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| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | - | Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award | |
| 1967 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen for: The Fortune Cookie (1966) Shared with: I.A.L. Diamond |
| 1961 | Won | Oscar |
Best Director for: The Apartment (1960) |
Best Picture for: The Apartment (1960) |
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen for: The Apartment (1960) Shared with: I.A.L. Diamond |
| 1960 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Director for: Some Like It Hot (1959) |
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium for: Some Like It Hot (1959) Shared with: I.A.L. Diamond |
| 1958 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Director for: Witness for the Prosecution (1957) |
| 1955 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Director for: Sabrina (1954) |
Best Writing, Screenplay for: Sabrina (1954) Shared with: Samuel A. Taylor Ernest Lehman |
| 1954 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Director for: Stalag 17 (1953) |
| 1952 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay for: Ace in the Hole (1951) Shared with: Lesser Samuels Walter Newman |
| 1951 | Won | Oscar |
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay for: Sunset Blvd. (1950) Shared with: Charles Brackett D.M. Marshman Jr. |
| Nominated | Oscar |
Best Director for: Sunset Blvd. (1950) |
|
| 1949 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Writing, Screenplay for: A Foreign Affair (1948) Shared with: Charles Brackett Richard L. Breen |
| 1946 | Won | Oscar |
Best Director for: The Lost Weekend (1945) |
Best Writing, Screenplay for: The Lost Weekend (1945) Shared with: Charles Brackett |
| 1945 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Director for: Double Indemnity (1944) |
Best Writing, Screenplay for: Double Indemnity (1944) Shared with: Raymond Chandler |
| 1942 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Writing, Original Story for: Ball of Fire (1941) Shared with: Thomas Monroe |
Best Writing, Screenplay for: Hold Back the Dawn (1941) Shared with: Charles Brackett |
| 1940 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Writing, Screenplay for: Ninotchka (1939) Shared with: Charles Brackett Walter Reisch |
| American Film Institute, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1986 | - | Life Achievement Award | |
| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1995 | - | Academy Fellowship | |
| 1961 | Won | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Film from any Source for: The Apartment (1960) USA. |
| 1960 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Film from any Source for: Some Like It Hot (1959) USA. |
| Berlin International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1993 | - | Honorary Golden Berlin Bear | |
| Blue Ribbon Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1952 | Won | Blue Ribbon Award |
Best Foreign Language Film for: Sunset Blvd. (1950) |
| Bodil Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1951 | Won | Bodil |
Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film) for: Sunset Blvd. (1950) |
| Cannes Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1946 | Won | Grand Prize of the Festival |
for: The Lost Weekend (1945) |
| David di Donatello Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1975 | Won | David |
Best Director - Foreign Film (Migliore Regista Straniero) for: The Front Page (1974) |
| Directors Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | - | Preston Sturges Award | |
| 1985 | - | Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| 1961 | Won | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for: The Apartment (1960) Shared with: Hal W. Polaire (assistant director) (plaque) |
| 1960 | Nominated | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for: Some Like It Hot (1959) |
| 1958 | Nominated | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for: Love in the Afternoon (1957) |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for: Witness for the Prosecution (1957) |
| 1956 | Nominated | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for: The Seven Year Itch (1955) |
| 1955 | Nominated | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for: Sabrina (1954) |
| 1954 | Nominated | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for: Stalag 17 (1953) |
| 1951 | Nominated | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for: Sunset Blvd. (1950) |
| Edgar Allan Poe Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1958 | Nominated | Edgar |
Best Motion Picture for: Witness for the Prosecution (1957) Shared with: Harry Kurnitz |
| European Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | - | Life Achievement Award | |
| Film Society of Lincoln Center | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1982 | - | Gala Tribute | |
| Flaiano International Prizes | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | - | Career Award |
Cinema |
| Fotogramas de Plata | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1982 | Won | Fotogramas de Plata |
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) for: Fedora (1978) Tied with Atlantic City (1980). |
| German Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | - | Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| 1973 | - | Honorary Award |
