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Hero (2002)

Awards

Hero

46 wins & 48 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Hero (2002)
    2003 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    China.

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Yimou Zhang
    2003 Winner Alfred Bauer Award
    • Yimou Zhang
  • Yimou Zhang
    2003 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Yimou Zhang

British Independent Film Awards

  • Hero (2002)
    2004 Nominee British Independent Film Award
    • Best Foreign Independent Film

International Cinematographers' Film Festival Manaki Brothers

  • Christopher Doyle
    2003 Winner Golden Camera 300
    • Christopher Doyle
    Tied with Barry Ackroyd for Sweet Sixteen (2002).
  • Christopher Doyle
    2003 Winner Audience Award
    • Christopher Doyle

Camerimage

  • Christopher Doyle
    2003 Nominee Golden Frog
    • Christopher Doyle

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Christopher Doyle
    2004 Winner CFCA Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Christopher Doyle
    Tied with Robert Richardson for The Aviator (2004).

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

  • Christopher Doyle
    2005 Winner DFWFCA Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Christopher Doyle

Ghent International Film Festival

  • Yimou Zhang
    2003 Nominee Grand Prix
    • Yimou Zhang

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Christopher Doyle
    2004 Winner FFCC Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Christopher Doyle

Golden Bauhinia Awards

  • Christopher Doyle
    2003 Winner Golden Bauhinia
    • Best Cinematography
    • Christopher Doyle
  • Ziyi Zhang
    2003 Nominee Golden Bauhinia
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Ziyi Zhang
  • Hero (2002)
    2003 Nominee Golden Bauhinia
    • Best Picture
  • Yimou Zhang
    2003 Nominee Golden Bauhinia
    • Best Director
    • Yimou Zhang
  • Maggie Cheung
    2003 Nominee Golden Bauhinia
    • Best Actress
    • Maggie Cheung

Golden Globes, USA

  • Hero (2002)
    2003 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    China

Golden Rooster Awards

  • Yimou Zhang
    2003 Winner Golden Rooster
    • Best Director
    • Yimou Zhang
  • 2003 Winner Golden Rooster
    • Best Art Direction
    • Tingxiao Huo
    • Zhenzhou Yi
  • 2003 Winner Golden Rooster
    • Best Sound
    • Jing Tao
  • Yimou Zhang
    2003 Winner Golden Rooster
    • Best Co-production Film
    • Yimou Zhang

Hong Kong Film Awards

  • Yimou Zhang
    2003 Nominee Hong Kong Film Award
    • Best Director
    • Yimou Zhang
  • Maggie Cheung
    2003 Nominee Hong Kong Film Award
    • Best Actress
    • Maggie Cheung
  • Ziyi Zhang
    2003 Nominee Hong Kong Film Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Ziyi Zhang
  • Yimou Zhang
    2003 Nominee Hong Kong Film Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Yimou Zhang
    • Bin Wang
    • Feng Li
  • Christopher Doyle
    2003 Winner Hong Kong Film Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Christopher Doyle

Hundred Flowers Awards

  • Yimou Zhang
    2003 Winner Hundred Flowers Award
    • Best Film
    • Yimou Zhang

Key Art Awards

  • Jonathan Flora
    2007 Nominee Key Art Award
    • Best Action Spot
    • Jonathan Flora (producer)

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

  • Hero (2002)
    2005 Winner Sierra Award
    • Best Foreign Film

Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA

  • Andy Neil
    2005 Nominee Golden Reel Award
    • Best Sound Editing in Foreign Features
    • Roger Savage (supervising sound editor)
    • Jing Tao (supervising sound editor)
    • Steve Burgess (supervising foley editor/sound designer)
    • Paul Pirola (sound designer)
    • Robert Mackenzie (sound designer)
    • Andy Neil (sound effects editor)
    • Chris Goodes (sound effects editor)
    • Glenn Newnham (sound effects editor)
    • Francis Ward Lindsay (sound effects editor)

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • Yimou Zhang
    2005 Winner NSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • Yimou Zhang
    Shared with: House of Flying Daggers
  • Christopher Doyle
    2005 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Christopher Doyle

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Christopher Doyle
    2004 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Cinematographer
    • Christopher Doyle

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Yimou Zhang
    2005 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • Yimou Zhang
  • Christopher Doyle
    2005 Winner OFCS Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Christopher Doyle
  • 2005 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Editing
    • Angie Lam
    • Vincent Lee
    • Ru Zhai
  • Dun Tan
    2005 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Original Score
    • Dun Tan
  • Hero (2002)
    2005 Winner OFCS Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    China.

