This is a list of Mexican Academy Award winners and nominees. This list details the performances of Mexican filmmakers, actors, actresses and films that have either been submitted, nominated or have won an Academy Award.
List of winners Name#Academy AwardsTitleYearAlfonso Cuarón5 Best DirectorGravity2013Best Film Editing Best DirectorRoma2018Best CinematographyBest Foreign Language FilmAlejandro González IñárrituSpecial AchievementFlesh and Sand2017Best DirectorThe Revenant2015Best PictureBirdman2014Best DirectorBest Original ScreenplayEmmanuel Lubezki3Best CinematographyThe Revenant2015Birdman2014Gravity2013Guillermo del ToroBest PictureThe Shape of Water2017Best DirectorBest Animated Picture Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio2022Anthony Quinn 2Best Supporting ActorLust for Life1956Viva Zapata!1952Emile KuriBest Production Design20,000 Leagues Under the Sea1954The Heiress1949Manuel ArangoBest Documentary (Short Subject)Sentinels of Silence1971Best Live Action Short FilmLupita Nyong'o1Best Supporting Actress12 Years a Slave2013Guillermo NavarroBest CinematographyEl Laberinto del Fauno2006Eugenio CaballeroBest Production DesignBrigitte BrochMoulin Rouge!2001Edward CarrereCamelot1967Jaime BakshtBest SoundSound of Metal2020Michelle CouttolencCarlos Cortés
Special Achievement Special Achievement Academy AwardYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2017 Alejandro González Iñárritu Flesh and Sand First Mexican to receive this award.
Best Picture This list focuses on Mexican-born producers.
Academy Award for Best PictureYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2006 Alejandro González Iñárritu Babel Shared with Steve Golin and Jon Kilik. 2013 Alfonso Cuarón Gravity Shared with David Heyman. 2014 Alejandro González IñárrituBirdman Shared with John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole. 2015 The Revenant Shared with Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Mary Parent and Keith Redmon. 2017 Guillermo del Toro The Shape of Water Shared with J. Miles Dale. 2018 Alfonso CuarónRoma Shared with Gabriela Rodriguez. 2021 Guillermo del Toro Nightmare Alley Shared with J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper. 2025 Frankenstein Shared with J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber.
Best Director This list focuses on Mexican-born directors.
Academy Award for Best DirectorYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2006 Alejandro González Iñárritu Babel First Mexican to be nominated for Best Director. 2013 Alfonso Cuarón Gravity First Mexican and Latin American to win Best Director. 2014Alejandro González Iñárritu Birdman First Mexican and Latin American to be nominated for Best Director twice. 2015 The Revenant First Mexican and Latin American to win Best Director two times.Third director in history to win consecutive Best Director Academy Awards.First Mexican and Latin American to be nominated for Best Director three times. 2017 Guillermo del Toro The Shape of Water 2018 Alfonso Cuarón Roma First person to win for Best Director and Best Cinematography.
Best Actor This list focuses on Mexican-born actors.
Leading Academy Award for Best ActorYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1957 Anthony Quinn Wild Is the Wind 1964 Zorba the Greek 2012 Demián Bichir A Better Life
Supporting Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1952 Anthony Quinn Viva Zapata! 1956 Lust for Life First Mexican-born actor to win two Oscars in the same category.
Best Actress This list focuses on Mexican-born actresses.
Leading Academy Award for Best ActressYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2002 Salma Hayek Frida First Mexican actress to be nominated for Best Leading Actress. 2018 Yalitza Aparicio Roma Debut performance.First Indigenous Latin American (Indigenous Mexican) to be nominated in any category.
Supporting Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1954 Katy Jurado Broken Lance First Mexican and Hispanic actress to be nominated for Best Supporting Actress. 2006 Adriana Barraza Babel 2013 Lupita Nyong'o 12 Years a Slave Mexican with Kenyan citizenship.First Mexican-born actress to win an Academy Award. 2018 Marina de Tavira Roma
Best Animated Feature Film Academy Award for Best Animated FeatureYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2021 Carlos López Estrada Raya and the Last Dragon Shared with Don Hall, Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho.2022Guillermo del ToroGuillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Shared with Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley.
Best Cinematography This list focuses on Mexican-born cinematographers.
Academy Award for Best CinematographyYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1964 Gabriel Figueroa The Night of the Iguana 1975 John A. Alonzo Chinatown First American-born Latino to be nominated for Best Cinematography. 1995Emmanuel Lubezki A Little Princess 1999 Sleepy Hollow 2005 The New World Rodrigo Prieto Brokeback Mountain 2006Emmanuel Lubezki Children of Men Guillermo Navarro Pan's Labyrinth Original title: El laberinto del fauno 2011Emmanuel Lubezki The Tree of Life 2013 Gravity 2014 Birdman 2015 The Revenant First cinematographer to win three years in a row.First Mexican and Latin American to win the Oscars three times.First Mexican Jews to be nominated and to win an Academy Award in any category. 2016 Rodrigo Prieto Silence 2018 Alfonso Cuarón Roma First Mexican director to be nominated for Best Cinematography while serving as both director and cinematographer.First Mexican director to win for Best Director and Best Cinematography in the same year. 2019 Rodrigo Prieto The Irishman 2023 Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Costume Design Academy Award for Best Costume DesignYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2019 Mayes C. Rubeo Jojo Rabbit First Mexican and Latin American costume designer to be nominated for Best Costume Design.
Best Documentary Feature This list focuses on documentaries features directed by Mexican-born filmmakers.
Academy Award for Best Documentary FeatureYearFilmNameStatusMilestone / Notes 1957 Torero! Manuel Barbachano Ponce 1969 The Olympics in Mexico Alberto Isaac 1985 The Mothers of Plaza de MayoLourdes Portillo Shared with Susana Blaustein Muñoz. 2001 Promises Carlos Bolado Shared with B.Z. Goldberg and Justine Shapiro.
