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".

1950s

• 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 - '
• (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