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| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Achievement in Directing for: Milk (2008/I). |
| 1998 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Director for: Good Will Hunting (1997). |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | Award of the Argentinean Academy |
Best Foreign Film for: Milk (2008/I). USA. |
| Berlin International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Won | Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas |
for:
Finding Forrester (2000). |
| Nominated | Golden Berlin Bear |
for:
Finding Forrester (2000). |
|
| 1998 | Nominated | Golden Berlin Bear |
for:
Good Will Hunting (1997). |
| 1990 | Won | C.I.C.A.E. Award |
Forum of New Cinema for: Drugstore Cowboy (1989). |
| 1987 | Won | Teddy |
Best Short Film for: Five Ways to Kill Yourself (1987) and My New Friend (1987). |
| Bodil Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2010 | Nominated | Bodil |
Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film) for: Milk (2008/I). |
| 2008 | Nominated | Bodil |
Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film) for: Paranoid Park (2007). |
| 2005 | Nominated | Bodil |
Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film) for: Elephant (2003). |
| Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | BSFC Award |
Best Director for: Milk (2008/I) and Paranoid Park (2007). |
| 2nd place | BSFC Award |
Best Film Editing for: Paranoid Park (2007). |
|
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | Critics Choice Award |
Best Director for: Milk (2008/I). |
| Cannes Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Nominated | Un Certain Regard Award |
for:
Restless (2011/I). |
| 2007 | Won | 60th Anniversary Prize |
for:
Paranoid Park (2007). |
| Nominated | Palme d'Or |
for:
Paranoid Park (2007). |
|
| 2005 | Nominated | Palme d'Or |
for:
Last Days (2005). |
| 2003 | Won | Best Director |
for:
Elephant (2003). |
| Cinema Prize of the French National Education System |
for:
Elephant (2003). |
||
| Palme d'Or |
for:
Elephant (2003). |
||
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Nominated | CFCA Award |
Best Director for: Milk (2008/I). |
| Cinema Brazil Grand Prize | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2010 | Nominated | Cinema Brazil Grand Prize |
Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro) for: Milk (2008/I). USA. |
| César Awards, France | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2010 | Nominated | César |
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) for: Milk (2008/I). USA. |
| 2004 | Nominated | César |
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) for: Elephant (2003). USA. |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Nominated | DFWFCA Award |
Best Director for: Milk (2008/I). |
| David di Donatello Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | David |
Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero) for: Milk (2008/I). |
| Deauville Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | Critics Award |
for:
My Own Private Idaho (1991). |
| Directors Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for: Milk (2008/I). |
| 1998 | Nominated | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for: Good Will Hunting (1997). |
| Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2010 | Nominated | FCCA Award |
Best Foreign Film - English Language for: Milk (2008/I). |
| French Syndicate of Cinema Critics | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Won | Critics Award |
Best Foreign Film for: Elephant (2003). |
| Gotham Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | Tribute Award |
Shared with: Sheila Nevins Penélope Cruz Melvin Van Peebles |
| Independent Spirit Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Nominated | Independent Spirit Award |
Best Director for: Paranoid Park (2007). |
| 2004 | Nominated | Independent Spirit Award |
Best Director for: Elephant (2003). |
| 2003 | Nominated | Independent Spirit Award |
Best Director for: Gerry (2002). |
| 1992 | Won | Independent Spirit Award |
Best Screenplay for: My Own Private Idaho (1991). |
| Nominated | Independent Spirit Award |
Best Director for: My Own Private Idaho (1991). |
|
| 1990 | Won | Independent Spirit Award |
Best Screenplay for: Drugstore Cowboy (1989). Shared with: Daniel Yost |
| Nominated | Independent Spirit Award |
Best Director for: Drugstore Cowboy (1989). |
|
| Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | Silver Ribbon |
Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo) for: Milk (2008/I). |
| L.A. Outfest | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | Won | Outfest Achievement Award |
|
| Locarno International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | Nominated | Golden Leopard |
for:
Gerry (2002). |
| London Critics Circle Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | ALFS Award |
Director of the Year for: Milk (2008/I). |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1989 | Won | LAFCA Award |
Best Screenplay for: Drugstore Cowboy (1989). Shared with: Daniel Yost |
| 1987 | Won | Independent/Experimental Film and Video Award |
for:
Mala Noche (1986). |
| National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | 2nd place | NSFC Award |
Best Director for: Milk (2008/I). |
| 1990 | Won | NSFC Award |
Best Director for: Drugstore Cowboy (1989). |
Best Screenplay for: Drugstore Cowboy (1989). Shared with: Daniel Yost |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | 2nd place | NYFCC Award |
Best Director for: My Own Private Idaho (1991). |
| 1989 | Won | NYFCC Award |
Best Screenplay for: Drugstore Cowboy (1989). Shared with: Daniel Yost |
| Oberhausen International Short Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1998 | Won | FICC Prize - Honorable Mention |
for:
Ballad of the Skeletons (1997). |
| PEN Center USA West Literary Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1990 | Won | Literary Award |
Screenplay Adaptation for: Drugstore Cowboy (1989). Shared with: Daniel Yost |
| Palm Springs International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | Sonny Bono Visionary Award |
|
| Provincetown International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | Won | Filmmaker on the Edge Award |
|
| Razzie Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | Won | Razzie Award |
Worst Director for: Psycho (1998). |
| Robert Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2010 | Nominated | Robert |
Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film) for: Milk (2008/I). |
| San Francisco Film Critics Circle | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | SFFCC Award |
Best Director for: Milk (2008/I). |
| Satellite Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Nominated | Satellite Award |
Best Director for: Milk (2008/I). |
| 1998 | Nominated | Golden Satellite Award |
Best Director of a Motion Picture for: Good Will Hunting (1997). |
| Seattle International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Won | Golden Space Needle Award |
Best Short Film for: Ballad of the Skeletons (1997). |
| Torino International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1988 | Won | Festival's Plate |
for:
Mala Noche (1986). |
| Toronto International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | Won | Visions Award - Special Citation |
for:
Gerry (2002). |
| 1991 | Won | International Critics' Award |
for:
My Own Private Idaho (1991). |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | VFCC Award |
Best Director for: Milk (2008/I). |
| Venice Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Nominated | Golden Lion |
for:
My Own Private Idaho (1991). |
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