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This '''list of [[Black people|black]] [[Academy Award]] winners and nominees''' is current as of the [[86th Academy Awards]] ceremony held on March 3, 2014. |
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==Best Actor in a Leading Role== |
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| Denzel Washington has the most nominations for a African-American Actor: Best Actor (4 nominations) and Best Supporting Actor (2 nominations). |
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| ''[[12 Years a Slave (film)|12 Years a Slave]]'' |
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| First African-American actor to receive two Best Supporting Actor nominations. |
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| First black actor to receive an Academy Award nomination for a debut film performance.<br> First black British actor to receive an Academy Award nomination. |
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| ''[[In America (film)|In America]]'' |
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| First black actor born in Africa (specifically in [[Benin]]) to receive an Academy Award nomination. |
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| ''[[Million Dollar Baby]]'' |
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| First African-American actor to receive two acting nominations in the same year. |
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| Djimon Hounsou |
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| ''[[Blood Diamond (film)|Blood Diamond]]'' |
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| ''[[Dreamgirls (film)|Dreamgirls]]'' |
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| First film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. |
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| [[Barkhad Abdi]] |
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| ''[[Captain Phillips (film)|Captain Phillips]]'' |
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| [[Abduwali Muse]] |
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| First African-American actress to receive two acting nominations overall.<br>Second African-American actress to win Best Supporting Actress. |
| First African-American actress to receive two acting nominations overall.<br>Second African-American actress to win Best Supporting Actress. |
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| ''[[Secrets & Lies (film)|Secrets & Lies]]'' |
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| Hortense Cumberbatch |
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| First black British actress to receive an Academy Award nomination. |
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| First female [[hip hop music|hip hop]] artist to be nominated for an Academy Award. |
| First female [[hip hop music|hip hop]] artist to be nominated for an Academy Award. |
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| [[Sophie Okonedo]] |
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| ''[[Hotel Rwanda]]'' |
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| Third film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Actress and Supporting Actress. |
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| [[Lupita Nyong'o]] |
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| ''[[12 Years a Slave (film)|12 Years a Slave]]'' |
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| Patsey |
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| First black African ([[Kenyan]]) actress to be nominated. <br>First black African to win in any category. <br>Second black actor to win for a debut performance. |
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==Best Cinematography== |
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| [[71st Academy Awards|1998]] |
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| [[Remi Adefarasin]] |
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| ''[[Elizabeth (film)|Elizabeth]]'' |
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| Second African-American person to earn a Best Director nomination. <br>First African-American director to earn a Best Picture nomination. |
| Second African-American person to earn a Best Director nomination. <br>First African-American director to earn a Best Picture nomination. |
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| First African-American winner of Best Original Score. |
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Revision as of 18:46, 15 April 2014
This list of black Academy Award winners and nominees is current as of the 86th Academy Awards ceremony held on March 3, 2014.
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Best Actor in a Leading Role | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Role | Status | Milestone |
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1958 | Sidney Poitier | The Defiant Ones | Noah Cullen | Nominated | First African-American actor to be nominated for Best Actor. |
1963 | Sidney Poitier | Lilies of the Field | Homer Smith | Won | First African-American actor to win Best Actor. First African-American actor to receive two acting nominations (Best Actor). Youngest African-American actor to win Best Actor (age 37). |