Best Documentary Short Subject This list focuses on documentaries short subject directed by Mexican-born filmmakers.
Academy Award for Best Documentary Short SubjectYearFilmNameStatusMilestone / Notes 1971 Sentinels of Silence Manuel Arango Original title: Centinelas del silencioShared with Robert Amram.This was the only time that a short film won Oscars in two categories.
Best Film Editing This list focuses on Mexican-born film editors.
Academy Award for Best Film EditingYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2006Alfonso Cuarón Children of Men Shared with Alex Rodriguez. 2013 Gravity Shared with Mark Sanger.
Best International Feature Film
This list focuses on Mexican films that won or were nominated for the foreign language film award.
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language FilmYearFilmDirectorStatusMilestone / Notes 1960 Macario Roberto Gavaldón First Latin American and Mexican film to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. 1961 The Important Man Ismael Rodríguez Original title: Ánimas Trujano 1962 The Pearl of Tlayucan Luis Alcoriza Original title: Tlayucan 1975 Letters from Marusia Miguel Littín Original title: Actas de Marusia 2000 Love's a Bitch Alejandro González Iñárritu Original title: Amores Perros 2002 The Crime of Father Amaro Carlos Carrera Original title: El Crimen del Padre Amaro 2006 Pan's Labyrinth Guillermo del Toro Original title: El Laberinto del FaunoThe film was nominated for five other Academy Awards, and won three of them: Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography and Best Makeup. 2010 Biutiful Alejandro González Iñárritu Second nomination for Best Foreign Language Film to a film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. 2018 Roma Alfonso Cuarón First Mexican film to be nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film and to be simultaneously nominated for Best Picture.
Best Live Action Short Film This list focuses on live action short-films directed by Mexican-born filmmakers.
Academy Award for Best Live Action Short FilmYearFilmNameStatusMilestone / Notes 1971 Sentinels of Silence Manuel Arango Original title: Centinelas del silencioShared with Robert Amram.This was the only time that a short film won Oscars in two categories. 1996 De tripas, corazón Antonio Urrutia 2022 Le pupille Alfonso Cuarón Shared with Alice Rohrwacher
Best Makeup This list focuses on Mexican-born makeup artists.
Academy Award for Best Makeup and HairstylingYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2008 Mike Elizalde Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Original ScoreYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1970 Bill Melendez A Boy Named Charlie Brown The category was Best Music, Original Song Score.Shared with Rod McKuen, John Scott Trotter, Alan Shean, and Vince Guaraldi.
Best Production Design This list focuses on Mexican-born art directors/production designers and set decorators.
Academy Award for Best Production DesignYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1942Emile Kuri Silver Queen Mexican-born American set decorator of Lebanese descent. 1949 The Heiress Edward CarrereAdventures of Don Juan Shared with Lyle Reifsnider. 1952 Emile KuriCarrie 1954 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Executive Suite 1959 John DeCuir The Big Fisherman 1960Edward CarrereSunrise at Campobello Shared with George James Hopkins.1961 Emile KuriThe Absent-Minded Professor Fernando Carrere The Children's Hour 1963 John DeCuir Cleopatra 1964 Emile Kuri Mary Poppins 1967 Edward Carrere Camelot Shared with John Truscott and John W. Brown.John DeCuir The Taming of the Shrew 1969 Hello, Dolly! 1971 Emile KuriBedknobs and Broomsticks 1996 Brigitte Broch Romeo + Juliet German-born Mexican art director.Shared with Catherine Martin. 2001 Moulin Rouge! 2002 Felipe Fernández del PasoHania RobledoFrida 2006 Eugenio Caballero Pan's Labyrinth Original title: El laberinto del faunoShared with Pilar Revuelta. 2018 Eugenio CaballeroBárbara Enríquez Roma
Best Sound This list focuses on Mexican-born sound editors and mixers.
Prior to the 93rd Academy Awards, the Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing were separate categories.
Academy Award for Best SoundYearNameFilmCategoryStatusMilestone / Notes 2006 Fernando Cámara Apocalypto Mixing 2012 José Antonio García Argo 2014 Martin Hernández Birdman Editing Shared with Aaron Glascock. 2015 The Revenant Shared with Lon Bender.2018 José Antonio García Roma Mixing Shared with Skip Lievsay and Craig Henighan. Sergio Díaz Editing Shared with Skip Lievsay. 2020 Jaime BakshtMichelle CouttolencCarlos Cortés Navarrete Sound of Metal Sound Shared with Nicolas Becker and Phillip Bladh.2025José Antonio GarcíaOne Battle After AnotherSound Shared with Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor.
Best Writing (Screenplay) This list focuses on Mexican-born writers.
Adapted Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2006 Alfonso Cuarón Children of Men Shared with Hawk Otsby, Timothy J. Sexton and Mark Fergus.2025Guillermo del Toro Frankenstein
Original Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay)YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2002 Alfonso CuarónCarlos Cuarón And Your Mother Too Original title: Y Tu Mamá También2006 Guillermo Arriaga Babel Guillermo del Toro Pan's Labyrinth Original title: El Laberinto del Fauno 2014 Alejandro González Iñárritu Birdman Shared with Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Nicolás Giacobone and Armando Bo. 2017 Guillermo del Toro The Shape of Water Shared with Vanessa Taylor.Story by Guillermo del Toro. 2018 Alfonso Cuarón Roma
Best Visual Effects Academy Award for Best Visual EffectsYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1947 Paul Lerpae Unconquered Mexican born-American special effects artist.
Nominations and Winners No. of winsNo. of nominations 28 100
See also
Cinema of Mexico List of Mexican films
References