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Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated Oscar Best Writing, Original Screenplay
for: Another Year (2010).

 
2009 Nominated Oscar Best Writing, Original Screenplay
for: Happy-Go-Lucky (2008).

 
2005 Nominated Oscar Best Achievement in Directing
for: Vera Drake (2004).

Best Writing, Original Screenplay
for: Vera Drake (2004).

 
2000 Nominated Oscar Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
for: Topsy-Turvy (1999).

 
1997 Nominated Oscar Best Director
for: Secrets & Lies (1996).

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
for: Secrets & Lies (1996).

 
Amanda Awards, Norway
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won Amanda Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm)
for: Another Year (2010).

 
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Nominated Silver Condor Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
for: Secrets & Lies (1996).
UK.
 
BAFTA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Outstanding British Film
for: Another Year (2010).
Shared with:
Georgina Lowe

 
2005 Won David Lean Award for Direction for: Vera Drake (2004).

Nominated Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film for: Vera Drake (2004).
Shared with:
Simon Channing Williams
Alain Sarde

BAFTA Film Award Best Screenplay - Original
for: Vera Drake (2004).

 
2000 Nominated Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film for: Topsy-Turvy (1999).
Shared with:
Simon Channing Williams

BAFTA Film Award Best Screenplay - Original
for: Topsy-Turvy (1999).

 
1997 Won Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film for: Secrets & Lies (1996).
Shared with:
Simon Channing Williams

BAFTA Film Award Best Screenplay - Original
for: Secrets & Lies (1996).

Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Film
for: Secrets & Lies (1996).
Shared with:
Simon Channing Williams

David Lean Award for Direction for: Secrets & Lies (1996).

 
1996 Won Michael Balcon Award
 
1994 Nominated Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film for: Naked (1993).
Shared with:
Simon Channing Williams

 
1993 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Short Film
for: A Sense of History (1992) (TV).
Shared with:
Simon Channing Williams

 
1988 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Short Film
for: The Short & Curlies (1988) (TV).

 
Bangkok International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005 Nominated Golden Kinnaree Award Best Film
for: Vera Drake (2004).

 
Berlin International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Nominated Golden Berlin Bear for: Happy-Go-Lucky (2008).

 
1984 Won Reader Jury of the "Zitty" for: Meantime (1984) (TV).
Tied with The Gold Diggers (1983).
 
Bodil Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2012 Nominated Bodil Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film)
for: Another Year (2010).

 
2006 Nominated Bodil Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film)
for: Vera Drake (2004).
UK.
 
1992 Won Bodil Best European Film (Bedste europæiske film)
for: Life Is Sweet (1990).

 
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 2nd place BSFC Award Best Screenplay
for: Happy-Go-Lucky (2008).

 
1996 Won BSFC Award Best Director
for: Secrets & Lies (1996).

 
British Independent Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Nominated British Independent Film Award Best Director
for: Another Year (2010).

 
2004 Won British Independent Film Award Best Director
for: Vera Drake (2004).

Nominated British Independent Film Award Best Screenplay
for: Vera Drake (2004).

 
2000 Nominated British Independent Film Award Best Director
for: Topsy-Turvy (1999).

 
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Screenplay, Original
for: Another Year (2010).

 
CableACE Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1994 Nominated CableACE International Theatrical Special or Series
for: A Sense of History (1992) (TV).
Shared with:
Jim Broadbent (writer)
Simon Channing Williams (producer)
(Bravo!).

 
Camerimage
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Won Special Award Best Duo: Director - Cinematographer
Shared with:
Dick Pope

 
Cannes Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention for: Another Year (2010).

Nominated Palme d'Or for: Another Year (2010).

 
2002 Nominated Palme d'Or for: All or Nothing (2002).

 
1996 Won Palme d'Or for: Secrets & Lies (1996).

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury for: Secrets & Lies (1996).

 
1993 Won Best Director for: Naked (1993).

Nominated Palme d'Or for: Naked (1993).

 
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2000 Nominated CFCA Award Best Screenplay
for: Topsy-Turvy (1999).

 
1997 Nominated CFCA Award Best Director
for: Secrets & Lies (1996).

 
Chicago International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Won Career Achievement Award
 
2002 Nominated Gold Hugo Best Feature
for: All or Nothing (2002).

 
1993 Nominated Gold Hugo Best Feature
for: Naked (1993).

 
1984 Nominated Gold Hugo Best Feature
for: Meantime (1984) (TV).

 
1973 Nominated Gold Hugo Best Feature
for: Bleak Moments (1971).

 
1972 Nominated Gold Hugo Best Feature
for: Bleak Moments (1971).

 
Chlotrudis Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2012 Nominated Chlotrudis Award Best Director
for: Another Year (2010).

Best Original Screenplay
for: Another Year (2010).

 
2009 Won Chlotrudis Award Best Director
for: Happy-Go-Lucky (2008).

Nominated Chlotrudis Award Best Original Screenplay
for: Happy-Go-Lucky (2008).

 
2005 Nominated Chlotrudis Award Best Original Screenplay
for: Vera Drake (2004).

 
1997 Nominated Chlotrudis Award Best Director
for: Secrets & Lies (1996).

 
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1993 Won Audience Award International Competition
for: A Sense of History (1992) (TV).

 
Cracow Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1993 Won FIPRESCI Prize for: A Sense of History (1992) (TV).
For the masterly and ironic depiction of the character realization in the narrative structure.
 
César Awards, France
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Nominated César Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
for: Secrets & Lies (1996).

 
David di Donatello Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated David Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea)
for: Another Year (2010).

 
2005 Nominated David Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea)
for: Vera Drake (2004).

 
Directors Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
for: Secrets & Lies (1996).

