Everyone knows that Pedro Almodovar, Penelope Cruz, and Javier Bardem have won Oscars. In the case of the Manchegan director, he has won two. However, they are not the only Spaniards to have received one of the most important awards in world cinema.
The list of Spanish Oscar winners is long and extends beyond the Best Foreign Language Film category, in which Spain has dozens of nominees. Awards for photography, art direction, costumes, and more have been won by Spaniards at some point in history.
Unfortunately, this year in 2023, there are no new additions to the list. Alcarras, by Carla Simón, the film proposed by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain, was not even among the top 15 selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The only Spanish nominee is the Spanish-Cuban actress Ana de Armas, who is nominated for Best Actress for her leading role in Blond. However, many predict that Cate Blanchett will win for her work in Warehouse.
And the winner is…
Art Direction (1971)
In 1971, Gil Parrondo there Anthony Mateos have been recognized with Academy Award for Best Art Direction For the movie Pattondirected by Franklin J. Schaffner in 1971 and with a screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North.
That year, this tape garnered a total of seven Oscars, including Best Picture.
Wardrobe (1971)
In this same edition, the British Yvonne Blake was the winner of the award best wardrobe for his work in Nicholas and Alexandra.
Years later, Blake obtained Anglo-Spanish nationality and became a reference in Spanish cinema, becoming president of the Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences from 2016 to 2018.
Foreign Language Film (1972)
Louis Bunuel He was the first Spaniard to collect his statuette as director of the Best Foreign Language Film. It was in 1972 for The discreet charm of the bourgeoisie; Yes, as a representative of France.
The Aragonese earned four other nominations: for Best Foreign Language Film for Tristana; for Best Plot and Original Screenplay for The discreet charm of the bourgeoisie; and, once again, for the best foreign language film for This dark object of desire.
Photography (1978)
Nestor Almendroswho was one of Spain’s most important filmmakers, was nominated up to four times for best cinematography, but only won one, for sky daysby Terrence Malick, in 1978.
Foreign Language Film (1982)
Restartthe movie directed by Jose Luis Garcia and with Antonio Ferrandis and Encarna Paso, is part of one of the most brilliant pages in the history of our cinema. It was the first national production to win a coveted statuette as Best Foreign Language Film.
Grandfather, Subject approved there continuous sessionall signed by Garci, were also nominated in this category years later.
Foreign Language Film (1993)
More than ten years must have passed for us in Spain to vibrate listening And the winner is… Belle Epoque.
The film crew, led by its director, Fernando Truebaand escorted by its actors – Penélope Cruz, Jorge Sanz, Gabino Diego, Maribel Verdú, Aitana Sánchez Gijón and Miriam Díaz Aroca – enthusiastically celebrated the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1993.
Non-English language film (2000)
In 2000 Pedro Almodovar picked up his first golden statuette. all about my mother It was proclaimed best foreign language film. It wasn’t La Mancha’s directorial debut at the Oscars because Women on the brink of a nervous breakdown she had already been nominated in 1988.
Original Screenplay (2003)
in 2003 another film by Almodovar enters the history of world cinema. I spoke with her It was kind of a surprise because it wasn’t even nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, but it was nominated for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. The first was taken by Roman Polanski for The pianistbut the second went to the hands of Calzada de Calatrava.
Non-English language film (2005)
deep seathe moving story of Ramón Sampedro directed by Alejandro Amenabarreturned from Los Angeles in 2005 with the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. The film, starring Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda and Lola Dueñas, is proud to be one of the most awarded films in Spanish cinema.
Best Makeup (2006)
david martin there Mount Ribe They managed to win the Oscar Best Makeup and Hairstyling for his work in Pan’s LabyrinthGuillermo del Toro’s fantasy film.
Martí and Ribé are also responsible for the composition of bands such as The community, Darkness, I spoke with her, deep sea oh fragile.
Best Production Direction (2006)
Pilar Revuelta with the Mexican Eugenio Caballero, won the Oscar for best production direction for Pan’s Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro.
The Spanish art director previously worked with Guillermo del Toro on The Devil’s Backboneas well as with Pedro Almodóvar in Bad Education and with Juan Carlos Fresnedillo in Intact.
Supporting Actor (2007)
Register There is no country for old people placed the actor Javier Bardem in the firmament of Hollywood when he went on stage to recover the statuette which recognized him as Best Supporting Actor.
Bardem was previously nominated for Best Actor in 2001 for Before nightfall and, later, he got the nomination for biutilful (2010) y Be the Ricardos (2022).
Actress in a Supporting Role (2008)
Just a year later Penelope Cruz received the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for his work in Vicky Cristina Barcelonaa film directed by Woody Allen, in which she co-starred with what would become her husband in 2010, actor Javier Bardem, and American actress Scarlett Johansson.
That of Alcobendas had been nominated in 2006 for the best actress for her role in To come back and repeated in 2010 as Best Supporting Actress for Nine and in 2022 as best actress for parallel mothers.
Best Makeup and Hairstyling (2021)
The Cantabrian make-up artist Sergio Lopez-Rivera won the 2021 Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for her work on The mother of the bluesmovie starring Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman.
Best Animated Short
The last of the Oscars Made in Spain He got it at the 2022 gala Alberto Mielgo for him animated short film windscreen wipers.
Until then, Spain had a lackluster record in these categories — short film and animated short — as no previous submissions had materialized. Mielgo broke the trend by winning the award.