List of Greek Academy Award winners and nominees

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

Best Picture

Academy Award for Best Picture
Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone
1963	Elia Kazan	America, America	Nominated	Kazan is Turkish-Born Greek
1964	Michael Cacoyannis	Zorba the Greek	Nominated	Cacoyannis is Cypriot-Born Greek
1995	Bill Miller George Miller	Babe	Nominated	Both Millers are Australian-Born Greek, Shared with Doug Mitchell
2011	Alexander Payne	The Descendants	Nominated	Payne is American-Born Greek, Shared with Jim Burke & Jim Taylor
2016	George Miller	Mad Max: Fury Road	Nominated

Best Director

Academy Award for Best Director
Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone
1948	Elia Kazan	Gentleman's Agreement	Won
1951		A Streetcar Named Desire	Nominated
1954		On the Waterfront	Won
1955		East of Eden	Nominated
1963		America, America	Nominated
1964	Michael Cacoyannis	Zorba the Greek	Nominated
1969	Costa-Gavras	Z	Nominated
2004	Alexander Payne	Sideways	Nominated
2011		The Descendants	Nominated
2013		Nebraska	Nominated
2016	George Miller	Mad Max: Fury Road	Nominated

Best Actress

Academy Award for Best Actress
Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone
1960	Melina Mercouri	Never on Sunday	Nominated

Best Supporting Actor

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone
1961	George Chakiris	West Side Story	Won	Chakiris is American-born Greek.
1962	Telly Savalas	Birdman of Alcatraz	Nominated	Savalas is American-born Greek.
1975	Chris Sarandon	Dog Day Afternoon	Nominated	Sarandon is American-born Greek.

Best Supporting Actress

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone
1944	Katina Paxinou	For Whom the Bell Tolls	Won	First Greek Cinema Actor or Actress to win Oscar
1987	Olympia Dukakis	Moonstruck	Won	Dukakis is American-Born Greek

Best Original Screenplay

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone
1963	Elia Kazan	America, America	Nominated
1992	George Miller	Lorenzo's Oil	Nominated	Shared with Nick Enright

Best Adapted Screenplay

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone
1964	Michael Cacoyannis	Zorba the Greek	Nominated
1969	Costa-Gavras	Z	Nominated	Shared with Jorge Semprún
1982		Missing	Won	Shared with Donald E. Stewart
1995	George Miller	Babe	Nominated	Shared with Chris Noonan
1999	Alexander Payne	Election	Nominated	Shared with Jim Taylor
2004		Sideways	Won
2011		The Descendants	Won	Shared with Nat Faxon & Jim Rash

Best Art Direction

Academy Award for Best Art Direction
Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone
1964	Vassilis Fotopoulos	Zorba the Greek	Won	Black & White

Best Cinematography

Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone
2013	Phedon Papamichael	Nebraska	Nominated

Best Costume Design

Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone
1960	Theoni V. Aldredge	Never on Sunday	Nominated	Black & White Category
1962		Phaedra	Nominated
1974		The Great Gatsby	Won

Best Music, Original Score

Academy Award for Best Original Score
Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone
1981	Vangelis	Chariots of Fire	Won

Best Music, Original Song

Academy Award for Best Original Song
Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone
1960	Manos Hatzidakis	Never on Sunday	Won	For the song "Ta Paidia Tou Piraia" ("Never on Sunday").

Best Animated Feature

Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone
2006	George Miller	Happy Feet	Won

Best Documentary Feature

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone
2009	Louie Psihoyos	The Cove	Won	Shared with Fisher Stevens; Psihoyos is American-born Greek.

Best Foreign Language Film

Further information: List of Greek submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Year	Film	Director(s)	Status	Milestone
1962	Electra	Michael Cacoyannis	Nominated
1963	The Red Lanterns	Vasilis Georgiadis	Nominated
1965	Blood on the Land	Vasilis Georgiadis	Nominated
1977	Iphigenia	Michael Cacoyannis	Nominated
2010	Dogtooth	Yorgos Lanthimos	Nominated

See also

• List of Greek award-winning films in International Film Festivals