 
Directors Guild of Great Britain
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005 Nominated DGGB Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in British Film
for: Vera Drake (2004).

 
Empire Awards, UK
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1996 Won Lifetime Achievement Award
 
European Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Nominated Audience Award Best Director
for: All or Nothing (2002).

European Film Award Best Director
for: All or Nothing (2002).

 
Evening Standard British Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated Evening Standard British Film Award Best Film
for: Another Year (2010).

 
2005 Won Evening Standard British Film Award Best Film
for: Vera Drake (2004).

 
2001 Won Evening Standard British Film Award Best Film
for: Topsy-Turvy (1999).

 
1990 Won Peter Sellers Award for Comedy for: High Hopes (1988).

 
Fotogramas de Plata
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Won Fotogramas de Plata Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
for: Secrets & Lies (1996).
Tied with Breaking the Waves (1996).
 
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Won Critics Award Best Foreign Film
for: Secrets & Lies (1996).
UK.
 
Gotham Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Tribute Award Shared with:
Dan Talbot
Don Cheadle
Michael Moore

 
Goya Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Won Goya Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)
for: Secrets & Lies (1996).
UK/France.
 
Guild of German Art House Cinemas
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Won Guild Film Award - Silver Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film)
for: Secrets & Lies (1996).

 
Humanitas Prize
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Won Humanitas Prize Feature Film Category
for: Secrets & Lies (1996).

 
Independent Spirit Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2000 Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Foreign Film
for: Topsy-Turvy (1999).
UK.
 
1997 Won Independent Spirit Award Best Foreign Film
for: Secrets & Lies (1996).
UK.
 
1994 Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Foreign Film
for: Naked (1993).
UK.
 
1992 Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Foreign Film
for: Life Is Sweet (1990).
UK.
 
1990 Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Foreign Film
for: High Hopes (1988).
UK.
 
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated Silver Ribbon Best European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Europeo)
for: Another Year (2010).

 
1997 Won Silver Ribbon Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
for: Secrets & Lies (1996).

 
Kinema Junpo Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Kinema Junpo Award Best Foreign Language Film
for: Secrets & Lies (1996).

Readers' Choice Award Best Foreign Language Film
for: Secrets & Lies (1996).

 
Locarno International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1972 Won Golden Leopard for: Bleak Moments (1971).

 
London Critics Circle Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated ALFS Award British Director of the Year
for: Another Year (2010).

 
2009 Nominated ALFS Award British Director of the Year
for: Happy-Go-Lucky (2008).

British Film of the Year
for: Happy-Go-Lucky (2008).

 
2005 Won ALFS Award British Director of the Year
for: Vera Drake (2004).

British Screenwriter of the Year
for: Vera Drake (2004).

 
2003 Nominated ALFS Award British Director of the Year
for: All or Nothing (2002).

British Screenwriter of the Year
for: All or Nothing (2002).

 
2001 Nominated ALFS Award British Director of the Year
for: Topsy-Turvy (1999).

British Screenwriter of the Year
for: Topsy-Turvy (1999).

 
2000 Won Dilys Powell Award
 
1997 Won ALFS Award British Director of the Year
for: Secrets & Lies (1996).

 
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Won LAFCA Award Best Screenplay
for: Happy-Go-Lucky (2008).

 
1996 Won LAFCA Award Best Director
for: Secrets & Lies (1996).

 
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Won NSFC Award Best Director
for: Happy-Go-Lucky (2008).

Best Screenplay
for: Happy-Go-Lucky (2008).

 
2000 Won NSFC Award Best Director
for: Topsy-Turvy (1999).

 
1997 2nd place NSFC Award Best Director
for: Secrets & Lies (1996).

 
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Won NYFCC Award Best Director
for: Happy-Go-Lucky (2008).

2nd place NYFCC Award Best Screenplay
for: Happy-Go-Lucky (2008).

 
1999 Won NYFCC Award Best Director
for: Topsy-Turvy (1999).

 
Norwegian International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Won Most Enjoyable Film (Theatre Owners) for: Happy-Go-Lucky (2008).

 
Pula Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Won Golden Arena International Competition: Best Director
for: Happy-Go-Lucky (2008).

 
Robert Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2012 Nominated Robert Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film)
for: Another Year (2010).

 
2006 Nominated Robert Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film)
for: Vera Drake (2004).

 
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won SDFCS Award Best Screenplay, Original
for: Vera Drake (2004).

 
San Francisco International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Won Film Society Award for Lifetime Achievement in Directing
 
Sarajevo Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2000 Won Panorama Jury Prize for: Topsy-Turvy (1999).
Tied with Yi Yi (2000).
 
Satellite Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Screenplay, Original
for: All or Nothing (2002).

 
1997 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Director of a Motion Picture
for: Secrets & Lies (1996).

 
Sudbury Cinéfest
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1993 Won Best International Film for: Naked (1993).

 
Taormina International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Taormina Arte Award
 
1991 Won Golden Charybdis for: Life Is Sweet (1990).

 
Tokyo International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Nominated Tokyo Grand Prix for: Career Girls (1997).

 
Toronto International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1993 Won Metro Media Award for: Naked (1993).

 
Valladolid International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Won Silver Spike for: Career Girls (1997).
Tied with Things I Left in Havana (1997).
Youth Jury Award - Special Mention Competition
for: Career Girls (1997).

Nominated Golden Spike for: Career Girls (1997).

 
Venice Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Golden Lion for: Vera Drake (2004).

 
1999 Nominated Golden Lion for: Topsy-Turvy (1999).

 
1988 Won FIPRESCI Prize Competition
for: High Hopes (1988).

 
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Nominated WAFCA Award Best Original Screenplay
for: Another Year (2010).

 
Writers Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Nominated WGA Award (Screen) Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
for: Secrets & Lies (1996).

 

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