| ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | - | Opus Award | |
| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1967 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Picture for: The Sand Pebbles (1966) |
| - | Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award | ||
| 1966 | Won | Oscar |
Best Director for: The Sound of Music (1965) |
Best Picture for: The Sound of Music (1965) |
| 1962 | Won | Oscar |
Best Director for: West Side Story (1961) Shared with: Jerome Robbins For the first time a directing award is being shared. |
Best Picture for: West Side Story (1961) |
| 1959 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Director for: I Want to Live! (1958) |
| 1942 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Film Editing for: Citizen Kane (1941) |
| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1996 | - | President's Award | |
| 1980 | Nominated | Saturn Award |
Best Director for: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) |
| American Cinema Editors, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1967 | - | Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award | |
| American Film Institute, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1998 | - | Life Achievement Award | |
| American Society of Cinematographers, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | - | Board of the Governors Award | |
| Art Directors Guild | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | - | Contribution to Cinematic Imagery Award | |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1998 | - | Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| Cannes Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1949 | Won | FIPRESCI Prize |
for: The Set-Up (1949) |
| DVD Exclusive Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Nominated | Video Premiere Award |
Best Audio Commentary for: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) Shared with: Douglas Trumbull John Dykstra Jerry Goldsmith Stephen Collins (Paramount). |
| Deauville Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1989 | Nominated | Critics Award |
for: Rooftops (1989) |
| Directors Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | - | President's Award | |
| 1988 | - | Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| 1984 | - | Robert B. Aldrich Achievement Award | |
| 1983 | - | DGA Honorary Life Member Award | |
| 1967 | Nominated | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for: The Sand Pebbles (1966) |
| 1966 | Won | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for: The Sound of Music (1965) Shared with: Ridgeway Callow (assistant director) (plaque) |
| 1962 | Won | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for: West Side Story (1961) Shared with: Jerome Robbins Robert E. Relyea (assistant director) (plaque) |
| 1959 | Nominated | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for: I Want to Live! (1958) |
| 1957 | Nominated | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for: Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) |
| 1955 | Nominated | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for: Executive Suite (1954) |
| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1967 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture Director for: The Sand Pebbles (1966) |
| 1966 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture Director for: The Sound of Music (1965) |
| 1964 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture Director for: The Haunting (1963/I) |
| 1962 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture Director for: West Side Story (1961) Shared with: Jerome Robbins |
| 1959 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture Director for: I Want to Live! (1958) |
| Heartland Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1992 | Won | Career Achievement Award | |
| Istanbul International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1996 | Won | Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| Joseph Plateau Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1998 | - | Joseph Plateau Life Achievement Award | |
| Laurel Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1971 | 3rd place | Golden Laurel |
Best Producer-Director |
| 1970 | Nominated | Golden Laurel |
Producer-Director 4th place. |
| 1968 | Won | Golden Laurel |
Producer-Director |
| 1967 | Won | Golden Laurel |
Producer-Director |
| 1966 | Won | Golden Laurel |
Special Award In recognition of his outstanding motion picture achievements that have raised the artistic, entertainment, and boxoffice standards of the industry to towering new levels. |
| Nominated | Golden Laurel |
Producer-Director 5th place. |
|
| PGA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | - | Milestone Award | |
| 1999 | Won | PGA Hall of Fame - Motion Pictures |
for: West Side Story (1961) |
| San Luis Obispo International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1996 | - | King Vidor Memorial Award | |
| Sant Jordi Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1963 | Won | Sant Jordi |
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) for: West Side Story (1961) Shared with: Jerome Robbins |
| Society of Camera Operators | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | - | Governors' Award | |
| Temecula Valley International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1996 | - | Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| Venice Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1954 | Nominated | Golden Lion |
for: Executive Suite (1954) |
| Walk of Fame | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| unknown | - | Star on the Walk of Fame |
Motion Picture At 6338 Hollywood Blvd. |