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Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 - Honorary Award
In appreciation of a long, distinguished and unparalleled career during which he has influenced the very nature of filmmaking through his creation of cinematic masterpieces. (Oscar statuette).
A great deal of controversy surrounded the presentation of this award to Elia Kazan, as there was still lingering resentment over his appearances before the House of Un-American Activities Committee 47 years earlier. In addition to a handful of protesters outside the theater, many attendees remained seated when he received his award, even refusing to applaud.
The executive council of the Eastern unit of the Writers Guild of America voted to protest against the Academy's decision to present an honorary Oscar to Elia Kazan, accusing Kazan of causing irrevocable harm to the lives and careers of several professional colleagues by informing the House of Un-American Activities Committee that they had once belonged to the Communist Party.
 
1964 Nominated Oscar Best Director
for: America, America (1963)
Best Picture
for: America, America (1963)
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen
for: America, America (1963)
 
1956 Nominated Oscar Best Director
for: East of Eden (1955)
 
1955 Won Oscar Best Director
for: On the Waterfront (1954)
 
1952 Nominated Oscar Best Director
for: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
 
1948 Won Oscar Best Director
for: Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
 
Berlin International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1996 - Honorary Golden Berlin Bear 
 
1960 Nominated Golden Berlin Bear
for: Wild River (1960)
 
1953 Won Special Prize of the Senate of Berlin
for: Man on a Tightrope (1953)
 
Blue Ribbon Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1956 Won Blue Ribbon Award Best Foreign Language Film
for: East of Eden (1955)
 
Bodil Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1958 Won Bodil Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
for: East of Eden (1955)
 
1955 Won Bodil Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
for: On the Waterfront (1954)
 
Cannes Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1972 Nominated Golden Palm
for: The Visitors (1972)
 
1955 Won Award Best Dramatic Film
for: East of Eden (1955)
Nominated Golden Palm
for: East of Eden (1955)
 
1952 Nominated Grand Prize of the Festival
for: Viva Zapata! (1952)
 
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1959 Won CEC Award Best Foreign Director (Mejor Director Extranjero)
for: East of Eden (1955)
 
Directors Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1987 - Lifetime Achievement Award 
 
1983 - DGA Honorary Life Member Award 
 
1964 Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
for: America, America (1963)
 
1962 Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
for: Splendor in the Grass (1961)
 
1958 Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
for: A Face in the Crowd (1957)
 
1956 Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
for: East of Eden (1955)
 
1955 Won DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
for: On the Waterfront (1954)
Shared with:
Charles H. Maguire (assistant director) (plaque)

 
1953 Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
for: Viva Zapata! (1952)
 
1952 Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
for: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
 
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1964 Won Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Director
for: America, America (1963)
 
1957 Won Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Director
for: Baby Doll (1956)
 
1955 Won Golden Globe Best Director
for: On the Waterfront (1954)
 
1948 Won Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Director
for: Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
 
Istanbul International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Won Lifetime Achievement Award 
 
Kinema Junpo Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1956 Won Kinema Junpo Award Best Foreign Language Film
for: East of Eden (1955)
 
Laurel Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1971 Nominated Golden Laurel Best Producer-Director
9th place.
 
1967 Nominated Golden Laurel Producer-Director
10th place.
 
1962 Nominated Golden Laurel Top Producer/Director
8th place.
 
1961 Nominated Golden Laurel Top Producer/Director
10th place.
 
National Board of Review, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1996 Won Special Citation
For lifetime achievement in direction.
 
1947 Won NBR Award Best Director
for: Boomerang! (1947)
Also for Gentleman's Agreement (1947).
 
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1954 Won NYFCC Award Best Director
for: On the Waterfront (1954)
 
1951 Won NYFCC Award Best Director
for: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
 
1947 Won NYFCC Award Best Director
for: Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
Also for Boomerang! (1947).
 
San Sebastián International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1964 Won Golden Seashell
for: America, America (1963)
 
Sant Jordi Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1965 Won Sant Jordi Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
for: America, America (1963)
 
Stockholm Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 - Lifetime Achievement Award 
 
Venice Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1955 Won OCIC Award
for: On the Waterfront (1954)
 
1954 Won Italian Film Critics Award
for: On the Waterfront (1954)
Silver Lion
for: On the Waterfront (1954)
Nominated Golden Lion
for: On the Waterfront (1954)
 
1951 Won Special Jury Prize
for: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
For having produced a stage play on screen, poetically interpreting the humanity of the characters, thanks to masterly direction.
Nominated Golden Lion
for: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
 
1950 Won International Award
for: Panic in the Streets (1950)
Nominated Golden Lion
for: Panic in the Streets (1950)
 
1948 Nominated Golden Lion
for: Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
 
Walk of Fame
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
unknown - Star on the Walk of Fame Motion Picture
At 6800 Hollywood Blvd.
 
Writers Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1964 Nominated WGA Award (Screen) Best Written American Drama
for: America, America (1963)
 
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