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| AFI Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Won | AFI Film Award |
AFI Movie of the Year for: Inception (2010). Shared with: Emma Thomas |
| 2008 | Won | AFI Film Award |
AFI Movie of the Year for: The Dark Knight (2008). Shared with: Charles Roven Emma Thomas |
| 2002 | Won | AFI Film Award |
AFI Screenwriter of the Year for: Memento (2000). |
| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Motion Picture of the Year for: Inception (2010). Shared with: Emma Thomas |
Best Writing, Original Screenplay for: Inception (2010). |
| 2002 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for: Memento (2000). Shared with: Jonathan Nolan (story) |
| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Won | Saturn Award |
Best Director for: Inception (2010). |
Best Writing for: Inception (2010). |
| 2009 | Won | Saturn Award |
Best Writing for: The Dark Knight (2008). Shared with: Jonathan Nolan |
| Nominated | Saturn Award |
Best Director for: The Dark Knight (2008). |
|
| 2006 | Won | Saturn Award |
Best Writing for: Batman Begins (2005). Shared with: David S. Goyer |
| Nominated | Saturn Award |
Best Director for: Batman Begins (2005). |
|
| Amanda Awards, Norway | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Nominated | Amanda |
Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm) for: Inception (2010). |
| American Cinema Editors, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Won | Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award |
|
| American Screenwriters Association, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | Nominated | Discover Screenwriting Award |
for:
Memento (2000). |
| American Society of Cinematographers, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | Board of the Governors Award |
|
| Austin Film Critics Association | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | Austin Film Critics Award |
Best Director for: The Dark Knight (2008). |
Best Screenplay, Adapted for: The Dark Knight (2008). Shared with: Jonathan Nolan |
| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Director for: Inception (2010). |
Best Film for: Inception (2010). Shared with: Emma Thomas |
Best Screenplay (Original) for: Inception (2010). |
| BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2010 | Won | Britannia Award |
Artistic Excellence in Directing |
| Blue Ribbon Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | Blue Ribbon Award |
Best Foreign Film for: The Dark Knight (2008). |
| Bodil Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Nominated | Bodil |
Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film) for: Inception (2010). |
| 2009 | Nominated | Bodil |
Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film) for: The Dark Knight (2008). |
| Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Won | BSFC Award |
Best Screenplay for: Memento (2000). |
| Bram Stoker Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | Won | Bram Stoker Award |
Screenplay for: Memento (2000). Shared with: Jonathan Nolan |
| British Independent Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Won | British Independent Film Award |
Best Foreign Independent Film - English Language for: Memento (2000). |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Won | Critics Choice Award |
Best Action Movie for: Inception (2010). |
| Nominated | Critics Choice Award |
Best Director for: Inception (2010). |
Best Screenplay, Original for: Inception (2010). |
| 2009 | Won | Critics Choice Award |
Best Action Movie for: The Dark Knight (2008). |
| Nominated | Critics Choice Award |
Best Director for: The Dark Knight (2008). |
|
| 2002 | Won | Critics Choice Award |
Best Screenplay for: Memento (2000). |
| Central Ohio Film Critics Association | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Won | COFCA Award |
Best Director for: Inception (2010). |
Best Screenplay, Original for: Inception (2010). |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2010 | Won | CFCA Award |
Best Screenplay, Original for: Inception (2010). |
| Nominated | CFCA Award |
Best Director for: Inception (2010). |
|
| 2008 | Nominated | CFCA Award |
Best Director for: The Dark Knight (2008). |
Best Screenplay, Adapted for: The Dark Knight (2008). Shared with: Jonathan Nolan |
| 2002 | Won | CFCA Award |
Best Screenplay for: Memento (2000). |
| Nominated | CFCA Award |
Most Promising Director |
|
| Chicago International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | Career Achievement Award |
|
| Chlotrudis Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | Won | Chlotrudis Award |
Best Director for: Memento (2000). |
| Nominated | Chlotrudis Award |
Best Adapted Screenplay for: Memento (2000). |
|
| Cinema Brazil Grand Prize | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Nominated | Cinema Brazil Grand Prize |
Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro) for: Inception (2010). USA/UK |
| Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Nominated | CEC Award |
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) for: Inception (2010). |
| 2009 | Nominated | CEC Award |
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) for: The Dark Knight (2008). |
| Czech Lions | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Won | Czech Lion |
Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film) for: Inception (2010). |
| César Awards, France | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Nominated | César |
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) for: Inception (2010). |
| DVD Exclusive Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Nominated | DVD Premiere Award |
Best Audio Commentary, New Release for: Memento (2000). For the Limited Edition. |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2010 | 2nd place | DFWFCA Award |
Best Screenplay for: Inception (2010). |
| Nominated | DFWFCA Award |
Best Director for: Inception (2010). |
|
| 2008 | 3rd place | DFWFCA Award |
Best Director for: The Dark Knight (2008). |
| 2002 | Won | Russell Smith Award |
for:
Memento (2000). |
