1980

• Roland Halle and Peter LaDue - Won “Oscars” for their Documentary Short Karl Hess: Toward Liberty

1985

• Alan Edelstein - Nominated for the Documentary Short The Wizard of the Strings
• Robert Zemeckis - Nominated for Screenplay Back to the Future (Co-writer)

1986

• John Lasseter - Nominated for the Animated Short Luxo Jr.
• Aaron Weisblatt - Nominated for Documentary Short Sam

1987

• Izak Ben-Meir - Nominated for Documentary Short In the Wee Wee Hours...
• Lynn Mueller - Nominated for Documentary Short Silver Into Gold

1988

• Thomas B. Fleming and Daniel Marks - Nominated for Documentary Short Gang Cops

1989

• Spike Lee - Nominated for Screenplay Do The Right Thing and producing the Feature Documentary 4 Little Girls

1990

• Adam Davidson Won “Oscar” for Live Action Short The Lunch Date

1991

• Jan Sverak - Nominated for Foreign Language Film from Czechoslovakia The Elementary School

1992

• Wendy L. Weinberg - Nominated for Documentary Short Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the Little Review
• Christian Taylor Nominated for Live Action Short Lady in Waiting

1993

• Elaine Holliman - Nominated for Documentary Short Chicks in White Satin

1994

• Robert Zemeckis Won “Oscar” for directing Forrest Gump
• Vanessa Stella Schwartz Nominated for Animated Short The Janitor

1995

• John Lasseter - Special Achievement “Oscar” for directing Toy Story
• John Lasseter and Pete Docter - Nominated for “Oscar” for screenplay of Toy Story

1996

• Jan Sverak - Won “Oscar” for Foreign Language Film from Jan Sverak Czech Republic Kolya

1997

• Spike Lee - Nominated for Documentary Feature film 4 Little Girls
• Mike Van Diem - Won “Oscar” for Foreign Language Film from The Netherlands Character

1999

• Marc-Andreas Bochert - Nominated for Live Action Short for Small Change

2001

• Joan Stein - Nominated for Live Action Short One Day Crossing
• Florian Gallenberger - Nominated for Live Action Short Quiero Ser

2002

• Pete Docter - Nominated for Animated Short Film Mike's New Car
• Martin Strange-Hansen - Won “Oscar” for Live-Action Short Film This Charming Man

2003

• Florian Baxmeyer - Nominated for Live-Action Short Film The Red Jacket

2005

• Shane Acker - Nominated for Animated Short Film 9.
• Dan Krauss - Nominated for Documentary Short Subject The Death Of Kevin Carter: Casualty Of The Bang Bang Club (aka The Life Of Kevin Carter)
• Ulrike Grote - Nominated for Live-Action Short Film Ausreisser (The Runaway)