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Curtis Hanson

Awards

Curtis Hanson

50 wins & 28 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Picture
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Arnon Milchan · Michael G. Nathanson
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Director
    • L.A. Confidential
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Winner Oscar
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Brian Helgeland

Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Nominee Silver Condor
    • Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    • L.A. Confidential
    USA.

Australian Film Institute

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Winner Best Foreign Film Award
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Arnon Milchan · Michael G. Nathanson

Bodil Awards

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Winner Bodil
    • Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
    • L.A. Confidential

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1997 Winner BSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • L.A. Confidential
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1997 Winner BSFC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Brian Helgeland

BAFTA Awards

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Film
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Arnon Milchan · Michael G. Nathanson
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Nominee David Lean Award for Direction
    • L.A. Confidential
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Screenplay - Adapted
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Brian Helgeland

Critics Choice Awards

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Winner Critics Choice Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Brian Helgeland

Cannes Film Festival

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1997 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • L.A. Confidential

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Winner CFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • L.A. Confidential
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Winner CFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Brian Helgeland

Cognac Festival du Film Policier

  • Rebecca De Mornay, Annabella Sciorra, Matt McCoy, and Madeline Zima in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
    1992 Winner Grand Prix
    • The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
  • Rebecca De Mornay, Annabella Sciorra, Matt McCoy, and Madeline Zima in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
    1992 Winner Audience Award
    • The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Nominee DFWFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • L.A. Confidential
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Winner DFWFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Brian Helgeland

Deauville Film Festival

  • Rob Lowe, James Spader, and Lisa Zane in Bad Influence (1990)
    1990 Nominee Critics Award
    • Bad Influence

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • L.A. Confidential

Edgar Allan Poe Awards

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Winner Edgar
    • Best Motion Picture
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Brian Helgeland

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • Too Big to Fail (2011)
    2011 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
    • Too Big to Fail
  • Too Big to Fail (2011)
    2011 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Miniseries or Movie
    • Too Big to Fail
    Shared with: Paula Weinstein · Jeff Levine · Carol Fenelon · Ezra Swerdlow

European Film Awards

  • 8 Mile (2002)
    2002 Nominee Screen International Award
    • 8 Mile
    USA

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Winner FFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • L.A. Confidential
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Winner FFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Brian Helgeland

Fotogramas de Plata

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Winner Fotogramas de Plata
    • Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    • L.A. Confidential

Golden Globes, USA

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Director - Motion Picture
    • L.A. Confidential
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Brian Helgeland

Satellite Awards

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Motion Picture, Drama
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Arnon Milchan · Michael G. Nathanson
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Director
    • L.A. Confidential
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Winner Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Brian Helgeland

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Nominee Silver Ribbon
    • Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
    • L.A. Confidential

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Winner Sierra Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Brian Helgeland

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Winner ALFS Award
    • Director of the Year
    • L.A. Confidential
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Winner ALFS Award
    • Screenwriter of the Year
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Brian Helgeland

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1997 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • L.A. Confidential
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1997 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Brian Helgeland

Mystfest

  • Rob Lowe, James Spader, and Lisa Zane in Bad Influence (1990)
    1990 Winner Best Film
    • Bad Influence

National Board of Review, USA

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1997 Winner NBR Award
    • Best Director
    • L.A. Confidential

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Winner NSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • L.A. Confidential
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Winner NSFC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Brian Helgeland

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1997 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • L.A. Confidential
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1997 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Brian Helgeland

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Winner OFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Brian Helgeland
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • L.A. Confidential

PGA Awards

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Nominee PGA Award
    • Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Arnon Milchan · Michael G. Nathanson

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1997 Winner SDFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Brian Helgeland
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1997 Winner SDFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • L.A. Confidential

Society of Texas Film Critics Awards

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1997 Winner STFC Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Brian Helgeland

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Winner SEFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • L.A. Confidential
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Winner SEFCA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Brian Helgeland

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Nominee TFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • L.A. Confidential

Toronto International Film Festival

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1997 Winner Metro Media Award
    • L.A. Confidential
    Tied with Boogie Nights (1997).

USC Scripter Award

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Winner USC Scripter Award
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: James Ellroy · Brian Helgeland

Writers Guild of America, USA

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Winner WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Brian Helgeland

Young Hollywood Awards

  • Curtis Hanson
    2002 Winner Dream Director Award

Sant Jordi Awards

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Winner Sant Jordi
    • Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    • L.A. Confidential
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Winner Rosa de Sant Jordi Audience Award
    • Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    • L.A. Confidential

Kinema Junpo Awards

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1999 Winner Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • L.A. Confidential
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1999 Winner Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film Director
    • L.A. Confidential
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1999 Winner Readers' Choice Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • L.A. Confidential

Mainichi Film Concours

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1999 Winner Mainichi Film Concours
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • L.A. Confidential

Blue Ribbon Awards

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1999 Winner Blue Ribbon Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • L.A. Confidential

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

  • Michael Douglas in Wonder Boys (2000)
    2001 Nominee PFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • Wonder Boys

Chlotrudis Awards

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Winner Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Director
    • L.A. Confidential
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Winner Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Brian Helgeland

Online Film & Television Association

  • Too Big to Fail (2011)
    2011 Nominee OFTA Television Award
    • Best Direction of a Motion Picture or Miniseries
    • Too Big to Fail
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Picture
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Arnon Milchan · Michael G. Nathanson
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Drama Picture
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Arnon Milchan · Michael G. Nathanson
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Director
    • L.A. Confidential
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1998 Winner OFTA Film Award
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Brian Helgeland

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1997 Winner ACCA
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Brian Helgeland
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    1997 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Director
    • L.A. Confidential

Women Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Cameron Diaz and Toni Collette in In Her Shoes (2005)
    2005 Winner WFCC Award
    • Best Movie About Women
    • In Her Shoes
    Tied with Nine Lives (2005).

20/20 Awards

  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    2018 Nominee Felix
    • Best Director
    • L.A. Confidential
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
    2018 Winner Felix
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • L.A. Confidential
    Shared with: Brian Helgeland

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