Oscars Best Live Action Short Film Winners & Nominees
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- DirectorLarry LansburghStarsRex AllenMarvin GlennWarner GlennPaco, a hound of exceptional heritage, is easily distracted by other animals while on the hunt.
- DirectorClaude JutraNorman McLarenStarsClaude JutraAn ordinary-looking chair refuses to be sat upon.
- DirectorWolf KoenigColin LowStarsPierre BertonAuthor Pierre Berton tells the history of his hometown of Dawson City at its heyday during the Klondike Gold Rush.
- DirectorDerek WilliamsStarsDerek WilliamsAn absorbing record of the advance preparations for the historic first crossing of the Antarctic Continent by Dr. Vivian Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary.
- This program looks at the people, history, culture and geography of: Portugal.
- DirectorJames AlgarScenes from the Grand Canyon set to Ferde Grofé's "Grand Canyon Suite."
- DirectorRalph KeeneStarsStephen MurrayThe cycle of the seasons in the land around Selborne in Hampshire, home town of Gilbert White, country parson and naturalist.
- DirectorBrian BrakeThis Oscar-nominated New Zealand short looks at a number of mountains in New Zealand with a fair amount of emphasis on skiing. While a number of mountains are shown, most of the movie covers Mt. Cook (known as Aorangi to the Maori)
- DirectorLouis Clyde StoumenStarsAnne LockhartDocumentary short subject featuring some tumbleweed that moves through a small town in the desert and interacts with people and animals.
- DirectorEverett ChambersStarsDavid BrennerJulie ReillyTeddi LandessA young man looking for love in NYC tries answering a couple of Personal ads. He takes his first date around Central Park but shies from kissing her. He buys the book "Art In Kissing," studies it and takes his second date to Coney Island.
- DirectorEdmond SéchanStarsLouis PaulGilbert HuguesJean-Marie MaillolsSimilar in design and technique to "The Red Baloon", and winner of the 1959 International Critics Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, this is the story of a boy who has a goldfish as a pet, and the family cat has other plans for the goldfish, and a canary protects it by distracting the cat.
- DirectorRalph KeeneStarsStephen MurrayA look at the wildlife living on the seashore in the UK.
- StarsWinston HiblerIn this Oscar®-nominated short, a submerged reef is the home of many strange creatures. We see mating, birth, and development of the young into adults, with the laws of nature being fulfilled as the battle for survival goes continually on.
- DirectorShirley ClarkeWheaton GalentineIrving JacobyA documentary short subject about the construction of a new skyscraper in late 1950s Manhattan, the Tishman building on prestigious Fifth Avenue.
- DirectorRichard LesterPeter SellersStarsRichard LesterPeter SellersDick BentleyThere is no plot as such. This is a slapstick comedy. It shows a lots of gags.
- DirectorRobert P. DavisStarsEzra R. BakerAn extremely funny film of abstract-expressionist painting.
- DirectorRichard WinikStarsChris SchenkelLewis SanbornA thrilling featurette on daredevil skydivers and parachute jumpers.
- DirectorBen SharpsteenStarsWinston HiblerThe viewer witnesses a panorama of animals inhabiting the islands among the least known of the world: Galapagos, Guadalupe, Falkland and Midway.
- DirectorHilary HarrisStarsBryden MurdochKenneth KendallDocumentary about shipbuilding on the Clyde. In 1960, Glasgow and other towns and ports on the River Clyde, on the west coast of Scotland, were still one of the world's great centres of shipbuilding. The film gives an idea of the business of building a ship - the largest moving thing made by man - from the naval architects who design her to the workmen, the shipbuilders in the yard, through to a ship's launching.
- DirectorJean Dasque
- DirectorRobert McCartyA world of its own exists on the rooftops of NY ranging from affluent to working people; kids to would be painters; and from readers to sunbathers...one thing unites them all -- the world of rooftops in New York.