1970 | James Earl Jones | The Great White Hope | Jack Jefferson | Nominated | |
1972 | Paul Winfield | Sounder | Nathan Lee Morgan | Nominated | First film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Actor and Best Actress. |
1986 | Dexter Gordon | Round Midnight | Dale Turner | Nominated | First jazz musician to be nominated for Best Actor. |
1989 | Morgan Freeman | Driving Miss Daisy | Hoke Colburn | Nominated | |
1992 | Denzel Washington | Malcolm X | Malcolm X | Nominated | |
1993 | Laurence Fishburne | What's Love Got to Do with It | Ike Turner | Nominated | Second film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Actor and Best Actress. |
1994 | Morgan Freeman | The Shawshank Redemption | Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding | Nominated | |
1999 | Denzel Washington | The Hurricane | Rubin Carter | Nominated | |
2001 | Denzel Washington | Training Day | Alonzo Harris | Won | Second African-American actor to receive the award for Best Actor. First time two African-American performers won in leading role Oscars in the same year (Halle Berry, Monster's Ball). |
Will Smith | Ali | Muhammad Ali | Nominated | First male hip hop artist to be nominated for an Academy Award. First time multiple African-American actors received Best Actor nominations. | |
2004 | Jamie Foxx | Ray | Ray Charles | Won | First African-American actor to receive two acting nominations in the same year. |
Don Cheadle | Hotel Rwanda | Paul Rusesabagina | Nominated | ||
2005 | Terrence Howard | Hustle & Flow | DJay | Nominated | |
2006 | Forest Whitaker | The Last King of Scotland | Idi Amin | Won | |
Will Smith | The Pursuit of Happyness | Chris Gardner | Nominated | ||
2009 | Morgan Freeman | Invictus | Nelson Mandela | Nominated | |
2012 | Denzel Washington | Flight | William "Whip" Whitaker | Nominated | Denzel Washington has the most nominations for a African-American Actor: Best Actor (4 nominations) and Best Supporting Actor (2 nominations). |
2013 | Chiwetel Ejiofor | 12 Years a Slave | Solomon Northup | Nominated | First black British actor to be nominated for Best Actor. |
Best Actress in a Leading Role
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Year | Name | Film | Role | Status | Milestone |
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1954 | Dorothy Dandridge | Carmen Jones | Carmen Jones | Nominated | First African-American actress to be nominated for Best Actress. |
1972 | Diana Ross | Lady Sings the Blues | Billie Holiday | Nominated | First African-American actress to receive an Academy Award nomination for a debut film performance. First time multiple African-American actresses received Best Actress nominations. |
Cicely Tyson | Sounder | Rebecca Morgan | Nominated | First film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Actor and Best Actress. First time multiple African-American actresses received Best Actress nominations. | |
1974 | Diahann Carroll | Claudine | Claudine | Nominated | |
1985 | Whoopi Goldberg | The Color Purple | Celie Johnson | Nominated | First time multiple African-American actresses received nominations for the same film. |
1993 | Angela Bassett | What's Love Got to Do with It | Tina Turner | Nominated | Second film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Actor and Best Actress. |
2001 | Halle Berry | Monster's Ball | Leticia Musgrove | Won | First African-American actress to win Best Actress. First time two African-American performers won in leading role Oscars in the same year (Denzel Washington, Training Day). |
2009 | Gabourey Sidibe | Precious | Claireece "Precious" Jones | Nominated | Second film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. Second African-American actress to receive a lead Academy Award nomination for a debut film performance. |
2011 | Viola Davis | The Help | Aibileen Clark | Nominated | Third film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Actress and Supporting Actress categories. Tied with Whoopi Goldberg as the most nominated African-American actress with 2 nominations. |
2012 | Quvenzhané Wallis | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Hushpuppy | Nominated | Youngest ever Best Actress nominee (aged 9). Third African-American actress to receive a lead Academy Award nomination for a debut film performance. |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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Year | Name | Film | Role | Status | Milestone |
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1969 | Rupert Crosse | The Reivers | Ned | Nominated | First African-American actor to be nominated for Best Supporting Actor. |
1981 | Howard Rollins | Ragtime | Coalhouse Walker Jr. | Nominated | |
1982 | Louis Gossett, Jr. | An Officer and a Gentleman | Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley | Won | First African-American actor to win Best Supporting Actor. |
1984 | Adolph Caesar | A Soldier's Story | Sgt. Waters | Nominated | |
1987 | Morgan Freeman | Street Smart | Fast Black | Nominated | First time multiple African-American actors received Best Supporting Actor nominations. |
Denzel Washington | Cry Freedom | Steve Biko | Nominated | ||
1989 | Denzel Washington | Glory | Pvt. Trip | Won | First African-American actor to receive two Best Supporting Actor nominations. |
