This name for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film was introduced in 1974. For the three preceding years it was known as "Short Subjects, Live Action Films." The term "Short Subjects, Live Action Subjects" was used from 1957 until 1970. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate awards, "Short Subjects, one-reel" and "Short Subjects, two-reel". A third category "Short Subjects, color" was used only for 1936 and 1937. From the initiation of short subject awards for 1932 until 1935 the terms were "Short Subjects, comedy" and "Short subjects, novelty".
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1930s
- 1932
- (Comedy) Hal Roach - The Music Box
- (Novelty) Mack Sennett - Wrestling Swordfish
- 1933
- (Comedy) Louis Brock - So This Is Harris
- (Novelty) Joe Rock - Krakatoa
- 1934
- (Comedy) Kenneth Macgowan - La Cucaracha
- (Novelty) Horace Woodard, Stacy Woodard - City of Wax
- 1935
- (Comedy) Jack Chertok - How to Sleep
- (Novelty) Gaumont British and Skibo Productions - Wings Over Mt. Everest
- 1936
- (Color) Warner Bros. - Give Me Liberty
- (One-Reel) Hal Roach - Bored of Education
- (Two-Reel) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - The Public Pays
- 1937
- (Color) Pete Smith - Penny Wisdom
- (One-Reel) Skibo Productions - The Private Life of the Gannets
- (Two-Reel) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Torture Money
- 1938
- (One-Reel) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - That Mothers Might Live
- (Two-Reel) Warner Bros. - Declaration Of Independence
- 1939
- (One-Reel) Paramount - Busy Little Bears
- (Two-Reel) Warner Bros. - Sons of Liberty
1940s
- 1940
- (One-Reel) Pete Smith - Quicker N a Wink
- (Two-Reel) Warner Bros. - Teddy, the Rough Rider
- 1941
- (One-Reel) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Of Pups and Puzzles
- (Two-Reel) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Main Street on the March!
- 1942
- (One-Reel) Paramount - Speaking of Animals and Their Families
- (Two-Reel) Warner Bros. - Beyond the Line of Duty
- 1943
- (One-Reel) Grantland Rice - Amphibious Fighters
- (Two-Reel) Jerry Bresler, Sam Coslow - Heavenly Music
- 1944
- (One-Reel) Jerry Fairbanks - Who's Who in Animal Land
- (Two-Reel) Gordon Hollingshead - I Won't Play
- 1945
- (One-Reel) [Herbert Moulton, Jerry Bresler - Stairway to Light
- (Two-Reel) Gordon Hollingshead - Star in the Night
- 1946
- (One-Reel) Gordon Hollingshead - Facing Your Danger
- (Two-Reel) Gordon Hollingshead - A Boy and His Dog
- 1947
- (One-Reel) Herbert Moulton - Good-Bye Miss Turlock
- (Two-Reel) Irving Allen - Climbing the Matterhorn
- 1948
- (One-Reel) Edmund H. Reek - Symphony of a City
- (Two-Reel) Walt Disney - Seal Island
- 1949
- (One-Reel) Jack Eaton - Aquatic House Party
- (Two-Reel) Gaston Diehl, Robert Haessens - Van Gogh
1950s
- 1950
- (One-Reel) Gordon Hollingshead - Grandad of Races
- (Two-Reel) Walt Disney - In Beaver Valley
- 1951
- (One-Reel) Robert Youngson - World of Kids
- (Two-Reel) Walt Disney - Nature's Half Acre
- 1952
- (One-Reel) Boris Vermont - Light in the Window: The Art of Vermeer
- (Two-Reel) Walt Disney - Water Birds
- 1953
- (One-Reel) Johnny Green - The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture
- (Two-Reel) Walt Disney - Bear Country
- 1954
- (One-Reel) Robert Youngson - This Mechanical Age
- (Two-Reel) Denis Sanders, Terry Sanders - A Time Out of War
- 1955
- (One-Reel) Edmund Reek - Survival City
- (Two-Reel) Wilbur T. Blume - The Face of Lincoln
- 1956
- (One-Reel) Konstantin Kalser - Crashing the Water Barrier
- (Two-Reel) Romulus Films - The Bespoke Overcoat
- 1957 Larry Lansburgh - The Wetback Hound
- 1958 Walt Disney - Grand Canyon
- 1959 Jacques-Yves Cousteau - The Golden Fish
1960s
- 1960 Ezra R. Baker - Day of the Painter
- 1961 Lester A. Schoenfeld Films - Seawards the Great Ships
- 1962 Pierre Etaix, J. C. Carrière - Heureux Anniversaire (Happy Anniversary)
- 1963 Paul De Roubaix, Marcel Ichac - An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
- 1964 Edward Schreiber - Casals Conducts: 1964
- 1965 Claude Berri - The Chicken (Le Poulet)
- 1966 Edgar Anstey - Wild Wings
- 1967 Christopher Chapman - A Place to Stand - An Expo 67 movie at the Ontario Pavilion.
