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Sam Mendes
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Academy Awards, USA (4)
Tromsø International Film Festival (1)
Bodil Awards (3)
BAFTA Awards (8)
Critics Choice Awards (2)
Broadcasting Press Guild Awards (1)
Camerimage (2)
César Awards, France (2)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Christopher Awards (1)
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain (1)
Czech Lions (1)
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards (2)
David di Donatello Awards (3)
Directors Guild of America, USA (2)
Directors Guild of Great Britain (1)
European Film Awards (2)
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards (2)
Golden Globes, USA (3)
Satellite Awards (2)
Hollywood Film Awards (1)
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (1)
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards (2)
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards (1)
London Critics Circle Film Awards (3)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1)
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA (1)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Online Film Critics Society Awards (3)
PGA Awards (1)
Danish Film Awards (Robert) (3)
Russian Guild of Film Critics (1)
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards (1)
SFX Awards, UK (2)
ShoWest Convention, USA (1)
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Toronto International Film Festival (2)
Venice Film Festival (1)
Writers Guild of America, USA (1)
Empire Awards, UK (4)
BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards (1)
Lumiere Awards, France (1)
Vancouver Film Critics Circle (1)
Amanda Awards, Norway (1)
Sant Jordi Awards (1)
Kinema Junpo Awards (3)
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards (2)
Chlotrudis Awards (1)
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards (2)
North Texas Film Critics Association, US (1)
St. Louis Film Critics Association, US (1)
Iowa Film Critics Awards (1)
Denver Film Critics Society (1)
IGN Summer Movie Awards (1)
Jupiter Award (2)
CinEuphoria Awards (9)
Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) (1)
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (1)
Utah Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Houston Film Critics Society Awards (1)
Online Film & Television Association (4)
Awards Circuit Community Awards (5)
Huading Award (1)
Golden Schmoes Awards (1)
North Carolina Film Critics Association (1)
Phoenix Critics Circle (1)
Gold Derby Awards (3)
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (1)
ASECAN (1)
AACTA International Awards (1)
NAMM Technical Excellence and Creativity Awards (1)
Hawaii Film Critics Society (1)
The BAM Awards (1)
Prêmio Guarani (1)
Club Média Ciné (1)
Music City Film Critics' Association Awards (1)
Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards (2)
Society of Composers and Lyricists Awards (1)
Chicago Indie Critics Awards (CIC) (3)
Columbus Film Critics Association (1)
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (1)
The Guardian's Best Films (1)
65 wins & 79 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
2020 Nominee
Oscar
Best Motion Picture of the Year
1917
Shared with:
Pippa Harris
·
Jayne-Ann Tenggren
·
Callum McDougall
2020 Nominee
Oscar
Best Achievement in Directing
1917
2020 Nominee
Oscar
Best Original Screenplay
1917
Shared with:
Krysty Wilson-Cairns
2000 Winner
Oscar
Best Director
American Beauty
Tromsø International Film Festival
2023 Nominee
Aurora Award
Empire of Light
Bodil Awards
2021 Nominee
Bodil
Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film)
1917
2010 Nominee
Bodil
Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
Revolutionary Road
2001 Winner
Bodil
Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
American Beauty
BAFTA Awards
2023 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Outstanding British Film of the Year
Empire of Light
Shared with:
Pippa Harris
2020 Winner
BAFTA Film Award
Best Director
1917
2020 Winner
BAFTA Film Award
Outstanding British Film of the Year
1917
Shared with:
Pippa Harris
·
Callum McDougall
·
Jayne-Ann Tenggren
·
Krysty Wilson-Cairns
2020 Winner
BAFTA Film Award
Best Film
1917
Shared with:
Pippa Harris
·
Callum McDougall
·
Jayne-Ann Tenggren
2017 Nominee
BAFTA TV Award
Best Mini-Series
The Hollow Crown
Shared with:
Dominic Cooke
·
Rupert Ryle-Hodges
·
Pippa Harris
3 more
All
Critics Choice Awards
2020 Winner
Critics Choice Award
Best Director
1917
Tied with
Bong Joon Ho
for
Parasite (2019)
.
