List of Iranian Academy Award winners and nominees

This is a list of Iranian Academy Award winners and nominees. This list details the performances of Iranian filmmakers, actors, actresses and films that have been nominated or have won an Academy Award.

Nominations and Winners No. of winsNo. of nominations 4 29

Best Supporting Actress Actress in a Supporting RoleYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes2003Shohreh AghdashlooHouse of Sand and FogFirst Iranian to be nominated for an acting award.

Best Original Screenplay Original ScreenplayYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes2012Asghar FarhadiA SeparationFirst time that a screenplay entirely written in an Asian language (Persian) is nominated for Original Screenplay.2026Jafar Panahi Shadmehr Rastin Nader Saïvar Mehdi MahmoudianIt Was Just an Accident

Best Adapted Screenplay Adapted ScreenplayYearNameFilmAdapted FromStatusMilestone / Notes1998Hossein AminiThe Wings of the DoveThe Wings of the Dove by Henry JamesFirst Asian nominated in this category.2021Ramin BahraniThe White TigerThe White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

Best Cinematography CinematographyYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes1997Darius KhondjiEvita2022Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths2025Marty Supreme

Best Costume Design Costume DesignYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes1970Ray AghayanGaily, GailyFirst Iranian to nominate for an Academy Award.1973Lady Sings the BluesFirst Iranian to nominate for an Academy Award twice.1976Funny LadyFirst Iranian to nominate for an Academy Award thrice.

Best Film Editing Costume DesignYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes2009John RefouaAvatarRefoua was born in Iran. Shared with James Cameron and Stephen E. Rivkin.

Best Sound Editing Sound EditingYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes2007Kami AsgarApocalyptoFirst and only Middle Eastern person nominated for Sound Editing.

Best Visual Effects Visual EffectsYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes1997Habib ZargarpourTwisterNominated with Stefan Fangmeier, John Frazier and Henry LaBounta.2001The Perfect StormNominated with Stefan Fangmeier, John Frazier, Walt Conti.

Best Animated Feature Animated FeatureYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes2008Marjane SatrapiPersepolisShared nomination with Vincent Paronnaud

Best International Feature Film

Best International Feature FilmYearFilmDirectorStatusMilestone / Notes1999Children of Heaven(بچه های آسمان)Majid Majidi2012A Separation(جدایی نادر از سیمین)Asghar FarhadiFirst Iranian movie to win an Oscar.2017The Salesman(فروشنده)2025The Seed of the Sacred Fig(دانه‌ی انجیر معابد)Mohammad RasoulofThe film was submitted by Germany.2026It Was Just an Accident(یک تصادف ساده)Jafar PanahiThe film was submitted by France.

Best Documentary Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature FilmYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes2026Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza EyniCutting Through Rocks

Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)YearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes2019Rayka ZehtabchiPeriod. End of Sentence.Iranian-AmericanShared with Melissa Berton.

Best Short Film Live Action Live Action Short FilmYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes2000Mehdi NorowzianKilling JoeNominated as Director; Shares nomination with producer, Steve Wax2015Talkhon HamzaviParvanehNominated as Director; Shares nomination with producer, Stefan Eichenberger2022Cyrus NeshvadThe Red Suitcase

Best Short Film Animated Animated Short FilmYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes2009Emud MokhberiOktapodiNominated as Director; Shares nomination with co-director Thierry Marchand,2023Yegane MoghaddamOur Uniform 2024Shirin SohaniHossein MolayemiIn the Shadow of the Cypress

See also

List of Iranian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Cinema of Iran List of Asian Academy Award winners and nominees

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