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".

1980s

• 1980 Lloyd Phillips - The Dollar Bottom
• 1981 Paul Kemp, Shelley Levinson - Violet
• 1982 Christine Oestreicher - A Shocking Accident
• 1983 Janice L. Platt - Boys and Girls
• 1984 Mike Hoover - Up
• 1985 Jeff Brown, Chris Pelzer - Molly's Pilgrim
• 1986 Chuck Workman - Precious Images
• 1987 Jonathan Sanger, Jana Sue Memel - Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall
• 1988 Dean Parisot, Steven Wright - The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
• 1989 James Hendrie - Work Experience