2000 Winner
Critics Choice Award
Best Director
American Beauty
Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
2013 Winner
Broadcasting Press Guild Award
Best Single Drama
The Hollow Crown
For episode "Richard II"
Shared with:
Rupert Goold
·
Pippa Harris
·
Rupert Ryle-Hodges
Camerimage
2022 Winner
Krzysztof Kieslowski Award
2022 Nominee
Golden Frog
Main Competition
Empire of Light
Shared with:
Roger Deakins
César Awards, France
2021 Nominee
César
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
1917
2001 Nominee
César
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
American Beauty
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2000 Winner
CFCA Award
Best Director
American Beauty
Christopher Awards
2008 Winner
Christopher Award
Feature Films
The Kite Runner
Shared with:
Marc Forster
·
David Benioff
·
William Horberg
·
Walter F. Parkes
·
Rebecca Yeldham
·
E. Bennett Walsh
·
Sidney Kimmel
·
Laurie MacDonald
·
Jeff Skoll
·
Bruce Toll
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
2021 Nominee
CEC Award
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
1917
Czech Lions
2001 Winner
Czech Lion
Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film)
American Beauty
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
2019 Winner
DFWFCA Award
Best Director
1917
2000 Winner
DFWFCA Award
Best Director
American Beauty
David di Donatello Awards
2021 Winner
David
Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
1917
2013 Nominee
David
Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea)
Skyfall
2000 Nominee
David
Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
American Beauty
USA.
Directors Guild of America, USA
2020 Winner
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
1917
Shared with:
Callum McDougall
·
Hannah Godwin
·
Michael Lerman
·
Joey Coughlin
2000 Winner
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
American Beauty
Shared with:
Cristen Carr Strubbe
·
Tony Adler
·
Carey Dietrich
·
Rosemary C. Cremona
·
Stephanie Kime
Directors Guild of Great Britain
2005 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
European Film Awards
2016 Nominee
EFA People's Choice Award
Spectre
1999 Nominee
Screen International Award
American Beauty
USA
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
2019 Nominee
FFCC Award
Best Director
1917
2000 Winner
FFCC Award
Best Director
American Beauty
Golden Globes, USA
2020 Winner
Golden Globe
Best Director - Motion Picture
1917
2009 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Director - Motion Picture
Revolutionary Road
2000 Winner
Golden Globe
Best Director - Motion Picture
American Beauty
Satellite Awards
2019 Nominee
Satellite Award
Best Director
1917
2000 Nominee
Golden Satellite Award
Best Director
American Beauty
Hollywood Film Awards
2005 Winner
Hollywood Film Award
Director of the Year
Jarhead
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
2000 Winner
Silver Ribbon
Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
American Beauty
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
2019 Winner
KCFCC Award
Best Director
1917
1999 Winner
KCFCC Award
Best Director
American Beauty
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
2000 Nominee
Sierra Award
Best Director
American Beauty
London Critics Circle Film Awards
2020 Nominee
ALFS Award
Director of the Year
1917
2003 Nominee
ALFS Award
British Director of the Year
Road to Perdition
2000 Winner
ALFS Award
Director of the Year
American Beauty
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1999 Winner
LAFCA Award
Best Director
American Beauty
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
2000 Nominee
NSFC Award
Best Director
American Beauty
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1999 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best First Film
American Beauty
Online Film Critics Society Awards
2020 Nominee
OFCS Award
Best Director
1917
2000 Winner
OFCS Award
Best Director
American Beauty
2000 Nominee
OFCS Award
Best Debut
American Beauty
PGA Awards
2020 Winner
PGA Award
Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
1917
Shared with:
Pippa Harris
·
Jayne-Ann Tenggren
·
Callum McDougall
Danish Film Awards (Robert)
2021 Winner
Robert
Best English Language Film (Årets engelsksprogede film)
1917
2010 Nominee
Robert
Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film)
Revolutionary Road
2001 Winner
Robert
Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film)
American Beauty
Russian Guild of Film Critics
2000 Nominee
Golden Aries
Best Foreign Film
American Beauty
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
2019 Nominee
SDFCS Award
Best Director
1917
SFX Awards, UK
2013 Nominee
SFX Award
Best Director
Skyfall
2013 Nominee
SFX Award
Best Director
Skyfall
ShoWest Convention, USA
2003 Winner
ShoWest Award
Director of the Year
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
2000 Winner
SEFCA Award
Best Director
American Beauty
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
1999 Nominee
TFCA Award
Best Director
American Beauty
Tied with
Steven Soderbergh
for
The Limey (1999)
.