- DirectorMerrell GageStarsMerrell Gage
- DirectorArthur LipsettThrough an unconventional use of concise narrative, a conceptual collage of sounds and images, and a rapid-fire montage, Arthur Lipsett's first film vividly portrays the urban estrangement in the times of social erosion and materialism.
- DirectorJean-Claude CarrièrePierre ÉtaixStarsGeorges LoriotNono ZammitLucien FrégisA woman is preparing a romantic dinner for two for her and her husband to celebrate their wedding anniversary. Her husband is out running a series of errands, most of his stops to pick up anniversary gifts for his wife. But the anti-anniversary Gods seem to be working against him as Paris traffic and other problems at each stop seem to be holding him up from getting in and out and to home on time for dinner. Meanwhile, his wife has no idea what has happened to her husband. Will it still be a happy anniversary by the time he makes it home?
- DirectorCharles Huguenot van der LindenStarsJoop AdmiraalRené DeshauteursDavid KropveldTwo drunk men chase a girl and a young boy chases a rabbit; leading to horrific consequences.
- DirectorHerman van der Horst
- DirectorRobert ClouseStarsAlex Montoya
- DirectorRobert EnricoStarsRoger JacquetAnne CornalyAnker-Spang LarsenIn 1862, during the American Civil War, a Southern civilian is about to be hanged for attempting to sabotage a railway bridge. When the execution takes place from the bridge, the rope breaks and he begins his escape toward home.
- DirectorIstván SzabóStarsGéza BerczyLajos Cs. NémethTamás ErössA trio of young men leave a piano by the beach while chasing love interests. Several beach-goers have a go at playing creating an impromptu concert.
- DirectorWalker StuartStarsAlan ArkinAndrew DuncanA Puerto Rican guitar player finds the difficulties of living in New York City so a social worker tries to help him.
- DirectorJames HillStarsRonald ChudleyAlice BowesAnthony JamesA young man buys an old car from a breaker's yard and restores it with the assistance of the girl next door.
- DirectorChristopher MilesStarsSarah MilesNicol WilliamsonBill MeilenA husband comes home and finds his wife with her lover.
- DirectorLarry SturhahnStarsPau CasalsWhile at his workshop in Puerto Rico, Pablo Casals prepares to conduct a Bach suite for a concert performance.
- DirectorCarson DavidsonStarsBob LarkinDian RobertsonA surrealistic and humorous satire on the Madison Avenue image of the world through advertising.
- DirectorRobert ClouseStarsDonald ElsonGarland ThompsonIn Storyville, New Orleans, jazz trumpeter Jimmy Blue Eyes is occupied by a series of high-stakes games.
- DirectorClaude BerriStarsJacques MarinViviane BourdonneuxMartin SerreA father, mother, and son go to visit a chicken farm. The son catches and brings home a chicken. The father plans to eat it if the chicken doesn't lay eggs. The boy aims to save the chicken and comedy ensues.
- DirectorJohn FernhoutA short film noting the 1960 era defensive capabilities of Switzerland including soldiers, tanks, and various other equipment.
- DirectorNoel BlackStarsMichael MelMelissa MalloryGregg CarrollA group of young boys show their skateboarding skills around town, trying to impress each other. One boy keeps crashing into the girl on a bike so they decide to hang out instead. His friends don't understand his budding romance.
- DirectorGeoffrey JonesDocumental account of trains, railway workers, passengers and landscapes in the winter of 1963 in the UK (The Big Freeze).
- DirectorJim HensonStarsJim HensonEnid CafritzDennis PagetA surreal stream of consciousness montage about time and related bizarreness.
- DirectorPatrick CareyJohn TaylorStarsPeter ScottExploration of the Slimbridge Wild Fowl Trust in Gloucestershire, England, which boasts the largest collection of living wild fowl in the world.
- StarsBill SkinnerA short documentary showing athletes in action at the 1966 National Amateur Athletic Union track carnival in New York.
