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Alexander Payne

Awards

Alexander Payne

87 wins & 141 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Bruce Dern in Nebraska (2013)
    2014 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Achievement in Directing
    • Nebraska
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Motion Picture of the Year
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Jim Burke · Jim Taylor
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Achievement in Directing
    • The Descendants
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Winner Oscar
    • Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Achievement in Directing
    • Sideways

American Cinema Editors, USA

  • Alexander Payne
    2012 Winner Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award

American Comedy Awards, USA

  • Bruce Dern in Nebraska (2013)
    2014 Nominee American Comedy Award
    • Best Comedy Director - Film
    • Nebraska

Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards

  • Bruce Dern in Nebraska (2013)
    2015 Nominee Silver Condor
    • Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    • Nebraska
    USA.
  • Sideways (2004)
    2006 Winner Silver Condor
    • Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    • Sideways
    USA.

Bodil Awards

  • Bruce Dern in Nebraska (2013)
    2015 Nominee Bodil
    • Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
    • Nebraska
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2013 Nominee Bodil
    • Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
    • The Descendants
  • Sideways (2004)
    2006 Nominee Bodil
    • Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
    • Sideways

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner BSFC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor
  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Nominee BSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • Sideways
  • Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)
    1999 Nominee BSFC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Election
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

BAFTA Awards

  • Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers (2023)
    2024 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Director
    • The Holdovers
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Film
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Jim Burke · Jim Taylor
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Screenplay - Adapted
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

Critics Choice Awards

  • Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers (2023)
    2024 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Director
    • The Holdovers
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Director
    • The Descendants
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Director
    • Sideways
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Winner Critics Choice Award
    • Best Writer
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

Cannes Film Festival

  • Bruce Dern in Nebraska (2013)
    2013 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Nebraska
  • Paris, Je T'aime (2006)
    2006 Nominee Un Certain Regard Award
    • Paris, Je T'aime
    Shared with: Gurinder Chadha · Bruno Podalydès · Gus Van Sant · Joel Coen · Ethan Coen · Walter Salles · Daniela Thomas · Christopher Doyle · Isabel Coixet · Nobuhiro Suwa · Sylvain Chomet · Alfonso Cuarón · Olivier Assayas · Oliver Schmitz · Richard LaGravenese · Vincenzo Natali · Wes Craven · Tom Tykwer · Gérard Depardieu · Frédéric Auburtin
  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2002 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • About Schmidt

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • The Descendants
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash
  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner CFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor
  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2003 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • About Schmidt
  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2003 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • About Schmidt
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Bruce Dern in Nebraska (2013)
    2013 Nominee Audience Choice Award
    • Nebraska

Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain

  • Bruce Dern in Nebraska (2013)
    2015 Winner CEC Award
    • Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    • Nebraska

Czech Lions

  • Sideways (2004)
    2006 Nominee Czech Lion
    • Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film)
    • Sideways
    USA.

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

  • Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers (2023)
    2023 Nominee DFWFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • The Holdovers
    3rd place
  • Bruce Dern in Nebraska (2013)
    2013 Nominee DFWFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Nebraska
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Winner DFWFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • The Descendants
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Winner DFWFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Nominee DFWFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Sideways

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers (2023)
    2024 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film
    • The Holdovers
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • The Descendants
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • Sideways

Fantasporto

  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Winner Directors' Week Award
    • Special Prize of the Jury
    • Sideways

Hamburg Film Festival

  • Bruce Dern in Nebraska (2013)
    2013 Nominee Art Cinema Award
    • Nebraska

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Winner FFCC Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash
  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner FFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Sideways
  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner FFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor
  • Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)
    2000 Winner FFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Election
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

Golden Globes, USA

  • Bruce Dern in Nebraska (2013)
    2014 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Director - Motion Picture
    • Nebraska
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Director - Motion Picture
    • The Descendants
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Director - Motion Picture
    • Sideways
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

Satellite Awards

  • Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers (2023)
    2024 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Director
    • The Holdovers
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Director
    • The Descendants
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Winner Satellite Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Director
    • Sideways
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

Gotham Awards

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Nominee Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Best Feature
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Jim Burke · Jim Taylor
  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Best Feature
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Michael London

Grammy Awards

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2013 Nominee Grammy
    • Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Dondi Bastone

Hawaii International Film Festival

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Narrative Feature
    • The Descendants
  • Alexander Payne
    2011 Winner Vision in Film Award

Humanitas Prize

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee Humanitas Prize
    • Feature Film Category
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Jim Rash · Nat Faxon

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Bruce Dern in Nebraska (2013)
    2014 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • Nebraska
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Feature
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Jim Burke · Jim Taylor
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • The Descendants
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Winner Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Winner Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • Sideways

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner KCFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

  • Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)
    2000 Nominee Sierra Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • Election
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Screenwriter of the Year
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Director of the Year
    • Sideways
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Screenwriter of the Year
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

London Film Festival

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Nominee Best Film
    • The Descendants

