List of Diane Warren
Oscar nominations, wins
Updated: June 2025
List of Oscar nominations and wins for Diane Warren. Diane Warren has been nominated for 16 Academy Awards and received an Honorary Oscar (For her genius, generosity and passionate commitment to the power of song in film). Year indicates year of film’s release for awards consideration, not year of ceremony. Sources: Oscars.org, Internet Movie Database
2024: The Six Triple Eight (The Journey) (best original song) — lost to Emilia Pérez (Clément Ducol, Camille Jacques Audiard) (El Mal). Other nominees: Emilia Pérez (Clément Ducol, Camille) (Mi Camino), Elton John: Never Too Late (Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt, Bernie Taupin) (Never Too Late), Sing Sing (Abraham Alexander, Adrian Quesada) (Like a Bird)
2023: Flamin’ Hot (The Fire Inside) (best original song) — lost to Barbie (Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell) (What Was I Made For?). Other nominees: Barbie (Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt) (I’m Just Ken), American Symphony (Jon Batiste, Dan Wilson) (It Never Went Away), Killers of the Flower Moon (Scott George) (Wahzhazhe ((A Song for My People)))
2022: Tell It Like a Woman (Applause) (best original song) — lost to RRR (M.M. Keeravani, Chandrabose) (Naatu Naatu). Other nominees: Top Gun: Maverick (Lady Gaga, BloodPop) (Hold My Hand), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson) (Lift Me Up), Everything Everywhere All at Once (Ryan Lott, David Byrne, Mitski) (This Is a Life)
2021: Four Good Days (Somehow You Do) (best original song) — lost to No Time to Die (Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell) (No Time to Die). Other nominees: Belfast (Van Morrison) (Down to Joy), Encanto (Lin-Manuel Miranda) (Dos Oruguitas), King Richard (Beyoncé, Dixson) (Be Alive)
2020: The Life Ahead (Io Si ((Seen))) (best original song), shared with Laura Pausini — lost to Judas and the Black Messiah (H.E.R., Dernst Emile II, Tiara Thomas) (Fight for You). Other nominees: One Night in Miami... (Leslie Odom Jr., Sam Ashworth) (Speak Now), The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Celeste Waite, Daniel Pemberton) (Hear My Voice), Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (Savan Kotecha, Max Grahn, Rickard Göransson) (Husavik)
2019: Breakthrough (I’m Standing With You) (best original song) — lost to Rocketman (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) (I’m Gonna Love Me Again). Other nominees: Toy Story 4 (Randy Newman) (I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away), Frozen II (Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez) (Into the Unknown), Harriet (Cynthia Erivo, Joshuah Brian Campbell) (Stand Up)
2018: RBG (I’ll Fight) (best original song) — lost to A Star Is Born (Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt) (Shallow). Other nominees: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (David Rawlings, Gillian Welch) (When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings), Black Panther (Sounwave, Kendrick Lamar, Anthony Tiffith, SZA) (All the Stars), Mary Poppins Returns (Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman) (The Place Where Lost Things Go)
2017: Marshall (Stand Up for Something) (best original song), shared with Common — lost to Coco (Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez) (Remember Me). Other nominees: Call Me by Your Name (Sufjan Stevens) (Mystery of Love), The Greatest Showman (Benj Pasek,
Justin Paul) (This is Me), Mudbound (Raphael Saadiq, Mary J. Blige, Taura Stinson) (Mighty River)
2015: The Hunting Ground (Til It Happens to You) (best original song), shared with Lady Gaga — lost to Spectre (Sam Smith, Jimmy Napes) (Writing’s On The Wall). Other nominees: Fifty Shades of Grey (Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, DaHeala, Stephan Moccio) (Earned It), Racing Extinction (J. Ralph, Anohni) (Manta Ray), Youth (David Lang) (Simple Song #3)
2014: Beyond the Lights (Grateful) (best original song) — lost to Selma (Lonnie Lynn, John Stephens) (Glory). Other nominees: Begin Again (Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois) (Lost Stars), The Lego Movie (Shawn Patterson) (Everything is Awesome), Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me (Glen Campbell, Julian Raymond) (I’m Not Gonna Miss You)
2001: Pearl Harbor (There You’ll Be) (best original song) — lost to Monsters, Inc. (Randy Newman) (If I Didn’t Have You). Other nominees: Vanilla Sky (Paul McCartney) (Vanilla Sky), Kate & Leopold (Sting) (Until), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Enya, Nicky Ryan, Roma Ryan) (May It Be)
1999: Music of the Heart (Music Of My Heart) (best original song) — lost to Tarzan (Phil Collins) (You’ll Be In My Heart). Other nominees: Magnolia (Aimee Mann) (Save Me), Toy Story 2 (Randy Newman) (When She Loved Me), South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (Trey Parker, Marc Shaiman) (Blame Canada)
1998: Armageddon (I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing) (best original song) — lost to The Prince of Egypt (Stephen Schwartz) (When You Believe). Other nominees: Quest for Camelot (Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Tony Renis, Alberto Testa) (The Prayer), Babe: Pig in the City (Randy Newman) (That’ll Do), The Horse Whisperer (Allison Moorer, Gwil Owen) (A Soft Place To Fall) Armageddon (Diane Warren)
1997: Con Air (How Do I Live) (best original song) — lost to Titanic (James Horner, Will Jennings, performed by Céline Dion) (My Heart Will Go On). Other nominees: Good Will Hunting (Elliott Smith) (Miss Misery), Hercules (Alan Menken, David Zippel) (Go The Distance), Anastasia (Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens) (Journey To The Past)
1996: Up Close & Personal (Because You Loved Me) (best original song) — lost to Evita (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice) (You Must Love Me). Other nominees: The Mirror Has Two Faces (Barbra Streisand, Marvin Hamlisch, Mutt Lange, Bryan Adams) (I’ve Finally Found Someone), One Fine Day (James Newton Howard, Jud Friedman, Allan Rich) (For the First Time), That Thing You Do! (Adam Schlesinger) (That Thing You Do!)
