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Paul Schrader

Awards

Paul Schrader

41 wins & 84 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2019 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • First Reformed

American Film Institute, USA

  • Paul Schrader
    2005 Winner Franklin J. Schaffner Award

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Susan Sarandon and Willem Dafoe in Light Sleeper (1992)
    1992 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Light Sleeper
  • George C. Scott in Hardcore (1979)
    1979 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Hardcore

Bodil Awards

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2020 Nominee Bodil
    • Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
    • First Reformed

Critics Choice Awards

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2019 Winner Critics Choice Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • First Reformed

Cannes Film Festival

  • Richard Gere and Jacob Elordi in Oh, Canada (2024)
    2024 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Oh, Canada
  • Natasha Richardson in Patty Hearst (1988)
    1988 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Patty Hearst
  • Ken Ogata in Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
    1985 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
  • Ken Ogata in Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
    1985 Winner Best Artistic Contribution
    • Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival

  • Touch (1997)
    1997 Nominee Best Film
    • Touch

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Oscar Isaac in The Card Counter (2021)
    2021 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • The Card Counter
  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • First Reformed
  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Winner CFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • First Reformed

Cinemanila International Film Festival

  • Paul Schrader
    2009 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Nominee DFWFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • First Reformed
    2nd place

Deauville Film Festival

  • Susan Sarandon and Willem Dafoe in Light Sleeper (1992)
    1992 Nominee Critics Award
    • Light Sleeper

Ghent International Film Festival

  • Paul Schrader
    2013 Winner Joseph Plateau Honorary Award

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Nominee FFCC Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • First Reformed

Golden Globes, USA

  • Robert De Niro in Raging Bull (1980)
    1981 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
    • Raging Bull
    Shared with: Mardik Martin
  • Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver (1976)
    1977 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
    • Taxi Driver

Satellite Awards

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2019 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Screenplay, Original
    • First Reformed

Gotham Awards

  • Oscar Isaac in The Card Counter (2021)
    2021 Nominee Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • The Card Counter
  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Nominee Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Best Feature
    • First Reformed
    Shared with: Jack Binder · Greg Clark · Victoria Hill · Gary Hamilton · Deepak Sikka · Christine Vachon · David Hinojosa · Frank Murray
  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Winner Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • First Reformed
  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Nominee Audience Award
    • First Reformed
    Shared with: Jack Binder · Greg Clark · Victoria Hill · Gary Hamilton · Deepak Sikka · Christine Vachon · David Hinojosa · Frank Murray

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2019 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • First Reformed
  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2019 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • First Reformed
  • James Coburn and Nick Nolte in Affliction (1997)
    1999 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • Affliction
  • James Coburn and Nick Nolte in Affliction (1997)
    1999 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Affliction
  • Touch (1997)
    1998 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • Touch

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Nominee KCFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • First Reformed

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2019 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Screenwriter of the Year
    • First Reformed

Melbourne Underground Film Festival

  • Lindsay Lohan, Nolan Gerard Funk, and James Deen in The Canyons (2013)
    2013 Winner Best Foreign Director
    • The Canyons
  • Lindsay Lohan, Nolan Gerard Funk, and James Deen in The Canyons (2013)
    2013 Winner Best Foreign Film
    • The Canyons
    Shared with: Bret Easton Ellis

Munich Film Festival

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Nominee ARRI/OSRAM Award
    • Best International Film
    • First Reformed

Mystfest

  • Susan Sarandon and Willem Dafoe in Light Sleeper (1992)
    1993 Nominee Best Film
    • Light Sleeper

National Board of Review, USA

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Winner NBR Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • First Reformed

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • First Reformed
  • James Coburn and Nick Nolte in Affliction (1997)
    1998 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Affliction

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Paul Schrader
    2022 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2019 Winner OFCS Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • First Reformed

Razzie Awards

  • Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)
    2005 Nominee Razzie Award
    • Worst Director
    • Exorcist: The Beginning
    Renny Harlin and/or Paul Schrader.
    Shared with: Renny Harlin

San Sebastián International Film Festival

  • Auto Focus (2002)
    2002 Nominee Golden Seashell
    • Auto Focus

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Nominee SEFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • First Reformed

St. Louis International Film Festival

  • Paul Schrader
    2008 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Stockholm Film Festival

  • Paul Schrader
    2007 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

SXSW Film Festival

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Nominee Audience Award
    • Festival Favorites
    • First Reformed

Taos Talking Picture Festival

  • Paul Schrader
    1998 Winner Storyteller Award

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Nominee TFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • First Reformed
  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Winner TFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original
    • First Reformed
    Tied with Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara for The Favourite (2018).

