Massachusetts Academy Awards
| Artist | Nomination | Movie |
| Ben Affleck (Born in CA, Raised in Cambridge) | Best Writing, Screenplay Directly for the Screen (Winner) | Good Will Hunting (1998) |
| Casey Affleck (Born in Falmouth) | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2008) |
| Jane Alexander (Born in Boston) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Testament (1984) |
| Jane Alexander (Born in Boston) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Nomination) | The Great White Hope (1971) |
| Jane Alexander (Born in Boston) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | All the Presidents Men (1977) |
| Jane Alexander (Born in Boston) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Kramer vs. Kramer (1980) |
| Charles Bickford (Born in Cambridge) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | The Song of Bernadette (1944) |
| Charles Bickford (Born in Cambridge) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | The Farmers Daughter (1948) |
| Charles Bickford (Born in Cambridge) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Johnny Belinda (1949) |
| Walter Brennan (Born in Swampscott) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Winner) | The Westerner (1941) |
| Walter Brennan (Born in Swampscott) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Sergeant York (1942) |
| Walter Brennan (Born in Swampscott) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Winner) | Come and Get It (1937) |
| Walter Brennan (Born in Swampscott) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Winner) | Kentucky (1939) |
| Clarence Brown (Born in Clinton) | Best Director (Nomination) | A Free Soul (1931) |
| Clarence Brown (Born in Clinton) | Best Director (Nomination) | Romance (1930) |
| Clarence Brown (Born in Clinton) | Best Director (Nomination) | The Yearling (1947) |
| Clarence Brown (Born in Clinton) | Best Director (Nomination) | The Human Comedy (1944) |
| Clarence Brown (Born in Clinton) | Best Director (Nomination) | Anna Christie (1930) |
| Clarence Brown (Born in Clinton) | Best Director (Nomination) | National Velvet (1946) |
| Ralph Burns (Born in Newton) | Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score (Nomination) | Annie (1983) |
| Ralph Burns (Born in Newton) | Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score (Winner) | All That Jazz (1980) |
| Ralph Burns (Born in Newton) | Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation (Winner) | Cabaret (1973) |
| Matt Damon (Born in Cambridge) | Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Good Will Hunting (1998) |
| Matt Damon (Born in Cambridge) | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Invictus (2010) |
| Matt Damon (Born in Cambridge) | Best Writing, Screenplay Directly for the Screen (Winner) | Good Will Hunting (1998) |
| Bette Davis (Born in Lowell) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Nomination) | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1963) |
| Geena Davis (Born in Wareham) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Thelma & Louise (1992) |
| Geena Davis (Born in Wareham) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Winner) | The Accidental Tourist (1989) |
| Bette Davis (Born in Lowell) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Nomination) | All About Eve (1951) |
| Bette Davis (Born in Lowell) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Nomination) | The Star (1953) |
| Bette Davis (Born in Lowell) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Nomination) | The Letter (1941) |
| Bette Davis (Born in Lowell) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Winner) | Dangerous (1936) |
| Bette Davis (Born in Lowell) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Now, Voyager (1943) |
| Bette Davis (Born in Lowell) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Mr. Skeffington (1945) |
| Bette Davis (Born in Lowell) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Dark Victory (1940) |
| Bette Davis (Born in Lowell) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Of Human Bondage (*write-in nomination) (1935) |
| Bette Davis (Born in Lowell) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Nomination) | The Little Foxes (1942) |
| Bette Davis (Born in Lowell) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Winner) | Jezebel (1939) |
| Ralph Dawson (Born in Westborough) | Best Film Editing (Nomination) | The High and the Mighty (1955) |
| Ralph Dawson (Born in Westborough) | Best Film Editing (Winner) | Anthony Adverse (1937) |
| Ralph Dawson (Born in Westborough) | Best Film Editing (Winner) | A Midsummer Nights Dream (1936) |
| Ralph Dawson (Born in Westborough) | Best Film Editing (Winner) | The Adventures of Robin Hood (1939) |
| Olympia Dukakis (Born in Lowell) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Winner) | Moonstruck (1988) |
| Boyd Estus (Massachusetts Producer Cinematographer) | Best Documentary, Features (Nomination) | Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott (1982) |
| Ed French (Born in Boston) | Best Makeup (Nomination) | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1992) |
| Ruth Gordon (Born in Quincy) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Inside Daisy Clover (1966) |
| Ruth Gordon (Born in Quincy) | Best Writing, Story & Screenplay (Nomination) | Pat and Mike (1953) |
| Ruth Gordon (Born in Quincy) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Winner) | Rosemarys Baby (1969) |
| Ruth Gordon (Born in Quincy) | Best Writing, Story Screenplay (Nomination) | Adams Rib (1951) |
| Ruth Gordon (Born in Quincy) | Best Writing, Original Screenplay (Nomination) | A Double Life (1948) |
| Alexander Grasshoff (Born in Boston) | Best Documentary, Features (Nomination) | Young Americans (1969) |
| Alexander Grasshoff (Born in Boston) | Best Documentary, Features (Nomination) | The Really Big Family (1967) |
| Alexander Grasshoff (Born in Boston) | Best Documentary, Features (Nomination) | Journey to the Outer Limits (1974) |
| Al Ham (Born in Malden) | Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment (Nomination) | Stop the World: I Want to Get Off (1967) |
