Oscars
The Academy Awards, also known as Oscars, are awards given annually since 1929 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). These aim to reward the personalities and movies that stood out in the previous year in the most diverse categories in the film industry.
All Awards of Merit categories
This list presents all categories that exist or have existed at the Academy Awards ceremony related to Awards of Merit. Categories that have acquired different nomenclatures over the years appear in this list separately.
Category [source] |
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| Actor |
| Actor in a Leading Role |
| Actor in a Supporting Role |
| Actress |
| Actress in a Leading Role |
| Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Animated Feature Film |
| Art Direction |
| Art Direction (Black-and-white) |
| Art Direction (Color) |
| Assistant Director |
| Best Motion Picture |
| Best Picture |
| Cinematography |
| Cinematography (Black-and-white) |
| Cinematography (Color) |
| Costume Design |
| Costume Design (Black-and-white) |
| Costume Design (Color) |
| Dance Direction |
| Directing |
| Directing (Comedy Picture) |
| Directing (Dramatic Picture) |
| Documentary |
| Documentary (Feature) |
| Documentary (Short Subject) |
| Engineering Effects |
| Film Editing |
| Foreign Language Film |
| International Feature Film |
| Makeup |
| Makeup and Hairstyling |
| Music (Adaptation Score) |
| Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) |
| Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) |
| Music (Music Score--substantially Original) |
| Music (Original Dramatic Score) |
| Music (Original Music Score) |
| Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score) |
| Music (Original Score--for a Motion Picture [not a Musical]) |
| Music (Original Score) |
| Music (Original Song Score and Its Adaptation -or- Adaptation Score) |
| Music (Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score) |
| Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score) |
| Music (Original Song Score) |
| Music (Original Song) |
| Music (Score of a Musical Picture--original or Adaptation) |
| Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) |
| Music (Scoring of Music--adaptation or Treatment) |
| Music (Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score) |
| Music (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation) |
| Music (Scoring) |
| Music (Song--original For The Picture) |
| Music (Song) |
| Outstanding Motion Picture |
| Outstanding Picture |
| Outstanding Production |
| Production Design |
| Short Film (Animated) |
| Short Film (Dramatic Live Action) |
| Short Film (Live Action) |
| Short Subject (Animated) |
| Short Subject (Cartoon) |
| Short Subject (Color) |
| Short Subject (Comedy) |
| Short Subject (Live Action) |
| Short Subject (Novelty) |
| Short Subject (One-reel) |
| Short Subject (Two-reel) |
| Sound |
| Sound Editing |
| Sound Effects |
| Sound Effects Editing |
| Sound Mixing |
| Sound Recording |
| Special Effects |
| Special Visual Effects |
| Unique and Artistic Picture |
| Visual Effects |
| Writing |
| Writing (Adaptation) |
| Writing (Adapted Screenplay) |
| Writing (Motion Picture Story) |
| Writing (Original Motion Picture Story) |
| Writing (Original Screenplay) |
| Writing (Original Story) |
| Writing (Screenplay Adapted From Other Material) |
| Writing (Screenplay Based On Material From Another Medium) |
| Writing (Screenplay Based On Material Previously Produced or Published) |
| Writing (Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen--based On Factual Material or On Story Material Not Previously Published or Produced) |
| Writing (Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen) |
| Writing (Screenplay--adapted) |
| Writing (Screenplay--based On Material From Another Medium) |
| Writing (Screenplay--original) |
| Writing (Screenplay) |
| Writing (Story and Screenplay--based On Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced) |
| Writing (Story and Screenplay--based On Material Not Previously Published or Produced) |
| Writing (Story and Screenplay--written Directly For The Screen) |
| Writing (Story and Screenplay) |
| Writing (Title Writing) |