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AFI Fest
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Audience Award Best Feature Film
for: In America (2002).

 
Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Oscar Best Writing, Original Screenplay
for: In America (2002).
Shared with:
Naomi Sheridan
Kirsten Sheridan

 
1994 Nominated Oscar Best Director
for: In the Name of the Father (1993).

Best Picture
for: In the Name of the Father (1993).

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
for: In the Name of the Father (1993).
Shared with:
Terry George

 
1990 Nominated Oscar Best Director
for: My Left Foot (1989).

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
for: My Left Foot (1989).
Shared with:
Shane Connaughton

 
Angers European First Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1990 Won Audience Award Feature Film
for: My Left Foot (1989).

 
Australian Film Institute
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1994 Nominated AFI Award Best Foreign Film
for: In the Name of the Father (1993).

 
BAFTA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1994 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Screenplay - Adapted
for: In the Name of the Father (1993).
Shared with:
Terry George

 
1990 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Film
for: My Left Foot (1989).
Shared with:
Noel Pearson

Best Screenplay - Adapted
for: My Left Foot (1989).
Shared with:
Shane Connaughton

 
BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Britannia Award Artistic Excellence

 
Bangkok International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Golden Kinnaree Award Best Director
for: In America (2002).

Nominated Golden Kinnaree Award Best Film
for: In America (2002).

 
Berlin International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost" for: The Boxer (1997).

Nominated Golden Berlin Bear for: The Boxer (1997).

 
1994 Won Golden Berlin Bear for: In the Name of the Father (1993).

 
Boston Irish Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Excellence Award
 
British Independent Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Nominated British Independent Film Award Best Director
for: In America (2002).

 
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Critics Choice Award Best Writer
for: In America (2002).
Shared with:
Kirsten Sheridan
Naomi Sheridan

Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Director
for: In America (2002).

 
David di Donatello Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1994 Won David Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
for: In the Name of the Father (1993).

 
European Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1994 Nominated European Film Award Best Film
for: In the Name of the Father (1993).

 
1989 Nominated European Film Award Best Director
for: My Left Foot (1989).

Best Young Film
for: My Left Foot (1989).

 
Evening Standard British Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1995 Won Evening Standard British Film Award Best Film
for: In the Name of the Father (1993).

 
Ghent International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Grand Prix for: In America (2002).

 
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Golden Globe Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
for: In America (2002).
Shared with:
Naomi Sheridan
Kirsten Sheridan

 
1998 Nominated Golden Globe Best Director - Motion Picture
for: The Boxer (1997).

 
Goya Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Won Goya Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)
for: The Boxer (1997).
Ireland/USA.
 
Guild of German Art House Cinemas
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1991 Won Guild Film Award - Silver Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film)
for: My Left Foot (1989).

 
High Falls Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Audience Award Best Feature
for: In America (2002).

 
Humanitas Prize
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Nominated Humanitas Prize Sundance Film Category
for: In America (2002).
Shared with:
Naomi Sheridan
Kirsten Sheridan

 
1994 Nominated Humanitas Prize Feature Film Category
for: In the Name of the Father (1993).
Shared with:
Terry George

 
Independent Spirit Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Director
for: In America (2002).

Best Feature
for: In America (2002).
Shared with:
Arthur Lappin

 
1990 Won Independent Spirit Award Best Foreign Film
for: My Left Foot (1989).
Ireland/UK.
 
Irish Film and Television Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won IFTA Award Best Director for Film
for: Brothers (2009/I).

 
Montréal World Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1989 Won Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention for: My Left Foot (1989).
Shared with:
Daniel Day-Lewis (actor)

 
National Board of Review, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won NBR Award Best Screenplay - Original
for: In America (2002).
Shared with:
Naomi Sheridan
Kirsten Sheridan

 
Online Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated OFCS Award Best Screenplay, Original
for: In America (2002).
Shared with:
Kirsten Sheridan
Naomi Sheridan

 
PGA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Stanley Kramer Award for: In America (2002).
Shared with:
Arthur Lappin

 
Palm Springs International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Distinguished Achievement Award For directing and producing.
 
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won PFCS Award Best Screenplay, Original
for: In America (2002).
Shared with:
Naomi Sheridan
Kirsten Sheridan

Nominated PFCS Award Best Director
for: In America (2002).

 
Satellite Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Golden Satellite Award Best Director
for: In America (2002).

 
Writers Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated WGA Award (Screen) Best Original Screenplay
for: In America (2002).
Shared with:
Naomi Sheridan
Kirsten Sheridan

 
1994 Nominated WGA Award (Screen) Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
for: In the Name of the Father (1993).
Shared with:
Terry George

 
1990 Nominated WGA Award (Screen) Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
for: My Left Foot (1989).
Shared with:
Shane Connaughton

 

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