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Jim Taylor

Awards

Jim Taylor

40 wins & 39 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Motion Picture of the Year
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Jim Burke · Alexander Payne
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Winner Oscar
    • Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne
  • Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)
    2000 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
    • Election
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner BSFC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne
  • Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)
    1999 Nominee BSFC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Election
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

BAFTA Awards

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Film
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Jim Burke · Alexander Payne
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Screenplay - Adapted
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

Critics Choice Awards

  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Winner Critics Choice Award
    • Best Writer
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne
  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2003 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Writer
    • About Schmidt
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner CFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne
  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2003 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • About Schmidt
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Winner DFWFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner FFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne
  • Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)
    2000 Winner FFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Election
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

Golden Globes, USA

  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne
  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2003 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
    • About Schmidt
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

Satellite Awards

  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

Gotham Awards

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Nominee Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Best Feature
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Alexander Payne · Jim Burke

HDFest

  • The Lost Cause (2004)
    2006 Winner Best High-Definition Short
    • The Lost Cause
  • The Lost Cause (2004)
    2006 Winner Best Directing in a High-Def Short
    • The Lost Cause
  • The Lost Cause (2004)
    2006 Winner Best Screenplay in a HD Short
    • The Lost Cause

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Feature
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Jim Burke · Alexander Payne
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Winner Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne
  • Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)
    2000 Winner Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Election
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner KCFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

  • Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)
    2000 Nominee Sierra Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • Election
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Screenwriter of the Year
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne
  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2002 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • About Schmidt
    Shared with: Alexander Payne
  • Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)
    1999 Winner New Generation Award
    • Election
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

National Board of Review, USA

  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner NBR Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Winner NSFC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne
  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2003 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • About Schmidt
    Shared with: Alexander Payne
  • Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)
    2000 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Election
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne
  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2002 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • About Schmidt
    Shared with: Alexander Payne
  • Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)
    1999 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Election
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Winner OFCS Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne
  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2003 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • About Schmidt
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

PGA Awards

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee PGA Award
    • Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Jim Burke · Alexander Payne

Razzie Awards

  • Adam Sandler and Kevin James in I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007)
    2008 Nominee Razzie Award
    • Worst Screenplay
    • I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
    Shared with: Barry Fanaro · Alexander Payne

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner SDFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne
  • Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)
    1999 Winner SDFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • Election
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

Seattle International Film Festival

  • 2000 Winner Atom Films Short Film Award
    • Living Will

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner SEFCA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne
  • Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)
    2000 Winner SEFCA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Election
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

Thessaloniki Film Festival

  • Laura Dern in Citizen Ruth (1996)
    1996 Winner Best Screenplay
    • Citizen Ruth
    Tied with Lucas Belvaux for Just for Laughs! (1996).
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

USC Scripter Award

  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Nominee USC Scripter Award
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne · Rex Pickett
  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2003 Nominee USC Scripter Award
    • About Schmidt
    Shared with: Alexander Payne · Louis Begley

Writers Guild of America, USA

  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Winner WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne
  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2003 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • About Schmidt
    Shared with: Alexander Payne
  • Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)
    2000 Winner WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
    • Election
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

American Screenwriters Association, USA

  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2003 Nominee Discover Screenwriting Award
    • About Schmidt
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

Seattle Film Critics Awards

  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner Seattle Film Critics Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner PFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

Chlotrudis Awards

  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne
  • Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)
    2000 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Election
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Nominee COFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne
  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2003 Nominee COFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • About Schmidt
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner WAFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner SLFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Picture
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Jim Burke · Alexander Payne

Utah Film Critics Association Awards

  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Nominee UFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

Online Film & Television Association

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Picture
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Jim Burke · Alexander Payne
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Winner OFTA Film Award
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne
  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2003 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
    • About Schmidt
    Shared with: Alexander Payne
  • Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)
    2000 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
    • Election
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Motion Picture
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Jim Burke · Alexander Payne
  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner ACCA
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne
  • Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)
    1999 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Election
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)

  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2003 Nominee IOMA
    • Best Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura)
    • About Schmidt
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

Golden Schmoes Awards

  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2002 Nominee Golden Schmoes
    • Best Screenplay of the Year
    • About Schmidt
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Winner INOCA
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne
  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2003 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • About Schmidt
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards

  • Jurassic Park III (2001)
    2001 Nominee Stinker Award
    • Worst Screenplay for a Film Grossing More than $100 Million Using Hollywood Math
    • Jurassic Park III
    Shared with: Peter Buchman · Alexander Payne

Gold Derby Awards

  • Sideways (2004)
    2010 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Adapted Screenplay of the Decade
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Winner Gold Derby Film Award
    • Adapted Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Alexander Payne
  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2003 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Adapted Screenplay
    • About Schmidt
    Shared with: Alexander Payne

AACTA International Awards

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee AACTA International Award
    • Best Film
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Jim Burke · Alexander Payne

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