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Jeff Nichols at an event for Mud (2012)

Awards

Jeff Nichols

26 wins & 43 nominations

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

  • Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, and Tova Stewart in Take Shelter (2011)
    2012 Winner Saturn Award
    • Best Writing
    • Take Shelter

Austin Film Festival

  • Michael Shannon, Douglas Ligon, and Barlow Jacobs in Shotgun Stories (2007)
    2007 Winner Feature Film Award
    • Narrative Competition
    • Shotgun Stories

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Jaeden Martell in Midnight Special (2016)
    2016 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Midnight Special

Bodil Awards

  • Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, and Tova Stewart in Take Shelter (2011)
    2013 Nominee Bodil
    • Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
    • Take Shelter

Critics Choice Awards

  • Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga in Loving (2016)
    2016 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Loving

Cannes Film Festival

  • Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga in Loving (2016)
    2016 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Loving
  • Matthew McConaughey in Mud (2012)
    2012 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Mud
  • Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, and Tova Stewart in Take Shelter (2011)
    2011 Winner Critics Week Grand Prize
    • Take Shelter
  • Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, and Tova Stewart in Take Shelter (2011)
    2011 Winner SACD Award
    • Take Shelter
  • Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, and Tova Stewart in Take Shelter (2011)
    2011 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
    • Directors' Fortnight or Critics' Week
    • Take Shelter

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Michael Shannon, Douglas Ligon, and Barlow Jacobs in Shotgun Stories (2007)
    2007 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • New Directors Competition
    • Shotgun Stories

Cinemanila International Film Festival

  • Michael Shannon, Douglas Ligon, and Barlow Jacobs in Shotgun Stories (2007)
    2007 Nominee Lino Brocka Award
    • International Competition
    • Shotgun Stories

Deauville Film Festival

  • Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, and Tova Stewart in Take Shelter (2011)
    2011 Winner Grand Special Prize
    • Take Shelter

Hamburg Film Festival

  • Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, and Tova Stewart in Take Shelter (2011)
    2011 Winner Critics Award
    • Take Shelter

Gijón International Film Festival

  • Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, and Tova Stewart in Take Shelter (2011)
    2011 Winner Special Jury Award
    • Best Film
    • Take Shelter
  • Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, and Tova Stewart in Take Shelter (2011)
    2011 Nominee Grand Prix Asturias
    • Best Film
    • Take Shelter

Gotham Awards

  • Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, and Tova Stewart in Take Shelter (2011)
    2011 Nominee Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Best Feature
    • Take Shelter
    Shared with: Tyler Davidson · Sophia Lin

Hamptons International Film Festival

  • Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga in Loving (2016)
    2016 Winner Victor Rabinowitz and Joanne Grant Award for Social Justice
    • Loving

Humanitas Prize

  • Matthew McConaughey in Mud (2012)
    2013 Nominee Humanitas Prize
    • Sundance Film Category
    • Mud

Image Awards (NAACP)

  • Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga in Loving (2016)
    2017 Nominee Image Award
    • Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film)
    • Loving

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga in Loving (2016)
    2017 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • Loving
  • Matthew McConaughey in Mud (2012)
    2014 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • Mud
  • Matthew McConaughey in Mud (2012)
    2014 Winner Robert Altman Award
    • Mud
    Shared with: Francine Maisler · Joe Don Baker · Jacob Lofland · Matthew McConaughey · Ray McKinnon · Sarah Paulson · Michael Shannon · Sam Shepard · Tye Sheridan · Paul Sparks · Bonnie Sturdivant · Reese Witherspoon
  • Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, and Tova Stewart in Take Shelter (2011)
    2012 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • Take Shelter
  • Michael Shannon, Douglas Ligon, and Barlow Jacobs in Shotgun Stories (2007)
    2008 Nominee John Cassavetes Award
    • Shotgun Stories
    Shared with: David Gordon Green · Lisa Muskat

Ljubljana International Film Festival

  • Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, and Tova Stewart in Take Shelter (2011)
    2011 Winner Kingfisher Award
    • Best film of the Perspectives Section
    • Take Shelter

Newport International Film Festival, Rhode Island

  • Michael Shannon, Douglas Ligon, and Barlow Jacobs in Shotgun Stories (2007)
    2007 Winner Student Jury Award
    • Shotgun Stories

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • Michael Shannon, Douglas Ligon, and Barlow Jacobs in Shotgun Stories (2007)
    2008 Nominee New Voices/New Visions Grand Jury Prize
    • Shotgun Stories

RiverRun International Film Festival

  • Jeff Nichols at an event for Mud (2012)
    2013 Winner Emerging Master

San Sebastián International Film Festival

  • Jaeden Martell in Midnight Special (2016)
    2016 Nominee Zabaltegi Section
    • Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award
    • Midnight Special

Seattle International Film Festival

  • Michael Shannon, Douglas Ligon, and Barlow Jacobs in Shotgun Stories (2007)
    2007 Winner New American Cinema Award
    • Shotgun Stories

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

  • Matthew McConaughey in Mud (2012)
    2013 Winner Wyatt Award
    • Mud

Sundance Film Festival

  • Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, and Tova Stewart in Take Shelter (2011)
    2011 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Dramatic
    • Take Shelter

