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| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
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| 1997 | Won | Oscar |
Best Effects, Visual Effects Volker Engel Douglas Smith Clay Pinney Joe Viskocil |
| Nominated | Oscar |
Best Sound Chris Carpenter Bill W. Benton Bob Beemer Jeff Wexler |
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| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Won | Saturn Award |
Best Director Roland Emmerich |
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Best Science Fiction Film |
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Best Special Effects Volker Engel Clay Pinney Douglas Smith Joe Viskocil |
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| Nominated | Saturn Award |
Best Actor Jeff Goldblum |
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Best Actor Will Smith |
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Best Costumes Joseph A. Porro |
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Best Music David Arnold |
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Best Performance by a Younger Actor James Duval |
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Best Supporting Actor Brent Spiner |
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Best Supporting Actress Vivica A. Fox |
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Best Writer Dean Devlin Roland Emmerich |
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| Amanda Awards, Norway | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Won | Amanda |
Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm) Roland Emmerich |
| Awards of the Japanese Academy | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Nominated | Award of the Japanese Academy |
Best Foreign Language Film |
| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects Tricia Henry Ashford Volker Engel Clay Pinney Douglas Smith Joe Viskocil |
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Best Sound Bob Beemer Bill W. Benton Chris Carpenter Sandy Gendler Val Kuklowsky Jeff Wexler |
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| BMI Film & TV Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Won | BMI Film Music Award |
David Arnold
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| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Won | Blockbuster Entertainment Award |
Favorite Actor - Science Fiction Will Smith |
| Cinema Audio Society, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Nominated | C.A.S. Award |
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Feature Film Chris Carpenter (re-recording mixer) Bob Beemer (re-recording mixer) Bill W. Benton (re-recording mixer) Jeff Wexler (production mixer) |
| Czech Lions | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Won | Box Office Award | |
| Golden Screen, Germany | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1996 | Won | Golden Screen |
(20th Century Fox
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| Golden Screen with 1 Star |
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| Golden Screen with 2 Stars |
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| Grammy Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Won | Grammy |
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television David Arnold For "Independence Day". |
| Hugo Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Nominated | Hugo |
Best Dramatic Presentation Dean Devlin (written by) Roland Emmerich (written by/director) |
| International Monitor Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Won | Monitor |
Theatrical Releases - Electronic Visual Effects Andrea D'Amico (digital visual effcts producer) Greg Kimble (digital optical supervisor) Lawrence Littleton (digital effects compositor) Kenneth Littleton (digital effects compositor) Jennifer German (digital effects compositor) Michael Peterson (digital effects compositor) (POP Film). |
| Kids' Choice Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Won | Blimp Award |
Favorite Movie |
| Nominated | Blimp Award |
Favorite Movie Actor Will Smith |
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| MTV Movie Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Won | MTV Movie Award |
Best Kiss Will Smith Vivica A. Fox |
| Nominated | MTV Movie Award |
Best Action Sequence For the aliens blowing up New York, Los Angeles and Washington D.C.. |
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Best Breakthrough Performance Vivica A. Fox |
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Best Male Performance Will Smith |
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Best Movie |
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| Mainichi Film Concours | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Won | Readers' Choice Award |
Best Foreign Language Film Roland Emmerich |
| People's Choice Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Won | People's Choice Award |
Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture |
| Razzie Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Nominated | Razzie Award |
Worst Written Film Grossing Over $100 Million Dean Devlin Roland Emmerich |
| Satellite Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Won | Golden Satellite Award |
Outstanding Film Editing David Brenner |
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Outstanding Visual Effects Volker Engel Douglas Smith |
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| Sci-Fi Universe Magazine, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1996 | Won | Universe Reader's Choice Award |
Best Actor in a Genre Motion Picture Will Smith |
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Best Cinematography for a Genre Motion Picture Karl Walter Lindenlaub |
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Best Director for a Genre Motion Picture Roland Emmerich |
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Best Science Fiction Film |
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Best Score for a Genre Motion Picture David Arnold |
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Best Special Effects in a Genre Motion Picture Volker Engel Douglas Smith Clay Pinney Joe Viskocil |
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Best Supporting Actress in a Genre Motion Picture Vivica A. Fox |
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Best Writing for a Genre Motion Picture Dean Devlin Roland Emmerich |
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| Young Artist Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Nominated | Young Artist Award |
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Actor Age Ten or Under Ross Bagley |
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