Awards

American Beauty

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112 wins & 102 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

2000 Winner Oscar
- Best Picture
- Bruce Cohen
- Dan Jinks
2000 Winner Oscar
- Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Kevin Spacey
2000 Nominee Oscar
- Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Annette Bening
2000 Winner Oscar
- Best Director
- Sam Mendes
2000 Winner Oscar
- Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
- Alan Ball

American Cinema Editors, USA

2000 Nominee Eddie
- Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic
- Tariq Anwar
- Christopher Greenbury

American Comedy Awards, USA

2000 Nominee American Comedy Award
- Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
- Kevin Spacey
2000 Winner American Comedy Award
- Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
- Annette Bening
2000 Nominee American Comedy Award
- Funniest Motion Picture

American Society of Cinematographers, USA

2000 Winner ASC Award
- Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
- Conrad L. Hall

Bodil Awards

2001 Winner Bodil
- Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
- Sam Mendes (director)

Bogey Awards, Germany

2000 Winner Bogey Award

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

1999 Nominee BSFC Award
- Best Film
1999 Nominee BSFC Award
- Best Actor
- Kevin Spacey
Tied with Russell Crowe for The Insider (1999) and Matt Damon for The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999).

Brit Awards

2001 Nominee Brit
- Best Soundtrack

BAFTA Awards

2000 Winner BAFTA Film Award
- Best Film
- Bruce Cohen
- Dan Jinks
2000 Nominee David Lean Award for Direction
- Sam Mendes
2000 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
- Best Screenplay - Original
- Alan Ball
2000 Winner BAFTA Film Award
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
- Annette Bening
2000 Winner BAFTA Film Award
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- Kevin Spacey

British Society of Cinematographers

2000 Winner Best Cinematography Award
- Conrad L. Hall

Critics Choice Awards

2000 Winner Critics Choice Award
- Best Picture
2000 Winner Critics Choice Award
- Best Director
- Sam Mendes
2000 Winner Critics Choice Award
- Best Screenplay, Original
- Alan Ball

Casting Society of America, USA

2000 Winner Artios Award
- Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama
- Debra Zane

César Awards, France

2001 Nominee César
- Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
- Sam Mendes

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2000 Winner CFCA Award
- Best Picture
2000 Winner CFCA Award
- Best Actor
- Kevin Spacey
2000 Nominee CFCA Award
- Best Actress
- Annette Bening
2000 Winner CFCA Award
- Best Director
- Sam Mendes
2000 Nominee CFCA Award
- Best Screenplay
- Alan Ball

Cinema Audio Society, USA

2000 Nominee C.A.S. Award
- Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Feature Film
- Scott Millan (re-recording mixer)
- Bob Beemer (re-recording mixer)
- Richard Van Dyke (production mixer)

Costume Designers Guild Awards

2000 Winner CDG Award
- Excellence in Contemporary Film
- Julie Weiss

Czech Lions

2001 Winner Czech Lion
- Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film)
- Sam Mendes

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

2000 Winner DFWFCA Award
- Best Picture
2000 Winner DFWFCA Award
- Best Actor
- Kevin Spacey
2000 Winner DFWFCA Award
- Best Director
- Sam Mendes
2000 Winner DFWFCA Award
- Best Screenplay
- Alan Ball

David di Donatello Awards

2000 Nominee David
- Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
- Sam Mendes
USA.

Directors Guild of America, USA

2000 Winner DGA Award
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
- Sam Mendes
- Cristen Carr Strubbe (unit production manager) (plaque)
- Tony Adler (first assistant director) (plaque)
- Carey Dietrich (first assistant director) (plaque)
- Rosemary C. Cremona (second assistant director) (plaque)
- Stephanie Kime (second second assistant director) (plaque)