1992 | Jaye Davidson | The Crying Game | Dil | Nominated | First black actor to receive an Academy Award nomination for a debut film performance. First black British actor to receive an Academy Award nomination. |
1994 | Samuel L. Jackson | Pulp Fiction | Jules Winnfield | Nominated | |
1996 | Cuba Gooding, Jr. | Jerry Maguire | Rod Tidwell | Won | Youngest African-American male actor to win an Academy Award (age 29). |
1999 | Michael Clarke Duncan | The Green Mile | John Coffey | Nominated | |
2003 | Djimon Hounsou | In America | Mateo | Nominated | First black actor born in Africa (specifically in Benin) to receive an Academy Award nomination. |
2004 | Morgan Freeman | Million Dollar Baby | Eddie 'Scrap-Iron' Dupris | Won | Oldest African-American actor to win an Academy Award (age 67). |
Jamie Foxx | Collateral | Max | Nominated | First African-American actor to receive two acting nominations in the same year. | |
2006 | Djimon Hounsou | Blood Diamond | Solomon Vandy | Nominated | |
Eddie Murphy | Dreamgirls | James 'Thunder' Early | Nominated | First film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. | |
2013 | Barkhad Abdi | Captain Phillips | Abduwali Muse | Nominated | - |
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
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1939 | Hattie McDaniel | Gone with the Wind | Mammy | Won | First African-American person to win an Academy Award. First African-American person to be nominated for acting. First African-American actress to win Best Supporting Actress. Oldest African-American actress to win an Academy Award (age 44). |
1949 | Ethel Waters | Pinky | Mrs. Dicey Johnson (Pinky's Granny) | Nominated | Second African-American person to be nominated for an Academy Award. |
1959 | Juanita Moore | Imitation of Life | Annie Johnson | Nominated | |
1967 | Carol Channing | Thoroughly Modern Millie | Muzzy Van Hossmere | Nominated | First time two African-American actresses were nominated in the same category. |
Beah Richards | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | Mrs. Prentice | Nominated | ||
1983 | Alfre Woodard | Cross Creek | Geechee | Nominated | |
1985 | Margaret Avery | The Color Purple | Shug Avery | Nominated | Second time multiple African-American actresses received Best Supporting Actress nominations. First time multiple African-American actresses received nominations for the same film. |
Oprah Winfrey | Sofia | Nominated | |||
1990 | Whoopi Goldberg | Ghost | Oda Mae Brown | Won | First African-American actress to receive two acting nominations overall. Second African-American actress to win Best Supporting Actress. |
1996 | Mary Jean-Baptiste | Secrets & Lies | Hortense Cumberbatch | Nominated | First black British actress to receive an Academy Award nomination. |
2002 | Queen Latifah | Chicago | Matron Mama Morton | Nominated | First female hip hop artist to be nominated for an Academy Award. |
2004 | Sophie Okonedo | Hotel Rwanda | Tatiana Rusesabagina | Nominated | |
2006 | Jennifer Hudson | Dreamgirls | Effie White | Won | First African-American actor (male or female) to win an Academy Award for a debut film performance. Youngest African-American actress to win or be nominated for Best Supporting Actress. Youngest African-American actor (male or female) to win an Academy Award (age 25). First film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. First African-American actress to win an Academy Award for a musical film. |
2007 | Ruby Dee | American Gangster | Mama Lucas | Nominated | Oldest African-American actress to be nominated for an Academy Award (age 83). |
2008 | Viola Davis | Doubt | Mrs. Miller | Nominated | Third time two African-American actresses were nominated in the same category. |
Taraji P. Henson | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Queenie | Nominated | ||
2009 | Mo'Nique | Precious | Mary Lee Johnston | Won | Second film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. |
2011 | Octavia Spencer | The Help | Minny Jackson | Won | Third film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Actress and Supporting Actress. |
2013 | Lupita Nyong'o | 12 Years a Slave | Patsey | Won | First black African (Kenyan) actress to be nominated. First black African to win in any category. Second black actor to win for a debut performance. |
Best Cinematography
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Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
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1998 | Remi Adefarasin | Elizabeth | Nominated | First black person to be nominated for Best Cinematography, |
Best Costume Design
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Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
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1992 | Ruth E. Carter | Malcolm X | Nominated | First African-American person (male or female) to be nominated for Best Costume Design. |
1997 | Amistad | Nominated | ||
2004 | Sharen Davis | Ray | Nominated | |
2006 | Dreamgirls | Nominated |
Best Director
Academy Award for Best Director | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
