En İyi Kısa Film Akademi Ödülü

En İyi Kısa Film Akademi Ödülü ismi ilk kez 1974'te kullanılmıştır. Daha önceki üç yılda bu ödül "Kısa Konulu Film" olarak anılmaktaydı. 1957-1970 arasında "Kısa Konu Filmi" kullanılmıştır. 1936'dan 1956'ya dek "En İyi Kısa Konu Filmi - Tek Makara" ve "En İyi Kısa Konu Filmi - Çift Makara" olmak üzere iki ayrı ödül bulunmaktaydı. Üçüncü bir kategori olan "En İyi Kısa Konu Filmi - Renkli" ise sadece 1939 ve 1937'de kullanıldı. Kısa film ödüllerinin dağtılmaya başlandığı 1932'den 1935'e dek ise ödüller "En İyi Kısa Konu Filmi - Komedi" ve "En İyi Kısa Konu Filmi - Orijinallik" şeklindeydi. Aşağıdaki listede ilki kazanan diğerleri adaylar olmak üzere filmler yıla/kategoriye göre sıralanmaktadır.

1930'lar

• 1932
  • (Komedi) Hal Roach - The Music Box
    • The Loud Mouth
    • Scratch-As-Catch-Can
    • Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
  • (Orijinallik) Mack Sennett - Wrestling Swordfish
    • Screen Souvenirs
    • Swing High
• 1933
  • (Komedi) Lou Brock - So This Is Harris!
    • Mister Mugg
    • A Preferred List
  • (Orijinallik) Joe Rock - Krakatoa
    • Menu
    • Morze
• 1934
  • (Komedi) Kenneth Macgowan - La Cucaracha
    • Men in Black
    • What, No Men!
  • (Orijinallik) Horace Woodard, Stacy Woodard - City of Wax
    • Bosom Friends
    • Strikes and Spares
• 1935
  • (Komedi) Jack Chertok - How to Sleep
    • Oh, My Nerves
    • Tit for Tat
  • (Orijinallik) Gaumont British and Skibo Productions - Wings Over Everest
    • Audioscopiks
    • Camera Thrills
• 1936
  • (Renkli) Warner Bros. - Give Me Liberty
    • La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
    • Popular Science
  • (Tek Makara) Hal Roach - Bored of Education
    • Moscow Moods
    • Wanted - A Master
  • (Çift Makara) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - The Public Pays
    • Double or Nothing
    • Dummy Ache
• 1937
  • (Renkli) Pete Smith - Penny Wisdom
    • The Man Without a Country
    • Popular Science
  • (Tek Makara) Skibo Productions - The Private Life of the Gannets
    • A Night at the Movies
    • Romance of Radium
  • (Çift Makara) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Torture Money
    • Deep South
    • Should Wives Work?
• 1938
  • (Tek Makara) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - That Mothers Might Live
    • The Great Heart
    • Timber Toppers
  • (Çift Makara) Warner Bros. - Declaration of Independence
    • Swingtime in the Movies
    • They're Always Caught
• 1939
  • (Tek Makara) Paramount - Busy Little Bears
    • Information Please
    • Prophet Without Honor
    • Sword Fishing
  • (Çift Makara) Warner Bros. - Sons of Liberty
    • Drunk Driving
    • Five Times Five

1940'lar

• 1940
  • (Tek Makara) Pete Smith - Quicker'n a Wink
  • (Çift Makara) Warner Bros. - Teddy, the Rough Rider
• 1941
  • (Tek Makara) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Of Pups and Puzzles
  • (Çift Makara) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Main Street on the March!
• 1942
  • (Tek Makara) Paramount - Speaking of Animals and Their Families
  • (Çift Makara) Warner Bros. - Beyond the Line of Duty
• 1943
  • (Tek Makara) Grantland Rice - Amphibious Fighters
  • (Çift Makara) Jerry Bresler, Sam Coslow - Heavenly Music
• 1944
  • (Tek Makara) Jerry Fairbanks - Who's Who in Animal Land
  • (Çift Makara) Gordon Hollingshead - I Won't Play
• 1945
  • (Tek Makara) Herbert Moulton, Jerry Bresler - Stairway to Light
  • (Çift Makara) Gordon Hollingshead - Star in the Night
• 1946
  • (Tek Makara) Gordon Hollingshead - Facing Your Danger
  • (Çift Makara) Gordon Hollingshead - A Boy and His Dog
• 1947
  • (Tek Makara) Herbert Moulton - Good-Bye Miss Turlock
  • (Çift Makara) Irving Allen - Climbing the Matterhorn
• 1948
  • (Tek Makara) Edmund H. Reek - Symphony of a City
  • (Çift Makara) Walt Disney - Seal Island
• 1949
  • (Tek Makara) Jack Eaton - Aquatic House Party
  • (Çift Makara) Gaston Diehl, Robert Haessens - Van Gogh