- 1968 Charles Guggenheim - Robert Kennedy Remembered
- 1969 Joan Keller Stern - The Magic Machines
1970s
- 1970 John Longenecker - The Resurrection of Broncho Billy
- 1971 Manuel Arango, Robert Amram -Sentinels Of Silence
- 1972 Richard Barclay - Norman Rockwell's World...An American Dream
- 1973 Allan Miller, William Fertik - The Bolero
- 1974 Paul Claudon, Edmond Sechan - One-Eyed Men Are Kings
- 1975 Bert Salzman - Angel and Big Joe
- 1976 Andre Guttfreund, Peter Werner - In the Region of Ice
- 1977 Beverly Shaffer, Yuki Yoshida - I'll Find a Way - National Film Board of Canada
- 1978 Taylor Hackford - Teenage Father
- 1979 Sarah Pillsbury, Ron Ellis - Board and Care
1980s
- 1980 Lloyd Phillips - The Dollar Bottom
- 1981 Paul Kemp, Shelley Levinson - Violet
- 1982 Christine Oestreicher - A Shocking Accident
- 1983 Janice L. Platt - Boys and Girls
- 1984 Mike Hoover - Up
- 1985 Jeff Brown, Chris Pelzer - Molly's Pilgrim
- 1986 Chuck Workman - Precious Images
- 1987 Jonathan Sanger, Jana Sue Memel - Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall
- 1988 Dean Parisot, Steven Wright - The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
- 1989 James Hendrie - Work Experience
1990s
- 1990 Adam Davidson - The Lunch Date
- 1991 Seth Winston, Rob Fried - Session Man
- 1992 Sam Karmann - Omnibus
- 1993 Pepe Danquart - Black Rider (Schwarzfahrer}
- 1994 (tie)
- Peter Capaldi, Ruth Kenley-Letts - Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
- Peggy Rajski, Randy Stone - Trevor
- 1995 Christine Lahti, Jana Sue Memel - Lieberman in Love
- 1996 David Frankel, Barry Jossen - Dear Diary
- 1997 Chris Tashima, Chris Donahue - Visas and Virtue
- 1998 Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas Jensen - Election Night (Valgaften)
- 1999 Barbara Schock, Tamara Tiehel - My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York
2000s
- 2000 (73rd) Florian Gallenberger - Quiero Ser (I Want to Be...)
- 2001 (74th) Ray McKinnon, Lisa Blount - The Accountant
- 2002 (75th) Der er en yndig mand (This Charming Man) - Denmark
- 2003 (76th) Aaron Schneider, Andrew J. Sacks - Two Soldiers
- 2004 (77th) Andrea Arnold - Wasp
- 2005 (78th) Martin McDonagh - Six Shooter
- 2006 (79th) Ari Sandel - West Bank Story
