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Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1977 Won Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role
Peter Finch
Nomination and award were posthumous. Finch became the first posthumous winner in an acting category. His widow Eletha Finch and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky accepted the award on his behalf.
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Faye Dunaway
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Beatrice Straight
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Paddy Chayefsky
Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role
William Holden
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Ned Beatty
Best Cinematography
Owen Roizman
Best Director
Sidney Lumet
Best Film Editing
Alan Heim
Best Picture
Howard Gottfried
'Network' becomes the second film to win three awards for acting, following A Streetcar Named Desire (1951).
 
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1977 Nominated Golden Scroll Best Science Fiction Film
 
American Cinema Editors, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1977 Nominated Eddie Best Edited Feature Film
Alan Heim
 
Awards of the Japanese Academy
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1978 Nominated Award of the Japanese Academy Best Foreign Language Film
 
BAFTA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1978 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Actor
Peter Finch
The award was given posthumously.
Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Actor
William Holden
Best Actress
Faye Dunaway
Best Direction
Sidney Lumet
Best Editing
Alan Heim
Best Film
Best Screenplay
Paddy Chayefsky
Best Sound Track
Jack Fitzstephens
Marc Laub
Sanford Rackow
James Sabat
Dick Vorisek
Best Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall
 
David di Donatello Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1977 Won David Best Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniera)
Faye Dunaway
Tied with Annie Girardot for _Cours après moi que je t'attrape (1976)_ .
 
Directors Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1977 Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Sidney Lumet
 
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1977 Won Golden Globe Best Director - Motion Picture
Sidney Lumet
Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
Peter Finch
Posthumously.
Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama
Faye Dunaway
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Paddy Chayefsky
Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Drama
 
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1977 Won KCFCC Award Best Actress
Faye Dunaway
 
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1976 Won LAFCA Award Best Director
Sidney Lumet
Best Picture
Tied with Rocky (1976).
Best Screenplay
Paddy Chayefsky
 
National Board of Review, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1976 Won NBR Award Top Ten Films
 
National Film Preservation Board, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2000 Won National Film Registry
 
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1977 2nd place NSFC Award Best Actor
William Holden
Tied with Gérard Depardieu for The Last Woman (1976).
Best Actress
Faye Dunaway
Best Screenplay
Paddy Chayefsky
3rd place NSFC Award Best Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall
Also for The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976).
 
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1977 Won NYFCC Award Best Screenplay
Paddy Chayefsky
2nd place NYFCC Award Best Actress
Faye Dunaway
Best Film
3rd place NYFCC Award Best Actor
William Holden
Tied with Giancarlo Giannini for Seven Beauties (1975) and Philippe Noiret for The Clockmaker of St. Paul (1974).
 
PGA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won PGA Hall of Fame - Motion Pictures unknown
 
Writers Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1977 Won WGA Award (Screen) Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
Paddy Chayefsky
 

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