Winners and Nominees of Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
Winners: 1-79
Nominees: 80-327
Nominees: 80-327
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1.
Flowers and Trees
(1932 Short Film)
An evil tree stump, jealous of two trees in love, starts a forest fire. (8 mins.)
2.
Three Little Pigs
(1933 Short Film)
When a hungry wolf starts blowing down some pigs' houses, they take refuge in their sensible brother's brick house. (8 mins.)
3.
The Tortoise and the Hare
(1935 Short Film)
Max Hare and Toby Tortoise are having a foot race. Max has much more style, and is generally cocky. He pauses for a short nap... (9 mins.)
Stars: Eddie Holden, Ned Norton
4.
Three Orphan Kittens
(1935 Short Film)
Three orphan kittens are entering a society house in winter and ruin the furniture. But when they're caught by the maid... (9 mins.)
Director: David Hand
Stars: Lillian Randolph
5.
The Country Cousin
(1936 Short Film)
Morty Citymouse invites his cousin Abner Countrymouse for a visit and shows him the ways of the big city, including traps, eating quietly, and busy traffic. (7 mins.)
Director: Wilfred Jackson
6.
The Old Mill
(1937 Short Film)
We see the various birds, mice, and bats that have moved into an old windmill, followed by the frogs... (9 mins.)
7.
Ferdinand the Bull
(1938 Short Film)
Little Ferdinand would much rather smell the flowers than butt heads with the other cows. When the men come to choose the bull for the fight... (8 mins.)
Stars: Don Wilson, Milt Kahl
8.
Ugly Duckling
(1939 Short Film)
A newborn cygnet searches for a family that will accept him. (9 mins.)
9.
The Milky Way
(1940 Short Film)
The Three Little Kittens tie helium balloons to a basket and travel up to the Milky Way, which is filled with all the milk they can drink. (8 mins.)
Director: Rudolf Ising
Stars: Bernice Hansen
10.
Lend a Paw
(1941 Short Film)
Winter. Pluto is sniffing around outside when he hears a noise. It's coming from a bag floating on an ice floe in a creek... (8 mins.)
Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney
11.
Der Fuehrer's Face
(1942 Short Film)
Donald Duck has a nightmare that he lives in Germany slaving under the Nazi regime. (8 mins.)
Stars: Clarence Nash
12.
The Yankee Doodle Mouse
(1943 Short Film)
As Tom and Jerry stage their typical fight sequences, the patriotic soldier theme of the title is evidenced... (8 mins.)
Director: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
13.
Mouse Trouble
(1944 Short Film)
Tom's new book on "how to catch a mouse" doesn't prove too helpful against Jerry; actually, Jerry seems to make better use of it than Tom. (7 mins.)
Director: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
14.
Quiet Please!
(1945 Short Film)
The bulldog wants to take a nap. Tom wants to chase Jerry around the house. Naps and noise don't mix, and so the bulldog threatens Tom to keep quiet or else. (7 mins.)
Director: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
Stars: Billy Bletcher, William Hanna
15.
The Cat Concerto
(1947 Short Film)
Jerry is determined to disrupt Tom's concert while Tom fights him with the piano without missing a single note. (8 mins.)
Director: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
16.
Tweetie Pie
(1947 Short Film)
Thomas the cat finds Tweety in the snow, warming himself by a cigar butt. Thomas's mistress rescues... (7 mins.)
Director: I. Freleng
Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet
17.
The Little Orphan
(1948 Short Film)
The Bide-a-Wee Mouse Home has sent the orphan mouse, Nibbles, to spend Thanksgiving with Jerry. But Jerry's cupboard is bare... (8 mins.)
Director: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
18.
For Scent-imental Reasons
(1949 Short Film)
Pepe Le Peu chases a female cat in a perfume shop until she turns the tables on him. (7 mins.)
Director: Charles M. Jones
Stars: Mel Blanc
19.
Gerald McBoing-Boing
(1951 Short Film)
The story of a little boy who would only talk in sound effects. With story by Dr. Seuss (and Bill Scott of Rocky and Bullwinkle fame) this cartoon won the Oscar for best short subject (animated) for 1950. (8 mins.)
