List of Academy Award-winning families
This is a list of Academy Award winners related to other winners. Honorary awards are included. In many instances, family members shared awards. These awards are counted only once for each family.
Results reflect awards through the 92nd Academy Awards for 2019.
Extended family
This list includes winners who are direct relatives of other winners, including in-laws, aunts/uncles and first cousins.The Shearers have the most wins, with 16. The Newmans were nominated the most often, all 95 being for Film Scoring, Arrangement, or Original Song.
The Coppolas have the most nominated and winning members.
The Hustons were the first three generation family of winners. The others are the Coppolas and, technically, the Farrow/Previn/Allens.
There are only two instances of a parent and child receiving acting nominations in the same film:
There are only two instances of three family members being nominated for a single award:
Relationships noted show relation to first family member listed.
| Family | Member | Awards | Earliest Winning Film | Note |
| Shearer 16 34 | Douglas Shearer | Sound Recording, Special Effects | The Big House | |
| Shearer 16 34 | Norma Shearer Sister | Actress | The Divorcee | Shearer's husband, Irving G. Thalberg, produced numerous MGM hits, including Best Picture winner Grand Hotel, but never took screen credit. |
| Shearer 16 34 | Howard Hawks Brother-in-law | Honorary | married to Norma Shearer's sister, Athole Shearer. | |
| Newman 12 76 | Alfred Newman | Music – Scoring | Alexander's Ragtime Band | Sons: Composers David Newman and Thomas Newman. |
| Newman 12 76 | Randy Newman Nephew | Music – Original Song | Monsters, Inc. | competed directly for Best Score with cousin Thomas Newman in 1995 and 2020. |
| Newman 12 76 | Lionel Newman Brother | Music – Scoring | Hello, Dolly! | Brother Emil Newman has 1 nomination for Music – Scoring |
| Farrow 12 43 | John Farrow | Writing | Around the World in 80 Days | |
| Farrow 12 43 | Frank Sinatra Son-in-law | Honorary, Acting | The House I Live In | Was married to John Farrow's daughter, Mia Farrow. |
| Farrow 12 43 | André Previn Son-in-law | Music – Scoring | Gigi | Was married to John Farrow's daughter, Mia Farrow. Shared 3 song nominations with his first wife, Dory Previn. |
| Farrow 12 43 | Woody Allen Grandson-in-law | Directing, Writing | Annie Hall | Allen is married to André Previn's daughter with Mia Farrow, Soon-Yi Previn, making him John Farrow's grandson-in-law. |
| Coppola 12 29 | Francis Ford Coppola | Writing, Directing, Producing | Patton | Son Roman Coppola has one nomination. |
| Coppola 12 29 | Spike Jonze Son-in-law | Writing | her | Ex-husband of Sofia Coppola |
| Coppola 12 29 | Sofia Coppola Daughter | Writing | Lost in Translation | |
| Coppola 12 29 | Carmine Coppola Father | Music – Scoring, Song | The Godfather Part II | |
| Coppola 12 29 | David Shire Brother-in-law | Music – Original Song | Norma Rae | Was married to Francis Ford Coppola's sister, Talia Shire, who has 2 nominations of her own. |
| Coppola 12 29 | Nicolas Cage Nephew | Actor | Leaving Las Vegas | |
| Coppola 12 29 | Patricia Arquette Niece-in-law | Supporting Actress | Boyhood | ex-wife of Nicolas Cage and ex-sister-in-law of James Newton Howard |
| Powell 6 21 | Anthony Powell | Costume designer | Travels with My Aunt | |
| Powell 6 21 | Sandy Powell Cousin | Costume designer | Shakespeare in Love | |
| Coen 6 21 | Ethan Coen | Writing, Directing, Producing | Fargo | All awards and nominations shared with Joel Coen ; includes two nominations with Joel Coen under their shared editing pseudonym "Roderick Jaynes". |
| Coen 6 21 | Joel Coen Brother | Writing, Directing, Producing | Fargo | All awards and nominations shared with Ethan Coen ; includes two nominations with Ethan Coen under their shared editing pseudonym "Roderick Jaynes". |
| Coen 6 21 | Frances McDormand Sister-in-law | Actress | Fargo | married to Joel Coen |
| Voight 5 15 | Angelina Jolie | Actress | Girl, Interrupted | |
| Voight 5 15 | Brad Pitt Former Husband | Producer, Actor | 12 Years a Slave | |
| Voight 5 15 | Billy Bob Thornton Former husband | Writing | Sling Blade | |
| Voight 5 15 | Jon Voight Father | Actor | Coming Home | |
| Selznick 5 13 | David O. Selznick | Producing | Gone With the Wind | |
| Selznick 5 13 | Jennifer Jones Wife | Actress | Song of Bernadette | |