1987: Mannequin (Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now) (best original song), with Albert Hammond — lost to Dirty Dancing (Franke Previte, John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz) (((I’ve Had)) The Time of My Life). Other nominees: Beverly Hills Cop II (Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey, Bob Seger) (Shakedown), Cry Freedom (George Fenton, Jonas Gwangwa) (Cry Freedom), The Princess Bride (Willy DeVille) (Storybook Love)
‘I was little and seeing “Born Free” with my Mom and Dad. ... And that beautiful song by John Barry and Don Black ... it wrecked me. It also showed me the power of a beautiful song in a movie.’
In 2023, Diane Warren received an Honorary Oscar at the 13th Governors Awards, Nov. 19, 2022. Her speech:
“Hey Cher doesn’t go east of the 405 for anybody. This is a big f-----’ thing. Um, oh my God. Stay here with me. I have stage fright. OK thank you. Um, OK, um, thank you so much. Thank you. OK, um, Mom, I finally found a man ... um, like, like I know you wanted him to be a nice Jewish boy, but it’s really hard to tell. I’m just not sure. But whatever. He’s still a guy. I’m takin’ him home, and we’re gonna have a very good life together. Um, I’ve been waiting a long f-----’ time for him. Um, thank you so much. OK- I’ve been- I’ve waited 40- not 40, s---. I’ve waited 34 years to say this. I’d like to thank the Academy. I ... I can’t- ... Thank you everybody that- oh my God. Thank- Oh s---. This is amazing. So- and I finally get to say a speech. ’Cause I’ve had a lot of speeches that got crumpled up in my pocket. And um, so I get to say one now. Um, so sometimes, I want to say this- so sometimes people say, ‘How does it feel to lose 13 times.’ Wait- I say, what do you mean? I’ve won 13 times. I have. Because, out of the hundreds of songs in movies every year, hundreds of movies, hundreds of songs, 13 times, my songs were picked to be one of only five — five songs chosen. OK. And chosen not by just anybody by- but the- by the greatest people in music in the- in the movie business. On the planet. That’ a pretty big f------ win. Right? That being said, it feels good to win, actually having one of these things. OK, um, so I love writing songs. And I love writing songs for movies. I remember one of the first times feeling the power of the song in a movie. It was when I was little and seeing ‘Born Free’ with my Mom and Dad. Did anybody see that movie when they were little. Do you remember when Elsa comes back, um, to- to show her baby lions to the couple who saved her. And that beautiful song by John Barry and Don Black, ‘Born Free,’ is playing. Um, it wrecked me. It also showed me the power of- of a, of a beautiful song in a movie. I remember watching the Oscars every year with my Mom and Dad. And they’re up there - they’re up there watching now. I was gonna try not to cry. But, um ... Sorry you guys, this is emotional for me. Um, and ugly crying on the big screen is not pretty. Sorry. But my Dad- my Dad is saying to my Mom, ‘See I told you so. The kid has talent. And now look, Flora — she’s getting an Oscar.’ See Mom, see Dad. My Mom is saying, because she always used to say when I’d play her a song, ‘That’s really a beautiful song, Diane. Now go to Ralph’s and see if they’ll give you some groceries for it.’ She’s- She did, she really did. She’s now saying, ‘I’m very happy you can get groceries with- with your songs now. And that you’ve got a man. Even if he’s- well, even if- even if he’s kinda short. Um, but I know she was proud. She was just trying to protect me, because really, when you think about it, what were the chances, a kid from Van Nuys, who knew no one in the music or movie business, would ever succeed. My Mom used to say, ‘Just tell them you’re Jewish.’ (Laughs) I mean, she really did. Um, maybe that would’ve- well that was- Yeah, she did say that. Anyways, um ... I just love that I get to do this. That I get to write songs. That I get to write a song for a movie that can make someone cry, give someone hope, make someone feel something. Make a memorable moment, something they might remember their whole life. This is what I was born to do. This is what I just love to do. Um, I can’t believe I’m standing here right now and that this is really happening. Thank you everyone who has helped me along my journey. Some of you are here tonight. Thank you so much to all of you. You guys know who you are. Um, I wouldn’t be here without you. And I’d like to say one more thing. One more time. The words I thought I would never get to say, but always dreamed I would. I’d like to thank the Academy.” (Crowd rises in applause.)