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Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)

Awards

House of Flying Daggers

26 wins & 74 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Xiaoding Zhao
    2005 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Achievement in Cinematography
    • Xiaoding Zhao

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2005 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Fantasy Film
  • Ziyi Zhang
    2005 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Actress
    • Ziyi Zhang
  • Yimou Zhang
    2005 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Director
    • Yimou Zhang
  • Emi Wada
    2005 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Costumes
    • Emi Wada

Australian Screen Sound Guild

  • 2005 Winner ASSG Award
    • Feature Film Soundtrack of the Year
    • Roger Savage
  • Andy Neil
    2005 Winner ASSG Award
    • Best Achievement in Sound for Film Sound Design
    • Roger Savage
    • Jing Tao
    • Steve Burgess
    • Vic Kaspar
    • Ron Feruglio
    • Jo Mion
    • Paul Pirola
    • Andy Neil
    • Chris Goodes
    • Blair Slater
    • Mario Vaccaro

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

  • Yimou Zhang
    2004 Winner BSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • Yimou Zhang
  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2004 Winner BSFC Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    China/Hong Kong.
  • Xiaoding Zhao
    2004 Winner BSFC Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Xiaoding Zhao

BAFTA Awards

  • Yimou Zhang
    2005 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Film not in the English Language
    • William Kong
    • Yimou Zhang
  • Ziyi Zhang
    2005 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
    • Ziyi Zhang
  • Xiaoding Zhao
    2005 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Xiaoding Zhao
  • 2005 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Editing
    • Long Cheng
  • 2005 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Production Design
    • Tingxiao Huo

Critics Choice Awards

  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2005 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Foreign-Language Film

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2005 Nominee DFWFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
  • Xiaoding Zhao
    2005 Nominee DFWFCA Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Xiaoding Zhao

European Film Awards

  • Yimou Zhang
    2004 Nominee Screen International Award
    • Yimou Zhang
    China

Golden Bauhinia Awards

  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2005 Nominee Golden Bauhinia
    • Best Picture
  • Xiaoding Zhao
    2005 Nominee Golden Bauhinia
    • Best Cinematography
    • Xiaoding Zhao

Golden Globes, USA

  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2005 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    Hong Kong

Golden Rooster Awards

  • Yimou Zhang
    2004 Nominee Golden Rooster
    • Best Director
    • Yimou Zhang
  • 2004 Winner Golden Rooster
    • Best Art Direction
    • Tingxiao Huo
  • 2004 Nominee Golden Rooster
    • Best Sound
    • Jing Tao
  • Yimou Zhang
    2004 Nominee Golden Rooster
    • Best Film
    • Yimou Zhang

Satellite Awards

  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2005 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Motion Picture, Foreign Film
    China.
  • Xiaoding Zhao
    2005 Winner Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Xiaoding Zhao
  • 2005 Winner Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Visual Effects
    • Andy Brown
    • Kirsty Millar
    Tied with Robert Legato, Peter G. Travers, Matthew Gratzner and R. Bruce Steinheimer for The Aviator (2004).
  • 2005 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Film Editing
    • Long Cheng
  • 2005 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Sound (Editing & Mixing)
    • Jing Tao

Hong Kong Film Awards

  • Yimou Zhang
    2005 Nominee Hong Kong Film Award
    • Best Asian Film
    • Yimou Zhang
    China

Hundred Flowers Awards

  • Ziyi Zhang
    2006 Nominee Hundred Flowers Award
    • Best Actress
    • Ziyi Zhang
  • Andy Lau in Infernal Affairs (2002)
    2006 Nominee Hundred Flowers Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Andy Lau
  • Yimou Zhang
    2006 Nominee Hundred Flowers Award
    • Best Director
    • Yimou Zhang

Image Awards (NAACP)

  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2005 Nominee Image Award
    • Outstanding Independent or Foreign Film

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2005 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Film of the Year
  • Yimou Zhang
    2005 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Director of the Year
    • Yimou Zhang
  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2005 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Foreign Language Film of the Year
    China/Hong Kong.

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • Yimou Zhang
    2004 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Yimou Zhang
    China/Hong Kong.
  • 2004 Nominee LAFCA Award
    • Best Production Design
    • Tingxiao Huo
  • Xiaoding Zhao
    2004 Nominee LAFCA Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Xiaoding Zhao

Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA

  • Andy Neil
    2005 Winner Golden Reel Award
    • Best Sound Editing in Foreign Features
    • Roger Savage (supervising sound editor)
    • Jing Tao (supervising sound editor)
    • Jo Mion (supervising foley editor)
    • Steve Burgess (sound editor)
    • Vic Kaspar (sound editor)
    • Ron Feruglio (sound editor)
    • Paul Pirola (sound editor)
    • Andy Neil (sound editor)
    • Glenn Newnham (sound editor)
    • Mario Vaccaro (foley editor)
    • Blair Slater (foley editor)

MTV Movie + TV Awards

  • Ziyi Zhang
    2005 Nominee MTV Movie Award
    • Best Fight
    • Ziyi Zhang
    For Zhang Ziyi vs. The Emperor's guards.

