1980s Oscar Short Film Winners & Nominees

1989 — 61th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner Tin Toy John Lasseter Short Film, Animated
🏆 Winner You Don't Have to Die William Guttentag, Malcolm Clarke Documentary Short Subject
🏆 Winner The Appointments of Dennis Jennings Dean Parisot Short Film, Live Action
Nominee The Hill Farm Mark Baker Short Film, Animated
Nominee The Cow Alexander Petrov Short Film, Animated
Nominee Technological Threat Bill Kroyer Short Film, Animated
Nominee The Cat Came Back Cordell Barker Short Film, Animated
Nominee Portrait of Imogen Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Gang Cops Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Family Gathering Documentary Short Subject
Nominee The Children's Storefront Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Misfire Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Ceci n'est pas une pipe Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Both Sides Now Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Gullah Tales Gary Moss Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Gusanos Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Cadillac Dreams Short Film, Live Action

1988 — 60th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner The Man Who Planted Trees Frederic Back Short Film, Animated Watch →
🏆 Winner Young at Heart Pamela Conn, Sue Marx Documentary Short Subject
🏆 Winner Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall Bryan Gordon Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Technological Threat Bill Kroyer, Brian Jennings Short Film, Animated
Nominee The Cat Came Back Cordell Barker Short Film, Animated
Nominee Your Face Bill Plympton Short Film, Animated
Nominee George and Rosemary Alison Snowden, David Fine Short Film, Animated
Nominee Silver into Gold Lynn Mueller Documentary Short Subject
Nominee In the Wee Wee Hours… Frank Daniel, Izak Ben-Meir Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Silver Into Gold Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Language Says It All Documentary Short Subject
Nominee In the Wee Wee Hours... Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Frances Steloff: Memoirs of a Bookseller Documentary Short Subject
Nominee The Wash Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Inside Out Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Any Time to This Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Shoeshine Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Making Waves Short Film, Live Action

1987 — 59th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner A Greek Tragedy Nicole Van Goethem Short Film, Animated Watch →
🏆 Winner Women — For America, for the World Vivienne Verdon-Roe Documentary Short Subject
🏆 Winner Precious Images Chuck Workman Short Film, Live Action
Nominee George and Rosemary Eunice Macaulay Short Film, Animated
Nominee Your Face Bill Plympton Short Film, Animated
Nominee The Frog, the Dog and the Devil Bob Stenhouse Short Film, Animated
Nominee Sam Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse Documentary Short Subject
Nominee The Masters of Disaster Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Debonair Dancers Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Tight Connection to My Heart Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Red Cloud Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Maritime Crusaders Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Copycat Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Exit Stefano Reali Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Love Struck Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Exit 10 Short Film, Live Action

1986 — 58th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner Anna & Bella Cilia van Dijk Short Film, Animated Watch →
🏆 Winner Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements David Goodman Documentary Short Subject Watch →
🏆 Winner Molly's Pilgrim Jeffrey D. Brown Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Luxo Jr. John Lasseter Short Film, Animated
Nominee The Frog, the Dog and the Devil Bob Stenhouse Short Film, Animated
Nominee The Big Snit Richard Condie Short Film, Animated
Nominee Baby Weems Dick Huemer Short Film, Animated
Nominee Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra Barbara Willis Sweete Documentary Short Subject
Nominee The Wizard of the Strings Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Making Overtures — The Story of a Community Orchestra Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date Documentary Short Subject
Nominee The Courage to Care Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Rag Tag Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Making Overtures Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Grand Prix Racing: To Win Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Alternatives Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Rainbow War Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Graffiti Short Film, Live Action

1985 — 57th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner Charade Jon Minnis Short Film, Animated
🏆 Winner The Stone Carvers Marjorie Hunt, Paul Wagner Documentary Short Subject
🏆 Winner Up Mike Hoover Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Second Class Mail Alison Snowden Short Film, Animated
Nominee The Big Snit Richard Condie Short Film, Animated
Nominee Paradise Ishu Patel Short Film, Animated
Nominee Doctor De Soto Michael Sporn Short Film, Animated
Nominee Vospominaniye o Pavlovske Yuri Lepekhov Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Recollections of Pavlovsk Documentary Short Subject
Nominee The Garden of Eden Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Code Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing Documentary Short Subject
Nominee The Children of Soong Ching Ling Documentary Short Subject
Nominee The Singing Lesson Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Frankie's Blues Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Éduard et Caroline Short Film, Live Action
Nominee The Painted Door Bruce Pittman Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Tales of Meeting and Parting Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Kaos Short Film, Live Action

