List of African Academy Award winners and nominees

This is a list of African Academy Award winners and nominees, which includes both ethnic African people born and/or raised in Africa and non-ethnic Africans born and raised in Africa. See also, List of black Academy Award winners and nominees.

Best Actress
Best Actress
Year Name Country Film Role Status Milestone / Notes
1971 Janet Suzman Nicholas and Alexandra Alexandra Feodorovna Nominated Suzman is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family.
2003 Charlize Theron Monster Aileen Wuornos Won First African to win in an acting category.
2005 North Country Josey Aimes Nominated
2016 Ruth Negga
Loving Mildred Loving Nominated
2019 Charlize Theron Bombshell Megyn Kelly Nominated

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Year Name Country Film Role Status Milestone / Notes
1962 Omar Sharif Lawrence of Arabia Sherif Ali Nominated First African to be nominated for an Academy Award in any category.
2003 Djimon Hounsou In America Mateo Nominated First black African to be nominated for an acting award.
2006 Blood Diamond Solomon Vandy Nominated
2013 Barkhad Abdi Captain Phillips Abdiwali Muse Nominated
2018 Richard E. Grant
Can You Ever Forgive Me? Jack Hock Nominated Grant is from a white British family; he was born and raised in Swaziland.

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Year Name Country Film Role Status Milestone / Notes
2013 Lupita Nyong'o
12 Years a Slave Patsey Won First black African woman to be nominated and win in any category.

Best Cinematography
Best Cinematography
Year Name Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
1966 Ted Moore
A Man for All Seasons Won Moore is a South African-born British
Won for Best Color Cinematography.
1991 Stephen Goldblatt
The Prince of Tides Nominated Goldblatt is a South African-born British
1995 Batman Forever Nominated
2002 Dion Beebe
Chicago Nominated Beebe is a South African-born Australian
2005 Memoirs of a Geisha Won

Best Director
Best Director
Year Name Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
1997 Atom Egoyan
The Sweet Hereafter Nominated Egoyan is an Egyptian-born Canadian filmmaker.

Best Documentary Feature
Best Documentary Feature
Year Name Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
2013 Jehane Noujaim (director)
Karim Amer (producer)
The Square Nominated

Best Film Editing
Best Film Editing
Year Name Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
1970 Thelma Schoonmaker
Woodstock Nominated Schoonmaker is from a white American family; she was born and raised in Algeria.
1980 Raging Bull Won
1990 Goodfellas Nominated
2002 Gangs of New York Nominated
2004 The Aviator Won
2006 The Departed Won
2011 Hugo Nominated
2015 Margaret Sixel
Mad Max: Fury Road Won Sixel is a South African-born Australian.
2019 Thelma Schoonmaker
The Irishman Nominated

Best Foreign Language Film

The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is awarded to a country, not to an individual, and the submitting country is the officially designated nominee in this category.

Best Foreign Language Film
Year Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
1969 Z Won First African film to win an Academy Award.
1976 Black and White in Color Won
1983 Le Bal Nominated
1995 Dust of Life Nominated
2004 Yesterday Nominated
2005 Tsotsi Won First African film in a language other than French to win in this category.
2006 Days of Glory Nominated
2010 Outside the Law Nominated
2014 Timbuktu Nominated

Best Live Action Short Film
Best Live Action Short Film
Year Name Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
2019 Meryam Joobeur
Brotherhood Nominated Joobeur is a Tunisian-born Canadian.
Shared with Maria Gracia Turgeon.

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Year Name Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
1999 Trefor Proud Topsy-Turvy Won Proud is the first Zimbabwean to win an Academy Award in this category.
Shared with Christine Blundell.
2019 Tristan Versluis
1917 Nominated Versluis is an Zimbabwean-born English.
Shared with Naomi Donne and Rebecca Cole.

Best Music, Original Score
Best Original Score
Year Name Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
1985 Caiphus Semenya The Color Purple Nominated
1987 Jonas Gwangwa Cry Freedom Nominated

Best Music, Original Song
Best Original Song
Year Name Country Film Song Status Milestone / Notes
1987 Jonas Gwangwa Cry Freedom "Cry Freedom" Nominated Shared with George Fenton.
2012 Herbert Kretzmer
Les Misérables "Suddenly" Nominated Kretzmer is from a Jewish family.
Shared with Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg.

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Year Name Country Film Adapted From Status Milestone / Notes
1987 Mark Peploe The Last Emperor From Emperor to Citizen: The Autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi by Henry Pu Yi Won
1997 Atom Egoyan
The Sweet Hereafter The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks Nominated
2009 Neill Blomkamp District 9 Alive in Joburg
by Neill Blomkamp		 Nominated

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Best Original Screenplay
Year Name Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
1996 Scott Hicks
Shine Nominated Hicks is a Ugandan-born Australian.
Shared with Jan Sardi.

See also
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