Canadians have been involved in American movie making from its very beginnings. Many iconic names in movie making history, were born in Canada: Mack Sennett, Mary Pickford, Jack Warner and Walter Huston to name a few.
Best Picture
Jack L. Warner, My Fair Lady (1965)
Norman Jewison, director, In The Heat Of The Night (1967)
Pierre Davis, production executive, Platoon (1987)
James Cameron, director, Titanic (1998)
Jake Eberts, Dances with Wolves (1991)
Don Carmody, co-producer, Chicago (2003)
Paul Haggis, co-producer, Crash (2006)
Best Actor
Alexander Knox, Wilson (1944)
Best Supporting Actor
Harold Russell, The Best Years Of Our Lives, (1946)
Walter Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, (1948)
Best Actress
Mary Pickford, Coquette (1930)
Norma Shearer, The Divorcée (1931)
Marie Dressler, Min and Bill (1932)
Best Supporting Actress
Anna Paquin, The Piano (1993)
Best Original Music Score
The Red Violin (a Canadian Film) (2000)
Howard Shore, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002)
Howard Shore, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2004)
Best Song
Howard Shore , The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2004)
Interior Decoration
Richard Day, The Dark Angel, (1936)
Richard Day, Dodsworth, (1937)
Richard Day, How Green Was My Valley (1942)
Richard Day, My Gal Sal (1943)
Richard Day, This Above All (1943)
Art Direction
Richard Day, A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Richard Day, On The Waterfront (1954)
Gordon Sim, Chicago (2003)
Best Foreign Film
Denys Arcand, director, The Barbarian Invasions (2004)
Special Recognition Awards
Douglas Shearer, Award of Merit (1937)
Mack Sennett, Honorary Award (1938)
Deanna Durbin, Honorary Award (1939)
Harold Russell, Honorary Award (1947)
Jack L. Warner, Irving G. Thalberg Award (1959)
Mary Pickford, Honorary Award(1976)
The National Film Board of Canada (1989)
Richard Williams, Honorary Award 1989
Norman Jewison, Irving G. Thalberg Award (1999)
Arthur Hiller, Hersholt Humanitarian Award (2002)
Documentary Feature
F.R. Crawley, The Man Who Skied Down Everest (1975)
John Zaritsky, producer, Another Missing Kid (1983)
Brigitte Berman, Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got (1987)
Michael Donovan, co-producer, Bowling for Columbine (2003)
Documentary – Short Subject
Stuart Legg, Churchill's Island (1941)
Norman McLaren, Neighbours (1953)
Edward Le Lorrain and Terri Nash, If You Love This Planet (1983)
Cynthia Scott and Adam Symansky, Flamenco at 5:15 (1984)
Short Film – Animated
Stephen Bosustow, Gerald McBoing McBoing (1951)
Stephen Bosustow, When Magoo Flew (1955)
Stephen Bosustow, Mister, Magoo’s Puddle Jumper (1957)
Richard Williams, A Christmas Carol (1973)
Co Hoedeman, The Sand Castle/ Le Chateau De Sable (1977)
Eunice Macauley and John Weldon, Special Delivery (1979)
Derek Lamb and Eugene Fedorenko, Every Child/Chaque Enfant (1980)
Frédéric Bac, Crac!, (1982)
Jon Minnis, Charade (1985)
Frédéric Back, The Man Who Planted Trees (1987)
Alison Snowden and David Fine, Bob's Birthday (1995)
Alexander Petrov, The Old Man And The Sea (2000)
Eric Armstrong, The ChubbChubbs (2003)
Steve Hoban, Marcy Page, and Mark Smith, Chris Landreth, Ryan (2005)
Torill Kove, The Danish Poet (2007)
Short Film – Live Action
Mack Sennett, Wrestling Swordfish (1932)
Christopher Chapman, A Place to Stand (1968)
Beverly Shaffer and Yuki Yoshida, I'll Find A Way (1978)
Janice L. Platt, producer, Boys and Girls (1984)
Original Screenplay
Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction (1994)
Denys Arcand, The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
Paul Haggis, Crash (2006)
Film Editing
James Cameron, Titanic (1998)
Best Sound Recording
Douglas Shearer, The Big House(1931)
Douglas Shearer, Strike up the Band(1941)
David Lee, Chicago (2003)
Best Special Effects
Douglas Shearer, Naughty Marietta (1935)
Douglas Shearer, San Francisco(1936)
Douglas Shearer, Strike Up The Band(1940)
Douglas Shearer, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo(1945)
Douglas Shearer, Green Dolphin Street (1948)
Douglas Shearer, The Great Caruso (1952)
Richard Williams, Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1989)
Make-up
Michele Burke, Quest for Fire (1983)
Stephan Dupuis, The Fly (1987)
Valli O’Reilly, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2005)
Science, Engineering and Technical Award
Douglas Shearer (1937)
Douglas Shearer (1942)
Douglas Shearer (1960)
Douglas Shearer (1964)
IMAX Systems Corporation (1987)
William Reeves (1997)
Dominique Boisvert, Dominique Boisvert, André LeBlanc, Philippe Panzini, William Reeves, Kim Davidson, Greg Hermanovic (1998)
Dominique Boisvert, Andre LeBlanc, Phillipe Panzini, Ed Zwaneveld, Frederick Gasoi, Mike Lazaridis and Dale Brubacher-Cressman (1999)
Alias Wavefront (2003)
The tradition of Canadian participation and success in Hollywood movie making continues to this day. In 2010, Canadian's were nominated in 14 different categories, but failed to win any awards. Given their degree of involvement and recognition, there are sure to be many more Canadians receiving Oscars, in the near future.
References:
Academy Awards Database
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