Paul Schrader
Awards
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
Movies for Grownups Award [Nominee] (2019)
Best Screenwriter
First Reformed (2017)
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
EDA Award [Nominee] (2019)
Best Writing, Original Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
American Film Institute, USA
Franklin J. Schaffner Award [Winner] (2005)
Austin Film Critics Association
AFCA Award [Nominee] (2019)
Best Original Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
Awards Circuit Community Awards
ACCA [Nominee] (2019)
Best Original Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
Berlin International Film Festival
Golden Berlin Bear [Nominee] (1992)
Light Sleeper (1992)
Golden Berlin Bear [Nominee] (1979)
Hardcore (1979)
Bodil Awards
Bodil [Nominee] (2020)
Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
First Reformed (2017)
Boston Online Film Critics Association
BOFCA Award [Winner] (2018)
Best Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
Critics Choice Award [Winner] (2019)
Best Original Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
Cannes Film Festival
Palme d'Or [Nominee] (1988)
Patty Hearst (1988)
Best Artistic Contribution [Winner] (1985)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Palme d'Or [Nominee] (1985)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
CFCA Award [Nominee] (2021)
Best Original Screenplay
The Card Counter (2021)
CFCA Award [Winner] (2018)
Best Original Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
CFCA Award [Nominee] (2018)
Best Director
First Reformed (2017)
Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Awards
CIFCC Award [Nominee] (2019)
Best Original Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
Cinemanila International Film Festival
Lifetime Achievement Award [Winner] (2009)
CinEuphoria Awards
CinEuphoria [Nominee] (2019)
Best Screenplay - International Competition
First Reformed (2017)
Crested Butte Film Festival
Festival Award [Winner] (2018)
Best Narrative Feature
First Reformed (2017)
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
DFWFCA Award [Nominee] (2018)
Best Screenplay
2nd place
First Reformed (2017)
Denver Film Critics Society
DFCS Award [Nominee] (2019)
Best Director
First Reformed (2017)
DFCS Award [Nominee] (2019)
Best Original Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
Detroit Film Critics Society Awards
DFCS Award [Nominee] (2018)
Best Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
DFCS Award [Nominee] (2018)
Best Director
First Reformed (2017)
FEST International Film Festival
Jury Prize- Main Program [Winner] (2018)
Best Director
First Reformed (2017)
Film Independent Spirit Awards
Independent Spirit Award [Nominee] (2019)
Best Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
Independent Spirit Award [Nominee] (2019)
Best Director
First Reformed (2017)
Independent Spirit Award [Nominee] (1999)
Best Director
Affliction (1997)
Independent Spirit Award [Nominee] (1999)
Best Screenplay
Affliction (1997)
Independent Spirit Award [Nominee] (1998)
Best Director
Touch (1997)
Independent Spirit Award [Nominee] (1998)
Best Screenplay
Touch (1997)
Independent Spirit Award [Nominee] (1993)
Best Screenplay
Light Sleeper (1992)
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
FFCC Award [Nominee] (2018)
Best Original Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA)
GAFCA Award [Nominee] (2019)
Best Original Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
Ghent International Film Festival
Joseph Plateau Honorary Award [Winner] (2013)
Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival
Parajanov's Thaler - For outstanding artistic contribution into world cinema [Winner] (2021)
Golden Globes, USA
Golden Globe [Nominee] (1981)
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Raging Bull (1980)
Golden Globe [Nominee] (1977)
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Taxi Driver (1976)
Gotham Awards
Gotham Independent Film Award [Nominee] (2021)
Best Screenplay
The Card Counter (2021)
Gotham Independent Film Award [Winner] (2018)
Best Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
Gotham Independent Film Award [Nominee] (2018)
Best Feature
First Reformed (2017)
Audience Award [Nominee] (2018)
First Reformed (2017)
Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards
GWNYFCA Award [Nominee] (2018)
Best Director
First Reformed (2017)
GWNYFCA Award [Nominee] (2018)
Best Original Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
HFCS Award [Nominee] (2019)
Best Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
Indiana Film Journalists Association, US
IFJA Award [Winner] (2018)
Best Original Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
IFJA Award [Nominee] (2018)
Best Director
First Reformed (2017)
Indiewire Critics' Poll
ICP Award [Nominee] (2018)
Best Director
-Fifth Place
First Reformed (2017)
ICP Award [Nominee] (2018)
Best Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
International Cinephile Society Awards
ICS Award [Winner] (2019)
