Oscar for bedste korte dokumentar eller Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) er en filmpris, som uddeles årligt ved Oscaruddelingen afholdt af AMPAS. Prisen er blevet uddelt siden 1941 og adskiller sig fra bedste dokumentar ved at filmene behandler sine emner med en længde på under 40 min.
Vindere og nominerede
1940'erne ÅrFilmNominerede1941 (14.)Churchill's IslandNational Film Board of CanadaAdventure in the BronxFilm AssociatesBomberUnited States Office for Emergency Management Film UnitChristmas Under FireBritish Ministry of InformationLetter from HomeBritish Ministry of InformationLife of a ThoroughbredTruman TalleyNorway in RevoltThe March of TimeA Place to LivePhiladelphia Housing AssociationRussian SoilAmkinoSoldiers of the SkyTruman TalleyWarclouds in the PacificNational Film Board of Canada1942 (15.)Kortfilm- og spillefilmslængde dokumentarfilm konkurrerede i en kombineret Bedste dokumentar-kategori.1943 (16.) En foreløbig liste med 21 film blev annonceret som nominerede, men dokumentarprisudvalget nedsatte efterfølgende feltet til 7 titler, der var medtaget i den endelige afstemning. De 14 film, der ikke blev stemt videre, var: Bismarck Convoy Smashed (Australian Department of Information Film Unit), Day of Battle (United States Office of War Information Domestic Motion Picture Bureau), The Dutch Tradition (National Film Board of Canada), Kill or Be Killed (British Ministry of Information), The Labor Front (National Film Board of Canada), Land of My Mother (Polish Information Centre), Letter from Livingston (United States Army 4th Signal Photographic Unit), Life Line (United States Army Pictorial Service), The Rear Gunner (United States Department of War), Servant of a Nation (Union of South Africa), Task Force (United States Coast Guard), The Voice That Thrilled the World (Warner Bros.), Water, Friend or Enemy (Walt Disney), og Wings Up (United States Army Air Force 1st Motion Picture Unit). December 7thUnited States NavyChildren of MarsRKO RadioPlan for DestructionMetro-Goldwyn-MayerSwedes in AmericaUnited States Office of War Information Overseas Motion Picture BureauTo the People of the United StatesWalter WangerTomorrow We FlyUnited States Navy Bureau of AeronauticsYouth in CrisisThe March of Time1944 (17.)With the Marines at TarawaUnited States Marine CorpsHymn of the NationsUnited States Office of War Information Overseas Motion Picture BureauNew AmericansRKO Radio1945 (18.)Hitler Lives?Gordon HollingsheadLibrary of CongressUnited States Office of War Information Overseas Motion Picture BureauTo the Shores of Iwo JimaUnited States Marine Corps1946 (19.)Seeds of DestinyUnited States Department of WarAtomic PowerThe March of TimeLife at the ZooArtkinoParamount News Issue #37 (Twentieth Anniversary Issue! 1927.....1947)ParamountTraffic with the DevilHerbert Morgan1947 (20.)First StepsUnited Nations Division of Films and Visual InformationPassport to NowhereFrederic Ullman Jr.School in the MailboxAustralian News & Information Bureau1948 (21.)Toward IndependenceUnited States ArmyHeart to HeartHerbert MorganOperation VittlesUnited States Army Air Force1949 (22.)A Chance to LiveRichard de RochemontSo Much for So LittleEdward Selzer1848French Cinema General CooperativeThe Rising TideSt. Francis-Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia
1950'erne ÅrFilmNominerede1950 (23.)Why Korea?Edmund ReekThe Fight: Science Against CancerGuy GloverThe StairsFilm Documents, Inc.1951 (24.)BenjyLavet af Fred Zinnemann i samarbejde med Paramount Pictures Corporation for Los Angeles Orthopaedic HospitalEn pressemeddelelse udgivet af Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences i 2005 udtrykte at "Documentary Short Subject vindere Benjy (1951) og Neighbours (1952) er blandt en gruppe af film som ikke kun konkurrenrede, men vandt Academy Awards i hvad var tydelige upassende kategoriere. Benjy, instrueret af Fred Zinnemann og stemmelagt af Henry Fonda, er den