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{{Short description|Annual award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}
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{{Infobox award
| name      = Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
| presenter = [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] (AMPAS)
| country   = United States
| year      = {{start date and age|1932|11|18}} (for films released during the [[1931 in film|1931]]/[[1932 in film|1932]] film season)
| holder_label  = Most recent winner
| holder    = Shirin Sohani, Hossein Molayemi<br>''[[In the Shadow of the Cypress]]'' ([[97th Academy Awards|2024]])
| website   = {{URL|oscars.org}}
|former name={{plainlist|
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* {{hanging indent|1=Short Subjects, Animated Films (1971–73)}}
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The '''Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film''' is an award given by the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] (AMPAS) as part of the annual [[Academy Awards]], or Oscars, since the [[5th Academy Awards]] (with different names), covering the year 1931–32, to the present.

From 1932 until 1970, the category was known as '''Short Subjects, Cartoons'''; and from 1971 to 1973 as '''Short Subjects, Animated Films'''. The present title began with the [[46th Academy Awards|46th Awards]] in 1974. During the first 5 decades of the award's existence, awards were presented to the [[Film producer|producers]] of the shorts. Current Academy rules, however, call for the award to be presented to "the individual person most directly responsible for the concept and the creative execution of the film." Moreover, "[i]n the event that more than one individual has been directly and importantly involved in creative decisions, a second statuette may be awarded."<ref>(2007). [http://www.oscars.org/80academyawards/rules/rule19.html Rule 19, Section III, Paragraph 7 80th Academy Award Rules for Distinguished Achievements] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409164709/http://www.oscars.org/80academyawards/rules/rule19.html |date=April 9, 2008}}. Retrieved March 29, 2008.</ref>

Only [[Lists of American films|American films]] were nominated for the award until the [[National Film Board of Canada]] (NFB) was nominated for ''[[The Romance of Transportation in Canada]]'' in 1952. The first non-English-language international short to win was [[Zagreb Film]]'s ''[[Surogat|Ersatz (The Substitute)]]'' in 1961.

The first film to win in this category was ''[[Flowers and Trees]]'' by [[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney]], who has since held the category's record for most nominations (39) and most wins (12).<ref name="Disney">"[http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/Search/Nominations?nominationId=168&view=1-Nominee-Alpha Search Results: 'Walt Disney']." ''Academy Awards Database''. 2021.</ref><ref name="Academy Awards" /> [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio|MGM]]'s ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'' (1940–67) is the category's most lauded animated series over all, being nominated for a total of 13 Oscars and winning 7. [[Warner Bros.]]'s ''[[Looney Tunes]]''/''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' series also had a big amount of 16 Oscar nominations and winning 5. Among international studios, the NFB has the most wins in this category, with 6 Oscars. The biggest showing from [[Cinema of the United Kingdom|Britain]] in this category is [[Nick Park]], with three wins: 1 for ''[[Creature Comforts]]'' and 2 for the ''[[Wallace & Gromit]]'' series.

The Academy defines ''[[Short film|short]]'' as being "not more than 40 minutes, including all credits."<ref>[http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/rules/rule19.html Rule Nineteen: Short Films Awards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017110215/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/rules/rule19.html |date=October 17, 2007 }}. Retrieved March 27, 2010.</ref> Fifteen films are [[Short list|shortlisted]] before nominations are announced. In the listings below, the title shown in boldface was the winner of the award in that given year, followed by the other nominees for that year.

==Winners and nominees==
All bars that are highlighted yellow were winners—with the title and name shown in boldface.

===1930s===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="45%" | Film
! width="50%" | Nominees
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
! rowspan="3" |1931/32<br /><small>[[5th Academy Awards|(5th)]]</small>
| '''''[[Flowers and Trees]]'''''
| '''[[Walt Disney]]'''
|-
| ''[[It's Got Me Again!]]'' 
| [[Leon Schlesinger]]
|-
| ''[[Mickey's Orphans]]''
| [[Walt Disney]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 1932/33<br /><small>[[6th Academy Awards|(6th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Three Little Pigs (film)|Three Little Pigs]]'''''
| '''[[Walt Disney]]'''
|-
| ''[[Building a Building]]''
| [[Walt Disney]]
|-
| ''[[The Merry Old Soul]]'' 
| [[Walter Lantz]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 1934<br /><small>[[7th Academy Awards|(7th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Tortoise and the Hare (film)|The Tortoise and the Hare]]'''''
| '''[[Walt Disney]]'''
|-
| ''[[Holiday Land]]''
| [[Charles Mintz]]
|-
| ''[[Jolly Little Elves]]'' 
| [[Walter Lantz]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 1935<br /><small>[[8th Academy Awards|(8th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Three Orphan Kittens]]'''''
| '''[[Walt Disney]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Calico Dragon]]''
| [[Harman and Ising|Harman-Ising]]
|-
| ''[[Who Killed Cock Robin? (1935 film)|Who Killed Cock Robin?]]'' 
| [[Walt Disney]] 
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 1936<br /><small>[[9th Academy Awards|(9th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Country Cousin]]'''''
| '''[[Walt Disney]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Old Mill Pond]]''
| [[Harman and Ising|Harman-Ising]]
|-
| ''[[Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor]]'' 
| [[Max Fleischer]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 1937<br /><small>[[10th Academy Awards|(10th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Old Mill]]'''''
| '''[[Walt Disney]]'''
|-
| ''[[Educated Fish]]''
| [[Max Fleischer]]
|-
| ''[[The Little Match Girl (1937 film)|Little Match Girl]]'' 
| [[Charles Mintz]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1938<br /><small>[[11th Academy Awards|(11th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Ferdinand the Bull (film)|Ferdinand the Bull]]'''''
| '''[[Walt Disney]]'''
|-
| ''[[Brave Little Tailor]]''
| rowspan="2"| [[Walt Disney]]
|-
| ''[[Good Scouts]]''
|-
| ''[[Hunky and Spunky]]'' 
| [[Max Fleischer]]
|-
| ''[[Mother Goose Goes Hollywood]]''
| [[Walt Disney]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" | 1939<br /><small>[[12th Academy Awards|(12th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Ugly Duckling (1939 film)|The Ugly Duckling]]'''''
| '''[[Walt Disney]]'''
|-
| ''[[Detouring America]]'' 
| [[Leon Schlesinger]]
|-
| ''[[Peace on Earth (film)|Peace on Earth]]'' 
| [[Harman-Ising]]
|-
| ''[[The Pointer]]''
| [[Walt Disney]]
|-
|}

