List of awards and nominations received by Sam Mendes
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This is a list of awards and nominations received by English film and theatre director Sam Mendes.
Mendes won the
Golden Globe Award
nominations winning three awards.
For his work in theatre on the
Broadway for Cabaret in 1998 and The Ferryman
in 2019.
Major Associations
Academy Awards
The
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.[1]
Mendes has received one award from four nominations.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | Best Director | American Beauty | Won | [2] |
2020 | Best Picture | 1917 | Nominated | |
Best Director | Nominated | |||
Best Original Screenplay | Nominated |
BAFTA Awards
The BAFTA Award is an annual award show presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. The awards were founded in 1947 as The British Film Academy, by David Lean, Alexander Korda, Carol Reed, Charles Laughton, Roger Manvell and others.[3] Mendes has received four awards from five nominations.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
British Academy Film Awards | ||||
2000 | Best Direction | American Beauty | Nominated | [4] |
2013 | Best British Film | Skyfall | Won | |
2020 | Best Film | 1917 | Won | |
Best Direction | Won | |||
Best British Film | Won | |||
2023 | Empire of Light | Nominated | ||
British Academy Television Awards | ||||
2013 | Best Single Drama
|
The Hollow Crown | Nominated | [5] |
2017 | Best Mini-Series
|
Nominated |
Golden Globe Awards
The
Golden Globe Award is an accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association
(HFPA) recognizing excellence in film and television. Mendes has received three awards from four nominations.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | Best Director – Motion Picture | American Beauty | Won | [6] |
2009 | Revolutionary Road | Nominated | ||
2020 | 1917 | Won | ||
Best Motion Picture – Drama (as recipient producer) | Won |
Olivier Awards
The
Laurence Olivier Awards recognise outstanding achievements in plays and musicals performed in London's West End
.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1993 | Best Director of a Play | Assassins | Nominated | [7] |
Best Director of a Musical
|
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice | Nominated | ||
1994 | Cabaret | Nominated | ||
Best Musical Revival
|
Nominated | |||
1995 | Best Director of a Musical
|
Oliver! | Nominated | |
1996 | Best Director
|
Company and The Glass Menagerie | Won | |
1998 | Othello | Nominated | ||
1999 | The Blue Room | Nominated | ||
2003 | Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya | Won | ||
2018 | The Ferryman | Won | ||
2019 | The Lehman Trilogy | Nominated |
Tony Awards
The
Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League[8]
at an annual ceremony in New York City.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1998 | Best Direction of a Musical | Cabaret | Nominated | [7] |
2019 | Best Direction of a Play | The Ferryman | Won | |
2022 | The Lehman Trilogy | Won | [9] |
Guild Awards
Cinema of Peace Award
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Most valuable Film Award | 1917 | Won | [10] |
Directors Guild of America Award
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement – Feature Film | American Beauty | Won | [11] |
2019 | 1917 | Won |
Producers Guild of America Award
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | 1917 | Won | [10] |
Writers Guild of America Award
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Best Original Screenplay | 1917 | Nominated | [12] |
Other associations
Belgian Film Critics Association
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Grand Prix | 1917 | Won |
Britannia Award
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing | — | Won |
Camerimage Film Festival
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | Special Krzysztof Kieslowski Award for Director | Empire of Light | Awarded | [13] |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | Best Director | American Beauty | Won | |
2020 | Best Picture | 1917 | Nominated | |
Best Director | Won[a] |
Critics' Circle Theatre Award
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
1989 | Most Promising Newcomer | The Cherry Orchard | Won | |
1995 | Best Director | The Glass Menagerie | Won | |
2002 | Uncle Vanya and Twelfth Night | Won |
Drama Desk Award
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
1998 | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Cabaret | Nominated | |
2003 | Outstanding Director of a Play | Uncle Vanya and Twelfth Night | Nominated | |
2012 | Richard III | Nominated | ||
2019 | The Ferryman | Won |
Drama League Award
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | Outstanding Director of a Play | The Lehman Trilogy | Nominated | [14] |
Directors Guild of Great Britain
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
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2005 | Lifetime Achievement Award | — | Won |
Empire Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | Best Director | Skyfall | Won |
Evening Standard British Film Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | Film of the Year | Skyfall | Won |
Evening Standard Theatre Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
1992 | Best New Comedy | The Rise and Fall of Little Voice | Won | |
2002 | Director of the Year | Uncle Vanya and Twelfth Night | Won | |
2017 | Best Director | The Ferryman | Won |
Hollywood Film Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | Best Director
|
Jarhead | Won |
Jupiter Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | Best International Film | Skyfall | Won |
London Film Critics' Circle
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | Director of the Year | American Beauty | Won |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | Best Director | American Beauty | Won |
Outer Critics Circle Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Outstanding Director of a Play | The Ferryman | Won | |
2022 | The Lehman Trilogy | Won | [15] |
Saturn Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | Best Action or Adventure Film | Skyfall | Won |
ShoWest Convention
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2002 | USA Director of the Year | Road to Perdition | Won |
Toronto International Film Festival
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | People's Choice Award | American Beauty | Won |
Venice Film Festival
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2002 | Golden Lion | Road to Perdition | Nominated |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2002 | Best Director | Road to Perdition | Won |
Whats on Stage Award
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Best Director | The Ferryman | Won |
Other awards
Year | Award | Work | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2012 | The 2012 Kermode Award for Best Director | Skyfall | Won |
1993 | Times Critics Award for his work at the Donmar | Receptor | |
2000 | The Hamburg Shakespeare Prize | Receptor | |
2002 | South Bank Show Award | Uncle Vanya and Twelfth Night | Won |
2003 | Society of London Theatre Special Award | Receptor |
Notes
- ^ Tied with Bong Joon-ho for Parasite.
References
- ^ "About the Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
- ^ "Sam Mendes". oscars.org. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
- ISBN 978-1-135-19479-6.
- awards.bafta.org. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
- awards.bafta.org. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
- ^ "Sam Mendes - Golden Globes". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
- ^ a b "Sam Mendes Tony Awards Info".
- ^ Gans, Andrew (December 18, 2007). "League of American Theatres and Producers Announces Name Change" Archived December 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Playbill. Retrieved September 13, 2013. The League of American Theatres and Producers was renamed "The Broadway League".
- ^ "Tony Awards 2022". Tony Awards. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
- ^ a b "Nominations 2020".
- ^ "DGA Awards Honor Sam Mendes for 1917 [Full Winners List]". Forbes.
- ^ "WGA Awards: 'Parasite', 'Jojo Rabbit' Take Top Film Honors; HBO Sweeps Key TV Nods with 'Succession', 'Barry' & 'Watchmen' – the Complete List of Winners". 2 February 2020.
- ^ Caranicas, Peter (2022-10-18). "Camerimage Festival to Honor 'Empire of Light' Director Sam Mendes". Variety. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
- ^ "2022 Drama League Awards | Drama League Awards". 2022-04-25. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
- ^ "71st Outer Critics Circle Awards". Outer Critics Circle Awards. Retrieved 2022-05-17.