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AFI Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won AFI Award Composer of the Year
Craig Armstrong
Editor of the Year
Jill Bilcock
Nominated AFI Award Movie of the Year
Martin Brown
Baz Luhrmann
Fred Baron
MOULIN ROUGE! is a kaleidoscope of melodrama, soap opera and opera, which updates the traditional American musical genre. The film tells the story of a passionate but doomed love affair in dynamic images that explode with color, energy and humor.
 
ALMA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won ALMA Award Outstanding Song in a Motion Picture Soundtrack
Christina Aguilera
For the song "Lady Marmalade".
Nominated ALMA Award Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
John Leguizamo
 
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won ASCAP Award Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures
Kenny Nolan
For the song "Lady Marmalade".
 
Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Oscar Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Catherine Martin (art director)
Brigitte Broch (set decorator)
Best Costume Design
Catherine Martin
Angus Strathie
Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nicole Kidman
Best Cinematography
Donald McAlpine
Best Film Editing
Jill Bilcock
Best Makeup
Maurizio Silvi
Aldo Signoretti
Best Picture
Fred Baron
Martin Brown
Baz Luhrmann
Best Sound
Andy Nelson
Anna Behlmer
Roger Savage
Guntis Sics
 
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Nominated Saturn Award Best Costumes
Catherine Martin
Angus Strathie
Best DVD Special Edition Release
 
American Choreography Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won American Choreography Award Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film
John O'Connell
 
American Cinema Editors, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Eddie Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical
Jill Bilcock
 
American Society of Cinematographers, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Nominated ASC Award Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
Don McAlpine
 
Art Directors Guild
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Excellence in Production Design Award Period or Fantasy Film
Catherine Martin (production designer)
Deborah Riley (assistant art director)
Jacinta Leong (assistant art director)
Prisque Salvi (assistant art director)
Nikki DiFalco (assistant art director)
Ian Gracie (art director)
Annie Beauchamp (art director)
Sarah Light (assistant art director)
 
Australian Film Institute
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won AFI Award Best Cinematography
Donald McAlpine
Best Costume Design
Catherine Martin
Angus Strathie
Best Editing
Jill Bilcock
Best Production Design
Catherine Martin
Best Sound
Andy Nelson
Roger Savage
Guntis Sics
Nominated AFI Award Best Actor in a Leading Role
Ewan McGregor
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Richard Roxburgh
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nicole Kidman
Best Direction
Baz Luhrmann
Best Film
Baz Luhrmann
Martin Brown
Fred Baron
 
Australian Screen Sound Guild
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won ASSG Award Best Achievement in Sound for a Feature Film - Effects Editing
Gareth Vanderhope
Alex Wong
Brent Burge
Luke Dunn Gielmuda
Nada Mikas
Roger Savage
Linda Murdoch
Technical Achievement Award Simon Leadley
Tim Ryan
Guntis Sics
Stuart Waller
For music production.
 
BAFTA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music Craig Armstrong
Marius De Vries
BAFTA Film Award Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Jim Broadbent
Best Sound
Andy Nelson
Anna Behlmer
Roger Savage
Guntis Sics
Gareth Vanderhope
Antony Gray
Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects
Chris Godfrey
Andy Brown
Nathan McGuinness
Brian Cox
Best Cinematography
Donald McAlpine
Best Costume Design
Catherine Martin
Angus Strathie
Best Editing
Jill Bilcock
Best Film
Martin Brown
Baz Luhrmann
Fred Baron
Best Make Up/Hair
Maurizio Silvi
Aldo Signoretti
Best Production Design
Catherine Martin
Best Screenplay - Original
Baz Luhrmann
Craig Pearce
David Lean Award for Direction Baz Luhrmann
 
Bodil Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Nominated Bodil Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke amerikanske film)
Baz Luhrmann (director)
 