Director: Robert Cannon
Stars: Marvin Miller
20.
The Two Mouseketeers
(1951 Short Film)
This Tom and Jerry cartoon is set in 18th century France. Tom, who is a soldier in a castle, is assigned to guard the food laid out on a banquet table... (8 mins.)
Director: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
Stars: Francoise Brun-Cottan
21.
Johann Mouse
(1952 Short Film)
At the home of Viennese composer Johann Strauss, lived Johann Mouse. Whenever the composer played his waltzes... (8 mins.)
Director: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
Stars: Hans Conried
22.
Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom
(1953 Short Film)
A crash course on the history of Western musical instruments. (10 mins.)
Director: Ward Kimball, C. August Nichols
23.
When Magoo Flew
(1954 Short Film)
Mr. Magoo sets off to go to the movies but goes to an airport by mistake and gets on a plane thinking it to be a theater... (6 mins.)
Director: Pete Burness
Stars: Jim Backus, Jerry Hausner
24.
Speedy Gonzales
(1955 Short Film)
Starving Mexican mice want access to a cheese factory guarded by Sylvester Cat and send for Speedy Gonzales... (7 mins.)
Director: I. Freleng
Stars: Mel Blanc, Stan Freberg
25.
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
(1956 Short Film)
At a used car lot, Mr. Magoo is intent on buying a car for his nephew Waldo. He is slick talked into...
Director: Pete Burness
Stars: Jim Backus, Daws Butler
26.
Birds Anonymous
(1957 Short Film)
In this spoof of Alcoholics Anonymous, pussy cats are cast as bird-eating addicts and go through the 12-step process to deal with their addiction... (7 mins.)
Director: Friz Freleng
Stars: Mel Blanc
27.
Knighty Knight Bugs
(1958 Short Film)
Court jester Bugs races against the Black Knight (Yosemite Sam) and his sneezing dragon in pursuit of the Singing Sword. (6 mins.)
Director: Friz Freleng
Stars: Mel Blanc
28.
Moonbird
(1959 Short Film)
Two boys go outside at night to capture a bird. (10 mins.)
Director: John Hubley
Stars: Mark Hubley, Ray Hubley
29.
Munro
(1961 Short Film)
A four-year-old boy is drafted into the army. (9 mins.)
Director: Gene Deitch
30.
The Substitute
(1961 Short Film)
Simple story about the man who comes to the beach and uses inflatable objects for all of his needs. (10 mins.)
Director: Dusan Vukotic
31.
The Hole
(1962 Short Film)
Two men discuss the nature of accidents and the possibility of nuclear war. (15 mins.)
Director: John Hubley
Stars: Dizzy Gillespie, George Mathews
32.
The Critic
(1963 Short Film)
Mel Brooks is an old man watching abstract animations. He doesn't understand them, so he heckles with strange commentary... (4 mins.)
Director: Ernest Pintoff
Stars: Mel Brooks
33.
The Pink Phink
(1964 Short Film)
A house painter can't understand why everything he paints blue turns pink. Little does he guess that the Pink Panther is repainting all his work. (7 mins.)
Director: Friz Freleng, Hawley Pratt
34.
The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
(1965 Short Film)
A simple line attempts to woo his true love, a dot, away from the unkempt squiggle she prefers. But... (10 mins.)
Director: Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble
Stars: Robert Morley
35.
A Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Double Feature
(1966 Short Film)
A prototype of modern music videos, this is an animated film set to the music of two popular tunes recorded by Herb Alpert and his Latin-flavored brass ensemble - "Spanish Flea" and "Tijuana Taxi". (6 mins.)
Director: John Hubley
36.
The Box
(1967 Short Film)
An old bearded man wearing a raincoat walks into a bar and sits down, placing a mysterious box next to him. The other patrons try, with varying success, to find out what's inside. (9 mins.)
Director: Fred Wolf
37.
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
(1968 Short Film)
Winnie the Pooh and his friends experience high winds, heavy rains, and a flood in Hundred Acre Wood. (25 mins.)
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
38.