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Nominee LAFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash
  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Sideways
  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor
  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2002 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • About Schmidt
    Shared with: Jim Taylor
  • Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)
    1999 Winner New Generation Award
    • Election
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

National Board of Review, USA

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Winner NBR Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash
  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner NBR Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Winner NSFC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • Sideways
  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2003 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • About Schmidt
    Shared with: Jim Taylor
  • Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)
    2000 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Election
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Jim Rash · Nat Faxon
  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor
  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2002 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • About Schmidt
    Shared with: Jim Taylor
  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2002 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • About Schmidt
  • Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)
    1999 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Election
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • Sideways
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Winner OFCS Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor
  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2003 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • About Schmidt
    Shared with: Jim Taylor
  • Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)
    2000 Winner OFCS Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Election

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Winner Director of the Year Award
    • Sideways

PGA Awards

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee PGA Award
    • Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Jim Burke · Jim Taylor

Razzie Awards

  • Adam Sandler and Kevin James in I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007)
    2008 Nominee Razzie Award
    • Worst Screenplay
    • I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
    Shared with: Barry Fanaro · Jim Taylor

Danish Film Awards (Robert)

  • Sideways (2004)
    2006 Winner Robert
    • Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film)
    • Sideways
  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2004 Nominee Robert
    • Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film)
    • About Schmidt

International Film Festival Rotterdam

  • Bruce Dern in Nebraska (2013)
    2014 Winner Audience Award
    • Nebraska

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Nominee SDFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash
  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner SDFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor
  • Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)
    1999 Winner SDFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • Election
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Winner SEFCA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash
  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner SEFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Sideways
  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner SEFCA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor
  • Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)
    2000 Winner SEFCA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Election
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

Stockholm Film Festival

  • Bruce Dern in Nebraska (2013)
    2013 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
    • Nebraska

Sundance Film Festival

  • Laura Dern in Citizen Ruth (1996)
    1996 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Dramatic
    • Citizen Ruth

Thessaloniki Film Festival

  • Laura Dern in Citizen Ruth (1996)
    1996 Winner Best Screenplay
    • Citizen Ruth
    Tied with Lucas Belvaux for Just for Laughs! (1996).
    Shared with: Jim Taylor
  • Laura Dern in Citizen Ruth (1996)
    1996 Nominee Golden Alexander
    • Citizen Ruth

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Nominee TFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash

Toronto International Film Festival

  • Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers (2023)
    2023 Nominee People's Choice Award
    • Best Film
    • The Holdovers

US Comedy Arts Festival

  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Winner Comedy Film Honor
    • Best Director
    • Sideways

USC Scripter Award

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Winner USC Scripter Award
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Kaui Hart Hemmings · Nat Faxon · Jim Rash
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Nominee USC Scripter Award
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor · Rex Pickett
  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2003 Nominee USC Scripter Award
    • About Schmidt
    Shared with: Jim Taylor · Louis Begley

Valladolid International Film Festival

  • Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)
    1999 Nominee Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • Election
  • Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)
    1999 Winner Pilar Miró Award
    • Best New Director
    • Election

Venice Film Festival

  • Matt Damon in Downsizing (2017)
    2017 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Best Film
    • Downsizing

Writers Guild of America, USA

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Winner WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemming
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Winner WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor
  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2003 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • About Schmidt
    Shared with: Jim Taylor
  • Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)
    2000 Winner WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
    • Election
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

American Screenwriters Association, USA

  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2003 Nominee Discover Screenwriting Award
    • About Schmidt
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

Seattle Film Critics Awards

  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner Seattle Film Critics Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

San Francisco Film Critics Circle

  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner SFFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Sideways

Vancouver Film Critics Circle

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee VFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Nominee VFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Sideways

Sarajevo Film Festival

  • Alexander Payne
    2024 Winner Honorary Heart of Sarajevo

Marrakech International Film Festival

  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner Golden Star
    • Sideways

Amanda Awards, Norway

  • Bruce Dern in Nebraska (2013)
    2014 Nominee Amanda
    • Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm)
    • Nebraska
    USA.

Sonoma Valley Film Festival

  • Alexander Payne
    2003 Winner Imagery Honors

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

  • Bruce Dern in Nebraska (2013)
    2013 Nominee PFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • Nebraska
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Nominee PFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • The Descendants
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Nominee PFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay - Adaptation
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash
  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner PFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

Chlotrudis Awards

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Winner Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor
  • Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)
    2000 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Election
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

  • Bruce Dern in Nebraska (2013)
    2014 Nominee COFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Nebraska
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee COFCA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Jim Rash · Nat Faxon
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Winner COFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Sideways
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Nominee COFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor
  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2003 Nominee COFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • About Schmidt
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Nominee WAFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • The Descendants
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Winner WAFCA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash
  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner WAFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

  • Bruce Dern in Nebraska (2013)
    2013 Nominee Best North American Independent Film
    • Nebraska

Cinema for Peace Awards

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee Cinema for Peace Award
    • Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year
    • The Descendants

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee Award of the Argentinean Academy
    • Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    • The Descendants
    USA.