SXSW Film Festival

  • Matthew McConaughey in Mud (2012)
    2013 Nominee Audience Award
    • Festival Favorites
    • Mud

Sydney Film Festival

  • Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, and Tova Stewart in Take Shelter (2011)
    2011 Nominee Sydney Film Prize
    • Best Film
    • Take Shelter

Viennale

  • Michael Shannon, Douglas Ligon, and Barlow Jacobs in Shotgun Stories (2007)
    2007 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
    • Shotgun Stories

Writers Guild of America, USA

  • Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga in Loving (2016)
    2017 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Loving

Sarasota Film Festival

  • Jaeden Martell in Midnight Special (2016)
    2016 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Narrative Feature
    • Midnight Special

San Francisco Film Critics Circle

  • Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga in Loving (2016)
    2016 Nominee SFFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Loving

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

  • Matthew McConaughey in Mud (2012)
    2013 Nominee PFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay - Original
    • Mud
  • Matthew McConaughey in Mud (2012)
    2013 Nominee PFCS Award
    • Breakthrough Performance Behind the Camera
    • Mud

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

  • Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, and Tova Stewart in Take Shelter (2011)
    2012 Nominee COFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Take Shelter

Austin Film Critics Association

  • Tom Hardy, Austin Butler, and Jodie Comer in The Bikeriders (2023)
    2025 Nominee Austin Film Award
    • The Bikeriders
  • Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga in Loving (2016)
    2016 Nominee Austin Film Award
    • Loving
  • Jaeden Martell in Midnight Special (2016)
    2016 Nominee Austin Film Award
    • Midnight Special
  • Matthew McConaughey in Mud (2012)
    2013 Nominee Austin Film Award
    • Mud
  • Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, and Tova Stewart in Take Shelter (2011)
    2011 Winner Austin Film Award
    • Take Shelter

Zurich Film Festival

  • Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, and Tova Stewart in Take Shelter (2011)
    2011 Winner Golden Eye Award
    • Best International Feature Film
    • Take Shelter

Dallas International Film Festival

  • Aaron Paul and Josh Wiggins in Hellion (2014)
    2014 Winner Grand Jury Prize
    • Narrative Feature Competition
    • Hellion
    Shared with: Kat Candler · Kelly Williams · Jonathan Duffy · Janice Beard · Tanner Beard · Suzanne Weinert · Sarah Green · Aaron Paul · Andrew Logan

Mill Valley Film Festival

  • Tom Hardy, Austin Butler, and Jodie Comer in The Bikeriders (2023)
    2023 Winner Mill Valley Film Festival Award
    • Directing
    • The Bikeriders
  • Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga in Loving (2016)
    2016 Nominee Audience Award
    • U.S. Cinema
    • Loving

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

  • Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga in Loving (2016)
    2016 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Loving

Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

  • Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, and Tova Stewart in Take Shelter (2011)
    2011 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • Take Shelter
  • Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, and Tova Stewart in Take Shelter (2011)
    2011 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Take Shelter

Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Matthew McConaughey in Mud (2012)
    2013 Nominee DFCC
    • Best Screenplay
    • Mud
    9th place

Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA)

  • Matthew McConaughey in Mud (2012)
    2014 Nominee GAFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Mud

Heartland Film

  • Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga in Loving (2016)
    2016 Winner Truly Moving Picture Award
    • Loving

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Tom Hardy, Austin Butler, and Jodie Comer in The Bikeriders (2023)
    2024 Nominee Halfway Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • The Bikeriders
    Shared with: Danny Lyon
  • Matthew McConaughey in Mud (2012)
    2013 Nominee Halfway Award
    • Best Director
    • Mud
  • Matthew McConaughey in Mud (2012)
    2013 Nominee Halfway Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Mud

North Carolina Film Critics Association

  • Tom Hardy, Austin Butler, and Jodie Comer in The Bikeriders (2023)
    2025 Nominee Tar Heel Award
    • The Bikeriders
  • Jeff Nichols at an event for Mud (2012)
    2017 Winner Tar Heel Award
    This year the NCFCA renamed its Tar Heel Award, given to a film or artist with a special connection to North Carolina, after deceased critic and colleague Ken Hanke.
  • Matthew McConaughey in Mud (2012)
    2014 Nominee NCFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Mud

ASECAN

  • Matthew McConaughey in Mud (2012)
    2014 Nominee ASECAN Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Mud

Texas Film Awards

  • Jeff Nichols at an event for Mud (2012)
    2017 Winner Texas Film Hall of Fame
    • Texas Film Hall Of Fame

Festival 2 Valenciennes

  • Matthew McConaughey in Mud (2012)
    2012 Winner Prix de la Critique
    • Critics' Prize
    • Mud
  • Matthew McConaughey in Mud (2012)
    2012 Winner Prix du Public
    • Public Prize
    • Mud

Cahiers du Cinéma

  • Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, and Tova Stewart in Take Shelter (2011)
    2012 Nominee Top 10 Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Take Shelter
    Sixth Place

Días de Cine Awards

  • Matthew McConaughey in Mud (2012)
    2014 Nominee Días de Cine Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Mud
    2nd place

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