This is a list of Academy Award winners and nominees whose career and identification are associated predominantly with Poland. The list is current as of the 94th Academy Awards nominations. There were fifteen Academy Awards given to Polish filmmakers for their work, including one Honorary Academy Award, one Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, and one Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. The cinematographer Janusz Kamiński is the most awarded Polish filmmaker. The director Roman Polański won an Oscar and was nominated four more times (additionally, Knife in the Water, a film directed and written by him, was also nominated). There were thirteen Polish pictures nominated for Best Foreign Language Film.
Best Actress – Leading Role
Best Art Direction
Art Direction |
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
1994 | Ewa Braun Allan Starski | Schindler's List | Won | |
Best Costume Design
Best Cinematography
Cinematography |
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
1993 | Janusz Kamiński | Schindler's List | Won | |
1994 | Piotr Sobociński | Three Colours: Red | Nominated | (French title: Trois couleurs: Rouge; Polish title: Trzy kolory: Czerwony) |
1997 | Janusz Kamiński | Amistad | Nominated | |
1998 | Saving Private Ryan | Won | |
2001 | Sławomir Idziak | Black Hawk Down | Nominated | |
2002 | Paweł Edelman | The Pianist | Nominated | |
2007 | Janusz Kamiński | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Nominated | |
2011 | War Horse | Nominated | |
2012 | Lincoln | Nominated | |
2014 | Łukasz Żal Ryszard Lenczewski | Ida | Nominated | |
2018 | Łukasz Żal | Cold War | Nominated | |
2020 | Dariusz Wolski | News of the World | Nominated | |
2021 | Janusz Kamiński | West Side Story | Nominated | |
Best Director
Director |
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
1974 | Roman Polański | Chinatown | Nominated | Polanski is a Polish–French director. |
1980 | Tess | Nominated | |
1994 | Krzysztof Kieślowski | Three Colours: Red | Nominated | |
2002 | Roman Polański | The Pianist | Won | First Polish director to win the award. |
2018 | Paweł Pawlikowski | Cold War | Nominated | First Polish director nominated for a Polish language film. |
Best Picture
Best International Feature Film
Best Original Music Score
Original Score |
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
1941 | Bronisław Kaper | The Chocolate Soldier | Nominated | Shared with Herbert Stothart; Best Achievement in Scoring of a Musical Picture |
1953 | Bronisław Kaper | Lili | Won | Best Achievement in Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
1962 | Bronisław Kaper | Mutiny on the Bounty | Nominated | Best Achievement in Music Score — Substantially Original |
2004 | Jan A. P. Kaczmarek | Finding Neverland | Won | Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score |
Best Original Song
Best Live Action Short Film
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
Best Animated Short Film
Best Animated Feature
This list focuses on Polish-born filmmakers.
Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay
Academy Award for Writing (Adapted Screenplay) |
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
1968 | Roman Polański | Rosemary's Baby | Nominated | Polanski is a French-born Polish writer. |
1991 | Agnieszka Holland | Europa Europa | Nominated | |
Best Writing – Original Screenplay
Academy Honorary Award
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Technical & Scientific Awards
Technical/Scientific Awards |
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
1940 | Anton Grot | ... | Won | For the design and perfection of the Warner Bros. water ripple and wave illusion machine. |
1965 | Stefan Kudelski | ... | Won | For the design and development of the Nagra portable 1/4" tape recording system for motion picture sound recording. |
1977 | Stefan Kudelski | ... | Won | For the engineering of the improvements incorporated in the Nagra 4.2L sound recorder for motion picture production. |
1978 | Stefan Kudelski | ... | Won | For the continuing research, design and development of the Nagra Production Sound Recorder for Motion Pictures. |
1987 | Tadeuz Krzanowski | ... | Won | For the development of a Wire Rig Model Support Mechanism used to control the movements of miniatures in special effects. |
Nominations and Winners
No. of wins | No. of nominations |
16 | 64 |
See also
- Poland portal
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