- 1952: So Matsuyama , H. Motsumoto , '' Rashomon ''
- 1956: Albert Nozaki (with Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer), '' The Ten Commandments ''
- 1957: So Matsuyama , '' Seven Samurai ''
- 1970: Yoshiro Muraki , Taizoh Kawashima (with Jack Martin Smith, Richard Day, Walter M. Scott, Norman Rockette, Carl Biddiscombe), '' Tora! Tora! Tora! ''
- 1980: Yoshiro Muraki , '' Kagemusha ''
- 1985: Yoshiro Muraki , Shinobu Muraki , '' Ran ''
- 2000: Timmy Yip , '' Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon '' (winner)
- 1986: Ismail Merchant , '' A Room With A View ''
- 1989: A. Kitman Ho (with Oliver Stone), '' Born On The Fourth Of July ''
- 1992: Ismail Merchant , '' Howards End ''
- 1993: Ismail Merchant (with Mike Nichols, John Calley), '' The Remains Of The Day ''
- 1996: Richard Sakai (with James L. Brooks, Laurence Mark, Cameron Crowe), '' Jerry Maguire ''
- 2000: Ang Lee , William Kong , Li-Kong Hsu , '' Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ''
- 1938: James Wong Howe , '' Algiers ''
- 1940: James Wong Howe , '' Abe Lincoln In Illinois ''
- 1942: James Wong Howe , '' Kings Row ''
- 1943: James Wong Howe (with Elmer Dyer, Charles A. Marshall), '' Air Force ''
- 1943: James Wong Howe , '' The North Star ''
- 1955: James Wong Howe , '' The Rose Tattoo '' (winner)
- 1958: James Wong Howe , '' The Old Man And The Sea ''
- 1963: James Wong Howe , '' Hud '' (winner)
- 1966: James Wong Howe , '' Seconds ''
- 1970: Osami Furuya , Sinsaku Himeda , Masamichi Satoh (with Charles F. Wheeler), '' Tora! Tora! Tora! ''
- 1975: James Wong Howe , '' Funny Lady ''
- 1985: Takao Saito , Masaharu Ueda , Asakazu Nakai , '' Ran ''
- 1993: Gu Changwei , '' Farewell My Concubine ''
- 1995: Lü Yue , '' Shanghai Triad ''
- 2000: Peter Pau , '' Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon '' (winner)
- 2004: Zhao Xiaoding , '' House Of Flying Daggers ''
- 1954: Sanzo Wada , '' Gate Of Hell '' (winner)
- 1955: Tadaoto Kainoscho , '' Ugetsu ''
- 1956: Kohei Ezaki , '' Seven Samurai ''
- 1961: Yoshiro Muraki , '' Yojimbo ''
- 1982: Bhanu Athaiya (with John Mollo), '' Gandhi '' (winner)
- 1985: Emi Wada , '' Ran '' (winner)
- 1992: Eiko Ishioka , '' Bram Stoker's Dracula '' (winner)
- 2000: Timmy Yip , '' Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ''
- 2006: Yee Chung Man , '' Curse Of The Golden Flower ''
- 1951: Japan , '' Rashomon '' (winner – Special Honorary Award)
- 1954: Japan , '' Gate Of Hell '' (winner – Special Honorary Award)
- 1955: Japan , '' Samurai, The Legend Of Musashi '' (winner – Special Honorary Award)
- 1956: Japan , Masayuki Takagi , '' Harp Of Burma ''
- 1957: India , '' Mother India ''
- 1961: Japan , '' Immortal Love ''
- 1963: Japan , '' Twin Sisters Of Kyoto ''
- 1964: Japan , '' Woman In The Dunes ''
- 1965: Japan , '' Kwaidan ''
- 1967: Japan , '' Portrait Of Chieko ''
- 1971: Japan , '' Dodes'ka-Den ''
- 1975: Japan , '' Sandakan No. 8 ''
- 1980: Japan , '' Kagemusha ''
- 1981: Japan , '' Muddy River ''
- 1988: India , '' Salaam Bombay ''
- 1990: China , '' Ju Dou ''
- 1991: Hong Kong , '' Raise The Red Lantern ''
- 1993: Hong Kong , '' Farewell My Concubine ''
- 1993: Vietnam , '' The Scent Of Green Papaya ''
- 1993: Taiwan , '' The Wedding Banquet ''
- 1994: Taiwan , '' Eat Drink Man Woman ''
- 1998: Iran , '' Children Of Heaven ''
- 2000: Taiwan , '' Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon '' (winner; accepted by Ang Lee )
- 2001: India , '' Lagaan ''
- 2002: China , '' Hero ''
- 2003: Japan , '' The Twilight Samurai ''
- 1977: Gregory Jein (with Roy Arbogast, Douglas Trumbull, Matthew Yuricich, Richard Yuricich), '' Close Encounters Of The Third Kind ''
- 1992: Doug Chiang (with Ken Ralston, Douglas Smythe, Tom Woodruff Jr.), '' Death Becomes Her '' (winner)
- 1999: Jerome Chen (with John Dykstra, Henry F. Anderson III, Eric Allard), '' Stuart Little ''
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