===1940s===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="45%" | Film
! width="50%" | Nominees
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
! rowspan="3" |1940<br /><small>[[13th Academy Awards|(13th)]]</small>
| '''''[[The Milky Way (1940 film)|The Milky Way]]'''''
| '''[[Fred Quimby]]''', '''[[Rudolph Ising]]'''
|-
| ''[[Puss Gets the Boot]]''
| [[Fred Quimby]]
|-
|''[[A Wild Hare]]''
| [[Leon Schlesinger]]
|-
! rowspan="11" style="text-align:center" | 1941<br /><small>[[14th Academy Awards|(14th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Lend a Paw]]'''''
| '''[[Walt Disney]]'''
|-
| ''Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company "B"'' 
| [[Walter Lantz]]
|-
| ''[[Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt]]'' 
| |[[Leon Schlesinger]]
|-
| ''How War Came''
| Lawson Harris	
|-
| ''[[The Night Before Christmas (1941 film)|The Night Before Christmas]]'' 
| [[Fred Quimby]]
|-
| ''[[Rhapsody in Rivets]]''
| [[Leon Schlesinger]]
|-
| ''[[Puppetoons|Rhythm in the Ranks]]'' 
| [[George Pal]]
|-
| ''[[The Rookie Bear]]''
| [[Fred Quimby]]
|-
| ''[[Superman (animated short)|Superman]]'' 
| [[Max Fleischer]]
|-
| ''[[Truant Officer Donald]]''
| [[Walt Disney]]
|-
! rowspan="7" style="text-align:center" | 1942<br /><small>[[15th Academy Awards|(15th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Der Fuehrer's Face]]'''''
| '''[[Walt Disney]]'''
|-
| ''All Out for "V"''
| [[Paul Terry (cartoonist)|Paul Terry]]
|-
| ''[[Blitz Wolf]]'' 
| [[Fred Quimby]]
|-
| ''Juke Box Jamboree'' 
| [[Walter Lantz]]
|-
| ''[[Pigs in a Polka]]''
| [[Leon Schlesinger]]
|-
| ''[[Tulips Shall Grow]]'' 
| [[George Pal]]
|-
! rowspan="7" style="text-align:center" | 1943<br /><small>[[16th Academy Awards|(16th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Yankee Doodle Mouse]]'''''
| '''[[Fred Quimby]]'''
|-
| ''[[The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins]]''
| [[George Pal]]
|-
| ''[[The Dizzy Acrobat]]''
| [[Walter Lantz]]
|-
| ''[[Greetings Bait]]!'' 
| [[Leon Schlesinger]]
|-
| ''Imagination''
| [[Dave Fleischer]]
|-
| ''[[Reason and Emotion]]'' 
| [[Walt Disney]]
|-
! rowspan="8" style="text-align:center" | 1944<br /><small>[[17th Academy Awards|(17th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Mouse Trouble]]'''''
| '''[[Fred Quimby]]'''
|-
| ''[[And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street]]''
| [[George Pal]]
|-
| ''Dog, Cat and Canary'' 
| [[Hugh McCollum]]
|-
| ''[[Fish Fry (film)|Fish Fry]]''
| [[Walter Lantz]]
|-
| ''[[How to Play Football]]''
| [[Walt Disney]]
|-
| ''My Boy, Johnny'' 
| [[Paul Terry (cartoonist)|Paul Terry]]
|-
| ''[[Swooner Crooner]]''
| [[Leon Schlesinger]]
|-
! rowspan="8" style="text-align:center" | 1945<br /><small>[[18th Academy Awards|(18th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Quiet Please!]]'''''
| '''[[Fred Quimby]]'''
|-
|''[[Donald's Crime]]''
| [[Walt Disney]] 
|-
| ''[[Puppetoons|Jasper and the Beanstalk]]'' 
| [[George Pal]]
|-
| ''[[Life with Feathers]]''
| [[Edward Selzer]]
|-
| ''[[Mighty Mouse in Gypsy Life]]''
| [[Paul Terry (cartoonist)|Paul Terry]]
|-
| ''The Poet and Peasant'' 
| [[Walter Lantz]]
|-
| ''Rippling Romance'' 
| Paul Worth 
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1946<br /><small>[[19th Academy Awards|(19th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Cat Concerto]]'''''
| '''[[Fred Quimby]]'''
|-
| ''[[John Henry and the Inky-Poo]]''
| [[George Pal]]
|-
| ''[[Musical Moments from Chopin]]''
| [[Walter Lantz]]
|-
| ''[[Squatter's Rights (film)|Squatter's Rights]]''
| [[Walt Disney]]
|-
| ''[[Walky Talky Hawky]]''
| [[Edward Selzer]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1947<br /><small>[[20th Academy Awards|(20th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Tweetie Pie]]'''''
| '''[[Edward Selzer]]'''
|-
| ''[[Chip an' Dale]]''
| [[Walt Disney]]
|-
| ''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse]]''
| [[Fred Quimby]]
|-
| ''[[Pluto's Blue Note]]''
| [[Walt Disney]]
|-
| ''[[Tubby the Tuba (1947 film)|Tubby the Tuba]]''
| [[George Pal]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1948<br /><small>[[21st Academy Awards|(21st)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Little Orphan]]'''''
| '''[[Fred Quimby]]'''
|-
| ''[[Mickey and the Seal]]''
| [[Walt Disney]]
|-
| ''[[Mouse Wreckers]]''
| [[Edward Selzer]]
|-
| ''Robin Hoodlum''
| [[UPA (animation studio)|United Productions of America]]
|-
| ''[[Tea for Two Hundred]]''
| [[Walt Disney]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1949<br /><small>[[22nd Academy Awards|(22nd)]]</small><br /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ |title=The Official Academy Awards Database |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=January 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227145302/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ |archive-date=February 27, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[For Scent-imental Reasons]]'''''
| '''[[Edward Selzer]]'''
|-
| ''[[Canary Row|<s>Canary Row</s>]]<ref group="note">In 1949, [[Edward Selzer]] was originally announced as a nominee for ''[[Canary Row]]''. However, he withdrew the film from nomination and it did not appear on the final ballot.</ref>''
| [[Edward Selzer|<s>Edward Selzer</s>]]
|-
| ''[[Hatch Up Your Troubles]]'' 
| [[Fred Quimby]]
|-
| ''Magic Fluke''
| [[Stephen Bosustow]]
|-
| ''[[Toy Tinkers]]''
| [[Walt Disney]]
|-
|}

