List of female Academy Award winners and nominees for non-gendered categories

This list of female Academy Award winners and nominees for non-gendered categories details women who have won or been nominated for awards in non-gender-specific categories. It's fully current as of the nominations for the 96th Academy Awards, with the ceremony taking place on March 10, 2024.

Best Animated Feature[edit]

Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
Year Name Film Status Notes
2007 Marjane Satrapi Persepolis Nominated First woman to be nominated for Best Animated Feature.
Shared with Vincent Paronnaud.
2011 Jennifer Yuh Nelson Kung Fu Panda 2 Nominated First woman of color to be nominated for Best Animated Feature.
2012 Brenda Chapman Brave Won First woman to win for Best Animated Feature.
Shared with Mark Andrews.
2013
[note 1]
Jennifer Lee Frozen Won Shared with Chris Buck and Peter Del Vecho.
Kristine Belson The Croods Nominated Shared with Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders.
2014 Bonnie Arnold How to Train Your Dragon 2 Nominated Shared with Dean DeBlois.
2015 Rosa Tran Anomalisa Nominated Shared with Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson.
2016 Arianne Sutner Kubo and the Two Strings Nominated Shared with Travis Knight.
Osnat Shurer Moana Nominated Shared with John Musker and Ron Clements.
2017
[note 2]
Darla K. Anderson Coco Won Shared with Lee Unkrich.
Ramsey Ann Naito The Boss Baby Nominated Shared with Tom McGrath.
Nora Twomey The Breadwinner Nominated Shared with Anthony Leo.
Lori Forte Ferdinand Nominated Shared with Carlos Saldanha.
Dorota Kobiela Loving Vincent Nominated Shared with Hugh Welchman and Ivan Mactaggart.
2018 Nicole Paradis Grindle Incredibles 2 Nominated Shared with Brad Bird and John Walker.
2019 Bonnie Arnold How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Nominated First woman with multiple nominations in this category.
Shared with Dean DeBlois and Brad Lewis.
Jinko Gotoh
Marisa Román
Klaus Nominated Shared with Sergio Pablos.
Arianne Sutner Missing Link Nominated Shared with Chris Butler and Travis Knight.
2020 Dana Murray Soul Won Shared with Pete Docter.
Kori Rae Onward Nominated Shared with Dan Scanlon.
Gennie Rin
Peilin Chou
Over the Moon Nominated Shared with Glen Keane.
2021 Yvett Merino Encanto Won First Latina to win and be nominated for Best Animated Feature.
Shared with Jared Bush, Byron Howard, and Clark Spencer.
Monica Hellström
Signe Byrge Sørensen
Charlotte de la Gournerie
Flee Nominated First animated documentary to be nominated in this category.
Shared with Jonas Poher Rasmussen.
Andrea Warren Luca Nominated Shared with Enrico Casarosa.
Osnat Shurer Raya and the Last Dragon Nominated Shared with Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, and Peter Del Vecho.
2022 Elisabeth Holm
Caroline Kaplan
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Nominated Shared with Dean Fleischer Camp, Andrew Goldman, and Paul Mezey.
Domee Shi
Lindsey Collins
Turning Red Nominated
2023 Denise Ream Elemental Nominated Shared with Peter Sohn.
Karen Ryan
Julie Zackary
Nimona Nominated Shared with Nick Bruno and Troy Quane.
Sandra Tapia Díaz Robot Dreams Nominated Shared with Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, and Ignasi Estapé.
Amy Pascal Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Nominated Shared with Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, and Christopher Miller.

Best Cinematography[edit]

Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Year Name Film Status Notes
2017 Rachel Morrison Mudbound Nominated First woman to be nominated for Best Cinematography.
2021 Ari Wegner The Power of the Dog Nominated
2022 Mandy Walker Elvis Nominated

Best Costume Design[edit]

At least one woman has been nominated for Best Costume Design at every ceremony since the category's inception.

