Awards

David O. Russell

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46 wins & 100 nominations

David di Donatello Awards

2014 Nominee David
- Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
- American Hustle
2013 Nominee David
- Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
- Silver Linings Playbook

Directors Guild of America, USA

2014 Nominee DGA Award
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
- American Hustle
2011 Nominee DGA Award
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
- The Fighter

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

2013 Nominee FFCC Award
- Best Original Screenplay
- American Hustle
Shared with: Eric Warren Singer

Golden Globes, USA

2014 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Director - Motion Picture
- American Hustle
2014 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
- American Hustle
Shared with: Eric Warren Singer
2013 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
- Silver Linings Playbook
2011 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Director - Motion Picture
- The Fighter

Satellite Awards

2014 Nominee Satellite Award
- Best Director
- American Hustle
2014 Winner Satellite Award
- Best Screenplay, Original
- American Hustle
Shared with: Eric Warren Singer
2012 Nominee Satellite Award
- Best Screenplay, Adapted
- Silver Linings Playbook
2012 Winner Satellite Award
- Best Director
- Silver Linings Playbook
2000 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
- Best Screenplay, Original
- Three Kings
Shared with: John Ridley

Gotham Awards

2012 Winner Tribute Award
2004 Nominee Gotham Independent Film Award
- Best Feature
- I Heart Huckabees
Shared with: Gregory Goodman · Scott Rudin

Grammy Awards

2015 Nominee Grammy
- Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
- American Hustle
Shared with: Susan Jacobs
2005 Winner Grammy
- Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)
For "Aire Latino (Morel, Villa-Lobos, Ponce, Etc.)"
Shared with: Rosalind Ilett · Thomas Knab

Hamptons International Film Festival

2012 Winner Audience Award
- Narrative
- Silver Linings Playbook

Hollywood Film Awards

2012 Winner Hollywood Film Award
- Director of the Year
- Silver Linings Playbook

Humanitas Prize

2013 Winner Humanitas Prize
- Feature Film Category
- Silver Linings Playbook

Film Independent Spirit Awards

2013 Winner Independent Spirit Award
- Best Director
- Silver Linings Playbook
2013 Winner Independent Spirit Award
- Best Screenplay
- Silver Linings Playbook
1997 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
- Best Director
- Flirting with Disaster
1997 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
- Best Screenplay
- Flirting with Disaster
1995 Winner Independent Spirit Award
- Best First Feature
- Spanking the Monkey
Shared with: Dean Silvers

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

2012 Nominee LAFCA Award
- Best Screenplay
- Silver Linings Playbook

National Board of Review, USA

2012 Winner NBR Award
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Silver Linings Playbook

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

2014 Nominee NSFC Award
- Best Screenplay
- American Hustle
Shared with: Eric Warren Singer
2013 Nominee NSFC Award
- Best Screenplay
- Silver Linings Playbook
2000 Nominee NSFC Award
- Best Director
- Three Kings
1997 Nominee NSFC Award
- Best Screenplay
- Flirting with Disaster

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

2013 Winner NYFCC Award
- Best Screenplay
- American Hustle
Shared with: Eric Warren Singer
2013 Nominee NYFCC Award
- Best Director
- American Hustle
1994 Nominee NYFCC Award
- Best New Director
- Spanking the Monkey

Online Film Critics Society Awards

2013 Nominee OFCS Award
- Best Original Screenplay
- American Hustle
Shared with: Eric Warren Singer

Palm Springs International Film Festival

Philadelphia Film Festival

2012 Winner Audience Award - Honorable Mention
- Special Presentations
- Silver Linings Playbook

Danish Film Awards (Robert)

2014 Nominee Robert
- Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film)
- Silver Linings Playbook

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

2012 Nominee SDFCS Award
- Best Director
- Silver Linings Playbook
2012 Nominee SDFCS Award
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Silver Linings Playbook

Santa Barbara International Film Festival

2014 Winner Outstanding Director of the Year Award
- American Hustle

Art Directors Guild

2016 Winner Contribution to Cinematic Imagery Award

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

2013 Nominee SEFCA Award
- Best Original Screenplay
- American Hustle
Shared with: Eric Warren Singer
2000 Nominee SEFCA Award
- Best Director
- Three Kings
2000 Nominee SEFCA Award
- Best Original Screenplay
- Three Kings
Shared with: John Ridley

Sundance Film Festival

1994 Winner Audience Award
- Dramatic
- Spanking the Monkey
1994 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
- Dramatic
- Spanking the Monkey

