1950s Oscar Short Film Winners & Nominees

1959 — 31th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner Knighty Knight Bugs Friz Freleng Short Subject, Cartoon Watch →
🏆 Winner Glass Bert Haanstra Documentary Short Subject
🏆 Winner Grand Canyon Walt Disney Short Subject, Live Action
Nominee The Violinist Ernest Pintoff Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Noah's Ark Walt Disney Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Mexicali Shmoes Edward Selzer Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Sidney's Family Tree Gene Deitch Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Paul Bunyan Les Clark Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Overture Thorold Dickinson Documentary Short Subject
Nominee The Living Stone Tom Daly Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Journey into Spring Ian Ferguson Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Employees Only Kenneth G. Brown Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Jury of One Short Subject, Live Action
Nominee The Hour of Truth Short Subject, Live Action
Nominee Between the Tides Short Subject, Live Action
Nominee Ballabile Short Subject, Live Action
Nominee T Is for Tumbleweed Short Subject, Live Action
Nominee Snows of Aorangi Short Subject, Live Action
Nominee The Kiss Short Subject, Live Action
Nominee Journey into Spring Short Subject, Live Action

1958 — 30th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner Birds Anonymous Friz Freleng Short Subject, Cartoon Watch →
🏆 Winner Ama Girls Ben Sharpsteen Documentary Short Subject
🏆 Winner The Wetback Hound Larry Lansburgh Short Subject, Live Action
Nominee Sidney's Family Tree Paul Terry Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Paul Bunyan Walt Disney Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Tabasco Road Robert McKimson Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Trees and Jamaica Daddy Dave Tendlar Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee One Hundred and One Dalmatians Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Boomerang Short Subject, Live Action
Nominee Soldiers of the Rocks Short Subject, Live Action
Nominee A Chairy Tale Norman McLaren, Claude Jutra Short Subject, Live Action
Nominee Universe Roman Kroitor, Colin Low Short Subject, Live Action
Nominee Portugal Short Subject, Live Action
Nominee Foothold on Antarctica Short Subject, Live Action
Nominee City of Gold Colin Low, Wolf Koenig Short Subject, Live Action

1957 — 29th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper Pete Burness Short Subject, Cartoon
🏆 Winner The True Story of the Civil War Documentary Short Subject Watch →
🏆 Winner The Bespoke Overcoat Jack Clayton Short Subject, Live Action
🏆 Winner Crashing the Water Barrier Short Subject, One-Reel
🏆 Winner The Bespoke Overcoat Jack Clayton Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee The Truth About Mother Goose Walt Disney Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Trees and Jamaica Daddy Stephen Bosustow Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Tabasco Road Edward Selzer Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee One Droopy Knight William Hanna, Joseph Barbera Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee The Jaywalker Robert Cannon Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Gerald McBoing-Boing on Planet Moo Robert Cannon Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee The House Without a Name Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Man in Space Ward Kimball Documentary Short Subject
Nominee The House without a Name Valentine Davies Documentary Short Subject
Nominee The Dark Wave John Healy Documentary Short Subject
Nominee A City Decides Charles Guggenheim Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Cow Dog Short Subject, Live Action
Nominee The Jaywalker Robert Cannon Short Subject, Live Action
Nominee Ideas on Film Short Subject, Live Action
Nominee A Chairy Tale Norman McLaren, Claude Jutra Short Subject, Live Action
Nominee Time Stood Still Short Subject, Live Action
Nominee On the Threshold of Space Short Subject, Live Action
Nominee Heureux Anniversaire Short Subject, Live Action
Nominee A City Decides Short Subject, Live Action
Nominee Time Stood Still Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee I Never Forget a Face Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Samoa Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee The Dark Wave Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Cow Dog Short Subject, Two-Reel

1956 — 28th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner Speedy Gonzales Friz Freleng Short Subject, Cartoon
🏆 Winner Man in Space Ward Kimball Documentary Short Subject
🏆 Winner Survival City Short Subject, One-Reel
🏆 Winner The Face of Lincoln Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee The Jaywalker Stephen Bosustow Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo Stephen Bosustow Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee No Hunting Jack Hannah Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee The Legend of Rock-a-Bye Point Tex Avery Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Good Will to Men William Hanna, Joseph Barbera Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee The Face of Lincoln Wilbur T. Blume Documentary Short Subject
Nominee The Battle of Gettysburg Dore Schary Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Three Kisses Justin Herman Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee 3rd Ave. El Carson Davidson Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee 3rd Avenue El Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Gadgets Galore Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee 24-Hour Alert Cedric Francis Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Switzerland Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee On the Twelfth Day Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee The Battle of Gettysburg Short Subject, Two-Reel

1955 — 27th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner When Magoo Flew Pete Burness Short Subject, Cartoon
🏆 Winner Men Against the Arctic Winston Hibler Documentary Short Subject
🏆 Winner This Mechanical Age Short Subject, One-Reel
🏆 Winner A Time Out of War Denis Sanders Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee No Hunting Walt Disney Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee The Legend of Rock-a-bye Point Walter Lantz Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Good Will to Men Fred Quimby, William Hanna, Joseph Barbera Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Pigs Is Pigs Jack Kinney Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Crazy Mixed Up Pup Tex Avery Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait Morrie Roizman Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Jet Carrier US Navy Documentary Short Subject
Nominee The Strauss Fantasy Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee The First Piano Quartette Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Siam Ralph Wright Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Jet Carrier Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Beauty and the Bull Short Subject, Two-Reel

