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| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen 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) |
| Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1998 | Nominated | Silver Condor |
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) for: Secrets & Lies (1996) UK. |
| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Film for: Secrets & Lies (1996) Shared with: Simon Channing Williams |
|
| David Lean Award for Direction |
for: Secrets & Lies (1996) |
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| 1996 | - | 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 (1987) (TV) |
| Bangkok International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2005 | Nominated | Golden Kinnaree Award |
Best Film for: Vera Drake (2004) |
| Berlin International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/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 | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 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 (1991) |
| Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1996 | Won | BSFC Award |
Best Director for: Secrets & Lies (1996) |
| British Independent Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 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) |
| Camerimage | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | Won | Special Award |
Best Duo: Director - Cinematographer Shared with: Dick Pope |
| Cannes Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | Nominated | Golden Palm |
for: All or Nothing (2002/I) |
| 1996 | Won | Golden Palm |
for: Secrets & Lies (1996) |
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury |
for: Secrets & Lies (1996) |
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| 1993 | Won | Best Director |
for: Naked (1993) |
| Nominated | Golden Palm |
for: Naked (1993) |
|
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Nominated | CFCA Award |
Best Screenplay for: Topsy-Turvy (1999) |
| Chlotrudis Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2005 | Nominated | Chlotrudis Award |
Best Screenplay - Original for: Vera Drake (2004) |
| 1997 | Nominated | Chlotrudis Award |
Best Director for: Secrets & Lies (1996) |
| Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1993 | Won | Audience Award |
International Competition for: A Sense of History (1992) (TV) |
| Cracow Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/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 | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Nominated | César |
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) for: Secrets & Lies (1996) |
| David di Donatello Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2005 | Nominated | David |
Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea) for: Vera Drake (2004) |
| Directors Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Nominated | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for: Secrets & Lies (1996) |
| Directors Guild of Great Britain | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2005 | Nominated | DGGB Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in British Film for: Vera Drake (2004) |
| Empire Awards, UK | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1996 | - | Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| European Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | Nominated | Audience Award |
Best Director for: All or Nothing (2002/I) |
| European Film Award |
Best Director for: All or Nothing (2002/I) |
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| Evening Standard British Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 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 | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/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 | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Won | Critics Award |
Best Foreign Film for: Secrets & Lies (1996) UK. |
| Gotham Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | - | Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| Goya Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Won | Goya |
Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea) for: Secrets & Lies (1996) UK/France. |
| Guild of German Art House Cinemas | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Won | Guild Film Award - Silver |
Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film) for: Secrets & Lies (1996) |
| Humanitas Prize | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Won | Humanitas Prize |
Feature Film Category for: Secrets & Lies (1996) |
| Independent Spirit Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/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 (1991) UK. |
| 1990 | Nominated | Independent Spirit Award |
Best Foreign Film for: High Hopes (1988) UK. |
| Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Won | Silver Ribbon |
Best Director - Foreign Film (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero) for: Secrets & Lies (1996) |
| Kinema Junpo Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/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) |
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| Locarno International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1972 | Won | Golden Leopard |
for: Bleak Moments (1971) |
| London Critics Circle Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 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/I) |
British Screenwriter of the Year for: All or Nothing (2002/I) |
| 2001 | Nominated | ALFS Award |
British Director of the Year for: Topsy-Turvy (1999) |
British Screenwriter of the Year for: Topsy-Turvy (1999) |
| 2000 | - | Dilys Powell Award | |
| 1997 | Won | ALFS Award |
British Director of the Year for: Secrets & Lies (1996) |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/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 | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/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) |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | NYFCC Award |
Best Director for: Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) |
| 1999 | Won | NYFCC Award |
Best Director for: Topsy-Turvy (1999) |
| Norwegian International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | Most Enjoyable Film (Theatre Owners) |
for: Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) |
| Pula Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | Golden Arena |
International Competition: Best Director for: Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) |
| Robert Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2006 | Nominated | Robert |
Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film) for: Vera Drake (2004) |
| San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Won | SDFCS Award |
Best Screenplay, Original for: Vera Drake (2004) |
| San Francisco International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | - | Film Society Award for Lifetime Achievement in Directing | |
| Sarajevo Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | Panorama Jury Prize |
for: Topsy-Turvy (1999) Tied with Yi yi (2000). |
| Satellite Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Nominated | Golden Satellite Award |
Best Screenplay, Original for: All or Nothing (2002/I) |
| 1997 | Nominated | Golden Satellite Award |
Best Director of a Motion Picture for: Secrets & Lies (1996) |
| Sudbury Cinéfest | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1993 | Won | Best International Film |
for: Naked (1993) |
| Taormina International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | - | Taormina Arte Award | |
| Toronto International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1993 | Won | Metro Media Award |
for: Naked (1993) |
| Valladolid International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Won | Silver Spike |
for: Career Girls (1997) Tied with Cosas que dejé en La Habana (1997). |
| Youth Jury Award - Special Mention |
Competition for: Career Girls (1997) |
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| Nominated | Golden Spike |
for: Career Girls (1997) |
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| Venice Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/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) |
| Writers Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Nominated | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for: Secrets & Lies (1996) |
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