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
Best Actor in a Leading Role
"*"=US-born
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
"*"= US-born
Best Short Subject
Best Documentary (Long Subject)
* = US-born
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
Best Picture
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Original Screenplay
* = US-born
Best Original Story
Best Dance Direction
Best Art Direction
Best Costume Design
Best Makeup
Best International Feature film
Best Cinematography
Best Animated Short film
Best Live Action Short film
Best Original Score
Technical and scientific
* = US-born
Honorary Award
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
This list focuses on recipients of Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award .
Jean Hersholt Award
One Grandparent
Nominations and winners
No. of wins
No. of nominations
No. of ONLY shortlisted
63–73
ca 199–214
5
Academy Award Nominations and Winners of US-born Hungarians
No. of wins
No. of nominations
5 of hungarian origin 8 half Hungarians 6: 1/4)[53]
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:
1. Robert Pirosh AA/2 nom
2. Joan Horvath: nom 1969
3.Tamásy:
4. Bill Kovacs: Scientifical
5. Robert Orban: AA:1992:Scientifical
6. Paul Mezey
7. Christopher Jon Horvath: AA: 2024:Scientifical
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
Academy Award Nominations and Winners of elswere born Hungarians
Raquel Weisz (father hungarian): 1 AA
Leslie Howard : 2 nom
Borsos (father): 1 nom
Max Steiner (hungarian-jewish father) 3AA
Yugoslavia(in former Kingdom of Hungary and ethnic hungarian region of Vojvodina):
Branko Lustig (hungarian-jewish): 2 AA
Tibor Madjar: 1 AA
Romania (in former Kingdom of Hungary and ethnic hungarian region of Transsylvania):
Attila T. Áfra : 1 AA
Robert Dornhelm : 1 nom
Bolváry 1 AA
Czechoslovakia (in former Kingdom of Hungary and ethnic hungarian region of Slovakia)
Ivan Reitman (hungarian-jewish): 1 nom
Sweden: Mikael Håfström (hungarian mother) 1 nom
EFA Award winners and nominees
References
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^ "Michael Curtiz" . 25 October 2019. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021 .
^ "Helen Schwartz" .
^ "It’s very touching to be in Hungary. From the moment I arrived, I met a lot of people who look like me, or my brothers or sisters.", posted Jamie Lee Curtis in a social media post, who uncovered her Hungarian origins during the filming of Borderlands
^ spoke German with his mother, Hungarian with his father
^ https://www.thejc.com/life-and-culture/tv/a-blood-stained-viennese-waltz-ij94d17u
^ my Hungarian grandmother, who was just such an exquisite chef.
^ https://filmmakermagazine.com/12455-d-a-pennebaker-chris-hegedus-kings-of-pastry/
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Poor Things
James Price, Shona Heath, Zsuzsa Mihalek
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^ "The 47th Academy Awards (1975) Nominees and Winners" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2019 .
^ "The 51st Academy Awards (1979) Nominees and Winners" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2019 .
^ "The 53rd Academy Awards (1981) Nominees and Winners" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2019 .
^ "The 54th Academy Awards (1982) Nominees and Winners" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2019 .
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^ "The 61st Academy Awards (1989) Nominees and Winners" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2019 .
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^ "Oscars 2018: The list of nominees in full" . BBC News . 23 January 2018. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2018 .
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^ a b https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13021784/
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^ Father's mother Jaiteles born in Szeged
^ "Alice Goldner" .
^ "Heinrich Spitzer" .
^ a b "Therese Spitzer" .
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^ a b c "With George Pal Productions (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)" . IMDb . Archived from the original on 31 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021 .
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^ "Gyula Priskin" . IMDb . Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021 .
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^ "Chuck Gaspar" . IMDb . Archived from the original on 31 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021 .
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^ a b "Anna Juliana Franziska Karolina Ruston (Wels)" .
^ "Sophie Hirschler" .
^ https://sv.geneastar.org/slaktforskning/kaminkers/simone-signoret
^ a b c https://www.geni.com/people/Stella-Goldsmith/6000000054191309970
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^ "Margaret (Margie) Dunetz" .
^ 8 half-hungarians. & 3 quarter: Vidor, Phoenix, Bill Kovacs
^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8096846/
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