Awards and Nominations
Academy Awards
- Won: Best Art Direction (John Myhre and Gretchen Rau)
- Won: Best Cinematography (Dion Beebe)
- Won: Best Costume Design (Colleen Atwood)
- Nominated: Best Original Score (John Williams)
- Nominated: Best Sound Editing (Wylie Stateman)
- Nominated: Best Sound Mixing (Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline and John Pritchett)
Golden Globe
- Won: Best Original Score (John Williams)
- Nominated: Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama (Zhang Ziyi)
National Board of Review
- Won: Best Supporting Actress (Gong Li)
Satellite Awards
- Won: Outstanding Screenplay, Adapted (Robin Swicord)
- Nominated: Outstanding Motion Picture, Drama
- Nominated: Outstanding Director (Rob Marshall)
- Nominated: Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama (Zhang Ziyi)
- Nominated: Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama (Gong Li)
- Nominated: Outstanding Art Direction & Production Design (John Myhre)
- Nominated: Outstanding Cinematography (Robert Elswit)
- Nominated: Outstanding Costume Design (Colleen Atwood)
- Nominated: Outstanding Original Score (John Williams)
BAFTA Awards
- Won: The Anthony Asquith Award for Achievement in Film Music (John Williams)
- Won: Cinematography (Dion Beebe)
- Won: Costume Design (Colleen Atwood)
- Nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role (Zhang Ziyi)
- Nominated: Production design
- Nominated: Make Up and Hair
Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Nominated: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role (Zhang Ziyi)
NAACP Image Awards
- Nominated: Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture (Zhang Ziyi)
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