fiktionelle fortælling om en handikappet dreng. Filmen blev brugt som en fundraiser for Los Angeles Orthopedic Hospital... Norman McLaren's Neighbours, som i dag ville konkurrerer i den Animerede kortfilms kategori, brugte 'pixelation' – animation med brug af levende mennesker – til at skabe en allegori af krig."One Who Came BackOwen Crump (Film sponsoreret af Disabled American Veterans, i samarbejde med United States Department of Defense og Association of Motion Picture Producers)The Seeing EyeGordon Hollingshead1952 (25.)NeighboursNorman McLaren Devil Take UsHerbert MorganThe Garden Spider (Epeira Diadema)Alberto AncilottoMan Alive!Stephen Bosustow1953 (26.)The Alaskan EskimoWalt DisneyThe Living CityJohn BarnesOperation Blue JayUnited States Army Signal CorpsThey Planted a StoneJames CarrThe WordJohn Healy and John Adams1954 (27.)Thursday's ChildrenWorld Wide Pictures og Morse FilmsJet CarrierOtto LangRembrandt: A Self-PortraitMorrie Roizman1955 (28.)Men Against the ArcticWalt DisneyThe Battle of GettysburgDore ScharyThe Face of LincolnWilbur T. Blume1956 (29.)The True Story of the Civil WarLouis Clyde StoumenA City DecidesCharles Guggenheim & Associates, Inc.The Dark WaveJohn HealyThe House Without a NameValentine DaviesMan in SpaceWard Kimball1957 (30.)Ingen pris uddelt1958 (31.)Ama GirlsBen SharpsteenEmployees OnlyKenneth G. BrownJourney into SpringIan FergusonThe Living StoneTom DalyOvertureThorold Dickinson1959 (32.)GlassBert HaanstraDonald in Mathmagic LandWalt DisneyFrom Generation to GenerationEdward F. Cullen
1960'erne ÅrFilmNominerede1960 (33.)GiuseppinaJames HillBeyond SilenceUnited States Information AgencyEn by ved navn KøbenhavnStatens Filmcentral og The Danish Government Film OfficeGeorge Grosz' InterregnumCharles Carey og Altina CareyUniverseColin Low1961 (34.)Project HopeFrank P. BibasBreaking the Language BarrierUnited States Air ForceCradle of GeniusJim O'Connor og Tom HayesKahlDido-Film-GmbHL'Uomo in Grigio (The Man in Gray)Benedetto Benedetti1962 (35.)Dylan ThomasJack HowellsThe John Glenn StoryWilliam L. HendricksThe Road to the WallRobert Saudek1963 (36.)ChagallSimon SchiffrinThe Five Cities of JuneGeorge Stevens Jr.The Spirit of AmericaAlgernon G. WalkerThirty Million LettersEdgar AnsteyTo Live AgainMel London1964 (37.)Nine from Little RockCharles GuggenheimBreaking the HabitHenry Jacobs og John KortyChildren WithoutCharles GuggenheimKenojuakNational Film Board of Canada140 Days Under the WorldGeoffrey Scott og Oxley Hughan1965 (38.)To Be Alive!Francis ThompsonMural on Our StreetKirk SmallmanOvertureMafilm ProductionsPoint of ViewVision Associates ProductionsYeats CountryPatrick Carey og Joe Mendoza1966 (39.)A Year Toward TomorrowEdmond A. LevyAdolescenceMarin Karmitz og Vladimir ForgencyCowboyMichael Ahnemann og Gary SchlosserThe Odds AgainstLee R. Bobker og Helen Kristt RadinSaint Matthew PassionMafilm Studio1967 (40.)The RedwoodsMark Harris og Trevor GreenwoodMonument to the DreamCharles GuggenheimA Place to StandChristopher ChapmanSee You at the PillarRobert FitchettWhile I Run This RaceCarl V. Ragsdale1968 (41.)Why Man CreatesSaul BassThe House That Ananda BuiltFali BilimoriaThe Revolving DoorLee R. BobkerA Space to GrowThomas P. Kelly Jr.A Way Out of the WildernessDan E. Weisburd1969 (42.)Czechoslovakia 1968Denis Sanders og Robert M. FrescoAn Impression of John Steinbeck: WriterDonald WryeJenny Is a Good ThingJoan HorvathLeo BeuermanArthur H. Wolf and Russell A. MosserThe Magic MachinesJoan Keller Stern