National Board of Review, USA

  • 2004 Winner NBR Award
    • Outstanding Production Design
    • Tingxiao Huo

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • Yimou Zhang
    2005 Winner NSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • Yimou Zhang
    Shared with: Hero
  • Xiaoding Zhao
    2005 Winner NSFC Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Xiaoding Zhao
  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2005 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Yimou Zhang
    2004 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Yimou Zhang

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Xiaoding Zhao
    2005 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Xiaoding Zhao
  • 2005 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Editing
    • Long Cheng
  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2005 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    China.

Huabiao Film Awards

  • Ziyi Zhang
    2005 Winner Huabiao Film Award
    • Outstanding Actress
    • Ziyi Zhang
    Tied with 'Wei Zhao' for A Time to Love (2005).
  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2005 Winner Huabiao Film Award
    • Outstanding Technical Achievement
  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2005 Winner Huabiao Film Award
    • Market Development Award
  • Yimou Zhang
    2005 Nominee Huabiao Film Award
    • Outstanding Film
    • Yimou Zhang

Taurus World Stunt Awards

  • 2005 Nominee Taurus Award
    • Best Fight
    • Cai Li
    • Shi Feng
    • Lei Li
    • Xia Bin
    • Li Wei
    • Cheng Wei Ou
    • Xiang Gao
    • Fei Goa
    • Zhan Bo
    • Feng Zhong
    Two men fight with swords in an autumn field. Their fight carries them into winter, as they begin to use their bodies in addition to swords to fight.

Golden Trailer Awards

  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2005 Winner Golden Trailer
    • Best Foreign
  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2005 Winner Golden Trailer
    • Best Foreign Independent
  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2005 Nominee Golden Trailer
    • Best Music

Chlotrudis Awards

  • Xiaoding Zhao
    2005 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Xiaoding Zhao

Golden Eagle Awards, Russia

  • Yimou Zhang
    2006 Nominee Golden Eagle
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Yimou Zhang

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

  • Xiaoding Zhao
    2004 Winner SLFCA Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Xiaoding Zhao

New York Film Critics, Online

  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2004 Winner NYFCO Award
    • Top Films of the Year

Utah Film Critics Association Awards

  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2004 Nominee UFCA Award
    • Best Non-English Language Film
    China

Online Film & Television Association

  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2005 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    China
  • Shigeru Umebayashi
    2005 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Music, Original Song
    • Shigeru Umebayashi (music and lyrics by)
    • Kathleen Battle (performed by)
    For the song "Lovers".
  • Xiaoding Zhao
    2005 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Xiaoding Zhao
  • 2005 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Production Design
    • Tingxiao Huo (production design)
    • Zhong Han (art direction)
    • Bin Zhao (art direction/set decoration)
  • Emi Wada
    2005 Winner OFTA Film Award
    • Best Costume Design
    • Emi Wada

China Film Director's Guild Awards

  • Ziyi Zhang
    2005 Nominee China Film Directors' Guild Award
    • Best Actress
    • Ziyi Zhang
  • Yimou Zhang
    2005 Winner China Film Directors' Guild Award
    • Best Box Office Director
    • Yimou Zhang

Asian Film Critics Association Awards

  • Ziyi Zhang
    2005 Nominee NETPAC Award
    • Best Actress
    • Ziyi Zhang
  • Xiaoding Zhao
    2005 Winner NETPAC Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Xiaoding Zhao
  • 2005 Winner NETPAC Award
    • Best Editing
    • Long Cheng
  • 2005 Winner NETPAC Award
    • Best Art Direction
    • Tingxiao Huo
  • Yimou Zhang
    2005 Nominee NETPAC Award
    • Best Director
    • Yimou Zhang

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2004 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)

  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2005 Nominee IOMA
    • Best Costume Design (Migliori costumi)
  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2005 Nominee IOMA
    • Best Visual Effects (Migliori effetti visivi)
  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2005 Nominee IOMA
    • Best Sound Effects (Migliori effetti sonori)

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Xiaoding Zhao
    2005 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Cinematography
    • Xiaoding Zhao
  • Emi Wada
    2005 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Costume Design
    • Emi Wada
  • Yimou Zhang
    2005 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Non-English Language Film
    • Yimou Zhang
    China
  • 2005 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Art Direction
    • Tingxiao Huo
    • Zhong Han
    • Bin Zhao

Gold Derby Awards

  • 2005 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Art Direction
    • Tingxiao Huo
    • Zhong Han
    • Bin Zhao
  • Xiaoding Zhao
    2005 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Cinematography
    • Xiaoding Zhao
  • Emi Wada
    2005 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Costume Design
    • Emi Wada
  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2005 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Foreign Language Film

Prêmio Guarani

  • Yimou Zhang
    2006 Nominee Premio Guarani
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Yimou Zhang
    China.

BBC Four World Cinema Awards

  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2006 Nominee BBC Four World Cinema Award

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