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Inception (2010) More at IMDbPro »

AFI Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won AFI Award Movie of the Year
Emma Thomas
Christopher Nolan
INCEPTION is the most rare of movie miracles - an art film that succeeds as blockbuster entertainment. This achievement is born from the gifts of writer/director Christopher Nolan, who displays such a love for filmmaking that audiences cannot help but be enveloped by his rapture. Leonardo DiCaprio proves once again to be America's leading man, guiding us through a mind-bending movie-within-a-movie, within-a-movie, within-a-movie - and cinematographer Wally Pfister's dazzling images create an indelible dream that demands to be relived again and again.
 
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won ASCAP Award Top Box Office Films
Hans Zimmer
 
Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won Oscar Best Achievement in Cinematography
Wally Pfister
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Richard King
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
Lora Hirschberg
Gary Rizzo
Ed Novick
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Chris Corbould
Andrew Lockley
Pete Bebb
Paul J. Franklin
Nominated Oscar Best Achievement in Art Direction
Larry Dias (set decorator)
Douglas A. Mowat (set decorator)
Guy Hendrix Dyas (production designer)
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Hans Zimmer
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Christopher Nolan
Emma Thomas
Best Writing, Original Screenplay
Christopher Nolan
 
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won Saturn Award Best Director
Christopher Nolan
Best Music
Hans Zimmer
Best Science Fiction Film
Best Special Effects
Paul J. Franklin
Chris Corbould
Andrew Lockley
Best Writing
Christopher Nolan
Nominated Saturn Award Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio
Best Actress
Ellen Page
Best Production Design
Guy Hendrix Dyas
Best Supporting Actor
Tom Hardy
Best Supporting Actor
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
 
Amanda Awards, Norway
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated Amanda Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm)
Christopher Nolan
 
American Cinema Editors, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated Eddie Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic
Lee Smith
 
American Society of Cinematographers, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won ASC Award Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
Wally Pfister
 
Art Directors Guild
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won Excellence in Production Design Award Fantasy Film
Larry Dias (set decorator)
Dean Wolcott (art director)
Frank Walsh (supervising art director)
Guy Hendrix Dyas (production designer)
Douglas A. Mowat (set decorator)
Lawrence A. Hubbs (set designer)
Luke Freeborn (art director)
William Eliscu (graphic designer)
Sam Page (set designer)
Josh Lusby (assistant art Director)
Robert Fechtman (set designer)
Mark Hitchler (set designer)
Brad Ricker (supervising art director)
Nathaniel West (illustrator)
Gregory S. Hooper (set designer)
 
Austin Film Critics Association
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 3rd place Austin Film Critics Award 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)
2011 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Production Design
Guy Hendrix Dyas
Larry Dias
Douglas A. Mowat
Best Sound
Ed Novick
Gary Rizzo
Lora Hirschberg
Richard King
Best Special Visual Effects
Andrew Lockley (vfx supervisor)
Paul J. Franklin (vfx supervisor)
Chris Corbould (special effects supervisor)
Pete Bebb (vfx supervisor)
Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Cinematography
Wally Pfister
Best Director
Christopher Nolan
Best Editing
Lee Smith
Best Film
Emma Thomas
Christopher Nolan
Best Music
Hans Zimmer
Best Screenplay (Original)
Christopher Nolan
 
Bodil Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated Bodil Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
Christopher Nolan
 
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 2nd place BSFC Award Best Film Editing
Lee Smith
 
British Society of Cinematographers
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Nominated Best Cinematography Award Wally Pfister
 
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won Critics Choice Award Best Action Movie
Christopher Nolan
Best Art Direction
Douglas A. Mowat
Larry Dias
Guy Hendrix Dyas
Best Cinematography
Wally Pfister
Best Editing
Lee Smith
Best Sound
Lora Hirschberg
Gary Rizzo
Ed Novick
Richard King Slifka
Best Visual Effects
Chris Corbould
Andrew Lockley
Pete Bebb
Paul J. Franklin
Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Director
Christopher Nolan
Best Picture
Best Score
Hans Zimmer
Best Screenplay, Original
Christopher Nolan
 
