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Shine (1996)

Awards

Shine

46 wins & 52 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • 1997 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Picture
    • Jane Scott
  • Geoffrey Rush
    1997 Winner Oscar
    • Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • Geoffrey Rush
  • Armin Mueller-Stahl in The Peacemaker (1997)
    1997 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Armin Mueller-Stahl
  • Scott Hicks at an event for The Boys Are Back (2009)
    1997 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Director
    • Scott Hicks
  • Scott Hicks at an event for The Boys Are Back (2009)
    1997 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
    • Jan Sardi (screenplay)
    • Scott Hicks (story)

American Cinema Editors, USA

  • Pip Karmel
    1997 Nominee Eddie
    • Best Edited Feature Film
    • Pip Karmel

Art Film Festival

  • Scott Hicks at an event for The Boys Are Back (2009)
    1997 Winner Golden Key
    • Art Fiction: Best Direction
    • Scott Hicks

Australasian Performing Rights Association

  • APRA Ambassador 2014
    1998 Winner APRA Music Award
    • Best Film Score
    • David Hirschfelder

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

  • Shine (1996)
    1997 Winner FCCA Award
    • Best Film
  • Geoffrey Rush
    1997 Winner FCCA Award
    • Best Actor - Male
    • Geoffrey Rush
  • Noah Taylor at an event for Max (2002)
    1997 Winner FCCA Award
    • Best Supporting Actor - Male
    • Noah Taylor

Australian Film Institute

  • 1996 Winner AFI Award
    • Best Film
    • Jane Scott
  • Scott Hicks at an event for The Boys Are Back (2009)
    1996 Winner AFI Award
    • Best Director
    • Scott Hicks
  • Geoffrey Rush
    1996 Winner AFI Award
    • Best Actor in a Lead Role
    • Geoffrey Rush
  • Noah Taylor at an event for Max (2002)
    1996 Nominee AFI Award
    • Best Actor in a Lead Role
    • Noah Taylor
  • Armin Mueller-Stahl in The Peacemaker (1997)
    1996 Winner AFI Award
    • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Armin Mueller-Stahl

Australian Writers' Guild

  • 1996 Winner Awgie Award
    • Feature Film - Original
    • Jan Sardi

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

  • Geoffrey Rush
    1996 Winner BSFC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Geoffrey Rush

BAFTA Awards

  • Scott Hicks at an event for The Boys Are Back (2009)
    1997 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Jane Scott
    • Scott Hicks
  • Scott Hicks at an event for The Boys Are Back (2009)
    1997 Nominee David Lean Award for Direction
    • Scott Hicks
  • 1997 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Screenplay - Original
    • Jan Sardi
  • Geoffrey Rush
    1997 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
    • Geoffrey Rush
  • Lynn Redgrave circa 1970s
    1997 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
    • Lynn Redgrave

Critics Choice Awards

  • Shine (1996)
    1997 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Picture
  • Geoffrey Rush
    1997 Winner Critics Choice Award
    • Best Actor
    • Geoffrey Rush

Camerimage

  • 1996 Winner Bronze Frog
    • Geoffrey Simpson
  • 1996 Nominee Golden Frog
    • Geoffrey Simpson

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Geoffrey Rush
    1997 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Geoffrey Rush
  • Geoffrey Rush
    1997 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Most Promising Actor
    • Geoffrey Rush

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

  • Geoffrey Rush
    1997 Winner DFWFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Geoffrey Rush
  • Shine (1996)
    1997 Nominee DFWFCA Award
    • Best Picture

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Scott Hicks at an event for The Boys Are Back (2009)
    1997 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • Scott Hicks

Fantasporto

  • Scott Hicks at an event for The Boys Are Back (2009)
    1997 Winner Directors' Week Award
    • Best Director
    • Scott Hicks

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Geoffrey Rush
    1997 Winner FFCC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Geoffrey Rush

Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival

  • Scott Hicks at an event for The Boys Are Back (2009)
    1996 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Film
    • Scott Hicks
  • Noah Taylor at an event for Max (2002)
    1996 Winner President Award
    • Best Actor
    • Noah Taylor

Golden Globes, USA

  • Shine (1996)
    1997 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Motion Picture - Drama
  • Scott Hicks at an event for The Boys Are Back (2009)
    1997 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Director - Motion Picture
    • Scott Hicks
  • Geoffrey Rush
    1997 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
    • Geoffrey Rush
  • 1997 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
    • Jan Sardi
  • APRA Ambassador 2014
    1997 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Original Score - Motion Picture
    • David Hirschfelder

Satellite Awards

  • 1997 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Motion Picture, Drama
    • Jane Scott
  • Geoffrey Rush
    1997 Winner Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
    • Geoffrey Rush
    Tied with James Woods for Killer: A Journal of Murder (1995)..
  • Armin Mueller-Stahl in The Peacemaker (1997)
    1997 Winner Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, Drama
    • Armin Mueller-Stahl
  • Scott Hicks at an event for The Boys Are Back (2009)
    1997 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Director
    • Scott Hicks
  • 1997 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Screenplay, Original
    • Jan Sardi

