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Oscar-Winning Films by Asian Cinematic Artists

Celebrate the brilliant film creators of Asian descent by checking out one of these award-winning films.

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  • Doraibu Mai Kā

    Drive My Car

    This introspective Japanese drama was nominated for Best International Feature Film, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Director at the 2021 Academy Awards. Won Best International Feature Film.
    DVD, 2021[New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2021] — Japanese DVD
  • Youn Yuh-jung recently became the first South Korean actress to win an Academy Award for her supporting role in Minari, which was filmed in Tulsa.
    DVD, 2021Santa Monica, CA : Lionsgate, [2021] — DVD
  • Chloe Zhao is the first Asian woman and woman of color to be nominated and to win for Best Director. She is also the second female to ever win this award.
    Blu-ray Disc, 2021[Los Angeles, California] : 20th Century Studios, [2021] — BluRay
  • Singer/song-writer H.E.R., an American of Filipino descent, won Best Original Song for "Fighting for You."
    DVD, 2021Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, [2021] — DVD
  • Bong Joon-ho and Kwak Sin-ae became the first Asians to win Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film in the same year. "Parasite" is the first Foreign Language film to win this award. Bong Joon-ho is also the first South Korean to be nominated…
    DVD, 2020Universal City, CA : Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, [2020] — Korean DVD
  • This 2019 film is Kazu Hiro's second win and fourth nomination for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
    DVD, 2020Santa Monica, CA : Lionsgate, [2020] — DVD
  • Kazu Hiro is the only Asian to be nominated for Best Makeup and Hairstyling of which he has been nominated four times. "Darkest Hour" was his first win in 2017.
    DVD, 2018Universal City, CA : Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, [2018] — DVD
  • Paul Denham Austerberry, a Canadian of English/Filipino descent won for Best Production Design.
    DVD, 2018Beverly Hills, California : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2018] — DVD
  • The song "Remember Me" is Robert Lopez's second win for Best Original Song, which he also shares with his wife, Kristen Anderson-Lopez.
    DVD, 2018Burbank, CA : Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., [2018] — J DVD
  • Asghar Farhadi won his second Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2017 but did not attend the 89th Academy Awards ceremony in protest of the U.S. Executive Order 13769.
    DVD, 2017[Culver City, California] : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2017] — Persian DVD
  • In 2014, Tom Cross became the first and so far only Vietnamese American to win an Academy Award for Best Film Editing.
    DVD, 2015Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2015] — DVD
  • Robert Lopez, who is part Filipino, is the first American of Asian descent to win for the Best Original Song "Let It Go," an award he shares with his wife, Kristen Anderson-Lopez
    DVD, 2014Burbank, CA : Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2014] — J DVD
  • Niv Adiri won in 2013 for Best Sound Mixing.
    DVD, 2014[Burbank, Calif.] : Warner Home Video, [2014] — DVD
  • Seven years after his historical win for Best Director in 2005, Ang Lee won again for "Life of Pi" in 2012.
    DVD, 2013[Beverly Hills, Calif.] : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2013] — DVD
  • In 2011, Asghar Farhadi became the first Iranian to win for Best Foreign Language Film. This is also the first Iranian film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
    DVD, 2012Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2012] — Persian DVD
  • Born in Israel, Natalie Portman has dual Israeli and US citizenship. She is the first Asian to win Best Actress.
    DVD, 2011Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2011] — DVD
  • Yōjirō Takita won for Best International Foreign Film in 2008.
    DVD, 2009[United States] : E1 Entertainment, [2009] — Japanese DVD
  • R. A. Rahman is the first Indian to win two Oscars in one night, Best Original Score and Best Original Song. He and Gulzar also shared the honor of being the first Asians to win Best Original Song for "Jai Ho."
    DVD, 2009Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2009] — DVD
  • Not only is Ang Lee the first Asian to win Best Director in 2005, he is also the first ever person of color to win the award.
    DVD, 2006Universal City, CA : Focus Features, [2006] — DVD
  • Hayao Miyazaki is the first Asian to be nominated for Best Animated Feature and won in 2002 for "Spirited Away."
    DVD, 2003[United States] : Walt Disney Home Entertainment, [2003] — Japanese DVD