Casting Society of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated Artios Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Big Budget Feature - Drama
John Papsidera (Casting Director)
 
Central Ohio Film Critics Association
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won COFCA Award Best Director
Christopher Nolan
Best Picture
Best Score
Hans Zimmer
Best Screenplay, Original
Christopher Nolan
Nominated COFCA Award Actor of the Year
Leonardo DiCaprio
Also for Shutter Island (2010).
Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio
Best Cinematography
Wally Pfister
Best Ensemble
Cillian Murphy
Ken Watanabe
Ellen Page
Tom Hardy
Pete Postlethwaite
Talulah Riley
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Tom Berenger
Michael Caine
Lukas Haas
Leonardo DiCaprio
Dileep Rao
Marion Cotillard
 
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won CFCA Award Best Cinematography
Wally Pfister
Best Screenplay, Original
Christopher Nolan
Nominated CFCA Award Best Director
Christopher Nolan
Best Original Score
Hans Zimmer
Best Picture
 
Cinema Audio Society, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated C.A.S. Award Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures
Gary Rizzo (Re-Recording Mixer)
Ed Novick (Production Mixer)
Lora Hirschberg (Re-Recording Mixer)
 
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated Cinema Brazil Grand Prize Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
Christopher Nolan
USA/UK
 
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated CEC Award Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
Christopher Nolan
 
Costume Designers Guild Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated CDG Award Excellence in Contemporary Film
Jeffrey Kurland
 
Czech Lions
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won Czech Lion Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film)
Christopher Nolan
 
César Awards, France
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated César Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
Christopher Nolan
 
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 2nd place DFWFCA Award Best Cinematography
Wally Pfister
Tied with Roger Deakins for True Grit (2010).
Best Screenplay
Christopher Nolan
Nominated DFWFCA Award Best Director
Christopher Nolan
Best Picture
 
David di Donatello Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated David Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
Christopher Nolan
 
Directors Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Christopher Nolan
 
Empire Awards, UK
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won Empire Award Best Film
Christopher Nolan
Nominated Empire Award Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio
Best Director
Christopher Nolan
Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy
 
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated FCCA Award Best Foreign Film - English Language
Christopher Nolan
 
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won FFCC Award Best Art Direction/Production Design
Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Designer)
Best Cinematography
Wally Pfister
Best Original Screenplay
Christopher Nolan
Best Visual Effects
 
Gaudí Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated Gaudí Award Best European Film (Millor Pel·lícula Europea)
Christopher Nolan
 
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated Golden Globe Best Director - Motion Picture
Christopher Nolan
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Hans Zimmer
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Christopher Nolan
 
Golden Trailer Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won Golden Trailer Best Summer 2010 Blockbuster Poster
(Warner Bros. Pictures and Ignition Creative).
For "Maze".
Nominated Golden Trailer Best Sound Editing
(Blt:Av and Warner Bros. Pictures).
For "Idea".
Best Summer 2010 Blockbuster Poster
(Ignition Creative and Warner Bros. Pictures).
For "Water".
Most Original Poster
(Ignition Creative and Warner Bros. Pictures).
For "Maze".
Summer 2010 Blockbuster
(Blt:Av and Warner Bros. Pictures).
For "City".
 
Grammy Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated Grammy Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
Hans Zimmer
 
Hollywood Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won Hollywood Breakthrough Award Actor of the Year
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Also for 50/50 (2011).
 