European Film Awards

1999 Nominee Screen International Award
- Sam Mendes
USA

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

2000 Winner FFCC Award
- Best Actor
- Kevin Spacey
2000 Winner FFCC Award
- Best Director
- Sam Mendes

Golden Globes, USA

2000 Winner Golden Globe
- Best Motion Picture - Drama
2000 Winner Golden Globe
- Best Director - Motion Picture
- Sam Mendes
2000 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Annette Bening
2000 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Kevin Spacey
2000 Winner Golden Globe
- Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
- Alan Ball

Satellite Awards

2000 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
- Annette Bening
2000 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
- Kevin Spacey
2000 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
- Best Motion Picture, Drama
2000 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
- Best Director
- Sam Mendes
2000 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
- Best Screenplay, Original
- Alan Ball

Golden Screen, Germany

2000 Winner Golden Screen

Grammy Awards

2001 Winner Grammy
- Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
- Thomas Newman (artist/composer/producer)
- Bill Bernstein (producer)
2000 Nominee Grammy
- Best Soundtrack Album
- Chris Douridas

Guldbagge Awards

2001 Nominee Guldbagge
- Best Foreign Film (Bästa utländska film)
USA.

Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards

2000 Nominee Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award
- Best Contemporary Hair Styling - Feature
- Cydney Cornell

International Monitor Awards

2000 Winner Monitor
- Theatrical Releases - Color Correction
- Bryan McMahan

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

2000 Winner Silver Ribbon
- Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
- Sam Mendes

Awards of the Japanese Academy

2001 Nominee Award of the Japanese Academy
- Best Foreign Film

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

1999 Winner KCFCC Award
- Best Film
1999 Winner KCFCC Award
- Best Actor
- Kevin Spacey
1999 Winner KCFCC Award
- Best Director
- Sam Mendes

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

2000 Winner Sierra Award
- Best Picture
2000 Winner Sierra Award
- Best Actor
- Kevin Spacey
2000 Nominee Sierra Award
- Best Actress
- Annette Bening
2000 Nominee Sierra Award
- Best Director
- Sam Mendes
2000 Nominee Sierra Award
- Best Screenplay, Original
- Alan Ball

London Critics Circle Film Awards

2000 Winner ALFS Award
- Film of the Year
2000 Winner ALFS Award
- Actor of the Year
- Kevin Spacey
2000 Winner ALFS Award
- Actress of the Year
- Annette Bening
2000 Winner ALFS Award
- Director of the Year
- Sam Mendes
2000 Winner ALFS Award
- Screenwriter of the Year
- Alan Ball

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

1999 Winner LAFCA Award
- Best Director
- Sam Mendes
1999 Nominee LAFCA Award
- Best Picture
1999 Nominee LAFCA Award
- Best Cinematography
- Conrad L. Hall
1999 Nominee LAFCA Award
- Best Screenplay
- Alan Ball

ICG Publicists Awards

2000 Winner Maxwell Weinberg Award
- Motion Picture
- Selby Barrett

Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA

2000 Winner Golden Reel Award
- Best Sound Editing - Dialogue & ADR
- Scott Martin Gershin (supervising sound/dialogue editor)
- Trevor Jolly (supervising adr editor)
- Mark Gordon (dialogue editor)
- Simon Coke (dialogue editor)
- Thomas O'Neil Younkman (assistant adr editor)
- Paul Flinchbaugh (assistant dialogue editor)
- Lee W. Lebaigue (assistant dialogue editor)
- Richard Van Dyke (production mixer)
- Scott Millan (re-recording mixer)
- Bob Beemer (re-recording mixer)
- Richard Weingart (adr mixer)
- Dean Drabin (adr mixer)
- Brian Basham (adr recordist)
2000 Winner Golden Reel Award
- Best Sound Editing - Music (Foreign & Domestic)
- Bill Bernstein (music/scoring editor)
- Joanie Diener (music editor)
- Dennis S. Sands (scoring mixer)
- Jordan Corngold (assistant music editor)
- Scott Millan (re-recording music mixer)