Premiul Oscar pentru cel mai bun scurtmetraj de animație este unul dintre premiile acordate de Academia de Arte și Științe, decernat anual începând cu cea de-a cincea ceremonie a Premiului Oscar din anul 1931.
Categoria a fost cunoscută între anii 1932 și 1970 ca „Subiecte scurte, desene”, iar între anii 1971 și 1973 „Subiecte scurte, filme animate”, anul 1974 consemnând titlul actual. În lista de mai jos, desenele animate scrise cu îngroșat au câștigat titlul în anul respectiv, iar celelalte au fost nominalizate. Walt Disney este cel mai de succes animator din categorie, 12 din cele 22 de premii Oscar fiind primite pentru scurt-metraje, incluzând un premiu post-mortem în 1968. Mai mult, desenele sale au câștigat consecutiv primele 10 ediții.
Seria Silly Symphonies, creată de Walt Disney și seria Tom și Jerry, creată de Hanna și Barbera, sunt seriile cu cele mai multe premii, 6.
Timp de cincizeci de ani premiile erau ridicare de producătorii desenelor. În prezent regulile Oscarului spun că „persoana care s-a implicat direct în concept și în animație va primi trofeul. În cazul în care mai multe persoane s-au implicat direct iar munca lor a influențat desenul animat, li se vor acorda și o a doua statuie.(2007). Rule 19, Section III, Paragraph 7 80th Academy Award Rules for Distinguished Achievements . Retrieved 29 martie 2008. Oscarul definește scurtca fiind „nu mai lung de 40 de minute”, cu tot cu generic."Rule Nineteen: Short Films Awards. Retrieved 27 martie 2010.
Anii 1930 Ca Short Subjects (Cartoons)
1932 (5) Flowers and Trees - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - Walt Disney Mickey's Orphans - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - Walt Disney It's Got Me Again! - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - Leon Schlesinger 1933 (6) Three Little Pigs - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - Walt Disney Building a Building - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - Walt Disney The Merry Old Soul - Universal - Walter Lantz 1934 (7) - The Tortoise and the Hare - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - Walt Disney Holiday La - Screen Gems, Columbia - Charles Mintz Jolly Little Elves - Universal - Walter Lantz 1935 (8) Three Orphan Kittens - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - Walt Disney The Calico Dragon - Harman-Ising, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Hugh Harman & Rudolf Ising Who Killed Cock Robin? - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - Walt Disney 1936 (9) The Country Cousin - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - Walt Disney Old Mill Po - Harman-Ising, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Hugh Harman & Rudolf Ising Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor - Fleischer Studios, Paramount - Max Fleischer 1937 (10) The Old Mill - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney Educated Fish - Fleischer Studios, Paramount- Max Fleischer The Little Match Girl - Screen Gems, Columbia - Charles Mintz 1938 (11) Ferdinand the Bull - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney Brave Little Tailor - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney Mother Goose Goes Hollywood - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney Good Scouts - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney Hunky and Spunky - Fleischer Studios, Paramount - Max Fleischer 1939 (12) The Ugly Duckling - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney Detouring America - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - Leon Schlesinger Peace on Earth - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby & Hugh Harman The Pointer - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney
Anii 1940 1940 (13) The Milky Way - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby & Rudolph Ising Motanul e pus pe liber - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Rudolph Ising A Wild Hare - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - Leon Schlesinger 1941 (14) Lend a Paw - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B - Walter Lantz Productions, Universal - Walter Lantz Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - Leon Schlesinger How War Came – Screen Gems, Columbia - George Winkler Noaptea de Ajun - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby Rhapsody in Rivets - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - Leon Schlesinger The Rookie Bear - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby & Rudolph Ising Rhythm in the Ranks - Paramount - George Pal Superman – Fleischer Studios, Paramount - Max Fleischer Truant Officer Donald - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney 1942 (15) Der Fuehrer's Face - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney All Out for 'V' - Terrytoons, 20th Century Fox - Paul Terry Blitz Wolf - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby Juke Box Jamboree - Walter Lantz Productions, Universal - Walter Lantz Pigs in a Polka - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - Leon Schlesinger Tulips Shall Grow - Paramount - George Pal 1943 (16) The Yankee Doodle Mouse - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby The Dizzy Acrobat - Walter Lantz Productions, Universal - Walter Lantz Five Hundred Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins - Paramount - George Pal Greetings Bait - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - Leon Schlesinger Imagination – Screen Gems, Columbia - Dave Fleischer Reason and Emotion - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney 1944 (17) Mouse Trouble - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street - Paramount - George Pal Dog, Cat and Canary – Screen Gems, Columbia - Raymond Katz Fish Fry - Walter Lantz Productions, Universal - Walter Lantz How to Play Football - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney My Boy, Johnny – Terrytoons, 20th Century Fox - Paul Terry Swooner Crooner - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer 1945 (18) Quiet Please! - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby Donald's Crime - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney Jasper and the Beanstalk - Paramount - George Pal Life with Feathers - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer Mighty Mouse in Gypsy Life – Terrytoons, 20th Century Fox - Paul Terry The Poet and Peasant - Walter Lantz Productions, Universal - Walter Lantz Rippling Romance - Screen Gems, Columbia - Raymond Katz 1946 (19) The Cat Concerto - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby Musical Moments from Chopin - Walter Lantz Productions, Universal - Walter Lantz John Henry and the Inky-Poo - Paramount - George Pal Squatter's Rights - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney Walky Talky Hawky - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer 1947 (20) Tweetie Pie - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer Chip an' Dale - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Fred Quimby Pluto's Blue Note - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney Tubby the Tuba - Paramount - George Pal 1948 (21) The Little Orphan - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby Mickey and the Seal - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney Mouse Wreckers - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer Robin Hoodlum - UPA, Columbia - John Hubley & Raymond Katz Tea for Two Hundred- Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney 1949 (22) For Scent-imental Reasons - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer Hatch Up Your Troubles - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby Magic Fluke - UPA, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow Toy Tinkers - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney
Anii 1950 1950 (23) Gerald McBoing-Boing - United Productions of America, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow Jerry's Cousin - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby Trouble Indemnity - United Productions of America, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow 1951 (24) The Two Mouseketeers - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby Lambert the Sheepish Lion - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney Rooty Toot Toot - United Productions of America, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow 1952 (25) Johann Mouse - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby Little Johnny Jet - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby Madeline - United Productions of America, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow Pink and Blue Blues - United Productions of America, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow The Romance of Transportation in Canada - National Film Board of Canada - Colin Low 1953 (26) Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom - Walt Disney Productions, Buena Vista Distribution - Walt Disney Christopher Crumpet - United Productions of America, Columbia- Stephen Bosustow From A to Z-Z-Z-Z - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer Rugged Bear - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney The Tell-Tale Heart - United Productions of America, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow 1954 (27) When Magoo Flew - United Productions of America, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow Crazy Mixed Up Pup - Walter Lantz Productions, Universal-International - Walter Lantz Pigs Is Pigs - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney Sandy Claws - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer Touché, Pussy Cat! - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby 1955 (28) Speedy Gonzales - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer Good Will to Men - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby, William Hanna și Joseph Barbera The Legend of Rockabye Point - Walter Lantz Productions, Universal-International - Walter Lantz No Hunting - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney 1956 (29) Magoo's Puddle Jumper - United Productions of America, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow Gerald McBoing-Boing on Planet Moo - United Productions of America, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow The Jaywalker - United Productions of America, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow 1957 (30) Birds Anonymous - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer One Droopy Knight - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - William Hanna și Joseph Barbera Tabasco Road - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer Trees and Jamaica Daddy - United Productions of America, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow The Truth About Mother Goose - Walt Disney Productions,, Buena Vista Distribution - Walt Disney 1958 (31) Knighty Knight Bugs - Warner Bros. - John W. Burton Paul Bunyan - Walt Disney Productions,., Buena Vista Distribution - Walt Disney Sidney's Family Tree – Terrytoons, 20th Century Fox - William M. Weiss 1959 (32) Moonbi - Storyboard-Harrison - John Hubley și Faith Elliott Hubley Mexicali Shmoes - Warner Bros. - John W. Burton Noah's Ark - Walt Disney Productions, Buena Vista Distribution - Walt Disney The Violini - Pintoff Prods., Kingsley International - Ernest Pintoff
Anii 1960 1960 (33) Munro - Rembrandt Films, Film Representations - William L. Snyder Goliath II - Walt Disney Productions, Buena Vista Distribution - Walt Disney High Note - Warner Bros. - Chuck Jones Mouse and Garden - Warner Bros. - Friz Freleng A Place in the Sun (short) - George K. Arthur-Go Pictures (Czechoslovakian) - Frantisek Vystrecil 1961 (34) Ersatz (The Substitute) - Zagreb Film, Herts-Lion International Corp. Aquamania - Walt Disney Productions, Buena Vista Distribution - Walt Disney Beep Prepared - Warner Bros. - Chuck Jones Nelly's Folly - Warner Bros. - Chuck Jones The Pied Piper of Guadalupe - Warner Bros. - Friz Freleng 1962 (35) The Hole - Storyboard Inc., Brandon Films - John Hubley și Faith Hubley Icarus Montgolfier Wright - Format Films, United Artists - Jules Engel Now Hear This - Warner Bros. Self Defense ... for Cowards - Rembrandt Films, Film Representations - William L. Snyder Symposium on Popular Songs - Walt Disney Productions, Buena Vista Distribution - Walt Disney 1963 (36) The Critic - Pintoff-Crossbow Prods., Columbia - Ernest Pintoff Automania 2000 - Pathé Contemporary Films - John Halas The Game (Igra) - Rembrandt Films, Film Representations - Dušan Vukotić My Financial Career - National Film Board of Canada, Walter Reade-Sterling-Continental Distributing - Gerald Potterton Pianissimo - Cinema 16 - Carmen D'Avino 1964 (37) The Pink Phink - Mirisch Films, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, United Artists - David H. DePatie și Friz Freleng Christmas Cracker - National Film Board of Canada, Favorite Films of California - Norman McLaren, Jeff Hale, Gerald Potterton și Grant Munro How to Avoid Friendship - Rembrandt Films, Film Representations - William L. Snyder