Toronto International Film Festival
2022 Winner
TIFF Ebert Director Award
1999 Winner
People's Choice Award
American Beauty
Venice Film Festival
2002 Nominee
Golden Lion
Road to Perdition
Writers Guild of America, USA
2020 Nominee
WGA Award (Screen)
Original Screenplay
1917
Shared with:
Krysty Wilson-Cairns
Empire Awards, UK
2013 Winner
Empire Award
Best Director
Skyfall
2013 Winner
Inspiration Award
2001 Nominee
Empire Award
Best British Director
American Beauty
2001 Nominee
Empire Award
Best Debut
American Beauty
BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards
2015 Winner
Britannia Award
John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing
Lumiere Awards, France
2001 Winner
Lumiere Award
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
American Beauty
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
2019 Nominee
VFCC Award
Best Director
1917
Amanda Awards, Norway
2000 Winner
Amanda
Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm)
American Beauty
Sant Jordi Awards
2021 Nominee
Sant Jordi
Best Foreign Film (Millor pel·lícula estrangera)
1917
Kinema Junpo Awards
2003 Winner
Kinema Junpo Award
Best Foreign Language Film
Road to Perdition
2003 Winner
Readers' Choice Award
Best Foreign Language Film
Road to Perdition
2001 Winner
Readers' Choice Award
Best Foreign Language Film
American Beauty
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
2019 Winner
PFCS Award
Best Director
1917
2003 Nominee
PFCS Award
Best Director
Road to Perdition
Chlotrudis Awards
2000 Nominee
Chlotrudis Award
Best Director
American Beauty
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
2019 Nominee
WAFCA Award
Best Director
1917
2002 Winner
WAFCA Award
Best Director
Road to Perdition
Tied with
Spike Jonze
for
Adaptation. (2002)
and
Denzel Washington
for
Antwone Fisher (2002)
.
North Texas Film Critics Association, US
2019 Winner
NTFCA Award
Best Director
1917
St. Louis Film Critics Association, US
2019 Nominee
SLFCA Award
Best Director
1917
Iowa Film Critics Awards
2020 Nominee
IFC Award
Best Director
1917
Denver Film Critics Society
2020 Winner
DFCS Award
Best Director
1917
IGN Summer Movie Awards
2012 Nominee
IGN Award
Best Movie Director
Skyfall
Jupiter Award
2013 Winner
Jupiter Award
Best International Film
Skyfall
Tied with
Seth MacFarlane
for
Ted (2012)
.