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Critics Choice Award Best Director
Baz Luhrmann
Tied with Ron Howard for A Beautiful Mind (2001).
Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Actress
Nicole Kidman
Best Picture
 
Cannes Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Nominated Palme d'Or Baz Luhrmann
 
Casting Society of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Artios Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama
Ronna Kress
 
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Nominated CFCA Award Best Cinematography
Donald McAlpine
Best Director
Baz Luhrmann
 
Chlotrudis Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Audience Award Best Cinematography
Donald McAlpine
Best Supporting Actor
Jim Broadbent
 
Cinema Audio Society, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Nominated C.A.S. Award Outstanding Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures
Andy Nelson
Anna Behlmer
Roger Savage
Guntis Sics
 
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Nominated Cinema Brazil Grand Prize Best Foreign Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
Australia/USA.
 
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Nominated CEC Award Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
USA.
 
César Awards, France
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Nominated César Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
Baz Luhrmann
 
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 2nd place DFWFCA Award Best Director
Baz Luhrmann
Best Picture
3rd place DFWFCA Award Best Actress
Nicole Kidman
 
Directors Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Baz Luhrmann
 
Empire Awards, UK
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Empire Award Best Actress
Nicole Kidman
Best British Actor
Ewan McGregor
Best Director
Baz Luhrmann
Nominated Empire Award Best Film
 
European Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema Ewan McGregor
Screen International Award Baz Luhrmann
Australia/USA.
 
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won FCCA Award Best Cinematography
Donald McAlpine
Best Director
Baz Luhrmann
Nominated FCCA Award Best Actor - Female
Nicole Kidman
Best Actor - Male
Ewan McGregor
Best Editing
Jill Bilcock
Best Film
Best Screenplay - Original
Baz Luhrmann
Craig Pearce
 
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Craig Armstrong
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Nicole Kidman
Nominated Golden Globe Best Director - Motion Picture
Baz Luhrmann
Best Original Song - Motion Picture
David Baerwald
For the song "Come What May".
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Ewan McGregor
 
Golden Trailer Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Golden Trailer Best Romance
(Movietone Film).
For "Love Story".
Nominated Golden Trailer Best Music
(Movietone Film).
Best of Show
(Movietone Film).
 
Grammy Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Nominated Grammy Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
 
Hollywood Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won Actor of the Year Ewan McGregor
Also for Black Hawk Down (2001).
Actress of the Year Nicole Kidman
Also for Birthday Girl (2001) and The Others (2001).
Hollywood Movie of the Year Baz Luhrmann
 
Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award Best Period Hair Styling - Feature
Aldo Signoretti
Ferdinando Merolla
Giorgio Gregorini
Best Period Makeup - Feature
Maurizio Silvi
Vincenzo Mastrantonio
Lesley Vanderwalt
 
IF Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won Box Office Achievement
IF Award Best Cinematography
Donald McAlpine
Best Music
Craig Armstrong
Steve Sharples
Chris Elliott
Marius De Vries
Nominated IF Award Best Actor
Ewan McGregor
Best Actress
Nicole Kidman
Best Direction
Baz Luhrmann
Best Editing
Jill Bilcock
Best Feature Film
Baz Luhrmann (director/producer)
Fred Baron (producer)
Martin Brown (producer)
Best Sound Design
Andy Nelson
Roger Savage
 
International Monitor Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Monitor Theatrical Releases - Color Correction
David Bernstein (as David H. Bernstein)
Baz Luhrmann
 
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Nominated Silver Ribbon Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
Baz Luhrmann
 
London Critics Circle Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won ALFS Award Actress of the Year
Nicole Kidman
Also for The Others (2001).
British Actor of the Year
Ewan McGregor
Film of the Year
 
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won LAFCA Award Best Production Design
Catherine Martin
Best Supporting Actor
Jim Broadbent
Also for Iris (2001/I).
 