===1950s===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="45%" | Film
! width="50%" | Nominees
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
! rowspan="3" |1950<br /><small>[[23rd Academy Awards|(23rd)]]</small>
| '''''[[Gerald McBoing-Boing]]'''''
| '''[[Stephen Bosustow]]'''
|-
| ''[[Jerry's Cousin]]''
| [[Fred Quimby]]
|-
| ''Trouble Indemnity''
| [[Stephen Bosustow]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 1951<br /><small>[[24th Academy Awards|(24th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Two Mouseketeers]]'''''
| '''[[Fred Quimby]]'''
|-
| ''[[Lambert the Sheepish Lion]]''
| [[Walt Disney]]
|-
| ''[[Rooty Toot Toot]]''
| [[Stephen Bosustow]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1952<br /><small>[[25th Academy Awards|(25th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Johann Mouse]]'''''
| '''[[Fred Quimby]]'''
|-
| ''[[Little Johnny Jet]]''
| Fred Quimby
|-
| ''[[Madeline#In film|Madeline]]''
| rowspan="2"|[[Stephen Bosustow]]
|-
| ''Pink and Blue Blues'' 
|-
| ''[[The Romance of Transportation in Canada|Romance of Transportation]]''
| [[Tom Daly (filmmaker)|Tom Daly]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1953<br /><small>[[26th Academy Awards|(26th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom]]'''''
| '''[[Walt Disney]]'''
|-
| ''Christopher Crumpet''
| [[Stephen Bosustow]]
|-
| ''[[From A to Z-Z-Z-Z]]''
| [[Edward Selzer]]
|-
| ''[[Rugged Bear]]''
| Walt Disney
|-
| ''[[The Tell-Tale Heart (1953 American film)|The Tell-Tale Heart]]''
| Stephen Bosustow
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1954<br /><small>[[27th Academy Awards|(27th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[When Magoo Flew]]'''''
| '''[[Stephen Bosustow]]'''
|-
| ''[[Crazy Mixed Up Pup]]''
| [[Walter Lantz]]
|-
| ''[[Pigs Is Pigs (1954 film)|Pigs Is Pigs]]''
| [[Walt Disney]]
|-
| ''[[Sandy Claws (film)|Sandy Claws]]''
| [[Edward Selzer]]
|-
| ''Touché, Pussy Cat!''
| [[Fred Quimby]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" | 1955<br /><small>[[28th Academy Awards|(28th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Speedy Gonzales (film)|Speedy Gonzales]]'''''
| '''[[Edward Selzer]]'''
|-
| ''[[Peace on Earth (film)#Remake|Good Will to Men]]''
| [[Fred Quimby]], [[William Hanna]] & [[Joseph Barbera]]
|-
| ''[[The Legend of Rockabye Point]]''
| [[Walter Lantz]]
|-
| ''[[No Hunting]]''
| [[Walt Disney]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 1956<br /><small>[[29th Academy Awards|(29th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Magoo's Puddle Jumper]]'''''
| '''[[Stephen Bosustow]]'''
|-
| ''Gerald McBoing-Boing on Planet Moo'' 
| rowspan="2"|Stephen Bosustow
|-
| ''The Jaywalker''
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1957<br /><small>[[30th Academy Awards|(30th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Birds Anonymous]]'''''
| '''[[Edward Selzer]]'''
|-
| ''[[One Droopy Knight]]''
| [[William Hanna]] & [[Joseph Barbera]]
|-
| ''[[Tabasco Road]]''
| Edward Selzer
|-
| ''Trees and Jamaica Daddy''
| [[Stephen Bosustow]]
|-
| ''[[The Truth About Mother Goose]]''
| [[Walt Disney]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 1958<br /><small>[[31st Academy Awards|(31st)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Knighty Knight Bugs]]'''''
| '''[[John W. Burton (film producer)|John W. Burton]]'''
|-
| ''[[Paul Bunyan (film)|Paul Bunyan]]''
| [[Walt Disney]]
|-
| ''Sidney's Family Tree''
| William M. Weiss
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" | 1959<br /><small>[[32nd Academy Awards|(32nd)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Moonbird]]'''''
| '''[[John Hubley]]'''
|-
| ''[[Mexicali Shmoes]]''
| [[John W. Burton (film producer)|John W. Burton]]
|-
| ''Noah's Ark''
| [[Walt Disney]]
|-
| ''The Violinist'' 
| [[Ernest Pintoff]]
|-
|}

===1960s===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="45%" | Film
! width="50%" | Nominees
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
! rowspan="5" |1960<br /><small>[[33rd Academy Awards|(33rd)]]</small>
| '''''[[Munro (film)|Munro]]'''''
| '''[[William L. Snyder]]'''
|-
| ''[[Goliath II]]''
| [[Walt Disney]]
|-
| ''[[High Note (film)|High Note]]''
| rowspan="2"|[[Warner Bros.]]
|-
| ''[[Mouse and Garden]]''
|-
| ''A Place in the Sun''
| František Vystrčil
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1961<br /><small>[[34th Academy Awards|(34th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Surogat|Ersatz]]'''''
| '''[[Zagreb Film]]'''
|-
| ''[[Aquamania]]''
| [[Walt Disney]]
|-
| ''[[Beep Prepared]]''
| rowspan="2"|[[Chuck Jones]]
|-
| ''[[Nelly's Folly]]''
|-
| ''[[The Pied Piper of Guadalupe]]''
| [[Friz Freleng]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1962<br /><small>[[35th Academy Awards|(35th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Hole (1962 film)|The Hole]]'''''
| '''[[Faith Hubley|Faith]] & [[John Hubley]]'''
|-
| ''Icarus Montgolfier Wright''
| [[Jules Engel]]
|-
| ''[[Now Hear This (film)|Now Hear This]]''
| [[Warner Bros.]]
|-
| ''Self Defense—For Cowards''
| [[William L. Snyder]]
|-
| ''[[A Symposium on Popular Songs]]''
| [[Walt Disney]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1963<br /><small>[[36th Academy Awards|(36th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Critic (1963 film)|The Critic]]'''''
| '''[[Ernest Pintoff]]'''
|-
| ''Automania 2000''
| [[John Halas]]
|-
| ''The Game (Igra)''
| [[Dušan Vukotić]]
|-
| ''[[My Financial Career]]''
| [[Tom Daly (filmmaker)|Tom Daly]] & [[Colin Low (filmmaker)|Colin Low]]
|-
| ''[[Carmen D'Avino|Pianissimo]]''
| [[Carmen D'Avino]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" | 1964<br /><small>[[37th Academy Awards|(37th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Pink Phink]]'''''
| '''[[David H. DePatie]] & [[Friz Freleng]]'''
|-
| ''[[Christmas Cracker (film)|Christmas Cracker]]''
| [[National Film Board of Canada]]
|-
| ''Here's Nudnik''
| rowspan="2"|[[William L. Snyder]]
|-
| ''How to Avoid Friendship''
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 1965<br /><small>[[38th Academy Awards|(38th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Dot and the Line]]'''''
| '''Les Goldman & [[Chuck Jones]]'''
|-
| ''[[Eli Noyes|Clay or The Origin of Species]]''
| [[Eli Noyes]]
|-
| ''The Thieving Magpie''
| [[Emanuele Luzzati]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 1966<br /><small>[[39th Academy Awards|(39th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[A Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature]]'''''
| '''[[Faith Hubley|Faith]] & [[John Hubley]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Drag (film)|The Drag]]''
| [[Wolf Koenig]] & [[Robert Verrall]]
|-
| ''[[The Pink Blueprint]]''
| [[David H. DePatie]] & [[Friz Freleng]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 1967<br /><small>[[40th Academy Awards|(40th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Box (1967 film)|The Box]]'''''
| '''[[Fred Wolf (animator)|Fred Wolf]]'''
|-
| ''Hypothese Beta''
| Jean-Charles Meunier
|-
| ''[[What on Earth! (film)|What on Earth!]]''
| [[Robert Verrall]] & [[Wolf Koenig]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" | 1968<br /><small>[[41st Academy Awards|(41st)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day]]'''''
| '''[[Walt Disney]] <small>([[List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees|p.n.]])</small>'''
|-
| ''[[The House That Jack Built (1967 film)|The House That Jack Built]]''
| [[Wolf Koenig]] & Jim MacKay
|-
| ''The Magic Pear Tree''
| [[Jimmy Murakami]]
|-
| ''Windy Day''
| [[Faith Hubley|Faith]] & [[John Hubley]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 1969<br /><small>[[42nd Academy Awards|(42nd)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[It's Tough to Be a Bird]]'''''
| '''[[Ward Kimball]]'''
|-
| ''Of Men and Demons''
| [[Faith Hubley|Faith]] & [[John Hubley]]
|-
| ''[[Walking (1968 film)|Walking]]''
| [[Ryan Larkin]]
|-
|}

