This is a list of Czech Academy Award winners and nominees. This list details the performances of Czech actors, actresses, and films that have either been submitted or nominated for, or have won, an Academy Award.
Best International Feature Film
This list focuses on essentially Czech films and directors and producers of other non-English language films, including submissions from the Czech Socialist Republic prior to the dissolution of Czechoslovakia.
International Feature FilmYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1965 Ján Kadár & Elmar Klos The Shop on Main Street First Czech win for the Category. 1965 Miloš Forman Loves of a Blonde 1966 Jiří Menzel Closely Watched Trains 1967 Miloš Forman The Firemen's Ball 1985 Jiří Menzel My Sweet Little Village 1991 Jan Svěrák The Elementary School 1996 Kolya 2000 Jan Hřebejk Divided We Fall 2003 Ondřej Trojan Želary
Best Supporting Actress Supporting ActressYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1959Susan Kohner Imitation of Life American actress born to Czech and Mexican parents.
Best Director Best DirectorYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1975Miloš Forman One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Forman is a Czech director who immigrated to the United States in 1968 and obtained American citizenship. 1984 Amadeus 1996 The People vs. Larry Flynt
Best Juvenile Acting Juvenile AwardYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1948 Ivan Jandl The Search First Czech to ever win an Academy Award.
Best Screenwriting Original ScreenplayYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2007 Jan Pinkava Ratatouille Czech with a British citizenship.Shared with Brad Bird and Jim Capobianco.
Best Production Design Production DesignYearNameFilmStatusNotes 1984 Karel Černý Amadeus Shared with Patrizia von Brandenstein. 2014 Maria Djurkovic The Imitation Game Czech-British.Shared with Tatiana Macdonald. 2019 Nora Sopková Jojo Rabbit Shared with Ra Vincent.2024Beatrice BrentnerováNosferatu Shared with Craig Lathrop
Best Cinematography CinematographyYearNameFilmStatusNotes 1981Miroslav Ondříček Ragtime 1984 Amadeus
Best Costume Design Costume DesignYearNameFilmStatusNotes 1984 Theodor Pištěk Amadeus 1989 Valmont
Best Makeup and Hairstyling Best Makeup and HairstylingYearNameFilmStatusNotes 2022Linda Eisenhamerová All Quiet on the Western Front
Best Animated Short Film Animated Short FilmYearNameFilmStatusNotes 1997 Jan Pinkava Geri's Game 2019 Daria Kashcheeva Daughter
Best Documentary Feature Documentary FeatureYearNameFilmStatusNotes 1999 Roko Belic Genghis Blues 2025 Alžběta Karásková Mr Nobody Against Putin
Best Original Score Original ScoreYearNameFilmStatusNotes 1944Jerome Kern Can't Help Singing 1961 Irwin Kostal West Side Story 1964 Mary Poppins 1965 The Sound of Music 1971 Bedknobs and Broomsticks 1977 Pete's Dragon
Best Original Song Original SongYearNameSongFilmStatusNotes 1935Jerome Kern "Lovely to Look At" Roberta Shared with Dorothy Fields & Jimmy McHugh 1936 "The Way You Look Tonight" Swing Time Shared with Dorothy Fields 1941 "The Last Time I Saw Paris" Lady Be Good Shared with Oscar Hammerstein II 1942 "Dearly Beloved" You Were Never Lovelier Shared with Johnny Mercer 1944 "Long Ago (and Far Away)" Cover Girl Shared with Ira Gershwin 1945 "More and More" Can't Help Singing (p.n.) Shared with Yip Harburg 1946 "All Through The Day" Centennial Summer (p.n.) Shared with Oscar Hammerstein II 2007 Markéta Irglová "Falling Slowly" Once Shared with Glen Hansard
Best Sound Best SoundYearNameFilmStatusNotes2008Petr ForejtWanted 2022Viktor Prášil All Quiet on the Western Front
Best Visual Effects Best Visual EffectsYearNameFilmStatusNotes 1963Emil Kosa Jr. Cleopatra 2022Viktor MüllerAll Quiet on the Western FrontKamil Jafar
Nominations and Winners No. of winsNo. of nominations 16 47
See also
Cinema of the Czech Republic List of Czech films considered the best
References