1970'erne ÅrFilmNominerede1970 (43.)Interviews with My Lai VeteransJoseph StrickThe GiftsRobert McBrideA Long Way from NowhereBob AllerOisinVivien Carey og Patrick CareyTime Is Running OutHorst Dallmayr og Robert Menegoz1971 (44.)Sentinels of SilenceManuel Arango og Robert AmramAdventures in PerceptionHan van GelderArt Is...Julian Krainin og DeWitt L. Sage, Jr.The Numbers Start with the RiverDonald WryeSomebody WaitingHal Riney, Dick Snider og Sherwood Omens1972 (45.)This Tiny WorldCharles Huguenot van der Linden og Martina Huguenot van der LindenHundertwasser's Rainy DayPeter SchamoniK-ZGiorgio TrevesSelling OutTadeusz JaworskiThe Tide of TrafficHumphrey Swingler1973 (46.)Princeton: A Search for AnswersJulian Krainin og DeWitt L. Sage, Jr.BackgroundCarmen D'AvinoChildren at Work (Paisti Ag Obair)Louis MarcusChristo's Valley CurtainAlbert Maysles og David MayslesFour Stones for KanemitsuTerry Sanders og June Wayne1974 (47.)Don'tRobin LehmanCity Out of WildernessFrancis ThompsonExploratoriumJon BoorstinJohn Muir's High SierraDewitt Jones og Lesley FosterNaked YogaRonald S. Kass og Mervyn Lloyd1975 (48.)The End of the GameClaire Wilbur og Robin LehmanArthur and LillieJon Else, Steven Kovacs og Kristine SamuelsonMillions of Years Ahead of ManManfred BaierProbes in SpaceGeorge V. CaseyWhistling SmithBarrie Howells og Michael Scott1976 (49.)Number Our DaysLynne Littman og Barbara MyerhoffAmerican ShoeshineSparky GreeneBlackwoodTony Ianzelo og Andy ThomsonThe End of the RoadJohn ArmstrongUniverseLester Novros1977 (50.)Gravity Is My EnemyJohn Joseph og Jan StussyAgueda Martinez: Our People, Our CountryMoctesuma EsparzaFirst EditionHelen Whitney og DeWitt L. Sage, Jr.Of Time, Tombs and TreasuresJames R. Messenger og Paul N. RaimondiThe Shetland ExperienceDouglas Gordon1978 (51.)The Flight of the Gossamer CondorJacqueline Phillips Shedd og Ben SheddThe Divided Trail: A Native American OdysseyJerry AronsonAn Encounter with FacesK.K. KapilGoodnight Miss AnnAugust CinquegranaSquires of San QuentinJ. Gary Mitchell1979 (52.)Paul Robeson: Tribute to an ArtistSaul J. TurellDaeRisto TeofilovskiKoryo CeladonDonald A. Connolly og James R. MessengerNailsPhillip BorsosRemember MeDick Young
1980'erne ÅrFilmNominerede1980 (53.)Karl Hess: Toward LibertyRoland Hallé og Peter W. LadueDon't Mess with BillJohn Watson og Pen DenshamThe Eruption of Mount St. HelensGeorge CaseyIt's the Same WorldDick YoungLuther Metke at 94Richard Hawkins og Jorge Preloran1981 (54.)Close HarmonyNigel NobleAmericas in TransitionObie BenzJourney for SurvivalDick YoungSee What I SayLinda Chapman, Pam LeBlanc og Freddi StevensUrge to BuildRoland Hallé og John Hoover1982 (55.)If You Love This PlanetEdward Le Lorrain og Terre NashGods of MetalRobert RichterThe Klan: A Legacy of Hate in AmericaCharles Guggenheim og Werner SchumannTo Live or Let DieFreida Lee MockTraveling HopefullyJohn G. Avildsen1983 (56.)Flamenco at 5:15Cynthia Scott og Adam SymanskyIn the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us?Vivienne Verdon-Roe og Eric ThiermannSewing WomanArthur DongSpaces: The Architecture of Paul RudolphRobert EisenhardtYou Are Free (Ihr Zent Frei)Dea Brokman og Ilene Landis1984 (57.)The Stone CarversMarjorie Hunt og Paul WagnerThe Children of Soong Ching LingGary Bush og Paul T.K. LinCode Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in NursingBen Achtenberg og Joan SawyerThe Garden of EdenLawrence R. Hott og Roger M. ShermanRecollections of PavlovskIrina Kalinina1985 (58.)Witness to War: Dr. Charlie ClementsDavid GoodmanThe Courage to CareRobert GardnerKeats and His Nightingale: A Blind DateMichael Crowley og James WolpawMaking Overtures: The Story of a Community OrchestraBarbara Willis SweeteThe Wizard of the StringsAlan Edelstein1986 (59.)Women – for America, for the WorldVivienne Verdon-RoeDebonair DancersAlison Nigh-StrelichThe Masters of DisasterSonya FriedmanRed Grooms: Sunflower in a HothouseThomas L. Neff og Madeline BellSamAaron D. Weisblatt1987 (60.)Young at HeartSue Marx og Pamela ConnFrances Steloff: Memoirs of a BooksellerDeborah DicksonIn the Wee Wee Hours...Dr. Frank Daniel og Izak Ben-MeirLanguage Says It AllMegan WilliamsSilver into GoldLynn Mueller1988 (61.)You Don't Have to DieMalcolm Clarke og Bill GuttentagThe Children's StorefrontKaren GoodmanFamily GatheringLise Yasui og Ann TegnellGang CopsThomas B. Fleming og Daniel J. MarksPortrait of ImogenNancy Hale og Meg Partridge1989