Oscar for beste kortdokumentar

Oscar for beste dokumentarfilm (kortfilm)
Utdeler		Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Innstiftet		1941
Nasjonalitet		USA
Nettsted		Offisielt nettsted (engelsk)

Oscar for beste kortdokumentar (på engelsk: Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)) er den mest prestisjetunge prisen til dokumentarfilmer i kortfilmlengde, utdelt av Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) som en del av den årlige Oscar-utdelingen.

Vinnere og nominerte

1940

• 1941 (den 14.) – Churchill's Island – National Film Board of Canada
  • Adventure in the Bronx
  • Bomber
  • Christmas Under Fire
  • A Letter from Home
  • Life of a Thoroughbred
  • Norway in Revolt
  • A Place to Live
  • Russian Soil
  • Soldiers of the Sky
  • Warclouds in the Pacific
• 1942 (den 15.) – under den 15. Oscar-utdelingen ble 25 filmer nominert i kortdokumentar-kategorien, og fire spesialpriser ble tildelt dokumentarfilmer som hedret de alliertes innsats under andre verdenskrig.
• The Battle of Midway – United States Navy
• Kokoda Front Line! – Australian News & Information Bureau
• Moscow Strikes Back – Artkino
• Prelude to War – United States Army Special Services
  • Africa, Prelude to Victory – The March of Time
  • Combat Report – United States Army Signal Corps
  • Conquer by the Clock – Frederic Ullman, Jr., produsent
  • The Grain That Built a Hemisphere – Walt Disney, produsent – Walt Disney Productions
  • Henry Browne, Farmer – United States Department of Agriculture
  • High over the Borders – National Film Board of Canada
  • High Stakes in the East – The Netherlands Information Bureau
  • Inside Fighting China – National Film Board of Canada
  • It's Everybody's War – United States Office of War Information
  • Listen to Britain – British Ministry of Information
  • Little Belgium – Belgian Ministry of Information
  • Little Isles of Freedom – Victor Stoloff og Edgar Loew, produsenter
  • Mr. Blabbermouth!—United States Office of War Information
  • Mr. Gardenia Jones—United States Office of War Information
  • The New Spirit – Walt Disney, produsent – Walt Disney Productions
  • The Price of Victory – William H. Pine, produsent
  • A Ship Is Born – United States Merchant Marine
  • Twenty-One Miles—British Ministry of Information
  • We Refuse to Die – William C. Thomas, produsent
  • The White Eagle – Concanen Films
  • Winning Your Wings – United States Army Air Forces
• 1943 (den 16.) – December 7th – United States Navy
  • Children of Mars
  • Plan for Destruction
  • Swedes in America
  • To the People of the United States
  • Tomorrow We Fly
  • Youth in Crisis
• 1944 (den 17.) – With the Marines at Tarawa – United States Marine Corps
  • Hymn of the Nations
  • New Americans
• 1945 (den 18.) – Hitler Lives – Gordon Hollingshead, produsent
  • Library of Congress
  • To the Shores of Iwo Jima
• 1946 (den 19.) – Seeds of Destiny – United States Department of War
  • Atomic Power
  • Life at the Zoo
  • Paramount News Issue#37
  • Traffic with the Devil
• 1947 (den 20.) – First Steps – United Nations Division of Films and Visual Information
  • Passport to Nowhere
  • School in the Mailbox
• 1948 (den 21.) – Toward Independence – United States Army
  • Heart to Heart
  • Operation Vittles
• 1949 (den 22.) – (empate):
  • A Chance To Live – Richard de Rochemont, produsent
  • So Much for So Little – Edward Selzer, produsent
  • 1848
  • The Rising Tide