Academy Award for Best Costume Design [note 3]
Year Name Film Status Notes
1948
[note 1]
Black-and-White
Irene B.F.'s Daughter Nominated Among the inaugural nominees in costume categories.
Color
Dorothy Jeakins
Karinska
Joan of Arc Won First women to win in costume categories.
Among the inaugural nominees in costume categories.
Edith Head The Emperor Waltz Nominated Among the inaugural nominees in costume categories.
Shared with Gile Steele.
1949 Black-and-White
Edith Head The Heiress Won First woman to win for Best Costume Design (B&W).
First woman with multiple nominations in costume categories.
First woman to be nominated in both costume categories.
Shared with Gile Steele.
Color
Marjorie Best
Leah Rhodes
The Adventures of Don Juan Won Shared with Travilla.
Kay Nelson Mother Is a Freshman Nominated
1950 Black-and-White
Edith Head All About Eve Won First woman with multiple wins in costume categories.
Shared with Charles LeMaire.
Color
Edith Head
Dorothy Jeakins
Elois Jenssen
Gwen Wakeling
Samson and Delilah Won Jeakins was the first woman with multiple wins for Best Costume Design (Color).
Head was the first woman to win in both costume categories.
Shared with Gile Steele.
1951 Black-and-White
Edith Head A Place in the Sun Won
Renié The Model and the Marriage Broker Nominated Shared with Charles LeMaire.
Margaret Furse The Mudlark Nominated Shared with Edward Stevenson.
Lucinda Ballard A Streetcar Named Desire Nominated
Color
Irene Sharaff An American in Paris Won First LGBT woman to be nominated in a non-acting category and first to win in any category.
Shared with Orry-Kelly and Walter Plunkett.
Helen Rose The Great Caruso Nominated Shared with Gile Steele.
1952 Black-and-White
Helen Rose The Bad and the Beautiful Won
Edith Head Carrie Nominated
Dorothy Jeakins My Cousin Rachel Nominated Shared with Charles LeMaire.
Sheila O'Brien Sudden Fear Nominated
Color
Edith Head
Dorothy Jeakins
The Greatest Show on Earth Nominated Shared with Miles White.
Karinska
Mary Wills
Hans Christian Andersen Nominated Shared with Clavé.
Helen Rose The Merry Widow Nominated Shared with Gile Steele.
1953 Black-and-White
Edith Head Roman Holiday Won
Helen Rose Dream Wife Nominated Shared with Herschel McCoy.
Renié The President's Lady Nominated Shared with Charles LeMaire.
Color
Mary Ann Nyberg The Band Wagon Nominated
Irene Sharaff Call Me Madam Nominated
1954 Black-and-White
Edith Head Sabrina Won
Rosine Delamare The Earrings of Madame de... Nominated Shared with Georges Annenkov.
Helen Rose Executive Suite Nominated
Color
Irene Sharaff Brigadoon Nominated
Mary Ann Nyberg
Irene Sharaff
A Star Is Born Nominated Shared with Jean Louis.
1955 Black-and-White
Helen Rose I'll Cry Tomorrow Won
Beatrice Dawson The Pickwick Papers Nominated
Edith Head The Rose Tattoo Nominated
Color
Irene Sharaff Guys and Dolls Nominated
Helen Rose Interrupted Melody Nominated
Edith Head To Catch a Thief Nominated
Mary Wills The Virgin Queen Nominated Shared with Charles LeMaire.
1956 Black-and-White
Helen Rose The Power and the Prize Nominated
Edith Head The Proud and Profane Nominated
Mary Wills Teenage Rebel Nominated Shared with Charles LeMaire.
Color
Irene Sharaff The King and I Won
Marjorie Best Giant Nominated Shared with Moss Mabry.
Edith Head
Dorothy Jeakins
The Ten Commandments Nominated Shared with Ralph Jester, John Jensen, and Arnold Friberg.
Maria De Matteis War and Peace Nominated
Costume Design
1957 Edith Head Funny Face Nominated Shared with Hubert de Givenchy.
1958 The Buccaneer Nominated Shared with Ralph Jester and John Jensen.
Mary Wills A Certain Smile Nominated Shared with Charles LeMaire.
1959
[note 4]
Black-and-White
Edith Head Career Nominated
Mary Wills The Diary of Anne Frank Nominated Shared with Charles LeMaire.
Helen Rose The Gazebo Nominated
Color
Elizabeth Haffenden Ben-Hur Won
Adele Palmer The Best of Everything Nominated
Renié The Big Fisherman Nominated
Edith Head The Five Pennies Nominated
Irene Sharaff Porgy and Bess Nominated
1960 Black-and-White
Edith Head The Facts of Life Won Shared with Edward Stevenson.
Deni Vachlioti Never on Sunday Nominated
Marik Vos The Virgin Spring Nominated
Color
Irene Sharaff Can-Can Nominated
Irene Midnight Lace Nominated
Edith Head Pepe Nominated
Marjorie Best Sunrise at Campobello Nominated
1961 Black-and-White
Dorothy Jeakins The Children's Hour Nominated
Color
Irene Sharaff West Side Story Won
Flower Drum Song Nominated
Edith Head Pocketful of Miracles Nominated Shared with Walter Plunkett.
1962 Black-and-White
Norma Koch What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Won
Edith Head The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Nominated
Ruth Morley The Miracle Worker Nominated
Denny Vachlioti Phaedra Nominated
Color
Mary Wills The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm Won
Dorothy Jeakins The Music Man Nominated
Edith Head My Geisha Nominated
1963 Black-and-White
Edith Head Love with the Proper Stranger Nominated
Wives and Lovers Nominated
Color
Renié
Irene Sharaff
Cleopatra Won Shared with Vittorio Nino Novarese.
Edith Head A New Kind of Love Nominated
1964 Black-and-White
Dorothy Jeakins The Night of the Iguana Won
Edith Head A House Is Not a Home Nominated
Norma Koch Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte Nominated
Color
Margaret Furse Becket Nominated
Edith Head What a Way to Go! Nominated Shared with Moss Mabry.
1965 Black-and-White
Julie Harris Darling Won
Edith Head The Slender Thread Nominated
Color
Phyllis Dalton Doctor Zhivago Won
Marjorie Best The Greatest Story Ever Told Nominated Shared with Vittorio Nino Novarese.
Edith Head Inside Daisy Clover Nominated Shared with Bill Thomas.
Dorothy Jeakins The Sound of Music Nominated
1966 Black-and-White
Irene Sharaff Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Won
Helen Rose Mister Buddwing Nominated
Jocelyn Rickards Morgan! Nominated
Color
Joan Bridge
Elizabeth Haffenden
A Man for All Seasons Won
Dorothy Jeakins Hawaii Nominated
Edith Head The Oscar Nominated
Costume Design
1967 Theadora Van Runkle Bonnie and Clyde Nominated
Irene Sharaff The Taming of the Shrew Nominated Shared with Danilo Donati.
1968 Margaret Furse The Lion in Winter Nominated
Phyllis Dalton Oliver! Nominated
1969 Margaret Furse Anne of the Thousand Days Won
Irene Sharaff Hello, Dolly! Nominated
Edith Head Sweet Charity Nominated
1970 Airport Nominated
Margaret Furse Scrooge Nominated
1971 Yvonne Blake Nicholas and Alexandra Won Shared with Antonio Castillo.
Margaret Furse Mary, Queen of Scots Nominated
1972 Anna Hill Johnstone The Godfather Nominated
Norma Koch Lady Sings the Blues Nominated Shared with Ray Aghayan and Bob Mackie.
1973 Edith Head The Sting Won Holds the record for most wins in this category, with eight.
Holds the record for most wins by a woman in any category, with eight.
Marik Vos Cries and Whispers Nominated
Dorothy Jeakins The Way We Were Nominated Shared with Moss Mabry.
1974 Theoni V. Aldredge The Great Gatsby Won
Anthea Sylbert Chinatown Nominated
Theadora Van Runkle The Godfather Part II Nominated
1975 Milena Canonero
Ulla-Britt Söderlund
Barry Lyndon Won
Yvonne Blake The Four Musketeers Nominated Shared with Ron Talsky.
Karin Erskine
Henny Noremark
The Magic Flute Nominated
Edith Head The Man Who Would Be King Nominated
1976 Mary Wills The Passover Plot Nominated
1977 Edith Head Airport '77 Nominated Holds the record for most nominations in this category, with 35.
Holds the record for most nominations by a woman in any category, with 35.
Shared with Burton Miller.
Anthea Sylbert Julia Nominated
Florence Klotz A Little Night Music Nominated
Irene Sharaff The Other Side of Midnight Nominated
1978 Renié Caravans Nominated
Patricia Norris Days of Heaven Nominated
1979 Shirley Ann Russell Agatha Nominated
Ambra Danon La Cage aux Folles Nominated Shared with Piero Tosi.
Judy Moorcroft The Europeans Nominated
1980 Patricia Norris The Elephant Man Nominated
Anna Senior My Brilliant Career Nominated
1981 Milena Canonero Chariots of Fire Won
Anna Hill Johnstone Ragtime Nominated
Shirley Ann Russell Reds Nominated
1982 Bhanu Athaiya Gandhi Won First woman of color to win and be nominated for Best Costume Design.
Shared with John Mollo.
Elois Jenssen
Rosanna Norton
Tron Nominated
Patricia Norris Victor/Victoria Nominated
1983 Marik Vos Fanny and Alexander Won
Anne-Marie Marchand The Return of Martin Guerre Nominated
1984 Patricia Norris 2010 Nominated
Jenny Beavan The Bostonians Nominated Shared with John Bright.
Judy Moorcroft A Passage to India Nominated
Ann Roth Places in the Heart Nominated
1985 Emi Wada Ran Won
Aggie Guerard Rodgers The Color Purple Nominated
Milena Canonero Out of Africa Nominated
1986 Jenny Beavan A Room with a View Won Shared with John Bright.
Anna Anni Otello Nominated
Theadora Van Runkle Peggy Sue Got Married Nominated
1987 Dorothy Jeakins The Dead Nominated
Jenny Beavan Maurice Nominated Shared with John Bright.
Marilyn Vance-Straker The Untouchables Nominated
1988 Deborah Nadoolman Coming to America Nominated
Jane Robinson A Handful of Dust Nominated
Patricia Norris Sunset Nominated
Milena Canonero Tucker: The Man and His Dream Nominated
1989 Phyllis Dalton Henry V Won
Gabriella Pescucci The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Nominated
Elizabeth McBride Driving Miss Daisy Nominated
1990 Franca Squarciapino Cyrano de Bergerac Won
Gloria Gresham Avalon Nominated
Elsa Zamparelli Dances with Wolves Nominated
Milena Canonero Dick Tracy Nominated
1991 Ruth Myers The Addams Family Nominated
Corinne Jorry Madame Bovary Nominated
1992 Eiko Ishioka Bram Stoker's Dracula Won
Sheena Napier Enchanted April Nominated
Jenny Beavan Howards End Nominated Shared with John Bright.
Ruth E. Carter Malcolm X Nominated First African-American and black woman to be nominated for Best Costume Design.
1993
[note 5]
Gabriella Pescucci The Age of Innocence Won
Sandy Powell Orlando Nominated
Janet Patterson The Piano Nominated
Jenny Beavan The Remains of the Day Nominated Shared with John Bright.
Anna B. Sheppard Schindler's List Nominated
1994 Lizzy Gardiner The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Won Shared with Tim Chappel.
Colleen Atwood Little Women Nominated
April Ferry Maverick Nominated
Moidele Bickel Queen Margot Nominated
1995 Julie Weiss 12 Monkeys Nominated
Shuna Harwood Richard III Nominated
Jenny Beavan Sense and Sensibility Nominated Shared with John Bright.
1996 Ann Roth The English Patient Won
Ruth Myers Emma Nominated
Alexandra Byrne Hamlet Nominated
Janet Patterson The Portrait of a Lady Nominated
1997 Deborah Lynn Scott Titanic Won
Ruth E. Carter Amistad Nominated First African-American and woman of color with multiple nominations in this category.
Janet Patterson Oscar and Lucinda Nominated
Sandy Powell The Wings of the Dove Nominated
1998
[note 5]
Shakespeare in Love Won
Colleen Atwood Beloved Nominated
Alexandra Byrne Elizabeth Nominated
Judianna Makovsky Pleasantville Nominated
Sandy Powell Velvet Goldmine Nominated
1999
[note 5]
Lindy Hemming Topsy-Turvy Won
Jenny Beavan Anna and the King Nominated
Colleen Atwood Sleepy Hollow Nominated
Ann Roth The Talented Mr. Ripley Nominated Shared with Gary Jones.
Milena Canonero Titus Nominated
2000 Janty Yates Gladiator Won
Rita Ryack How the Grinch Stole Christmas Nominated
Jacqueline West Quills Nominated
2001
[note 5]
Catherine Martin Moulin Rouge! Won Shared with Angus Strathie.
Milena Canonero The Affair of the Necklace Nominated
Jenny Beavan Gosford Park Nominated
Judianna Makovsky Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Nominated
Ngila Dickson The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Nominated Shared with Richard Taylor.
2002
[note 5]
Colleen Atwood Chicago Won
Julie Weiss Frida Nominated
Sandy Powell Gangs of New York Nominated
Ann Roth The Hours Nominated
Anna B. Sheppard The Pianist Nominated
2003
[note 5]
Ngila Dickson The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Won Shared with Richard Taylor.
Dien van Straalen Girl with a Pearl Earring Nominated
Ngila Dickson The Last Samurai Nominated
Wendy Stites Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Nominated
Judianna Makovsky Seabiscuit Nominated
2004 Sandy Powell The Aviator Won
Alexandra Byrne Finding Neverland Nominated
Colleen Atwood Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Nominated
Sharen Davis Ray Nominated
2005
[note 5]
Colleen Atwood Memoirs of a Geisha Won
Gabriella Pescucci Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Nominated
Sandy Powell Mrs Henderson Presents Nominated
Jacqueline Durran Pride & Prejudice Nominated
Arianne Phillips Walk the Line Nominated
2006 Milena Canonero Marie Antoinette Won
Patricia Field The Devil Wears Prada Nominated
Sharen Davis Dreamgirls Nominated
Consolata Boyle The Queen Nominated
2007 Alexandra Byrne Elizabeth: The Golden Age Won Twelfth consecutive woman to win in this category.
Jacqueline Durran Atonement Nominated
Marit Allen La Vie en Rose Nominated Posthumous nomination.
Colleen Atwood Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Nominated
2008 Catherine Martin Australia Nominated
Jacqueline West The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Nominated
2009
[note 5]
Sandy Powell The Young Victoria Won
Janet Patterson Bright Star Nominated
Catherine Leterrier Coco Before Chanel Nominated
Monique Prudhomme The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Nominated
Colleen Atwood Nine Nominated
2010
[note 5]
Alice in Wonderland Won
Antonella Cannarozzi I Am Love Nominated
Jenny Beavan The King's Speech Nominated
Sandy Powell The Tempest Nominated
Mary Zophres True Grit Nominated
2011 Lisy Christl Anonymous Nominated
Sandy Powell Hugo Nominated
Arianne Phillips W.E. Nominated
2012 Jacqueline Durran Anna Karenina Won
Joanna Johnston Lincoln Nominated
Eiko Ishioka Mirror Mirror Nominated Posthumous nomination.
Colleen Atwood Snow White and the Huntsman Nominated
2013 Catherine Martin The Great Gatsby Won
Patricia Norris 12 Years a Slave Nominated Holds the record for most nominations without a win in this category, with six.
2014 Milena Canonero The Grand Budapest Hotel Won
Colleen Atwood Into the Woods Nominated
Anna B. Sheppard Maleficent Nominated
Jacqueline Durran Mr. Turner Nominated
2015 Jenny Beavan Mad Max: Fury Road Won
Sandy Powell Carol Nominated
Cinderella Nominated
Jacqueline West The Revenant Nominated
2016
[note 5]
Colleen Atwood Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Won
Joanna Johnston Allied Nominated
Consolata Boyle Florence Foster Jenkins Nominated
Madeline Fontaine Jackie Nominated
Mary Zophres La La Land Nominated
2017 Jacqueline Durran Beauty and the Beast Nominated
Darkest Hour Nominated
Consolata Boyle Victoria & Abdul Nominated
2018
[note 5]
Ruth E. Carter Black Panther Won First African-American and black woman to win for Best Costume Design.
Mary Zophres The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Nominated
Sandy Powell The Favourite Nominated
Mary Poppins Returns Nominated
Alexandra Byrne Mary Queen of Scots Nominated
2019 Jacqueline Durran Little Women Won
Sandy Powell The Irishman Nominated Shared with Christopher Peterson.
Mayes C. Rubeo Jojo Rabbit Nominated First Latina to be nominated for Best Costume Design.
Arianne Phillips Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Nominated
2020 Ann Roth Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Won Oldest woman to win in any category, at age 89.
Alexandra Byrne Emma Nominated
Trish Summerville Mank Nominated
Bina Daigeler Mulan Nominated
2021 Jenny Beavan Cruella Won
Jacqueline Durran Cyrano Nominated Shared with Massimo Cantini Parrini.
Jacqueline West Dune Nominated Shared with Robert Morgan.
2022
[note 5]
Ruth E. Carter Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Won First African-American and woman of color with multiple wins in this category.
First Black woman to win multiple Oscars.
Mary Zophres Babylon Nominated
Catherine Martin Elvis Nominated
Shirley Kurata Everything Everywhere All at Once Nominated
Jenny Beavan Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris Nominated
2023
[note 5]
Holly Waddington Poor Things Won
Jacqueline Durran Barbie Nominated
Jacqueline West Killers of the Flower Moon Nominated
Janty Yates Napoleon Nominated Shared with Dave Crossman.
Ellen Mirojnick Oppenheimer Nominated

Best Director[edit]

Academy Award for Best Director
Year Name Film Status Notes
1976 Lina Wertmüller Seven Beauties Nominated First woman to be nominated for Best Director.
1993 Jane Campion The Piano Nominated
2003 Sofia Coppola Lost in Translation Nominated
2009 Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker Won First woman to win for Best Director.
2017 Greta Gerwig Lady Bird Nominated
2020
[note 1]
Chloé Zhao Nomadland Won First woman of color to win and be nominated for Best Director.
Emerald Fennell Promising Young Woman Nominated
2021 Jane Campion The Power of the Dog Won First woman with multiple nominations in this category.
2023 Justine Triet Anatomy of a Fall Nominated

Best Documentary Film (Feature)[edit]

