This is a list of every Asian who has been nominated for an Oscar. For this list, I am including any nominee that has Asian descent, whether they themselves were from an Asian country or not. This includes Asian-Americans, or partially Asian nominees.

(This list is a WIP. To clarify, the list itself is done in that all of the films with Asian nominees are here. But I'm still working on going through the list and adding the actual nominee names to the notes. It's a big project, but one I'm working through slowly.)

The last ceremony to not have a single Asian nominee was the 77th Academy Awards, held in 2005.

Special Note: The award for Best International Feature is technically given to the submitting country and not to any individual. However, it is the director who accepts the award on behalf of the country and so, for the purposes of recognizing Asian contributions to the Oscars, films directed by Asians that were nominated for this category will be included.

Categories:
Best Actress:
- Nominated: 1936 (Merle Oberon - The Dark Angel)
- Won: 2023 (Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All at Once)
- Total: 3/1
Best Supporting Actor:
- Nominated: 1937 (Akim Tamiroff - The General Died at Dawn)
- Won: 1985 (Haing S. Ngor - The Killing Fields)
- Total: 12/2
Best Art Direction:
- Nominated: 1937 (Eddie Imazu - The Great Ziegfeld)
- Won: 1950 (Emile Kuri - The Heiress)
- Total: 14/2
Best Cinematography:
- Nominated 1939 (James Wong Howe - Algiers)
- Won: 1956 (James Wong Howe - The Rose Tattoo)
- Total: 17/3
Best International Feature Film:
- Nominated: 1952 (Akira Kurosawa - Rashomon)
- Won: 1952 (Akira Kurosawa - Rashomon)
- Total: 53/9
Best Actor:
- Nominated: 1957 (Yul Brynner - The King and I)
- Won: 1957 (Yul Brynner - The King and I)
- Total: 7/3
Best Supporting Actress:
- Nominated: 1958 (Miyoshi Umeki - Sayonara)
- Won: 1958 (Miyoshi Umeki - Sayonara)
- Total: 10/2
Best Animated Short:
- Nominated: 1969 (Jimmy T. Murakami - The Magic Pear Tree)
- Won: 2011 (Shaun Tan - The Lost Thing)
- Total: 12/3
Best Picture:
- Nominated: 1974 (William Peter Blatty - The Exorcist)
- Won: 1981 (Ronald L. Schwary - Ordinary People)
- Total: 20/6
Best Adapted Screenplay:
- Nominated: 1974 (William Peter Blatty - The Exorcist)
- Won: 1974 (William Peter Blatty - The Exorcist)
- Total: 13/2
Best Film Editing:
- Nominated: 1976 (Richard Chew - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
- Won: 1978 (Richard Chew - Star Wars)
- Total: 8/2
Best Visual Effects:
- Nominated: 1978 (Greg Jein - Close Encounters of the Third Kind)
- Won: 1993 (Doug Chiang - Death Becomes Her)
- Total: 7/2
Best Live Action Short:
- Nominated: 1978 (Yuki Yushida - I'll Find a Way)
- Won: 1978 (Yuki Yushida - I'll Find a Way)
- Total: 9/3
Best Original Song:
- Nominated: 1979 (Paul Jabara - Thank God It's Friday)
- Won: 1979 (Paul Jabara - Thank God It's Friday)
- Total: 15/7
Best Documentary Short:
- Nominated: 1983 (Frieda Lee Mock - To Live or Let Die)
- Won: 1991 (Steven Ozaki - Days of Waiting: The Life and Art of Estelle Ishigo)
- Total: 23/8
Best Documentary Feature:
- Nominated: 1986 (Steven Okazaki - Unfinished Business)
- Won: 1995 (Frieda Lee Mock - Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision)
- Total: 17/6
Best Original Screenplay:
- Nominated: 1987 (Hanif Kureishi - My Beautiful Laundrette)
- Won: 1992 (Callie Khouri - Thelma & Louise)
- Total: 12/3
Best Original Score:
- Nominated: 1997 (Gabriel Yared - The English Patient)
- Won: 1997 (Gabriel Yared - The English Patient)
- Total: 4/1
Best Director:
- Nominated: 1999 (Terrence Mallick - The Thin Red Line)
- Won: 2006 (Ang Lee- Brokeback Mountain)
- Total: 12/5
Best Sound:
- Nominated: 2000 (Ren Klyce - Fight Club)
- Total: 11/0
Best Animated Feature:
- Nominated: 2003 (Hayao Miyazaki - Spirited Away)
- Won: 2003 (Hayao Miyazaki - Spirited Away)
- Total: 15/3
Best Makeup and Hairstyling:
- Nominated: 2007 (Kazu Hiro - Click)
- Won: 2018 (Kazu Hiro - Darkest Hour)
- Total: 9/3

Special Awards:
- Academy Honorary Awards: 4
- Gordon E. Sawyer Award: 1