Awards and Nominations
Academy Awards:
- 1971: Best Director (MASH, nominated)
- 1976: Best Picture (Nashville, nominated)
- 1976: Best Director (Nashville, nominated)
- 1993: Best Director (The Player, nominated)
- 1994: Best Director (Short Cuts, nominated)
- 2002: Best Picture (Gosford Park, nominated)
- 2002: Best Director (Gosford Park, nominated)
- 2006: Honorary Oscar (won)
BAFTA Awards:
- 1971: Best Direction (MASH, nominated)
- 1979: Best Direction (A Wedding, nominated)
- 1979: Best Screenplay (A Wedding, nominated)
- 1993: Best Film (The Player, nominated)
- 1993: Best Direction (The Player, won)
- 2002: Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film (Gosford Park, won)
- 2002: David Lean Award for Direction (Gosford Park, nominated)
Berlin International Film Festival:
- 1976: Golden Berlin Bear (Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson, won)
- 1985: FIPRESCI Prize – Forum of New Cinema (Secret Honor, won)
- 1999: Golden Berlin Bear (Cookie's Fortune, nominated)
- 1999: Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas (Cookie's Fortune, won)
- 2002: Honorary Golden Berlin Bear (won)
- 2006: Golden Berlin Bear (A Prairie Home Companion, nominated)
- 2006: Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost" (A Prairie Home Companion, won)
Cannes Film Festival:
- 1970: Golden Palm (MASH, won)
- 1972: Golden Palm (Images, nominated)
- 1977: Golden Palm (3 Women, nominated)
- 1986: Golden Palm (Fool for Love, nominated)
- 1987: Golden Palm (Aria, nominated)
- 1992: Golden Palm (The Player, nominated)
- 1992: Best Director (The Player, won)
- 1996: Golden Palm (Kansas City, nominated)
Directors Guild of America Awards:
- 1971: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (MASH, nominated)
- 1976: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (Nashville, nominated)
- 1993: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (The Player, nominated)
- 1994: Lifetime Achievement Award (won)
- 2005: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television (Tanner on Tanner, nominated)
Emmy Awards:
- 1989: Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series (Tanner '88, won)
- 1993: Outstanding Directing in a Variety or Music Program (Great Performances – Black and Blue, nominated)
Golden Globe Awards:
- 1971: Best Director (MASH, nominated)
- 1976: Best Director (Nashville, nominated)
- 1993: Best Director (The Player, nominated)
- 1994: Best Screenplay (Short Cuts, nominated)
- 2002: Best Director (Gosford Park, won)
Independent Spirit Awards:
- 1994: Best Director (Short Cuts, won)
- 1994: Best Screenplay (Short Cuts, won)
- 1995: Best Feature (Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, nominated)
- 2000: Best Feature (Cookie's Fortune, nominated)
- 2007: Best Director (A Prairie Home Companion, nominated)
Venice Film Festival:
- 1993: Golden Lion (Short Cuts, won)
- 1996: Career Golden Lion (won)
- 2000: Golden Lion (Dr T and the Women, nominated)
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