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
Year Name Film Status Notes
1948 Janice Loeb The Quiet One Nominated First woman to be nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film.
1955 Nancy Hamilton Helen Keller in Her Story Won First woman to win for Best Documentary Feature Film.
1972 Sarah Kernochan Marjoe Won Shared with Howard Smith.
1973 Gertrude Ross Marks Walls of Fire Nominated Shared with Edmund F. Penney.
1974
[note 1]
Judy Collins
Jill Godmilow
Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman Nominated
Natalie R. Jones The Wild and the Brave Nominated Shared with Eugene S. Jones.
1975 Shirley MacLaine The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir Nominated
1976 Barbara Kopple Harlan County, U.S.A. Won
1977 Julia Reichert Union Maids Nominated Shared with Jim Klein and Miles Mogulescu.
1978 Joan Root Mysterious Castles of Clay Nominated Shared with Alan Root.
Anne Bohlen
Lyn Goldfarb
Lorraine Gray
With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade Nominated
1981 Suzanne Bauman Against Wind and Tide: A Cuban Odyssey Nominated Shared with Paul Neshamkin and Jim Burroughs.
Mary Benjamin
Susanne Simpson
Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott Nominated Shared with Boyd Estus.
Tete Vasconcellos El Salvador: Another Vietnam Nominated First Latina to be nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film.
Shared with Glenn Silber.
1982 Meg Switzgable In Our Water Nominated
1983 Robin Anderson First Contact Nominated Shared with Bob Connolly.
Tina Viljoen The Profession of Arms Nominated Shared with Michael Bryans.
Julia Reichert Seeing Red Nominated First woman with multiple nominations in this category.
Shared with James Klein.
1984 Nancy Sloss High Schools Nominated Shared with Charles Guggenheim.
Cheryl McCall Streetwise Nominated
1985 Maria Florio
Victoria Mudd
Broken Rainbow Won
Susana Blaustein Muñoz
Lourdes Portillo
The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Nominated
1986
[note 6]
Brigitte Berman Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got Won Tied with Joseph Feury and Milton Justice for Down and Out in America, which was also directed by a woman, Lee Grant. Despite that, Grant didn't share the award personally because, under the Academy rules at the time, only credited producers were accepted for nomination in this category. Nevertheless, according to the revised rules, the credited director must be named as a nominee alongside the producers.[1]
Sharon I. Sopher Witness to Apartheid Nominated
1987 Aviva Slesin The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table Won
Callie Crossley Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years Nominated First African-American and woman of color to be nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film.
Shared with James A. DeVinney.
Barbara Herbich A Stitch for Time Nominated Shared with Cyril Christo.
1988 Nan Bush Let's Get Lost Nominated Shared with Bruce Weber.
Ginny Durrin Promises to Keep Nominated
Renee Tajima-Peña
Christine Choy
Who Killed Vincent Chin? Nominated
1989 Yvonne Smith Adam Clayton Powell Nominated Shared with Richard Kilberg.
Betsy Broyles Breier For All Mankind Nominated Shared with Al Reinert.
Judith Leonard Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren Nominated Shared with Bill Jersey.
1990 Barbara Kopple American Dream Won First woman with multiple wins in this category.
Shared with Arthur Cohn.
Susan Robinson Building Bombs Nominated Shared with Mark Mori.
Judith Montell Forever Activists: Stories from the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Nominated
1991 Allie Light In the Shadow of the Stars Won Shared with Irving Saraf.
Susan Raymond Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House Nominated Shared with Alan Raymond.
Hava Kohav Beller The Restless Conscience: Resistance to Hitler Within Germany 1933-1945 Nominated
Diane Garey Wild by Law Nominated Shared with Lawrence Hott.
1992 Barbara Trent The Panama Deception Won Shared with David Kasper.
Sally Dundas Fires of Kuwait Nominated
Nina Rosenblum Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II Nominated Shared with Bill Miles.
Margaret Smilow
Roma Baran
Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann Nominated
1993 Susan Raymond I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School Won Shared with Alan Raymond.
Susan Todd Children of Fate Nominated Shared with Andrew Young.
Betsy Thompson For Better or For Worse Nominated Shared with David Collier.
Chris Hegedus The War Room Nominated Shared with D.A. Pennebaker.
1994 Freida Lee Mock Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision Won First woman of color to win for Best Documentary Feature Film.
First woman and woman of color to be nominated in both documentary categories (For the further information, see Best Documentary Short Film).
Deborah Hoffmann Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter Nominated
Connie Field
Marilyn Mulford
Freedom on My Mind Nominated
Jean Bach A Great Day in Harlem Nominated
1995 Jeanne Jordan Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern Nominated Shared with Steven Ascher.
1996 Susan W. Dryfoos The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story Nominated
Anne Belle
Deborah Dickson
Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse Nominated
1997 Michèle Ohayon
Julia Schachter
Colors Straight Up Nominated
1998 Liz Garbus The Farm: Angola, U.S.A. Nominated Shared with Jonathan Stack.
Barbara Sonneborn
Janet Cole
Regret to Inform Nominated
1999 Nanette Burstein On the Ropes Nominated Shared with Brett Morgen.
Paola di Florio
Lilibet Foster
Speaking in Strings Nominated
2000 Deborah Oppenheimer Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport Won Shared with Mark Jonathan Harris.
Deborah Hoffmann
Frances Reid
Long Night's Journey into Day Nominated
2001 Edet Belzberg Children Underground Nominated
Deborah Dickson
Susan Froemke
LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton Nominated
Justine Shapiro Promises Nominated Shared with B.Z. Goldberg.
2002 Gail Dolgin Daughter from Danang Nominated Shared with Vicente Franco.
2003 Susan R. Behr My Architect Nominated Shared with Nathaniel Kahn.
2004 Zana Briski Born into Brothels Won Shared with Ross Kauffman.
Byambasuren Davaa The Story of the Weeping Camel Nominated Shared with Luigi Falorni.
Karolyn Ali
Lauren Lazin
Tupac: Resurrection Nominated
2006 Amy Berg Deliver Us from Evil Nominated Shared with Frank Donner.
Heidi Ewing
Rachel Grady
Jesus Camp Nominated
Jocelyn Glatzer
Laura Poitras
My Country, My Country Nominated}
2007 Eva Orner Taxi to the Dark Side Won Shared with Alex Gibney.
Audrey Marrs No End in Sight Nominated Shared with Charles Ferguson.
Meghan O'Hara Sicko Nominated Shared with Michael Moore.
Andrea Nix Fine War/Dance Nominated Shared with Sean Fine.
2008 Ellen Kuras The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) Nominated Shared with Thavisouk Phrasavath.
Tia Lessin Trouble the Water Nominated Shared with Carl Deal.
2009 Lise Lense-Møller Burma VJ Nominated Shared with Anders Østergaard.
Elise Pearlstein Food, Inc. Nominated Shared with Robert Kenner.
Judith Ehrlich The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers Nominated Shared with Rick Goldsmith.
Rebecca Cammisa Which Way Home Nominated
2010 Audrey Marrs Inside Job Won Shared with Charles Ferguson.
Trish Adlesic Gasland Nominated Shared with Josh Fox.
Lucy Walker Waste Land Nominated Shared with Angus Aynsley.
2012 Philippa Kowarsky
Estelle Fialon
The Gatekeepers Nominated Shared with Dror Moreh.
Amy Ziering The Invisible War Nominated Shared with Kirby Dick.
2013 Caitrin Rogers 20 Feet from Stardom Won Shared with Morgan Neville and Gil Friesen.
Signe Byrge Sorensen The Act of Killing Nominated Shared with Joshua Oppenheimer.
Lydia Dean Pilcher Cutie and the Boxer Nominated Shared with Zachary Heinzerling.
Jehane Noujaim The Square Nominated Shared with Karim Amer.
2014 Laura Poitras
Mathilde Bonnefoy
Citizenfour Won Shared with Dirk Wilutzky.
Rory Kennedy Last Days in Vietnam Nominated Shared with Keven McAlester.
Joanna Natasegara Virunga Nominated Shared with Orlando von Einsiedel.
2015 Signe Byrge Sorensen The Look of Silence Nominated Shared with Joshua Oppenheimer.
Liz Garbus
Amy Hobby
What Happened, Miss Simone? Nominated Shared with Justin Wilkes.
2016 Caroline Waterlow O.J.: Made in America Won Shared with Ezra Edelman.
Donatella Palermo Fire at Sea Nominated Shared with Gianfranco Rosi.
Julie Goldman Life, Animated Nominated Shared with Roger Ross Williams.
Ava DuVernay 13th Nominated Shared with Spencer Averick and Howard Barish.
2017 Julie Goldman Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Nominated Shared with Steve James and Mark Mitten.
Agnès Varda
Rosalie Varda
Faces Places Nominated Shared with JR.
Joslyn Barnes Strong Island Nominated Shared with Yance Ford.
2018
[note 7]
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Shannon Dill
Free Solo Won Shared with Jimmy Chin and Evan Hayes.
Joslyn Barnes
Su Kim
Hale County This Morning, This Evening Nominated Shared with RaMell Ross.
Diane Quon Minding the Gap Nominated Shared with Bing Liu.
Eva Kemme Of Fathers and Sons Nominated Shared with Talal Derki, Ansgar Frerich, and Tobias N. Siebert.
Betsy West
Julie Cohen
RBG Nominated
2019
[note 7]
Julia Reichert American Factory Won Shared with Steven Bognar and Jeff Reichert.
Kirstine Barfod
Sigrid Dyekjær
The Cave Nominated Shared with Feras Fayyad.
Petra Costa
Joanna Natasegara
The Edge of Democracy Nominated Shared with Shane Boris and Tiago Pavan.
Waad Al-Kateab For Sama Nominated Shared with Edward Watts.
Tamara Kotevska Honeyland Nominated Shared with Ljubomir Stefanov and Atanas Georgiev.
2020
[note 7]
Pippa Ehrlich My Octopus Teacher Won Shared with James Reed and Craig Foster.
Bianca Oana Collective Nominated Shared with Alexander Nanau.
Nicole Newnham
Sara Bolder
Crip Camp Nominated Shared with Jim LeBrecht.
Maite Alberdi
Marcela Santibáñez
The Mole Agent Nominated
Garrett Bradley
Lauren Domino
Time Nominated Shared with Kellen Quinn.
2021 Jessica Kingdon
Kira Simon-Kennedy
Ascension Nominated Shared with Nathan Truesdell.
Traci A. Curry Attica Nominated Shared with Stanley Nelson.
Monica Hellström
Signe Byrge Sørensen
Charlotte de la Gournerie
Flee Nominated First animated documentary to be nominated in this category.
Shared with Jonas Poher Rasmussen.
Rintu Thomas Writing with Fire Nominated Shared with Sushmit Ghosh.
2022 Odessa Rae
Diane Becker
Melanie Miller
Navalny Won Shared with Daniel Roher and Shane Boris.
Laura Poitras
Nan Goldin
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Nominated Shared with Howard Gertler, John Lyons, and Yoni Golijov.
Sara Dosa
Ina Fichman
Fire of Love Nominated Shared with Shane Boris.
Monica Hellström A House Made of Splinters Nominated Shared with Simon Lereng Wilmont.
2023 Michelle Mizner
Raney Aronson-Rath
20 Days in Mariupol Won Shared with Mstyslav Chernov.
Maite Alberdi The Eternal Memory Nominated
Kaouther Ben Hania Four Daughters Nominated Shared with Nadim Cheikhrouha.
Nisha Pahuja
Cornelia Principe
To Kill a Tiger Nominated Shared with David Oppenheim.

Best Documentary Film (Short)[edit]

Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film
Year Name Film Status Notes
1960 Altina Schinasi George Grosz' Interregnum Nominated First woman to be nominated for Best Documentary Short Film.
Shared with Charles Carey.
1966 Helen Kristt Radin The Odds Against Nominated Shared with Lee R. Bobker.
1969
[note 1]
Joan Horvath Jenny Is a Good Thing Nominated
Joan Keller Stern The Magic Machines Nominated
1970 Vivien Carey Oisin Nominated Shared with Patrick Carey.
1972 Martina Huguenot van der Linden This Tiny World Won First woman to win for Best Documentary Short Film.
Shared with Charles Huguenot van der Linden.
1973 June Wayne Four Stones for Kanemitsu Nominated Shared with Terry Sanders.
1974 Lesley Foster John Muir's High Sierra Nominated Shared with Dewitt Jones.
1975 Claire Wilbur The End of the Game Won Shared with Robin Lehman.
Kristine Samuelson Arthur and Lillie Nominated Shared with Jon Else and Steven Kovacs.
1976 Lynne Littman
Barbara Myerhoff
Number Our Days Won
1977 Helen Whitney First Edition Nominated Shared with DeWitt L. Sage, Jr.
1978 Jacqueline Phillips Shedd The Flight of the Gossamer Condor Won Shared with Ben Shedd.
1981 Linda Chapman
Pam LeBlanc
Freddi Stevens
See What I Say Nominated
1982 Terre Nash If You Love This Planet Won Shared with Edward Le Lorrain.
Freida Lee Mock To Live or Let Die Nominated First woman of color to be nominated for Best Documentary Short Film.
First woman and woman of color to be nominated in both documentary categories For the further information, see Best Documentary Feature Film).
1983 Cynthia Scott Flamenco at 5:15 Won Shared with Adam Symansky.
Vivienne Verdon-Roe In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us? Nominated Shared with Eric Thiermann.
Dea Brokman
Ilene Landis
You Are Free (Ihr Zent Frei) Nominated
1984 Marjorie Hunt The Stone Carvers Won Shared with Paul Wagner.
Joan Sawyer Code Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing Nominated Shared with Ben Achtenberg.
Irina Kalinina Recollections of Pavlovsk Nominated
1985 Barbara Willis Sweete Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra Nominated
1986 Vivienne Verdon-Roe Women – for America, for the World Won First woman with multiple nominations in this category.
Alison Nigh-Strelich Debonair Dancers Nominated
Sonya Friedman The Masters of Disaster Nominated
Madeline Bell Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse Nominated Shared with Thomas L. Neff.
1987 Sue Marx
Pamela Conn
Young at Heart Won
Deborah Dickson Frances Steloff: Memoirs of a Bookseller Nominated
Megan Williams Language Says It All Nominated
Lynn Mueller Silver into Gold Nominated
1988 Karen Goodman The Children's Storefront Nominated
Lise Yasui
Ann Tegnell
Family Gathering Nominated
Nancy Hale
Meg Partridge
Portrait of Imogen Nominated
1990 Karen Goodman Chimps: So Like Us Nominated Shared with Kirk Simon.
Freida Lee Mock Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember Nominated First woman of color with multiple nominations in this category.
Shared with Terry Sanders.
1991 Debra Chasnoff Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment Won
Immy Humes A Little Vicious Nominated
1992 Gerardine Wurzburg Educating Peter Won Shared with Thomas C. Goodwin (p. a.)
Wendy L. Weinberg Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the 'Little Review' Nominated
Sally Bochner The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein Nominated Shared with Richard Elson.
Dorothy Fadiman When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories Nominated
1993 Margaret Lazarus Defending Our Lives Won Shared with Renner Wunderlich.
Elaine Holliman Chicks in White Satin Nominated Shared with Jason Schneider.
1994 Dee Mosbacher
Frances Reid
Straight from the Heart Nominated
1995 Nancy Dine Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls Nominated Shared with Richard Stilwell.
Freida Lee Mock 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 First woman of color to win for Best Documentary Short Film.
Susanne Simpson Special Effects: Anything Can Happen Nominated Shared with Ben Burtt.
1997 Donna Dewey
Carol Pasternak
A Story of Healing Won
Terri Randall Family Video Diaries: Daughter of the Bride Nominated
Andrea Blaugrund Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies Nominated Shared with Mel Damski.
1998 Keiko Ibi The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years Won
1999 Susan Hannah Hadary King Gimp Won Shared with William A. Whiteford.
2000 Tracy Seretean Big Mama Won
2001
[note 8]
Sarah Kernochan
Lynn Appelle
Thoth Won
Lianne Klapper McNally Artists and Orphans: A True Drama Nominated
Freida Lee Mock
Jessica Sanders
Sing! Nominated Mock holds the record for most nominations without a win in this category, with four.
2002 Alice Elliott The Collector of Bedford Street Nominated
2003
[note 8]
Maryann DeLeo Chernobyl Heart Won
Sandy McLeod
Gini Reticker
Asylum Nominated
Katja Esson Ferry Tales Nominated
2004 Gerardine Wurzburg Autism Is a World Nominated
Hanna Polak The Children of Leningradsky Nominated Shared with Andrzej Celinski.
Erin Faith Young Hardwood Nominated Shared with Hubert Davis.
2005 Corinne Marrinan A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin Won Shared with Eric Simonson.
Kimberlee Acquaro
Stacy Sherman
God Sleeps in Rwanda Nominated
2006
[note 8]
Ruby Yang The Blood of Yingzhou District Won Shared with Thomas Lennon.
Leslie Iwerks Recycled Life Nominated Shared with Mike Glad.
Karen Goodman Rehearsing a Dream Nominated Shared with Kirk Simon.
Susan Rose Behr Two Hands Nominated Shared with Nathaniel Kahn.
2007 Cynthia Wade
Vanessa Roth
Freeheld Won
Amanda Micheli
Isabel Vega
La Corona Nominated
2008 Megan Mylan Smile Pinki Won
Irene Taylor Brodsky The Final Inch Nominated Shared with Tom Grant.
Margaret Hyde The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306 Nominated Shared with Adam Pertofsky.
2009 Elinor Burkett Music by Prudence Won Shared with Roger Ross Williams.
Julia Reichert The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant Nominated Shared with Steven Bognar.
Anna Wydra Rabbit à la Berlin Nominated Shared with Bartek Konopka.
2010 Karen Goodman Strangers No More Won Shared with Kirk Simon.
Sara Nesson Poster Girl Nominated Shared with Mitchell Block.
Jennifer Redfearn Sun Come Up Nominated Shared with Tim Metzger.
Ruby Yang The Warriors of Qiugang Nominated Shared with Thomas Lennon.
2011 Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Saving Face Won Shared with Daniel Junge.
Robin Fryday
Gail Dolgin
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement Nominated
Rebecca Cammisa
Julie Anderson
God Is the Bigger Elvis Nominated
Lucy Walker
Kira Carstensen
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom Nominated
2012 Andrea Nix Fine Inocente Won Shared with Sean Fine.
Sari Gilman Kings Point Nominated Shared with Jedd Wider.
Cynthia Wade
Robin Honan
Mondays at Racine Nominated
Cori Shepherd Stern Open Heart Nominated Shared with Kief Davidson.
2013 Sara Ishaq Karama Has No Walls Nominated
2014 Ellen Goosenberg Kent
Dana Perry
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 Won
Aneta Kopacz Joanna Nominated
2015 Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness Won First woman and woman of color with multiple wins in this category.
Courtney Marsh Chau, Beyond the Lines Nominated Shared with Jerry Franck.
Dee Hibbert-Jones
Nomi Talisman
Last Day of Freedom Nominated
2016 Joanna Natasegara The White Helmets Won Shared with Orlando von Einsiedel.
Daphne Matziaraki 4.1 Miles Nominated
Kahane Cooperman
Raphaela Neihausen
Joe's Violin Nominated
2017 Laura Checkoway Edith+Eddie Nominated Shared with Thomas Lee Wright.
Elaine McMillion Sheldon Heroin(e) Nominated Shared with Kerrin Sheldon.
Kate Davis Traffic Stop Nominated Shared with David Heilbroner.
2018 Rayka Zehtabchi
Melissa Berton
Period. End of Sentence. Won
2019 Carol Dysinger
Elena Andreicheva
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) Won
Kristine Samuelson Life Overtakes Me Nominated Shared with John Haptas.
Smriti Mundhra St. Louis Superman Nominated Shared with Sami Khan.
Laura Nix
Colette Sandstedt
Walk Run Cha-Cha Nominated
2020 Alice Doyard Colette Won Shared with Anthony Giacchino.
Charlotte Cook Do Not Split Nominated Shared with Anders Hammer.
Sophia Nahli Allison
Janice Duncan
A Love Song for Latasha Nominated First black women to be nominated for Best Documentary Short Film.
2021 Elizabeth Mirzaei Three Songs for Benazir Nominated Shared with Gulistan Mirzaei
2022 Kartiki Gonsalves
Guneet Monga
The Elephant Whisperers Won
Evgenia Arbugaeva Haulout Nominated Shared with Maxim Arbugaev.
Anne Alvergue
Beth Levison
The Martha Mitchell Effect Nominated
2023 Sheila Nevins
Trish Adlesic
The ABCs of Book Banning Nominated
Christine Turner The Barber of Little Rock Nominated Shared with John Hoffman.
Jean Tsien Island in Between Nominated Shared with S. Leo Chiang.

Best Film Editing[edit]

Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Year Name Film Status Notes
1934 Anne Bauchens Cleopatra Nominated First woman to be nominated for Best Film Editing.
Among the inaugural nominees in this category.
1935
[note 1]
Barbara McLean Les Misérables Nominated
Margaret Booth Mutiny on the Bounty Nominated
1936 Barbara McLean Lloyd's of London Nominated First woman with multiple nominations in this category.
1938 Alexander's Ragtime Band Nominated
1939 The Rains Came Nominated
Dorothy Spencer Stagecoach Nominated Shared with Otho Lovering.
1940 Anne Bauchens North West Mounted Police Won First woman to win for Best Film Editing.
1943 Barbara McLean The Song of Bernadette Nominated
1944 Wilson Won
1947 Monica Collingwood The Bishop's Wife Nominated
1950 Barbara McLean All About Eve Nominated
1951 Adrienne Fazan An American in Paris Nominated
Dorothy Spencer Decision Before Dawn Nominated
1952 Anne Bauchens The Greatest Show on Earth Nominated
1955 Alma Macrorie The Bridges at Toko-Ri Nominated
1956 Anne Bauchens The Ten Commandments Nominated
1957 Viola Lawrence Pal Joey Nominated Shared with Jerome Thoms.
1958 Adrienne Fazan Gigi Won
1960 Viola Lawrence Pepe Nominated Shared with Al Clark.
1962 Anne V. Coates Lawrence of Arabia Won
1963 Dorothy Spencer Cleopatra Nominated
1964 Anne V. Coates Becket Nominated
1967 Marjorie Fowler Doctor Dolittle Nominated Shared with Samuel E. Beetley.
1968 Eve Newman Wild in the Streets Nominated Shared with Fred R. Feitshans Jr.
1969 Françoise Bonnot Z Won
1970 Thelma Schoonmaker Woodstock Nominated First documentary to be nominated in this category.
1973 Verna Fields
Marcia Lucas
American Graffiti Nominated
1974 Dorothy Spencer Earthquake Nominated
1975 Verna Fields Jaws Won
Dede Allen Dog Day Afternoon Nominated
Lynzee Klingman One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Nominated Shared with Richard Chew and Sheldon Kahn.
1976 Eve Newman Two-Minute Warning Nominated Shared with Walter Hannemann.
1977 Marcia Lucas Star Wars Won Shared with Paul Hirsch and Richard Chew.
1979 Lisa Fruchtman Apocalypse Now Nominated Shared with Richard Marks, Walter Murch, and Gerald B. Greenberg.
1980 Thelma Schoonmaker Raging Bull Won
Anne V. Coates The Elephant Man Nominated
1981 Dede Allen Reds Nominated Shared with Craig McKay.
1982 Carol Littleton E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Nominated
1983 Lisa Fruchtman The Right Stuff Won Shared with Glenn Farr, Stephen A. Rotter, Douglas Stewart, and Tom Rolf.
1984 Nena Danevic Amadeus Nominated Shared with Michael Chandler.
1985 Kaja Fehr Prizzi's Honor Nominated Shared with Rudi Fehr.
1986 Claire Simpson Platoon Won
Susan E. Morse Hannah and Her Sisters Nominated
1987 Gabriella Cristiani The Last Emperor Won
1989 Noëlle Boisson The Bear Nominated
1990 Lisa Fruchtman The Godfather Part III Nominated Shared with Barry Malkin and Walter Murch.
Thelma Schoonmaker Goodfellas Nominated
1992 Geraldine Peroni The Player Nominated
1993 Anne V. Coates In the Line of Fire Nominated
Veronika Jenet The Piano Nominated
1994 Sally Menke Pulp Fiction Nominated
1996 Pip Karmel Shine Nominated
1998 Simona Paggi Life is Beautiful Nominated
Anne V. Coates Out of Sight Nominated
Leslie Jones The Thin Red Line Nominated Shared with Billy Weber and Saar Klein.
1999 Lisa Zeno Churgin The Cider House Rules Nominated
2000 Dede Allen Wonder Boys Nominated
2001 Dody Dorn Memento Nominated
Jill Bilcock Moulin Rouge! Nominated
2002 Thelma Schoonmaker Gangs of New York Nominated
2004 The Aviator Won First woman with multiple wins in this category.
2005 Claire Simpson The Constant Gardener Nominated
2006 Thelma Schoonmaker The Departed Won Tied the record for most wins in this category, with three.
Clare Douglas United 93 Nominated Shared with Richard Pearson and Christopher Rouse.
2007 Juliette Welfling The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Nominated
2009 Chris Innis The Hurt Locker Won Shared with Bob Murawski.
Sally Menke Inglourious Basterds Nominated
2010 Pamela Martin The Fighter Nominated
2011 Anne-Sophie Bion The Artist Nominated Shared with Michel Hazanavicius.
Thelma Schoonmaker Hugo Nominated
2014 Sandra Adair Boyhood Nominated
2015 Margaret Sixel Mad Max: Fury Road Won
Maryann Brandon
Mary Jo Markey
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Nominated
2016 Joi McMillon Moonlight Nominated First black woman and woman of color to be nominated for Best Film Editing.
Shared with Nat Sanders.
2017 Tatiana S. Riegel I, Tonya Nominated
2019 Thelma Schoonmaker The Irishman Nominated
2020 Chloé Zhao Nomadland Nominated
2021 Pamela Martin King Richard Nominated
2022 Monika Willi Tár Nominated
2023 Jennifer Lame Oppenheimer Won
Thelma Schoonmaker Killers of the Flower Moon Nominated Holds the record for most nominations in this category, with nine.

