Short Subject
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | National Film Board of Canada | Churchill's Island | Won | ||
| Warclouds in the Pacific | Nominated | ||||
| 1942 | National Film Board of Canada | Inside Fighting China | Nominated | At the 15th Academy Awards, four films won and 21 other films were nominated in a single Documentary category in recognition of the Allied war effort instead of two separate categories for shorts and features. | |
| High Over the Borders | Nominated | ||||
| British Ministry of Information | Listen to Britain | Nominated | |||
| 1947 | Australian News & Information Bureau | School in the Mailbox | Nominated | ||
| 1949 | St. Francis-Xavier University Nova Scotia | The Rising Tide | Nominated | ||
| 1950 | National Film Board of Canada | The Fight: Science Against Cancer | Nominated | Shared with the Medical Film Institute of the Association of American Medical Colleges | |
| 1952 | Norman McLaren | Neighbours | Won | ||
| 1954 | Lindsay Anderson | Thursday's Children | Won | ||
| 1958 | Thorold Dickinson | Overture | Nominated | ||
| Tom Daly | The Living Stone | Nominated | |||
| 1960 | Colin Low | Universe | Nominated | ||
| 1964 | National Film Board of Canada | Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak | Nominated | ||
| 1979 | Phillip Borsos | Nails | Nominated | ||
| 1982 | Edward Le Lorrain Terre Nash |
If You Love This Planet | Won | ||
| 1983 | Cynthia Scott Adam Symansky |
Flamenco at 5:15 | Won | ||
| 1992 | Richard Elson Sally Bochner |
The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein | Nominated | ||
| 2008 | Tamara Anghie | New Boy | Nominated | ||
| 2011 | Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy | Saving Face | Winner | The first Pakistani to be nominated for an Oscar and the first Pakistani to win an Oscar. Shared with Daniel Junge. | |
| Lucy Walker | The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom | Nominated | Shared with Kira Carstensen |
Read more about this topic: List Of British And Commonwealth Academy Award Winners And Nominees, Best Documentary
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