The Oscars take place on Feb. 22, and there are a number of Mexicans in contention for major awards. Among them are director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, both nominated for "Birdman."

A win for either would continue Mexico's well-documented history at the big event.

The United States' neighbors to the south have managed a monstrous 62 nominations at the Academy Awards through the ceremony's history. The only country to come anywhere near that number is Argentina with 31 nominations. And Mexico has come away with a solid 14 victories.

In the acting categories, Latin Americans have been nominated 19 times; Mexicans have occupied nine of those nominations. In the best actor category, Anthony Quinn managed two nominations in 1957 and 1964 but never managed a victory. In 2011, Demian Bichir came away with a Best Actor nomination for his turn in "A Better Life."

Quinn had better luck in the supporting actor category as he won in 1952 for his turn in "Viva Zapata!" and in 1956 for "Lust for Life." He became the first Mexican to win an acting award at the Academy Awards and the first Mexican and Hispanic to notch an Oscar victory in the same category.

Women have struggled a bit more in the acting categories, but as the nominations in 2015 showed, this is more than just an issue for Latino actors. Salma Hayek is the only Mexican actress nominated for the Best Actress category and only one of three Latinas to get recognized for the award. But she did not win. The supporting actress race has seen three Mexicans get nominated, including Katy Jurado (1954), Adriana Barraza (2006) and Lupita Nyong'o (2013), the latter who is the only Mexican actress to win an acting award for her turn in "12 Years a Slave."

But once Mexicans get out of the acting categories, the panorama is a lot brighter. Mexicans have been nominated a total of 13 times in the Best Art Direction categories and have won four times in 1949, 1954, 2001 and 2006. Emile Kuri was the big winner in this category as the Mexican notched a grand total of eight nominations and two victories in 1949 for "The Heiress" and 1954 for "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea." Brigitte Broch won for her work on "Moulin Rouge!" in 2001, while Eugenio Caballero was Mexico's latest victory in the category for "Pan's Labryinth."

Lubezki has been the toast of the Cinematography category and has managed a tremendous seven nominations and one victory. He could pick up his second Oscar this year for "Birdman." Other Mexicans nominated in this category include Gabriel Figueroa, Rodrigo Prieto and Guillermo Navarro (who won for his only nomination in 2006 for "Pan's Labryinth").

Alfonso Cuaron was only the second Mexican director nominated for Best Director, but is the only Latino (of four nominated) to pick up the award in the category for his work on "Gravity." Inarritu is on his second nomination, but has yet to win.

Mexico has managed three nominations across the Feature and Short Documentary categories and won for Robert Amram's short "Sentinels of Silence" in 1971.

Alfonso Cuaron won Mexico's first editing Oscar in 2013 for "Gravity" and is one of two Mexican's nominated for the honor; he was also nominated alongside compatriot Alex Rodriguez for "Children of Men" in 2006.

Mexico has landed eight nominations in the foreign language film category, but has failed to pick up a win yet. Inarritu has been nominated twice in this category for "Amores Perros" and "Biutiful."

In the best Live Action Short, Amram made history as his "Sentinels of Silence" also picked up the Oscar, making it the only time a short film has won an Oscar in two categories. Antonio Urrutia's "De tripas, corazon" was also nominated in the category in 1996.

Only two Latinos have managed Best Makeup nominations, and both were Mexican. Beatrice De Alba won for her work in "Frida" in 2002, but Mike Elizalde came up short in 2006 for his work on "Hellboy II: The Golden Army."

Three films by Mexican directors have received Best Picture nods, including both Inarritu's "Babel" and "Birdman," along with Cuaron's "Gravity." While "Birdman" could still win, neither of the other two films have managed to pick up victories.

Mexican sound editors Fernando Camara and Jose Antonio Garcia each received nominations, as well. Camara landed a nod in 2006 for his work on "Apocalypto," and Garcia got a shot at an award for his work on "Argo" in 2012. Paul Lerpae is Mexico's only representative in the visual effects category for his work in the 2002 film "Unconquered."

In adapted screenplay, Cuaron is the lone Mexican to get a nomination; Cuaron is also one of five Mexicans to get a nod for his 2002 film "Y Tu Mama Tambien." His brother Carlos Cuaron was also nominated for that film. Rounding out the category are Guillermo Arriaga for his work on "Babel," Guillermo del Toro for "Pan's Labryinth," and Inarritu for "Birdman."

For those keeping count regarding the ever-famous three "amigos," Cuaron has a total of six nominations (two victories), Inarritu has a total of seven (though no victories), and Del Toro has just two nominations and no victories. Kuri remains the Mexican with most nominations, all for best art direction, even though all of his nominations were shared with others.

Finally, Mexican women have been nominated eight times at the Oscars and have managed three victories overall. The winners have been Lupita Nyong'o (Best Supporting Actress), Beatrice De Alba (Best Makeup) and Brigitte Broche (Best Art Direction).