Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 2010
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Nominee Saturn Award |
Best Fantasy Film |
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Best Actress Catherine Keener |
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Best Performance by a Younger Actor Max Records |
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Best Writing Spike Jonze Dave Eggers |
Art Directors Guild 2010
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Nominee Excellence in Production Design Award |
Fantasy Film K.K. Barrett (production designer) Jeffrey Thorp (supervising art director) Lucinda Thomson (art director) Tim Disney (on set art director) Peter Andrus (art director) Christopher Tandon (art director) William Hawkins (art director) Stefan Dechant (concept illustrator) Sonny Gerasimowicz (concept illustrator) Ralph Moser (concept artist) Nick Pledge (concept modeler) Josh Sheppard (lead storyboard artist) Eric Ramsey (storyboard artist) Federico D'Alessandro (storyboard artist) Darryl Henley (storyboard artist) Ray Harvie (storyboard artist) P.K. MacCarthy (storyboard artist) Michael Anthony Jackson (storyboard artist) Michael Bell (set designer) Otello Stolfo (set designer) Maya Shimoguchi (lead modelmaker) Dan Engle (senior modelmaker) Tom Davies (modelmaker - miniatures) Simon Bowland (modelmaker - miniatures) Karen Jackson (modelmaker - miniatures) Daniel Mapp-Moroni (modelmaker - miniatures) Tim McGaw (modelmaker - miniatures) Lotte Hilder (modelmaker - miniatures) Lawrence Prodan (modelmaker - miniatures) Amy Rendell (modelmaker - miniatures) Andy Robinson (head scenic artist) Lisa Thompson (set decorator) |
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 2010
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Winner ASCAP Award |
Top Box Office Films Carter Burwell For The Blind Side |
Austin Film Critics Association 2009
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Nominee AFCA Award |
Best Film
9th place
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Awards Circuit Community Awards 2009
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Nominee ACCA |
Best Motion Picture John B. Carls Gary Goetzman Tom Hanks Vincent Landay Maurice Sendak |
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Best Adapted Screenplay Spike Jonze (writer) Dave Eggers (writer) |
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Best Cinematography Lance Acord |
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Best Original Score Carter Burwell Karen O |
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Best Visual Effects |
Black Reel Awards 2010
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Nominee Black Reel |
Best Voice Performance Forest Whitaker |
BMI Film & TV Awards 2010
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Winner BMI Film Music Award |
Film Music Karen O Carter Burwell |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2010
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Nominee Critics Choice Award |
Best Young Actor/Actress Max Records |
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Best Costume Design |
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Best Score Carter Burwell Karen O |
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Best Song Karen O Nick Zinner
For the song "All Is Love".
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Central Ohio Film Critics Association 2010
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Nominee COFCA Award |
Best Score Carter Burwell Karen O |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2009
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Nominee CFCA Award |
Best Picture |
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Most Promising Performer Max Records |
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Best Director Spike Jonze |
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Best Screenplay, Adapted Spike Jonze Dave Eggers |
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Best Cinematography Lance Acord |
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Best Original Score Carter Burwell Karen O |
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards 2009
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Nominee DFCC |
Best Film
18th place
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Gold Derby Awards 2010
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Nominee Gold Derby Award |
Cinematography Lance Acord |
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Original Score Carter Burwell Karen O |
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Original Song Carter Burwell Karen O
for "All Is Love"
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Visual Effects Ben Gibbs Daniel Jeannette Marc Kolbe Chris Watts |
Golden Globes, USA 2010
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Nominee Golden Globe |
Best Original Score - Motion Picture Carter Burwell Karen O |
Golden Schmoes Awards 2009
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Nominee Golden Schmoes |
Best Music in a Movie |
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Favorite Movie Poster of the Year |
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Best Trailer of the Year |
Indiana Film Journalists Association, US 2009
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Winner IFJA Award |
Best Director Spike Jonze |
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Winner Original Vision Award |
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Nominee IFJA Award |
Best Picture |
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Best Screenplay Spike Jonze Dave Eggers |
International Cinephile Society Awards 2010
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Nominee ICS Award |
Best Adapted Screenplay Spike Jonze Dave Eggers |
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) 2010
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Nominee INOCA |
Best Adapted Screenplay Spike Jonze Dave Eggers |
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Best Costume Design Casey Storm |
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Best Visual Effects |
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Best Original Score Carter Burwell Karen O |
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Best Original Song Karen O Nick Zinner
Song: "All Is Love"
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Internet Film Critic Society 2009
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Winner IFCS Award |
Most Underrated Film |
National Board of Review, USA 2009
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Winner NBR Award |
Top Ten Films |
Online Film & Television Association 2010
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Nominee OFTA Film Award |
Best Youth Performance Max Records |
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Best Music, Original Score Carter Burwell Karen O |
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Best Music, Original Song Karen O (music, lyrics, and performed by) Nick Zinner (music and lyrics by)
For the song "All is Love".
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Online Film Critics Society Awards 2010
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Nominee OFCS Award |
Best Adapted Screenplay Spike Jonze Dave Eggers |
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Best Original Score Carter Burwell Karen O |
People's Choice Awards, USA 2010
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Nominee People's Choice Award |
Favorite Family Movie |
Satellite Awards 2009
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Nominee Satellite Award |
Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media |
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Best Original Score Carter Burwell Karen O |
Scream Awards 2010
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Nominee Scream Award |
Best Fantasy Movie |
St. Louis Film Critics Association, US 2009
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Nominee SLFCA Award |
Best Cinematography Lance Acord |
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Best Visual Effects |
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards 2009
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Nominee WAFCA Award |
Best Art Direction |
World Soundtrack Awards 2010
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Nominee World Soundtrack Award |
Soundtrack Composer of the Year Carter Burwell For The Blind Side , A Serious Man , Howl and The Kids Are All Right |
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Best Original Soundtrack of the Year Carter Burwell Karen O |
Young Artist Awards 2010
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Winner Young Artist Award |
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor Max Records |