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1991 | John Singleton | Boyz n the Hood | Nominated | First African-American person to be nominated for Best Director. Youngest person ever nominated in this category (age 24). |
2009 | Lee Daniels | Precious | Nominated | Second African-American person to earn a Best Director nomination. First African-American director to earn a Best Picture nomination. |
2013 | Steve McQueen | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated | First black British person to earn a Best Director nomination. |
Best Documentary Feature
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Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
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1990 | Yvonne Smith (producer) | Adam Clayton Powell | Nominated | Shared with Richard Kilberg. First African-American producer to be nominated for Best Documentary Feature. |
1997 | Spike Lee (director) Samuel D. Pollard (producer) |
4 Little Girls | Nominated | First African-American director to be nominated for Best Documentary Feature. |
2004 | Karolyn Ali (producer) | Tupac: Resurrection | Nominated | |
2012 | T. J. Martin (director) | Undefeated | Won | First African-American person to win in this category. First African-American director to win in this category. |
Best Documentary Short Subject
Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
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2000 | Leelai Demoz | On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom | Nominated | Shared nomination with Eric Simonson. First African-American person to be nominated for Best Documentary Short Subject. |
2009 | Roger Ross Williams | Music by Prudence | Won | Shared nomination with Elinor Burkett. First African-American person to win Best Documentary Short Subject. |
Best Editing
Academy Award for Film Editing | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
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1969 | Hugh A. Robertson | Midnight Cowboy | Nominated | First African-American person to be nominated for Best Editing. |
Best Original Score
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Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
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1961 | Duke Ellington | Paris Blues | Nominated | First African-American person to be nominated for Best Original Score. |
1967 | Quincy Jones | In Cold Blood | Nominated | |
1971 | Isaac Hayes | Shaft | Nominated | |
1978 | Quincy Jones | The Wiz | Nominated | First African-American person to be nominated in the Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score (which is different from Best Original Score category). |
1984 | Prince | Purple Rain | Won | First African-American winner of Best Original Song Score (which is different from Best Original Score category); this category was retired afterwards. |
1985 | Quincy Jones Andrae Crouch Caiphus Semenya |
The Color Purple | Nominated | Shared nomination with 9 other composers. |
1986 | Herbie Hancock | Round Midnight | Won | First African-American winner of Best Original Score. |
1987 | Jonas Gwangwa | Cry Freedom | Nominated | Shared nomination with George Fenton |
Best Original Song
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Year | Name | Film | Song | Status | Milestone |
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1967 | Quincy Jones Bob Russell |
Banning | "The Eyes of Love" | Nominated | First African-American people to be nominated for Best Original Song. |
1968 | Quincy Jones Bob Russell |
For Love of Ivy | "For Love of Ivy" | Nominated | First African-American people to be nominated twice for Best Original Song. |
1971 | Isaac Hayes | Shaft | "Theme from Shaft" | Won | First African-American winner for Best Original Song. First African-American winner for any award other than in the acting categories. |
1981 | Lionel Richie | Endless Love | "Endless Love" | Nominated | |
1983 | Irene Cara | Flashdance | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | Won | First African-American woman to win a non-acting Academy Award. Shared nomination and win with composer Giorgio Moroder and co-lyricist Keith Forsey. |
1984 | Stevie Wonder | The Woman in Red | "I Just Called to Say I Love You" | Won | |
1984 | Ray Parker, Jr. | Ghostbusters | "Ghostbusters" | Nominated | |
1985 | Lionel Richie | White Nights | "Say You, Say Me" | Won | |
1985 | Quincy Jones Lionel Richie |
The Color Purple | "Miss Celie's Blues" | Nominated | Shared nomination with Rod Temperton |
1988 | Lamont Dozier | Buster | "Two Hearts" | Nominated | Shared nomination with Phil Collins. |
1993 | Jimmy Jam Terry Lewis Janet Jackson |
Poetic Justice | "Again" | Nominated | |
1994 | James Ingram | Beethoven's 2nd | "The Day I Fall In Love" | Nominated | Shared nomination with Carole Bayer Sager and Cliff Magness. |
1995 | James Ingram | Junior | "Look What Love Has Done" | Nominated | Shared nomination with Carole Bayer Sager, James Newton Howard and Patty Smyth. |
2005 | Juicy J Frayser Boy DJ Paul |
Hustle & Flow | "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" | Won | First African-American rappers to win an Academy Award. |
2006 | Siedah Garrett | Dreamgirls | "Love You I Do" | Nominated | Shared nomination with composer Henry Krieger. |
