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AFI Fest
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Audience Award Best Feature Film
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

Nominated Grand Jury Prize for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

 
Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Won Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

Nominated Oscar Best Director
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).
Shared with:
Vincenzo Cerami

 
Amanda Awards, Norway
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Nominated Amanda Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm)
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

 
American Comedy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Won American Comedy Award Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

 
Athens International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Audience Award for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

 
Australian Film Institute
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Won Best Foreign Film Award for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).
Shared with:
Arnon Milchan (producer)

 
BAFTA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Film not in the English Language
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).
Shared with:
Elda Ferri
Gianluigi Braschi

Best Screenplay - Original
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).
Shared with:
Vincenzo Cerami

 
Blue Ribbon Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2000 Won Blue Ribbon Award Best Foreign Language Film
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

 
Cannes Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Grand Prize of the Jury for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

Nominated Palme d'Or for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

 
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Won CFCA Award Best Foreign Language Film
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

Nominated CFCA Award Best Actor
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

 
Chlotrudis Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Won Chlotrudis Award Best Director
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

Nominated Chlotrudis Award Best Actor
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

Best Screenplay
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).
Shared with:
Vincenzo Cerami

 
Czech Lions
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2000 Nominated Czech Lion Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film)
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

 
César Awards, France
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Won Honorary César
 
1999 Won César Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).
Italy.
 
David di Donatello Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Nominated David Best Actor (Migliore Attore Protagonista)
for: Pinocchio (2002).

 
1998 Won David Best Actor (Migliore Attore Protagonista)
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

Best Director (Migliore Regista)
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

Best Screenplay (Migliore Sceneggiatura)
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).
Shared with:
Vincenzo Cerami

Scholars Jury David for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

 
1989 Won David Best Actor (Migliore Attore Protagonista)
for: Il piccolo diavolo (1988).

 
Directors Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

 
European Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2000 Won Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema
 
1998 Won European Film Award Best Actor
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

 
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Won Critics Award Best Foreign Film
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).
Italy.
 
Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Critic's Choice Award Best Actor
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).
Tied with 'Dylan Baker' for Happiness (1998).
Best Director
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

Best Film
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).
Tied with Happiness (1998).
 
German Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Won Best Foreign Film for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).
Italy.
 
Golden Globes, Italy
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2006 Nominated Golden Globe Best Film (Miglior Film)
for: The Tiger and the Snow (2005).

Best Screenplay (Migliore Sceneggiatura)
for: The Tiger and the Snow (2005).
Shared with:
Vincenzo Cerami

 
1995 Won Golden Globe Best Actor (Migliore Attore)
for: The Monster (1994).

 
Guild of German Art House Cinemas
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Won Guild Film Award - Gold Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film)
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

 
Independent Spirit Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1987 Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Male Lead
for: Down by Law (1986).

 
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2006 Won Silver Ribbon Best Original Story (Migliore Soggetto)
for: The Tiger and the Snow (2005).
Shared with:
Vincenzo Cerami

Nominated Silver Ribbon Best Actor (Migliore Attore Protagonista)
for: The Tiger and the Snow (2005).

 
1998 Won Silver Ribbon Best Actor (Migliore Attore Protagonista)
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

Best Director (Regista del Miglior Film)
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

Best Original Story (Migliore Soggetto)
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).
Shared with:
Vincenzo Cerami

Best Screenplay (Migliore Sceneggiatura)
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).
Shared with:
Vincenzo Cerami

 
1992 Won Silver Ribbon Best Actor (Migliore Attore Protagonista)
for: Johnny Stecchino (1991).

 
1987 Won Silver Ribbon Best Actor (Migliore Attore Protagonista)
for: Down by Law (1986).

 
1983 Nominated Silver Ribbon Best New Director (Migliore Regista Esordiente)
for: You Disturb Me (1983).

 
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Sierra Award Best Actor
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

Best Director
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).
Tied with Steven Spielberg for Saving Private Ryan (1998).
 
Lumiere Awards, France
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Won Lumiere Award Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

 
Montréal World Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won People's Choice Award for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

 
Mystfest
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1993 Won Career Award
 
National Board of Review, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Special Achievement Award for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).
For special achievement in filmmaking
 
Palm Springs International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Won Audience Award for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

 
Razzie Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Razzie Award Worst Actor
for: Pinocchio (2002).
Shared with:
Breckin Meyer
Dubbed Godzilla-style by Breckin Meyer.
Nominated Razzie Award Worst Director
for: Pinocchio (2002).

Worst Screen Couple
for: Pinocchio (2002).
Shared with:
Nicoletta Braschi

Worst Screenplay
for: Pinocchio (2002).
Shared with:
Vincenzo Cerami

 
1994 Nominated Razzie Award Worst New Star
for: Son of the Pink Panther (1993).

 
Robert Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2000 Won Robert Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film)
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).
Tied with All About My Mother (1999).
 
Satellite Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).
Italy.
 
Screen Actors Guild Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Won Actor Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Cast
for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).
Shared with:
Nicoletta Braschi
Horst Buchholz
Sergio Bini Bustric
Giorgio Cantarini
Giustino Durano
Amerigo Fontani
Giuliana Lojodice
Marisa Paredes

 
Toronto International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won People's Choice Award for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

 
Vancouver International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Most Popular Film for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

 
Warsaw International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Audience Award for: Life Is Beautiful (1997).

 

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