| Selznick 5 13 | Louis B. Mayer Father-in-law | Honorary | ||
| DeMille 5 7 | Cecil B. DeMille | Producer | The Greatest Show on Earth | |
| DeMille 5 7 | Anthony Quinn Son-In-Law | Actor | Viva Zapata! | |
| Zanuck 5 4 | Darryl F. Zanuck | Honorary | Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award | |
| Zanuck 5 4 | Richard Zanuck Son | Producer | Driving Miss Daisy | |
| Zanuck 5 4 | Lili Fini Zanuck Daughter-in-law | Producer | Driving Miss Daisy | |
| Huston 4 21 | John Huston | Director, Screenplay | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Directed both his father and daughter's award-winning performances. |
| Huston 4 21 | Walter Huston Father | Actor | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | |
| Huston 4 21 | Anjelica Huston Daughter | Actress | Prizzi's Honor | Brother Tony Huston was nominated for Writing for The Dead |
| Bergman 4 17 | Ingrid Bergman | Actress | Gaslight | Husband Roberto Rossellini has one nomination |
| Bergman 4 17 | Martin Scorsese Son-in-law | Director | The Departed | Was married to Ingrid Bergman's daughter Isabella Rossellini |
| Bosustow 4 16 | Stephen Bosustow | Short Animation | Gerald McBoing-Boing | |
| Bosustow 4 16 | Nick Bosustow Son | Short Animation | Is It Always Right to Be Right? | |
| Horner 4 13 | James Horner | Composer | Titanic | |
| Horner 4 13 | Harry Horner Father | Art Direction | The Heiress | |
| Minkler 4 13 | Michael Minkler | Sound | Black Hawk Down | nominated with uncles Bob Minkler and Lee Minkler for Sound work on Tron, one of only two instances of 3 family members sharing a nomination in the same category. In 2020, was nominated with his son, Christopher Minkler, for Sound Editing for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. |
| Minkler 4 13 | Bob Minkler Uncle | Sound | Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope | |
| Ferrer 4 12 | George Clooney | Actor | Syriana | |
| Ferrer 4 12 | José Ferrer Uncle | Actor | Cyrano de Bergerac | was married to George Clooney's aunt, singer/actress Rosemary Clooney |
| Ferrer 4 12 | Martin Balsam father-in-law | Actor | A Thousand Clowns | father of George Clooney's ex-wife, Talia Balsam |
| Fonda 4 10 | Jane Fonda | Actress | Klute | Brother Peter Fonda has two nominations |
| Fonda 4 10 | Henry Fonda Father | Actor | On Golden Pond | First wife Margaret Sullavan had 1 nomination. |
| Guggenheim 4 10 | Charles Guggenheim | Short Subject – Live Action | Robert Kennedy Remembered | |
| Guggenheim 4 10 | Davis Guggenheim Son | Documentary- Feature Length | An Inconvenient Truth | Wife Elisabeth Shue has 1 nomination. |
| Stevens 4 10 | George Stevens | Director, Producer | A Place in the Sun | |
| Stevens 4 10 | George Stevens, Jr. Son | Documentarian, Producer | Honorary | |
| Affleck 4 8 | Ben Affleck | Writer, Producer | Good Will Hunting | |
| Affleck 4 8 | Joaquin Phoenix Brother-in-law | Actor | Joker | Brother River Phoenix had 1 nomination |
| Affleck 4 8 | Casey Affleck Brother | Actor | Manchester by the Sea | |
| Garland 4 7 | Judy Garland | Honorary – Juvenile Performance | The Wizard of Oz | |
| Garland 4 7 | Liza Minnelli Daughter | Actress | Cabaret | Only winner with two winning parents |
| Garland 4 7 | Vincente Minnelli Husband | Director | Gigi | |
| Garland 4 7 | Peter Allen Son-in-law | Songwriter | Arthur | Wife Liza Minnelli was featured in Arthur |
| Douglas 4 6 | Michael Douglas | Producer, Actor | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | |
| Douglas 4 6 | Kirk Douglas Father | Actor | Honorary | |
| Douglas 4 6 | Catherine Zeta-Jones Wife | Actress | Chicago | |
| Ustinov 3 7 | Peter Ustinov | Acting | Spartacus | Was married to Angela Lansbury's half-sister, Isolde Denham. |
| Ustinov 3 7 | Angela Lansbury Sister-in-law | Actress | Honorary | |
| Magnusson 3 7 | Kim Magnusson | Short Film | Election Night | |
| Magnusson 3 7 | Tivi Magnusson Father | Short Film | The New Tenants | |
| Kanin 2 7 | Ruth Gordon | Acting | Rosemary's Baby | married to Michael Kanin's brother, Garson Kanin, sharing 3 writing nominations with him. |
| Kanin 2 7 | Michael Kanin Brother-in-law | Writing | Woman of the Year | shared one nomination with wife Fay Kanin |
| Kress 2 6 | Harold Kress | Film Editing | How the West Was Won | |
| Kress 2 6 | Carl Kress Son | Film Editing | The Towering Inferno | shared the award with his father |