Best International Feature Film[edit]

The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film is awarded to countries rather than filmmakers. This list contains female directors of nominated films who typically accept the award on behalf of their country.

Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Year Name Film Country Status Notes
1959 Astrid Henning-Jensen Paw Denmark Nominated First woman to direct a film to be nominated for Best International Feature Film.
1976 Lina Wertmüller Seven Beauties Italy Nominated
1983 Diane Kurys Entre Nous France Nominated
1984 María Luisa Bemberg Camila Argentina Nominated First Latina to direct a film to be nominated for Best International Feature Film.
1985
[note 9]
Agnieszka Holland Angry Harvest West Germany Nominated
Coline Serreau Three Men and a Cradle France Nominated
1988 Mira Nair Salaam Bombay! India Nominated First woman of color to direct a film to be nominated for Best International Feature Film.
1995 Marleen Gorris Antonia's Line Netherlands Won First woman to direct a film to win for Best International Feature Film.
1996 Nana Jorjadze A Chef in Love Georgia (country) Nominated
Berit Nesheim The Other Side of Sunday Norway Nominated
1997 Caroline Link Beyond Silence Germany Nominated
2000 Agnès Jaoui The Taste of Others France Nominated
2002 Caroline Link Nowhere in Africa Germany Won First woman to direct multiple films nominated in this category.
Paula van der Oest Zus & Zo Netherlands Nominated
2005 Cristina Comencini The Beast in the Heart Italy Nominated
2006 Susanne Bier After the Wedding Denmark Nominated
Deepa Mehta Water Canada Nominated
2009 Claudia Llosa The Milk of Sorrow Peru Nominated
2010 Susanne Bier In a Better World Denmark Won
2011 Agnieszka Holland In Darkness Poland Nominated First woman to direct multiple films nominated in this category, each represented different country.
2015 Deniz Gamze Ergüven Mustang France Nominated
2016 Maren Ade Toni Erdmann Germany Nominated
2017 Ildikó Enyedi On Body and Soul Hungary Nominated
2018 Nadine Labaki Capernaum Lebanon Nominated
2019 Tamara Kotevska Honeyland North Macedonia Nominated Shared with Ljubomir Stefanov.
2020 Kaouther Ben Hania The Man Who Sold His Skin Tunisia Nominated
Jasmila Žbanić Quo Vadis, Aida? Bosnia and Herzegovina Nominated

Best Makeup and Hairstyling[edit]

Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Year Name Film Status Notes
1982 Sarah Monzani
Michèle Burke
Quest for Fire Won First women to win and be nominated for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
1986 Michèle Burke The Clan of the Cave Bear Nominated First woman with multiple nominations in this category.
Shared with Michael Westmore.
1988
[note 1]
Ve Neill Beetlejuice Won Shared with Steve La Porte and Robert Short.
Bari Dreiband-Burman Scrooged Nominated Shared with Thomas R. Burman.
1989 Lynn Barber Driving Miss Daisy Won Shared with Manlio Rocchetti and Kevin Haney.
Maggie Weston The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Nominated Shared with Fabrizio Sforza.
1990 Michèle Burke Cyrano de Bergerac Nominated Shared with Jean-Pierre Eychenne.
Ve Neill Edward Scissorhands Nominated Shared with Stan Winston.
1991 Christina Smith Hook Nominated Shared with Monty Westmore and Greg Cannom.
1992 Michèle Burke Bram Stoker's Dracula Won First woman with multiple wins in this category.
Shared with Greg Cannom and Matthew W. Mungle.
Ve Neill
Ronnie Specter
Batman Returns Nominated Shared with Stan Winston.
Ve Neill Hoffa Nominated Shared with Greg Cannom and John Blake.
1993 Ve Neill
Yolanda Toussieng
Mrs. Doubtfire Won Shared with Greg Cannom.
Christina Smith
Judith A. Cory
Schindler's List Nominated Shared with Matthew W. Mungle.
1994
[note 10]
Ve Neill
Yolanda Toussieng
Ed Wood Won Shared with Rick Baker.
Hallie D'Amore
Judith A. Cory
Forrest Gump Nominated Shared with Daniel C. Striepeke.
Carol Hemming Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Nominated Shared with Daniel Parker and Paul Engelen.
1995 Lois Burwell Braveheart Won Shared with Peter Frampton and Paul Pattison.
Colleen Callaghan Roommates Nominated Shared with Greg Cannom and Bob Laden.
1996 Deborah La Mia Denaver Ghosts of Mississippi Nominated Shared with Matthew W. Mungle.
1997 Lisa Westcott
Veronica Brebner
Beverley Binda
Mrs Brown Nominated
Tina Earnshaw Titanic Nominated Shared with Greg Cannom and Simon Thompson.
1998
[note 10]
Jenny Shircore Elizabeth Won
Lois Burwell Saving Private Ryan Nominated Shared with Conor O'Sullivan and Daniel C. Striepeke.
Lisa Westcott
Veronica Brebner
Shakespeare in Love Nominated
1999 Christine Blundell Topsy-Turvy Won Shared with Trefor Proud.
Michèle Burke Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Nominated Shared with Mike Smithson.
2000
[note 10]
Gail Ryan How the Grinch Stole Christmas Won Shared with Rick Baker.
Michèle Burke The Cell Nominated Shared with Edouard F. Henriques.
Ann Buchanan
Amber Sibley
Shadow of the Vampire Nominated
2001 Colleen Callaghan A Beautiful Mind Nominated Shared with Greg Cannom.
2002
[note 10]
Beatrice De Alba Frida Won First Latina to win and be nominated for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
Shared with John E. Jackson.
Barbara Lorenz The Time Machine Nominated Shared with John M. Elliott Jr.
2003 Yolanda Toussieng Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Nominated Shared with Edouard F. Henriques.
Ve Neill Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Nominated Shared with Martin Samuel.
2004 Valli O'Reilly Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Won Shared with Bill Corso.
Jo Allen The Sea Inside Nominated Shared with Manolo García.
2005 Tami Lane The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Won Shared with Howard Berger.
Nikki Gooley Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Nominated Shared with Dave Elsey.
2006 Montse Ribé Pan's Labyrinth Won Shared with David Martí.
2007 Jan Archibald La Vie en Rose Won Shared with Didier Lavergne.
Ve Neill Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Nominated Shared with Martin Samuel.
2009 Mindy Hall Star Trek Won Shared with Barney Burman and Joel Harlow.
Jenny Shircore The Young Victoria Nominated Shared with Jon Henry Gordon.
2010 Yolanda Toussieng The Way Back Nominated Shared with Gregory Funk and Edouard F. Henriques.
2011 Lynn Johnson Albert Nobbs Nominated Shared with Martial Corneville and Matthew W. Mungle.
Amanda Knight
Lisa Tomblin
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Nominated Shared with Nick Dudman.
2012 Lisa Westcott
Julie Dartnell
Les Misérables Won
Tami Lane The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Nominated Shared with Peter Swords King and Rick Findlater.
2013 Adruitha Lee
Robin Mathews
Dallas Buyers Club Won
Gloria Pasqua-Casny The Lone Ranger Nominated Shared with Joel Harlow.
2014 Frances Hannon The Grand Budapest Hotel Won Shared with Mark Coulier.
Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou Guardians of the Galaxy Nominated Shared with David White.
2015
[note 10]
Lesley Vanderwalt
Elka Wardega
Mad Max: Fury Road Won Shared with Damian Martin.
Eva von Bahr The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared Nominated Shared with Love Larson.
Siân Grigg The Revenant Nominated Shared with Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini.
2016 Eva von Bahr A Man Called Ove Nominated Shared with Love Larson.
2017 Lucy Sibbick Darkest Hour Won Shared with Kazuhiro Tsuji and David Malinowski.
Lou Sheppard Victoria & Abdul Nominated Shared with Daniel Phillips.
2018
[note 10]
Kate Biscoe
Patricia Dehaney
Vice Won Shared with Greg Cannom.
Pamela Goldammer Border Nominated Shared with Göran Lundström.
Jenny Shircore
Jessica Brooks
Mary Queen of Scots Nominated Shared with Marc Pilcher.
2019 Anne Morgan
Vivian Baker
Bombshell Won Shared with Kazu Hiro.
Naomi Donne
Rebecca Cole
1917 Nominated Shared with Tristan Versluis.
Nicki Ledermann
Kay Georgiou
Joker Nominated
2020
[note 10]
Mia Neal
Jamika Wilson
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Won First African-American and black women to win and be nominated for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
Shared with Sergio López-Rivera.
Marese Langan
Laura Allen
Claudia Stolze
Emma Nominated
Eryn Krueger Mekash
Patricia Dehaney
Hillbilly Elegy Nominated Shared with Matthew W. Mungle.
Gigi Williams
Kimberley Spiteri
Colleen LaBaff
Mank Nominated
Dalia Colli Pinocchio Nominated Shared with Mark Coulier and Francesco Pegoretti.
2021
[note 10]
Linda Dowds
Stephanie Ingram
The Eyes of Tammy Faye Won Shared with Justin Raleigh.
Stacey Morris
Carla Farmer
Coming 2 America Nominated Shared with Mike Marino.
Nadia Stacey
Naomi Donne
Julia Vernon
Cruella Nominated
Eva von Bahr Dune Nominated Holds the record for most nominations without a win in this category, with three.
Shared with Donald Mowat and Love Larson.
Anna Carin Lock House of Gucci Nominated Shared with Göran Lundström and Frederic Aspiras.
2022 Judy Chin
Annemarie Bradley
The Whale Won Shared with Adrien Morot.
Heike Merker
Linda Eisenhamerová
All Quiet on the Western Front Nominated
Naomi Donne The Batman Nominated Tied the record for most nominations without a win in this category, with three.
Shared with Mike Marino and Mike Fontaine.
Camille Friend Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Nominated Shared with Joel Harlow.
2023
[note 10]
Nadia Stacey Poor Things Won Shared with Mark Coulier and Josh Weston.
Karen Hartley Thomas
Suzi Battersby
Ashra Kelly-Blue
Golda Nominated
Kay Georgiou
Lori McCoy-Bell
Maestro Nominated Shared with Kazu Hiro.
Luisa Abel Oppenheimer Nominated
Ana López-Puigcerver
Montse Ribé
Society of the Snow Nominated Shared with David Martí.