Best Original Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
INOCA [Nominee] (2019)
Best Original Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
Halfway Award [Winner] (2018)
Best Original Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
Halfway Award [Nominee] (2018)
Best Director
First Reformed (2017)
Israel Film Festival
Israel Film Festival Award [Winner] (2009)
Achievement in Film Award
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
KCFCC Award [Nominee] (2018)
Best Director
First Reformed (2017)
Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards
LEJA Award [Nominee] (2019)
Best Original Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
London Critics Circle Film Awards
ALFS Award [Nominee] (2019)
Screenwriter of the Year
First Reformed (2017)
Melbourne Underground Film Festival
Best Foreign Director [Winner] (2013)
The Canyons (2013)
Best Foreign Film [Winner] (2013)
The Canyons (2013)
Munich Film Festival
ARRI/OSRAM Award [Nominee] (2018)
Best International Film
First Reformed (2017)
Music City Film Critics' Association Awards
MCFCA Award [Nominee] (2019)
Best Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
National Board of Review, USA
NBR Award [Winner] (2018)
Best Original Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
NYFCC Award [Winner] (2018)
Best Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
NYFCC Award [Nominee] (1998)
Best Director
Affliction (1997)
North Carolina Film Critics Association
NCFCA Award [Nominee] (2019)
Best Original Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards
OFCC Award [Winner] (2018)
Best Original Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
Online Association of Female Film Critics
OAFFC Award [Nominee] (2018)
Best Original Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
Online Film & Television Association
OFTA Film Award [Nominee] (2019)
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
First Reformed (2017)
Online Film Critics Society Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award [Winner] (2022)
OFCS Award [Winner] (2019)
Best Original Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
Phoenix Critics Circle
PCC Award [Nominee] (2018)
Best Director
First Reformed (2017)
PCC Award [Nominee] (2018)
Best Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
Razzie Awards
Razzie Award [Nominee] (2005)
Worst Director
Renny Harlin and/or Paul Schrader.
Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
SFFCC Award [Winner] (2018)
Best Screenplay, Original
First Reformed (2017)
SFFCC Award [Nominee] (2018)
Best Director
First Reformed (2017)
Screenwriters Choice Awards, Online
SCA Hall of Fame [Winner] (2015)
Seattle Film Critics Society
SFCS Award [Nominee] (2018)
Best Director
First Reformed (2017)
SFCS Award [Nominee] (2018)
Best Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
SEFCA Award [Nominee] (2018)
Best Original Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
St. Louis Film Critics Association, US
SLFCA Award [Nominee] (2018)
Best Original Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
St. Louis International Film Festival
Lifetime Achievement Award [Winner] (2008)
Stockholm Film Festival
Lifetime Achievement Award [Winner] (2007)
Taos Talking Picture Festival
Storyteller Award [Winner] (1998)
Telluride Film Festival, US
Silver Medallion Award [Winner] (2002)
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
TFCA Award [Winner] (2018)
Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original
Tied with Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara for The... More
Tied with Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara for The Favourite (2018).
First Reformed (2017)
TFCA Award [Nominee] (2018)
Best Director
First Reformed (2017)
Valladolid International Film Festival
Miguel Delibes Award [Winner] (2021)
Best Screenplay
The Card Counter (2021)
Golden Spike [Nominee] (2021)
Best Film
The Card Counter (2021)
Espiga de Honor (Honorary Spike) [Winner] (2013)
Golden Spike [Nominee] (2009)
Best Film
Adam Resurrected (2008)
Youth Jury Award - Special Mention [Winner] (1997)
Competition
Affliction (1997)
Golden Spike [Nominee] (1997)
Best Film
Affliction (1997)
Silver Spike [Winner] (1978)
Best Film
Blue Collar (1978)
Golden Spike [Nominee] (1978)
Best Film
Blue Collar (1978)
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
VFCC Award [Winner] (2018)
Best Director
First Reformed (2017)
VFCC Award [Winner] (2018)
Best Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
Venice Film Festival
Career Golden Lion [Winner] (2022)
Golden Lion [Nominee] (2021)
Best Film
The Card Counter (2021)
Green Drop Award [Winner] (2017)
First Reformed (2017)
Golden Lion [Nominee] (2017)
Best Film
First Reformed (2017)
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
WAFCA Award [Nominee] (2018)
Best Original Screenplay
First Reformed (2017)
Writers Guild of America, USA
Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement [Winner] (1999)
WGA Award (Screen) [Nominee] (1977)
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
Taxi Driver (1976)