1950

• 1950 (den 23.) – Why Korea? – Edmund Reek, produsent
  • The Fight: Science Against Cancer
  • The Stairs
• 1951 (den 24.) – Benjy – Dirixido por Fred Zinnemann coa cooperación de Paramount Pictures Corporation para Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital
  • One Who Came Back
  • The Seeing Eye
• 1952 (den 25.) – Neighbours – Norman McLaren, produsent – National Film Board of Canada
  • Devil Take Us
  • Epeira Diadema
  • Man Alive!
• 1953 (den 26.) – The Alaskan Eskimo – Walt Disney, produsent – Walt Disney Productions
  • The Living City
  • Operation Blue Jay
  • They Planted a Stone
  • The Word
• 1954 (den 27.) – Thursday's Children – World Wide Pictures and Morse Films
  • Jet Carrier
  • Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait
• 1955 (den 28.) – Men against the Arctic – Walt Disney, produsent – Walt Disney Productions
  • The Battle of Gettysburg
  • The Face of Lincoln
• 1956 (den 29.) – The True Story of the Civil War – Louis Clyde Stoumen, produsent
  • Man in Space
  • A City Decides
  • The Dark Wave
  • The House Without a Name
• 1957 (den 30.) – Non se entregou premio nesta categoría
• 1958 (den 31.) – Ama Girls – Ben Sharpsteen, produsent
  • Employees Only
  • Journey Into Spring
  • The Living Stone
  • Oeuverture
• 1959 (den 32.) – Glass – Bert Haanstra, produsent
  • Donald in Mathmagic Land
  • From Generation to Generation

1960

• 1960 (den 33.) – Giuseppina – James Hill, produsent
  • Beyond Silence
  • En by ved navn København
  • George Grosz' Interregnum
  • Universe
• 1961 (den 34.) – Project Hope – Frank P. Bibas, produsent
  • Breaking the Language Barrier
  • Cradle of Genius
  • Kahl
  • L'uomo in grigio
• 1962 (den 35.) – Dylan Thomas – Jack Howells, produsent
  • The John Glenn Story
  • The Road to the Wall
• 1963 (den 36.) – Chagall – Simon Schiffrin, produsent
  • The Five Cities of June
  • The Spirit of America
  • Thirty Million Letters
  • To Live Again
• 1964 (den 37.) – Nine from Little Rock – Charles Guggenheim, produsent
  • 140 Days Under the World
  • Breaking the Habit
  • Children Without
  • Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak
• 1965 (den 38.) – To Be Alive! – Francis Thompson, produsent
  • Mural on Our Street
  • Nyitany
  • Point of View
  • Yeats Country
• 1966 (den 39.) – A Year Toward Tomorrow – Edmond A. Levy, produsent
  • Adolescence
  • Cowboy
  • The Odds Against
  • Részletek J.S. Bach Máté passiójából
• 1967 (den 40.) – The Redwoods – Mark Harris og Trevor Greenwood, produsenter
  • Monument to the Dream
  • A Place to Stand
  • See You at the Pillar
  • While I Run This Race
• 1968 (den 41.) – Why Man Creates – Saul Bass, produsent
  • The House That Ananda Built
  • The Revolving Door
  • A Space to Grow
  • A Way Out of the Wilderness
• 1969 (den 42.) – Czechoslovakia 1968 – Denis Sanders og Robert M. Fresco, produsenter
  • An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer
  • Jenny Is a Good Thing
  • Leo Beuerman
  • The Magic Machines

1970

• 1970 (den 43.) – Interviews with My Lai Veterans – Joseph Strick, produsent
  • The Gifts
  • A Long Way from Nowhere
  • Oisin
  • Time Is Running Out
• 1971 (den 44.) – Sentinels of Silence – Manuel Arango og Robert Amram, produsenter
  • Adventures in Perception
  • Art Is...
  • The Numbers Start with the River
  • Somebody Waiting
• 1972 (den 45.) – This Tiny World – Charles Huguenot van der Linden og Martina Huguenot van der Linden, produsenter
  • Hundertwassers Regentag
  • K-Z
  • Selling Out
  • The Tide of Traffic
• 1973 (den 46.) – Princeton: A Search for Answers – Julian Krainin og DeWitt L. Sage, Jr., produsenter
  • Background
  • Christo's Valley Curtain
  • Four Stones for Kanemitsu
  • Paisti ag obair
• 1974 (den 47.) – Don't – Robin Lehman, produsent
  • City Out of Wilderness
  • Exploratorium
  • John Muir's High Sierra
  • Naked Yoga
• 1975 (den 48.) – The End of the Game – Claire Wilbur og Robin Lehman, produsenter
  • Arthur and Lillie
  • Millions of Years Ahead of Man
  • Probes in Space
  • Whistling Smith
• 1976 (den 49.) – Number Our Days – Lynne Littman og Barbara Myerhoff, produsenter
  • American Shoeshine
  • Blackwood
  • The End of the Road
  • Universe
• 1977 (den 50.) – Gravity Is My Enemy – John C. Joseph og Jan Stussy, produsenter
  • Agueda Martinez: Our People, Our Country
  • First Edition
  • Of Time, Tombs and Treasures
  • The Shetland Experience
• 1978 (den 51.) – The Flight of the Gossamer Condor – Jacqueline Phillips Shedd og Ben Shedd, produsenter
  • The Divided Trail: A Native American Odyssey
  • An Encounter with Faces
  • Goodnight Miss Ann
  • Squires of San Quentin
• 1979 (den 52.) – Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist – Saul J. Turell, produsent
  • Dae
  • Koryo Celadon
  • Nails
  • Remember Me