Best Music (Original Score)[edit]

Academy Award for Best Original Score [note 11]
Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Year Name Film Status Notes
1945 Ann Ronell G.I. Joe Nominated First woman to be nominated for Best Original Score.
First woman to be nominated in both music categories (For the further information, see Best Original Song).
Shared with Louis Applebaum.
Original Song Score
1970 Tylwyth Kymry (lyrics) The Baby Maker Nominated Shared with Fred Karlin (music).
Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score
1974 Angela Morley (adaptation score) The Little Prince Nominated First transgender woman to be nominated in any category.
Shared with Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe (song score); Douglas Gamley (adaptation score).
1977 The Slipper and the Rose Nominated First transgender woman with multiple nominations in any category.
Shared with Sherman Brothers (song score).
Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score
1983 Marilyn Bergman (song score) Yentl Won First woman to win for Best Original Score.
First woman to win in both music categories (For the further information, see Best Original Song).
Shared with Michel Legrand (song & adaptation score); Alan Bergman (song score).
Original Musical or Comedy Score
1996 Rachel Portman Emma Won
1997
[note 1]
Anne Dudley The Full Monty Won
Lynn Ahrens Anastasia Nominated Shared with Stephen Flaherty & David Newman.
Original Score
1999 Rachel Portman The Cider House Rules Nominated
2000 Chocolat Nominated
2016 Mica Levi Jackie Nominated Subsequently came out as non-binary.
2019 Hildur Guðnadóttir Joker Won
2021 Germaine Franco Encanto Nominated First Latina to be nominated for Best Original Score.
2023 Laura Karpman American Fiction Nominated

Best Music (Original Song)[edit]

Academy Award for Best Original Song
Year Name Film Song Status Notes
1935 Dorothy Fields (lyrics) Roberta "Lovely to Look At" Nominated First woman to be nominated for Best Original Song
Shared with Jerome Kern (music); Jimmy McHugh (lyrics).
1936 Swing Time "The Way You Look Tonight" Won First woman to win for Best Original Song.
First woman with multiple nominations in this category.
Shared with Jerome Kern (music).
1945 Ann Ronell (music & lyrics) G.I. Joe "Linda" Nominated First woman to be nominated in both music categories (For the further information, see Best Original Score).
1953 Sylvia Fine (lyrics) The Moon Is Blue "The Moon Is Blue" Nominated Shared with Herschel Burke Gilbert (music).
1959 Sylvia Fine (music & lyrics) The Five Pennies "The Five Pennies" Nominated
1960 Dory Langdon (lyrics) Pepe "Faraway Part of Town" Nominated Shared with André Previn (music).
1962 Two for the Seesaw "Song from Two for the Seesaw (Second Chance)" Nominated
1968 Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) The Thomas Crown Affair "The Windmills of Your Mind" Won First woman to win in both music categories (For the further information, see Best Original Score).
Shared with Michel Legrand (music); Alan Bergman (lyrics).
1969
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The Happy Ending "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" Nominated
Dory Langdon (lyrics) The Sterile Cuckoo "Come Saturday Morning" Nominated Shared with Fred Karlin (music).
1970 Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) Pieces of Dreams "Pieces of Dreams" Nominated Shared with Michel Legrand (music); Alan Bergman (lyrics).
1971 Sometimes a Great Notion "All His Children" Nominated Shared with Henry Mancini (music); Alan Bergman (lyrics).
1972 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean "Marmalade, Molasses & Honey" Nominated Shared with Maurice Jarre (music); Alan Bergman (lyrics).
Marsha Karlin (lyrics) The Little Ark "Come Follow, Follow Me" Nominated Shared with Fred Karlin (music).
1973 Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) The Way We Were "The Way We Were" Won First woman with multiple wins in this category.
Shared with Marvin Hamlisch (music); Alan Bergman (lyrics).
Linda McCartney (music & lyrics) Live and Let Die "Live and Let Die" Nominated Shared with Paul McCartney (music & lyrics).
1974 Betty Box (lyrics) Benji "I Feel Love" Nominated Shared with Euel Box (music).
1976 Barbra Streisand (music) A Star Is Born "Evergreen" Won Streisand is the only person to win for acting (Best Actress for Funny Girl) and songwriting.
Shared with Paul Williams (lyrics).
Carol Connors & Ayn Robbins (lyrics) Rocky "Gonna Fly Now" Nominated Shared with Bill Conti (music).
1977 The Rescuers "Someone's Waiting for You" Nominated Shared with Sammy Fain (music).
Carole Bayer Sager (lyrics) The Spy Who Loved Me "Nobody Does It Better" Nominated Shared with Marvin Hamlisch (music).
1978 Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) Same Time, Next Year "The Last Time I Felt Like This" Nominated Shared with Marvin Hamlisch (music); Alan Bergman (lyrics).
1979 Carole Bayer Sager (lyrics) Ice Castles "Through the Eyes of Love" Nominated Shared with Marvin Hamlisch (music).
Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) The Promise "I'll Never Say Goodbye" Nominated Shared with David Shire (music); Alan Bergman (lyrics).
1980 Lesley Gore (lyrics) Fame "Out Here on My Own" Nominated Shared with Michael Gore (music).
Dolly Parton (music & lyrics) Nine to Five "9 to 5" Nominated
1981 Carole Bayer Sager (music & lyrics) Arthur "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" Won Shared with Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross & Peter Allen (music & lyrics).
1982 Buffy Sainte-Marie (music) An Officer and a Gentleman "Up Where We Belong" Won Shared with Jack Nitzche (music); Will Jennings (lyrics).
Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) Best Friends "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" Nominated Shared with Michel Legrand (music); Alan Bergman (lyrics).
Tootsie "It Might Be You" Nominated Shared with Dave Grusin (music); Alan Bergman (lyrics).
Yes, Giorgio "If We Were in Love" Nominated Shared with John Williams (music); Alan Bergman (lyrics).
1983 Irene Cara (lyrics) Flashdance "Flashdance... What a Feeling" Won First black woman to win in a non-acting category.
Shared with Giorgio Moroder (music); Keith Forsey (lyrics).
Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) Yentl "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" Nominated Shared with Michel Legrand (music); Alan Bergman (lyrics).
"The Way He Makes Me Feel" Nominated
1986 Cynthia Weil (lyrics) An American Tail "Somewhere Out There" Nominated Shared with James Horner & Barry Mann (music).
Diane Nini (lyrics) The Karate Kid Part II "Glory of Love" Nominated Shared with David Foster (music); Peter Cetera (music & lyrics).
1987 Diane Warren (music & lyrics) Mannequin "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" Nominated Shared with Albert Hammond (music & lyrics).
1988 Carly Simon (music & lyrics) Working Girl "Let the River Run" Won
1989 Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) Shirley Valentine "The Girl Who Used to Be Me" Nominated Shared with Marvin Hamlisch (music); Alan Bergman (lyrics).
1992 Linda Thompson (lyrics) The Bodyguard "I Have Nothing" Nominated Shared with David Foster (music).
1993 Carole Bayer Sager (music & lyrics) Beethoven's 2nd "The Day I Fall in Love" Nominated Shared with James Ingram & Clif Magness (music & lyrics).
Janet Jackson (music & lyrics) Poetic Justice "Again" Nominated Shared with James Harris III & Terry Lewis (music & lyrics).
1994 Carole Bayer Sager & Patty Smyth (music & lyrics) Junior "Look What Love Has Done" Nominated Shared with James Ingram & James Newton Howard (music & lyrics).
1995 Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) Sabrina "Moonlight" Nominated Shared with John Williams (music); Alan Bergman (lyrics).
1996 Barbra Streisand (music & lyrics) The Mirror Has Two Faces "I Finally Found Someone" Nominated Shared with Bryan Adams, Marvin Hamlisch & Mutt Lange (music & lyrics).
Diane Warren (music & lyrics) Up Close and Personal "Because You Loved Me" Nominated
1997 Lynn Ahrens (lyrics) Anastasia "Journey to the Past" Nominated Shared with Stephen Flaherty (music).
Diane Warren (music & lyrics) Con Air "How Do I Live?" Nominated
1998 Armageddon "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing" Nominated
Allison Moorer (music & lyrics) The Horse Whisperer "A Soft Place to Fall" Nominated Shared with Gwil Owen (music & lyrics).
Carole Bayer Sager (music & lyrics) Quest for Camelot "The Prayer" Nominated Shared with David Foster (music & lyrics); Tony Renis & Alberto Testa (lyrics).
1999 Aimee Mann (music & lyrics) Magnolia "Save Me" Nominated
Diane Warren (music & lyrics) Music of the Heart "Music of My Heart" Nominated
2000 Björk (music) Dancer in the Dark "I've Seen It All" Nominated Shared with Lars von Trier & Sjón Sigurdsson (lyrics).
2001 Enya & Roma Ryan (music & lyrics) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring "May It Be" Nominated Shared with Nicky Ryan (music & lyrics).
Diane Warren (music & lyrics) Pearl Harbor "There You'll Be" Nominated
2002 Julie Taymor (lyrics) Frida "Burn It Blue" Nominated Shared with Elliot Goldenthal (music).
2003 Annie Lennox & Fran Walsh (music & lyrics) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King "Into the West" Won Shared with Howard Shore (music & lyrics).
Annette O'Toole (music & lyrics) A Mighty Wind "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" Nominated Shared with Michael McKean (music & lyrics).
2005 Kathleen "Bird" York (music & lyrics) Crash "In the Deep" Nominated Shared with Michael Becker (music).
Dolly Parton (music & lyrics) Transamerica "Travellin' Thru" Nominated
2006 Melissa Etheridge (music & lyrics) An Inconvenient Truth "I Need to Wake Up Won First song from a documentary to win in this category.
Anne Preven (lyrics) Dreamgirls "Listen" Nominated Shared with Scott Cutler & Henry Krieger (music).
Siedah Garrett (lyrics) "Love You I Do" Nominated Shared with Henry Krieger (music).
2007 Markéta Irglová (music & lyrics) Once "Falling Slowly" Won Shared with Glen Hansard (music & lyrics).
2008 M.I.A. (music & lyrics) Slumdog Millionaire "O... Saya" Nominated Shared with A. R. Rahman (music & lyrics).
2010 Dido (lyrics) 127 Hours "If I Rise" Nominated Shared with A.R. Rahman (music); Rollo Armstrong (lyrics).
Hillary Lindsey (music & lyrics) Country Strong "Coming Home" Nominated Shared with Troy Verges & Tom Douglas (music & lyrics).
2011 Siedah Garrett (lyrics) Rio "Real In Rio" Nominated Shared with Sérgio Mendes & Carlinhos Brown (music).
2012 Adele (music & lyrics) Skyfall "Skyfall" Won Shared with Paul Epworth (music & lyrics).
Bombay Jayashri (lyrics) Life of Pi "Pi's Lullaby" Nominated Shared with Mychael Danna (music).
2013 Kristen Anderson-Lopez (music & lyrics) Frozen "Let It Go" Won Shared with Robert Lopez (music & lyrics).
Karen O (music & lyrics) Her "The Moon Song" Nominated Shared with Spike Jonze (lyrics).
2014 Danielle Brisebois (music & lyrics) Begin Again "Lost Stars" Nominated Shared with Gregg Alexander (music & lyrics).
Diane Warren (music & lyrics) Beyond the Lights "Grateful" Nominated
2015 Diane Warren & Lady Gaga (music & lyrics) The Hunting Ground "Till It Happens to You" Nominated
Anohni (lyrics) Racing Extinction "Manta Ray" Nominated First transgender woman to nominated for Best Original Song.
Shared with J. Ralph (music).
2017 Kristen Anderson-Lopez (music & lyrics) Coco "Remember Me" Won Shared with Robert Lopez (music & lyrics).
Diane Warren (music & lyrics) Marshall "Stand Up for Something" Nominated Shared with Lonnie Lynn (lyrics).
Mary J. Blige & Taura Stinson (music & lyrics) Mudbound "Mighty River" Nominated Blige was the first person to be nominated for acting (Best Supporting Actress for Mudbound) and songwriting in the same year.
Shared with Raphael Saadiq (music & lyrics).
2018 Lady Gaga (music & lyrics) A Star is Born "Shallow" Won Shared with Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt (music & lyrics).
Gillian Welch (music & lyrics) The Ballad of Buster Scruggs "When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings" Nominated Shared with David Rawlings (music & lyrics).
SZA (lyrics) Black Panther "All the Stars" Nominated Shared with Sounwave (music); Kendrick Lamar & Anthony Tiffith (music & lyrics).
Diane Warren (music & lyrics) RBG "I'll Fight" Nominated
2019 Diane Warren (music & lyrics) Breakthrough "I'm Standing with You" Nominated
Kristen Anderson-Lopez (music & lyrics) Frozen II "Into the Unknown" Nominated Shared with Robert Lopez (music & lyrics).
Cynthia Erivo (music & lyrics) Harriet "Stand Up" Nominated Shared with Joshuah Brian Campbell (music & lyrics).
2020 H.E.R. (music & lyrics); Tiara Thomas (lyrics) Judas and the Black Messiah "Fight for You" Won Shared with Dernst Emile II (music).
Diane Warren (music & lyrics); Laura Pausini (lyrics) The Life Ahead "Io Sì (Seen)" Nominated
Celeste Waite (lyrics) The Trial of the Chicago 7 "Hear My Voice" Nominated Shared with Daniel Pemberton (music & lyrics).
2021 Billie Eilish (music & lyrics) No Time to Die "No Time to Die" Won First person born in the 21st century to win in any category.
Shared with Finneas O'Connell (music & lyrics).
Diane Warren (music & lyrics) Four Good Days "Somehow You Do" Nominated
Beyoncé (music & lyrics) King Richard "Be Alive" Nominated Shared with DIXSON (music & lyrics).
2022 Rihanna (music); Tems (music & lyrics) Black Panther: Wakanda Forever "Lift Me Up" Nominated Shared with Ludwig Göransson (music); Ryan Coogler (music & lyrics).
Mitski (music) Everything Everywhere All at Once "This Is a Life" Nominated Shared with David Byrne & Ryan Lott (music & lyrics).
Diane Warren (music & lyrics) Tell It Like a Woman "Applause" Nominated
Lady Gaga (music & lyrics) Top Gun: Maverick "Hold My Hand" Nominated Shared with BloodPop (music & lyrics).
2023 Billie Eilish (music & lyrics) Barbie "What Was I Made For?" Won Youngest person to win multiple Oscars, at age 22.
Shared with Finneas O'Connell (music & lyrics).
Diane Warren (music & lyrics) Flamin' Hot "The Fire Inside" Nominated Holds the record for most nominations without a win in this category, with 15.
Holds the record for most nominations by a woman without a win in any category, with 15.