| Pressburger 2 5 | Emeric Pressburger | Writing | 49th Parallel | |
| Pressburger 2 5 | Kevin Macdonald Grandson | Documentary- Feature Length | One Day in September | |
| Rouse 2 4 | Russell Rouse | Writing | Pillow Talk | |
| Rouse 2 4 | Christopher Rouse Son | Film Editing | The Bourne Ultimatum | |
| Berri 2 3 | Claude Berri | Short Film | Le Poulet | |
| Berri 2 3 | Thomas Langmann Son | Producer | The Artist | |
| Fisher 2 3 | Thomas L. Fisher | Visual Effects | Titanic | |
| Fisher 2 3 | Scott R. Fisher Son | Visual effects | Interstellar | |
| Warren 2 2 | Gene Warren | Special Effects | The Time Machine | |
| Warren 2 2 | Gene Warren Jr. Son | Visual Effects | ||
| Van der Veer 2 1 | Willard Van der Veer | Cinematography | With Byrd at the South Pole | |
| Van der Veer 2 1 | Frank Van der Veer Son | Special Achievement Award | King Kong | |
| Albertson 2 1 | Jack Albertson | Acting | The Subject Was Roses | |
| Albertson 2 1 | Wes Studi Son-in-law | Honorary | ||
| George 1 3 | Terry George | Short Film | The Shore | |
| George 1 3 | Oorlagh George Daughter | Short Film | The Shore | |
| Bertolucci 1 3 | Bernardo Bertolucci | Director | The Last Emperor | |
| Bertolucci 1 3 | Mark Peploe Brother-in-law | Writing | The Last Emperor | |
| Reichert 1 1 | Julia Reichert | Documentarian | American Factory | |
| Reichert 1 1 | Jeff Reichert Nephew | Documentarian, Producer | American Factory | shared the award with his aunt |
| Giacobone 1 1 | Nicolás Giacobone | Writing | Birdman | |
| Giacobone 1 1 | Armando Bó Cousin | Writing | Birdman | shared the award with his cousin |
Siblings
The Sherman Brothers shared all their nominations and awards. The Coen brothers have shared all of their awards and 12 of their nominations ; each received an individual nomination for Fargo.Sisters Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine were both nominated for Best Actress in 1942, with Fontaine winning for Suspicion. They are the only siblings to have both won lead acting awards, and the only pair of sisters to have awards.
Sisters Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave were both nominated for Best Actress in 1966.
There are three sets of twins on the list:
- Julius / Philip G. Epstein
- Richard / Paul Sylbert
- Wolfgang / Christoph Lauenstein
| Name Awards / Wins/Nominations/Honorary | Earliest Winning Film | Name Awards / Wins/Nominations/Honorary | Earliest Winning Film | Combined Awards/ Nominations |
| Douglas Shearer Sound / Special Effects | The Big House | Norma Shearer Actress | The Divorcee | 15/33 |
| Alfred Newman Composer | Alexander's Ragtime Band | Lionel Newman Composer | Hello, Dolly! | 10/56 |
| Herman Mankiewicz Writing | Citizen Kane | Joseph Mankiewicz Directing, Writing | A Letter to Three Wives | 5/11 |
| Ethan Coen Producing, Directing, Writing, Editing | Fargo | Joel Coen Producing, Directing, Writing, Editing | Fargo | 4/16 |
| Shirley MacLaine Actress | Terms of Endearment | Warren Beatty Directing, Honorary | Reds | 3/19 |
| Neil Corbould Visual Effects | Gladiator | Chris Corbould Visual Effects | Inception | 3/9 |
| Joan Fontaine Actress | Suspicion | Olivia de Havilland Actress | To Each His Own | 3/8 |
| Richard Sylbert Art Direction | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Paul Sylbert Art Direction | Heaven Can Wait | 3/8 |
| Denis Sanders Short Film | A Time Out of War | Terry Sanders Short Film | A Time Out of War | 3/6 |
| Bub Asman Sound Editing | Letters from Iwo Jima | John Asman Technical Achievement | 3/5 | |
| Ben Affleck Writing, Producing | Good Will Hunting | Casey Affleck Actor | Manchester by the Sea | 3/4 |
| Robert Skotak Visual Effects | Aliens | Dennis Skotak Visual Effects | The Abyss | 3/4 |
| James Goldman Writing | The Lion in Winter | William Goldman Writing | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | 3/3 |
| Richard M. Sherman Music | Mary Poppins | Robert B. Sherman Music | Mary Poppins | 2/9 |
| Ethel Barrymore Actress | None But the Lonely Heart | Lionel Barrymore Actor | A Free Soul | 2/6 |
| Todd Boekelheide Sound | Amadeus | Jay Boekelheide Sound Editing | The Right Stuff | 2/3 |
| Julius J. Epstein Writing | Casablanca | Philip G. Epstein Writing | Casablanca | 1/4 |
| Wolfgang Lauenstein Short Film | Balance | Christoph Lauenstein Short Film | Balance | 1/1 |
The Marx Brothers were cited in an honorary award given to Groucho Marx in 1973.
