| Year |
Award Won |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 1968 |
Charles Guggenheim - Robert Kennedy Remembered |
| 1969 |
Joan Keller Stern - The Magic Machines |
| 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 |
| 1978 |
Taylor Hackford - Teenage Father |
| 1979 |
Sarah Pillsbury, Ron Ellis - Board and Care |
| 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 |
| 1990 |
Adam Davidson - The Lunch Date |
| 1991 |
Seth Winston, Rob Fried - Session Man |
| 1992 |
Sam Karmann - Omnibus |
| 1993 |
Pepe Danquart - Black Rider (Schwarzfahrer} |
| 1994 |
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 |
| 2000 |
Florian Gallenberger - Quiero Ser (I Want to Be...) |
| 2001 |
Ray Mckinnon, Lisa Blount - The Accountant |
| 2002 |
Martin Strange-Hansen, Mie Andreasen - Der er en yndig mand |
| 2003 |
Aaron Schneider, Andrew J. Sacks - Two Soldiers |
| 2004 |
Andrea Arnold - Wasp |
| 2005 |
Martin McDonagh - Six Shooter |
| 2006 |
Ari Sandel - West Bank Story |
| 2007 |
Philippe Pollet-Villard - Le Mozart des Pickpockets |
| 2008 |
Toyland (Spielzeugland) |