In the Heat of the Night
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Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1968 Won Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role
Rod Steiger
Best Film Editing
Hal Ashby
Best Picture
Walter Mirisch
Best Sound
(Samuel Goldwyn SSD).
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Stirling Silliphant
Nominated Oscar Best Director
Norman Jewison
Best Effects, Sound Effects
James Richard
 
American Cinema Editors, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1968 Nominated Eddie Best Edited Feature Film
Hal Ashby
 
BAFTA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1968 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Foreign Actor
Rod Steiger
UN Award Norman Jewison
Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Film from any Source
Norman Jewison
Best Foreign Actor
Sidney Poitier
 
Directors Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1968 Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Norman Jewison
 
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1968 Won Edgar Best Motion Picture
Stirling Silliphant
 
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1968 Won Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Drama
Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
Rod Steiger
Best Screenplay
Stirling Silliphant
Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
Sidney Poitier
Best Motion Picture Director
Norman Jewison
Best Supporting Actress
Lee Grant
Best Supporting Actress
Quentin Dean
 
Grammy Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1968 Nominated Grammy Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show
Quincy Jones
 
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1968 Won KCFCC Award Best Actor
Rod Steiger
Tied with Paul Scofield for A Man for All Seasons (1966).
 
Laurel Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1968 Won Golden Laurel Drama
Male Dramatic Performance
Rod Steiger
2nd place Golden Laurel Male Dramatic Performance
Sidney Poitier
 
National Film Preservation Board, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won National Film Registry
 
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1968 Won NSFC Award Best Actor
Rod Steiger
Best Cinematography
Haskell Wexler
 
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1967 Won NYFCC Award Best Actor
Rod Steiger
Best Film
 
Sant Jordi Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1969 Won Sant Jordi Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
Norman Jewison
Best Performance in a Foreign Film (Mejor Interpretación en Película Extranjera)
Rod Steiger
Also for The Loved One (1965) and No Way to Treat a Lady (1968).
 
Writers Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1968 Nominated WGA Award (Screen) Best Written American Drama
Stirling Silliphant
 

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