It's Tough to Be a Bird
(1969 Documentary)
Part cartoon and part documentary, this film offers a humorous look at birds and the ways people perceive them. (21 mins.)
Director: Ward Kimball
39.
Is It Always Right to Be Right?
(1970 Short Film)
The world is divided into factions, on opposite sides of issues; each side is, of course, right. And so the gap between the people grows, until someone challenges the absolutist view of what's "right." (8 mins.)
Director: Lee Mishkin
Stars: Orson Welles
40.
The Crunch Bird
(1971 Short Film)
A woman goes into a pet store seeking a gift for her husband. She decides to get him a bird with a most unusual talent, but her gift brings about an unforeseen result. (2 mins.)
Director: Ted Petok
Stars: Len Maxwell
41.
A Christmas Carol
(1971 Short Film)
An old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when he is haunted by ghosts on Christmas Eve. (28 mins.)
Director: Richard Williams
42.
Frank Film
(1973 Short Film)
This animated short features two soundtracks - in one, Frank narrates an autobiography,in the other... (9 mins.)
Director: Caroline Mouris, Frank Mouris
Stars: Frank Mouris
43.
Closed Mondays
(1974 Short Film)
A man visiting a museum sees the works of art come to life. (11 mins.)
Director: Bob Gardiner, Will Vinton
Stars: Todd Oleson, Holly Johnson
44.
Great (Isambard Kingdom Brunel)
(1975 Documentary)
An animated film about the British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who spearheaded numerous engineering marvels of the early 19th century... (30 mins.)
Director: Bob Godfrey
46.
Le château de sable
(1977 Short Film)
On a sandy desert, a man made of sand constructs other sand creatures to help make a beautiful sand castle for themselves. (13 mins.)
Director: Co Hoedeman
47.
Special Delivery
(1978 Short Film)
A hapless husband neglects to clear the icy walk, which leads to the mailman slipping and breaking his neck. A comedy of errors results from his attempts to hide the body. (7 mins.)
Director: Eunice Macaulay, John Weldon
Stars: Sandy Sanderson, Jean Marchand
48.
Every Child
(1979 Short Film)
An abandoned baby is repeatedly left on a series of doorsteps in a well to do community, only to be... (6 mins.)
Director: Eugene Fedorenko
49.
A Légy
(1981 Short Film)
A fine day in the life of a fly presented completely from the fly's point of view. A fine day until something dreary happens, that is. (3 mins.)
Director: Ferenc Rófusz
50.
Crac
(1981 Short Film)
The industrialization of Montreal, as seen from the point of view of a rocking-chair. (15 mins.)
Director: Frédéric Back
52.
Sundae in New York
(1983 Short Film)
A character closely resembling then-mayor Ed Koch sings a variation on the "Theme from 'New York, New... (4 mins.)
Director: Jimmy Picker
Stars: Scott Record
53.
Charade
(1984 Short Film)
A talented, but doomed, gentleman tries to participate in a properly British game of charades. (5 mins.)
Director: Jon Minnis
Stars: John Minnis
54.
Anna & Bella
(1984 Short Film)
Two sisters look back on their life together. (8 mins.)
Director: Børge Ring
55.
Een griekse tragedie
(1985 Short Film)
Three scantily-clad female figures struggle to hold up the crumbling remains of an ancient Greek temple. (7 mins.)
Director: Nicole Van Goethem
56.
The Man Who Planted Trees
(1988 Short Film)
The story of one shepherd's long and successful singlehanded effort to re-forest a desolate valley. (30 mins.)
Director: Frédéric Back
Stars: Philippe Noiret, Christopher Plummer
57.
Tin Toy
(1988 Short Film)
A tin one-man-band toy tries to escape a destructive baby. (5 mins.)
Director: John Lasseter
58.
Balance
(1989 Short Film)
The setting is on a floating platform where a group of evenly and carefully placed men live. Each man... (7 mins.)
Director: Christoph Lauenstein, Wolfgang Lauenstein
59.
Creature Comforts
(1989 Short Film)
A humourous and thought provoking view of what animals in zoos might be thinking about their captivity and surroundings. (5 mins.)
