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Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1972 Won Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role
Gene Hackman

Best Director
William Friedkin

Best Film Editing
Gerald B. Greenberg

Best Picture
Philip D'Antoni

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Ernest Tidyman

Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Roy Scheider

Best Cinematography
Owen Roizman

Best Sound
Theodore Soderberg
Christopher Newman

 
American Cinema Editors, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1972 Nominated Eddie Best Edited Feature Film
Gerald B. Greenberg

 
BAFTA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1973 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Actor
Gene Hackman

Best Film Editing
Gerald B. Greenberg

Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Direction
William Friedkin

Best Film
Best Sound Track
Christopher Newman
Theodore Soderberg

 
David di Donatello Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1972 Won David Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
Philip D'Antoni (producer)

 
Directors Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1972 Won DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
William Friedkin
Paul Ganapoler (unit production manager) (plaque)
William C. Gerrity (assistant director) (plaque)
Terence A. Donnelly (assistant director) (plaque)

 
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1972 Won Edgar Best Motion Picture
Ernest Tidyman

 
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1972 Won Golden Globe Best Director - Motion Picture
William Friedkin

Best Motion Picture - Drama
Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
Gene Hackman

Nominated Golden Globe Best Screenplay
Ernest Tidyman

 
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1972 Won KCFCC Award Best Actor
Gene Hackman
Tied with Walter Matthau for Kotch (1971).
Best Film
 
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1972 Won Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing - Feature Film
unknown

 
National Board of Review, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1972 Won NBR Award Best Actor
Gene Hackman

 
National Film Preservation Board, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005   National Film Registry 
 
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1971 Won NYFCC Award Best Actor
Gene Hackman

 
Writers Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1972 Won WGA Award (Screen) Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
Ernest Tidyman

 

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