Best Picture[edit]

Academy Award for Best Picture
Year Name Film Status Notes
1973 Julia Phillips The Sting Won First woman to win and be nominated for Best Picture.
Shared with Tony Bill and Michael Phillips.
1976 Taxi Driver Nominated First woman with multiple nominations in this category.
Shared with Michael Phillips.
1979 Tamara Asseyev
Alex Rose
Norma Rae Nominated
1982 Kathleen Kennedy E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Nominated Shared with Steven Spielberg.
1984 Arlene Donovan Places in the Heart Nominated
1985 Kathleen Kennedy The Color Purple Nominated Shared with Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall, and Quincy Jones.
1987 Sherry Lansing Fatal Attraction Nominated Shared with Stanley R. Jaffe.
1988 Norma Heyman Dangerous Liaisons Nominated Shared with Hank Moonjean.
1989 Lili Fini Zanuck Driving Miss Daisy Won Shared with Richard D. Zanuck.
1990 Lisa Weinstein Ghost Nominated
1991 Barbra Streisand The Prince of Tides Nominated Shared with Andrew Karsch.
1993 Jan Chapman The Piano Nominated
1994
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Wendy Finerman Forrest Gump Won Shared with Steve Tisch and Steve Starkey.
Niki Marvin The Shawshank Redemption Nominated
1995 Lindsay Doran Sense and Sensibility Nominated
1996 Jane Scott Shine Nominated
1997 Bridget Johnson
Kristi Zea
As Good as It Gets Nominated Shared with James L. Brooks.
1998 Donna Gigliotti Shakespeare in Love Won Shared with David Parfitt, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick, and Marc Norman.
Alison Owen Elizabeth Nominated Shared with Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan.
Elda Ferri Life Is Beautiful Nominated Shared with Gianluigi Braschi.
1999 Kathleen Kennedy The Sixth Sense Nominated Shared with Frank Marshall and Barry Mendel.
2000 Kit Golden
Leslie Holleran
Chocolat Nominated Shared with David Brown.
Stacey Sher Erin Brockovich Nominated Shared with Danny DeVito and Michael Shamberg.
Laura Bickford Traffic Nominated Shared with Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz.
2001 Fran Walsh The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Nominated Shared with Peter Jackson and Barrie M. Osborne.
2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Nominated
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Won
Sofia Coppola Lost in Translation Nominated Shared with Ross Katz.
Judie G. Hoyt Mystic River Nominated Shared with Robert Lorenz and Clint Eastwood.
Kathleen Kennedy Seabiscuit Nominated Shared with Frank Marshall and Gary Ross.
2004 Nellie Bellflower Finding Neverland Nominated Shared with Richard N. Gladstein.
2005 Cathy Schulman Crash Won Shared with Paul Haggis.
Diana Ossana Brokeback Mountain Nominated Shared with James Schamus.
Caroline Baron Capote Nominated Shared with William Vince and Michael Ohoven.
Kathleen Kennedy Munich Nominated Shared with Steven Spielberg and Barry Mendel.
2006 Christine Langan
Tracey Seaward
The Queen Nominated Shared with Andy Harries.
2007 Lianne Halton Juno Nominated Shared with Mason Novick and Russell Smith.
Jennifer Fox Michael Clayton Nominated Shared with Kerry Orent and Sydney Pollack.
JoAnne Sellar There Will Be Blood Nominated Shared with Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi.
2008 Kathleen Kennedy
Ceán Chaffin
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Nominated Shared with Frank Marshall.
Donna Gigliotti The Reader Nominated Shared with Anthony Minghella (p. n.), Sydney Pollack (p. n.), and Redmond Morris.
2009
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Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker Won Shared with Mark Boal, Greg Shapiro, and Nicolas Chartier.
Carolynne Cunningham District 9 Nominated Shared with Peter Jackson.
Finola Dwyer
Amanda Posey
An Education Nominated
Sarah Siegel-Magness Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire Nominated Shared with Lee Daniels and Gary Magness.
2010 Emma Thomas Inception Nominated Shared with Christopher Nolan.
Celine Rattray The Kids Are All Right Nominated Shared with Gary Gilbert and Jeffrey Levy-Hinte.
Ceán Chaffin The Social Network Nominated Shared with Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, and Scott Rudin.
Darla K. Anderson Toy Story 3 Nominated
Alix Madigan
Anne Rosellini
Winter's Bone Nominated
2011 Letty Aronson Midnight in Paris Nominated Shared with Stephen Tenenbaum.
Rachael Horovitz Moneyball Nominated Shared with Michael De Luca and Brad Pitt.
Sarah Green
Dede Gardner
The Tree of Life Nominated Shared with Bill Pohlad and Grant Hill.
Kathleen Kennedy War Horse Nominated Shared with Steven Spielberg.
2012 Margaret Menegoz Amour Nominated Shared with Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, and Michael Katz.
Stacey Sher
Pilar Savone
Django Unchained Nominated Shared with Reginald Hudlin.
Debra Hayward Les Misérables Nominated Shared with Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Cameron Mackintosh.
Kathleen Kennedy Lincoln Nominated Holds the record for most nominations without a win in this category, with eight.
Shared with Steven Spielberg.
Donna Gigliotti Silver Linings Playbook Nominated Shared with Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon.
Kathryn Bigelow
Megan Ellison
Zero Dark Thirty Nominated Shared with Mark Boal.
2013 Dede Gardner 12 Years a Slave Won Shared with Brad Pitt, Jeremy Kleiner, Steven McQueen, and Anthony Katagas.
Megan Ellison American Hustle Nominated Shared with Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, and Jonathan Gordon.
Robbie Brenner
Rachel Winter
Dallas Buyers Club Nominated
Megan Ellison Her Nominated Shared with Vincent Landay and Spike Jones.
Gabrielle Tana
Tracey Seaward
Philomena Nominated Shared with Steve Coogan.
Emma Tillinger Koskoff The Wolf of Wall Street Nominated Shared with Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Joey McFarland.
2014 Cathleen Sutherland Boyhood Nominated Shared with Richard Linklater.
Nora Grossman The Imitation Game Nominated Shared with Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman.
Oprah Winfrey
Dede Gardner
Selma Nominated Winfrey was the first woman of color to be nominated for Best Picture.
Shared with Christian Colson and Jeremy Kleiner.
Lisa Bruce The Theory of Everything Nominated Shared with Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Anthony McCarten.
Helen Estabrook Whiplash Nominated Shared with Jason Blum and David Lancaster.
2015 Blye Pagon Faust
Nicole Rocklin
Spotlight Won Shared with Steve Golin and Michael Sugar.
Dede Gardner The Big Short Nominated Shared with Jeremy Kleiner and Brad Pitt.
Kristie Macosko Krieger Bridge of Spies Nominated Shared with Marc Platt and Steven Spielberg.
Finola Dwyer
Amanda Posey
Brooklyn Nominated
Mary Parent The Revenant Nominated Shared with Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Steve Golin, Arnon Milchan, and Keith Redmon.
2016 Adele Romanski
Dede Gardner
Moonlight Won Gardner was the first woman with multiple wins in this category.
Shared with Jeremy Kleiner.
Carla Hacken
Julie Yorn
Hell or High Water Nominated
Donna Gigliotti
Jenno Topping
Hidden Figures Nominated Shared with Peter Chernin, Pharrell Williams, and Theodore Melfi.
Angie Fielder Lion Nominated Shared with Emile Sherman and Iain Canning.
Kimberly Steward
Lauren Beck
Manchester by the Sea Nominated Shared with Matt Damon, Chris Moore, and Kevin J. Walsh.
2017 Émilie Georges Call Me by Your Name Nominated Shared with Luca Guadagnino, Peter Spears, and Marco Morabito.
Lisa Bruce Darkest Hour Nominated Shared with Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anthony McCarten, and Douglas Urbanski.
Emma Thomas Dunkirk Nominated Shared with Christopher Nolan.
Evelyn O'Neill Lady Bird Nominated Shared with Eli Bush and Scott Rudin.
Megan Ellison
JoAnne Sellar
Phantom Thread Nominated Shared with Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi.
Kristie Macosko Krieger
Amy Pascal
The Post Nominated Shared with Steven Spielberg.
2018 Ceci Dempsey
Lee Magiday
The Favourite Nominated Shared with Ed Guiney and Yorgos Lanthimos.
Gabriela Rodríguez Roma Nominated First Latina to be nominated for Best Picture.
Shared with Alfonso Cuarón.
Lynette Howell Taylor A Star is Born Nominated Shared with Bill Gerber and Bradley Cooper.
Dede Gardner Vice Nominated Shared with Jeremy Kleiner, Adam McKay, and Kevin Messick.
2019 Kwak Sin-ae Parasite Won First woman of color to win for Best Picture.
Shared with Bong Joon-ho.
Pippa Harris
Jayne-Ann Tenggren
1917 Nominated Shared with Sam Mendes and Callum McDougal.
Jenno Topping Ford v Ferrari Nominated Shared with Peter Chernin and James Mangold.
Jane Rosenthal
Emma Tillinger Koskoff
The Irishman Nominated Shared with Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro.
Chelsea Winstanley Jojo Rabbit Nominated Shared with Carthew Neal and Taika Waititi.
Emma Tillinger Koskoff Joker Nominated Shared with Todd Phillips and Bradley Cooper.
Amy Pascal Little Women Nominated
Shannon McIntosh Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Nominated Shared with David Heyman and Quentin Tarantino.
2020 Frances McDormand
Mollye Asher
Chloé Zhao
Nomadland Won McDormand is the first woman to win for acting (Best Actress for Fargo) and producing.
McDormand is the first person to win for acting (Best Actress for Nomadland) and producing in the same year.
Shared with Peter Spears and Dan Janvey.
Ceán Chaffin Mank Nominated Shared with Eric Roth and Douglas Urbanski.
Christina Oh Minari Nominated
Ashley Fox
Emerald Fennell
Promising Young Woman Nominated Shared with Josey McNamara and Ben Browning.
2021 Laura Berwick
Becca Kovacik
Tamar Thomas
Belfast Nominated Shared with Kenneth Branagh.
Mary Parent Dune Nominated Shared with Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter.
Sara Murphy Licorice Pizza Nominated Shared with Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson.
Jane Campion
Tanya Seghatchian
The Power of the Dog Nominated Shared with Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, and Roger Frappier.
Kristie Macosko Krieger West Side Story Nominated Shared with Steven Spielberg.
2022 Catherine Martin
Gail Berman
Elvis Nominated Shared with Baz Luhrmann, Patrick McCormick, and Schuyler Weiss.
Kristie Macosko Krieger The Fabelmans Nominated Shared with Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner.
Alexandra Milchan Tár Nominated Shared with Todd Field and Scott Lambert.
Dede Gardner
Frances McDormand
Women Talking Nominated Shared with Jeremy Kleiner.
2023 Emma Thomas Oppenheimer Won Shared with Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan.
Marie-Ange Luciani Anatomy of a Fall Nominated Shared with David Thion.
Margot Robbie Barbie Nominated Shared with David Heyman, Tom Ackerley, and Robbie Brenner.
Amy Derning
Kristie Macosko Krieger
Maestro Nominated Shared with Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, and Fred Berner.
Christine Vachon
Pamela Koffler
Past Lives Nominated Shared with David Hinojosa.
Emma Stone Poor Things Nominated Shared with Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, and Yorgos Lanthimos.