2010 Won Hollywood Movie of the Year Christopher Nolan
 
Hugo Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won Hugo Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form
Christopher Nolan (written by) (director)
 
Irish Film and Television Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated IFTA Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film
Cillian Murphy
Best International Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio
Best International Film
Christopher Nolan
 
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated Silver Ribbon Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo)
Christopher Nolan
 
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won KCFCC Award Best Director
Christopher Nolan
Best Screenplay, Original
Christopher Nolan
Vincent Koehler Award for Outstanding Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror Film
 
Kinema Junpo Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated Kinema Junpo Award Best Foreign Language Film
Christopher Nolan
 
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won Sierra Award Best Cinematography
Wally Pfister
Best Film Editing
Lee Smith
Best Visual Effects
Pete Bebb
Andrew Lockley
Paul J. Franklin
Chris Corbould
2nd place Sierra Award Best Picture
Nominated Sierra Award Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio
Best Art Direction
Guy Hendrix Dyas (production designer)
Best DVD
Best Director
Christopher Nolan
Best Score
Hans Zimmer
Best Screenplay
Christopher Nolan
 
London Critics Circle Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated ALFS Award British Director of the Year
Christopher Nolan
British Supporting Actor of the Year
Tom Hardy
Director of the Year
Christopher Nolan
 
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won LAFCA Award Best Production Design
Guy Hendrix Dyas
 
MTV Movie Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won MTV Movie Award Best Scared-As-Shit Performance
Ellen Page
Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Fight
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Arthur vs. the Projection
Best Jaw Dropping Moment
Ellen Page
Leonardo DiCaprio
Best Kiss
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Ellen Page
Best Line from a Movie
Tom Hardy
"You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger darling."
Best Movie
 
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing - Music in a Feature Film
Alex Gibson (supervising music editor)
Ryan Rubin (music editor)
Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film
Richard King (supervising sound editor, sound designer)
Bryan O. Watkins (sound effects editor)
Bruce Tanis (foley editor)
Alyson Dee Moore (foley artist)
Michael W. Mitchell (sound effects editor)
John Roesch (foley artist)
Paul Berolzheimer (sound effects editor)
Christopher Flick (supervising foley editor)
Michael Babcock (sound effects editor)
Nominated Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing - Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film
R.J. Kizer (supervising adr editor)
Hugo Weng (supervising dialogue editor)
Richard King (supervising sound editor)
 
National Board of Review, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won NBR Award Top Ten Films
 
Online Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won OFCS Award Best Editing
Lee Smith
Best Screenplay, Original
Christopher Nolan
Nominated OFCS Award Best Cinematography
Wally Pfister
Best Director
Christopher Nolan
Best Picture
 
PGA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated PGA Award Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Emma Thomas
Christopher Nolan
 
People's Choice Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated People's Choice Award Favorite Drama Movie
Favorite Movie
Favorite On-Screen Team
Dileep Rao
Leonardo DiCaprio
Ellen Page
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Tom Hardy
 
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won PFCS Award Best Director
Christopher Nolan
Best Film Editing
Lee Smith
Best Original Score
Hans Zimmer
Best Production Design
Guy Hendrix Dyas (production designer)
Best Screenplay - Original
Christopher Nolan
Best Stunts
Best Visual Effects
Chris Corbould
Paul J. Franklin
Andrew Lockley
Pete Bebb
Nominated PFCS Award Best Cinematography
Wally Pfister
Best Ensemble Acting
Ellen Page
Pete Postlethwaite
Dileep Rao
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Ken Watanabe
Tom Berenger
Tom Hardy
Cillian Murphy
Talulah Riley
Leonardo DiCaprio
Michael Caine
Marion Cotillard
Lukas Haas
Best Picture
 
Rembrandt Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won Rembrandt Award Best International Film (Beste Buitenlandse Film)
Christopher Nolan
 
Robert Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won Robert Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film)
Christopher Nolan
 
SFX Awards, UK
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won SFX Award Best Film
Christopher Nolan
Nominated SFX Award Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio
Best Film Director
Christopher Nolan
 
