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Dan Gilroy at an event for Nightcrawler (2014)

Awards

Dan Gilroy

20 wins & 25 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2015 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Writing, Original Screenplay
    • Nightcrawler

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2014 Winner BSFC Award
    • Best New Filmmaker
    • Nightcrawler

BAFTA Awards

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2015 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Nightcrawler

Critics Choice Awards

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2015 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Nightcrawler

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2014 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Most Promising Filmmaker
    • Nightcrawler

Satellite Awards

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2015 Winner Satellite Award
    • Best Screenplay, Original
    • Nightcrawler

Gotham Awards

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2014 Nominee Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
    • Nightcrawler
  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2014 Nominee Audience Award
    • Nightcrawler
    Shared with: David Lancaster · Jake Gyllenhaal · Jennifer Fox · Michel Litvak · Tony Gilroy

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2015 Winner Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Nightcrawler
  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2015 Winner Independent Spirit Award
    • Best First Feature
    • Nightcrawler
    Shared with: Jennifer Fox · Tony Gilroy · Jake Gyllenhaal · David Lancaster · Michel Litvak

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2015 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Screenwriter of the Year
    • Nightcrawler

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2015 Winner Directors to Watch
    • Nightcrawler

Peabody Awards

  • Stellan Skarsgård, Forest Whitaker, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Genevieve O'Reilly, Alan Tudyk, Denise Gough, Faye Marsay, Kyle Soller, and Adria Arjona in Andor (2022)
    2023 Winner Peabody Award
    • Entertainment
    • Andor
    Shared with: Diego Luna · Kyle Soller · Stellan Skarsgård · Genevieve O'Reilly · Denise Gough · Adria Arjona · Toby Haynes · Benjamin Caron · Susanna White · Tony Gilroy · George Lucas · Beau Willimon · Stephen Schiff · John Gilroy · David Meanti · Kate Hazell · Kathleen Kennedy · Sanne Wohlenberg · Yan Miles

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2014 Winner SDFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • Nightcrawler
  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2014 Winner SDFCS Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Nightcrawler

Stockholm Film Festival

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2014 Nominee Bronze Horse
    • Best Film
    • Nightcrawler

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2014 Nominee TFCA Award
    • Best First Feature
    • Nightcrawler

Writers Guild of America, USA

  • Stellan Skarsgård, Forest Whitaker, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Genevieve O'Reilly, Alan Tudyk, Denise Gough, Faye Marsay, Kyle Soller, and Adria Arjona in Andor (2022)
    2023 Nominee WGA Award (TV)
    • Drama Series
    • Andor
    Shared with: Tony Gilroy · Stephen Schiff · Beau Willimon
  • Stellan Skarsgård, Forest Whitaker, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Genevieve O'Reilly, Alan Tudyk, Denise Gough, Faye Marsay, Kyle Soller, and Adria Arjona in Andor (2022)
    2023 Nominee WGA Award (TV)
    • New Series
    • Andor
    Shared with: Tony Gilroy · Stephen Schiff · Beau Willimon
  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2015 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Nightcrawler

Seattle Film Critics Awards

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2015 Nominee Seattle Film Critics Award
    • Best Screenplay, Original
    • Nightcrawler

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2014 Winner PFCS Award
    • Breakthrough Performance Behind the Camera
    • Nightcrawler

Austin Film Critics Association

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2014 Winner AFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Nightcrawler
  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2014 Winner AFCA Award
    • Best First Film
    • Nightcrawler

Screenwriters Choice Awards, Online

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2014 Nominee Screenplay Competition
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Nightcrawler

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2014 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Nightcrawler

New York Film Critics, Online

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2014 Winner NYFCO Award
    • Best Debut as Director
    • Nightcrawler

Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA)

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2015 Winner GAFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Nightcrawler

Utah Film Critics Association Awards

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2014 Nominee UFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Nightcrawler

Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2015 Winner OFCC Award
    • Best First Film
    • Nightcrawler

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2015 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Nightcrawler

Críticos de Cinema Online Portugueses Awards

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2015 Nominee CCOP
    • Best Original Screenplay (Melhor Argumento Original)
    • Nightcrawler
  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2015 Winner CCOP
    • Best First Feature (Melhor Primeira Longa-Metragem)
    • Nightcrawler

Online Film & Television Association

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2015 Winner OFTA Film Award
    • Best Feature Debut
    • Nightcrawler

Village Voice Film Poll

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2014 Nominee VVFP Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Nightcrawler
    3rd place. Tied with Ruben Östlund for Force Majeure (2014).

Heartland Film

  • Denzel Washington in Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)
    2017 Winner Truly Moving Picture Award
    • Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2014 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Nightcrawler

Golden Schmoes Awards

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2014 Nominee Golden Schmoes
    • Best Screenplay of the Year
    • Nightcrawler

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2015 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Nightcrawler
    3rd place.

Indiewire Critics' Poll

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2014 Nominee ICP Award
    • Best First Feature
    • Nightcrawler
    2nd place.
  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2014 Nominee ICP Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Nightcrawler
    9th place.

Gold Derby Awards

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2015 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Original Screenplay
    • Nightcrawler

Nevada Film Critics Society

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2014 Winner NFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • Nightcrawler
  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2014 Winner NFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Nightcrawler

Girona Film Critics

  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
    2016 Winner Girona Film Critics Award
    • Best Picture
    • Nightcrawler

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