MTV Movie Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won MTV Movie Award Best Female Performance
Nicole Kidman
Best Musical Sequence
Ewan McGregor
Nicole Kidman
Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Cameo
Kylie Minogue
(The green fairy).
Best Kiss
Nicole Kidman
Ewan McGregor
Best Musical Sequence
Nicole Kidman
 
Mexican Cinema Journalists
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Silver Goddess Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
Australia/USA.
 
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing - Music - Musical Feature Film
Simon Leadley (supervising music editor)
Tim Ryan (music editor)
Lee Scott (music editor)
Christine H. Luethje (music editor/music editing co-ordinator)
Stephen Lotwis (vocal editor)
Danielle Wiessner (vocal editor)
Simon Leadley (scoring editor)
Nominated Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing - Foreign Film
Brent Burge (supervising sound editor)
Antony Gray (supervising dialogue editor)
Gareth Vanderhope (sound effects editor)
Linda Murdoch (sound effects editor)
Alex Wong (sound effects editor)
Michael Axinn (adr editor)
Susan Dawes (adr editor)
Livia Ruzic (dialogue editor)
 
National Board of Review, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won NBR Award Best Film
Best Supporting Actor
Jim Broadbent
Also for Iris (2001/I).
Top Ten Films
 
Online Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won OFCS Award Best Overall DVD
Nominated OFCS Award Best Cinematography
Donald McAlpine
Best Director
Baz Luhrmann
Best Original Score
Craig Armstrong
Marius De Vries
Steve Hitchcock
 
PGA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won PGA Award Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Baz Luhrmann
Fred Baron
Martin Brown
 
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Nominated PFCS Award Best Cinematography
Donald McAlpine
Best Costume Design
Catherine Martin
Angus Strathie
Best Director
Baz Luhrmann
Best Film Editing
Jill Bilcock
Best Makeup
Maurizio Silvi
Aldo Signoretti
Best Original Score
Craig Armstrong
Best Original Song
David Baerwald
For the song "Come What May".
Best Production Design
Catherine Martin
Best Use of Previously Published or Recorded Music
Best Visual Effects
Chris Godfrey
Andy Brown
Nathan McGuinness
Brian Cox
 
Robert Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Robert Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film)
Baz Luhrmann (director)
 
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won SDFCS Award Best Production Design
Catherine Martin
 
Satellite Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Golden Satellite Award Best Art Direction
Ian Gracie
Catherine Martin
Annie Beauchamp
Best Costume Design
Catherine Martin
Angus Strathie
Best Director
Baz Luhrmann
Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Best Original Score
Craig Armstrong
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Ewan McGregor
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical
Jim Broadbent
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Nicole Kidman
Best Visual Effects
Chris Godfrey
Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Cinematography
Donald McAlpine
Best Film Editing
Jill Bilcock
Best Original Song
David Baerwald
For the song "Come What May".
Best Screenplay, Original
Baz Luhrmann
Craig Pierce
Best Sound
Guntis Sics
 
Screen Actors Guild Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture
Jim Broadbent
Nicole Kidman
John Leguizamo
Ewan McGregor
Richard Roxburgh
 
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 2nd place SEFCA Award Best Director
Baz Luhrmann
 
Teen Choice Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Nominated Teen Choice Award Film - Choice Movie, Drama/Action Adventure
 
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won VFCC Award Best Director
Baz Luhrmann
 
World Soundtrack Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won World Soundtrack Award Best Original Song Written for a Film
David Baerwald
For the song "Come What May".
Discovery of the Year
Craig Armstrong
Most Creative Use of Existing Material on a Soundtrack
Baz Luhrmann
Craig Armstrong
Marius De Vries
Nominated World Soundtrack Award Best Original Score of the Year Not Released on an Album
Craig Armstrong
Best Original Soundtrack of the Year
Craig Armstrong
Marius De Vries
 
Writers Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Nominated WGA Award (Screen) Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Baz Luhrmann
Craig Pearce
 

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