This is a list of Academy Award winners and nominees from Romania.
Best Picture Best PictureYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1953 John Houseman Julius Caesar Romanian-born British-American producer and actor.
Best Actor Best ActorYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2024 Sebastian Stan The Apprentice Romanian and American actor.
Best Supporting Actor Best Actor in a Supporting RoleYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1973 John Houseman The Paper Chase Houseman was a Romanian-born British-American actor and producer.
Best Actress Best Actress in a Leading RoleYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2011 Natalie Portman Black Swan Israeli American actress with Romanian Jewish heritage.
Best Supporting Actress Best Actress in a Supporting RoleYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1996 Lauren Bacall The Mirror Has Two Faces American actress born to Romanian and Belarusian heritage.
Best Adapted Screenplay Best Adapted ScreenplayYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1973Robert Towne The Last Detail American-born of Romanian and Russian descent. 1984Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Shared with Michael Austin. 1992 Michael TolkinThe Player American-born of Romanian-jewish and Ukrainian-jewish descent.
Best Original Screenplay Best Original ScreenplayYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1974Robert Towne Chinatown Father Romanian jew 1975 Shampoo Shared with Warren Beatty.
Best Story Best StoryYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1934 Arthur CaesarArthur Caesar biography Manhattan Melodrama1935 Oscar Winners and Nominees 1940 Bella and Samuel Spewack My Favorite Wife1941 Oscar Winners and Nominees 1955 Henri Troyat The Sheep Has Five Legs
Best International Feature Film
Best International Feature FilmYearFilmOriginal TitleStatusDirector(s)Notes 2020/21 Collective Colectiv Alexander Nanau
Best Documentary Feature Best Documentary FeatureYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1977 Miles Mogulescu Union Maids Shared with Jim Klein and Julia Reichert. 2020/21 Alexander NanauBianca Oana Collective
Best Production Design Best Production DesignYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1941 Nathan Juran How Green Was My Valley Born in Austrian part of Austro-Hungarian Empire 1946 The Razor's Edge 1966 Richard Sylbert Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Born in Brooklyn, U S 1974 Chinatown 1975 Shampoo 1981 Reds 1984 The Cotton Club 1990 Dick Tracy
Best Live Action Short Film Best Live Action Short FilmYearDirectorFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1966 Marin Karmitz Turkey the BridgeMarin Karmitz, A Life if Cinema Activism 1974Julian Chagrin The Concert (father romanian-jewish)1976 The Morning Spider Andre R. Guttfreund In the Region of Ice (mother romanian) 2025 Natalie Musteata Two People Exchanging Saliva Romanian-American. Shared with Alexandre Singh.
Honorary Award Honorary Academy AwardYearNameNotesMilestone 1973 Edward G. Robinson "who achieved greatness as a player, a patron of the arts and a dedicated citizen...in sum, a Renaissance man. From his friends in the industry he loves." First person of Romanian origin to be awarded an Honorary Academy Award. 2009 Lauren Bacall "in recognition of her central place in the Golden Age of motion pictures."
Nominations and winners No. of winsNo. of nominations 7 28
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