===1970s===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="45%" | Film
! width="50%" | Nominees
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
! rowspan="3" |1970<br /><small>[[43rd Academy Awards|(43rd)]]</small>
| '''''[[Is It Always Right to Be Right?]]'''''
| '''Nick Bosustow'''
|-
| ''[[The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam]]''
| [[Dale Case]] & Robert Mitchell
|-
| ''The Shepherd''
| Cameron Guess
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 1971<br /><small>[[44th Academy Awards|(44th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Crunch Bird]]'''''
| '''[[Ted Petok]]'''
|-
| ''[[Evolution (1971 film)|Evolution]]''
| [[Michael Mills (Canadian producer)|Michael Mills]]
|-
| ''[[The Selfish Giant (1972 film)|The Selfish Giant]]''
| [[Gerald Potterton]] & Peter Sander
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 1972<br /><small>[[45th Academy Awards|(45th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[A Christmas Carol (TV special)|A Christmas Carol]]'''''
| '''[[Richard Williams (animator)|Richard Williams]]'''
|-
| ''Kama Sutra Rides Again''
| [[Bob Godfrey]]
|-
| ''[[Tup Tup]]''
| [[Nedeljko Dragić]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 1973<br /><small>[[46th Academy Awards|(46th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Frank Film]]'''''
| '''[[Frank Mouris]]'''
|-
| ''The Legend of John Henry''
| David Adams & Nick Bosustow
|-
| ''Pulcinella''
| Guilo Gianini & [[Emanuele Luzzati]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1974<br /><small>[[47th Academy Awards|(47th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Closed Mondays]]'''''
| '''[[Bob Gardiner (animator)|Bob Gardiner]] & [[Will Vinton]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Family That Dwelt Apart]]''
| Yvon Mallette & [[Robert Verrall]]
|-
| ''[[Hunger (1974 film)|Hunger]]''
| [[Peter Foldes]] & [[René Jodoin]]
|-
| ''Voyage to Next''
| [[Faith Hubley|Faith]] & [[John Hubley]]
|-
| ''[[Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too]]''
| [[Wolfgang Reitherman]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" | 1975<br /><small>[[48th Academy Awards|(48th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Great (1975 film)|Great]]'''''
| '''[[Bob Godfrey]]'''
|-
| ''[[Kick Me (film)|Kick Me]]''
| [[Robert Swarthe]]
|-
| ''[[Monsieur Pointu (film)|Monsieur Pointu]]''
| [[René Jodoin]], André Leduc & [[Bernard Longpré]]
|-
| ''[[Sisyphus (film)|Sisyphus]]''
| [[Marcell Jankovics]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 1976<br /><small>[[49th Academy Awards|(49th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Leisure (film)|Leisure]]'''''
| '''[[Suzanne Baker]]'''
|-
| ''Dedalo''
| Manfredo Manfredi
|-
| ''[[The Street (1976 film)|The Street]]''
| Guy Glover & [[Caroline Leaf]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" | 1977<br /><small>[[50th Academy Awards|(50th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Sand Castle (1977 film)|The Sand Castle]]'''''
| '''[[Co Hoedeman]]'''
|-
| ''[[Bead Game|The Bead Game]]''
| [[Ishu Patel]]
|-
| ''[[Doonesbury|A Doonesbury Special]]''
| [[Faith Hubley|Faith]], [[John Hubley]] <small>([[List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees|p.n.]])</small> & [[Garry Trudeau]]
|-
| ''[[Jimmy the C]]''
| [[Robert Grossman (artist)|Robert Grossman]], James Picker & Craig Whitaker
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 1978<br /><small>[[51st Academy Awards|(51st)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Special Delivery (1978 film)|Special Delivery]]'''''
| '''[[Eunice Macaulay]] & [[John Weldon (animator)|John Weldon]]'''
|-
| ''Oh My Darling''
| Nico Crama
|-
| ''Rip Van Winkle''
| [[Will Vinton]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 1979<br /><small>[[52nd Academy Awards|(52nd)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Every Child (film)|Every Child]]'''''
| '''[[Derek Lamb]]'''
|-
| ''[[Dream Doll]]''
| [[Bob Godfrey]] & [[Zlatko Grgić]]
|-
| ''It's So Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House''
| [[Paul Fierlinger]]
|-
|}

===1980s===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="45%" | Film
! width="50%" | Nominees
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
! rowspan="3" |1980<br /><small>[[53rd Academy Awards|(53rd)]]</small>
| '''''[[The Fly (1980 film)|The Fly]]'''''
| '''[[Ferenc Rofusz]]'''
|-
| ''[[All Nothing]]''
| [[Frédéric Back]]
|-
| ''[[History of the World in Three Minutes Flat]]''
| [[Michael Mills (Canadian producer)|Michael Mills]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 1981<br /><small>[[54th Academy Awards|(54th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Crac]]'''''
| '''[[Frédéric Back]]'''
|-
| ''The Creation''
| [[Will Vinton]]
|-
| ''[[The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin]]''
| [[Janet Perlman]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 1982<br /><small>[[55th Academy Awards|(55th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Tango (1981 film)|Tango]]'''''
| '''[[Zbigniew Rybczyński]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Great Cognito]]''
| [[Will Vinton]]
|-
| ''[[The Snowman#Animated television special|The Snowman]]''
| [[John Coates (producer)|John Coates]] & [[Dianne Jackson]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 1983<br /><small>[[56th Academy Awards|(56th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Sundae in New York]]'''''
| '''Jimmy Picker'''
|-
| ''[[Mickey's Christmas Carol]]''
| [[Burny Mattinson]]
|-
| ''[[Florence Parry Heide|Sound of Sunshine – Sound of Rain]]''
| Eda Godel Hallinan
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 1984<br /><small>[[57th Academy Awards|(57th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Charade (1984 film)|Charade]]'''''
| '''[[Jon Minnis]]'''
|-
| ''[[Doctor DeSoto]]''
| [[Morton Schindel]] & [[Michael Sporn]]
|-
| ''[[Paradise (1984 film)|Paradise]]''
| [[Ishu Patel]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 1985<br /><small>[[58th Academy Awards|(58th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Anna & Bella]]'''''
| '''[[Cilia van Dijk]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Big Snit]]''
| [[Richard Condie]] & [[Michael J. F. Scott|Michael Scott]]
|-
| ''Second Class Mail''
| [[Alison Snowden]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 1986<br /><small>[[59th Academy Awards|(59th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[A Greek Tragedy]]'''''
| '''Willem Thijsen & Linda Van Tulden'''
|-
| ''[[The Frog, the Dog and the Devil]]''
| Bob Stenhouse
|-
| ''[[Luxo Jr.]]''
| [[John Lasseter]] & [[William Reeves (animator)|Bill Reeves]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 1987<br /><small>[[60th Academy Awards|(60th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Man Who Planted Trees (film)|The Man Who Planted Trees]]'''''
| '''[[Frédéric Back]]'''
|-
| ''[[George and Rosemary]]''
| [[Eunice Macaulay]]
|-
| ''[[Your Face (film)|Your Face]]''
| [[Bill Plympton]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 1988<br /><small>[[61st Academy Awards|(61st)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Tin Toy]]'''''
| '''[[John Lasseter]] & [[William Reeves (animator)|Bill Reeves]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Cat Came Back (1988 film)|The Cat Came Back]]''
| [[Cordell Barker]]
|-
| ''[[Technological Threat]]''
| Brian Jennings & [[Bill Kroyer]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 1989<br /><small>[[62nd Academy Awards|(62nd)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Balance (1989 film)|Balance]]'''''
| '''[[Wolfgang Lauenstein|Wolfgang]] & [[Christoph Lauenstein]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Cow (1989 film)|The Cow]]''
| [[Aleksandr Petrov (animator)|Aleksandr Petrov]]
|-
| ''[[Mark Baker (animator)|The Hill Farm]]''
| [[Mark Baker (animator)|Mark Baker]]
|-
|}