- DirectorDerek WilliamsStarsHülya BabusGönül TurgutThis travelogue tells the story of Turkey from 200BC, including the attack by the Greeks, Romans, the origination of the first seven religions, the Crusades, the creation of the Turkish State and the modern tourist industry.
- DirectorChristopher ChapmanA multi-image large-format film showcasing life in Ontario without narration and dialogue.
- DirectorBill MasonStarsStanley JacksonThis film recounts the adventures of a toy Native American canoe as it makes its way from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
- DirectorJohn FernhoutAn urban and rural tour of Holland including canals, windmills, art, soaring through clouds, and a glimpse into the multi-seasonal Dutch life in the mid-1960s.
- DirectorLen JansonChuck MenvilleStarsLen JansonChuck MenvilleDon AlleynA man wearing suit, tie, black-framed glasses, and a hat leaves his house in LA's San Fernando Valley and heads off in his car. Except his car is him, seated on the ground - he moves via stop motion. He's careful and methodical, but when a cigar-chomping hotshot cuts him off, he engages in a bit of passive aggressive driving. One of the drivers get gas, receives a citation from a cop, and deals with a flat tire. The two rival drivers are eventually in quite a race, which ends when one hurls off the road. At the end, a woman in gold slippers pulls alongside and the suit-wearing driver tips his hat to her; she has a surprise for him.
- DirectorCharles GuggenheimStarsRichard BurtonRobert F. KennedyShown on all television networks simultaneously and at the Chicago Democratic National Convention in August of 1968, this moving film tribute to a man who had hoped to win the presidency created a historic moment when it brought the proceedings to a standstill and the crowd, in tears, to its feet. Commissioned by the Kennedy family, the film begins with the funeral train to Washington, D.C. and follows the triumphs and tragedies in the late Senator's life with extraordinary newsreel footage, archival stills, and home movies. The film was produced in only four weeks, two months after the Senator's assassination, in order to meet the Convention deadline. Guggenheim Productions, with the country's resources at its fingertips, worked around the clock to complete this film honoring RFK's life and the Democratic Party. "Robert Kennedy Remembered" is a poignant film biography that evokes the spirit, quality and commitment Robert Kennedy brought to his life and work. This film went on to win Academy Award® for Best Documentary Short in 1968. "To watch it is to experience a profound sense of loss and tragic waste all over again."---Los Angeles Times
- DirectorGeorge CoeAnthony LoverStarsPamela BurrellGeorge CoeSidney DavisThis short film is a parody of some of Ingmar Bergman's best known films, including Wild Strawberries (Smultronstaellet) and The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet). The dialog, seemingly in Swedish, is actually a Swedish-accented fictional language based on English, German, Latin, and Swedish, with most nouns ending in "ska". The principal character, Professor Viktor Sundqvist, 76, is being driven to a lecture at the university, when dove droppings splatter the car's windshield. Detouring at his uncle's old house, his mind wanders back to his youth, when Death came to a family picnic to claim his sister, Inga. Knowing that Death is a gambler, Viktor has Inga challenge Death to a single-point game of badminton for her life. While they are playing, a dove flies above, soiling Death's cape, and distracting him enough to miss the birdie. Having won the game, Inga is free, and she and Viktor run off for a swim in the lake.
- DirectorNorman McLarenStarsMargaret MercierVincent WarrenTwo ballet dancers perform a dance enhanced with surreal multi and after-image effect visuals.
- DirectorJohn AstinStarsJohn AstinGabor NagyMitch PersonsA man meets his dream girl. When he can't win her over, he learns to appreciate his reality.
- DirectorBill MasonStarsBlake JamesAn eccentric history buff lives in a cabin in the woods but spends most of his time flying his biplane.
- DirectorAlan ArkinStarsAdam ArkinMatthew ArkinAlan Arkin brings his two precocious and talented sons to a largely improvised and hilarious look backward into boyhood and a fantasy involving peanut butter, tomato sauce, sheep dogs, bantam roosters and all the things of childhood.