In addition to siblings mentioned directly above, these five sets of siblings have both earned acting nominations:
- Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal
- Meg and Jennifer Tilly
- Julia and Eric Roberts
- Jane and Peter Fonda
- River and Joaquin Phoenix
- Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave
Couples
These are the spouses who have won Academy Awards, though not necessarily while they were married.Only two couples have won awards for Best Actor/Actress: Laurence Olivier / Vivien Leigh and Joanne Woodward / Paul Newman.
Michael Douglas/Catherine Zeta-Jones and Nicolas Cage/Patricia Arquette have Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress wins.
Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz each have Best Supporting awards.
Three couples have been nominated for performances in the same film: Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne for The Guardsman; Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester for Witness for the Prosecution; Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.
Only one couple has ever competed head-to-head for the same award. In 2010, Kathryn Bigelow won for directing/producing The Hurt Locker, beating ex-spouse James Cameron, nominated for his film Avatar.
Julie Andrews, Lauren Bacall, and Angelina Jolie have each been married to two other winners.
Judy Garland / Vincente Minnelli and Liza Minnelli / Peter Allen constitute the only instance in which a member of a winning couple has a parent who is also a member of a winning couple.
Producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall were jointly awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 2018.
Shared awards
All the awards and nominations for these couples were for films they worked on together:| Couple | Earliest Winning Film | Combined Awards/ Nominations |
| Alan Bergman Marilyn Bergman | Music – Original Song The Thomas Crown Affair | 3/16 |
| Dante Ferretti Francesca Lo Schiavo | Production Design The Aviator | 3/8 |
| Kristen Anderson-Lopez Robert Lopez | Original Song Frozen | 2/3 |
| Karen Goodman Kirk Simon | Short Documentary Strangers No More | 1/4 |
| Alison Snowden David Fine | Animated Short Film Bob's Birthday | 1/3 |
| Alan Raymond Susan Raymond | Documentary Feature | 1/2 |
| Charles Huguenot van der Linden Martina Huguenot van der Linden | Short Documentary This Tiny World | 1/2 |
| Julia Phillips Michael Phillips | Producer The Sting | 1/2 |
| Sean Fine Andrea Nix Fine | Short Documentary Inocente | 1/2 |
| Ray McKinnon Lisa Blount | Short Film The Accountant | 1/1 |
| Ben Shedd Jacqueline Phillips Shedd | Short Documentary The Flight of the Gossamer Condor | 1/1 |
| Muriel Box Sydney Box | Writing The Seventh Veil | 1/1 |
| Chris Innis Bob Murawski | Film Editing The Hurt Locker | 1/1 |
| Earl W. Wallace Pamela Wallace | Original Screenplay Witness | 1/1 |
| Sandy Reynolds-Wasco David Wasco | Production Design La La Land | 1/1 |
| Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Jimmy Chin | Documentary Feature Free Solo | 1/1 |
| Guy Nattiv Jaime Ray Newman | Short Film Skin | 1/1 |
| Chris Overton Rachel Shenton | Short Film The Silent Child | 1/1 |
Separate awards
Couples with at least one unshared award or nomination:| Name Awards / Wins/Nominations/Honorary | Earliest Winning Film | Name Awards / Wins/Nominations/Honorary | Earliest Winning Film | Combined Awards/ Nominations |
| Wiard Ihnen Art Director | Wilson | Edith Head Costume Designer | The Heiress | 10/38 |
| Joel Coen Director, Producer, Writer | Fargo | Frances McDormand Actress | Fargo | 6/20 |
| Laurence Olivier Actor, Producer | Hamlet | Vivien Leigh Actress | Gone with the Wind | 5/13 |
| James Cameron Director, Producer, Editor | Titanic | Kathryn Bigelow Director, Producer | The Hurt Locker | 5/9 |
