A Place in the Sun
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Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1952 Won Oscar Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
William C. Mellor

Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
Edith Head

Best Director
George Stevens

Best Film Editing
William Hornbeck

Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Franz Waxman

Best Writing, Screenplay
Michael Wilson
Harry Brown

Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role
Montgomery Clift

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Shelley Winters

Best Picture
George Stevens

 
Cannes Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1951 Nominated Grand Prize of the Festival
George Stevens

 
Directors Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1952 Won DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
George Stevens
Charles C. Coleman (assistant director) (plaque)

 
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1952 Won Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Drama

Nominated Golden Globe Best Cinematography - Black and White
William C. Mellor

Best Director
George Stevens

Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama
Shelley Winters

 
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1952 Won Silver Ribbon Best Director - Foreign Film (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
George Stevens

 
National Board of Review, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1951 Won NBR Award Best Film

 
National Film Preservation Board, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1991   National Film Registry 
 
PGA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Won PGA Hall of Fame - Motion Pictures 
 
Writers Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1952 Won WGA Award (Screen) Best Written American Drama
Michael Wilson
Harry Brown

Nominated WGA Award (Screen) The Robert Meltzer Award (Screenplay Dealing Most Ably with Problems of the American Scene)
Michael Wilson
Harry Brown

 

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