- DirectorJames R. RokosStarsJohnny CrawfordKristin HarmonRuth HusseyThe story of a young man (Johnny Crawford) who dreams of being a cowboy in the old west, but lives in a big city in present time.
- DirectorRobert SieglerStarsSal CatenaKevin MichaelCarolyn SchultzA genie grants three wishes to a plumbing store owner and his wife. When unexpected consequences arrive, will the couple really get what they want?
- DirectorJohn D. HancockStarsVal BisoglioCarolee CampbellCharles DurningA film about a man accepting his old age.
- DirectorRobert AmramStarsRicardo MontalbanOrson WellesAn 18-minute helicopter-based aerial visit across the archaeological ruins in Mexico.
- DirectorKen GreenwaldStarsRoger CarrollVern RoweA man wakes up hoping to have a good day, but reality keeps getting in the way.
- DirectorStephen VeronaStarsDick ClairJenna McMahonA humorous short where a director becomes frustrated with an inquisitive actress during the rehearsal of a play.
- DirectorRobert DeubelStarsNorman RockwellNarrated by Norman Rockwell, the film uses archival footage, dramatic reenactments, and the artist's work, to show how Rockwell recorded the world around him and reflected the aspirations and concerns of a whole generation.
- DirectorRon SatlofStarsRaynold GideonGail CasePamela Susan ShoopAnother ordinary day in Harry's life, having a few drinks after a long day of work. Then, while walking out of the bar, a distant voice keeps calling him and the voice pleads to the man to take it with him. The voice belongs to a friendly frog, who keeps repeating that if Harry takes her home, he won't regret it. But what's the mystery behind the frog?
- DirectorMike HooverStarsMike HooverThis short story follows a young mountain climber, as he ascends in the beauty of nature. Many challenges face this climber. Is the climb worth his life?
- DirectorWilliam FertikAllan MillerStarsZubin MehtaMerrit BuxbaumRobert DivalThe first part of this Academy Award-winning short consists of a behind-the-scenes look at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra as it prepares to perform Ravel's "Bolero." Individual musicians offer their thoughts as workers set up chairs and music stands; there are also comments by conductor Zubin Mehta and scenes of Mehta and the orchestra rehearsing. The rest of the film features a complete performance of "Bolero" with striking images of the orchestra as the music relentlessly approaches its climax.
- DirectorRichard GayerStarsEric ThompsonA look at the one-man cottage industry of Martin Burgess, a man who has revived the medieval craft of ornamental clock-making and who is solely responsible, for his bizarre, often gargantuan , but always strikingly elegant timepieces.
- Nine short 'filmettes" made by young students to promote the appreciation of being alive.
- DirectorMichel LeroyEdmond SéchanStarsPaul PréboistMarie MarcLyne ChardonnetA man and his dog go to walk.
- DirectorDewitt JonesStarsMichael FarrellRussell McLeanTwo men make a two-day climb up a Yosemite valley rock face. From their narration we learn a few basics of rock-climbing, the climbers' feelings and motivations.
- DirectorClaude ChagrinStarsJulian ChagrinGerald BensonGabrielle BluntIn this short film punctuated by cartoonlike sight gags, a self styled soloist performs a concert outside The Royal Albert Hall in London by "playing" the black & white stripes of a crosswalk which resembles a piano keyboard; he wins over passersby, including a constable and a group of more traditional musicians.
- DirectorBert SalzmanStarsPaul SorvinoDadi PineroGloria IrizarryBig Joe is a lineman for the telephone company. Angel is a teenage migrant worker. They form an unlikely alliance and start a rose-growing business. At first wary of each other, they grow to trust and like one another. Eventually, Angel must leave the area when his father relocates the family in search of migrant work. This touching little film won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short.
- DirectorBarry J. SpinelloStarsBonnie ConsoloDaily life of woman without arms.