| Joanne Woodward Actress | The Three Faces of Eve | Paul Newman Actor | The Color of Money | 4/14 |
| Peter Jackson Director, Producer, Writer | ' | Fran Walsh Producer, Writer, Original Song | ' | 4/10 |
| Elizabeth Taylor Actress | BUtterfield 8 | Mike Todd Producer | Around the World in 80 Days | 4/6 |
| David O. Selznick Producer | Gone with the Wind | Jennifer Jones Actress | The Song of Bernadette | 3/13 |
| Holly Hunter Actress | The Piano | Janusz Kamiński Cinematography | Schindler's List | 3/10 |
| John Hubley Animated Short | Moonbird | Faith Hubley Animated Short | The Hole | 5/13 |
| Tony Richardson Producer / Director | Tom Jones | Vanessa Redgrave Actress | Julia | 3/6 |
| Helen Hayes Actress | The Sin of Madelon Claudet | Charles MacArthur Writing | The Scoundrel | 3/5 |
| Billy Bob Thornton Writing | Sling Blade | Angelina Jolie Actress | Girl, Interrupted | 2/5 |
| Brad Pitt Producer / Actor | 12 Years a Slave | Angelina Jolie Actress | Girl, Interrupted | 3/8 |
| John Toll Cinematography | Legends of the Fall | Lois Burwell Makeup | Braveheart | 3/5 |
| Jason Robards Actor | All the President's Men | Lauren Bacall Honorary | 3/4 | |
| Humphrey Bogart Actor | The African Queen | Lauren Bacall Honorary | 2/4 | |
| Michael Douglas Producer, Actor | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Catherine Zeta-Jones Supporting Actress | Chicago | 3/3 |
| Douglas Fairbanks Honorary | Mary Pickford Actress | Coquette | 3/1 | |
| Anne Bancroft Actress | The Miracle Worker | Mel Brooks Writing | The Producers | 2/8 |
| Julie Andrews Actress | Mary Poppins | Tony Walton Costume Design | All That Jazz | 2/8 |
| Julie Andrews Actress | Mary Poppins | Blake Edwards Honorary | 2/4 | |
| Sam Mendes Director | American Beauty | Kate Winslet Actress | The Reader | 2/10 |
| Taylor Hackford Short Film | Teenage Father | Helen Mirren Actress | The Queen | 2/7 |
| Spike Jonze Director, Producer, Writer, Actor | Her | Sofia Coppola Director, Producer, Screenwriter | Lost in Translation | 2/7 |
| George Miller Writer/Director/Producer | Happy Feet | Margaret Sixel Editor | 2/7 | |
| Marcia Lucas Film Editing | Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope | George Lucas Honorary | Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award | 2/6 |
| Javier Bardem Supporting Actor | No Country for Old Men | Penélope Cruz Supporting Actress | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | 2/6 |
| Judy Garland Honorary – Juvenile Performance | The Wizard of Oz | Vincente Minnelli Director | Gigi | 2/4 |
| Edna Anhalt Writing | Panic in the Streets | Edward Anhalt Writing | Panic in the Streets | 2/3 |
| Liza Minnelli Actress | Cabaret | Peter Allen Songwriter | Arthur | 2/3 |
| William Friedkin Director | The French Connection | Sherry Lansing Producer | Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | 2/3 |
| Richard Zanuck Producer | Driving Miss Daisy | Lili Fini Zanuck Producer | Driving Miss Daisy | 2/3 |
| Callie Khouri Screenwriter | Thelma & Louise | T Bone Burnett Original Song | Crazy Heart | 2/3 |
| Nicolas Cage Actor | Leaving Las Vegas | Patricia Arquette Supporting Actress | Boyhood | 2/3 |
| Roger K. Furse Art Director | Hamlet | Margaret Furse Costume Designer | Anne of the Thousand Days | 2/3 |
| Kathleen Kennedy Producer | Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award | Frank Marshall Producer | Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award | 1/9 |
Other
, who produced Best Picture winner All Quiet on the Western Front but was not nominated for the award because at the time the production company and not individual producers were nominated, and director William Wyler , were cousins.Susan Sarandon has two children with former partner Tim Robbins . Robbins directed Sarandon in her winning performance in Dead Man Walking. Sarandon's first husband, Chris Sarandon, has one nomination of his own.