Academy Award for Live Action Short Film

This name for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film was introduced in 1974. For the three preceding years it was known as "Short Subjects, Live Action Films." The term "Short Subjects, Live Action Subjects" was used from 1957 until 1970. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate awards, "Short Subjects, one-reel" and "Short Subjects, two-reel". A third category "Short Subjects, color" was used only for 1936 and 1937. From the initiation of short subject awards for 1932 until 1935 the terms were "Short Subjects, comedy" and "Short subjects, novelty".

1930s

• 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