- DirectorLouis MarcusStarsDennis BrennanThrough stunning and vibrant cinematography, examines the mesmerizing construction of clear crystal glass pieces. The whole process from the intense heat of the furnace to glass blowing, shaping, cutting, honing, filling and finishing.
- DirectorLarry LansburghStarsDenis ArndtHaunted by a mysterious super-pilot, a young glider pilot first flees, then confronts his challenger. Nominated for an Academy Award.
- DirectorAlan BeattieStarsDick DeCoitNada RowandRichard EasthamA young man is calling for his first date with a girl when he is invited in to meet her parents. The sound track reveals not only the spoken conversation, but the unspoken thoughts of all the characters.
- DirectorAndre R. GuttfreundPeter WernerStarsFionnula FlanaganPeter LampertKeith AnthoniIn this American Film Institute-subsidized short subject, Fionnula Flanagan plays a sharp-tongued but compassionate nun, while Peter Lempert is cast as a sullen, emotionally disturbed boy. The title refers to the "thawing" process that occurs when the nun attempts to break through Lempert's wall of silence.
- DirectorMarjie ShortStarsJimmy CarterJames DickeyKudzu, or Pueraria Thunbergiana, is a vine threatening to take over large portions of the Southern landscape. Imported from Japan by the Departement of Agriculture in the 30's for erosion control, its spreading growth has become a problem of menacing proportions. Kudzu is an off-beat, witty, informative documentary about the vine that is devouring the South. Featuring the Kudzu Queen, the Kudzu rock band, a cast of real-life characters and an appearance by former President Jimmy Carter, it illustrates how Southern cultural traditions have quickly grown up around a botanical pest. The eminent American poet and novelist James Dickey ("Deliverance"), recites three stanzas of his poem, "Kudzu."
- DirectorRobin LehmanAn exploration of the fantastic variety of color and forms of life found beneath the Irish Sea.
- DirectorDyan CannonStarsNan MartinAllen GarfieldGary LockwoodTwo little girls hide in the boys' bathroom at school so they can find out what happens there. When two boys come in, the four gradually talk each other into taking off their clothes. The principal catches them, and angrily berates them for what they've been up to, warning them that he'll have to tell their parents about the incident. Later repercussions are seen as parents of three of them separately discuss and fight about what has happened, with some taking a winking attitude of their child's discovery and others battling about how to react. Returning to school poses an additional challenge, as everyone has found out what has gone on.
- DirectorClaude ChagrinStarsJulian ChagrinLucy FawcettJames HayesVarious insects mock a hungry spider that chases after them. Later, he meets a female spider.
- DirectorBeverly ShafferStarsNadia De FrancoNadia DeFranco lives in Toronto and she has spina bifida. This film follows her through some of her daily activities as she goes to school, works with her therapists, visits her relatives and lives life with her family.
- DirectorJerry ButtsStarsAshley WhippetImages of several of the contested events at the 1977 World Frisbee Championships.
- DirectorElaine BassSaul BassStarsBeans MoroccoThis series of light-hearted episodes by Saul Bass illuminates the fantasy lives of those who daily watch, listen and dream in the worlds of television, movies, popular music and print. By turns lyrical and funny, it shows how the popular arts serve as vehicles for self-projection, experience, expansion and fantasy fulfillment. The video utilizes a variety of techniques -- live action, animation and special effects -- to communicate some trenchant ideas on our American involvement with popular culture.
- DirectorPhilip DauberOscar nominated short showing images taken during space missions of the mid-1970s. It contains images of Skylab, astronauts and the Earth later followed by footage from Apollo 17.
- DirectorCarl GottliebStarsSteve MartinBuck HenryTeri GarrBernie Cates requests the services of the most absent-minded waiter he's ever seen, who pours water before setting the glasses, endlessly repeats questions, brings wrong orders, and ruins everything- but the bill.
