List of Muslim Academy Award winners and nominees

The following is a list of Muslim people who have been nominated for or won Academy Awards. It includes practicing Muslims and people who have a Muslim background.

Best Picture

Academy Award for Best Picture
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone
1986	Ismail Merchant		A Room with a View	Nominated
1992			Howards End	Nominated
1993			The Remains of the Day	Nominated	Shared with Mike Nichols and John Calley

Best Supporting Actor

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone
1962	Omar Sharif		Lawrence of Arabia	Nominated	First African to be nominated for an Academy Award in any category.
2016	Mahershala Ali		Moonlight	Won	First Muslim to win an acting award.[1]
2018			Green Book	Won	First black actor to win in the supporting category twice.

Best Supporting Actress

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone
2003	Shohreh Aghdashloo	/	House of Sand and Fog	Nominated	First Iranian to be nominated for an acting award.

Best Original Screenplay

Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone
2011	Asghar Farhadi		A Separation	Nominated	First time a screenplay written entirely in Persian was nominated for a writing award.
2017	Kumail Nanjiani	/	The Big Sick	Nominated	Shared with his wife, Emily V. Gordon.

Best Adapted Screenplay

Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay
Year	Name	Country	Film	Adapted From	Status	Milestone
1935	Achmed Abdullah		The Lives of a Bengal Lancer	The novel by Francis Yeats-Brown	Nominated	First Muslim to be nominated for an Academy Award in any category. Nominated with John L. Balderston, Waldemar Young, Grover Jones, and William Slavens McNutt
1997	Hossein Amini[2]	/	The Wings of the Dove	The novel of the same name by Henry James	Nominated	First Asian nominated in this category.

Best Original Song

Academy Award for Best Original Song
Year	Name	Country	Film	Song	Status	Milestone
2008	A. R. Rahman		Slumdog Millionaire	"O Saya"	Nominated	Nominated with M.I.A. ("O Saya"). Nominated with Gulzar ("Jai Ho"). First Asian (with Gulzar) to win Best Original Song. First Asian to receive three nominations in the same year. First Asian to win two Oscars in the same year.
				"Jai Ho"	Won
2010			127 Hours	"If I Rise"	Nominated	Nominated with Rollo Armstrong & Dido.

Best Original Score

Academy Award for Best Original Score
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone
2008	A. R. Rahman		Slumdog Millionaire	Won	First Indian nominated in this category.[3]
2010			127 Hours	Nominated	First Asian to receive two Best Original Score nominations.

Best Animated Feature

Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone
2007	Marjane Satrapi		Persepolis	Nominated	Shared with Vincent Paronnaud.

Best Documentary Feature

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone
1965	Haroun Tazieff		Le Volcan interdit	Nominated	Muslim father
2012	Emad Burnat		5 Broken Cameras	Nominated	Shared with Guy Davidi.
2013	Jehane Noujaim		The Square	Nominated
	Karim Amer			Nominated
2015	Asif Kapadia		Amy	Won	Shared with James Gay-Rees
2017	Feras Fayyad Kareem Abeed		Last Men in Aleppo	Nominated	Shared with Søren Steen Jespersen
2018	Talal Derki		Of Fathers and Sons	Nominated	Shared with Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme, and Tobias N. Siebert
2019	Feras Fayyad		The Cave	Nominated	Shared with Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjær
	Waad Al-Kateab		For Sama	Nominated	Shared with Edward Watts

Best Documentary Short

Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone
2011	Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy		Saving Face[4]	Won	First Pakistani to be nominated for and win an Academy Award. Shared with Daniel Junge.
2013	Sara Ishaq		Karama Has No Walls	Nominated
2015	Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy		A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness[5]	Won	First Muslim to win two Academy Awards. First woman to win twice in this category.

Best Live Action Short

Academy Award for Live Action Short Film
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone
1960	Ismail Merchant		The Creation of Woman	Nominated	Shared with Charles F. Schwep
1999	Mehdi Norowzian		Killing Joe	Nominated	Shared with Steve Wax
2001	Shameela Bakhsh		Speed for Thespians	Nominated	Shared with Kalman Apple
2002	Lexi Alexander		Johnny Flynton	Nominated	Muslim father Shared with Alexander Buono
2012	Talkhon Hamzavi		Parvaneh	Nominated	Shared with Stefan Eichenberger.
2019	Meryam Joobeur		Brotherhood	Nominated	Shared with Marcia Gracia Turgeon

Best Sound

Academy Award for Best Sound
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone
2006	Kami Asgar		Apocalypto	Nominated	First and (to date) only Middle Eastern person nominated for Sound.

Best Visual Effects

Academy Award for Visual Effects
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone
1996	Habib Zargarpour		Twister	Nominated	Shared with Stefan Fangmeier, John Frazier, and Henry LaBounta.
2000			The Perfect Storm	Nominated	Shared with Stefan Fangmeier, John Frazier, and Walt Conti.

References

1. https://www.thewrap.com/mahershala-ali-first-muslim-oscar-winner/
2. https://www.haaretz.com/life/.premium-is-mcmafia-anti-semitic-and-anti-israeli-its-writer-fights-back-1.5730028
3. "Biography". A. R. Rahman - The Official Site. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
4. "Nominees for the 87th Academy Awards BLA BLA". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
5. "Nominees for the 88th Academy Awards BLA BLA". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2013-04-22.