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Jonathan Demme

Awards

Jonathan Demme

32 wins & 36 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1992 Winner Oscar
    • Best Director
    • The Silence of the Lambs

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1992 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Director
    • The Silence of the Lambs

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington in Philadelphia (1993)
    1994 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Philadelphia
  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1991 Winner Silver Berlin Bear
    • Best Director
    • The Silence of the Lambs
    Tied with Ultrà (1991).
  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1991 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • The Silence of the Lambs

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1991 Winner BSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • The Silence of the Lambs

BAFTA Awards

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1992 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Direction
    • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1992 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Film
    • The Silence of the Lambs
    Shared with: Edward Saxon · Kenneth Utt · Ron Bozman

César Awards, France

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1992 Nominee César
    • Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
    • The Silence of the Lambs

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington in Philadelphia (1993)
    1994 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Philadelphia
  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1992 Winner CFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • The Silence of the Lambs

Chicago International Film Festival

  • The Agronomist (2003)
    2003 Winner Gold Plaque
    • Best Documentary
    • The Agronomist

Cinema Audio Society, USA

  • Jonathan Demme
    2013 Winner Filmmaker Award

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1992 Nominee DFWFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • The Silence of the Lambs

Deauville Film Festival

  • Swimming to Cambodia (1987)
    1987 Nominee Critics Award
    • Swimming to Cambodia

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1992 Winner DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • The Silence of the Lambs
    Shared with: Kenneth Utt · Ron Bozman · Kyle McCarthy

Ghent International Film Festival

  • Stop Making Sense (1984)
    1985 Winner Grand Prix
    • Stop Making Sense

Golden Globes, USA

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1992 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Director - Motion Picture
    • The Silence of the Lambs

Gotham Awards

  • Jimmy Carter Man from Plains (2007)
    2007 Nominee Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
    Shared with: Neda Armian
  • The Agronomist (2003)
    2004 Winner Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Best Documentary
    • The Agronomist
    Shared with: Bevin McNamara · Peter Saraf
  • Jonathan Demme
    1991 Winner Filmmaker Award

Grammy Awards

  • Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid (1985)
    1987 Nominee Grammy
    • Best Music Video, Long Form
    • Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid
    Shared with: Kevin Godley · Lol Creme · Hart Perry

Hochi Film Awards

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1991 Winner Hochi Film Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • The Silence of the Lambs

Image Awards (NAACP)

  • Sanaa Lathan and Stephan James in Shots Fired (2017)
    2018 Nominee Image Award
    • Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
    • Shots Fired
    Episode: "Hour Six: The Fire This Time (2017)"

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Anne Hathaway, Bill Irwin, and Rosemarie DeWitt in Rachel Getting Married (2008)
    2009 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Feature
    • Rachel Getting Married
    Shared with: Neda Armian · Marc Platt
  • Anne Hathaway, Bill Irwin, and Rosemarie DeWitt in Rachel Getting Married (2008)
    2009 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • Rachel Getting Married
  • Swimming to Cambodia (1987)
    1988 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • Swimming to Cambodia

International Documentary Association

  • Mandela (1996)
    1997 Winner Pare Lorentz Award
    • Mandela
    Shared with: Edward Saxon · Jo Menell

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1992 Nominee Silver Ribbon
    • Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
    • The Silence of the Lambs

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1991 Winner KCFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • The Silence of the Lambs

Locarno Film Festival

  • Meryl Streep in Ricki and the Flash (2015)
    2015 Nominee Variety Piazza Grande Award
    • Ricki and the Flash

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1992 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Director of the Year
    • The Silence of the Lambs

Miami Film Festival

  • The Agronomist (2003)
    2003 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Documentary Features - World Cinema Competition
    • The Agronomist

National Board of Review, USA

  • Jonathan Demme
    2006 Winner Billy Wilder Award
  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1991 Winner NBR Award
    • Best Director
    • The Silence of the Lambs

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1992 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Melvin and Howard (1980)
    1981 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • Melvin and Howard

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1991 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Melvin and Howard (1980)
    1980 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Melvin and Howard

PGA Awards

  • Nicolas Cage in Adaptation. (2002)
    2003 Nominee PGA Award
    • Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
    • Adaptation.
    Shared with: Edward Saxon · Vincent Landay

Santa Barbara International Film Festival

  • The Agronomist (2003)
    2004 Winner Honorable Mention
    • Documentary Film
    • The Agronomist

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

  • Anne Hathaway, Bill Irwin, and Rosemarie DeWitt in Rachel Getting Married (2008)
    2008 Winner TFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Rachel Getting Married

Venice Film Festival

  • Jonathan Demme
    2015 Winner Persol Tribute Visionary Talent Award
  • I'm Carolyn Parker (2011)
    2011 Nominee Venice Horizons Award
    • Best Film
    • I'm Carolyn Parker
  • Anne Hathaway, Bill Irwin, and Rosemarie DeWitt in Rachel Getting Married (2008)
    2008 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Rachel Getting Married
  • Jimmy Carter Man from Plains (2007)
    2007 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
    • Parallel Sections
    • Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
  • Jimmy Carter Man from Plains (2007)
    2007 Winner Biografilm Award
    • Jimmy Carter Man from Plains

Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1991 Winner Silver Scream Award
    • The Silence of the Lambs

Black Reel Awards

  • Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2003)
    2005 Nominee Black Reel
    • Outstanding Television or Mini-Series Film
    • Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
    Shared with: LisaGay Hamilton · Joe Viola · Neda Armian

Blue Ribbon Awards

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1992 Winner Blue Ribbon Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • The Silence of the Lambs

Film by the Sea International Film Festival

  • Wallace Shawn in A Master Builder (2013)
    2014 Nominee Film and Literature Award
    • A Master Builder
  • Jonathan Demme
    2006 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Rome Film Fest

  • Wallace Shawn in A Master Builder (2013)
    2013 Nominee CinemaXXI Award
    • A Master Builder

Lisbon Film Festival (LEFFEST)

  • Jonathan Demme
    2015 Winner Tribute Award

Online Film & Television Association

  • Jonathan Demme
    2022 Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame
    • Architect
  • Nicolas Cage in Adaptation. (2002)
    2003 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Picture
    • Adaptation.
    Shared with: Vincent Landay · Edward Saxon
  • Mandela (1996)
    1998 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Documentary Picture
    • Mandela
    Shared with: Jo Menell · Edward Saxon

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Nicolas Cage in Adaptation. (2002)
    2002 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Motion Picture
    • Adaptation.
    Shared with: Vincent Landay · Edward Saxon
  • Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington in Philadelphia (1993)
    1993 Winner ACCA
    • Best Motion Picture
    • Philadelphia
    Shared with: Edward Saxon
  • Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington in Philadelphia (1993)
    1993 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Achievement in Directing
    • Philadelphia
  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1991 Winner ACCA
    • Best Director
    • The Silence of the Lambs

AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

  • Anne Hathaway, Bill Irwin, and Rosemarie DeWitt in Rachel Getting Married (2008)
    2009 Nominee Movies for Grownups Award
    • Best Director
    • Rachel Getting Married

20/20 Awards

  • Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington in Philadelphia (1993)
    2014 Nominee Felix
    • Best Director
    • Philadelphia
  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    2012 Winner Felix
    • Best Director
    • The Silence of the Lambs

ASECAN

  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    1992 Winner ASECAN Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • The Silence of the Lambs

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