| Charles Henderson (Born in Boston) | Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture (Nomination) | State Fair (1946) |
| Josephine Hull (Born in Newtonville) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Winner) | Harvey (1951) |
| Nancy Kelly (Born in Lowell) | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Nomination) | The Bad Seed (1957) |
| John Arthur Kennedy (Born in Worcester) | Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Bright Victory (1952) |
| John Arthur Kennedy (Born in Worcester) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Some Came Running (1959) |
| John Arthur Kennedy (Born in Worcester) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Peyton Place (1958) |
| John Arthur Kennedy (Born in Worcester) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Trial (1956) |
| John Arthur Kennedy (Born in Worcester) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Champion (1950) |
| Jack Lemmon (Born in Newton) | Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Some Like It Hot (1960) |
| Jack Lemmon (Born in Newton) | Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nomination) | The Apartment (1961) |
| Jack Lemmon (Born in Newton) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Winner) | Mister Roberts (1956) |
| Jack Lemmon (Born in Newton) | Best Actor in a Leading Role (Winner) | Save the Tiger (1974) |
| Jack Lemmon (Born in Newton) | Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nomination) | The China Syndrome (1980) |
| Jack Lemmon (Born in Newton) | Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Days of Wine and Roses (1963) |
| Jack Lemmon (Born in Newton) | Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Tribute (1981) |
| Jack Lemmon (Born in Newton) | Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nomination) | Missing (1983) |
| George Marion-Jr. (Born in Boston) | Best Writing, Title Writing (Winner) | Unknown (1929) |
| Laurence Mascott (Born in Andover) | Best Documentary, Features (Nomination) | The Battle of the Bulge.. The Brave Rifles (1966) |
| Jimmy McHugh (Born in Boston) | Best Music, Original Song (Nomination) | Roberta (1936) |
| Jimmy McHugh (Born in Boston) | Best Music, Original Song (Nomination) | Hers to Hold (1944) |
| Jimmy McHugh (Born in Boston) | Best Music, Original Song (Nomination) | Youll Find Out (1941) |
| Jimmy McHugh (Born in Boston) | Best Music, Original Song (Nomination) | Higher and Higher (1945) |
| Jimmy McHugh (Born in Boston) | Best Music, Original Song (Nomination) | That Certain Age (1939) |
| Agnes Moorehead (Born in Clinton) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Johnny Belinda (1949) |
| Agnes Moorehead (Born in Clinton) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | The Magnificent Ambersons (1943) |
| Agnes Moorehead (Born in Clinton) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Mrs. Parkington (1945) |
| Agnes Moorehead (Born in Clinton) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1965) |
| Edward Norton (Born in Boston) | Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nomination) | American History X (1999) |
| Edward Norton (Born in Boston) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Primal Fear (1997) |
| Edna May Oliver (Born in Malden) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Drums Along the Mohawk (1940) |
| Estelle Parsons (Born in Marblehead) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Rachel, Rachel (1969) |
| Estelle Parsons (Born in Marblehead) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Winner) | Bonnie and Clyde (1968) |
| Robert Preston (Born in Newton Highlands) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Victor Victoria (1983) |
| Joe Raposo (Born in Fall River) | Best Music, Original Song (Nomination) | The Great Muppet Caper (1982) |
| Robert Richardson (Born in Hyannis) | Best Cinematography (Nomination) | Snow Falling on Cedars (2000) |
| Robert Richardson (Born in Hyannis) | Best Cinematography (Nomination) | Platoon (1987) |
| Robert Richardson (Born in Hyannis) | Best Cinematography (Nomination) | Born on the Fourth of July (1990) |
| Robert Richardson (Born in Hyannis) | Best Achievement in Cinematography (Nomination) | Inglourious Basterds (2010) |
| Robert Richardson (Born in Hyannis) | Best Achievement in Cinematography (Winner) | The Aviator (2005) |
| Robert Richardson (Born in Hyannis) | Best Cinematography (Winner) | JFK (1992) |
| Richard Robbins (Born in South Weymouth) | Best Music, Original Score (Nomination) | The Remains of the Day (1994) |
| Richard Robbins (Born in South Weymouth) | Best Music, Original Score (Nomination) | Howards End (1993) |
| Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) | Best Costume Design (Nomination) | The Other Side of Midnight (1978) |
| Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) | Best Costume Design (Nomination) | Hello, Dolly! (1970) |
| Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) | Best Costume Design, Color (Nomination) | A Star is Born (1955) |
| Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) | Best Costume Design, Color (Nomination) | Brigadoon (1955) |
| Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Nomination) | A Star is Born (1955) |
| Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) | Best Costume Design (Nomination) | The Taming of the Shrew (1968) |
| Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) | Best Costume Design, Black & White (Winner) | Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1967) |
| Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) | Best Costume Design, Color (Nomination) | Porgy and Bess (1960) |
| Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) | Best Costume Design, Color (Winner) | An American in Paris (1952) |
| Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) | Best Costume Design, Color (Nomination) | Can-Can (1961) |
| Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) | Best Costume Design, Color (Winner) | West Side Story (1962) |
| Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) | Best Costume Design, Color (Nomination) | Flower Drum Song (1962) |
| Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) | Best Costume Design, Color (Winner) | The King and I (1957) |
| Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) | Best Costume Design, Color (Winner) | Cleopatra (1964) |
| Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) | Best Costume Design, Color (Nomination) | Guys and Dolls (1956) |
| Irene Sharaff (Born in Boston) | Best Costume Design, Color (Nomination) | Call Me Madam (1954) |
| Andrew Stanton (Born in Boston) | Best Original Screenplay (Nomination) | Toy Story (1996) |
| Andrew Stanton (Born in Boston) | Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Nomination) | WALL-E (2008) (2009) |
| Andrew Stanton (Born in Boston) | Best Animated Feature Film of the Year (Winner) | WALL-E (2008) (2009) |
| Andrew Stanton (Born in Boston) | Best Original Screenplay (Nomination) | Finding Nemo (2004) |
| Andrew Stanton (Born in Boston) | Best Animated Feature (Winner) | Finding Nemo (2004) |
| Lewis Stone (Born in Worcester) | Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nomination) | The Patriot (1930) |
| Dean Tavoularis (Born in Lowell) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Winner) | The Godfather: Part II (1975) |
| Dean Tavoularis (Born in Lowell) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Nomination) | The Godfather: Part III (1991) |
| Dean Tavoularis (Born in Lowell) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Nomination) | Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1989) |
| Dean Tavoularis (Born in Lowell) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Nomination) | Apocalypse Now (1980) |
| Dean Tavoularis (Born in Lowell) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Nomination) | The Brinks Job (1979) |
| Julie Taymor (Born in Newton) | Best Original Song (Nomination) | Frida (2003) |
| Uma Thurman (Born in Boston) | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | Pulp Fiction (1995) |
| Mark Walhberg (Born in Dorchester) | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Nomination) | The Departed (2007) |
| Sam Waterson (Born in Cambridge) | Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nomination) | The Killing Fields (1985) |
| William A. Wellman (Born in Brookline) | Best Writing, Original Story (Winner) | A Star is Born (1938) |
| William A. Wellman (Born in Brookline) | Best Director (Nomination) | The High and the Mighty (1955) |
| William A. Wellman (Born in Brookline) | Best Director (Nomination) | Battleground (1950) |
| William A. Wellman (Born in Brookline) | Best Director (Nomination) | A Star is Born (1938) |
| Norman Wexler (Born in New Bedford) | Best Writing, Story & Screenplay* Based on Factual Material or Material Not Prev (Nomination) | Joe (1971) |
| Norman Wexler (Born in New Bedford) | Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Nomination) | Serpico (1974) |
| Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) | Best Art Direction (Nomination) | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1939) |
| Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) | Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color (Nomination) | Leave Her to Heaven (1946) |
| Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) | Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White (Nomination) | Laura (1945) |
| Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) | Best Art Direction, Black & White (Nomination) | Rebecca (1941) |
| Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Nomination) | The Cardinal (1964) |
| Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) | Best Art Direction (Winner) | Gone with the Wind (1940) |
| Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) | Best Art Direction (Nomination) | The Prisoner of Zenda (1938) |
| Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) | Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White (Winner) | Anna and the King of Siam (1947) |
| Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Winner) | The Robe (1954) |
| Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Nomination) | A Certain Smile (1958) |
| Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Nomination) | Titanic (1953) (1954) |
| Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Nomination) | Desiree (1955) |
| Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Nomination) | Daddy Long Legs (1956) |
| Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Nomination) | Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (1956) |
| Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Winner) | The King and I (1957) |
| Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Nomination) | Teenage Rebel (1957) |
| Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Nomination) | Journey to the Center of the Earth (1960) |
| Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Nomination) | The Presidents Lady (1954) |
| Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Nomination) | My Cousin Rachel (1953) |
| Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Nomination) | The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1953) |
| Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Nomination) | The Foxes of Harrow (1948) |
| Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Nomination) | Come to the Stable (1950) |
| Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Nomination) | All About Eve (1951) |
| Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Nomination) | David and Bathsheba (1952) |
| Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Nomination) | Fourteen Hours (1952) |
| Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Nomination) | The House on Telegraph Hill (1952) |
| Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Nomination) | On the Rivera (1952) |
| Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Nomination) | Viva Zapata! (1953) |
| Lyle R. Wheeler (Born in Woburn) | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Winner) | The Diary of Anne Frank (1960) |
| Michael Williams (Born in Andover) | Best Documentary, Features (Winner) | The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2004) |
| Frederick Zollo (Born in Boston) | Best Picture (Nomination) | Mississippi Burning (1989) |
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