Huabiao Film Awards

  • Yimou Zhang
    2003 Winner Huabiao Film Award
    • Outstanding Co-Production Film
    • Yimou Zhang
  • Yimou Zhang
    2003 Winner Huabiao Film Award
    • Special Jury Award
    • Yimou Zhang
  • Yimou Zhang
    2003 Winner Huabiao Film Award
    • Honorary Award For Co-Production
    • Yimou Zhang

Danish Film Awards (Robert)

  • Yimou Zhang
    2004 Nominee Robert
    • Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film)
    • Yimou Zhang (director)

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

  • Christopher Doyle
    2004 Winner SDFCS Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Christopher Doyle
    Tied with John Mathieson for The Phantom of the Opera (2004).

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

  • Hero (2002)
    2004 Winner TFCA Award
    • Best Foreign-Language Film

Taurus World Stunt Awards

  • Siu-Tung Ching
    2003 Nominee Taurus Award
    • Best Action in a Foreign Film
    • Siu-Tung Ching

Seattle Film Critics Awards

  • Christopher Doyle
    2004 Winner Seattle Film Critics Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Christopher Doyle
  • Hero (2002)
    2004 Nominee Seattle Film Critics Award
    • Best Foreign-Language Film
    Tied with Blind Shaft (2003).

Golden Trailer Awards

  • Hero (2002)
    2005 Nominee Golden Trailer
    • Best Action

Kinema Junpo Awards

  • Yimou Zhang
    2004 Nominee Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Yimou Zhang

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

  • Hero (2002)
    2004 Winner PFCS Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

  • Hero (2002)
    2005 Nominee COFCA Award
    • Best Formal Design

Beijing Student Film Festival

  • Hero (2002)
    2003 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Visual Effect
  • Hero (2002)
    2003 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Art Exploration

Shanghai Film Critics Awards

  • Yimou Zhang
    2005 Winner Shanghai Film Critics Award
    • Top 22 Film of Chinese Cinema
    • Yimou Zhang

International Cinephile Society Awards

  • Christopher Doyle
    2005 Nominee ICS Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Christopher Doyle
    Tied with Harris Savides for Birth (2004) in 2nd place

New York Film Critics, Online

  • Christopher Doyle
    2004 Winner NYFCO Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Christopher Doyle
  • Hero (2002)
    2004 Winner NYFCO Award
    • Top Films of the Year

Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards

  • Hero (2002)
    2005 Nominee SIYAD Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    7th Place

Online Film & Television Association

  • Hero (2002)
    2005 Winner OFTA Film Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    China. Tied with Maria Full of Grace (2004) (Colombia).
  • 2005 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Film Editing
    • Angie Lam
    • Ru Zhai
  • Christopher Doyle
    2005 Winner OFTA Film Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Christopher Doyle
  • 2005 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Production Design
    • Tingxiao Huo (production design/art direction)
    • Zhenzhou Yi (production design/set decoration)
    • Qin Hong Bo (art direction)
    • Zhong Han (art direction)
    • Liu Yong Qi (art direction)
    • Bin Zhao (art direction)
  • Emi Wada
    2005 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Costume Design
    • Emi Wada

Village Voice Film Poll

  • Christopher Doyle
    2004 Winner VVFP Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Christopher Doyle

Asian Film Critics Association Awards

  • Yimou Zhang
    2003 Nominee NETPAC Award
    • Best Picture
    • Yimou Zhang
  • Yimou Zhang
    2003 Winner NETPAC Award
    • Best Director
    • Yimou Zhang
  • Ziyi Zhang
    2003 Nominee NETPAC Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Ziyi Zhang
  • Maggie Cheung
    2003 Nominee NETPAC Award
    • Best Actress
    • Maggie Cheung
  • Yimou Zhang
    2003 Nominee NETPAC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Feng Li
    • Bin Wang
    • Yimou Zhang

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Hero (2002)
    2002 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    China

Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)

  • Tony Leung Chiu-wai at an event for Lust, Caution (2007)
    2005 Nominee IOMA
    • Best Supporting Actor (Miglior attore non protagonista)
    • Tony Leung Chiu-wai
  • Maggie Cheung
    2005 Nominee IOMA
    • Best Supporting Actress (Miglior attrice non protagonista)
    • Maggie Cheung
  • Christopher Doyle
    2005 Winner IOMA
    • Best Cinematography (Miglior fotografia)
    • Christopher Doyle
  • 2005 Nominee IOMA
    • Best Editing (Miglior montaggio)
    • Angie Lam
  • Hero (2002)
    2005 Winner IOMA
    • Best Art Direction (Miglior scenografia)

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Christopher Doyle
    2005 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Cinematography
    • Christopher Doyle
  • Yimou Zhang
    2003 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Non-English Language Film
    • Yimou Zhang
    China

Gold Derby Awards

  • Hero (2002)
    2003 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Foreign Language Film

BBC Four World Cinema Awards

  • Hero (2002)
    2005 Nominee BBC Four World Cinema Award

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