These are the Oscar nominated films that were directed by Hispanics/Latinos. These directors themselves were not necessarily nominated for Oscars themselves, but their films were.
Special Note: A Place in the World was film directed by Argentine director Adolfo Aristarain that was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards. However, following the discovery that the film was primarily Argentine produced with little Uruguayan contribution, despite being submitted by Uruguay, the film was disqualified. Due to the fact that this film was disqualified, and the fact that at the 74th Academy Awards, the Academy officially declared that In This Tricky Life was the first Uruguayan nominee thus removing A Place in the World from official considerations, it…
These are the Oscar nominated films that were directed by Hispanics/Latinos. These directors themselves were not necessarily nominated for Oscars themselves, but their films were.
Special Note: A Place in the World was film directed by Argentine director Adolfo Aristarain that was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards. However, following the discovery that the film was primarily Argentine produced with little Uruguayan contribution, despite being submitted by Uruguay, the film was disqualified. Due to the fact that this film was disqualified, and the fact that at the 74th Academy Awards, the Academy officially declared that In This Tricky Life was the first Uruguayan nominee thus removing A Place in the World from official considerations, it will not be included on this list despite being a Latino directed film that secured a nomination.
Only the following films directed by Hispanics/Latinos were actually nominated for Best Director:
- Kiss of the Spider Woman: Héctor Babenco
- Talk to Her: Pedro Almodóvar
- City of God: Fernando Mereilles
- Babel: Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Gravity: Alfonso Cuarón (won)
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance): Alejandro González Iñárritu (won)
- The Revenant: Alejandro G. Iñárritu (won)
- The Shape of Water: Guillermo del Toro (won)
- Roma: Alfonso Cuarón (won)