Valladolid International Film Festival

  • Joel Edgerton in Master Gardener (2022)
    2022 Nominee Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • Master Gardener
  • Oscar Isaac in The Card Counter (2021)
    2021 Nominee Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • The Card Counter
  • Oscar Isaac in The Card Counter (2021)
    2021 Winner Miguel Delibes Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • The Card Counter
  • Paul Schrader
    2013 Winner Espiga de Honor (Honorary Spike)
  • Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe, and Ayelet Zurer in Adam Resurrected (2008)
    2009 Nominee Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • Adam Resurrected

Venice Film Festival

  • Paul Schrader
    2022 Winner Career Golden Lion
  • Oscar Isaac in The Card Counter (2021)
    2021 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Best Film
    • The Card Counter
  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2017 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Best Film
    • First Reformed
  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2017 Winner Green Drop Award
    • First Reformed

Writers Guild of America, USA

  • Paul Schrader
    1999 Winner Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement
  • Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver (1976)
    1977 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
    • Taxi Driver

San Francisco Film Critics Circle

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Nominee SFFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • First Reformed
  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Winner SFFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay, Original
    • First Reformed

Vancouver Film Critics Circle

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Winner VFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • First Reformed
  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Winner VFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • First Reformed

Sarajevo Film Festival

  • Paul Schrader
    2024 Winner Honorary Heart of Sarajevo

Chlotrudis Awards

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2019 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • First Reformed

Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival

  • Paul Schrader
    2021 Winner Parajanov's Thaler - For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema

Austin Film Critics Association

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2019 Nominee AFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • First Reformed

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Nominee WAFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • First Reformed

Zurich Film Festival

  • Paul Schrader
    2021 Winner Golden Eye for Lifetime Achievement

Telluride Film Festival

  • Paul Schrader
    2002 Winner Silver Medallion Award

International Cinephile Society Awards

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2019 Winner ICS Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • First Reformed

Screenwriters Choice Awards, Online

  • Paul Schrader
    2015 Winner SCA Hall of Fame

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • First Reformed

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2019 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Writing, Original Screenplay
    • First Reformed

Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • First Reformed
  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • First Reformed

Indiana Film Journalists Association, US

  • Oscar Isaac in The Card Counter (2021)
    2021 Nominee IFJA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • The Card Counter
  • Oscar Isaac in The Card Counter (2021)
    2021 Nominee IFJA Award
    • Best Director
    • The Card Counter
  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Winner IFJA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • First Reformed
  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Nominee IFJA Award
    • Best Director
    • First Reformed

Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Joel Edgerton in Master Gardener (2022)
    2023 Nominee DFCC
    • Best Screenplay
    • Master Gardener
    5th place

Denver Film Critics Society

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2019 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • First Reformed
  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2019 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • First Reformed

CinEuphoria Awards

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2019 Nominee CinEuphoria
    • Best Screenplay - International Competition
    • First Reformed

Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA)

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2019 Nominee GAFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • First Reformed

Boston Online Film Critics Association

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Winner BOFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • First Reformed

Lisbon Film Festival (LEFFEST)

  • Joel Edgerton in Master Gardener (2022)
    2022 Nominee Best Film Award
    • Out of Competition
    • Master Gardener

Crested Butte Film Festival

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Narrative Feature
    • First Reformed

Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Winner OFCC Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • First Reformed

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2019 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • First Reformed

Online Film & Television Association

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2019 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
    • First Reformed

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2019 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • First Reformed

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2019 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • First Reformed
  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Nominee Halfway Award
    • Best Director
    • First Reformed
  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Winner Halfway Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • First Reformed

Indiewire Critics' Poll

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Nominee ICP Award
    • Best Director
    • First Reformed
    -Fifth Place
  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Nominee ICP Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • First Reformed

FEST International Film Festival

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Winner Jury Prize- Main Program
    • Best Director
    • First Reformed

North Carolina Film Critics Association

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2019 Nominee NCFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • First Reformed

Montclair Film Festival (MFF)

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Winner Narrative Feature Competition
    • First Reformed

Phoenix Critics Circle

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Nominee PCC Award
    • Best Director
    • First Reformed
  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Nominee PCC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • First Reformed

Gold Derby Awards

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2019 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Original Screenplay
    • First Reformed

AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2019 Nominee Movies for Grownups Award
    • Best Screenwriter
    • First Reformed

Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2019 Nominee CIFCC Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • First Reformed

Israel Film Festival

  • Paul Schrader
    2009 Winner Israel Film Festival Award
    • Achievement in Film Award

Music City Film Critics' Association Awards

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2019 Nominee MCFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • First Reformed

Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2019 Nominee LEJA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • First Reformed

Online Association of Female Film Critics

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Nominee OAFFC Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • First Reformed

Cahiers du Cinéma

  • Oscar Isaac in The Card Counter (2021)
    2021 Nominee Top 10 Film Award
    • Best Film
    • The Card Counter
    Ninth Place

Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards

  • Richard Gere and Jacob Elordi in Oh, Canada (2024)
    2024 Nominee GWNYFCA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Oh, Canada
  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Nominee GWNYFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • First Reformed
  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Nominee GWNYFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • First Reformed

Seattle Film Critics Society

  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Nominee SFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • First Reformed
  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)
    2018 Nominee SFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • First Reformed

Michigan Movie Critics Guild Awards

  • Joel Edgerton in Master Gardener (2022)
    2023 Nominee MMCG Award
    • Award for Film Excellence
    • Master Gardener

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