List of Muslim Academy Award winners and nominees
The following is a list of Muslim people who have been nominated for or won Academy Awards. It includes practicing Muslims and people who have a Muslim background.
Best Picture
| Academy Award for Best Picture | |||||
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Ismail Merchant |  |
A Room with a View | Nominated | |
| 1992 | Howards End | Nominated | |||
| 1993 | The Remains of the Day | Nominated | Shared with Mike Nichols and John Calley | ||
Best Supporting Actor
| Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor | |||||
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Omar Sharif |  |
Lawrence of Arabia | Nominated | First African to be nominated for an Academy Award in any category |
| 2016 | Mahershala Ali |  |
Moonlight | Won | First Muslim to win an acting award[1] |
| 2018 | Green Book | Won | First black actor to win in the supporting category twice | ||
Best Supporting Actress
| Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress | |||||
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Shohreh Aghdashloo |  / |
House of Sand and Fog | Nominated | First Iranian to be nominated for an acting award |
Best Original Screenplay
| Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay | |||||
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Asghar Farhadi | |
A Separation | Nominated | First time a screenplay written entirely in Persian was nominated for a writing award |
| 2017 | Kumail Nanjiani |  / |
The Big Sick | Nominated | Shared with his wife, Emily V. Gordon |
Best Adapted Screenplay
| Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay | ||||||
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Adapted From | Status | Milestone / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | Achmed Abdullah | |
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer | The novel by Francis Yeats-Brown | Nominated | First Muslim to be nominated for an Academy Award in any category Nominated with John L. Balderston, Waldemar Young, Grover Jones, and William Slavens McNutt |
| 1997 | Hossein Amini[2] | / |
The Wings of the Dove | The novel of the same name by Henry James | Nominated | First Asian nominated in this category |
Best Original Song
| Academy Award for Best Original Song | ||||||
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Song | Status | Milestone / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | A. R. Rahman | |
Slumdog Millionaire | "O Saya" | Nominated | Nominated with M.I.A. ("O Saya") Nominated with Gulzar ("Jai Ho") First Asian (with Gulzar) to win Best Original Song First Asian to receive three nominations in the same year First Asian to win two Oscars in the same year |
| "Jai Ho" | Won | |||||
| 2010 | 127 Hours | "If I Rise" | Nominated | Nominated with Rollo Armstrong & Dido | ||
Best Original Score
| Academy Award for Best Original Score | |||||
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | A. R. Rahman | |
Slumdog Millionaire | Won | First Indian nominated in this category[3] |
| 2010 | 127 Hours | Nominated | First Asian to receive two Best Original Score nominations | ||
Best Animated Feature
| Academy Award for Best Animated Feature | |||||
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Marjane Satrapi | |
Persepolis | Nominated | Shared with Vincent Paronnaud |
Best Documentary Feature
| Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature | |||||
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Haroun Tazieff |  .svg.png.webp){kind=small}  |
Le Volcan interdit | Nominated | Muslim father |
| 2012 | Emad Burnat |  | 5 Broken Cameras | Nominated | Shared with Guy Davidi |
| 2013 | Jehane Noujaim | |
The Square | Nominated | |
| Karim Amer | |
Nominated | |||
| 2015 | Asif Kapadia | |
Amy | Won | Shared with James Gay-Rees |
| 2017 | Feras Fayyad Kareem Abeed |
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Last Men in Aleppo | Nominated | Shared with Søren Steen Jespersen |
| 2018 | Talal Derki | Of Fathers and Sons | Nominated | Shared with Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme, and Tobias N. Siebert | |
| 2019 | Feras Fayyad | The Cave | Nominated | Shared with Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjær | |
| Waad Al-Kateab | For Sama | Nominated | Shared with Edward Watts | ||
Best Documentary Short
| Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) | |||||
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy | |
Saving Face[4] | Won | First Pakistani to be nominated for and win an Academy Award Shared with Daniel Junge |
| 2013 | Sara Ishaq |   |
Karama Has No Walls | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy | |
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness[5] | Won | First Muslim to win two Academy Awards First woman to win twice in this category |
Best Live Action Short
| Academy Award for Live Action Short Film | |||||
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Ismail Merchant | |
The Creation of Woman | Nominated | Shared with Charles F. Schwep |
| 1999 | Mehdi Norowzian | |
Killing Joe | Nominated | Shared with Steve Wax |
| 2001 | Shameela Bakhsh | |
Speed for Thespians | Nominated | Shared with Kalman Apple |
| 2002 | Lexi Alexander |  |
Johnny Flynton | Nominated | Muslim father Shared with Alexander Buono |
| 2012 | Talkhon Hamzavi | |
Parvaneh | Nominated | Shared with Stefan Eichenberger |
| 2019 | Meryam Joobeur |  .svg.png.webp){kind=small} |
Brotherhood | Nominated | Shared with Marcia Gracia Turgeon |
Best Sound
| Academy Award for Best Sound | |||||
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Kami Asgar | |
Apocalypto | Nominated | First and (to date) only Middle Eastern person nominated for Sound |
Best Visual Effects
| Academy Award for Visual Effects | |||||
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Habib Zargarpour | |
Twister | Nominated | Shared with Stefan Fangmeier, John Frazier, and Henry LaBounta |
| 2000 | The Perfect Storm | Nominated | Shared with Stefan Fangmeier, John Frazier, and Walt Conti | ||
References
- https://www.thewrap.com/mahershala-ali-first-muslim-oscar-winner/
- https://www.haaretz.com/life/.premium-is-mcmafia-anti-semitic-and-anti-israeli-its-writer-fights-back-1.5730028
- "Biography". A. R. Rahman - The Official Site. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
- "Nominees for the 87th Academy Awards BLA BLA". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
- "Nominees for the 88th Academy Awards BLA BLA". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
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