List of New Zealand Academy Award winners and nominees

This is a list of New Zealand Academy Award winners and nominees.

Best Actor

Leading Actor

Year	Name	Film	Status	Notes
1999	Russell Crowe	The Insider	Nominated	Crowe is a New Zealand-born Australian resident.
2000	Russell Crowe	Gladiator	Won
2001	Russell Crowe	A Beautiful Mind	Nominated

Best Actress

Leading Actress

Year	Name	Film	Status	Notes
2003	Keisha Castle-Hughes	Whale Rider	Nominated

Best Supporting Actress

Supporting Actress

Year	Name	Film	Status	Notes
1993	Anna Paquin	The Piano	Won

Best Animated Film

Animated Film

Year	Name	Film	Status	Notes
2004	Andrew Adamson	Shrek 2	Nominated

Best Art Direction

Art Direction

Year	Name	Film	Status	Notes
2001	Grant Major Dan Hennah	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Nominated
2002	Grant Major Dan Hennah	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Nominated	Shared with Alan Lee
2003	Grant Major Dan Hennah	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Won	Shared with Alan Lee
2005	Grant Major Dan Hennah	King Kong	Nominated	Shared with Simon Bright
2009	Kim Sinclair	Avatar	Won	Shared with Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg
2012	Dan Hennah	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Nominated	Shared with Ra Vincent and Simon Bright

Best Costume Design

Costume Design

Year	Name	Film	Status	Notes
2001	Ngila Dickson Richard Taylor	The Fellowship of the Ring	Nominated
2003	Ngila Dickson	The Last Samurai	Nominated	First time that two different nominations in the same year and category were for New Zealanders.
	Ngila Dickson Richard Taylor	The Return of the King	Won

Best Director

Director

Year	Name	Film	Status	Notes
1993	Jane Campion	The Piano	Nominated	Second woman ever to be nominated in this category.
2001	Peter Jackson	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Nominated
2003	Peter Jackson	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Won

Best Film Editing

Editing

Year	Name	Film	Status	Notes
2003	Jamie Selkirk	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Won

Best Picture

Picture

Year	Name	Film	Status	Notes
2001	Peter Jackson Fran Walsh	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Nominated	Shared with Barrie M. Osborne
2002	Peter Jackson Fran Walsh	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Nominated	Shared with Barrie M. Osborne
2003	Peter Jackson Fran Walsh	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Won	Shared with Barrie M. Osborne
2007	Tim Bevan Eric Fellner	Atonement	Nominated	Eric Fellner is a New Zealand-born English producer
2009	Peter Jackson	District 9	Nominated	Shared with Carolynne Cunningham
2012	Tim Bevan Eric Fellner	Les Misérables	Nominated	Shared with Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh
2014	Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Anthony McCarten	The Theory of Everything	Nominated	Shared with Lisa Bruce

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Makeup and Hairstyling

Year	Name	Film	Status	Notes
2001	Richard Taylor	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Won	Shared with Peter Owen
2003	Richard Taylor	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Won	Shared with Peter King

Best Music – Original Song

Original Song

Year	Name	Film	Song	Status	Notes
2003	Fran Walsh	The Return of the King	"Into the West"	Won	Shared with Annie Lennox and Howard Shore
2011	Bret McKenzie	The Muppets	"Man or Muppet"	Won

Best Short Film - Live Action

Live Action Short Film

Year	Name	Film	Status	Notes
2005	Ainsley Gardiner Taika Waititi	Two Cars, One Night	Nominated

Best Sound or Sound Mixing

Sound

Year	Name	Film	Status	Notes
2002	Michael Hedges	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Nominated	Shared with Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, and Tony Johnson
2003	Michael Hedges	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Won	Shared with Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, and Tony Johnson
2005	Michael Hedges	King Kong	Won	Shared with Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, and Tony Johnson
2013	Michael Hedges	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	Nominated	Shared with Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, and Tony Johnson

Best Visual Effects

Visual Effects

Year	Name	Film	Status	Notes
2001	Richard Taylor	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Won	Shared with Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, and Mark Stetson
2005	Christian Rivers Richard Taylor	King Kong	Won	Shared with Joe Letteri and Brian Van't Hul

Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay

Adapted Screenplay

Year	Name	Film	Status	Notes
1980	Jonathan Hardy	Breaker Morant	Nominated	Jonathan Hardy is a New Zealand-born Australian resident. Nomination shared with David Stevens and Bruce Beresford.
2001	Philippa Boyens Peter Jackson Fran Walsh	The Fellowship of the Ring	Nominated
2003	Philippa Boyens Peter Jackson Fran Walsh	The Return of the King	Won
2014	Anthony McCarten	The Theory of Everything	Nominated

Best Writing – Original Screenplay

Original Screenplay

Year	Name	Film	Status	Notes
1993	Jane Campion	The Piano	Won
1994	Peter Jackson Fran Walsh	Heavenly Creatures	Nominated