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A list of Brazilian Academy Award winners and nominees appears below. The first Brazilian to be nominated for an Academy Award was Ary Barroso, one of Música Popular Brasileira's greatest composers, in 1945.[1] As of 2023, only one Brazilian-born has been awarded: production designer Luciana Arrighi won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for Howards End in 1993.[2]

This list is current as of the 95th Academy Awards ceremony held on 12 March 2023.

A color photograph of a man sitting on a sofa, with two golden statuettes on the table in front of him.
Fernanda Montenegro became the first Portuguese-speaking actress to be nominated for an Academy Award in 1998.

Best Picture

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Best Picture
Year Film Title Status Milestone / Notes
1986 Kiss of the Spider Woman (O Beijo da Mulher Aranha) Nominated Co-produced by Brazil and the United States. First Brazilian production to be nominated for Best Picture. The Academy nominated American producer David Weisman.[3]
2025 I'm Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui) Pending Co-produced by Brazil and France. First Portuguese-speaking movie nominated in this category.

Note: Call Me by Your Name was nominated for this category in 2018. The film was co-produced by Italy, France, Brazil and the United States[4][5] However, the Academy only nominated director Luca Guadagnino (Italian), and producers Peter Spears (American), Emilie Georges (French) and Marco Morabito (Italian)[6], with Brazilian producer Rodrigo Teixeira left out[7][8].


Best Director

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Best Director
Year Director Film Status Milestone
1986 Héctor Babenco Kiss of the Spider Woman (O Beijo da Mulher Aranha) Nominated[1] Babenco is an Argentine-born Brazilian director.
2003 Fernando Meirelles City of God (Cidade de Deus) Nominated[9][1] First Brazilian-born director nominated in this category.
A color photograph of a man sitting on a sofa, with two golden statuettes on the table in front of him.
Fernando Meirelles was the second Brazilian director to be nominated for an Academy Award in 2004.

Best Actress – Leading Role

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Best Actress
Year Actress Film Title Status Milestone / Notes
1999 Fernanda Montenegro Central Station (Central do Brasil) Nominated[10][11] First Latin American to be nominated for Best Actress and first actress to be nominated for a Portuguese-speaking role.
2025 Fernanda Torres I'm Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui) Pending

Best Art Direction

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Best Art Direction
Year Name Film Title Status Milestone / Notes
1993 Luciana Arrighi Howards End Won[12] Luciana Arrighi is a Brazilian-born Australian-Italian production designer. First Brazilian-born to win an Oscar.[13][2]
1994 The Remains of the Day Nominated[14]
2000 Anna and the King Nominated[15]

Best Cinematography

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Best Cinematography
Year Cinematographer Film Title Status Milestone / Notes
2003 César Charlone City of God (Cidade de Deus) Nominated[9][16][1] César Charlone is an Uruguayan-born Brazilian director.

Best Documentary Feature

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Best Documentary Feature
Year Film Director(s) Status Milestone / Notes
1979 Raoni Luiz Carlos Saldanha, Jean-Pierre Dutilleux Nominated[1] French-Belgian-Brazilian co-production. First Brazilian nomination in this category. Saldanha co-wrote and co-directed with French-born Dutilleux. The Academy nominated director Dutilleux and producers Barry Hugh Williams and Michel Gast.[17]
1982 El Salvador: Another Vietnam Tetê Vasconcellos, Glenn Silber Nominated[1] Vasconcellos was Brazil's first female director nominated for an Oscar. Silber is a US-born director.
2011 Waste Land (Lixo Extraordinário) Lucy Walker, João Jardim Nominated[18][1] British-Brazilian production co-directed by Brazilian director João Jardim. The Academy only nominated British director Lucy Walker and British producer Angus Aynsley.[19]
2015 The Salt of the Earth (O Sal da Terra) Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders Nominated[20] Salgado is a French-born Brazilian director. The film is a Brazilian co-production with France and Germany.
2020 The Edge of Democracy (Democracia em Vertigem) Petra Costa Nominated[21][22]

Best Film Editing

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Best Film Editing
Year Editor Film Title Status
2003 Daniel Rezende City of God (Cidade de Deus) Nominated[9][16][1]

Best International Feature Film

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See also: List of Brazilian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Best International Feature Film
Year Film Title Director Status Milestone / Notes
1963 Keeper of Promises (O Pagador de Promessas) Anselmo Duarte Nominated[1] First Brazilian production to receive a nomination at the Academy Awards.
1996 O Quatrilho Fábio Barreto Nominated[1]
1998 Four Days in September
(O Que É Isso Companheiro?) 		Bruno Barreto Nominated[1]
1999 Central Station (Central do Brasil) Walter Salles Nominated[1]
2025 I'm Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui) Walter Salles Pending

Best Live Action Short Film

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Best Live Action Short Film
Year Film Title Director Status Milestone / Notes
2001 Uma História de Futebol Paulo Machline Nominated[1] First Brazilian Live Action Short Film nominated in this category.

Best Animated Short Film

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Best Animated Short Film
Year Film Title Director Status Milestone / Notes
2004 Gone Nutty Carlos Saldanha Nominated[1] First animated short film directed by a Latin-American director to be nominated in this category. Saldanha was nominated with John C. Donkin.

Best Animated Feature

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Best Animated Feature
Year Film Title Director Status Milestone
2016 Boy and the World (O Menino e o Mundo) Alê Abreu Nominated[23] First Brazilian animated production nominated in this category.
2018 Ferdinand Carlos Saldanha Nominated[6][24] Saldanha is a Brazilian director, but the film is an American production.

Note: Ice Age was nominated for this category in 2003. The film was an American production co-directed by American director Chris Wedge and Brazilian director Carlos Saldanha. However, the Academy only nominated Wedge.[25]

Best Original Song

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Best Original Song
Year Nominee(s) Film Title Song Status Milestone
1945 Ary Barroso Brazil "Rio de Janeiro" Nominated[1] First Brazilian and Latin-American songwriter to be nominated.
2012 Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown Rio "Real in Rio" Nominated[26][27] First two Brazilian songwriters to be nominated together. Brown was the first black Latin songwriter to be nominated.

Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay

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Best Adapted Screenplay
Year Writer Film Title Status
2003 Bráulio Mantovani City of God (Cidade de Deus) Nominated[9]

Best Documentary - Short Subject

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Best Documentary - Short Subject
Year Film Title Director Status Notes
2022 Lead Me Home Pedro Kos, Jon Shenk Nominated[28] Pedro Kos is a Brazilian-American director,[29] Jon Shenk is a US-born director, and the film is an American production.

References

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  20. ^ "'O sal da terra' perde estatueta e Brasil continua sem Oscar". G1 (in Portuguese). 23 February 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  21. ^ Joana Oliveira (13 January 2020). "Brasileiro 'Democracia em vertigem', de Petra Costa, disputa o Oscar 2020". El País (in Portuguese).
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  26. ^ "Canção de Carlinhos Brown e Sergio Mendes não leva o Oscar". g1 (in Portuguese). 27 February 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  27. ^ ""Chegar até aqui é o mais difícil", diz Carlinhos Brown". Exame (in Portuguese). 28 February 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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  29. ^ Klock, Cleide (8 February 2022). "Com documentário sobre sem-teto, Pedro Kos é o único brasileiro indicado ao Oscar" [With a documentary about homeless people, Pedro Kos is the only Brazilian nominated for the Oscars]. CNN Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese).
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