2001 Winner
Jupiter Award
Best International Film
American Beauty
CinEuphoria Awards
2024 Nominee
CinEuphoria
Best Film - International Competition
Empire of Light
Shared with:
Pippa Harris
2024 Nominee
CinEuphoria
Best Director - International Competition
Empire of Light
2021 Winner
CinEuphoria
Top Ten of the Year - International Competition
1917
2021 Winner
CinEuphoria
Top Ten of the Year - Audience Award
1917
2021 Nominee
CinEuphoria
Best Film - International Competition
1917
Shared with:
Pippa Harris
·
Callum McDougall
·
Brian Oliver
·
Jayne-Ann Tenggren
4 more
All
Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA)
2020 Nominee
GAFCA Award
Best Director
1917
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics
2020 Nominee
Dorian Award
Director of the Year
1917
Utah Film Critics Association Awards
2019 Winner
UFCA Award
Best Director
1917
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
2020 Nominee
HFCS Award
Best Director
1917
Online Film & Television Association
2020 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Director
1917
2020 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Picture
1917
3rd place
Shared with:
Pippa Harris
·
Jayne-Ann Tenggren
·
Callum McDougall
·
Brian Oliver
2000 Winner
OFTA Film Award
Best Director
American Beauty
2000 Winner
OFTA Film Award
Best First Feature
American Beauty
Awards Circuit Community Awards
2020 Nominee
ACCA
Best Motion Picture
1917
Shared with:
Pippa Harris
·
Callum McDougall
·
Jayne-Ann Tenggren
2020 Nominee
ACCA
Best Director
1917
2020 Nominee
ACCA
Best Original Screenplay
1917
Shared with:
Krysty Wilson-Cairns
2008 Nominee
ACCA
Best Director
Revolutionary Road
1999 Winner
ACCA
Best Director
American Beauty
Huading Award
2020 Nominee
Huading Award
Best Global Director for a Motion Picture
1917
Golden Schmoes Awards
2019 Winner
Golden Schmoes
Best Director of the Year
1917
North Carolina Film Critics Association
2020 Nominee
NCFCA Award
Best Director
1917
Phoenix Critics Circle
2019 Nominee
PCC Award
Best Director
1917
Gold Derby Awards
2020 Nominee
Gold Derby Film Award
Motion Picture
1917
Shared with:
Pippa Harris
·
Jayne-Ann Tenggren
·
Callum McDougall
2020 Nominee
Gold Derby Film Award
Director
1917
2020 Nominee
Gold Derby Film Award
Director of the Decade
1917
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
2020 Nominee
Movies for Grownups Award
Best Director
1917
ASECAN
2003 Nominee
ASECAN Award
Best Foreign Film
Road to Perdition
AACTA International Awards
2020 Nominee
AACTA International Award
Best Direction
1917
NAMM Technical Excellence and Creativity Awards
2020 Winner
TEC Award
Outstanding Creative Achievement Film Sound Production
1917
Hawaii Film Critics Society
2020 Nominee
HFCS Award
Best Director
1917
The BAM Awards
2021 Winner
The BAM Award
Best Director
1917
Prêmio Guarani
2001 Winner
Premio Guarani
Best Foreign Film
American Beauty
USA.
Club Média Ciné
2021 Nominee
Grand Prix (Laurier du Cinéma)
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur Film Étranger)
1917
Music City Film Critics' Association Awards
2020 Winner
MCFCA Award
Best Director
1917
Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards
2020 Nominee
LEJA Award
Best Picture
1917
Shared with:
Pippa Harris
·
Callum McDougall
·
Jayne-Ann Tenggren
2020 Nominee
LEJA Award
Best Achievement in Directing
1917
Society of Composers and Lyricists Awards
2020 Winner
Spirit of Collaboration Award
Shared with:
Thomas Newman
Chicago Indie Critics Awards (CIC)
2020 Nominee
Trailblazer Award
2020 Nominee
CIC Award
Best Director
1917
2020 Nominee
CIC Award
Best Studio Film
1917
Shared with:
Pippa Harris
·
Callum McDougall
·
Brian Oliver
·
Jayne-Ann Tenggren
Columbus Film Critics Association
2020 Nominee
COFCA Award
Best Director
1917
2nd place
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle
2019 Nominee
SFBAFCC Award
Best Director
1917
The Guardian's Best Films
2023 Winner
The Best Film
June
Empire of Light
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