List of French Academy Award winners and nominees
This is a list of French Academy Award winners and nominees . This list details the performances of French actors, actresses, and films that have either been submitted or nominated for, or have won, an Academy Award (The Oscars ). This list is current as of the 96th Academy Awards ceremony held on March 10, 2024.
Best Actor
Leading
Supporting
Best Actress
Leading
Supporting
Best Animated Feature
This list focuses on French-born directors and producers.
Best Production Design
This list focuses on French-born art directors and set decorators.
Year
Name
Title
Status
Milestone / Notes
1931
Lazare Meerson
À Nous la Liberté
Nominated
Meerson was a Russian-born French and English film art director.
1951
Jean d'Eaubonne
La Ronde
Nominated
1952
Marcel Vertès
Moulin Rouge
Won
Shared with Paul Sheriff
1954
Max Ophüls
Le Plaisir
Nominated
Ophüls was a German-born French.
1960
Alexandre Trauner
The Apartment
Won
Nominated with Edward G. Boyle.
1962
Léon Barsacq Gabriel Béchir
The Longest Day
Nominated
Shared with Ted Haworth and Vincent Korda
1964
Raphaël Bretton
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Nominated
Shared with William Glasgow.
1966
Marc Frédérix Pierre Guffroy
Is Paris Burning?
Nominated
Nominated with Willy Holt.
1969
Raphaël Bretton
Hello, Dolly!
Won
Shared with John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Herman A. Blumenthal, Walter M. Scott, and George James Hopkins.
1970
Pierre-Louis Thévenet
Patton
Won
Shared with Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo, and Antonio Mateos.
1972
Raphaël Bretton
The Poseidon Adventure
Nominated
Shared with William J. Creber.
1974
The Towering Inferno
Nominated
Shared with William J. Creber, and Ward Preston.
1975
Alexandre Trauner
The Man Who Would Be King
Nominated
Nominated with Tony Inglis, and Peter James.
1980
Pierre Guffroy
Tess
Won
Nominated with Jack Stephens.
1988
Gérard James
Dangerous Liaisons
Won
Shared with Stuart Craig
1990
Jacques Rouxel
Cyrano de Bergerac
Nominated
Nominated with Ezio Frigerio.
1996
Philippe Turlure
Evita
Nominated
Nominated with Brian Morris.
2000
Françoise Benoît-FrescoJean Rabasse
Vatel
Nominated
2001
Aline Bonetto Marie-Laure Valla
Amélie
Nominated
2004
Aline Bonetto
A Very Long Engagement
Nominated
2011
Anne Seibel Hélène Dubreuil
Midnight in Paris
Nominated
Best Cinematography
This list focuses on French-born cinematographers.
Best Costume Design
This list focuses on French-born costume designers.
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
This list focuses on French-born makeup artist.
Best Director
Best Documentary Feature
This list focuses on French-born producers/directors.
Best Editing
This list focuses on French-born film editors.
Best Picture
This list focuses on French-born producers.
Best International Feature Film
Best Music
This list focuses on scores or songs created by French-born composers.
Original Score
Original Song
Best Short Film
Live Action
Animated
Documentary
Best Sound
Best Visual Effects
Year
Winner
Title
Status
Milestone / Notes
1962
Jacques Maumont
The Longest Day
Won
Shared with Robert MacDonald . Last to win before the name changed.
1963
Emil Kosa, Jr.
Cleopatra
Won
First person to win Visual effects after the name change
1969
Eugène Lourié
Krakatoa, East of Java
Nominated
Shared with Alex Weldon
1994
Jacques Stroweis
True Lies
Nominated
Nomination shared with John Bruno , Thomas L. Fisher and Patrick McClung
2010
Nicolas Aithadi
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
Nominated
Shared with Tim Burke , John Richardson and Christian Manz.
2012
Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
Snow White and the Huntsman
Nominated
Nomination shared with Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson
Guillaume Rocheron
Life of Pi
Won
Nomination shared with Bill Westenhofer , Erik De Boer , and Donald Elliot
2014
Stephane Ceretti Nicolas Aithadi
Guardians of the Galaxy
Nominated
Nomination shared with Paul Corbould and Jonathan Fawkner
2016
Stephane Ceretti
Doctor Strange
Nominated
Shared with Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould
2019
Stephane Grabli
The Irishman
Nominated
Shared with Pablo Helman , Leandro Estebecorena and Nelson Sepulveda
Guillaume Rocheron
1917
Won
Shared with Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy
2023
Stéphane Ceretti Alexis Wajsbrot
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Nominated
Shared with Guy Williams and Theo Bialek.
Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenoillet
Napoleon
Nominated
Shared with Charley Henley, Simone Coco, and Neil Corbould
Best Writing
This list focuses on French-born writers.
Adapted Screenplay
Original Screenplay
Story
Honorary Awards
This list focuses on French-born recipients of the Honorary Award
Year
Recipient
Milestone / Notes
1942
Charles Boyer
"for his progressive cultural achievement in establishing the French Research Foundation in Los Angeles as a source of reference for the Hollywood Motion Picture Industry"
1958
Maurice Chevalier
"for his contributions to the world of entertainment for more than half a century."
1973
Henri Langlois
"for his devotion to the art of film, his massive contributions in preserving its past and his unswerving faith in its future."
1974
Jean Renoir
"a genius who, with grace, responsibility and enviable devotion through silent film, sound film, feature, documentary and television, has won the world's admiration."
2010
Jean-Luc Godard
"For passion. For confrontation. For a new kind of cinema."
2014
Jean-Claude Carrière
"Whose elegantly crafted screenplays elevate the art of screenwriting to the level of literature."
2017
Agnès Varda
"Her compassion and curiosity inform a uniquely personal cinema."
Nominations and Winners
No. of wins
No. of nominations
95
345
See also
References
Combined major Academy Awards Acting Directing Film Countries of the nominees Nominees demographics Other Combined major awards