Now, Voyager Won
1944 Miklós Rózsa Double Indemnity Nominated
The Woman of the Town Nominated
Karl Hajos Summer Storm Nominated
1945 The Man Who Walked Alone Nominated
Leo Erdody The Minstrel Man Nominated
Max Steiner Since You Went Away Won
Miklós Rózsa Spellbound Won
The Lost Weekend Nominated
A Song to Remember Nominated
1946 The Killers Nominated
1947 Double Life Won
1951 Quo Vadis Nominated
1952 Ivanhoe Nominated
1953 Julius Caesar Nominated
1959 Ben-Hur Won
1961 El Cid Nominated
1961 Ernest Gold[34][35][36]
Schurmann orchestrated
(both 1⁄2 Hungarians) 		Exodus Won Ernest Gold's paternal grandmother: Jaiteles/Szmetan from Szeged
and his maternal grandmother:(Sprung/Slazka)[37] from Temesvár (Spitzer[37]/Gross) from Budapest
1963 Oscar to Jarre but Gerard Schurmann[38] orchestrated Lawrence of Arabia {won} (association to only) Hungarian mother studied with Béla Bartók

Technical and scientific

Technical/Scientific Awards
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
1941 Joe Lapis Nominated Best special effects
1944 George Pal Won For the development of novel methods and techniques in the production of short subjects known as Puppetoons
1949 Steve Csillag Won
1950 George Pal Productions[39] Destination Moon Won Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
1951 George Pal (produced by)[39] When Worlds Collide Won Special Achievements Award
1953 George Pal (produced by)[39] The War of the Worlds Won Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
1985 Chuck Gaspar* Ghostbusters Nominated shared Technical Award

(cinematography:László Kovács direction: Ivan Reitman)

1988 Dr.Antal Lisziewicz[40] Won

Dr. Antal Lisziewicz and Glenn M. Berggren of ISCO-OPTIC GmbH for the design and development of the Ultra-Star series of motion picture lenses.

1992 Robert Orban*[41] Won Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering Award). To Claus Wiedemann and Robert Orban for the design and Dolby Laboratories for the development of the Dolby Labs “Container”/Orban is a Hungarian surname.
1996 Attila Szalay[42] Won shared Scientific & Technical Award
1998 Bill Kovacs* Won The Advanced Visualizer
Scientific & Technical Award
2004 Gyula Mester[40] Won GYULA MESTER (electronic systems design) and KEITH EDWARDS (mechanical engineering) for their significant contributions to and continuing development of the Technocrane telescoping camera crane.
2010 Márk Jászberényi, Perlaki and Gyula Priskin[43] Won For their contributions to the development of the Lustre color correction system, which enables real-time digital manipulation of motion picture imagery during the digital intermediate process.
2014 Tibor Madjar,[44] Imre Major and Csaba Kőhegyi Won To Andrew Camenisch, David Cardwell and Tibor Madjar for the concept and design, and to Csaba Kohegyi (from Nyíregyháza) and Imre Major (from Hajdúböszörmény) for the implementation of the Mudbox software.
2014 Chuck Gaspar*[45] Won (shared) As Technical Achievement Award
2021 Attila T. Áfra[46][47] Won shared
2024 Christopher Jon Horvath*[48] Won Hungarian family name
40s? Béla Gáspár 1st full color one-strip film {won} ? Patents sold to Technicolor, 3M and reputedly included in AA wins

* = US-born

Honorary Award

Academy Honorary Award
Year Name Status Notes
1949 Adolph Zukor Won Hungarian-Jewish, buried in the flag of Kingdom of Hungary
1979 King Vidor Won US-born
1986 Paul Newman Won 3/4-Hungarian, mother born in Peticse, Kingdom of Hungary

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

This list focuses on recipients of Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Year Name Country Awarded Status Milestone/Notes
1939 Joe Pasternak Hungary 43rd Academy Awards Nominated Born in Szilágysomlyó, Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary

Jean Hersholt Award

Jean Hersholt Award
Year Name Status Notes
1993 Paul Newman Won 3/4-Hungarian, mother born in Peticse, Kingdom of Hungary

Academy Award Nominations and Winners of US-born Hungarians

No. of wins No. of nominations
4 of hung. origin
8 half hung.
6 1/4-hung.[49]One 1/8 (Downey)

4 unknown

  • 1. Paul Newman: 3 AA
  • 2. Tony Curtis: nom 1958
  • 3. George Cukor AA/ 5 nom

Half:

Quarter:

  • 1. King Vidor: 1AA/5 nom
  • 2. Jerry Goldsmith (maternal grandmother: Schwartz)
  • 3. Joaquin Phoenix (grandmother)
  • 4. River Phoenix (grandmother)
  • 5. Phyllis Nagy (grandfather)

Unknown:

All with hungarian family names. Sometimes included in hungarian related lists, but degree of hungarian ancestry not confirmed. Probably around 1/4, and most probably never fully. Some hungarians have changed names: Darling Curtiz Curtis

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