- DirectorTaylor HackfordStarsJeannie Dimter BartonSusan CronkiteSuzanne CroughThis film explores the life of a 17-year-old senior boy who is a soon to be father with his girlfriend, a 15 year old sophomore. They evaluate the decisions about how they got here, and the decisions on what they will do next.
- DirectorFern FieldStarsBeverly ArcherCarl BallantineSorrell BookeAn all-star educational film about the positive side of hiring people with disabilities. A board sit and watch the film Michael Keaton's character's assembled to sell companies on hiring the handicapped, which takes "a different approach" by combining several approaches--most of them suggested by Hollywood personalities.
- DirectorAndrew SugermanStarsMaureen O'SullivanAmy LevitanKathryn WalkerA young tomboy and her prim grandmother quickly forget the disappointment of their first meeting and become friends.
- DirectorSeth PinskerStarsRoger Aaron BrownMichael CassidyNyles HarrisA black painter in 1948 Georgia faces racism after becoming involved with voter registration.
- DirectorRon EllisStarsRichard GossLaura Jean EllisLuana AndersTwo young people with Down's Syndrome desire to have a relationship. The film's two Down's Syndrome stars give the story a poignant relevance no professional actors could achieve. Enhanced by a sensitively directed camera, Richard Goss and Laura Jean Ellis touchingly deliver convincing performances to convey this tender statement.
- DirectorGiles WalkerStarsLes RubieMatt CravenKent GallieAn aged World War II veteran and a young street punk violently meet and discover more in common than anticipated.
- DirectorCarol LowellRoss LowellStarsEvan LowellJosh LowellThis delightfully spontaneous film focuses on the love and affection two young brothers feel for each other. It captures the normal conflicts of early childhood -- the quick changes from happiness to sorrow, from cooperative play to tears and arguments -- all the while keeping these conflicts in perspective; showing them within the framework of the joy that the boys find in each other's presence. A wonderful children's film that enchants adults as well.
- DirectorLarry HankinStarsRuth SilveiraPaul WillsonLarry HankinOscar-nominated short film about a late-night encounter at a diner between a robber, a waitress, a hungry patron, and the owner.
- DirectorElaine BassSaul BassStarsJohn H. MayerRobert MillarProduced by actor Robert Redford, The Solar Film is a part serious live action, part satirical animated educational documentary made to show the history of fossil fuels and why the use of clean solar energy should be the way of the future.
- DirectorRoger ChristianStarsRobert UrquhartRikki FultonJonathan McNeilLight-hearted tale about an enterprising Edinburgh boarding school boy who sets up an insurance scheme for fellow pupils in 1953 against getting caned, which quickly earns him a small fortune.
- DirectorSally HeckelStarsDiane de LorianDorothy LancasterSheila HinchliffeA farm woman is accused of murdering her husband in early 1900's Midwest America.
- DirectorBob CarmichaelGreg LoweStarsRon HayesSteve SheaVisually spectacular film about a recent development of extreme skiing, climbing to the top of one the peaks in the Grand Tetons and skiing down the extreme slopes. It follows one skier, Steve Shea, who had a exciting dangerous trip down..
- DirectorShelley LevinsonStarsDidi ConnPatrick DollaghanRodney SaulsberryBadly scarred in a childhood accident, Violet boards a bus in North Carolina on a pilgrimage to Oklahoma to visit a TV preacher, the one that heals. On the bus, she meets two soldiers on their way to Fort Smith.
- DirectorClare PeploeStarsFrances LowRik MayallPeter EyreTwo couples - one with all the riches that dreams are made of, the other with only dreams and schemes - are brought together by the plotting of the poorer couple. A pair of newlyweds wander through the city streets, bickering about their poverty, until they are distracted by the opulent home of a lawyer. Impulsively, the couple makes off with the lawyer's vehicle for one night of extravagant indulgence.
- DirectorJohn N. SmithStarsKathleen McAuliffeSharon O'NiellEric Patrick GodfreyWith the father away, an Irish immigrant family struggle to survive their first winter in the Canadian wild.