Hawaii International Film Festival

  • Scott Hicks at an event for The Boys Are Back (2009)
    1996 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Narrative Feature
    • Scott Hicks

Humanitas Prize

  • Scott Hicks at an event for The Boys Are Back (2009)
    1997 Nominee Humanitas Prize
    • Feature Film Category
    • Jan Sardi
    • Scott Hicks

Awards of the Japanese Academy

  • Shine (1996)
    1998 Nominee Award of the Japanese Academy
    • Best Foreign Film

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • Geoffrey Rush
    1998 Winner ALFS Award
    • Actor of the Year
    • Geoffrey Rush

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • Geoffrey Rush
    1996 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Geoffrey Rush
  • Armin Mueller-Stahl in The Peacemaker (1997)
    1996 Nominee LAFCA Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Armin Mueller-Stahl

National Board of Review, USA

  • Shine (1996)
    1996 Winner NBR Award
    • Best Film
  • Shine (1996)
    1996 Winner NBR Award
    • Top Ten Films

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • Geoffrey Rush
    1997 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Geoffrey Rush

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Geoffrey Rush
    1996 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Geoffrey Rush

PGA Awards

  • 1997 Nominee PGA Award
    • Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
    • Jane Scott

International Film Festival Rotterdam

  • Scott Hicks at an event for The Boys Are Back (2009)
    1997 Winner Audience Award
    • Scott Hicks

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

  • Armin Mueller-Stahl in The Peacemaker (1997)
    1996 Winner SDFCS Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Armin Mueller-Stahl

Screen Actors Guild Awards

  • Geoffrey Rush
    1997 Winner Actor
    • Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
    • Geoffrey Rush
  • Noah Taylor at an event for Max (2002)
    1997 Nominee Actor
    • Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Noah Taylor
  • Armin Mueller-Stahl in The Peacemaker (1997)
    1997 Nominee Actor
    • Outstanding Performance by a Cast
    • Armin Mueller-Stahl
    • Noah Taylor
    • Geoffrey Rush
    • Lynn Redgrave
    • Googie Withers
    • John Gielgud

Society of Texas Film Critics Awards

  • Geoffrey Rush
    1996 Winner STFC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Geoffrey Rush

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

  • Geoffrey Rush
    1997 Nominee SEFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Geoffrey Rush
    Tied with Ralph Fiennes for The English Patient (1996).
  • Shine (1996)
    1997 Nominee SEFCA Award
    • Best Picture
    6th place

St. Louis International Film Festival

  • Scott Hicks at an event for The Boys Are Back (2009)
    1996 Winner Audience Choice Award
    • Scott Hicks

Toronto International Film Festival

  • Scott Hicks at an event for The Boys Are Back (2009)
    1996 Winner People's Choice Award
    • Scott Hicks
  • Scott Hicks at an event for The Boys Are Back (2009)
    1996 Winner Metro Media Award
    • Scott Hicks

Writers Guild of America, USA

  • Scott Hicks at an event for The Boys Are Back (2009)
    1997 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
    • Jan Sardi
    • Scott Hicks (story)

Chlotrudis Awards

  • Noah Taylor at an event for Max (2002)
    1997 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Actor
    • Noah Taylor

Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards

  • Shine (1996)
    1997 Nominee SIYAD Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    15th Place

Online Film & Television Association

  • 1997 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Picture
    • Jane Scott
  • Geoffrey Rush
    1997 Winner OFTA Film Award
    • Best Actor
    • Geoffrey Rush
  • 1997 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Drama Picture
    • Jane Scott
  • Geoffrey Rush
    1997 Winner OFTA Film Award
    • Best Drama Actor
    • Geoffrey Rush
  • Scott Hicks at an event for The Boys Are Back (2009)
    1997 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Director
    • Scott Hicks

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Geoffrey Rush
    1996 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • Geoffrey Rush
  • APRA Ambassador 2014
    1996 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Original Score
    • David Hirschfelder

Yoga Awards

  • Geoffrey Rush
    1998 Winner Yoga Award
    • Worst Foreign Actor
    • Geoffrey Rush

20/20 Awards

  • Geoffrey Rush
    2017 Winner Felix
    • Best Actor
    • Geoffrey Rush
  • Scott Hicks at an event for The Boys Are Back (2009)
    2017 Nominee Felix
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Jan Sardi
    • Scott Hicks
  • Pip Karmel
    2017 Nominee Felix
    • Best Editing
    • Pip Karmel
  • APRA Ambassador 2014
    2017 Nominee Felix
    • Best Score Drama
    • David Hirschfelder

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