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Monday, February 28, 2011

Canadian Oscar Wins of the past

This list includes Oscars® presented to Canadians and Canadian-born actors, actresses, producers, directors, writers, animators, and Canadian-produced films or co-productions. The Awards are listed according to the year they were presented. Co-productions, American, and foreign films are indicated in parenthesis.


1930:
Actress: Mary Pickford, Coquette (US)

1931:
Actress: Norma Shearer, The Divorcée (US)

Sound Recording: Douglas Shearer, The Big House (US)

1932:

Actress: Marie Dressler, Min and Bill (US)

Short Subject (Novelty): Wrestling Swordfish (US), Mack Sennett (p)

1936:
Interior Decoration: Richard Day, Dark Angel (US)

Sound Recording: Douglas Shearer, Naughty Marietta (US)

Scientific or Technical Award: Douglas Shearer


1937:

Academy Award of Merit: Douglas Shearer

Interior Decoration: Richard Day, Dodsworth (US)

Scientific or Technical Award: Douglas Shearer

Sound Recording: Douglas Shearer, San Francisco (US)

1938:

Honorary Award: Mack Sennett

Scientific and Engineering Award: Douglas Shearer

Scientific and Engineering Award: Douglas Shearer

1939:

Honorary Award: Deanna Durbin

1941:

Documentary: Churchill’s Island, Stuart Legg (p/d)

Sound Recording: Douglas Shearer, Strike Up the Band (US)

1942:

Interior Decoration: Richard Day, How Green Was My Valley (US)

Scientific or Technical Award: Douglas Shearer

1943:

Interior Decoration (colour): Richard Day, My Gal Sal (US)

Interior Decoration (b+w): Richard Day, This above All (US)



1945:



Special Effects: Douglas Shearer, Thirty Seconds over Toyko (US)



1947:



Honorary Award: Harold Russell

Supporting Actor: Harold Russell, The Best Years of Our Lives (US)



1948:



Special Effects: Douglas Shearer, Green Dolphin Street (US)



1949:



Supporting Actor: Walter Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (US)



1951:



Short/Cartoon: Gerald McBoing McBoing (US), Stephen Bosustow (exp)



1952:



Art Direction (b+w): Richard Day, A Street Car Named Desire (US)

Sound Recording: Douglas Shearer, The Great Carcuso (US)



1953:



Short Documentary: Neighbours, Norman McLaren (p/d/an)



1955:



Art Direction (b+w): Richard Day, On the Waterfront (US)

Short/Cartoon: When Magoo Flew (US), Stephen Bosustow (p)



1957:



Short/Cartoon: Mister Magoo’s Puddle Jumper (US), Stephen Bosustow (p)



1959:



Irving G. Thalberg Award: Jack L. Warner



1960:



Scientific or Technical Award: Douglas Shearer



1964:



Scientific or Technical Award: Douglas Shearer



1965:



Picture: My Fair Lady (US), Jack L. Warner (p)



1968:



Live-Action Short: A Place to Stand, Christopher Chapman (p/d)



1973:



Animated Short: A Christmas Carol (US), Richard Williams (d/an)



1976:



Feature Documentary: The Man Who Skied down Everest, Budge Crawley (p/d)

Honorary Award: Mary Pickford



1978:



Live-Action Short: I’ll Find a Way, Yuki Yoshida (p), Beverly Shaffer (d)

Animated Short: The Sand Castle, Gaston Sarault (p), Co Hoedeman (d/an)



1979:



Animated Short: Special Delivery, Derek Lamb (p), John Weldon and Eunice Macauley (d/an)



1980:



Animated Short: Every Child, Derek Lamb (p), Eugene Fedorenko (d/an)



1982:



Animated Short: Crac!, Hubert Tison and Frédéric Back (p), Frédéric Back (d/an)

Picture: Chariots of Fire (UK), Jake Eberts (exp)



1983:



Feature Documentary: Just another Missing Kid, John Zaritsky (p/d)

