Awards, Nominations and Honours
Four of their films are among the Top 50 British films of the 20th century according to the British Film Institute, with The Red Shoes placing in the top 10.
| Year | Film | Award | Powell | Pressburger | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | The Edge of the World | Presented at the Venice Film Festival | Y | ||
| 1943 | 49th Parallel | Oscar nominated for Best Picture | Y | ||
| 1943 | 49th Parallel | Oscar winner for Best Writing, Original Story | Y | ||
| 1943 | 49th Parallel | Oscar nominated for Best Writing, Screenplay | Y | ||
| 1943 | One of Our Aircraft Is Missing | Oscar nominated for Best Writing, Original Screenplay | Y | Y | |
| 1943 | One of Our Aircraft Is Missing | Oscar nominated for Best Effects, Special Effects | |||
| 1946 | A Matter of Life and Death | First ever Royal Film Performance | Y | Y | |
| 1948 | A Matter of Life and Death | Winner Danish Bodil Award for Best European Film | Y | Y | |
| 1948 | Black Narcissus | Oscar winner for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color | |||
| 1948 | Black Narcissus | Oscar winner for Best Cinematography, Color | |||
| 1948 | The Red Shoes | Nominated for Venice Film Festival Golden Lion | Y | Y | |
| 1949 | The Red Shoes | Oscar winner for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color | |||
| 1949 | The Red Shoes | Oscar winner for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | |||
| 1949 | The Red Shoes | Oscar nominated for Best Picture | Y | Y | |
| 1949 | The Red Shoes | Oscar nominated for Best Writing, Original Story | Y | ||
| 1949 | The Red Shoes | Oscar nominated for Best Film Editing | Y | ||
| 1950 | The Small Back Room | BAFTA Award nominated for Best British Film | Y | Y | |
| 1951 | The Tales of Hoffmann | Oscar nominated for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color | |||
| 1951 | The Tales of Hoffmann | Oscar nominated for Best Costume Design, Color | |||
| 1951 | The Tales of Hoffmann | Cannes Film Festival nominated for Grand Prize of the Festival | Y | Y | |
| 1951 | The Tales of Hoffmann | Winner Silver Berlin Bear from Berlin International Film Festival as Best Musical | Y | Y | |
| 1956 | The Battle of the River Plate | Selected for the Royal Film Performance | Y | Y | |
| 1957 | The Battle of the River Plate | BAFTA Award nominated for Best British Film | Y | Y | |
| 1957 | The Battle of the River Plate | BAFTA Award nominated for Best British Screenplay | Y | Y | |
| 1957 | The Battle of the River Plate | BAFTA Award nominated for Best Film from any Source | Y | Y | |
| 1959 | Luna de Miel | Cannes Film Festival nominated for Golden Palm | Y | ||
| 1970 | Partial retrospective of their films at the National Film Theatre | Y | Y | ||
| 1972 | The Boy Who Turned Yellow | Children's Film Foundation winner of the 'Chiffy' award for the best film | Y | ||
| 1978 | Made Hon DLitt, University of East Anglia | Y | |||
| 1978 | Made Hon DLitt, University of Kent | Y | |||
| 1978 | Retrospective of their extant works at the National Film Theatre | Y | Y | ||
| 1980 | Dartmouth Film Award | Y | |||
| 1981 | BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award | Y | Y | ||
| 1982 | Awarded Career Gold Lion from the Venice Film Festival | Y | |||
| 1983 | Made Fellows of the British Film Institute (BFI) | Y | Y | ||
| 1987 | Awarded Hon Doctorate, Royal College of Art | Y | |||
| 1987 | Akira Kurosawa Award from San Francisco International Film Festival | Y |
Powell and Pressburger, the people and their films have been the subject of many documentaries and books as well as doctoral research.
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