O Oscar á mellor curtametraxe animada (Academy Award for Animated Short Film) é un premio entregado pola Academia das Artes e das Ciencias Cinematográficas como parte dos premios Oscar. Entrégase dende a 5ª edición dos Óscar. A Academia define curtametraxe como un filme de "non máis de corenta minutos, incluíndo todos os créditos".Rule Nineteen: Short Films Awards. Consultado o 27 de marzo de 2010.
A categoría foi coñecida como "Short Subjects, Cartoons" (“Curtametraxes, animación”) dende 1932 a 1970 e como "Short Subjects, Animated Films" (“Curtametraxes, filmes animados”) dende 1971 a 1973, recibindo dende 1974 o nome actual. Na categoría destaca Walt Disney, xa que recibiu nela doce dos seus vinte e dous Oscar, incluíndo un premio póstumo en 1968. Ademais, Disney recibiu once dos doce primeiros premios. As series Silly Symphonies, de Disney, e Tom and Jerry, de Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, foron as máis premiadas, cada unha con sete premios.
Ata 1952 só eran candidatas curtametraxes estadounidenses. Durante as primeiras cinco décadas o premio entregábase ao produtor, mais na actualidade entrégase á "persoa individual máis directamente responsable do concepto e da execución creativa do filme. No caso de que máis dun individuo estea involucrado direcamente e de xeito importante nas decisións creativas, pode entregarse unha segunda estatua".(2007). Rule 19, Section III, Paragraph 7 80th Academy Award Rules for Distinguished Achievements . Consultado o 29 de marzo de 2008.
1930 1931-1932 (5ª) Flowers and Trees - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - Walt Disney Mickey's Orphans - Walt Disney Productions, Columbia Pictures - Walt Disney It's Got Me Again! - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - Leon Schlesinger 1932-1933 (6ª) 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 (7ª) - The Tortoise and the Hare - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - Walt Disney Holiday Land - Screen Gems, Columbia - Charles Mintz Jolly Little Elves - Universal - Walter Lantz 1935 (8ª) Three Orphan Kittens - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - Walt Disney The Calico Dragon - Harman-Ising, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Hugh Harman e Rudolf Ising Who Killed Cock Robin? - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - Walt Disney 1936 (9ª) The Country Cousin - Walt Disney Productions, United Artists - Walt Disney The Old Mill Pond - Harman-Ising, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Hugh Harman e Rudolf Ising Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor - Fleischer Studios, Paramount - Max Fleischer 1937 (10ª) 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 (11ª) 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 (12ª) The Ugly Duckling - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney Detouring America - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - Leon Schlesinger Peace on Earª - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby e Hugh Harman The Pointer - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney
1940 1940 (13ª) The Milky Way - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby e Rudolph Ising Puss Gets the Boot - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Rudolph Ising A Wild Hare - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - Leon Schlesinger 1941 (14ª) 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 The Night Before Christmas - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby Rhapsody in Rivets - Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros. - Leon Schlesinger The Rookie Bear - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby e 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 (15ª) 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 (16ª) The Yankee Doodle Mouse - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby The Dizzy Acrobat - Walter Lantz Productions, Universal - Walter Lantz The 500 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 (17ª) Mouse Trouble - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby And to Think That 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 (18ª) 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 (19ª) 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 (20ª) 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 (21ª) 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 e Raymond Katz Tea for Two Hundred- Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney 1949 (22ª) For Scent-imental Reasons - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer Canary Row - Warner Bros. - (candidatura revogada) Hatch Up Your Troubles - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby The Magic Fluke - UPA, Columbia - Stephen Bosustow Toy Tinkers - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney
1950 1950 (23ª) 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 (24ª) 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 (25ª) 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 (26ª) 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 (27ª) 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 (28ª) Speedy Gonzales - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer Good Will to Men - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Fred Quimby, William Hanna e Joseph Barbera The Legend of Rockabye Point - Walter Lantz Productions, Universal-International - Walter Lantz No Hunting - Walt Disney Productions, RKO Radio - Walt Disney 1956 (29ª) 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 (30ª) Birds Anonymous - Warner Bros. - Edward Selzer One Droopy Knight - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - William Hanna e 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 (31ª) 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 (32ª) Moonbird - Storyboard-Harrison - John Hubley e Faith Elliott Hubley Mexicali Shmoes - Warner Bros. - John W. Burton Noah's Ark - Walt Disney Productions, Buena Vista Distribution - Walt Disney The Violinist - Pintoff Prods., Kingsley International - Ernest Pintoff
1960 1960 (33ª) Munro - Rembrandt Films, Film Representations - Jules Feiffer e 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 - George K. Arthur-Go Pictures (Czechoslovakian) - Frantisek Vystrecil 1961 (34ª) Surogat - Zagreb Film, Herts-Lion International Corp. - Dušan Vukotić 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 (35ª) The Hole - Storyboard Inc., Brandon Films - John Hubley e Faith Hubley Icarus Montgolfier Wright - Format Films, United Artists - Jules Engel Now Hear This - Warner Bros. - David H. DePatie Self Defense ... for Cowards - Rembrandt Films, Film Representations - William L. Snyder A Symposium on Popular Songs - Walt Disney Productions, Buena Vista Distribution - Walt Disney 1963 (36ª) The Critic - Pintoff-Crossbow Prods., Columbia - Ernest Pintoff Automania 2000 - Pathé Contemporary Films - John Halas Igra - Rembrandt Films, Film Representations - Dušan Vukotic My Financial Career - National Film Board of Canada, Walter Reade-Sterling-Continental Distributing - Gerald Potterton Pianissimo - Cinema 16 - Carmen D'Avino 1964 (37ª) The Pink Phink - Mirisch Films, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, United Artists - David H. DePatie e Friz Freleng Christmas Cracker - National Film Board of Canada, Favorite Films of California - Norman McLaren, Jeff Hale, Gerald Potterton e Grant Munro How to Avoid Friendship - Rembrandt Films, Film Representations - William L. Snyder Nudnik No. 2 - Rembrandt Films, Film Representations - William L. Snyder