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".

1960s

• 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 - '
• 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