Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject

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This is a list of films by year that have received an Oscar together with the other nominations for best documentary short subject. Following the Academy's practice, the year listed for each film is the year of release: the awards are announced and distributed in March of the following year.

Contents

  • 1970 - Interviews with My Lai Veterans - Joseph Strick, Producer
  • 1971 - Sentinels of Silence - Manuel Arango and Robert Amram, Producers
  • 1972 - This Tiny World - Charles Huguenot van der Linden and Martina Huguenot van der Linden, Producers
  • 1973 - Princeton: A Search for Answers - Julian Krainin and DeWitt L. Sage, Jr., Producers
  • 1974 - Don't - Robin Lehman, Producer
  • 1975 - The End of the Game - Claire Wilbur and Robin Lehman, Producers
  • 1976 - Number Our Days - Lynne Littman and Barbara Myerhoff, Producers
  • 1977 - Gravity Is My Enemy - John Joseph and Jan Stussy, Producers
  • 1978 - The Flight of the Gossamer Condor - Jacqueline Phillips Shedd and Ben Shedd, Producers
  • 1979 - Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist - Saul J. Turell, Producer

  • 1987 - Young at Heart - Sue Marx and Pamela Conn, Producers
    • In The Wee Wee Hours
    • Silver Into Gold
    • Frances Steloff: Memories of A Bookseller
    • Language Says it All
  • 1988 - You Don't Have to Die - William Guttentag and Malcolm Clarke, Producers
    • Gang Cops
    • Family Gathering
    • The Children's Storefront
    • Portrait of Imogen
  • 1989 - The Johnstown Flood - Charles Guggenheim, Producer
    • Yad Vashem: Preserving The Past to Ensure The Future
    • Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 to 9

  • 1991 - Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment - Debra Chasnoff, Producer
    • A Little Vicious
    • The Mark of the Maker
    • Birdnesters of Thailand
    • Memorial Letters From American
  • 1992 - Educating Peter - Thomas C. Goodwin and Gerardine Wurzburg
    • When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories
    • At the Edge of Conquest: The Journey of Chief Wai-wai
    • Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the "Little Review"
    • The Colours of My Father A Portrait of Sam Borenstein
  • 1993 - Defending Our Lives - Margaret Lazarus, Renner Wunderlich
    • Chicks in White Satin
    • Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann
  • 1999 - King Gimp - Susan Hannah Hadary, William A. Whiteford
    • Eyewitness
    • The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo

  • 2002 - Twin Towers - Bill Guttentag, Robert David Port, Robert Port directors
    • The Collector of Bedford Street - Welcome Change Productions - Alice Elliott producer and director
    • Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks - Tell the Truth Pictures - Robert Hudson producer - Robert Houston director
    • Why Can't We Be a Family Again? - Roger Weisberg, Murray Nossel directors

A press release issued by AMPAS states that "Documentary Short Subject winners "Benjy" (1951) and "Neighbours" (1952) are among a group of films that not only competed, but won Academy Awards in what were clearly inappropriate categories." [1]

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Academy Awards
Academy Award of Merit: Current Awards Best Picture • Best Leading Actor • Best Leading Actress • Best Supporting Actor • Best Supporting Actress • Best Animated Feature • Best Art Direction • Best Cinematography • Best Costume Design • Best Director • Best Documentary Feature • Best Documentary Short Subject • Best Film Editing • Best Foreign Language Film • Best Makeup • Best Original Score • Best Original Song • Best Animated Short Film • Best Live Action Short Film • Best Sound Mixing • Best Sound Editing • Best Visual Effects • Best Adapted Screenplay • Best Original Screenplay
Academy Award of Merit: Retired Awards Best Assistant Director • Best Dance Direction • Best Director of a Comedy Picture • Best Short Film - Live Action - 2 Reels • Best Short Film - Novelty • Best Original Story • Best Title Writing • Best Unique and Artistic Quality of Production
Special Awards: Current Awards Academy Honorary Award • Academy Special Achievement Award • Academy Award, Scientific or Technical
Special Awards: Retired Awards Academy Juvenile Award
Ceremonies 1927/28 • 1928/29 • 1929/30 • 1930/31 • 1931/32 • 1932/33 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974• 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 •1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007
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