Make-up: Michèle Burke, Quest for Fire

Short Documentary: If You Love This Planet, Edward Le Lorrain (p), Terre Nash (d)



1984:



Live-Action Short: Boys and Girls, Seaton McLean (p), Don McBrearty (d)

Short Documentary: Flamenco at 5:15, Adam Symansky and Cynthia Scott (p), Cynthia Scott (d)



1985:



Animated Short: Charade, John Minnis (d/an)



1987:



Feature Documentary: Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got, Brigitte Berman (p/d)

Make-Up: Stephan Dupuis, The Fly (US)

Picture: Platoon (US), Pierre David (production executive)

Scientific or Technical (Scientific and Engineering Award): IMAX Systems Corporation



1988:



Animated Short: The Man Who Planted Trees Hubert Tison and Frédéric Back (p), Frédéric Back (d/an)



1989:



Honorary Award: National Film Board of Canada

Special Achievement Award: Richard Williams, Who Framed Roger Rabbit (US)

Special Effects: Richard Williams, Who Framed Roger Rabbit (US)



1990:



Picture: Driving Miss Daisy (US), Jake Eberts (exp)



1991:



Picture: Dances with Wolves (US), Jake Eberts (exp)



1994:



Supporting Actress: Anna Paquin, The Piano (Australia)



1995:



Animated Short: Bob’s Birthday, Alison Snowden, David Fine, and David Verrall (p), Alison Snowden and David Fine (d), Alison Snowden, David Fine, and Janet Perlman (an)

Original Screenplay: Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction (US)



1997:



Scientific and Technical (Scientific and Engineering Award): William Reeves for the original concept and development of particle systems used to create computer-generated visual effects



1998:



Director: James Cameron, Titanic (US)

Editing: James Cameron, Titanic (US)

Picture: Titanic (US), James Cameron (p)

Scientific and Technical (Scientific and Engineering Award): Dominique Boisvert, Réjean Gagné, Daniel Langlois, and Richard Laperrière of Softimage

Scientific and Technical (Scientific and Engineering Award): William Reeves for the development of the Marionette Three-Dimensional Computer Animation System

Scientific and Technical (Technical Achievement Award): Kim Davidson and Greg Hermanovic of Side Effects Software



1999:



Irving G. Talberg Memorial Award: Norman Jewison

Scientific and Technical (Scientific and Engineering Award): Dominique Boisvert, André LeBlanc, and Phillippe Panzini for the development and implementation of Flame and Inferno software

Scientific and Technical (Technical Achievement Award): Ed Zwaneveld and Frederick Gasoi of the NFB and Mike Lazaridis and Dale Brubacher-Cressman of Research in Motion



2000:



Animated Short: The Old Man and the Sea (Canada/Japan/Russia), Bernard Lajoie (p)

Musical Score: The Red Violin (Canada /UK/Italy)



2002:



Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Arthur Hiller

Musical Score: Howard Shore, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (US)



2003:



Animated Short: The ChubbChubbs (US), Eric Armstrong (an)

Art Direction (Sets): Gordon Sim, Chicago (US)

Feature Documentary: Bowling for Columbine (US), Michael Donovan and Charles Bishop (p)

Picture: Chicago (US), Don Carmody (co-p)

Scientific and Technical (Academy Award of Merit): Alias/Wavefront

Sound: David Lee, Chicago (US)



2004:



Foreign-Language Film: Les Invasions barbares (Canada/France), Denise Robert and Daniel Louis (p), Denys Arcand (d)

Musical Score: Howard Shore, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (US)

Song: Howard Shore, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (US)



2005:



Animated Short: Ryan, Steve Hoban, Marcy Page, and Mark Smith (p), Chris Landreth (d)

Make-Up: Valli O’Reilly, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (US)



2006:



Original Screenplay: Paul Haggis, Crash (US)

Picture: Crash (US), Paul Haggis (co-p)



2007:



Animated Short: Torill Kove, The Danish Poet

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