===1990s===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="45%" | Film
! width="50%" | Nominees
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
! rowspan="3" |1990<br /><small>[[63rd Academy Awards|(63rd)]]</small>
| '''''[[Creature Comforts]]'''''
| '''[[Nick Park]]'''
|-
| ''[[A Grand Day Out]]''
| Nick Park
|-
| ''[[Grasshoppers (Cavallette)|Grasshoppers]]''
| [[Bruno Bozzetto]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 1991<br /><small>[[64th Academy Awards|(64th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Manipulation (film)|Manipulation]]'''''
| '''Daniel Greaves'''
|-
| ''[[Blackfly (film)|Blackfly]]''
| [[Christopher Hinton (animator)|Christopher Hinton]]
|-
| ''[[Strings (1991 film)|Strings]]''
| [[Wendy Tilby]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1992<br /><small>[[65th Academy Awards|(65th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase]]'''''
| '''[[Joan C. Gratz]]'''
|-
| ''[[Adam (1992 film)|Adam]]''
| [[Peter Lord]]
|-
| ''[[Michaela Pavlátová|Reci, Reci, Reci...]]''
| [[Michaela Pavlátová]]
|-
| ''[[The Sandman (1991 film)|The Sandman]]''
| [[Paul Berry (animator)|Paul Berry]]
|-
| ''[[Barry Purves|Screen Play]]''
| [[Barry Purves]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1993<br /><small>[[66th Academy Awards|(66th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Wrong Trousers]]'''''
| '''[[Nick Park]]'''
|-
| ''Blindscape''
| Stephen Palmer
|-
| ''[[The Mighty River]]''
| [[Frédéric Back]] & Hubert Tison
|-
| ''Small Talk''
| Kevin Baldwin & [[Bob Godfrey]]
|-
| ''[[The Village (Animation)|The Village]]''
| [[Mark Baker (animator)|Mark Baker]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1994<br /><small>[[67th Academy Awards|(67th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Bob's Birthday]]'''''
| '''[[David Fine (filmmaker)|David Fine]] & [[Alison Snowden]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Big Story (1994 film)|The Big Story]]''
| [[David Stoten]] & [[Tim Watts (filmmaker)|Tim Watts]]
|-
| ''The Janitor''
| Vanessa Schwartz
|-
| ''[[The Monk and the Fish]]''
| [[Michaël Dudok de Wit]]
|-
| ''Triangle''
| [[Erica Russell]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1995<br /><small>[[68th Academy Awards|(68th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[A Close Shave]]'''''
| '''[[Nick Park]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Chicken from Outer Space]]''
| [[John R. Dilworth]]
|-
| ''The End''
| Robin Bargar & [[Chris Landreth]]
|-
| ''Gagarin''
| Alexij Kharitidi
|-
| ''[[Runaway Brain]]''
| [[Chris Bailey (animator)|Chris Bailey]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" | 1996<br /><small>[[69th Academy Awards|(69th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Quest (1996 film)|Quest]]'''''
| '''Tyron Montgomery & [[Thomas Stellmach]]'''
|-
| ''Canhead''
| Timothy Hittle & Chris Peterson
|-
| ''[[La Salla]]''
| [[Richard Condie]]
|-
| ''[[Wat's Pig]]''
| [[Peter Lord]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1997<br /><small>[[70th Academy Awards|(70th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Geri's Game]]'''''
| '''[[Jan Pinkava]]'''
|-
| ''[[Famous Fred]]''
| [[Joanna Quinn]]
|-
| ''[[Rusalka (1996 film)|The Mermaid]]''
| [[Aleksandr Petrov (animator)|Aleksandr Petrov]]
|-
| ''[[The Old Lady and the Pigeons]]''
| [[Sylvain Chomet]]
|-
| ''[[Redux Riding Hood]]''
| Steve Moore
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1998<br /><small>[[71st Academy Awards|(71st)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Bunny (1998 film)|Bunny]]'''''
| '''[[Chris Wedge]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Canterbury Tales#Film and television|The Canterbury Tales]]''
| Christopher Grace & [[Jonathan Myerson]]
|-
| ''Jolly Roger''
| [[Mark Baker (animator)|Mark Baker]]
|-
| ''[[More (1998 film)|More]]''
| Steven Kalafer & [[Mark Osborne (filmmaker)|Mark Osborne]]
|-
| ''[[When Life Departs]]''
| Stefan Fjeldmark & [[Karsten Kiilerich]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1999<br /><small>[[72nd Academy Awards|(72nd)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Old Man and the Sea (1999 film)|The Old Man and the Sea]]'''''
| '''[[Aleksandr Petrov (animator)|Aleksandr Petrov]]'''
|-
| ''3 Misses''
| [[Paul Driessen (animator)|Paul Driessen]]
|-
| ''[[Humdrum]]''
| Peter Peake
|-
| ''[[My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts]]''
| [[Torill Kove]]
|-
| ''[[When the Day Breaks]]''
| [[Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis]]
|-
|}