Toronto International Film Festival

2012 Winner People's Choice Award
- Silver Linings Playbook

USC Scripter Award

2013 Nominee USC Scripter Award
- Silver Linings Playbook
Shared with: Matthew Quick

Writers Guild of America, USA

2014 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
- Best Original Screenplay
- American Hustle
Shared with: Eric Warren Singer
2013 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Silver Linings Playbook
Based on the novel by Matthew Quick
2000 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
- Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
- Three Kings
Shared with: John Ridley

San Francisco Film Critics Circle

2013 Nominee SFFCC Award
- Best Director
- American Hustle
2013 Winner SFFCC Award
- Best Screenplay, Original
- American Hustle
Shared with: Eric Warren Singer

PEN Center USA West Literary Awards

2000 Winner Literary Award
- Screenplay
- Three Kings

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

2012 Nominee PFCS Award
- Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium
- Silver Linings Playbook

Chlotrudis Awards

2013 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Silver Linings Playbook

Capri, Hollywood

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

2014 Nominee COFCA Award
- Best Director
- American Hustle
2014 Nominee COFCA Award
- Best Original Screenplay
- American Hustle
Shared with: Eric Warren Singer
2013 Nominee COFCA Award
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Silver Linings Playbook

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

2013 Nominee WAFCA Award
- Best Original Screenplay
- American Hustle
Shared with: Eric Warren Singer
2012 Winner WAFCA Award
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Silver Linings Playbook

Los Angeles Film Festival

2013 Winner Spirit of Independence Award

Mill Valley Film Festival

2012 Winner Audience Award
- Best U.S. Feature Film
- Silver Linings Playbook

Twin Cities Film Fest, US

2012 Winner Festival Award
- Best Film
- Silver Linings Playbook

Sun Valley Film Festival, US

2024 Winner Vision Award

North Texas Film Critics Association, US

2011 Nominee NTFCA Award
- Best Director
- The Fighter

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

2013 Nominee SLFCA Award
- Best Director
- American Hustle
2013 Nominee SLFCA Award
- Best Original Screenplay
- American Hustle
Shared with: Eric Warren Singer
2012 Winner SLFCA Award
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Silver Linings Playbook
Tied with Tony Kushner for Lincoln (2012).

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

2013 Nominee EDA Award
- Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- Silver Linings Playbook
2013 Nominee EDA Award
- Best Director
- American Hustle
2013 Nominee EDA Award
- Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- American Hustle
Shared with: Eric Warren Singer

Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

2013 Nominee DFCS Award
- Best Director
- American Hustle
2013 Nominee DFCS Award
- Best Screenplay
- American Hustle
Shared with: Eric Warren Singer
2012 Winner DFCS Award
- Best Director
- Silver Linings Playbook
2012 Winner DFCS Award
- Best Screenplay
- Silver Linings Playbook

Indiana Film Journalists Association, US

2012 Nominee IFJA Award
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Silver Linings Playbook

Iowa Film Critics Awards

2014 Nominee IFC Award
- Best Director
- American Hustle

Denver Film Critics Society

2014 Nominee DFCS Award
- Best Director
- American Hustle
2014 Winner DFCS Award
- Best Original Screenplay
- American Hustle
Shared with: Eric Warren Singer
2013 Winner DFCS Award
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Silver Linings Playbook

CinEuphoria Awards

2014 Winner CinEuphoria
- Top Ten of the Year - Audience Award
- Silver Linings Playbook

Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA)

2014 Nominee GAFCA Award
- Best Original Screenplay
- American Hustle
Shared with: Eric Warren Singer
2013 Nominee GAFCA Award
- Best Director
- Silver Linings Playbook
2013 Winner GAFCA Award
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Silver Linings Playbook

Utah Film Critics Association Awards

2012 Nominee UFCA Award
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Silver Linings Playbook

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

2013 Nominee HFCS Award
- Best Screenplay
- American Hustle
Shared with: Eric Warren Singer
2013 Nominee HFCS Award
- Best Screenplay
- Silver Linings Playbook

Online Film & Television Association

2014 Nominee OFTA Film Award
- Best Director
- American Hustle
2014 Nominee OFTA Film Award
- Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
- American Hustle
Shared with: Eric Warren Singer
2013 Nominee OFTA Film Award
- Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
- Silver Linings Playbook

Awards Circuit Community Awards

2013 Nominee ACCA
- Best Original Screenplay
- American Hustle
Shared with: Eric Warren Singer
2012 Nominee ACCA
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Silver Linings Playbook
2010 Nominee ACCA
- Best Achievement in Directing
- The Fighter
2010 Nominee Davis Award
- Best Achievement in Directing
- The Fighter

Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)

2014 Nominee IOMA
- Best Original Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura originale)
- American Hustle
Shared with: Eric Warren Singer
2013 Nominee IOMA
- Best Adapted Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura non originale)
- Silver Linings Playbook