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Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Won Oscar Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Michael L. Fink
Bill Westenhofer
Ben Morris
Trevor Wood
Nominated Oscar Best Achievement in Art Direction
Dennis Gassner (art director)
Anna Pinnock (set decorator)
 
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Nominated Saturn Award Best Costume
Ruth Myers
Best Fantasy Film
Best Performance by a Younger Actor
Dakota Blue Richards
Best Special Effects
Michael L. Fink
Bill Westenhofer
Ben Morris
Trevor Wood
 
Art Directors Guild
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Won Excellence in Production Design Award Fantasy Film
Andy Nicholson (art director)
Richard L. Johnson (supervising art director)
Dennis Gassner (production designer)
Tino Schaedler (art director - digital sets)
Gavin Fitch (assistant art director)
James Foster (standby art director)
Chris Lowe (art director)
Helen Xenopoulos (assistant art director)
 
Australian Film Institute
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Nominated AFI International Award Best Actress
Nicole Kidman
 
BAFTA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Special Visual Effects
Michael L. Fink
Bill Westenhofer
Ben Morris
Trevor Wood
 
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Family Film
Best Young Actress
Dakota Blue Richards
 
Costume Designers Guild Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Won CDG Award Excellence in Fantasy Film
Ruth Myers
 
Golden Trailer Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Nominated Golden Trailer Best Animation/Family Poster
(Refinery).
Best Animation/Family TV Spot
(Intralink Film).
For "Epic".
 
Hugo Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Nominated Hugo Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form
Philip Pullman (based on the novel by)
Chris Weitz (written by/director)
 
London Critics Circle Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Nominated ALFS Award British Breakthrough - Acting
Dakota Blue Richards
 
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Nominated Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing - Music in a Feature Film
Gerard McCann (supervising music editor)
Peter Clarke (music editor)
Robert Houston (additional music editor)
Andrew Dudman (additional music editor)
Sam Okell (additional music editor)
Stuart Morton (additional music editor)
 
National Movie Awards, UK
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Nominated National Movie Award Best Family Film
Best Performance - Female
Nicole Kidman
Best Performance - Female
Dakota Blue Richards
 
Satellite Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2007 Nominated Satellite Award Best Cinematography
Henry Braham
Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media
Best Original Song
Kate Bush
For the song "Lyra".
Best Sound (Mixing & Editing)
Mike Prestwood Smith
Mark Taylor
Glenn Freemantle
Best Visual Effects
Michael L. Fink
 
Visual Effects Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Nominated VES Award Outstanding Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Motion Picture
Michael L. Fink
Susan MacLeod
Bill Westenhofer
Ben Morris
 
World Soundtrack Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Nominated World Soundtrack Award Soundtrack Composer of the Year
Alexandre Desplat
 
World Stunt Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Nominated Taurus Award Best High Work
Paul Herbert
Nicholas Daines
Stunt performers fall 45' down the side of a glacier. Shot at 7000' on a real glacier, a slightly sprung wood base was built for the landing. Two 30' long channels were dug into the ice on the top of the glacier to form a guiding groove for the stunt men to slide at speed over the edge of the ice wall where they were then launched into space.
 
Young Artist Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Family Feature Film (Fantasy or Musical)
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress
Dakota Blue Richards
 

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