1950'ler

• 1950
  • (Tek Makara) Gordon Hollingshead - Grandad of Races
  • (Çift Makara) Walt Disney - In Beaver Valley
• 1951
  • (Tek Makara) Robert Youngson - World of Kids
  • (Çift Makara) Walt Disney - Nature's Half Acre
• 1952
  • (Tek Makara) Boris Vermont - Light in the Window: The Art of Vermeer
  • (Çift Makara) Walt Disney - Water Birds
• 1953
  • (Tek Makara) Johnny Green - The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture
  • (Çift Makara) Walt Disney - Bear Country
• 1954
  • (Tek Makara) Robert Youngson - This Mechanical Age
  • (Çift Makara) Denis Sanders, Terry Sanders - A Time Out of War
• 1955
  • (Tek Makara) Edmund Reek - Survival City
  • (Çift Makara) Wilbur T. Blume - The Face of Lincoln
• 1956
  • (Tek Makara) Konstantin Kalser - Crashing the Water Barrier
  • (Çift Makara) Romulus Films - The Bespoke Overcoat
• 1957 Larry Lansburgh - The Wetback Hound
• 1958 Walt Disney - Grand Canyon
• 1959 Jacques-Yves Cousteau - The Golden Fish

1960'lar

• 1960 Ezra R. Baker - Day of the Painter
• 1961 Lester A. Schoenfeld Films - Seawards the Great Ships
• 1962 Pierre Étaix, Jean-Claude Carrière - Heureux Anniversaire (Happy Anniversary)
• 1963 Paul De Roubaix, Marcel Ichac - An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
• 1964 Edward Schreiber - Casals Conducts: 1964
• 1965 Claude Berri - The Chicken (Le Poulet)
• 1966 Edgar Anstey - Wild Wings
• 1967 Christopher Chapman - A Place to Stand - An Expo 67 movie at the Ontario Pavilion.
• 1968 Charles Guggenheim - Robert Kennedy Remembered
• 1969 Joan Keller Stern - The Magic Machines

1970'ler

• 1970 John Longenecker - The Resurrection of Broncho Billy
• 1971 Manuel Arango, Robert Amram -Sentinels of Silence
• 1972 Richard Barclay - Norman Rockwell's World... An American Dream
• 1973 Allan Miller, William Fertik - The Bolero
• 1974 Paul Claudon, Edmond Sechan - One-Eyed Men Are Kings
• 1975 Bert Salzman - Angel and Big Joe
• 1976 Andre Guttfreund, Peter Werner - In the Region of Ice
• 1977 Beverly Shaffer, Yuki Yoshida - I'll Find a Way - National Film Board of Canada
• 1978 Taylor Hackford - Teenage Father
• 1979 Sarah Pillsbury, Ron Ellis - Board and Care

1980'ler

• 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

1990'lar

• 1990 Adam Davidson (actor) - The Lunch Date
• 1991 Seth Winston, Rob Fried - Session Man
• 1992 Sam Karmann - Omnibus
• 1993 Pepe Danquart - Black Rider (Schwarzfahrer)
• 1994 (beraberlik)
  • Peter Capaldi, Ruth Kenley-Letts - Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
  • Peggy Rajski, Randy Stone - Trevor
• 1995 Christine Lahti, Jana Sue Memel - Lieberman in Love
• 1996 David Frankel, Barry Jossen - Dear Diary
• 1997 Chris Tashima, Chris Donahue - Visas and Virtue
• 1998 Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas Jensen - Election Night (Valgaften)
• 1999 Barbara Schock, Tamara Tiehel - My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York

2000'ler

• 2000 Florian Gallenberger - Quiero ser (I want to be ...)
• 2001 Ray McKinnon, Lisa Blount - The Accountant
• 2002 Martin Strange-Hansen - This Charming Man (Der er en yndig mand)
• 2003 Aaron Schneider, Andrew J. Sacks - Two Soldiers
• 2004 Andrea Arnold - Wasp
• 2005 Martin McDonagh - Six Shooter
• 2006 Ari Sandel - West Bank Story
• 2007 Philippe Pollet-Villard - Le Mozart des Pickpockets
• 2008 Jochen Alexander Freydank - Spielzeugland (Toyland)
• 2009 Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson - The New Tenants

2010'ler

• 2010 Luke Matheny - God of Love
• 2011 Terry George ve Oorlagh George - The Shore
• 2012 Shawn Christensen - Curfew
• 2013 Anders Walter ve Kim Magnusson – Helium
• 2014 Mat Kirkby ve James Lucas - The Phone Call
• 2015 Benjamin Cleary ve Serena Armitage - Stutterer