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Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, and Warren Oates in In the Heat of the Night (1967)

Awards

In the Heat of the Night

23 wins & 16 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Walter Mirisch
    1968 Winner Oscar
    • Best Picture
    • Walter Mirisch
  • Rod Steiger at an event for End of Days (1999)
    1968 Winner Oscar
    • Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • Rod Steiger
  • Norman Jewison
    1968 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Director
    • Norman Jewison
  • Stirling Silliphant
    1968 Winner Oscar
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
    • Stirling Silliphant
  • Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, and Warren Oates in In the Heat of the Night (1967)
    1968 Winner Oscar
    • Best Sound
    Recipient: Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department

American Cinema Editors, USA

  • Hal Ashby in Bound for Glory (1976)
    1968 Nominee Eddie
    • Best Edited Feature Film
    • Hal Ashby

BAFTA Awards

  • Norman Jewison
    1968 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Film from any Source
    • Norman Jewison
  • Rod Steiger at an event for End of Days (1999)
    1968 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Foreign Actor
    • Rod Steiger
  • Sidney Poitier
    1968 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Foreign Actor
    • Sidney Poitier
  • Norman Jewison
    1968 Winner UN Award
    • Norman Jewison

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Norman Jewison
    1968 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • Norman Jewison

Edgar Allan Poe Awards

  • Stirling Silliphant
    1968 Winner Edgar
    • Best Motion Picture
    • Stirling Silliphant

Golden Globes, USA

  • Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, and Warren Oates in In the Heat of the Night (1967)
    1968 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Motion Picture - Drama
  • Norman Jewison
    1968 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Director
    • Norman Jewison
  • Rod Steiger at an event for End of Days (1999)
    1968 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Actor - Drama
    • Rod Steiger
  • Sidney Poitier
    1968 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Actor - Drama
    • Sidney Poitier
  • "Airport '77" Lee Grant 1977 Universal
    1968 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Lee Grant

Grammy Awards

  • Quincy Jones at an event for The Karate Kid (2010)
    1968 Nominee Grammy
    • Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show
    • Quincy Jones

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Rod Steiger at an event for End of Days (1999)
    1967 Winner KCFCC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Rod Steiger
    Tied with Paul Scofield for A Man for All Seasons (1966).

Laurel Awards

  • Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, and Warren Oates in In the Heat of the Night (1967)
    1968 Winner Golden Laurel
    • Drama
  • Rod Steiger at an event for End of Days (1999)
    1968 Winner Golden Laurel
    • Male Dramatic Performance
    • Rod Steiger
  • Sidney Poitier
    1968 Nominee Golden Laurel
    • Male Dramatic Performance
    • Sidney Poitier

National Film Preservation Board, USA

  • Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, and Warren Oates in In the Heat of the Night (1967)
    2002 Winner National Film Registry

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • Rod Steiger at an event for End of Days (1999)
    1968 Winner NSFC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Rod Steiger
  • Haskell Wexler at an event for The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
    1968 Winner NSFC Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Haskell Wexler

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, and Warren Oates in In the Heat of the Night (1967)
    1967 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Film
  • Rod Steiger at an event for End of Days (1999)
    1967 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Rod Steiger
  • Norman Jewison
    1967 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Norman Jewison
    Tied with Arthur Penn for Bonnie and Clyde (1967).

Photoplay Awards

  • Rod Steiger at an event for End of Days (1999)
    1968 Nominee Gold Medal
    • Favorite Motion Picture
    • Rod Steiger
    • Sidney Poitier
    • Lee Grant

Writers Guild of America, USA

  • Stirling Silliphant
    1968 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Written American Drama
    • Stirling Silliphant

Sant Jordi Awards

  • Norman Jewison
    1969 Winner Sant Jordi
    • Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    • Norman Jewison
  • Rod Steiger at an event for End of Days (1999)
    1969 Winner Sant Jordi
    • Best Performance in a Foreign Film (Mejor Interpretación en Película Extranjera)
    • Rod Steiger
    Shared with: The Loved One · No Way to Treat a Lady

Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards

  • Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, and Warren Oates in In the Heat of the Night (1967)
    1970 Nominee SIYAD Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    5th Place

Online Film & Television Association

  • Sidney Poitier
    2021 Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame
    • Character
    • Sidney Poitier
    As Detective Virgil Tibbs
  • Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, and Warren Oates in In the Heat of the Night (1967)
    2016 Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame
    • Motion Picture

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