===2000s===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="45%" | Film
! width="50%" | Nominees
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
! rowspan="3" |2000<br /><small>[[73rd Academy Awards|(73rd)]]</small>
| '''''[[Father and Daughter (film)|Father and Daughter]]'''''
| '''[[Michaël Dudok de Wit]]'''
|-
| ''[[Periwig Maker|The Periwig-Maker]]''
| Steffen & Annette Schäffler
|-
| ''[[Rejected]]''
| [[Don Hertzfeldt]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2001<br /><small>[[74th Academy Awards|(74th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[For the Birds (film)|For the Birds]]'''''
| '''[[Ralph Eggleston]]'''
|-
| ''Fifty Percent Grey'' 
| Seamus Byrne & [[Ruairí Robinson]]
|-
| ''Give Up Yer Aul Sins'' 
| Cathal Gaffney & Darragh O'Connell
|-
| ''[[Strange Invaders (2002 film)|Strange Invaders]]''
| [[Cordell Barker]]
|-
| ''[[Stubble Trouble]]''
| Joseph E. Merideth
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2002<br /><small>[[75th Academy Awards|(75th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The ChubbChubbs!]]'''''
| '''Eric Armstrong'''
|-
| ''[[The Cathedral (2002 film)|The Cathedral]]''
| [[Tomek Baginski]]
|-
| ''[[Das Rad]]''
| Chris Stenner & Heidi Wittlinger
|-
| ''[[Mike's New Car]]''
| [[Pete Docter]] & Roger L. Gould
|-
| ''[[Mt. Head]]''
| [[Kōji Yamamura]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2003<br /><small>[[76th Academy Awards|(76th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Harvie Krumpet]]'''''
| '''[[Adam Elliot]]'''
|-
| ''[[Boundin']]''
| [[Bud Luckey]]
|-
| ''[[Destino]]''
| [[Roy E. Disney]] & [[Dominique Monféry]]
|-
| ''[[Gone Nutty]]''
| John C. Donkin & [[Carlos Saldanha]]
|-
| ''[[Nibbles (film)|Nibbles]]''
| [[Christopher Hinton (animator)|Chris Hinton]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2004<br /><small>[[77th Academy Awards|(77th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Ryan (film)|Ryan]]'''''
| '''[[Chris Landreth]]'''
|-
| ''[[Birthday Boy (2004 film)|Birthday Boy]]''
| Andrew Gregory & Sejong Park
|-
| ''[[Gopher Broke (2004 film)|Gopher Broke]]''
| [[Jeff Fowler]] & [[Tim Miller (animator)|Tim Miller]]
|-
| ''[[Guard Dog (film)|Guard Dog]]''
| [[Bill Plympton]]
|-
| ''[[Lorenzo (film)|Lorenzo]]''
| Baker Bloodworth & [[Mike Gabriel]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2005<br /><small>[[78th Academy Awards|(78th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation]]'''''
| '''[[John Canemaker]] & Peggy Stern'''
|-
| ''[[9 (2005 film)|9]]''
| [[Shane Acker]]
|-
| ''[[Badgered]]''
| Sharon Colman
|-
| ''[[The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello]]''
| Anthony Lucas
|-
| ''[[One Man Band (film)|One Man Band]]''
| [[Mark Andrews (filmmaker)|Mark Andrews]] & Andrew Jimenez 
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2006<br /><small>[[79th Academy Awards|(79th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Danish Poet]]'''''
| '''[[Torill Kove]]'''
|-
| ''[[Lifted (2006 film)|Lifted]]''
| [[Gary Rydstrom]]
|-
| ''[[The Little Matchgirl (film)|The Little Matchgirl]]''
| [[Roger Allers]] & [[Don Hahn]]
|-
| ''[[Maestro (2005 film)|Maestro]]''
| [[Géza M. Tóth]]
|-
| ''[[No Time for Nuts]]''
| [[Chris Renaud (animator)|Chris Renaud]] & [[Mike Thurmeier]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2007<br /><small>[[80th Academy Awards|(80th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Peter & the Wolf (2006 film)|Peter & the Wolf]]'''''
| '''[[Suzie Templeton]] & [[Hugh Welchman]]'''
|-
| ''[[Even Pigeons Go to Heaven]]''
| Samuel Tourneux & Simon Vanesse
|-
| ''[[I Met the Walrus]]''
| Josh Raskin
|-
| ''[[Madame Tutli-Putli]]''
| [[Chris Lavis]] & [[Maciek Szczerbowski]]
|-
| ''[[My Love (2006 film)|My Love]]''
| [[Aleksandr Petrov (animator)|Aleksandr Petrov]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2008<br /><small>[[81st Academy Awards|(81st)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[La Maison en Petits Cubes]]'''''
| '''[[Kunio Katō]]'''
|-
| ''[[Lavatory – Lovestory]]''
| [[Konstantin Bronzit]]
|-
| ''[[Oktapodi]]''
| Thierry Marchand & [[Emud Mokhberi]]
|-
| ''[[Presto (film)|Presto]]''
| [[Doug Sweetland]]
|-
| ''[[This Way Up (film)|This Way Up]]''
| Adam Foulkes & Alan Smith
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2009<br /><small>[[82nd Academy Awards|(82nd)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Logorama]]'''''
| '''Nicolas Schmerkin'''
|-
| ''[[French Roast]]''
| Fabrice Joubert
|-
| ''[[Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty]]''
| [[Brown Bag Films|Darragh O'Connell]] & [[Brown Bag Films|Nicky Phelan]]
|-
| ''[[The Lady and the Reaper]]''
| Javier Recio Gracia
|-
| ''[[A Matter of Loaf and Death]]''
| [[Nick Park]]
|-
|}

===2010s===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="45%" | Film
! width="50%" | Nominees
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
! rowspan="5" |2010<br /><small>[[83rd Academy Awards|(83rd)]]</small>
| '''''[[The Lost Thing]]'''''
| '''Andrew Ruhemann & [[Shaun Tan]]'''
|-
| ''[[Day & Night (2010 film)|Day & Night]]''
| [[Teddy Newton]]
|-
| ''[[The Gruffalo (film)|The Gruffalo]]''
| [[Max Lang]] & Jakob Schuh
|-
| ''[[Let's Pollute]]''
| [[Geefwee Boedoe]]
|-
| ''[[Madagascar, a Journey Diary]]''
| Bastien Dubois
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2011<br /><small>[[84th Academy Awards|(84th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore]]'''''
| '''[[William Joyce (writer)|William Joyce]] & [[Brandon Oldenburg]]'''
|-
| ''[[La Luna (2011 film)|La Luna]]''
| [[Enrico Casarosa]]
|-
| ''[[A Morning Stroll]]''
| [[Sue Goffe]] & [[Grant Orchard]]
|-
| ''[[Sunday (2011 film)|Sunday]]''
| [[Patrick Doyon]]
|-
| ''[[Wild Life (2011 film)|Wild Life]]''
| [[Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis|Amanda Forbis & Wendy Tilby]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2012<br /><small>[[85th Academy Awards|(85th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Paperman]]'''''
| '''[[John Kahrs]]'''
|-
| ''[[Adam and Dog]]''
| Minkyu Lee
|-
| ''[[Fresh Guacamole]]''
| [[PES (director)|PES]]
|-
| ''[[Head over Heels (2012 film)|Head Over Heels]]''
| [[Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly]] & [[Timothy Reckart]]
|-
| ''[[The Longest Daycare]]''
| [[David Silverman (animator)|David Silverman]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2013<br /><small>[[86th Academy Awards|(86th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Mr Hublot]]'''''
| '''[[Laurent Witz]] & [[Alexandre Espigares]]'''
|-
| ''[[Feral (2012 film)|Feral]]''
| [[Daniel Sousa (director)|Daniel Sousa]] & [[Dan Golden (filmmaker)|Dan Golden]]
|-
| ''[[Get a Horse!]]''
| [[Lauren MacMullan]] & [[Dorothy McKim]]
|-
| ''[[Short Peace#Possessions|Possessions]]''
| [[Shuhei Morita]]
|-
| ''[[Room on the Broom (film)|Room on the Broom]]''
| [[Max Lang]] & [[Jan Lachauer]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2014<br /><small>[[87th Academy Awards|(87th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Feast (2014 film)|Feast]]'''''
| '''[[Patrick Osborne (animator)|Patrick Osborne]] & [[Kristina Reed]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Bigger Picture (film)|The Bigger Picture]]''
| Christopher Hees & Daisy Jacobs
|-
| ''[[The Dam Keeper]]''
| Robert Kondo & [[Daisuke Tsutsumi|Dice Tsutsumi]]
|-
| ''[[Me and My Moulton]]''
| [[Torill Kove]]
|-
| ''[[A Single Life (2014 film)|A Single Life]]''
| Joris Oprins
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2015<br /><small>[[88th Academy Awards|(88th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Bear Story]]'''''
| '''[[Pato Escala Pierart]] & [[Gabriel Osorio Vargas]]'''
|-
| ''[[Prologue (2015 film)|Prologue]]''
| [[Imogen Sutton]] & [[Richard Williams (animator)|Richard Williams]]
|-
| ''[[Sanjay's Super Team]]''
| [[Sanjay Patel]] & [[Nicole Paradis Grindle]]
|-
| ''[[We Can't Live Without Cosmos]]''
| [[Konstantin Bronzit]]
|-
| ''[[World of Tomorrow (film)|World of Tomorrow]]''
| [[Don Hertzfeldt]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2016<br /><small>[[89th Academy Awards|(89th)]]</small> <br /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-oscars-2017-nominees-winners-list-20170123-story.html |title=Academy Awards 2017: Complete list of Oscar winners and nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=February 26, 2017 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=January 8, 2018 }}</ref>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Piper (film)|Piper]]'''''
| '''[[Alan Barillaro]] & [[Marc Sondheimer]]'''
|-
| ''[[Blind Vaysha]]''
| [[Theodore Ushev]]
|-
| ''[[Borrowed Time (film)|Borrowed Time]]''
| [[Andrew Coats (director)|Andrew Coats]] & [[Lou Hamou-Lhadj]]
|-
| ''[[Pear Cider and Cigarettes]]''
| [[Cara Speller]] & [[Robert Valley]]
|-
| ''[[Pearl (2016 film)|Pearl]]''
| [[Patrick Osborne (animator)|Patrick Osborne]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2017<br /><small>[[90th Academy Awards|(90th)]]</small> <br /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://oscar.go.com/nominees/short-film-animated/|title=90th Academy Award Animated Short Film Nominees|date=January 23, 2018|access-date=January 23, 2018}}</ref>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Dear Basketball]]'''''
| '''[[Glen Keane]] & [[Kobe Bryant]]'''
|-
| ''[[Garden Party (2017 film)|Garden Party]]''
| [[Victor Caire]] & [[Gabriel Grapperon]]
|-
| ''[[Lou (2017 film)|Lou]]''
| [[Dave Mullins (animator)|Dave Mullins]] & [[Dana Murray]]
|-
| ''[[Negative Space (film)|Negative Space]]''
| [[Ru Kuwahata]] & [[Max Porter (animator)|Max Porter]]
|-
| ''[[Revolting Rhymes (film)|Revolting Rhymes]]''
| [[Jakob Schuh]] & [[Jan Lachauer]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2018<br /><small>[[91st Academy Awards|(91st)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Bao (film)|Bao]]'''''
| '''Becky Neiman-Cobb & [[Domee Shi]]'''
|-
| ''[[Animal Behaviour (film)|Animal Behaviour]]''
| [[David Fine (filmmaker)|David Fine]] & [[Alison Snowden]]
|-
| ''[[Late Afternoon (film)|Late Afternoon]]''
| Louise Bagnall & Nuria González Blanco
|-
| ''[[One Small Step (film)|One Small Step]]''
| [[Andrew Chesworth]] & Bobby Pontillas
|-
| ''[[Weekends (2017 film)|Weekends]]''
| [[Trevor Jimenez]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2019<br /><small>[[92nd Academy Awards|(92nd)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Hair Love]]'''''
| '''[[Matthew A. Cherry]] & [[Karen Rupert Toliver]]'''
|- 
| ''[[Daughter (2019 film)|Daughter]]''
| [[Daria Kashcheeva]]
|-
| ''[[Kitbull]]''
| Kathryn Hendrickson & [[Rosana Sullivan]]
|-
| ''[[Mémorable]]''
| Bruno Collet & Jean-François Le Corre
|-
| ''[[Sister (2018 film)|Sister]]''
| [[Siqi Song]]
|}

