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Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1976 Won Oscar Best Film Editing
Verna Fields

Best Music, Original Score
John Williams

Best Sound
Robert L. Hoyt
Roger Heman Jr.
Earl Madery
John R. Carter

Nominated Oscar Best Picture
Richard D. Zanuck
David Brown

 
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1976 Won Golden Scroll Best Advertising
Clark Ramsey

Outstanding Film Award Outstanding Film of 1975
 
American Cinema Editors, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1976 Won Eddie Best Edited Feature Film
Verna Fields

 
BAFTA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1976 Won Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music
John Williams
Also for The Towering Inferno (1974).
Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Actor
Richard Dreyfuss

Best Direction
Steven Spielberg

Best Film
Best Film Editing
Verna Fields

Best Screenplay
Peter Benchley
Carl Gottlieb

Best Sound Track
John R. Carter
Robert L. Hoyt

 
Directors Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1976 Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Steven Spielberg

 
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1976 Won Golden Globe Best Original Score - Motion Picture
John Williams

Nominated Golden Globe Best Director - Motion Picture
Steven Spielberg

Best Motion Picture - Drama
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Peter Benchley
Carl Gottlieb

 
Golden Screen, Germany
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1976 Won Golden Screen 
 
Grammy Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1976 Won Grammy Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
John Williams

 
National Film Preservation Board, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001   National Film Registry 
 
People's Choice Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1976 Won People's Choice Award Favorite Motion Picture
 
Satellite Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005 Nominated Satellite Award Outstanding Overall DVD
(Widescreen 30th Anniversary Collection).
 
Writers Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1976 Nominated WGA Award (Screen) Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
Peter Benchley
Carl Gottlieb

 

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