Nedrick Young products
| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium for: Inherit the Wind (1960). Shared with: Harold Jacob Smith |
| 1959 | Won | Oscar |
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen for: The Defiant Ones (1958). Shared with: Harold Jacob Smith Nedrick Young had been blacklisted at the time and the Oscar went to his pseudonym 'Nathan E. Douglas'. In 1993 AMPAS restored Young's credit upon the request of his widow and recommendation of the Academy's writers branch. |
| Edgar Allan Poe Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1959 | Won | Edgar |
Best Motion Picture for: The Defiant Ones (1958). Shared with: Harold Jacob Smith |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1958 | Won | NYFCC Award |
Best Screenplay for: The Defiant Ones (1958). Shared with: Harold Jacob Smith |
| Writers Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1959 | Won | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Written American Drama for: The Defiant Ones (1958). Shared with: Harold Jacob Smith |
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