1954 — 26th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom Ward Kimball, Charles A. Nichols Short Subject, Cartoon Watch →
🏆 Winner Thursday's Children Lindsay Anderson, Guy Brenton Documentary Short Subject
🏆 Winner This Mechanical Age Short Subject, One-Reel
🏆 Winner Bear Country Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Touché, Pussy Cat! Fred Quimby Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Sandy Claws Edward Selzer Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Pigs Is Pigs Walt Disney Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Crazy Mixed Up Pup Walter Lantz Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee From A to Z-Z-Z Chuck Jones Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Christopher Crumpet Robert Cannon Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee The Word John Healy, John Adams Documentary Short Subject
Nominee They Planted a Stone James Carr Documentary Short Subject
Nominee The Living City John Barnes Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Operation Blue Jay Documentary Short Subject
Nominee The Living Desert Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Joy of Living Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Wee Water Wonders Jack Eaton Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Joy of Living: The Art of Renoir Boris Vermont Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Herring Hunt Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Christ Among the Primitives Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Winter Paradise Cedric Francis Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Vesuvius Express Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Return to Glennascaul Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Ben and Me Short Subject, Two-Reel

1953 — 25th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner Johann Mouse William Hanna, Joseph Barbera Short Subject, Cartoon
🏆 Winner The Alaskan Eskimo Documentary Short Subject Watch →
🏆 Winner Light in the Window Short Subject, One-Reel
🏆 Winner Water Birds Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee The Tell-Tale Heart Stephen Bosustow Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Rugged Bear Walt Disney Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee From A to Z-Z-Z-Z Edward Selzer Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Christopher Crumpet Stephen Bosustow Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Romance of Transportation in Canada Colin Low Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Pink and Blue Blues William Hanna, Joseph Barbera Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Madeline Robert Cannon Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Little Johnny Jet Tex Avery Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Epeira Diadema Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Man Alive! Stephen Bosustow Documentary Short Subject
Nominee The Garden Spider Alberto Ancilotto Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Devil Take Us Herbert Morgan Documentary Short Subject
Nominee The Word Documentary Short Subject
Nominee The Living City Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Royal Scotland Cedric Francis Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Neighbours Norman McLaren Short Subject, One-Reel Watch →
Nominee Desert Killer Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Athletes of the Saddle Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Thar She Blows! Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Devil Take Us Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Bridge of Time Short Subject, Two-Reel

1952 — 24th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner The Two Mouseketeers William Hanna, Joseph Barbera Short Subject, Cartoon
🏆 Winner Neighbours Norman McLaren Documentary Short Subject Watch →
🏆 Winner World of Kids Short Subject, One-Reel
🏆 Winner Nature's Half Acre Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee The Romance of Transportation in Canada Colin Low Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Pink and Blue Blues Stephen Bosustow Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Madeline Stephen Bosustow Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Little Johnny Jet Fred Quimby Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Rooty Toot Toot John Hubley Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Lambert the Sheepish Lion Jack Hannah Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee The Seeing Eye Documentary Short Subject
Nominee One Who Came Back Owen Crump Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Man Alive! Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Devil Take Us Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Danger Under the Sea Tom McAvity Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Balzac Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee The Story of Time Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Ridin' the Rails Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Danger Under the Sea Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Balzac Short Subject, Two-Reel

1951 — 23th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner Gerald McBoing-Boing Robert Cannon Short Subject, Cartoon
🏆 Winner Benjy Documentary Short Subject
🏆 Winner World of Kids Short Subject, One-Reel
🏆 Winner Beaver Valley Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Rooty Toot Toot Stephen Bosustow Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Lambert the Sheepish Lion Walt Disney Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Trouble Indemnity Pete Burness Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Jerry's Cousin William Hanna, Joseph Barbera Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee The Stairs Film Documents Inc. Documentary Short Subject
Nominee The Fight: Science against Cancer Guy Glover Documentary Short Subject
Nominee The Seeing Eye Documentary Short Subject
Nominee One Who Came Back Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Wrong Way Butch Pete Smith Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Blaze Busters Robert Youngson Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Key to the City Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Gridiron Champions Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee My Country 'Tis of Thee Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Grandma Moses Short Subject, Two-Reel

1950 — 22th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner For Scent-imental Reasons Chuck Jones Short Subject, Cartoon Watch →
🏆 Winner Why Korea? Documentary Short Subject Watch →
🏆 Winner Grandad of Races Short Subject, One-Reel
🏆 Winner In Beaver Valley Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Trouble Indemnity Stephen Bosustow Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Jerry's Cousin Fred Quimby Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Toy Tinkers Jack Hannah Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Magic Fluke John Hubley Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Hatch Up Your Troubles William Hanna, Joseph Barbera Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee The Rising Tide St. Francis-Xavier University Documentary Short Subject
Nominee 1848 French Cinema General Cooperative Documentary Short Subject
Nominee The Stairs Documentary Short Subject
Nominee The Fight: Science Against Cancer Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Water Trix Pete Smith Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Spills and Chills Walton C. Ament Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee So You Think You're Not Guilty Gordon Hollingshead Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Roller Derby Girl Justin Herman Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee The Grass Is Always Greener Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Blaze Busters Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Snow Carnival Gordon Hollingshead Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee The Boy and the Eagle William Lasky Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee The Grass Is Always Greener Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Chase of Death Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Boy and the Eagle Short Subject, Two-Reel

Oscar Short Films: 1950s