The French Connection
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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
Also for The Poseidon Adventure (1972).
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
Top Ten Films
 
National Film Preservation Board, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005 Won National Film Registry
 
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1972 3rd place NSFC Award Best Actor
Gene Hackman
 
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1971 Won NYFCC Award Best Actor
Gene Hackman
3rd place NYFCC Award Best Film
 
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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