List of awards and nominations received by Sam Mendes

List of accolades received by Sam Mendes
Mendes at the French premiere for Skyfall (2012)
Totals[a]
Wins42
Nominations63
Note
  1. ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

This is a list of awards and nominations received by English film and theatre director Sam Mendes.

Mendes won the Academy Award for Best Director for the drama American Beauty (1999), and received three other Academy Award nominations for war epic 1917 (2019). He also received five British Academy Film Award nominations winning four awards for Skyfall (2012), and 1917 (2019). He also received two British Academy Television Award nominations for The Hollow Crown (2013, 2017). He also received four Golden Globe Award nominations winning three awards.

For his work in theatre on the West End, he received 11 Laurence Olivier Awards winning three awards. He also received two Tony Award nominations for his work on Broadway for Cabaret in 1998 and The Ferryman in 2019.

Major Associations

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Academy Awards

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The Academy Awards are a set of awards given annually for excellence of cinematic achievements. The awards, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, were first held in 1929 at 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

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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

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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

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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

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The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known informally as 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

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Cinema of Peace Award

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref
2019 Most valuable Film Award 1917 Won [10]

Directors Guild of America Award

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref
1999 Outstanding Directorial Achievement – Feature Film American Beauty Won [11]
2019 1917 Won

Producers Guild of America Award

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref
2019 Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures 1917 Won [10]

Writers Guild of America Award

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref
2019 Best Original Screenplay 1917 Nominated [12]

Other associations

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Belgian Film Critics Association

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref
2020 Grand Prix 1917 Won

Britannia Award

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref
2015 John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing — Won

Camerimage Film Festival

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref
2022 Special Krzysztof Kieslowski Award for Director Empire of Light Awarded [13]

Critics' Choice Movie Awards

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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

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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

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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

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref
2022 Outstanding Director of a Play The Lehman Trilogy Nominated [14]

Directors Guild of Great Britain

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref
2005 Lifetime Achievement Award — Won

Empire Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref
2012 Best Director Skyfall Won

Evening Standard British Film Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref
2012 Film of the Year Skyfall Won

Evening Standard Theatre Awards

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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

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref
2005 Best Director Jarhead Won

Jupiter Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref
2012 Best International Film Skyfall Won

London Film Critics' Circle

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref
1999 Director of the Year American Beauty Won

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref
1999 Best Director American Beauty Won

Outer Critics Circle Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref
2019 Outstanding Director of a Play The Ferryman Won
2022 The Lehman Trilogy Won [15]

Saturn Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref
2012 Best Action or Adventure Film Skyfall Won

ShoWest Convention

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref
2002 USA Director of the Year Road to Perdition Won

Toronto International Film Festival

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref
1999 People's Choice Award American Beauty Won

Venice Film Festival

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref
2002 Golden Lion Road to Perdition Nominated

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref
2002 Best Director Road to Perdition Won

Whats on Stage Award

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref
2018 Best Director The Ferryman Won

Other awards

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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 annual Hamburg Shakespeare Prize Receptor
2002 South Bank Show Award Uncle Vanya and Twelfth Night Won
2003 Society of London Theatre Special Award Receptor

Notes

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  1. ^ Tied with Bong Joon-ho for Parasite.

References

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  1. ^ "About the Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  2. ^ "Sam Mendes". oscars.org. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  3. ^ Newcomb, Horace (February 19, 2019). Encyclopedia of Television. Taylor & Francis. p. 320. ISBN 978-1-135-19479-6.
  4. ^ "Sam Mendes". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  5. ^ "Sam Mendes". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  6. ^ "Sam Mendes - Golden Globes". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Sam Mendes Tony Awards Info".
  8. ^ 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".
  9. ^ "Tony Awards 2022". Tony Awards. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
  10. ^ a b "Nominations 2020".
  11. ^ "DGA Awards Honor Sam Mendes for 1917 [Full Winners List]". Forbes.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ Caranicas, Peter (2022-10-18). "Camerimage Festival to Honor 'Empire of Light' Director Sam Mendes". Variety. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  14. ^ "2022 Drama League Awards | Drama League Awards". 2022-04-25. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  15. ^ "71st Outer Critics Circle Awards". Outer Critics Circle Awards. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
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