This list of Black Academy Award winners and nominees is fully current as of the 97th Academy Awards, which was held on March 2, 2025.

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Best Animated Feature

Best Cinematography

Best Costume Design

Best Director

Best Documentary Feature

Best Documentary Short Subject

Best Film Editing

Best International Feature Film

In the International Feature Film category (formerly known as Best Foreign Language Film), although the Oscar is presented to and accepted by the film's director, the submitting country is officially credited as the nominee, not the director. The following is a list of films directed by Black people which have been nominated for Best International Feature Film.

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Best Music, Original Score

Best Music, Original Song

Best Picture

Best Production Design

Best Short Film (Animated)

Best Short Film (Live Action)

Best Sound

From 1963 to 1967, Best Sound Effects was awarded in addition to Best Sound. Until 1982, a Special Achievement Award for Sound Effects was sometimes given. From 1983 until 2000, Sound Effects Editing was given as well as Best Sound. From 2001 through 2019, the category was known as "Best Sound Editing" or "Best Sound Mixing", plus the usual Best Sound award. From 2020 onward, the awards were merged into one: Best Sound

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

Special awards

Nominees by decade (acting categories)

See also

  • Cheryl Boone Isaacs, first African-American president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (but not herself an Oscar winner or nominee)
  • African-American Tony nominees and winners
  • List of Academy Award winners and nominees of Asian descent
  • List of African Academy Award winners and nominees
  • List of black Golden Globe Award winners and nominees
  • List of Hispanic Academy Award winners and nominees
  • List of Indigenous Academy Award winners and nominees

References

General sources
  • "Winners and Nominees". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved September 21, 2011.

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