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Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1953 Won Oscar Best Director
for: The Quiet Man (1952)
Nominated Oscar Best Picture
for: The Quiet Man (1952)
Shared with:
Merian C. Cooper

 
1942 Won Oscar Best Director
for: How Green Was My Valley (1941)
 
1941 Won Oscar Best Director
for: The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
 
1940 Nominated Oscar Best Director
for: Stagecoach (1939)
 
1936 Won Oscar Best Director
for: The Informer (1935)
 
American Film Institute, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1973 - Life Achievement Award 
 
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1943 Won Silver Condor Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
for: How Green Was My Valley (1941)
USA.
 
Blue Ribbon Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1963 Won Blue Ribbon Award Best Foreign Language Film
for: The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
 
Cannes Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1953 Nominated Grand Prize of the Festival
for: The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
 
Directors Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1960 Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
for: The Horse Soldiers (1959)
 
1957 Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
for: The Searchers (1956)
 
1956 Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
for: Mister Roberts (1955)
Shared with:
Mervyn LeRoy

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
for: The Long Gray Line (1955)
 
1954 - Lifetime Achievement Award 
 
1953 Won DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
for: The Quiet Man (1952)
Shared with:
Wingate Smith (assistant director) (plaque)

 
Golden Boot Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 - Founder's Award 
 
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1955 Won Special Award
Special "Pioneer" award in the motion picture industry.
 
1953 Nominated Golden Globe Best Director
for: The Quiet Man (1952)
 
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1948 Won Silver Ribbon Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
for: My Darling Clementine (1946)
 
Laurel Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1966 Nominated Golden Laurel Producer-Director
6th place.
 
1965 Nominated Golden Laurel Producer-Director
7th place.
 
1964 3rd place Golden Laurel Top Producer/Director
 
1963 3rd place Golden Laurel Top Producer/Director
 
Locarno International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1950 Won Grand Prix
for: When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)
 
1948 Won Prize Best Director
for: Fort Apache (1948)
 
National Board of Review, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1958 Won NBR Award Best Director
for: The Last Hurrah (1958)
 
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1941 Won NYFCC Award Best Director
for: How Green Was My Valley (1941)
 
1940 Won NYFCC Award Best Director
for: The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Also for The Long Voyage Home (1940).
 
1939 Won NYFCC Award Best Director
for: Stagecoach (1939)
 
1936 Won NYFCC Award Best Director
for: The Informer (1935)
 
Venice Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1971 Won Career Golden Lion 
 
1952 Won International Award
for: The Quiet Man (1952)
OCIC Award
for: The Quiet Man (1952)
Nominated Golden Lion
for: The Quiet Man (1952)
 
1948 Nominated Golden Lion
for: The Fugitive (1947)
 
1936 Won Special Recommendation
for: Mary of Scotland (1936)
 
1935 Nominated Mussolini Cup
for: The Informer (1935)
 
1934 Won Special Recommendation
for: The World Moves On (1934)
 
Walk of Fame
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
unknown - Star on the Walk of Fame Motion Picture
At 1642 Vine Street.
 
Western Heritage Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1972 - Trustees Award
For outstanding contribution to the motion picture industry.
 
1965 Won Bronze Wrangler Theatrical Motion Picture
for: Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
Shared with:
Bernard Smith (producer)
James R. Webb (writer)

 
1964 Won Bronze Wrangler Theatrical Motion Picture
for: How the West Was Won (1962)
Shared with:
Henry Hathaway (director)
George Marshall (director)
James R. Webb (writer)

 
1963 Won Bronze Wrangler Theatrical Motion Picture
for: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Shared with:
Willis Goldbeck (producer)
James Warner Bellah (writer)
Lee Marvin (actor)
Edmond O'Brien (actor)
James Stewart (actor)
Vera Miles (actor)
John Wayne (actor)

 
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