For his continued outstanding individual contributions to the german film over the years. |
| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1973 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Director - Motion Picture for: Avanti! (1972) |
Best Screenplay for: Avanti! (1972) Shared with: I.A.L. Diamond |
| 1961 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture Director for: The Apartment (1960) |
| 1958 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture Director for: Witness for the Prosecution (1957) |
| 1955 | Won | Golden Globe |
Best Screenplay for: Sabrina (1954) Shared with: Samuel A. Taylor Ernest Lehman |
| 1951 | Won | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture Director for: Sunset Blvd. (1950) |
| Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Screenplay for: Sunset Blvd. (1950) Shared with: Charles Brackett D.M. Marshman Jr. |
|
| 1946 | Won | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture Director for: The Lost Weekend (1945) |
| Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1951 | Won | Silver Ribbon |
Best Director - Foreign Film (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero) for: Sunset Blvd. (1950) |
| Laurel Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1971 | Nominated | Golden Laurel |
Best Producer-Director 4th place. |
| 1970 | Nominated | Golden Laurel |
Producer-Director 7th place. |
| 1965 | Nominated | Golden Laurel |
Producer-Director 9th place. |
| 1964 | Nominated | Golden Laurel |
Top Producer/Director 4th place. |
| 1963 | Won | Golden Laurel |
Top Producer/Director |
| 1962 | Nominated | Golden Laurel |
Top Producer/Director 5th place. |
| 1961 | 2nd place | Golden Laurel |
Top Producer/Director |
| 1960 | 3rd place | Golden Laurel |
Top Producer/Director |
| 1959 | 2nd place | Golden Laurel |
Top Producer/Director |
| 1958 | Nominated | Golden Laurel |
Top Producer/Director 7th place. |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1994 | - | Career Achievement Award | |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1960 | Won | NYFCC Award |
Best Director for: The Apartment (1960) Tied with Jack Cardiff for Sons and Lovers (1960). |
Best Screenplay for: The Apartment (1960) Shared with: I.A.L. Diamond |
| 1946 | Won | NYFCC Award |
Best Director for: The Lost Weekend (1945) |
| PGA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | PGA Hall of Fame - Motion Pictures |
for: Some Like It Hot (1959) |
| 1997 | - | Lifetime Achievement Award in Motion Pictures | |
| Venice Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1972 | Won | Career Golden Lion | |
| 1960 | Nominated | Golden Lion |
for: The Apartment (1960) |
| 1951 | Won | International Award |
for: Ace in the Hole (1951) |
| Nominated | Golden Lion |
for: Ace in the Hole (1951) |
|
| Walk of Fame | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| unknown | - | Star on the Walk of Fame |
Motion Picture At 1751 Vine Street. |
| Writers Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1980 | - | Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement | |
| 1975 | Nominated | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium for: The Front Page (1974) Shared with: I.A.L. Diamond |
| 1973 | Nominated | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium for: Avanti! (1972) Shared with: I.A.L. Diamond |
| 1971 | Nominated | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen for: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) Shared with: I.A.L. Diamond |
| 1967 | Nominated | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Written American Comedy for: The Fortune Cookie (1966) Shared with: I.A.L. Diamond |
| 1964 | Nominated | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Written American Comedy for: Irma la Douce (1963) Shared with: I.A.L. Diamond |
| 1962 | Nominated | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Written American Comedy for: One, Two, Three (1961) Shared with: I.A.L. Diamond |
| 1961 | Won | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Written American Comedy for: The Apartment (1960) Shared with: I.A.L. Diamond |
| 1960 | Won | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Written American Comedy for: Some Like It Hot (1959) Shared with: I.A.L. Diamond |
| 1958 | Won | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Written American Comedy for: Love in the Afternoon (1957) Shared with: I.A.L. Diamond |
| 1957 | - | Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement | |
| 1956 | Nominated | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Written American Comedy for: The Seven Year Itch (1955) Shared with: George Axelrod |
| 1955 | Won | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Written American Comedy for: Sabrina (1954) Shared with: Samuel A. Taylor Ernest Lehman |
| 1954 | Nominated | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Written American Comedy for: Stalag 17 (1953) Shared with: Edwin Blum |
| 1951 | Won | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Written American Drama for: Sunset Blvd. (1950) Shared with: Charles Brackett D.M. Marshman Jr. |
| 1949 | Nominated | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Written American Comedy for: A Foreign Affair (1948) Shared with: Charles Brackett Richard L. Breen |
Best Written American Musical for: The Emperor Waltz (1948) Shared with: Charles Brackett |
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