1980

• 1980 (den 53.) – Karl Hess: Toward Liberty – Roland Hallé og Peter W. Ladue, produsent
  • Don't Mess with Bill
  • The Eruption of Mount St. Helens!
  • It's the Same World
  • Luther Metke at 94
• 1981 (den 54.) – Close Harmony – Nigel Noble, produsent
  • Americas in Transition
  • Journey for Survival
  • See What I Say
  • Urge to Build
• 1982 (den 55.) – If You Love This Planet – Edward Le Lorrain og Terre Nash, produsenter – National Film Board of Canada
  • Gods of Metal
  • The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America
  • To Live or Let Die
  • Traveling Hopefully
• 1983 (den 56.) – Flamenco at 5:15 – Cynthia Scott og Adam Symansky, produsenter – National Film Board of Canada
  • Ihr zent frei
  • In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us?
  • Sewing Woman
  • Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
• 1984 (den 57.) – The Stone Carvers – Marjorie Hunt og Paul Wagner, produsenter
  • The Children of Soong Ching Ling
  • Code Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing
  • The Garden of Eden
  • Vospominaniye o Pavlovske
• 1985 (den 58.) – Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements – David Goodman, produsent
  • The Courage to Care
  • Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date
  • Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra
  • The Wizard of the Strings
• 1986 (den 59.) – Women – for America, for the World – Vivienne Verdon-Roe, produsent
  • Sam
  • Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse
  • The Master of Disaster
  • Debonair Dancers
• 1987 (den 60.) – Young at Heart – Sue Marx og Pamela Conn, produsenter
  • Frances Steloff: Memoirs of a Bookseller
  • In the Wee Wee Hours...
  • Language Says It All
  • Silver Into Gold
• 1988 (den 61.) – You Don't Have to Die – William Guttentag og Malcolm Clarke, produsenter
  • Gang Cops
  • Family Gathering
  • The Children's Storefront
  • Portrait of Imogen
• 1989 (den 62.) – The Johnstown Flood – Charles Guggenheim, produsent
  • Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 to 9
  • Yad Vashem: Preserving the Past to Ensure the Future

1990

• 1990 (den 63.) – Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo – Steven Okazaki, produsent
  • Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember
  • Chimps: So Like Us
  • Burning Down Tomorrow
  • Journey Into Life: The World of the Unborn
• 1991 (den 64.) – Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment – Debra Chasnoff, produsent
  • A Little Vicious
  • The Mark of the Maker
  • Birdnesters of Thailand
  • Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
• 1992 (den 65.) – Educating Peter – Thomas C. Goodwin og Gerardine Wurzburg
  • When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories – Dorothy Fadiman
  • At the Edge of Conquest: The Journey of Chief Wai-Wai – Geoffrey O'Connor
  • Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the 'Little Review' – Wendy L. Weinberg
  • The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein – Richard Elson og Sally Bochner
• 1993 (den 66.) – Defending Our Lives – Margaret Lazarus, Renner Wunderlich
  • Chicks in White Satin
  • Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann
• 1994 (den 67.) – A Time for Justice – Charles Guggenheim
  • 89 mm od Europy
  • Blues Highway
  • School of the Americas Assassins
  • Straight from the Heart
• 1995 (den 68.) – One Survivor Remembers – Kary Antholis
  • Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls
  • The Shadow of Hate
  • The Living Sea
  • Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper
• 1996 (den 69.) – Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien – Jessica Yu directora, produsenta, guionista og montadora
  • Cosmic Voyage
  • Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
  • The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
  • An Essay on Matisse
• 1997 (den 70.) – A Story of Healing – Donna Dewey, Carol Pasternak
  • Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
  • Amazon
  • Family Video Diaries: Daughter of the Bride
  • Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies
• 1998 (den 71.) – The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years – Keiko Ibi
  • A Place in the Land
  • Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square – National Film Board of Canada
• 1999 (den 72.) – King Gimp – Susan Hannah Hadary, William A. Whiteford
  • Eyewitness
  • The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo

2000

• 2000 (den 73.) – Big Mama – Tracy Seretean
  • Curtain Call
  • Dolphins
  • On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom
  • The Man on Lincoln's Nose
• 2001 (den 74.) – Thoth – Sarah Kernochan og Lynn Appelle
  • Artists and Orphans: A True Drama
  • Sing!
• 2002 (den 75.) – Twin Towers – Bill Guttentag, Robert David Port, directores
  • The Collector of Bedford Street – Welcome Change Productions – Alice Elliott, produsent og director
  • Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks – Tell the Truth Pictures – Robert Hudson, produsent – Robert Houston, director
  • Why Can't We Be a Family Again? – Roger Weisberg, Murray Nossel directores
• 2003 (den 76.) – Chernobyl Heart – Maryann DeLeo
  • Asylum – Sandy McLeod og Gini Reticker
  • Ferry Tales – Katja Esson
• 2004 (den 77.) – Mighty Times: The Children's March – Robert Houston og Robert Hudson
  • Autism Is a World – Gerardine Wurzburg
  • The Children of Leningradsky – Hanna Polak og Andrzej Celinski
  • Hardwood – Hubert Davis og Erin Faith Young
  • Sister Rose's Passion – Oren Jacoby og Steve Kalafer
• 2005 (den 78.) – A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
  • The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club
  • God Sleeps in Rwanda
  • The Mushroom Club
• 2006 (den 79.) – The Blood of Yingzhou District
  • Two Hands: The Leon Fleisher Story
  • Recycled Life
  • Rehearsing a Dream
• 2007 (den 80.) – Freeheld
  • La Corona
  • Salim Baba
  • Sari's Mother
• 2008 (den 81.) – Smile Pinki
  • The Conscience of Nhem En
  • The Final Inch
  • The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306
• 2009 (den 82.) – Music by Prudence
  • China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
  • The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
  • The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
  • Rabbit à la Berlin

2010

• 2010 (den 83.) – Strangers No More – Karen Goodman og Kirk Simon
  • Killing in the Name – Jed Rothstein
  • Poster Girl – Sara Nesson
  • Sun Come Up – Jennifer Redfearn og Tim Metzger
  • The Warriors of Qiugang – Ruby Yang og Thomas Lennon
• 2011 (den 84.) – Saving Face – Daniel Junge og Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
  • The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement – Robin Fryday og Gail Dolgin
  • God Is the Bigger Elvis – Rebecca Cammisa og Julie Anderson
  • Incident in New Baghdad – James Spione
  • The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom – Lucy Walker og Kira Carstensen
• 2012 (den 85.) – Inocente – Sean Fine og Andrea Nix Fine
  • Kings Point – Sari Gilman og Jedd Wider
  • Mondays at Racine – Cynthia Wade og Robin Honan
  • Open Heart – Kief Davidson og Cori Shepherd Stern
  • Redemption – Jon Alpert og Matthew O'Neill
• 2013 (den 86.) – The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life – Malcolm Clarke og Nicholas Reed
  • CaveDigger – Jeffrey Karoff
  • Facing Fear – Jason Cohen
  • Karama Has No Walls – Sara Ishaq
  • Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall – Edgar Barens
• 2014 (den 87.) – Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 – Ellen Goosenberg Kent og Dana Perry
  • Joanna – Aneta Kopacz
  • Our Curse – Tomasz Śliwiński og Maciej Ślesicki
  • La Parka – Gabriel Serra Arguello
  • White Earth – J. Christian Jensen
• 2015 (den 88.) – A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness - Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
  • Body Team 12 - David Darg og Bryn Mooser
  • Chau, Beyond the Lines - Courtney Marsh og Jerry Franck
  • Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah - Adam Benzine
  • Last Day of Freedom - Dee Hibbert-Jones og Nomi Talisman
• 2016 (den 89.) – The White Helmets – Orlando von Einsiedel og Joanna Natasegara
  • Extremis – Dan Krauss
  • 4.1 Miles – Daphne Matziaraki
  • Joe's Violin – Kahane Cooperman og Raphaela Neihausen
  • Watani: My Homeland – Marcel Mettelsiefen og Stephen Ellis

Se også

• Oscar for beste dokumentarfilm
• Oscar for beste kortfilm
• Oscar
• Dokumentarfilm
• Kortfilm