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won SDFCS Award Best Cinematography
Wally Pfister
Nominated SDFCS Award Best Director
Christopher Nolan
Best Editing
Lee Smith
Best Picture
Best Production Design
Guy Hendrix Dyas
Best Screenplay, Original
Christopher Nolan
 
Satellite Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won Satellite Award Best Art Direction & Production Design
Guy Hendrix Dyas
Luke Freeborn
Brad Ricker
Dean Wolcott
Best Cinematography
Wally Pfister
Best Original Score
Hans Zimmer
Nominated Satellite Award Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Leonardo DiCaprio
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Marion Cotillard
Best Director
Christopher Nolan
Best Film Editing
Lee Smith
Best Motion Picture, Drama
Best Screenplay, Original
Christopher Nolan
Best Sound (Mixing & Editing)
Richard King
Ed Novick
Lora Hirschberg
Gary Rizzo
Best Visual Effects
Paul J. Franklin
Chris Corbould
Andrew Lockley
Pete Bebb
 
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won Bradbury Award Christopher Nolan (writer/director)
 
Screen Actors Guild Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won Actor Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
Terry Jackson
Luke Kearney
Adam Hart
Rick Miller
Mark Rayner
Harry Wowchuk (stunts)
Stephen Izzi (stunt performer)
Bobby Holland Hanton
George Cottle (stunt performer)
(Warner Bros.).
 
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 2nd place SEFCA Award Best Cinematography
Wally Pfister
Best Director
Christopher Nolan
Best Screenplay, Original
Christopher Nolan
Nominated SEFCA Award Best Picture
 
Teen Choice Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice Summer Movie
 
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated TFCA Award Best Director
Christopher Nolan
 
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Nominated VFCC Award Best Screenplay
Christopher Nolan
 
Visual Effects Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won VES Award Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture
Astrid Busser-Casas
Scott Pritchard
George Zwier
Jan Maroske
(Double Negative Visual Effects).
Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Graham Page
Per Mørk-Jensen
Bruno Baron
Dan Neal
Paris Dreamscapes
Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture
Scott Beverly
Forest P. Fischer
Robert Spurlock
Ian Hunter
Hospital Fortress Destruction
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture
Paul J. Franklin
Chris Corbould
Matthew Plummer
Mike Chambers
 
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won WAFCA Award Best Art Direction
Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Designer)
Best Cinematography
Wally Pfister
Best Original Screenplay
Christopher Nolan
Best Score
Hans Zimmer
Nominated WAFCA Award Best Acting Ensemble
Talulah Riley
Leonardo DiCaprio
Lukas Haas
Ken Watanabe
Michael Caine
Pete Postlethwaite
Cillian Murphy
Tom Hardy
Marion Cotillard
Dileep Rao
Tom Berenger
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Ellen Page
Best Director
Christopher Nolan
Best Film
 
World Soundtrack Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won World Soundtrack Award Best Original Soundtrack of the Year
Hans Zimmer
Nominated World Soundtrack Award Soundtrack Composer of the Year
Hans Zimmer
Also for How Do You Know (2010), Rango (2011), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011), The Dilemma (2011) and Megamind (2010).
 
World Stunt Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won Taurus Award Best Fight
Andy Bradshaw (stunt performer)
Marvin Campbell (stunt performer)
Richard Wu (stunt performer)
Rick English (stunt performer)
Best Stunt Coordinator and/or 2nd Unit Director
Tom Struthers
Brent Woolsey
Nominated Taurus Award Best Specialty Stunt
Mark Rayner
Adam Hart
Marie Fink
Terry Jackson
George Cottle
(Warner Bros.).
A red car does a 180-degree spin and a 90-degree slide, weaving through traffic. The car then does another 90-degree slide, hitting a car and knocking a bad guy down. A taxi backs up pinning the bad guy between two cars, pushing him backwards. The cab breaks free as it does a reverse 180-degree spin and drives off.
 
Writers Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2011 Won WGA Award (Screen) Best Original Screenplay
Christopher Nolan (writer)
 

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