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Peter Greenaway

Awards

Peter Greenaway

29 wins & 31 nominations

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
    2015 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Eisenstein in Guanajuato
  • Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
    2015 Nominee Teddy
    • Best Feature Film
    • Eisenstein in Guanajuato

Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming

  • Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs (1991)
    1992 Winner Silver FIPA
    • Music and Live Events
    • M Is for Man, Music, Mozart

BAFTA Awards

  • Peter Greenaway
    2014 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Cannes Film Festival

  • The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (2003)
    2003 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
  • 8 ½ Women (1999)
    1999 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • 8 ½ Women
  • Joely Richardson in Drowning by Numbers (1988)
    1988 Winner Best Artistic Contribution
    • Drowning by Numbers
  • Joely Richardson in Drowning by Numbers (1988)
    1988 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Drowning by Numbers
  • The Belly of an Architect (1987)
    1987 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • The Belly of an Architect

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival

  • 3x3D (2013)
    2013 Nominee Noves Visions Experimenta Award
    • 3x3D
    Shared with: Jean-Luc Godard
  • Goltzius and The Pelican Company (2012)
    2013 Nominee New Visions Award
    • Best Motion Picture
    • Goltzius and The Pelican Company
  • Peter Greenaway
    2001 Winner Time-Machine Honorary Award
  • Vivian Wu in The Pillow Book (1995)
    1996 Winner Best Film
    • The Pillow Book
  • The Baby of Mâcon (1993)
    1993 Nominee Best Film
    • The Baby of Mâcon

Chicago International Film Festival

  • The Belly of an Architect (1987)
    1987 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Feature
    • The Belly of an Architect
  • The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)
    1982 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Feature
    • The Draughtsman's Contract
  • Zandra Rhodes (1981)
    1981 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Documentary
    • Zandra Rhodes
  • The Falls (1980)
    1981 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Feature
    • The Falls

Evening Standard British Film Awards

  • Peter Greenaway
    1990 Winner Special Award

Fantasporto

  • John Gielgud, Isabelle Pasco, Mark Rylance, and Michael Clark in Prospero's Books (1991)
    1992 Nominee International Fantasy Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Prospero's Books
  • Helen Mirren in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
    1990 Nominee International Fantasy Film Award
    • Best Film
    • The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
  • The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)
    1984 Nominee International Fantasy Film Award
    • Best Film
    • The Draughtsman's Contract

Ghent International Film Festival

  • Peter Greenaway
    1999 Winner Joseph Plateau Honorary Award

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Helen Mirren in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
    1991 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
    France/Netherlands/UK.

Istanbul Film Festival

  • Peter Greenaway
    1997 Winner Honorary Award

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

  • Peter Greenaway
    1996 Nominee European Silver Ribbon

Locarno Film Festival

  • Peter Greenaway
    2010 Winner Swiss Critics Boccalino Award
    • Special Boccalino d'Oro
    Most significant person during this festival.

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • John Gielgud, Isabelle Pasco, Mark Rylance, and Michael Clark in Prospero's Books (1991)
    1992 Winner ALFS Award
    • British Technical Achievement of the Year
    • Prospero's Books

Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival

  • Peter Greenaway
    2019 Winner Scythian Deer
    • Lifetime Achievement Award
    For Contribution to World Cinema

Nederlands Film Festival

  • Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
    2015 Nominee Golden Calf
    • Best Director of a Feature Film (Beste Regie)
    • Eisenstein in Guanajuato
  • Nightwatching (2007)
    2007 Nominee Golden Calf
    • Best Director of a Feature Film (Beste Regie)
    • Nightwatching
  • Nightwatching (2007)
    2007 Winner Golden Calf
    • Best Screenplay of a Feature Film (Beste Scenario)
    • Nightwatching

Pusan International Film Festival

  • Peter Greenaway
    2005 Winner Hand Printing

Seattle International Film Festival

  • Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
    2015 Nominee Golden Space Needle Award
    • Best Director
    • Eisenstein in Guanajuato
    2nd runner-up
  • Vivian Wu in The Pillow Book (1995)
    1997 Winner Golden Space Needle Award
    • Best Director
    • The Pillow Book
  • Joely Richardson in Drowning by Numbers (1988)
    1991 Winner Golden Space Needle Award
    • Best Director
    • Drowning by Numbers

Stockholm Film Festival

  • Peter Greenaway
    2013 Winner Visionary Award
    Motivation: "Whether men are drowning by numbers, bodies are turned into art or savage nature is transformed into haute cuisine, Peter Greenaway has always challenged the spectator like a true modern visionary. By questioning traditional notions of artistic expression and combining the latest techniques with his vast knowledge of the classic art forms, this year's recipient of the Stockholm Visionary Award has indeed created a new cinematic language."

Thessaloniki Film Festival

  • Peter Greenaway
    2004 Winner Honorary Golden Alexander

Toronto International Film Festival

  • 8 ½ Women (1999)
    1999 Nominee People's Choice Award
    • Masters
    • 8 ½ Women

Venice Film Festival

  • Nightwatching (2007)
    2007 Winner Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award
    • Nightwatching
  • Nightwatching (2007)
    2007 Winner Open Prize
    • Nightwatching
  • Nightwatching (2007)
    2007 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Nightwatching
  • Nightwatching (2007)
    2007 Nominee Queer Lion Award
    • Nightwatching
  • John Gielgud, Isabelle Pasco, Mark Rylance, and Michael Clark in Prospero's Books (1991)
    1991 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Prospero's Books

Warsaw International Film Festival

  • John Gielgud, Isabelle Pasco, Mark Rylance, and Michael Clark in Prospero's Books (1991)
    1992 Winner Audience Award
    • Prospero's Books
  • Joely Richardson in Drowning by Numbers (1988)
    1989 Winner Audience Award
    • Drowning by Numbers

Joseph Plateau Awards

  • Peter Greenaway
    1999 Winner Joseph Plateau Award of Honour

Mezipatra Queer Film Festival

  • Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
    2015 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Feature Film Competition
    • Eisenstein in Guanajuato

International Film Festival of India

  • Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
    2015 Nominee Golden Peacock
    • Best Film
    • Eisenstein in Guanajuato
  • Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
    2015 Winner Silver Peacock
    • Best Director
    • Eisenstein in Guanajuato

British Film Institute Awards

  • The Falls (1980)
    1980 Winner Sutherland Trophy
    • The Falls
    Tied with Two Stage Sisters (1964).

Telluride Film Festival

  • Peter Greenaway
    1989 Winner Silver Medallion Award

FICE - Federazione Italiana Cinema d'Essai

  • Goltzius and The Pelican Company (2012)
    2014 Winner FICE Award
    • Best European Director (Migliore Regista Europeo)
    • Goltzius and The Pelican Company

Seville European Film Festival

  • Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
    2015 Winner Ocaña Award
    • Eisenstein in Guanajuato

Yoga Awards

  • Helen Mirren in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
    1990 Winner Yoga Award
    • Worst Foreign Director
    • The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

20/20 Awards

  • Helen Mirren in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
    2010 Nominee Felix
    • Best Director
    • The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Merlinka Festival

  • Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
    2015 Nominee Jury Prize
    • Best Feature Film
    • Eisenstein in Guanajuato

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