1984 — 56th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner Sundae in New York Jimmy Picker Short Film, Animated
🏆 Winner Flamenco at 5:15 Cynthia Scott Documentary Short Subject Watch →
🏆 Winner Boys and Girls Don McBrearty Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Paradise Ishu Patel Short Film, Animated
Nominee Doctor De Soto Morton Schindel, Michael Sporn Short Film, Animated
Nominee Sound of Sunshine — Sound of Rain Jerry Bossert Short Film, Animated
Nominee Mickey's Christmas Carol Burny Mattinson Short Film, Animated
Nominee Ihr zent frei Documentary Short Subject
Nominee You Are Free Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Sewing Woman Documentary Short Subject
Nominee In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us? Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Nominee Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Masculine-Feminine Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Footsteps Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Dogpound Shuffle Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Overnight Sensation Jon N. Bloom Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Goodie-Two-Shoes Ian Emes Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Open Window Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Goodnight, Miss Ann Short Film, Live Action

1983 — 55th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner Tango Zbigniew Rybczynski Short Film, Animated Watch →
🏆 Winner If You Love This Planet Terri Nash Documentary Short Subject
🏆 Winner A Shocking Accident James Scott Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Sound of Sunshine – Sound of Rain Eda Godel Hallinan Short Film, Animated
Nominee Mickey's Christmas Carol Burny Mattinson Short Film, Animated
Nominee The Snowman Dianne Jackson Short Film, Animated
Nominee The Great Cognito Will Vinton Short Film, Animated
Nominee Traveling Hopefully Documentary Short Subject
Nominee To Live or Let Die Documentary Short Subject
Nominee The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Gods of Metal Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Your Joh Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Thalassa, Thalassa Short Film, Live Action
Nominee The Departure Short Film, Live Action
Nominee The Clown Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Ballet Robotique Bob Rogers Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Sredni Vashtar Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Split Cherry Tree Short Film, Live Action
Nominee The Silence Short Film, Live Action

1982 — 54th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner Crac Frederic Back Short Film, Animated Watch →
🏆 Winner Close Harmony Nigel Noble Documentary Short Subject
🏆 Winner Violet Short Film, Live Action
Nominee The Snowman John Coates Short Film, Animated
Nominee The Great Cognito Will Vinton Short Film, Animated
Nominee The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin Janet Perlman Short Film, Animated
Nominee The Creation Will Vinton Short Film, Animated
Nominee Urge to Build Documentary Short Subject
Nominee See What I Say Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Journey for Survival Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Americas in Transition Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Inocente Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Goodbye, Miss 4th of July Short Film, Live Action
Nominee First Winter Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Couples and Robbers Short Film, Live Action

1981 — 53th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner The Fly Ferenc Rofusz Short Film, Animated Watch →
🏆 Winner Karl Hess: Toward Liberty Peter Ladue, Roland Halle Documentary Short Subject
🏆 Winner The Dollar Bottom Roger Christian Short Film, Live Action
Nominee The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin Janet Perlman Short Film, Animated
Nominee The Creation Will Vinton Short Film, Animated
Nominee History of the World in Three Minutes Flat Michael Mills Short Film, Animated
Nominee All Nothing Frederic Back Short Film, Animated
Nominee Luther Metke at 94 University of California Documentary Short Subject
Nominee The Eruption of Mount St. Helens! Robert Landsburg Documentary Short Subject
Nominee The Killing Ground Documentary Short Subject
Nominee It's the Same World Documentary Short Subject
Nominee The Eruption of Mount St. Helens Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Don't Mess with Bill Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Sensations Short Film, Live Action
Nominee The Lark Farm Short Film, Live Action
Nominee In the Garden Short Film, Live Action
Nominee The Absent-Minded Waiter Short Film, Live Action
Nominee A Jury of Her Peers Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Fall Line Short Film, Live Action

1980 — 52th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner Every Child Derek Lamb Short Film, Animated Watch →
🏆 Winner Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist Saul J. Turell Documentary Short Subject Watch →
🏆 Winner Board and Care Short Film, Live Action
Nominee History of the World in Three Minutes Flat Michael Mills Short Film, Animated
Nominee All Nothing Frédéric Back Short Film, Animated
Nominee It's So Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House Paul Fierlinger Short Film, Animated
Nominee Dream Doll Bob Godfrey, Zlatko Grgic Short Film, Animated
Nominee Remember Me Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Nails Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Koryo Celadon Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Dae Documentary Short Subject
Nominee To Sleep So as to Dream Short Film, Live Action
Nominee A Jury of Her Peers Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Delta Phase Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Solly's Diner Short Film, Live Action
Nominee The Solar Film Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Oh Brother, My Brother Short Film, Live Action
Nominee Bravery in the Field Short Film, Live Action

Oscar Short Films: 1980s