===2020s===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="45%" | Film
! width="50%" | Nominees
|-
! rowspan="5" |2020/21<br /><small>[[93rd Academy Awards|(93rd)]]</small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''''[[If Anything Happens I Love You]]'''''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''[[Michael Govier]] & [[Will McCormack]]'''
|-
|''[[Burrow (film)|Burrow]]''
|Michael Capbarat & [[Madeline Sharafian]]
|-
|''[[Genius Loci (film)|Genius Loci]]''
|Adrien Mérigeau & Amaury Ovise
|-
|''[[Opera (2020 film)|Opera]]''
|{{ill|Erick Oh|de|Erick Oh}}
|-
|''[[Yes-People]]''
|Arnar Gunnarsson & Gísli Darri Halldórsson
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" | [[2021 in film|2021]]<br /><small>[[94th Academy Awards|(94th)]]</small>
| style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''''[[The Windshield Wiper]]'''''
|  style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Alberto Mielgo]] & Leo Sanchez'''
|-
| ''[[Affairs of the Art]]''
| [[Joanna Quinn]] and Les Mills
|-
| ''[[Bestia (2021 film)|Bestia]]''
| Hugo Covarrubias and Tevo Díaz
|-
| ''[[Boxballet]]''
| Anton Dyakov
|-
| ''[[Robin Robin]]''
| Dan Ojari and Mikey Please
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[2022 in film|2022]]<br /><small>[[95th Academy Awards|(95th)]]</small>
|-
| style="background:#FAEB86;" |''[[The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (film)|'''The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse''']]''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Charlie Mackesy]] and [[Matthew Freud]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Flying Sailor]]''
| [[Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis|Amanda Forbis & Wendy Tilby]]
|-
| ''[[Ice Merchants]]''
|  [[João Gonzalez]] and Bruno Caetano
|-
| ''[[My Year of Dicks]]''
| [[Sara Gunnarsdóttir]] and [[Pamela Ribon]]
|-
| ''[[An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It]]''
| [[Lachlan Pendragon]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[2023 in film|2023]]<br /><small>[[96th Academy Awards|(96th)]]</small>
|-
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | ''[[War Is Over!|'''War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko''']]''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Dave Mullins (animator)|Dave Mullins]] and [[Brad Booker]]'''
|-
| ''[[Letter to a Pig]]''
| [[Tal Kantor]] and [[Amit Gicelter|Amit R. Gicelter]]
|-
| ''[[Ninety-Five Senses]]''
| [[Jared and Jerusha Hess|Jared Hess and Jerusha Hess]]
|-
| ''[[Our Uniform]]''
| Yegane Moghaddam
|-
| ''[[Pachyderme]]''
| {{ill|Stéphanie Clément|de|Stéphanie Clément}} and Marc Rius
|-
! rowspan="7" style="text-align:center" | [[2024 in film|2024]]<br /><small>[[97th Academy Awards|(97th)]]</small>
|-
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[In the Shadow of the Cypress]]'''''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Shirin Sohani]] and [[Hossein Molayemi]]'''
|-
| ''[[Beautiful Men]]''
| [[Nicolas Keppens]] and Brecht Van Elslande
|-
| ''[[Magic Candies]]''
| [[Daisuke Nishio]] and Takashi Washio
|-
| ''[[Wander to Wonder]]''
| [[Nina Gantz]] and Stienette Bosklopper
|-
| ''[[Yuck! (film)|Yuck!]]''
| [[Loïc Espuche]] and Juliette Marquet
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of submissions for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film]]
*[[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature]]
** [[List of submissions for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature]]
*[[List of animation awards]]
* [[BAFTA Award for Best Short Film]]
* ''[[The 50 Greatest Cartoons|The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals]]''
*[[List of animated short films]]
* [[List of Academy Award–nominated films]]
*[[Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film]]
*[[List of Academy Awards for Walt Disney]]
*[[Arthouse animation]]
*[[Independent animation]]
*[[Adult animation]]

