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AFI Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won AFI Award Movie of the Year
Greg Shapiro
Kathryn Bigelow
Nicolas Chartier
Mark Boal
THE HURT LOCKER is a cinematic explosion that drops audiences inside the chaos of the war in Iraq and into the minds of American soldiers who defuse bombs with equal parts anxiety and adrenaline. Marked by the bravura direction of Kathryn Bigelow and grounded in Mark Boal's taut, unsentimental script, this grippingly real story detonates an emotional portrait of combat and camaraderie abroad, and alienation at home. An outstanding ensemble cast is led by Jeremy Renner, whose tour of duty is a tour de force.
 
Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won Oscar Best Achievement in Directing
Kathryn Bigelow
Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director.
Best Achievement in Film Editing
Bob Murawski
Chris Innis
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Paul N.J. Ottosson
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
Paul N.J. Ottosson
Ray Beckett
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Kathryn Bigelow
Mark Boal
Nicolas Chartier
Greg Shapiro
Best Writing, Original Screenplay
Mark Boal
Nominated Oscar Best Achievement in Cinematography
Barry Ackroyd
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Marco Beltrami
Buck Sanders
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Jeremy Renner
 
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Nominated Saturn Award Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow
 
Amanda Awards, Norway
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Nominated Amanda Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm)
Kathryn Bigelow
 
American Cinema Editors, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won Eddie Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic)
Bob Murawski
Chris Innis
 
American Society of Cinematographers, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Nominated ASC Award Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
Barry Ackroyd
 
Art Directors Guild
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won Excellence in Production Design Award Contemporary Film
David Bryan (art director)
Ibrahim Nadeer (set designer)
Sana'a Jaber (assistant art director)
Amin Charif El Masri (set decorator)
Samir Zaidan (scenic artist)
Karl Júlíusson (production designer)
 
Austin Film Critics Association
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Won Austin Film Critics Award Best Cinematography
Barry Ackroyd
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow
Best Film
 
Awards of the Japanese Academy
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated Award of the Japanese Academy Best Foreign Film
 
BAFTA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Cinematography
Barry Ackroyd
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow
Best Editing
Bob Murawski
Chris Innis
Best Film
Kathryn Bigelow
Mark Boal
Nicolas Chartier
Greg Shapiro
Best Screenplay - Original
Mark Boal
Best Sound
Ray Beckett
Paul N.J. Ottosson
Craig Stauffer
Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Leading Actor
Jeremy Renner
Best Special Visual Effects
Richard Stutsman
 
Black Reel Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won Black Reel Best Supporting Actor
Anthony Mackie
 
Bodil Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Nominated Bodil Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
Kathryn Bigelow
 
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Won BSFC Award Best Actor
Jeremy Renner
Best Cinematography
Barry Ackroyd
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow
Best Film
Best Film Editing
Bob Murawski
Chris Innis
2nd place BSFC Award Best Screenplay
Mark Boal
 
British Independent Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Nominated British Independent Film Award Best Foreign Film
 
British Society of Cinematographers
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Won Best Cinematography Award Barry Ackroyd
 
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won Critics Choice Award Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow
Best Picture
Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Action Movie
Best Actor
Jeremy Renner
Best Cinematography
Barry Ackroyd
Best Editing
Chris Innis
Bob Murawski
Best Screenplay, Original
Mark Boal
Best Sound
 
Camerimage
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Nominated Golden Frog Barry Ackroyd
 
Casting Society of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won Artios Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Feature - Studio or Independent Drama
Mark Bennett
 
Central Ohio Film Critics Association
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Nominated COFCA Award Best Picture
 
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Won CFCA Award Best Actor
Jeremy Renner
Best Cinematography
Barry Ackroyd
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow
Best Picture
Best Screenplay, Original
Mark Boal
 
Chlotrudis Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won Chlotrudis Award Best Movie
Nominated Chlotrudis Award Best Actor
Jeremy Renner
Best Original Screenplay
Mark Boal
Best Supporting Actor
Anthony Mackie
 
Cinema Audio Society, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won C.A.S. Award Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures
Paul N.J. Ottosson (re-recording mixer)
Ray Beckett (production mixer)
 
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 2nd place DFWFCA Award Best Cinematography
Barry Ackroyd
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow
Best Picture
3rd place DFWFCA Award Best Actor
Jeremy Renner
 
Directors Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Kathryn Bigelow
Tony Mark (unit production manager) (plaque)
David Ticotin (first assistant director) (plaque)
Lee Cleary (first assistant director - canadian unit) (plaque)
 
Empire Awards, UK
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Nominated Empire Award Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow
Best Film
Best Thriller
 
Evening Standard British Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won Evening Standard British Film Award Best Technical Achievement
Barry Ackroyd
- Cinematography
 
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Nominated Golden Globe Best Director - Motion Picture
Kathryn Bigelow
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Mark Boal
 
