List of Brazilian Academy Award winners and nominees

A list of Brazilian Academy Award winners and nominees appears below. The first Brazilian to be nominated for an Academy Award was Ary Barroso, one of Música Popular Brasileira's greatest composers, in 1945.[1] As of 2020, no Brazilian has been awarded. This list is current as of the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony held on February 9, 2020.

Fernanda Montenegro became the first Portuguese-speaking actress to be nominated to an Academy Award in 1998.

Best Actress – Leading Role

Best Actress
Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
1998	Fernanda Montenegro[2][3]	Central Station	Nominated	First Latin American to be nominated for Best Actress and first actress to be nominated for a Portuguese-speaking role.

Best Cinematography

Best Cinematography
Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
2003	César Charlone[4][5][1]	City of God	Nominated	César Charlone is an Uruguayan-born Brazilian director.

Fernando Meirelles was the second Brazilian director to be nominated to an Academy Award in 2004.

Best Director

Best Director
Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone
1985	Héctor Babenco[1]	Kiss of the Spider Woman	Nominated	Babenco is an Argentine-born Brazilian director.
2003	Fernando Meirelles[4][5][1]	City of God	Nominated

Best Documentary Feature

Best Documentary Feature
Year	Film	Director	Status	Milestone/Notes
1981	El Salvador: Another Vietnam[1]	Tetê Vasconcellos Glenn Silber	Nominated	First Brazilian nomination in this category. Vasconcellos was Brazil's first female director nominated for an Oscar. Silber is a US-born director.
2011	Waste Land[6][1]	João Jardim Lucy Walker Karen Harley	Nominated
2015	The Salt of the Earth[7]	Juliano Ribeiro Salgado Wim Wenders	Nominated	Salgado is a French-born Brazilian director.
2020	The Edge of Democracy[8]	Petra Costa	Nominated

Best Film Editing

Best Film Editing
Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone
2003	Daniel Rezende[4][5][1]	City of God (Cidade de Deus)	Nominated

Best Foreign Language Film

Best Foreign Language Film
Year	Film	Director	Status	Milestone/Notes
1959	Black Orpheus[1]	Marcel Camus	Won	Marcel Camus was a French film director, but the film was a co-production among Brazil, France and Italy. However, France submitted the film and therefore that country received the award. (original title: Orfeu Negro)
1962	Keeper of Promises[1]	Anselmo Duarte	Nominated	(original title: O Pagador de Promessas)
1995	O Quatrilho[1]	Fábio Barreto	Nominated	Second Brazilian film nominated to the award in over 30 years.
1997	Four Days in September[1]	Bruno Barreto	Nominated	(original title: O Que É Isso Companheiro?)
1998	Central Station[1]	Walter Salles	Nominated	(original title: Central do Brasil) The film was also nominated for Best Actress.

Best Live Action Short Film

Best Live Action Short Film
Year	Film	Director	Status	Milestone/Notes
2001	Uma História de Futebol[1]	Paulo Machline	Nominated

Best Animated Short Film

Best Animated Short Film
Year	Name	Director	Status	Milestone/Notes
2003	Gone Nutty[1]	Carlos Saldanha	Nominated	First animated short film directed by a Latin-American director to be nominated to the award. Saldanha was nominated with John C. Donkin.

Best Animated Feature

Best Animated Feature
Year	Name	Director	Status	Milestone/Notes
2015	Boy and the World[9]	Alê Abreu	Nominated	First Brazilian nominee in this category (original title: O Menino e o Mundo)
2017	Ferdinand[10][1]	Carlos Saldanha	Nominated

Best Original Song

Best Original Song
Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
1945	Ary Barroso[1]	Brazil	Nominated	First Brazilian and Latin-American songwriter to be nominated Nominated with Ned Washington
2011	Sergio Mendes Carlinhos Brown[11][12]	Rio	Nominated	First two Brazilian songwriters to be nominated together. Brown is the first black Latin songwriter to be nominated. Nominated with Siedah Garrett.

Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay

Best Adapted Screenplay
Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
2003	Bráulio Mantovani[4][5][1]	City of God	Nominated

References

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2. "Actress in a Leading Role". AMPAS. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
3. Marcelo Diego (10 February 1999). "Folha de S.Paulo - Oscar 99: "Não acredito ainda", diz Fernanda" (in Portuguese). Folha Online. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
4. "Senhor dos Anéis derruba Cidade de Deus e entra para a história do cinema". Correio do Brasil (in Portuguese). 1 March 2004. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
5. "NARCOTRAFICO Y MARGINALIDAD: Violencia en Cidade de Deus, la favela estrella del filme que peleó por un Oscar". Clarín (in Spanish). 2 March 2004. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
6. "'Lixo extraordinário' perde o Oscar para 'Trabalho interno'". G1 (in Portuguese). 28 February 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
7. "'O sal da terra' perde estatueta e Brasil continua sem Oscar". G1 (in Portuguese). 23 February 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
8. J. R. Guzzo (10 February 2020). "Derrotado, Democracia em Vertigem não deixará traço de existência". Metrópoles (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 April 2020.
9. "Oscar Nominations 2016: The Complete List". Oscars.com. Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
10. Milene Saddi (5 March 2018). "Animações do Oscar 2018 trazem mensagens de respeito ao próximo". Revista Crescer (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 April 2020.
11. "Canção de Carlinhos Brown e Sergio Mendes não leva o Oscar". g1 (in Portuguese). 27 February 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
12. ""Chegar até aqui é o mais difícil", diz Carlinhos Brown". EXAME (in Portuguese). 28 February 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2020.