Director: Nick Park
Stars: Julie Sedgewick
60.
Manipulation
(1991 Short Film)
A discarded cartoon character and some spilt ink combine and interact as if the cartoonist had drawn their actions... (7 mins.)
Director: Daniel Greaves
61.
Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase
(1992 Short Film)
Two-dimensional clay animations melding and merging the work of 35 famous artists. (7 mins.)
Director: Joan C. Gratz
Stars: Jean G. Poulot
62.
Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers
(1993 Short Film)
Wallace is used by a criminal penguin in a robbery involving mechanical trousers. (30 mins.)
Director: Nick Park
Stars: Peter Sallis
63.
Bob's Birthday
(1994 Short Film)
Margaret Fish is planning a surprise party for her dentist husband, Bob. Meanwhile, at the office, Bob... (12 mins.)
Director: David Fine, Alison Snowden
64.
Wallace and Gromit in A Close Shave
(1995 Short Film)
Wallace falls for Wendolene, a wool shop owner, while Gromit is framed for the sheep rustling. (30 mins.)
Director: Nick Park
Stars: Peter Sallis, Anne Reid
65.
Quest
(1996 Short Film)
A being made of sand wakes up in the desert. It finds a bottle near him, but it's empty. The noise of dropping water can be heard not far away... (12 mins.)
Director: Tyron Montgomery
66.
Geri's Game
(1997 Short Film)
Geri sets up a chess game to play his greatest opponent - himself. (4 mins.)
Director: Jan Pinkava
Stars: Bob Peterson
67.
Bunny
(1999 Short Film)
A tattered old bunny baking in her kitchen is pestered by an equally tattered old moth. (7 mins.)
Director: Chris Wedge
69.
Father and Daughter
(2001 Short Film)
A father says goodbye to his young daughter. In time the daughter grows old, but within her there is always a deep longing for her father. (8 mins.)
Director: Michael Dudok de Wit
70.
For the Birds
(2000 Short Film)
A group of snooty birds roosting on a telephone wire get their just desserts when a goofy bird drops in. (3 mins.)
Director: Ralph Eggleston
Stars: Ralph Eggleston
71.
The Chubbchubbs!
(2002 Short Film)
A janitor at an alien night-club gets his wish to be a singer. (6 mins.)
Director: Eric Armstrong
72.
Harvie Krumpet
(2003 Short Film)
The odd biography of a man who has Tourette's Syndrome, chronic bad luck, menial jobs, nudist tendencies, and a book of "fakts" hung around his neck. (23 mins.)
Director: Adam Elliot
73.
Ryan
(2004 Documentary)
The movie talks about the life of Ryan Larkin, a gifted Canadian animator of the late '60s and the early '70s. (14 mins.)
Director: Chris Landreth
74.
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
(2005 Short Film)
The Moon and the Son, a 30-minute autobiographical animated film by John Canemaker, explores the difficult... (28 mins.)
Director: John Canemaker
75.
The Danish Poet
(2006 Short Film)
A woman ponders over the strange coincidences that made her forefathers and -mothers meet and create the premises for her becoming the person that she is. (15 mins.)
Director: Torill Kove
Stars: Liv Ullmann
76.
Peter & the Wolf
(2006 Short Film)
An animated retelling set to Prokofiev's suite. Peter is a slight lad, solitary, locked out of the woods by his protective grandfather... (32 mins.)
Director: Suzie Templeton
77.
Tsumiki no ie
(2008 Short Film)
As his town is flooded by water, an old man is forced to add additional levels onto his home with bricks (cubes) in order to stay dry... (12 mins.)
Director: Kunio Katô
Stars: Masami Nagasawa
78.
Logorama
(2009 Short Film)
Police chase an armed criminal in a version of Los Angeles comprised entirely of corporate logos. (16 mins.)
Director: François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy
79.
The Lost Thing
(2010 Short Film)
A boy finds a strange creature on a beach, and decides to find a home for it in a world where everyone believes there are far more important things to pay attention to. (15 mins.)
Director: Andrew Ruhemann, Shaun Tan
Stars: Tim Minchin
80.