North Texas Film Critics Association, US

  • Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers (2023)
    2023 Nominee NTFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • The Holdovers

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

  • Bruce Dern in Nebraska (2013)
    2013 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Nebraska
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Winner SLFCA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • The Descendants
  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner SLFCA Award
    • Best Director - Comedy/Musical
    • Sideways
  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner SLFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

  • Bruce Dern in Nebraska (2013)
    2013 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Director
    • Nebraska
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Picture
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Jim Burke · Jim Taylor
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Director
    • The Descendants
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Winner EDA Award
    • Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Tied with Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian for Moneyball (2011).
    Shared with: Jim Rash · Nat Faxon

New York Film Critics, Online

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Winner NYFCO Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash

Indiana Film Journalists Association, US

  • Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers (2023)
    2023 Nominee IFJA Award
    • Best Director
    • The Holdovers
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Winner IFJA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash

Location Managers Guild International Awards (LMGI)

  • Alexander Payne
    2014 Winner Eva Monley Award

Iowa Film Critics Awards

  • Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers (2023)
    2024 Winner IFC Award
    • Best Director
    • The Holdovers
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Winner IFC Award
    • Best Director
    • The Descendants
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Winner IFC Award
    • Best Director
    • Sideways

Denver Film Critics Society

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • The Descendants
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Winner DFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash

Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA)

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee GAFCA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash

Utah Film Critics Association Awards

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Winner UFCA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash
  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Nominee UFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

  • Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers (2023)
    2024 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • The Holdovers
  • Bruce Dern in Nebraska (2013)
    2013 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • Nebraska
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • The Descendants
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Winner HFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash

Online Film & Television Association

  • Bruce Dern in Nebraska (2013)
    2014 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Director
    • Nebraska
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Picture
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Jim Burke · Jim Taylor
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Director
    • Sideways
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Winner OFTA Film Award
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

Guardian Film Awards, UK

  • Bruce Dern in Nebraska (2013)
    2014 Nominee Guardian Film Award
    • Best Director
    • Nebraska

International Online Film Critics' Poll

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee IOFCP Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Runner-Up
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2011 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Motion Picture
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Jim Burke · Jim Taylor
  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Director
    • Sideways
  • Sideways (2004)
    2004 Winner ACCA
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor
  • Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)
    1999 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Election
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)

  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2003 Nominee IOMA
    • Best Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura)
    • About Schmidt
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

Golden Schmoes Awards

  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2002 Nominee Golden Schmoes
    • Best Screenplay of the Year
    • About Schmidt
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Winner INOCA
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor
  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2003 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • About Schmidt
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards

  • Jurassic Park III (2001)
    2001 Nominee Stinker Award
    • Worst Screenplay for a Film Grossing More than $100 Million Using Hollywood Math
    • Jurassic Park III
    Shared with: Peter Buchman · Jim Taylor

Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF)

  • Alexander Payne
    2017 Winner Orpheus Award
    • Honorary Award

North Carolina Film Critics Association

  • Bruce Dern in Nebraska (2013)
    2014 Nominee NCFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Nebraska

Montclair Film Festival (MFF)

  • Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers (2023)
    2023 Winner Audience Award
    • Fiction Feature
    • The Holdovers

Gold Derby Awards

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Adapted Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash
  • Sideways (2004)
    2010 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Adapted Screenplay of the Decade
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Director
    • Sideways
  • Sideways (2004)
    2005 Winner Gold Derby Film Award
    • Adapted Screenplay
    • Sideways
    Shared with: Jim Taylor
  • Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (2002)
    2003 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Adapted Screenplay
    • About Schmidt
    Shared with: Jim Taylor

AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

  • Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers (2023)
    2024 Nominee Movies for Grownups Award
    • Best Director
    • The Holdovers
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee Movies for Grownups Award
    • Best Screenwriter
    • The Descendants

ASECAN

  • Bruce Dern in Nebraska (2013)
    2015 Nominee ASECAN Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Nebraska

AACTA International Awards

  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee AACTA International Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Nat Faxon · Jim Rash
  • George Clooney in The Descendants (2011)
    2012 Nominee AACTA International Award
    • Best Film
    • The Descendants
    Shared with: Jim Burke · Jim Taylor

Advanced Imaging Society Lumiere Awards

  • Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers (2023)
    2024 Winner Harold Lloyd Award
    • The Holdovers

Music City Film Critics' Association Awards

  • Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers (2023)
    2024 Nominee MCFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • The Holdovers

Días de Cine Awards

  • Bruce Dern in Nebraska (2013)
    2015 Nominee Días de Cine Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Nebraska
    3rd place

North Dakota Film Society

  • Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers (2023)
    2024 Nominee NDFS Award
    • Best Director
    • The Holdovers

Chicago Indie Critics Awards (CIC)

  • Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers (2023)
    2024 Nominee Windie
    • Best Director
    • The Holdovers

Astra Film Awards

  • Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers (2023)
    2024 Nominee Astra Award
    • Best Director
    • The Holdovers

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