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AFI Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated Amanda Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm)
for: Inception (2010).

 
American Cinema Editors, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award
 
American Screenwriters Association, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Nominated Discover Screenwriting Award for: Memento (2000).

 
American Society of Cinematographers, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Won Board of the Governors Award
 
Austin Film Critics Association
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won Britannia Award Artistic Excellence in Directing

 
Blue Ribbon Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Won Blue Ribbon Award Best Foreign Film
for: The Dark Knight (2008).

 
Bodil Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won BSFC Award Best Screenplay
for: Memento (2000).

 
Bram Stoker Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Bram Stoker Award Screenplay
for: Memento (2000).
Shared with:
Jonathan Nolan

 
British Independent Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won British Independent Film Award Best Foreign Independent Film - English Language
for: Memento (2000).

 
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won COFCA Award Best Director
for: Inception (2010).

Best Screenplay, Original
for: Inception (2010).

 
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Won Career Achievement Award
 
Chlotrudis Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Chlotrudis Award Best Director
for: Memento (2000).

Nominated Chlotrudis Award Best Adapted Screenplay
for: Memento (2000).

 
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won Czech Lion Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film)
for: Inception (2010).

 
César Awards, France
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated César Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
for: Inception (2010).

 
DVD Exclusive Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated David Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
for: Inception (2010).

 
Deauville Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Won Silver Hitchcock for: Following (1998).

Nominated Golden Hitchcock for: Following (1998).

 
Directors Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Edgar Best Motion Picture
for: Memento (2000).

 
Empire Awards, UK
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won Special Award Alexander Walker Special Award for his contribution to film
 
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated FCCA Award Best Foreign Film - English Language
for: Inception (2010).

 
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won FFCC Award Best Original Screenplay
for: Inception (2010).

 
2002 Won FFCC Award Best Screenplay
for: Memento (2000).

 
Fotogramas de Plata
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated Fotogramas de Plata Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
for: Inception (2010).

 
Gaudí Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated Gaudí Award Best European Film (Millor Pel·lícula Europea)
for: Inception (2010).

 
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Nominated Goya Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)
for: The Dark Knight (2008).

 
Hochi Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Won Hochi Film Award Best Foreign Language Film
for: The Dark Knight (2008).

 
Hollywood Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Independent Spirit Award Best Director
for: Memento (2000).

Best Screenplay
for: Memento (2000).

 
Irish Film and Television Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won KCFCC Award Best Director
for: Inception (2010).

Best Screenplay, Original
for: Inception (2010).

 
Kinema Junpo Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated Kinema Junpo Award Best Foreign Language Film
for: Inception (2010).

 
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won MTV Movie Award Best New Filmmaker
for: Memento (2000).

 
Mainichi Film Concours
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Won Mainichi Film Concours Best Foreign Film
for: The Dark Knight (2008).

 
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 2nd place NYFCC Award Best Screenplay
for: Memento (2000).

 
Newport International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Won Best Director Award for: Following (1998).

Nominated Jury Award Best Film
for: Following (1998).

 
Online Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Sonny Bono Visionary Award
 
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Won Tiger Award for: Following (1998).

 
SFX Awards, UK
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Nominated SDFCS Award Best Director
for: Inception (2010).

Best Screenplay, Original
for: Inception (2010).

 
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won Modern Master Award
 
Satellite Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Won ShoWest Award Director of the Year

 
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2000 Won Prize of the Catalan Screenwriter's Critic and Writer's Association for: Memento (2000).

 
Slamdance Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Won Black & White Award for: Following (1998).

Nominated Grand Jury Prize for: Following (1998).

 
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated VFCC Award Best Screenplay
for: Inception (2010).

 
Visual Effects Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won VES Award Visionary Award

 
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/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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