2007 | Jamal Joseph Charles Mack Tevin Thomas |
August Rush | "Raise It Up" | Nominated | |
2011 | Siedah Garrett | Rio | "Real in Rio" | Nominated | Shared with Sergio Mendes. Garrett is the most nominated African-American female songwriter (2 nominations). |
2013 | Pharrell Williams | Despicable Me 2 | "Happy" | Nominated |
Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Picture | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
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1985 | Quincy Jones | The Color Purple | Nominated | First African-American producer whose film was nominated for Best Picture. |
2009 | Lee Daniels | Precious | Nominated | First African-American director whose film was nominated for Best Picture. First time two films with African-American producers were nominated for Best Picture. |
Broderick Johnson | The Blind Side | Nominated | First time two films with African-American producers were nominated for Best Picture. | |
2012 | Reginald Hudlin | Django Unchained | Nominated | |
2013 | Steve McQueen | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
Best Short Film (Live Action)
Academy Award for Live Action Short Film | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
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1991 | David Massey | Last Breeze of Summer | Nominated | First African-American person (male or female) to be nominated for Short Film (Live Action). |
1995 | Dianne Houston | Tuesday Morning Ride | Nominated | First African-American female to be nominated for Short Film (Live Action). |
Best Sound Mixing
Academy Award for Sound | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
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1978 | Willie D. Burton | The Buddy Holly Story | Nominated | First African-American person to be nominated for Best Sound. |
1980 | Willie D. Burton | Altered States | Nominated | First African-American person to be nominated multiple times for Best Sound. |
1983 | Willie D. Burton | WarGames | Nominated | |
1988 | Willie D. Burton | Bird | Won | First African-American person to win Best Sound. |
1989 | Russell Williams | Glory | Won | Second African-American person to win Best Sound. |
1990 | Russell Williams | Dances with Wolves | Won | First African-American person to win multiple Academy Awards in any category. |
1994 | Willie D. Burton | The Shawshank Redemption | Nominated | |
1999 | Willie D. Burton | The Green Mile | Nominated | |
2006 | Willie D. Burton | Dreamgirls | Won | First African-American person to be nominated, and to win, after category was renamed "Sound Mixing". |
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Adapted From | Status | Milestone |
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1972 | Lonne Elder | Sounder | Sounder by William H. Armstrong |
Nominated | First African-American nominee for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay). |
1984 | Charles Fuller | A Soldier's Story | A Soldier's Play by Charles Fuller |
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2009 | Geoffrey Fletcher | Precious | Push by Sapphire |
Won | First African-American person to win a screenplay Academy Award. |
2013 | John Ridley | 12 Years a Slave | Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup |
Won | Second African-American person to win a screenplay Academy Award. First African-American writer to have written a film that won the Best Picture award. |
Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay | ||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
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1972 | Suzanne de Passe | Lady Sings the Blues | Nominated | Shared nomination with co-writers Chris Clark and Terence McCloy. First African-American nominee for Best Writing (Original Screenplay). First African-American female nominated for screen-writing. |
1989 | Spike Lee | Do the Right Thing | Nominated | First African-American male to be nominated for Best Writing (Original Screenplay). |
1991 | John Singleton | Boyz n the Hood | Nominated |
Special Awards
Special Awards | ||
Year | Name | Award |
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1948 | James Baskett | Academy Special Award, for his characterization of Uncle Remus in Song of the South. |
1995 | Quincy Jones | Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award |
2002 | Sidney Poitier | Academy Honorary Award, "for his extraordinary performances and unique presence on the screen and for representing the industry with dignity, style and intelligence". |
2011 | James Earl Jones | Academy Honorary Award, "for his legacy of consistent excellence and uncommon versatility" |
Oprah Winfrey | Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award |
See also
- List of African Academy Award winners and nominees
- List of Asian Academy Award winners and nominees
- List of Hispanic-American (U.S.) Academy Award winners and nominees
- List of African-American Tony nominees and winners
- List of Black Golden Globe Award winners and nominees
- Cheryl Boone Isaacs, first African-American president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (but not herself an Oscar winner or nominee)
References
- General
- "Winners and Nominees". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
- Specific