| David di Donatello Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Nominated | David |
Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero) for: Inception (2010). |
| Deauville Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | CinéLive Award |
for:
Memento (2000). |
| Critics Award |
for:
Memento (2000). |
||
| Jury Special Prize |
for:
Memento (2000). Tied with Boiler Room (2000). |
||
| Nominated | Grand Special Prize |
for:
Memento (2000). |
|
| Dinard British Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | Won | Silver Hitchcock |
for:
Following (1998). |
| Nominated | Golden Hitchcock |
for:
Following (1998). |
|
| Directors Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Nominated | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for: Inception (2010). |
| 2009 | Nominated | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for: The Dark Knight (2008). |
| 2002 | Nominated | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for: Memento (2000). |
| Edgar Allan Poe Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | Won | Edgar |
Best Motion Picture for: Memento (2000). |
| Empire Awards, UK | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Won | Empire Award |
Best Film for: Inception (2010). |
| Nominated | Empire Award |
Best Director for: Inception (2010). |
|
| 2009 | Won | Empire Award |
Best Director for: The Dark Knight (2008). |
Best Film for: The Dark Knight (2008). |
| 2007 | Won | Empire Award |
Best Director for: The Prestige (2006). |
| 2006 | Nominated | Empire Award |
Best Director for: Batman Begins (2005). |
| 2001 | Nominated | Empire Award |
Best Director for: Memento (2000). |
| Evening Standard British Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Won | Special Award |
Alexander Walker Special Award for his contribution to film |
| Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Nominated | FCCA Award |
Best Foreign Film - English Language for: Inception (2010). |
| Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2010 | Won | FFCC Award |
Best Original Screenplay for: Inception (2010). |
| 2002 | Won | FFCC Award |
Best Screenplay for: Memento (2000). |
| Fotogramas de Plata | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Nominated | Fotogramas de Plata |
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) for: Inception (2010). |
| Gaudí Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Nominated | Gaudí Award |
Best European Film (Millor Pel·lícula Europea) for: Inception (2010). |
| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Director - Motion Picture for: Inception (2010). |
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture for: Inception (2010). |
| 2002 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture for: Memento (2000). |
| Goya Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | Goya |
Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea) for: The Dark Knight (2008). |
| Hochi Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | Hochi Film Award |
Best Foreign Language Film for: The Dark Knight (2008). |
| Hollywood Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2010 | Won | Hollywood Movie of the Year |
for:
Inception (2010). |
| 2008 | Won | Hollywood Movie of the Year |
for:
The Dark Knight (2008). |
| Hugo Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Won | Hugo |
Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form for: Inception (2010). |
| 2009 | Nominated | Hugo |
Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form for: The Dark Knight (2008). |
| 2007 | Nominated | Hugo |
Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form for: The Prestige (2006). |
| 2006 | Nominated | Hugo |
Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form for: Batman Begins (2005). |
| Independent Spirit Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | Won | Independent Spirit Award |
Best Director for: Memento (2000). |
Best Screenplay for: Memento (2000). |
| Irish Film and Television Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Nominated | IFTA Award |
Best International Film for: Inception (2010). |
| 2005 | Nominated | Audience Award |
Best International Film for: Batman Begins (2005). |
| IFTA Award |
Best International Film for: Batman Begins (2005). |
||
| Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Nominated | Silver Ribbon |
Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo) for: Inception (2010). |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Won | KCFCC Award |
Best Director for: Inception (2010). |
Best Screenplay, Original for: Inception (2010). |
| Kinema Junpo Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Nominated | Kinema Junpo Award |
Best Foreign Language Film for: Inception (2010). |
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2010 | Nominated | Sierra Award |
Best Director for: Inception (2010). |
Best Screenplay for: Inception (2010). |
| 2002 | Won | Sierra Award |
Best Screenplay for: Memento (2000). |
| London Critics Circle Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Nominated | ALFS Award |
British Director of the Year for: Inception (2010). |
Director of the Year for: Inception (2010). |
| 2009 | Nominated | ALFS Award |
British Director of the Year for: The Dark Knight (2008). |
| 2007 | Nominated | ALFS Award |
British Director of the Year for: The Prestige (2006). |
| 2006 | Nominated | ALFS Award |
British Director of the Year for: Batman Begins (2005). |
| 2003 | Won | ALFS Award |
British Director of the Year for: Insomnia (2002). |
| 2001 | Won | ALFS Award |
British Screenwriter of the Year for: Memento (2000). |
| Nominated | ALFS Award |
British Director of the Year for: Memento (2000). |
|
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | 2nd place | LAFCA Award |
Best Director for: The Dark Knight (2008). |
| 2001 | Won | LAFCA Award |
Best Screenplay for: Memento (2000). |
| MTV Movie Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | Won | MTV Movie Award |
Best New Filmmaker for: Memento (2000). |
| Mainichi Film Concours | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | Mainichi Film Concours |