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=note}}

== Superlatives ==

For this Academy Award category, the following superlatives emerge:<ref name="Academy Awards">"[http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/Help/Statistics?file=indexStats.html Academy Award Statistics]." ''Academy Awards Database''. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301005626/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/help/helpMain.jsp?helpContentURL=statistics%2FindexStats.html|date=March 1, 2009}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Most awards
| rowspan="4" |[[Walt Disney]]
|12 awards
| rowspan="3" |'''<ref name="Disney" />'''
|-
!Most nominations
|39 nominations
|-
!Most consecutive years
|8 years (1931–1939)
|-
!Oldest winner
|67 years, 130 days (posthumously, for ''[[Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day]]'')
|
|-
!Youngest winner
|[[Bob Gardiner (animator)|Bob Gardiner]]
|24 years, 20 days (for ''[[Closed Mondays]]'')
|
|-
!Shortest winning film
|''[[The Crunch Bird]]'' (1971)
|2 minutes and 32 seconds
|
|-
!Shortest nominated film
|''[[Fresh Guacamole]]'' (2012)
|1 minute and 40 seconds
|<ref>{{Citation |title=Fresh Guacamole by PES {{!}} Oscar Nominated Short | date=March 7, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNJdJIwCF_Y |access-date=2024-02-03 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
!Longest winning film
|''[[The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (film)|The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse]]'' (2022)
|34 minutes and 8 seconds
|
|-
!Longest nominated film
|''[[Pear Cider and Cigarettes]]'' (2016)
|34 minutes and 56 seconds
|<ref>{{Citation |title=Pear Cider and Cigarettes - official | date=January 16, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJN3Qnah2ts |access-date=2024-02-03 |language=en}}</ref>
|}

== Multiple nominations and awards ==

The following is a list of animation studios or animators that earned multiple nominations and awards in this category.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! width="300" | Studio
! width="100" | Nominations
! width="100" | Awards
|-
| [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Disney]]<ref>[https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22SearchFieldFilters%22%3A%5B%7B%22Index%22%3A1%2C%22Field%22%3A%7B%22Id%22%3A6%2C%22DisplayName%22%3A%22Production%20Company%22%2C%22FieldName%22%3A%22prod_co_statement%22%2C%22SortViewFieldName%22%3A%22Production%20Company%22%2C%22SortViewSortCode%22%3A%220%22%2C%22IsSortable%22%3Afalse%2C%22SortBy%22%3A0%7D%2C%22FieldValues%22%3A%5B%22%22%2C%22%22%5D%2C%22SearchTerm%22%3A%22Disney%22%2C%22SearchType%22%3A0%2C%22IsExcluded%22%3Afalse%2C%22Condition%22%3A0%7D%2C%7B%22Index%22%3A2%2C%22Field%22%3A%7B%22Id%22%3A3%2C%22DisplayName%22%3A%22Award%20Category%22%2C%22FieldName%22%3A%22name%22%2C%22SortViewFieldName%22%3A%22Category%22%2C%22SortViewSortCode%22%3A%220%22%2C%22IsSortable%22%3Atrue%2C%22SortBy%22%3A20%7D%2C%22FieldValues%22%3A%5B%2220%22%2C%22%22%2C%22%22%5D%2C%22SearchType%22%3A0%2C%22IsExcluded%22%3Afalse%2C%22Condition%22%3A0%7D%5D%2C%22Sort%22%3A%223-Award%20Category-Chron%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A40%7D Search Results: 'Production Company:Disney', 'Category:Short Film (Animated)']. ''Academy Awards Database''. 2021.</ref>
| 51
| 15
|-
| [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio|MGM]]
| 23
| 9
|-
| [[National Film Board of Canada]]
| 38
| 6
|-
| [[Warner Bros. Cartoons|Warner Bros.]]
| 27
| 5
|-
| [[Pixar]]
| 17
| 5
|-
| [[United Productions of America]]
| 14
| 3
|-
| [[Aardman Animations|Aardman]]
| 5
| 3
|-
| [[John Hubley]] and [[Faith Hubley]]
| 7
| 3
|-
| [[BBC]]
| 3
| 3
|-
| [[Channel 4]]
| 6
| 2
|-
| [[Frédéric Back]]
| 4
| 2
|-
| [[Sony Pictures Animation]]
| 2
| 2
|-
| [[Rembrandt Films|Rembrandt]]
| 5
| 1
|-
| [[Bob Godfrey]]
| 4
| 1
|-
| [[Aleksandr Petrov (animator)|Aleksandr Petrov]]
| 4
| 1
|-
| [[Will Vinton]]
| 4
| 1
|-
| [[Zagreb Film]]
| 4
| 1
|-
| [[Brandon Films|Brandon]]
| 3
| 1
|-
| [[Passion Pictures|Passion Pictures Animation]]
| 3
| 1
|-
| [[Blue Sky Studios|Blue Sky]]
| 3
| 1
|-
| [[DePatie-Freleng Enterprises|DePatie-Freleng]]
| 2
| 1
|-
| [[Fred Wolf Films|Fred Wolf]]
| 2
| 1
|-
| Motionpicker Productions|Motionpicker
| 2
| 1
|-
| Michael Mills Productions|Michael Mills
| 2
| 1
|-
| [[Dave Mullins (animator)|Dave Mullins]]
| 2
| 1
|-
| [[Pannonia Film Studio]]
| 2
| 1
|-
| Stephen Bosustow Productions
| 2
| 1
|-
| [[Walter Lantz Productions|Walter Lantz]]
| 10
| 0
|-
| [[George Pal]]
| 7
| 0
|-
| [[Screen Gems]]
| 6
| 0
|-
| [[National Film & Television School]]
| 6
| 0
|-
| [[Fleischer Studio|Fleischer]]
| 4
| 0
|-
| [[Terrytoons]]
| 4
| 0
|-
| [[Pathé|Pathe Contemporary]]
| 3
| 0
|-
| [[Magic Light Pictures|Magic Light]]
| 3
| 0
|-
| [[Mark Baker (animator)|Mark Baker]]
| 3
| 0 
|-
| [[Melnitsa Animation Studio|Melnitsa]]
| 3
| 0
|-
| [[Harman-Ising Studio|Harman-Ising]]
| 2
| 0
|-
| Dago Productions|Dago
| 2
| 0
|-
| Pyramid Films|Pyramid
| 2
| 0
|-
| TVC London
| 2
| 0
|-
| [[S4C]]
| 2
| 0
|-
| [[Brown Bag Films|Brown Bag]]
| 2
| 0
|-
| [[Halas & Batchelor]]
| 2
| 0
|-
| [[Bill Plympton]]
| 2
| 0
|-
| [[Don Hertzfeldt]]
| 2
| 0
|-
| [[Folimage]]
| 2
| 0
|-
|[[Emanuele Luzzati]]
| 2
| 0
|-
|[[Konstantin Bronzit]]
| 2
| 0
|-
|[[Joanna Quinn]]
| 2
| 0
|}

== Footnotes ==
{{reflist}}

{{Academy Awards}}
{{Academy Award Best Animated Short Film}}
{{Academy Awards lists}}

[[Category:Academy Awards|Animated Short Film]]
[[Category:American animation awards]]
[[Category:Best Animated Short Academy Award winners|*]]
[[Category:History of animation]]