Mickey's Orphans
(1931 Short Film)
At Christmastime, Mickey Mouse, Minnie and Pluto are beset by an enormous litter of bratty orphan cats. (7 mins.)
Director: Burt Gillett
Stars: Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner
81.
It's Got Me Again!
(1932 Short Film)
Late at night, the mice come out and sing and play to the title tune, among others. That is, until the cat arrives, but he's quickly sent packing. (7 mins.)
82.
Building a Building
(1933 Short Film)
Mickey Mouse operates a steam shovel; Pegleg Pete is his foreman; Minnie Mouse sells box lunches. Mickey must save the day when Pete makes advances to Minnie. (7 mins.)
Director: David Hand
83.
The Merry Old Soul
(1933 Short Film)
Oswald the Rabbit gathers some of the greatest entertainers of the age to cure Old King Cole of the blues.
Director: Walter Lantz, Bill Nolan
84.
Holiday Land
(1934 Short Film)
Scrappy does not want to get up and go to school. As the days peel off his calendar, the dates representing holidays come to life... (8 mins.)
85.
Jolly Little Elves
(1934 Short Film)
A poor shoemaker and his wife have only a stale donut and a cup of coffee left to share. An elf drops by... (9 mins.)
Director: Manuel Moreno
Stars: Bernice Hansen
86.
The Calico Dragon
(1935 Short Film)
A little girl reads a story about a dragon; as she falls asleep, her doll rides off on his calico horse through a calico land to do battle with a three-headed singing calico dragon. (8 mins.)
87.
Who Killed Cock Robin?
(1935 Short Film)
Robin is crooning to a Mae West-like Jenny Wren when he is shot with an arrow. A court is convened; the judge... (8 mins.)
Stars: Billy Bletcher, Martha Wentworth
88.
The Old Mill Pond
(1936 Short Film)
The fish and frogs gather at the old mill pond to hear a jazz concert. Performers include caricatures of Cab Calloway... (8 mins.)
89.
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor
(1936 Short Film)
The legendary sailors Popeye and Sindbad do battle to see which one is the greatest. (16 mins.)
Director: Dave Fleischer
91.
The Little Match Girl
(1937 Short Film)
A small girl makes her living selling matches on the streets of New York. It's winter, and the hustling crowds at best ignore her... (8 mins.)
Director: Arthur Davis
92.
Brave Little Tailor
(1938 Short Film)
When a giant threatens the land, the cityfolk mistake Mickey's boast of killing seven flies with one blow to be giants... (9 mins.)
Stars: Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner
93.
Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
(1938 Short Film)
Various Mother Goose rhymes are portrayed by Hollywood stars for example, Old King Cole's fiddlers three are the Marx Brothers... (8 mins.)
94.
Good Scouts
(1938 Short Film)
Donald is leading a scout troop consisting of his nephews on a hike in the woods. Donald isn't nearly the expert on the woods that he thinks he is... (8 mins.)
Director: Jack King
Stars: Clarence Nash
96.
Detouring America
(1939 Short Film)
This travelogue across America is filled with sight gags such as the 'Old Reliable' geyser spitting into a spittoon... (7 mins.)
Director: Fred Avery
Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert C. Bruce
97.
Peace on Earth
(1939 Short Film)
Two baby squirrels ask grandpa to explain what "men" are when he comes in singing "peace on earth, goodwill to men". Grandpa tells the story of man's last war. (9 mins.)
Stars: Mel Blanc
98.
The Pointer
(1939 Short Film)
Mickey and Pluto go hunting for quail. Pluto scares away the first ones they see; Mickey scolds him... (9 mins.)
Director: Clyde Geronimi
Stars: Walt Disney, Lee Millar
99.
Puss Gets the Boot
(1940 Short Film)
Feline "Jasper" is given an ultimatum by his master: break one more thing and you're out! Rodent Jerry... (9 mins.)
Stars: Lillian Randolph
100.
A Wild Hare
(1940 Short Film)
Elmer is a dim-witted hunter whose "wooking for wabbits." Bugs proceeds to confuse, bamboozle, and otherwise humiliate the poor simp. (8 mins.)
Director: Fred Avery
Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan
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