This is a list of Academy Award winners and nominees from Switzerland.
Best Actor in a Leading Role Best ActorYearNameFilmStatusNotes 1962Maximilian Schell Judgment at Nuremberg 1976The Man in the Glass Booth
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Best Supporting ActorYearNameFilmStatusNotes 1978 Maximilian Schell Julia First German-speaking actor to be nominated in two different categories.
Best Documentary Documentary FeatureYearNameFilmStatusNotes 1961 Arthur Cohn Le Ciel et la boue 1981 Der Gelbe Stern Shared with Bengt von zur Mühlen. 1991 American Dream 2000 One Day in September 2002 Christian Frei War Photographer
Best Animated Feature
Animated FeatureYearNameFilmStatusNotes 2016 Claude Barras Max Karli My Life as a Courgette
Best Original Screenplay Best Original ScreenplayYearNameFilmStatusNotes 1946 Richard Schweizer Marie-Louise First foreign language film to win a writing award. 2024 Tim Fehlbaum September 5 Shared with Moritz Binder and Alex David
Best Adapted Screenplay Best Adapted ScreenplayYearNameFilmStatusNotes 1949 Richard SchweizerDavid Wechsler The Search 2022 Edward Berger All Quiet on the Western Front Berger was born in West Germany and holds Swiss citizenshipShared with Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell
Best Story Best StoryYearNameFilmStatusNotes 1949 Richard Schweizer The Search
Best Live Action Short Live Action ShortYearNameFilmStatusNotes1931/32Mack Sennett The Loud Mouth Wrestling Swordfish Hal Roach The Music Box 1935 Tit for Tat 1936 Bored of Education 2009 Reto Caffi Auf der Strecke 2014 Stefan Eichenberger Talkhon Hamzavi Parvaneh
Best Animated Short Animated ShortYearNameFilm and SongStatusNotes 2017Giacun CaduffTimo von GuntenLa Femme et le TGV
Best Costume Design Costume DesignYearNameFilmStatusNotes1955René HubertDésirée rowspan= "2" 1965The Visit
Best Visual Effects Visual EffectsYearNameFilmStatusNotes1980H. R. GigerAlien
Best International Feature Film
Best International Feature Film Year(Ceremony) Film Original title Language(s) Director Result 1970(43rd) First Love Erste Liebe German 1973(46th) L'Invitation L'Invitation French 1981(54th) The Boat Is Full Das Boot ist Voll German 1984(57th) Dangerous Moves La Diagonale du fou French 1990(63rd) Journey of Hope Reise der Hoffnung Turkish, Swiss German, Italian
Honorary Academy Award Academy Honorary Award Year Winner Note 1938 Mack Sennett For his contribution to Live Action Short films 2010 Jean-Luc Godard "For passion. For confrontation. For a new kind of cinema."
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