Gotham Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Won Best Ensemble Cast Jeremy Renner
Anthony Mackie
Brian Geraghty
Ralph Fiennes
Guy Pearce
David Morse
Evangeline Lilly
Best Film Kathryn Bigelow (director/producer)
Mark Boal (producer)
Nicolas Chartier (producer)
Greg Shapiro (producer)
Nominated Breakthrough Award Jeremy Renner
 
Hollywood Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Won Hollywood Breakthrough Award Best Actor
Jeremy Renner
 
Humanitas Prize
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Nominated Humanitas Prize Feature Film Category
Mark Boal (writer)
 
Image Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Nominated Image Award Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Anthony Mackie
 
Independent Spirit Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Male Lead
Jeremy Renner
Best Supporting Male
Anthony Mackie
 
Irish Film and Television Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won IFTA Award Best International Film
 
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won KCFCC Award Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow
 
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Won Sierra Award Best Actor
Jeremy Renner
Best Cinematography
Barry Ackroyd
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow
Best Film Editing
Chris Innis
Bob Murawski
Best Picture
 
London Critics Circle Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won ALFS Award Director of the Year
Kathryn Bigelow
Nominated ALFS Award Film of the Year
 
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Won LAFCA Award Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow
Best Picture
2nd place LAFCA Award Best Cinematography
Barry Ackroyd
 
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Nominated Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing - Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film
Paul N.J. Ottosson (supervising sound editor)
Kimberly Harris (supervising adr editor)
Robert Troy (supervising dialogue editor)
Judah Getz (adr mixer)
Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film
Richard C. Franklin (foley editor)
Bernard Weiser (sound effects editor)
Jamie Hardt (sound effects editor)
Paul N.J. Ottosson (supervising sound editor, sound designer)
Alex Ullrich (foley artist)
Ryan Juggler (sound editor)
Chris M. Jacobson (sound effects editor)
 
Nantucket Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Won Tony Cox Award for Screenwriting Best Screenplay
Mark Boal
 
National Board of Review, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Won NBR Award Breakthrough Performance by an Actor
Jeremy Renner
Top Ten Films
 
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won NSFC Award Best Actor
Jeremy Renner
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow
Best Film
2nd place NSFC Award Best Cinematography
Barry Ackroyd
 
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Won NYFCC Award Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow
Best Film
3rd place NYFCC Award Best Actor
Jeremy Renner
 
Nikkan Sports Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won Nikkan Sports Film Award Best Foreign Film
 
Online Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won OFCS Award Best Actor
Jeremy Renner
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow
Best Editing
Chris Innis
Bob Murawski
Best Picture
Nominated OFCS Award Best Cinematography
Barry Ackroyd
Best Screenplay, Original
Mark Boal
Best Supporting Actor
Anthony Mackie
 
PEN Center USA West Literary Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Nominated Literary Award Screenplay
Mark Boal
 
PGA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won PGA Award Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Kathryn Bigelow
Mark Boal
Nicolas Chartier
Greg Shapiro
 
Palm Springs International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won Breakthrough Performance Award Jeremy Renner
 
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Nominated SDFCS Award Best Actor
Jeremy Renner
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow
 
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Won SFFCC Award Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow
Best Picture
 
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won Best Director Award Kathryn Bigelow
 
Satellite Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Won Satellite Award Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Jeremy Renner
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow
Best Film Editing
Chris Innis
Bob Murawski
Best Motion Picture, Drama
Nominated Satellite Award Best Screenplay, Original
Mark Boal
 
Screen Actors Guild Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Christian Camargo
Brian Geraghty
Evangeline Lilly
Anthony Mackie
Jeremy Renner
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Jeremy Renner
 
Seattle International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Won Golden Space Needle Award Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow
 
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Won SEFCA Award Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow
2nd place SEFCA Award Best Actor
Jeremy Renner
Best Picture
Best Screenplay, Original
Mark Boal
 
Teen Choice Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Actor: Drama
Jeremy Renner
 
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won TFCA Award Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow
Nominated TFCA Award Best Picture
 
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won VFCC Award Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow
Nominated VFCC Award Best Actor
Jeremy Renner
Best Film
Best Screenplay
Mark Boal
 
Venice Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Won Gucci Prize Mark Boal
 
2008 Won Human Rights Film Network Award Kathryn Bigelow
SIGNIS Award Kathryn Bigelow
Sergio Trasatti Award Kathryn Bigelow
Young Cinema Award Best Film Venezia 65
Kathryn Bigelow
Nominated Golden Lion Kathryn Bigelow
 
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Won WAFCA Award Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow
Best Ensemble
Jeremy Renner
Anthony Mackie
Ralph Fiennes
Evangeline Lilly
David Morse
Guy Pierce
Brian Geraghty
Nominated WAFCA Award Best Actor
Jeremy Renner
Best Breakthrough Performance
Jeremy Renner
Best Film
Best Screenplay, Original
Mark Boal
Best Supporting Actor
Anthony Mackie
 
Writers Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won WGA Award (Screen) Best Original Screenplay
Mark Boal
 

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