Best Foreign Film for: The Dark Knight (2008). |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | 2nd place | NYFCC Award |
Best Screenplay for: Memento (2000). |
| Newport International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | Won | Best Director Award |
for:
Following (1998). |
| Nominated | Jury Award |
Best Film for: Following (1998). |
|
| Online Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Won | OFCS Award |
Best Screenplay, Original for: Inception (2010). |
| Nominated | OFCS Award |
Best Director for: Inception (2010). |
|
| 2009 | Won | OFCS Award |
Best Director for: The Dark Knight (2008). |
| Nominated | OFCS Award |
Best Screenplay, Adapted for: The Dark Knight (2008). Shared with: Jonathan Nolan |
|
| 2007 | Nominated | OFCS Award |
Best Screenplay, Adapted for: The Prestige (2006). Shared with: Jonathan Nolan |
| 2002 | Won | OFCS Award |
Best Breakthrough Filmmaker for: Memento (2000). |
Best Screenplay, Adapted for: Memento (2000). |
| Nominated | OFCS Award |
Best Director for: Memento (2000). |
|
| PGA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Nominated | Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award |
Theatrical Motion Pictures for: Inception (2010). Shared with: Emma Thomas |
| 2009 | Nominated | Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award |
Theatrical Motion Pictures for: The Dark Knight (2008). Shared with: Charles Roven Emma Thomas |
| Palm Springs International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | Sonny Bono Visionary Award |
|
| Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2010 | Won | PFCS Award |
Best Director for: Inception (2010). |
Best Screenplay - Original for: Inception (2010). |
| 2002 | Won | PFCS Award |
Best Newcomer for: Memento (2000). |
Best Screenplay - Original for: Memento (2000). |
| Nominated | PFCS Award |
Best Director for: Memento (2000). |
|
| Rembrandt Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Won | Rembrandt Award |
Best International Film (Beste Buitenlandse Film) for: Inception (2010). |
| 2009 | Nominated | Rembrandt Award |
Best International Film (Beste Buitenlandse Film) for: The Dark Knight (2008). |
| Robert Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Won | Robert |
Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film) for: Inception (2010). |
| 2009 | Nominated | Robert |
Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film) for: The Dark Knight (2008). |
| 2003 | Nominated | Robert |
Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film) for: Insomnia (2002). |
| Rotterdam International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | Won | Tiger Award |
for:
Following (1998). |
| SFX Awards, UK | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Won | SFX Award |
Best Film for: Inception (2010). |
| Nominated | SFX Award |
Best Film Director for: Inception (2010). |
|
| 2008 | Won | SFX Award |
Best Film for: The Dark Knight (2008). |
Best Film Director for: The Dark Knight (2008). |
| 2007 | Won | SFX Award |
Best Film Director for: The Prestige (2006). |
| San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2010 | Nominated | SDFCS Award |
Best Director for: Inception (2010). |
Best Screenplay, Original for: Inception (2010). |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Won | Modern Master Award |
|
| Satellite Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2010 | Nominated | Satellite Award |
Best Director for: Inception (2010). |
Best Screenplay, Original for: Inception (2010). |
| 2008 | Nominated | Satellite Award |
Best Director for: The Dark Knight (2008). |
| 2002 | Nominated | Golden Satellite Award |
Best Director for: Memento (2000). |
Best Screenplay, Original for: Memento (2000). |
| Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Won | Bradbury Award |
for:
Inception (2010). |
| 2009 | Nominated | Nebula Award |
Best Script for: The Dark Knight (2008). Shared with: Jonathan Nolan |
| 2008 | Nominated | Nebula Award |
Best Script for: The Prestige (2006). Shared with: Jonathan Nolan |
| 2007 | Nominated | Nebula Award |
Best Script for: Batman Begins (2005). Shared with: David S. Goyer |
| ShoWest Convention, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | ShoWest Award |
Director of the Year |
| Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | Prize of the Catalan Screenwriter's Critic and Writer's Association |
for:
Memento (2000). |
| Slamdance Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | Won | Black & White Award |
for:
Following (1998). |
| Nominated | Grand Jury Prize |
for:
Following (1998). |
|
| Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2010 | 2nd place | SEFCA Award |
Best Director for: Inception (2010). |
Best Screenplay, Original for: Inception (2010). |
| 2001 | Won | SEFCA Award |
Best Screenplay, Original for: Memento (2000). |
| Sundance Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Won | Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award |
for:
Memento (2000). Shared with: Jonathan Nolan (story) |
| Nominated | Grand Jury Prize |
Dramatic for: Memento (2000). |
|
| Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2010 | 2nd place | TFCA Award |
Best Director for: Inception (2010). |
| 2001 | Won | TFCA Award |
Best Screenplay for: Memento (2000). |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Nominated | VFCC Award |
Best Screenplay for: Inception (2010). |
| Visual Effects Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Won | VES Award |
Visionary Award |
| Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2010 | Won | WAFCA Award |
Best Original Screenplay for: Inception (2010). |
| Nominated | WAFCA Award |
Best Director for: Inception (2010). |
|
| Writers Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Won | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Original Screenplay for: Inception (2010). |
| 2009 | Nominated | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Adapted Screenplay for: The Dark Knight (2008). Shared with: Jonathan Nolan (screenplay) David S. Goyer (story) |
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