Best Production Design[edit]


Academy Award for Best Production Design [note 13]
Year Name Film Status Notes
Black-and-White
1941 Julia Heron (set decoration) That Hamilton Woman Nominated First woman to be nominated in production categories.
Shared with Vincent Korda (production design).
1942 Black-and-White
Fay Babcock (set decoration) The Talk of the Town Nominated Shared with Lionel Banks and Rudolph Sternad (production design).
Color
Julia Heron (set decoration) Jungle Book Nominated First woman to be nominated for Best Production Design (Color).
First woman with multiple nominations in production categories.
First woman to be nominated in both production categories.
Shared with Vincent Korda (production design).
Black-and-White
1943 Julia Heron (set decoration) Casanova Brown Nominated Shared with Perry Ferguson (production design).
Color
1944 Fay Babcock (set decoration) Cover Girl Nominated Shared with Lionel Banks and Cary Odell (production design).
1945 Mildred Griffiths (set decoration) National Velvet Nominated Shared with Cedric Gibbons and Urie McCleary (production design); Edwin B. Willis (set decoration).
Black-and-White
1946 Carmen Dillon (production design) Henry V Nominated Shared with Paul Sheriff (production design).
1948 Carmen Dillon (set decoration) Hamlet Won First woman to win in production categories.
Shared with Roger K. Furse (production design).
1954 Black-and-White
Grace Gregory (set decoration) This Country Girl Nominated Shared with Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson (production design); Samuel M. Comer (set decoration).
Color
Irene Sharaff (production design) A Star Is Born Nominated Shared with Malcolm C. Bert and Gene Allen (production design); George James Hopkins (set decoration).
Color
1959
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Julia Heron (set decoration) The Big Fisherman Nominated Shared with John DeCuir (production design).
Ruby R. Levitt (set decoration) Pillow Talk Nominated Shared with Richard H. Riedel (p. n.) (production design); Russell A. Gausman (set decoration).
1960 Julia Heron (set decoration) Spartacus Won First woman to win for Best Production Design (Color).
Shared with Harry Horner and Eric Orbom (production design); Russell A. Gausman (set decoration).
1963 Black-and-White
Grace Gregory (set decoration) Love with the Proper Stranger Nominated Shared with Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson (production design); Samuel M. Comer (set decoration).
Color
Jocelyn Herbert (production design); Josie MacAvin (set decoration) Tom Jones Nominated Shared with Ralph W. Brinton and Ted Marshall (production design).
1965 Black-and-White
Josie MacAvin (set decoration) The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Nominated Shared with Hal Pereira and Tambi Larsen (production design); Ted Marshall (set decoration).
Color
Ruby R. Levitt (set decoration) The Sound of Music Nominated Shared with Boris Leven (production design); Walter M. Scott (set decoration).
Production Design
1970 Pamela Cornell (set decoration) Scrooge Nominated Shared with Terence Marsh and Robert Cartwright (production design).
1971 Ruby R. Levitt (set decoration) The Andromeda Strain Nominated Shared with Boris Leven and William H. Tuntke (production design).
1974 Chinatown Nominated Shared with Richard Sylbert and W. Stewart Campbell (production design).
1979 Linda DeScenna (set decoration) Star Trek: The Motion Picture Nominated Shared with Harold Michelson, Joseph R. Jennings, Leon Harris, and John Vallone (production design).
1981 Ann Mollo (set decoration) The French Lieutenant's Woman Nominated Shared with Assheton Gorton (production design).
Patrizia von Brandenstein (production design) Ragtime Nominated Shared with John Graysmark and Tony Reading (production design); George DeTitta Sr., George DeTitta Jr. and Peter Howitt (set decoration).
1982 Linda DeScenna (set decoration) Blade Runner Nominated Shared with Lawrence G. Paull and David Snyder (production design).
1983 Anna Asp (production design) Fanny and Alexander Won
Polly Platt (production design) Terms of Endearment Nominated Shared with Harold Michelson (production design); Tom Pedigo and Anthony Mondell (set decoration).
Tessa Davies (set decoration) Yentl Nominated Shared with Roy Walker and Leslie Tomkins (production design).
1984 Patrizia von Brandenstein (production design) Amadeus Won Shared with Karel Černý (production design).
1985 Josie MacAvin (set decoration) Out of Africa Won Shared with Stephen B. Grimes (production design).
Maggie Gray (set decoration) Brazil Nominated Shared with Norman Garwood (production design).
Linda DeScenna (set decoration) The Color Purple Nominated Shared with J. Michael Riva and Bo Welch (production design).
Shinobu Muraki (production design) Ran Nominated First woman of color to be nominated for Best Production Design.
Shared with Yoshiro Muraki (production design).
1986 Karen O'Hara (set decoration) The Color of Money Nominated Shared with Boris Leven (production design).
Carol Joffe (set decoration) Hannah and Her Sisters Nominated Shared with Stuart Wurtzel (production design).
1987 Joanne Woollard (set decoration) Hope and Glory Nominated Shared with Anthony D. G. Pratt (production design).
Carol Joffe (set decoration) Radio Days Nominated Shared with Santo Loquasto (production design); Leslie Bloom and George DeTitta Jr (set decoration).
Patrizia von Brandenstein (production design) The Untouchables Nominated Shared with William A. Elliott (production design); Hal Gausman (set decoration).
1988 Ida Random (production design); Linda DeScenna (set decoration) Rain Man Nominated
1989 Anne Kuljian (set decoration) The Abyss Nominated Shared with Leslie Dilley (production design).
Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decoration) The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Nominated Shared with Dante Ferretti (production design).
1990 Lisa Dean (set decoration) Dances with Wolves Nominated Shared with Jeffrey Beecroft (production design).
Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decoration) Hamlet Nominated Shared with Dante Ferretti (production design).
1991 Nancy Haigh (set decoration) Bugsy Won Shared with Dennis Gassner (production design).
Barton Fink Nominated
Cindy Carr (set decoration) The Fisher King Nominated Shared with Mel Bourne (production design).
Caryl Heller (set decoration) The Prince of Tides Nominated Shared with Paul Sylbert (production design).
1992 Luciana Arrighi (production design) Howards End Won Shared with Ian Whittaker (set decoration).
Linda DeScenna (set decoration) Toys Nominated Shared with Ferdinando Scarfiotti (production design).
Janice Blackie-Goodine (set decoration) Unforgiven Nominated Shared with Henry Bumstead (production design).
1993 Ewa Braun (set decoration) Schindler's List Won Shared with Allan Starski (production design).
Luciana Arrighi (production design) The Remains of the Day Nominated Shared with Ian Whittaker (set decoration).
1994
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Carolyn Scott (set decoration) The Madness of King George Won Shared with Ken Adam (production design).
Susan Bode (set decoration) Bullets over Broadway Nominated Shared Santo Loquasto (production design).
Nancy Haigh (set decoration) Forrest Gump Nominated Shared with Rick Carter (production design).
Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decoration) Interview with the Vampire Nominated Shared with Dante Ferretti (production design).
Lilly Kilvert (production design); Dorree Cooper (set decoration) Legends of the Fall Nominated
1995 Merideth Boswell (set decoration) Apollo 13 Nominated Shared with Michael Corenblith (production design).
Kerrie Brown (set decoration) Babe Nominated Shared with Roger Ford (production design).
Cheryl Carasik (set decoration) A Little Princess Nominated Shared with Bo Welch (production design).
1996 Stephenie McMillan (set decoration) The English Patient Won Shared with Stuart Craig (production design).
Cheryl Carasik (set decoration) The Birdcage Nominated Shared with Bo Welch (production design).
Catherine Martin (production design); Brigitte Broch (set decoration) Romeo + Juliet Nominated
1997 Nancy Nye (set decoration) Gattaca Nominated Shared with Jan Roelfs (production design).
Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decoration) Kundun Nominated Shared with Dante Ferretti (production design).
Jeannine Oppewall (production design) L.A. Confidential Nominated Shared with Jay Hart (set decoration).
Cheryl Carasik (set decoration) Men in Black Nominated Shared with Bo Welch (production design).
1998 Jill Quertier (set decoration) Shakespeare in Love Won Shared with Martin Childs (production design).
Jeannine Oppewall (production design) Pleasantville Nominated Shared with Jay Hart (set decoration).
Lisa Dean Kavanaugh (set decoration) Saving Private Ryan Nominated Shared with Thomas E. Sanders (production design).
Cindy Carr (set decoration) What Dreams May Come Nominated Shared with Eugenio Zanetti (production design).
1999 Luciana Arrighi (production design) Anna and the King Nominated Shared with Ian Whittaker (set decoration).
Beth Rubino (set decoration) The Cider House Rules Nominated Shared with David Gropman (production design).
Eve Stewart (production design) Topsy-Turvy Nominated Shared with John Bush (set decoration).
2000 Merideth Boswell (set decoration) How the Grinch Stole Christmas Nominated Shared with Michael Corenblith (production design).
Jill Quertier (set decoration) Quills Nominated Shared with Martin Childs (production design).
Françoise Benoît-Fresco (set decoration) Vatel Nominated Shared with Jean Rabasse (production design).
2001 Catherine Martin (production design); Brigitte Broch (set decoration) Moulin Rouge! Won
Aline Bonetto (production design); Marie-Laure Valla (set decoration) Amélie Nominated
Anna Pinnock (set decoration) Gosford Park Nominated Shared with Stephen Altman (production design).
Stephenie McMillan (set decoration) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Nominated Shared with Stuart Craig (production design).
2002 Hania Robledo (set decoration) Frida Nominated Shared with Felipe Fernández del Paso (production design).
Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decoration) Gangs of New York Nominated Shared with Dante Ferretti (production design).
Nancy Haigh (set decoration) Road to Perdition Nominated Shared with Dennis Gassner (production design).
2003 Cecile Heideman (set decoration) Girl with a Pearl Earring Nominated Shared with Ben Van Os (production design).
Lilly Kilvert (production design); Gretchen Rau (set decoration) The Last Samurai Nominated
Jeannine Oppewall (production design); Leslie Pope (set decoration) Seabiscuit Nominated
2004
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Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decoration) The Aviator Won Shared with Dante Ferretti (production design).
Gemma Jackson (production design); Trisha Edwards (set decoration) Finding Neverland Nominated
Cheryl Carasik (set decoration) Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Nominated Shared with Rick Heinrichs (production design).
Celia Bobak (set decoration) The Phantom of the Opera Nominated Shared with Anthony D. G. Pratt (production design).
Aline Bonetto (production design) A Very Long Engagement Nominated
2005 Gretchen Rau (set decoration) Memoirs of a Geisha Won Shared with John Myhre (production design).
Jan Pascale (set decoration) Good Night, and Good Luck. Nominated Shared with James D. Bissell (production design).
Stephenie McMillan (set decoration) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Nominated Shared with Stuart Craig (production design).
Sarah Greenwood (production design); Katie Spencer (set decoration) Pride & Prejudice Nominated
2006
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Pilar Revuelta (set decoration) Pan's Labyrinth Won Shared with Eugenio Caballero (production design).
Nancy Haigh (set decoration) Dreamgirls Nominated Shared with John Myhre (production design).
Jeannine Claudia Oppewall (production design); Gretchen Rau (set decoration) The Good Shepherd Nominated Shared with Leslie E. Rollins (set decoration).
Cheryl Carasik (set decoration) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Nominated Shared with Rick Heinrichs (production design).
Julie Ochipinti (set decoration) The Prestige Nominated Shared with Nathan Crowley (production design).
2007 Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decoration) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Won First woman with multiple wins in this category.
Shared with Dante Ferretti (production design).
Beth Rubino (set decoration) American Gangster Nominated Shared with Arthur Max (production design).
Sarah Greenwood (production design); Katie Spencer (set decoration) Atonement Nominated
Anna Pinnock (set decoration) The Golden Compass Nominated Shared with Dennis Gassner (production design).
2008 Rebecca Alleway (set decoration) The Duchess Nominated Shared with Michael Carlin (production design).
Kristi Zea (production design); Debra Schutt (set decoration) Revolutionary Road Nominated
2009 Anastasia Masaro (production design); Caroline Smith (set decoration) The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Nominated Shared with Dave Warren (production design).
Sarah Greenwood (production design); Katie Spencer (set decoration) Sherlock Holmes Nominated
Maggie Gray (set decoration) The Young Victoria