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SHORT FILM (Live Action)

A working SHORT FILM (Live Action) dossier with winners, craft credits, ceremony trails, and nominee history kept close to the surface.

Latest Winner Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt
Span 1957-2025
Nominations 307
Ceremonies 69

Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt

Most recent winning record: 98th ceremony (2025). The Singers

Category History

69 ceremonies, 71 winners, 236 other nominees across the full Academy Awards span. Fast view shows every winner and keeps older nominee trails linked through each ceremony ledger.

2020s

2025 98th Ceremony
Winner

Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt

The Singers

Craft Credits Sam A. Davis Jack Piatt
Winner

Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata

Two People Exchanging Saliva

3 other nominees
2024 97th Ceremony
Winner

Victoria Warmerdam and Trent

I'm Not a Robot

Craft Credits Victoria Warmerdam Trent
4 other nominees
2023 96th Ceremony
Winner

Wes Anderson and Steven Rales

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Craft Credits Wes Anderson Steven Rales
4 other nominees
2022 95th Ceremony
Winner

Tom Berkeley and Ross White

An Irish Goodbye

Craft Credits Tom Berkeley Ross White
4 other nominees
2021 94th Ceremony
Winner

Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed

The Long Goodbye

Craft Credits Aneil Karia Riz Ahmed
4 other nominees
2020 93rd Ceremony
Winner

Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe

Two Distant Strangers

4 other nominees

2010s

2018 91st Ceremony
Winner

Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman

Skin

4 other nominees
2017 90th Ceremony
Winner

Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton

The Silent Child

4 other nominees
2014 87th Ceremony
Winner

Mat Kirkby and James Lucas

The Phone Call

Craft Credits Mat Kirkby James Lucas
4 other nominees

2000s

1990s

1980s

1970s

1960s

1950s

Sortable ledger

Every nomination in this category as a sortable table, for research that needs the raw record beside the posters and winners above.